Akon Changkou, Mona Tougaard, Vittoria Ceretti in Chanel Makeup FW 2022 by Tim Elkaim
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Models Akon Changkou, Mona Tougaard and Vittoria Ceretti pose in Chanel styled by Charlote Collet for the Chanel Makeup Fall-Winter 2022 Collection. Photographer Tim Elkaim [IG] captures the trio with hair by Ramona Eschbach and makeup by Christine Corbel.
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Models Akon Changkou and Nyakong Chan are styled by Luca Galasso in ‘La Marque du Maillot’. Nadine Ijewere [IG] is in the studio, capturing a sophisticated look at modern athleticism for Vogue France June-July 2024 ‘Olympics’ Issue.
Model Akon Changkou is styled by Edem Dossou in ‘Chrysalide’, a spring awakening fashion story inspired by nature. Brands include Blumarine, Calzadonia, Diesel, Dior paired with Cartier jewelry, Louis Vuitton cover with Cartier, Maison Margiela and more.
Photographer Kenny Germé [IG] captures Akon for Numéro 246 April 2024.
Ralph Lauren Collection and Ralph Lauren Purple releases its Holiday 2023 campaign with a focus on sophistication and ‘heart’.
Models include Akon Changkou, Caroline Trentini, Felice Nova Noordhoff, Juhyung Kang and Charles Oduro lensed by Steven Pan [IG].
Ralph Lauren is forever family and community-focused, saying “The holidays hold a certain sort of magic that can’t be captured—only felt within your heart. It is a season of warmth, reflection, and comfort that inspires you to dream of the best things in life and share them with people you love.”
Models Ajah Angau Jok, Akon Changkou, Amar Akway, Awar Odhiang, Nyawurh Chuol, and Rejoice Chuol pose in dramatic, shape-shifting, fashion formations created to command attention.
Photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG]gives thanks to EIC Sara Moonves, [IG] and Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel, creative directors at large for W Magazine and now represented by Art + Commerce. Congrats to Levai and Tekinel on their fast rise./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Lucia Pica; set design by Julia Wagner
Our Deep Sadness for Morocco and Libya
AOC likes the fact that Tyler uses the words “Communion in an everlasting landscape” to describe the W fashion shoot. Except “everlasting” seems like an increasingly fragile word today.
Because Tyler set the mood, let us take a moment to consider the confirmed dead in Libya of 5,000 and heading as high as 10,000 in the devastating surge of floodwaters.
And also the growing death toll in our beloved Marrakech — a magical place that means so much to so many of us creatives. The current death toll is at 3,000 and climbing from the earthquake.
AOC shares Vogue Arabia ‘How to Help Morocco’ links. We are working on Arab-world recommended links for Libya. ~ Anne
Designer Ulla Johnson grew up in Manhattan but lived also ‘on the road’ as the daughter of archaelogists.
AOC immediately wants to know if Ulla traveled to the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa, a paleoanthropological site located about 50 km northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province.
How about the Lake Turkana region of today’s Kenya, where the Leakey family discovered Lucy. Better yet, has Ulla Johnson been to the Omo Valley? Her clothes suggest ‘yes’.
As a mother to Soren, now 17; Asher, 13; Agnes, 11 and a vizsla named Daphne, and wife to Zach Miner, Ulla Johnson has travelled her own road out of Brooklyn and now to the opening of new store in West Hollywood.
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Paris Café Society Embraced Bad-Ass Women, Not Our Erasure
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.
True Romance: Tippy-top model Mona Tougaard graces the cover of Vogue Italia [IG] June 2026 issue, styled by Tonne Goodman in Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Ferragamo, Guess, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Mango, Prada and more, lensed by Malick Bodian [IG]./ Hair by Karim Belghiran; makeup by Celine Martin
Photographer Robin Galiegue [IG] captures Mona Tougaard on one cover of three in D Repubblica The Fashion Issue: Volume Two [IG]. Mona wears Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, styled by Malina Joseph. Add Maison Alaia, Balenciaga, Carolina Herrera, Dior, Gucci, Loewe, Tom Ford, Versace and more for the fashion story ‘Miami Rapture’.
Model Ava Shipp makes a brief appearance./ Hair by James Pecis; makeup by Jamal Scott
W Magazine Spring 2026 Collections places top model Mona Tougaard in London for ‘This Season, Sportswear Meets High Fashion on a Monumental Scale’. Brian Molloy styles Tougard in high-impact architecture design meets high-fashion color bolts for a story called ‘Haute To Trot’ lensed by Alasdair McLellan [IG]./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Thomas de Kluyver
New super [Models.com] Mona Tougaard showcases Chanel’s Spring 2026 Matthieu Blazy debut for W Magazine China’s [IG] February 2026 Fashion issue. Austin Feng styles Mona’s four covers and fashion spread, lensed by Zhong Lin [IG]. / Hair by Evanie Frausto; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
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Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] June 2026 travels to Ibiza, a summer haven that seduces the most resolute humans determined to resist its Mediterranean pleasures. In her body-bearing fashion story styled by Elodie David, supermodel Vittoria Ceretti is photographed by Mark Kean [IG]. Makeup by Thom Walker; hair by Olivier Schawalder
H&M Spring-Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week Top Models 'In Between' Campaign AOC Fashion
The world’s top models wearing H&M’s off-duty casual femininity from designer Eliana Masgalos between shows includes Alex Consani,Awar Odhiang, Diane Chu, Jacqui Hooper, Maty Fall, Mariacarla Boscono, Mona Tougaard, Paloma Elsesser, Sora Choi and Vittoria Ceretti. Some models had their dollie sidekicks riding shotgun.
This campaign is part of H&M’s larger strategy around their participation in global fashion events. The brand becomes a global fashion voice — not by competing with their own runway show — but by becoming part of everyone’s show in a very democratic way.
Frankly, this strategy appeals to the models, who continue to seek greater direct influence in fashion week action and events. Translated, they want to have roles beyond being a mannequin. The best example of this desire — and ability — was model Awar Odhiang’s spontaneous ‘hostess with the mostess’ takeover of the closing of Matthieu Blazy’s fabulous Chanel debut.
Supermodel Vittoria Ceretti wears Dolce & Gabbana styled by Emmanuelle Alt in a fashion story reminding us “There is always time for love”. Ceretti — the Italian girl who conquered global covers and catwalks — is interviewed by Chiara Valeiro and photographed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] for the September 6, 2025 issue of d Magazine [IG]./ Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Helena Komarova
Humanism 101: Sarah Burton Givenchy Fall 2025 Campaign Lensed by Collier Schorr
Givenchy designer and creative director Sarah Burton grabs media focus for her Fall 2025 Campaign and its embrace of humanist values. In a quiet, elegant, modern strategy, Givenchy sends a signal to Burton’s clients old and new, that they are welcomed with a warm embrace by the maison. Thank you, Sarah Burton.
The Givenchy campaign, lensed by Collier Schorr [IG] joins the current Polo Ralph Lauren x Oak Bluffs campaign under a new heading AOC is calling Humanism 101.
Burton happily embraces a wide spectrum of women in new ways, breaking the mold with a unique campaign message that Humanism 101 chief Brunello Cucinelli will love.
“The beauty of all women inspires me — including my team,” Burton said. “I wanted to capture the brilliant women I work with amongst the cast — real moments with everyone working together.”
