Doja Cat Covers L'Officiel Spring 2023 Global Art Issue Lensed by Greg Lotus AOC Fashion

Doja Cat covers L’Officiel Art’s Spring 2023 global issue, with the interview and fashion cover story published in L'Officiel Paris, Italia and USA. You can find it on newsstands now in all three countries.

Photographer Greg Lotus [IG] brings an extra dose of image artistry to photographs that are in alignment not only with an excellent, beneath-the-surface interview by Marisa Meltzer of the uber-talent Doja Cat.

They should make a good team — Doja Cat and Greg Lotus — because both creative spirits mix classical influences in finished works that are definitively modern. Lotus employs a technique or two AOC hasn’t seen in current fashion photography and I hope it’s not a one off. Wrong! Lotus did an entire story in ‘Double Vision’ Vogue Japan 2016.

The contrast of ‘rustic’ animals with high fashion glamour is a known Greg Lotus technique.

‘I’m One Person Who Will Not Exist Again’

Presumably, they are peeling Harris Reed off the ceiling, after including his superb creations that are perfect for Doja Cat, who says:

I’m one person who will not exist again. There’s not more than one of me. So whatever I do, it’s going to be original . . .

but admires greatly the simple, fashion elegance of Angelina Jolie.

Sequined by Schiaparelli

As numerous press reports note, the talent’s effort to pull off that Schiaparelli happening during Paris Fashion Week warants an endurance under fire trophy. The particulars of her being very ill while being covered with red sequins are detailed in AOC’s overview.

Doja Cat’s tastes in music tell us much about her personality. “I listen to a lot of music, but I listen to music that I don’t make. I listen to some Japanese House. Dead Can Dance. Drop Nineteens. I was listening to a lot of Cocteau Twins.” She explains that Cocteau Twins won’t influence her.

The theme of orginality is so strong with the star in her interview, but — whether she knows it or not — so is a quiet theme of ethics around her creative process. And obligations to her team and co-creators. For someone with a strong ego and a lot of confidence, Doja Cat treads softly. Her approach is very refreshing. ~ Anne

Additional credits: This story was produced by @DanieleCarettoni and @EspressoProductions.

Casting @laurentabach; Hair @jstayready_; Makeup @laurelcharleston; Manicure @sacciadidthat; Retouching @larachrome.retouch