'The New Supers' Paloma, Jill, and Precious by Inez & Vinoodh for British Vogue April 2023
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'The New Supers' Paloma, Jill, and Precious by Inez & Vinoodh for British Vogue April 2023 AOC Fashion
Models Paloma Elsesser, Jill Kortleve and Precious Lee are British Vogue’s April 2023 cover stars. EIC Edward Enninful makes the point in his editor’s letter that it’s very rare when three models come together in a special kind of energy.
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson styles the sensual fashion bonfire lensed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin [IG].
Thirty years ago Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were a trinity. Edward’s argument is that now Paloma, Jill and Precious share their stature.
With a shared mission born from friendship, and squarely plugged into the more revolutionary energy of the current zeitgeist, this month’s cover crowns the rise of three extraordinary models.
AOC is not prepared to comment on the observations of Edward, and other writers as well, about the recent autumn/winter 2023 fashion shows:
After returning from the recent autumn/winter 2023 fashion shows, and seeing countless catwalks where diversity of beauty, and of bodies, had taken several steps back, I couldn’t be happier to take this moment to celebrate this trio.
I can only say that hopefully this is not a major trend in reverse. My thoughts have focused on potential conflicts around not nearly enough Hispanic/or Latino [US Govt terms] models in fashion and Asian women are also probably seriously under-represented, given the revenue coming out of Asia for global brands.
Here in the United States we have twice as many Hispanic people as African Americans/non-Hispanics from other nations living in America.
When we’re talking about global brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci — these brands are represented by global demographics. In many cases, the brands are holding additional fashion shows and presentations in Asia, to be certain that they are speaking directly to Asian people.
We cannot sit in America and start doing body counts from a size and skin color perspective — wait up, we’ve got trans to count — that reflects our own perceptions of the global population. I don’t think gay women get special billing, because creatives are always more likely in fashion, in acting, in music to be disproportionately gay or another variation of LGBTQIA+.
