Saint Laurent Summer 2023 Languid Elegance Campaign by Juergen Teller AOC Fashion

Saint Laurent reveals its summer 2023 campaign, shot by Juergen Teller. The photographer tends to break with his more familiar images, expressing a rare sensuality for the German photographer— and particularly in this summer campaign.

Styled by Paul Sinclaire, the ensemble includes Awar Odhiang, Camille Chifflot, Chaima Ameziane, Freja Beha Erichsen, Marilou Hanriot.

The Sun Rises Again on the Human Body

“To me, the body says what words cannot,” Martha Graham, the revered, radical American modern dancer and choreographer, said about her dance movements.

Graham, a muse for the spring/summer collection and Saint Laurent Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello are in sync in a mutual embrace of an unapologetic physicality — a languid elegance that is most appealing.

Tubular dressing dominates the collection, beautifully-rendered dresses cut from two different weights of jersey: one heavier and opaque, giving a more constructed look; the other lighter and gauzier, gently—and barely—veiling the body underneath.

A Perfect Campaign Video | Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto

A quiet but willful potency is thriving in the campaign’s atmosphere. And most decidedly so in the campaign video, with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto. . . . OMG! He passed on March 28.

After watching the hauntingly beautiful campaign video, I googled Sakamoto and listened to him speaking of wanting the sounds of nature that we cannot hear — or are oblivious to — incorporated into his music.

I wondered if he knew about plants communicating with each other — many people now know this is a scientific fact. And that’s where I read about him leaving us last week.

The New York Times interviewed the artist in 2021, when he was being treated for rectal cancer. It’s a very informative article about his art and music, if you were as impacted by the Saint Laurent Summer 2023 video as I was.

Juergen Teller captures an acute awareness of today’s complex mood in the models’ images. There’s an abundance of synchronocity and energy alive in this post. ~ Anne