Supermodel Gisele Bündchen covers W Magazine Summer 2026 for the first time in two decades. It’s one of Gisele’s most austere fashion shoots ever, lensed by Karim Sadli [IG].Brian Molloy chooses Alaïa, Balenciaga, Celine, Gucci, Hodakova, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier, Loewe, Michael Kors Collection, The Row and more.
Photographers Luigi and Iango [IG] share assignment duties with Inez and Vinoodh [IG] for V Magazine [IG] Issue 161 Pre-Fall 2026. Bhavitha Mandava is one of five models photographed for V Magazine’s project. Other models with ‘Fall Head Over Heels!’ cover[s] include Jacqui Hooper, Libby Taverner, Liu Wen and Sascha Rajasalu, all styled by B. Åkerlund.
In late May, 2026 LOEWE creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, founders of New York-based Proenza Schouler, shared one of their first major high-profile, non-runway cultural projects since stepping into the helm of the LVMH-owned Spanish luxury house after Jonathan Anderson’s move to the creative director’s position at Dior.
This is the first time in LOEWE’s 180-year history that the brand is serving as an official tailor for a national sports federation. The initial four-year agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation secures LOEWE’s spot as the official off-pitch and travel wardrobe partner through 2030.
Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion and president of Chanel SAS, put the success of Friday’s announcement that Chanel has acquired the heritage shirtmaker Charvet, squarely on the shoulders of Chanel artistic director Matthieu Blazy and the almost immediate rapport that Blazy kindled with siblings Anne-Marie and Jean-Claude Colban, who today run Charvet, bought by their father in the 1960s.
There’s major romance in this Chanel buys Charvet business story, spring-boarded by the intense love affair between Coco Chanel and Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel. As a stand-alone human relationship story between the couple, the facts are cinematic.
Like Anne before him, Matthieu Blazy knew nothing of this love story until he began going throughn the Chanel archives. Armed with the knowledge that Coco Chanel bought shirts for her lover Boy Capel at Charvet — and probably borrowed them regularly — Blazy decided to introduce himself to the famous shirtmaker, then owned by siblings Anne-Marie and Jean-Claude Colban.
Writer Christopher Bollen takes a walk in the gardens of the Palais-Royal — and a predictable new attitude emerges to discuss Michael Rider’s newly-found fame as artistic director of Celine. That descripter calls Rider’s Celine “joyous and (even in our current moment) wildly optimistic.”
Given the supersonic success of Chanel, is it time to take a fresh look at feelings of joy and their impact on the brain and wellbeing? It’s a sacrilege among upper crust people to speak of joy in fashion, but maybe . . . just maybe New Humanism thinking is having an impact.
Anne believes that the list of Americans in Paris, housed by LVMH and other big names in fashion, may be ruffling more than a few French media and PR feathers in fashion world. Put it this way, AOC has added that filter to the context lens through which we process fashion criticism generally and, most definitely, in Paris.
Zendaya covers the May 2026 issue of Vogue Brasil [IG], styled by Law Roach at a photo shoot at Los Angeles’ Hollyhock House. Built in 1921 by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was the home of American oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.
Photographer Nicole Heiniger [IG] captures the Jazz Age images with fashion direction by Rita Lazarrotti. Hollyhock House is LA’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site
Numéro [IG] France #262 celebrates ‘Aquatique’ with its June/July/August 2026 issue. Model Jennifer Matias is styled by Anna Castan in edgy summer fashion from Maison Margiela, Pain de Sucre, Rick Owens and more.
PhotographerStefano Sciuto [IG] captures the raw, atmospheric, marine environment in Sicily in a story called ‘Naïade’. / Hair and makeup by Maurizio Morreale
Top model Angelina Kendall covers the July 2026 issue of Vogue España [IG]. Styled by Gerry O’Kane in a Miu Miu cover mini frock, Kendall channels a familiar sensual fantasy among women — and, increasingly, a reality to highly-accomplished ones. The story is lensed by Sean & Seng [IG]./ Hair by Soichi Inagaki; makeup by Petros Petrohilos
Anne Shreds & Trashes Lauren Sherman Gross Attack on Pharrell Williams
When an editor bills themselves as the definitive fashion voice of a generation, the industry expects rigorous, fact-based journalism. Instead, Lauren Sherman over at Puck News has developed a predictable, cynical but also clever habit of throwing stink bombs on Pharrell Williams, creative director of Louis Vuitton Men.
Her June 2026 "Line Sheet" briefing, titled Pharrell Inc., is a prime example. In it, Sherman attempts to paint Pharrell as a slick operator taking LVMH for a ride. In her columns, Sherman treats Pharrell’s creative output as a distraction and a sideline hustle that comes at the expense of Louis Vuitton.
It is a lazy, superficial take on Pharrell Williams that collapses under the slightest scrutiny. A closer look at the actual corporate timelines, contract structures, and cultural contexts that swirl around Pharrell’s everyday life reveals that Sherman isn't just missing the point—she is entirely failing to do the homework. Sherman deserves every stink bomb we throw right back at her — except ours contain platinum level facts and analysis. She should try using some.
AOC knows that it annoys the hell out of Jonathan Anderson that women like Anne keep reminding him about the facts of history in his House of Dior. He complains that we are “boxing him in”.
Not really, because it’s not about him. It’s about our erasure from Dior’s history and the expectation that we will just fall in line with his alleged, Sun King genius that calls for such erasure.
The real Cafe Society heroines were true-grit women, many of them wealthy women involved in espionage with the French resistance. Christian Dior’s sister Catherine was one of its leaders; and the designer offered her and her co-conspirators refuge in his prominently-situated apartment in Paris.
Taking a well-established historical term and innocently [or not] trading it for these lovelies enjoying giggles and milkshakes is exactly how erasure works.
Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] brings her trademark — but very expansive — artistic vision to Vogue Germany [IG] July-August 2026 issue. Actor Mala Emde wears Dior on the cover, styled by Jeannie Annan-Lewin, a contributing fashion editor on British Vogue.
The issue’s cover theme ‘The Women We Are’ probes a profound question for today’s women. Actor Mala Emde wears Dior on the cover, styled by Jeannie Annan-Lewin, a contributing fashion editor on British Vogue.
In early June 2026, Thai mega talent Lalisa Manobal, aka Blackpink’s Lisa, is the most followed Asian woman on Instagram, with 105 million followers. Vanity Fair US [IG] and select international editions catch up with the entertainer in LA in an interview with José Criales-Unzueta.
Photographer Ethan James Green [IG] is behind the lens with editorial direction by Mark Guiducci./ Set design by Marcs Bird; hair by Jang Hye Yeon; makeup by Ina Kim
Watching the campaign film, I did process it through the lens of current New York Knicks madness. In the new Nike film celebrating the New York win, it’s the gritty joy of everyday New Yorkers that is celebrated by that young man with his front teeth knocked out running into one giant block party across the city.
Without trying to make urban grit glamorous, and the challenges of New York prices for everyday New Yorkers a minor problem, it’s the comeback story that is one giant, symbolic fist pump that is inspiring many of us.
When it comes to sports marketing, capturing the crowd is as important as capturing the athletes. Even more so now when we see the near-impossible achieved before our very eyes. There are several important stories to tell coming out of the big Knicks victory.
Rising model Kate Kraaijeveld stars in ‘La Pupée’, a Bardot-inspired vaca getaway story styled by Nicholas Georgiou. Photographer Thanassis Krikis [IG] captures all the seaside beauty for Vogue Greece [IG] July 2026./ Hair by Daniel Babek; makeup by Athina Karakitsou; art direction by Rinetta Koskinidou; Elis Kiss, Editor-in-Chief
Today, we find the top model in the pages of HTSIMagazine’s [link] review of dazzling, new season high jewelry trends. Perhaps as a sign of just how well billionaires are doing worldwide, big is beautiful. The bigger, the better.
Benjamin Canares styled the photoshoot with images by Joan Braun [IG].
High jewelry collections featured include Bvlgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chaumet, Clou de Forge, Chopard, Dior, Graff, Harry Winston, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, Van Cleef & Arpels and more.
Top model Raquel Zimmermann is styled by Charlotte Collet in ‘Where’s the Party?’for W Magazine [IG] Summer 2026. Rafael Pavarotti [IG] captures the early fall arrivals from Aläia, Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Celine, Chanel, Charvet, Chloe, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Jil Sander, Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, Moncler, Prada, Rabanne, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello,Valentino and more./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Christine Corbel
Model Diana Li is styled by Miranda Almond in ‘Hothouse Flower’ a bouquet of romantic, luxury elegance lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG]. The powerhouse luxury brands in the May 2026 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] include Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Etro, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino, Prada, Simone Rocha and more. / Makeup by Adam de Cruz; hair by Mark Francome Painter
We have big news out of Wimbledon, where Ms.Serena Williams will return to play single singles, after accepting a wild-card invite, the All England Club announced Sunday. Serena was already on the roster with sister Venus after accepting a wild-card invite to the doubles competition.
Serena feels that she has unfinished business in women’s tennis and we support her drive for two more grand slam titles. Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, leaving her one win away from tying Margaret Court’s all-time women's record of 24. She would need two wins to hold the record outright. Seven of those Grand Slam wins came at Wimbledon.
Top model Grace Elizabeth delivers a sun-baked, all-American woman fashion story for FWRD / REVOLVE [IG] Summer 2026 Campaign.Brands include Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, Polo Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Photographer Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] captures the model’s spirited grace while also turning up the sensuality barometer to 12 — maybe 15. / Hair by Hikaru; makeup by Sara Tagaloa
Casablanca’s Charef Tajer has joined the global, good-vibes, marketing movement. Speaking of “a natural synergy” with the French patisserie Ladureé in light of “a shared attention to detail, a classic yet colorful palette . . . ” the founder closes in on what is hopefully a beyond-this-season moment with “ . . . and above all, an appreciation for beauty and joy.”
AOC is not moved at all by the new Dior. But if Dior looked like Casablanca, it would be more akin to Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of Chanel, but without the cynicism. Anderson’s sweet Dior young ladies would never take a full-frontal bite of the cotillion cake.
Ready to write “ . . . and neither would Blazy’s”, AOC is suddenly in a rare retreat.
Blazy and Nair have so blown out the rafters with fashion mantras of joy, positivity and confidence that Chanel women are proud of being so versatile. Even a little-bit of a renegade when it comes to eating cake.
