Cate Blanchett in Vogue Germany, at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum 30th Anniversary and News of Her November 2026 Honors by Displacement Film Fund
Leading lady, Oscar winning Cate Blanchett learned that she is the 2026 recipient of the British Short Film Awards’ Impact Award. Blanchett will be recognized on Nov. 8 in London for her work “with the Displacement Film Fund [DFF], an initiative supporting short films created by refugees and filmmakers living in displacement.
Blanchett was not at the recent 2026 Oscars but in Berlin at the renowned Hamburger Bahnhof Museum 30th anniversary event. She reunited with Julian Rosefeldt. The German artist and film maker is best known for his 2015 work ‘Manifesto’, in which Blanchett performed 13 different roles.
Celine’s [IG] creative director Michael Rider claimed his rightful place as a designer to be taken seriously, as the Fall-Winter 2026 shows came to an end in Paris this week. As Rider’s own branding vision takes shape, American film director Gus Van Sant [IG] turned his attention to Celine’s Fall 2026 cast.
Rider, an American with strong credentials at Phoebe Philo and Polo Ralph Lauren scored praise from AOC for his focus on the client and how she lives.
Finally, in an imaginary tale made up by Anne, we have a horse race in which Celine suddenly makes a breakout move and comes racing straight for Dior. A madcap scene follows with words of wisdom from Xi Jinping.
Fringes are far out this spring whether of fibreglass or feathers. Israeli model Sun Mizrahi is predisposed to tap nature’s spring plumage fashion styled by Isa Kountoure and featuring Chanel, Issey Miyake, Louis Vuitton, Maison Alaia, Victoria Beckham and more.
Photographer Sonia Szóstak [IG] captures Sun’s fluffy, pouffy, romantic layers for HTSI [IG] Spring 2026 Style February 2026 issue./ Hair by Joe Burwin; makeup by Erin Green
American Vogue [IG] March 2026 plays nice with ‘Surprise Me’, storied by Awar Odhiang, Bibi Breslin, Ida Heiner, Jacqui Hooper, Mathilda Gvarliani and Rejoice Chuol with unexpected pairings.
Malina Joseph Gilcrest styles the sextet in Alaïa, Bottega Veneta, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Miu Miu, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Schiaparelli, The Row, Valentino, Versace and more, lensed by Anthony Seklaoui [IG]. / Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Supermodel Kate Moss is styled by Eniola Dare in striking images of Kate as cinema legend Marilyn Monroe. Top photographer Nick Knight [IG] brings Marilyn to life for EE72 [IG] Magazine Spring 2026 issue, a project for 72 Magazine. Creative direction by Lee Swillingham and Stuart Spalding./ Hair by Sam McKnight; makeup by Val Garland; set design by Andrew Tomlinson
UK model Charlie Jones is one to watch, blessed with a compelling physical presence that put Jones on the Models.com Hot List, solo features in February and March 2026 issues of Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] and a larger number of shared models stories in 2026.
Rae Boxer styles Jones in Ann Demeulemeester, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino and more for ‘Role Play’, lensed by Vito Fernicola [IG] for Bazaar US March./ Hair by Kalle Eklund; makeup by Petros Petrohilos
Top model Lulu Tenney is styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Chloé, Dries Van Noten, Rabanne, McQueen, Meryll Rogge, Miu Miu, Prada, Tom Ford, Versace and more.
Photographer Jack Day [IG] is behind the lens for WSJ Magazine Spring 2026 February 2026 issue.
French model Ibtissam Adlimi is styled by Annabelle Lucey in ‘Solid Ground’, a fashion story featuring Aquazzura, Chanel, Chloe, Erdem, Fendi, Joseph, Givenchy, Prada, Sportmax, Tove Studio and more. Annie Noble [IG] is behind the lens for Mojeh Magazine [IG] February 2026.
Victoria’s Secret [IG] rolls out its Very Sexy Spring 2026 campaign with models Abby Champion, Ajok Daing and Celina Ralph.
Victoria’s Secret is doing a slow burn these days. Not a bonfire, mind you, but under CEO Hillary Super, Victoria’s Secret retains the title of the world’s biggest lingerie brand, holding about 20% of the American market, down from 30% a decade ago.
The key word here, my friends, is stability, positivity based on solid reasoning, leadership and results AND Super’s grasp of the importance of a range of emotions in selling lingerie to HER!!
Deva Cassel in Dior for Harper's Bazaar Turkey Talks French Version ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Dior ambassador, actor Deva Cassel covers the March 2026 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Turkey [IG], the first one styled by new EIC Inan Kirdemir in key pieces from Jonathan Anderson’s first Dior Women’s Spring 2026 collection.
Inan Kirdemir [IG] arrives at Harper’s Bazaar Turkey from L’Officiel Turkey, as a well-known celebrity stylist and now editor-in-chief at Bazaar.
The star of last year’s Netflix Italia series ‘The Leopard’ has finished a new French-language film adaptation of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, directed by Alexandre Castagnetti. The movie is set for a September 23, 2026 release in France.
Model Nadine Kirilova is styled by Foxla Chiu in Prada for a story ‘Elegant Rebellion’, lensed by Carlos Duro [IG] for Vogue Hong Kong [IG] February 2026.
Models Ateta Jok and Viktoria Wirs pose poolside in ‘Dive Right In’, styled by Karen Langley. From the perspective of ELLE US [IG], “carefully engineered runway creations call for an equally architectural backdrop.”
Photographer Brigitte Niedermair is on assignment at a palatial Parisian water park for the March 2026 issue. /Hair by Tomohiro Ohashi; makeup by Thomas Lorenz
Model Cara Taylor is styled by Marti Arcucci in ‘The Rebel’, lensed by Menelik Puryear [IG] for Love Want Magazine [IG] 42, March 2026, The Protagonist issue./ Makeup by Kuma; hair by Akihisa Yamaguchi
Mica Argañaraz is styled by Suzanne Koller in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello exclusively, lensed by Mark Kean [IG] in Self Service 64 [IG] SS 2026./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell; makeup by Thom Walker
The lovely Adit Priscilla graced the pages of HTSI Magazine [IG] February 14th issue, posing in a spring dainties fashion story ‘Microdosing’. Benjamin Canares styled Priscilla in 60s-inspired patterns, prints and accessories from Burberry, Chloe, Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Polo Ralph Lauren, Ulla Johnson and more, lensed by Olimpia Taliani de Marchio [IG]./ Hair by Paula Mccash; makeup by Jimmy Owen Jones
Copenhagen-born model Olivia Vinten covers ELLE France [IG] March 12, 2026 issue, posing in a fashion story ‘La Grande Évasion’[ The Great Escape’]. Vinten is toting Matthieu Blazy’s Large Shopping Bag [next image] imagined as a conversation between the creative director and Gabrielle Chanel.
In total, the story is filled with fashion latest bags.
Elisabeth Akessoul styles Vinten in Balenciaga on the cover and casual getaway clothes lensed by James ‘Buzz’ White [IG]./ Hair by Kazuko Kitaoka;makeup by Tatsu Yamanaka
For the Culture Clash issue of Dazed Magazine [IG], Angelina Kendall and Humanoid explore the benefits of 21st century domesticated bliss. Photographer Thibaut Grevet [IG] captures Kendall styled by Imruh Asha./ Hair by Shiori Takahashi; makeup by Anne Sophie Costa
Photographer Mark Kean [IG] captures a tightly-styled and impeccably-edited fashion story by Marie Chaix for Self Service Magazine [IG] Spring/Summer Issue 64. Models include Bebe Parnell,Caia Moragas, Gertrud Rose, Olivia Paulus and Saar Mansvelt Beck.
Reading the news Friday that Bhavitha Mandava has been tapped as a Chanel ambassador, AOC realized that we hadn’t posted the Chanel Spring/Summer 2026 campaign. The entire model list besides Mandava includes Aditsa Berzenia, Awar Odhiang, Cathy Simmons, Josephen Akuel, Latahlia Hickling, Loli Bahia, Marta Freccia, Noor Khan, Waleska Gorczevski, and Xiuli Jiang.
American photographer Alec Soth [IG],who worked with Blazy at Bottega Veneta, shot the campaign at La Pausa, Gabrielle Chanel’s South of France villa.
Vogue Poland’s EIC [IG] and photographer Ina Levy [IG] continues her voyage across America, setting up her latest fashion shoot in Marfa, Texas. Featuring model Aneken Zaldivar [IG] from Mexico City, AOC posts the Chanel Official story on the day — Monday, March 9, 2026 — that creative director Matthieu Blazy delivered another blockbuster presentation of the Chanel FW 2026 collection in Paris.
Chiara Janczarek styled this fashion story for Chanel and Chanel Beauty./ Makeup by Ingeborg
