Loli Bahia in 'La Renaissance of Chic' for Vogue France by Mert & Marcus
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In the Vogue France [IG] December 2024 cover story ‘La Renaissance du Chic’, the fashion emphasis is a blend of sophistication, elegance and simplicity. A feeling of modernity mixed with classicism. It’s both an attitude and a natural way of being. It’s simply Parisian.
Iconic photographers Mert Alas [IG] & Marcus Piggott [IG] alongside top stylist Alastair McKimm, photograph the multicultural Algerian-French beauty Loli Bahia, a young woman of her time and already a top-flight fashion model.
Claire Thomson-Jonville takes the credit for editorial content./ Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup by Thomas De Kluyver
‘A Beloved Diamond in the Rough’
Vogue France’s Alexandre Marain affectionately calls the girl from Lyon ‘a diamond in the rough’ — actually a possessive ‘our’ diamond.
Bahia is cherished by French luxury fashion and beyond as ‘their young woman’, a living embodiment of a global, multicultural French aesthetic with a complex history — one this young woman embraces fully.
The Vogue France cover star is also an accomplished trombone player with a love of jazz and drums; as well as an emeritus athlete in volleyball, a sport she almost made her profession.
The rising star also has an enticing role in cinema, playing the younger-self Jeanne du Barry de Maïwenn.
Loli Bahia also sees herself as an action film hero who does her own stunts. Note, she does not see herself as the Bond Girl. No — her focus is being James Bond, the center of the action, or an enemy of Bond.
Her favorite sports icon is Stephen Curry. On the music side, she’s in love with Quincy Jones, Marvin Gaye and — more than anyone else in the world — Michael Jacison.
Related: A French woman who understands Loli Bahia’s French red lips is Violette Serrat, creative director of makeup for Guerlain since 2021. Read: Guerlain's Violette Serrat Relaunches G Rouge Lipstick for Paris Lovers Worldwide AOC Body
