Dior Fall 2026/2027 Campaign Is Exquisite. Does It Resonate with Reality In Any Way?

Dior Fall 2026/2027 Campaign Is Exquisite. Does It Resonate with Reality In Any Way?

Dior Fall 2026/2027 Campaign Is Exquisite. Does It Resonate with Reality?

Jonathan Anderson delivers one of the sweetest, loveliest, most poetic, tranquil, untroubled, innocent, painterly ad campaign reveries to have sprung from his fantabulous imagination.

We are in the land of sweet damsels Dru Campbell, Laura Kaiser, Sunday Rose and Zhao Ziqi drifting like angels into the ethereal safe space of young women with trust funds.

Not to knock on the door of their collective consciousness, but perhaps they are suffering from ennui, a deep, weary boredom and listlessness, a grey feeling where life’s routines feel dull and meaningless.

90% of the financial markets now believe that Dior and Chanel are locked in a zero-sum luxury brands battle and Dior has already suffered a strong gut punch. Financial modeling demonstrates that the [LVMH] stock is now trading significantly below its intrinsic fair value.

Theinstitutional investment community is actively baking a steep "management and creative risk premium" into Dior's valuation, explicitly losing faith in the brand's near-term trajectory.

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Karen Mulder Covers Vogue Germany 30 Years Later with Focus on Model Abuse

Karen Mulder Covers Vogue Germany 30 Years Later with Focus on Model Abuse

Karen Mulder Covers Vogue Germany 30 Years Later with a Focus on Model Abuse

1990s supermodel Karen Mulder covers the September 2026 issue of Vogue Germany [IG], 30 years after being iced by the fashion industry over her claims of widespread model abuse. She is styled by Dogukan Nesanir in images by Sean+Seng [IG].

Three decades ago, Karen Mulder made shocking claims of abuse against the fashion industry and its treatment of models. Interviewed for a French talk show, the Dutch super ended up in a psychiatric hospital resulting from her commentary, which never aired on television or to the general public.

Mulder’s return, with the full support of Vogue Germany, coincides with the Epstein case drama in America and a rash of new rape and assault complaints [some repeats] filed in Paris in July.

AOC raises new concerns about the staggering depth of physical assault involved in the alleged events. If these are the men amongst us — in our own industry — what does it say that after 30 years, there is no consensus around truth and justice due — if any?

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W Magazine Forecast Leather on Summer 2026 Beaches. Nature Had Other Plans

W Magazine Forecast Leather on Summer 2026 Beaches. Nature Had Other Plans

When W Magazine shared the fashion story ‘Skin Is In: This Season’s Forecast Calls for Leather Weather’, Mother Nature had other summer plans of her own. Wearing leather in high-summer does sound edgy until a woman suits up for the sake of fashion.

Top model Ida Heiner posed on pre-summer sands in the W trend forecast for leather and suede outerwear becoming summer’s edgiest cover-ups.

Charlotte Collet styled the fashion story using Akris, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Celine, Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Givenchy by Sarah Burton, Gucci, Loewe, McQueen, Miu Miu, Zadig & Voltaire and more in images captured by Zoe Ghertner [IG]. / Hair by Lucas Willson; makeup by Lilly Pollan

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Josh Olins Shoots Vogue Netherlands September 2026 Covers with 3 Dutchies in Portugal

Josh Olins Shoots Vogue Netherlands September 2026 Covers with 3 Dutchies in Portugal

Vogue Netherlands [IG] releases four September 2026 covers featuring Dutchies and very tight friends, models Annemary Alderbridge, Caitlin Soetendal and Rosalieke Fuchs.

The trio is styled by Linda Gumus Gerritsen in images by Josh Olins [IG], on location in a Portuguese valley, creating images promoting peace, nature and the models’ love for each other. / Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Sally Branka

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Adriana Lima Is Still Sultry in Fall Fashion Lensed by Daniel Sachon in EE72

Adriana Lima Is Still Sultry in Fall Fashion Lensed by Daniel Sachon in EE72

Supermodel Adriana Lima is back ‘home’ at Victoria’s Secret and in the pages of Edward Enninful’s EE72 [IG] Magazine Summer 2026 issue. The most emotional with love, former VS Angel is back to appearing regularly in VS campaigns. Her son Cyan, birthed with husband Andre Lemmers, is now four years old. Dena Gianni styles Adriana in sultry looks from Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Chloe, Khaite and more lensed by Daniel Sachon [IG] for the issue themed around performance, wellness and sports./ Hair by Sami Knight; makeup by Holly Silius

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'Wild and Free' Fall 2026 Fashion in Harper's Bazaar UK September 2026

'Wild and Free' Fall 2026 Fashion in Harper's Bazaar UK September 2026

US models Athena Wilson and Londone Myers join China’s Luo Yi and Britain’s Ava Good in ‘Wild and Free, a fall fashion story styled by Miranda Almond.

Erik Madigan Heck is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] September 2026 issue./ Hair by Declan Shells; makeup by Andrew Gallimore

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Vogue September 2026 Hugs Kaia and Homer in Meisel Fall Fashion Debut

Vogue September 2026 Hugs Kaia and Homer in Meisel Fall Fashion Debut

The September 2026 issue of Vogue arrives with ‘The Shards’ stars Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere on the cover and main cover story. There is plenty of fashion, styled by Spencer Singer, in the cover story with Gerber and Gere wearing Chanel on the September cover. Rob Haskell pens the narrative ‘Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere Have Heard It All Before’. Steven Meisel [IG] is behind the lens with creative direction by Raul Martinez./ Hair by Guido Palau;makeup by Pat McGrath

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A Sultry Aylah Peterson for Wallpaper's Fall Style + Musings on Male Designers

A Sultry Aylah Peterson for Wallpaper's Fall Style + Musings on Male Designers

A Sultry Aylah Peterson for Wallpaper + Musings on Male Designers

Aylah Peterson is styled by Jason Hughes in a sumptuous fashion story with strong woman looks from top designers. Parisian photographers Antoine and Charlie [IG] capture Peterson for Wallpaper Magazine [IG] September 2026 focus on fall fashion.

Raw, Real Desire to Fly

This is one of those high-impact, sophisticated fashion stories that AOC loves. In the featured shot — Aylah Peterson’s eyes, the tilt of her head and face is both honest and compelling. In the text for this story by Jack Moss, he gives high praise to Blazy for being so attuned to his clients, which are primarily women.

Blazy has said — probably in the notes for the A/W 2026 show with the caterpillar and the butterfly —

‘Chanel is a paradox. Chanel is function, Chanel is fiction. Chanel is sensible, Chanel is seductive. Chanel is day, Chanel is night. It represents the freedom to choose between the caterpillar and the butterfly whenever you want,’ he said. ‘I wish to create a canvas for women to be unapologetically who they are and who they want to be.’

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Bambi Northwood Blyth Wears 'Hidden Garden' Tiffany Gems in Vogue Hong Kong

Bambi Northwood Blyth Wears 'Hidden Garden' Tiffany Gems in Vogue Hong Kong

The June 2026 issue of Vogue Hong Kong paid tribute to Tiffany & Co. with new spectacular pieces from its ‘Hidden Garden’ Blue Book high jewelry collection. Invited also to join the festivities were animal actors/ambassadors Romey & Cookie, humanely trained animal actors since 1987 by Benaya Animals [IG].

Schanel Bakkouche styled model Bambi Northwood Blyth in subdued, high jewelry elegance, lensed by Petros Koulouris [IG].

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Ladakhi in Silk Roads History, Images by Avani Rai for Grazia International

Ladakhi in Silk Roads History, Images by Avani Rai for Grazia International

Ladakhi in Silk Roads History Has Core Principles for New Humanism

We’ve pulled out this story focused on ‘The Silk Road’ to honor Avani Rai’s father, renowned photographer Raghu Rai and equally the work of her mother, conservation architect Gurmeet Sangha Rai.

A key plank of AOC’s vision of the original Renaissance Humanism vs New Humanism is its lack of a Eurocentric lens. This global embrace of humanity has motivated me my entire life, with travels and a career around the world more times than I can count.

The Place of Ladakhi in Silk Roads History

The fashion story takes us to Ladakh, which was never an isolated mountain kingdom; it was the vibrant pulse point of the Trans-Himalayan Silk Road from as early as the 2nd century BCE. Its primary town, Leh, acted as a massive commercial hub where the trade routes of Central Asia, South Asia, and Tibet converged.

Trust was the glue that bound these traders in successful commerce and the beginnings of international business communities. These ancient traders have so much to teach us about dealing with the ‘other’.

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Coco Beach 2026 Campaign Lensed by Julien Martinez Lecler Is Not Inert

Coco Beach 2026 Campaign Lensed by Julien Martinez Lecler Is Not Inert

Coco Beach 2026 Campaign and the Inert Power of the Mycelium Man

Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel is in high gear, manifesting clarity of vision, intention, artistry and modernity expressed in the Coco Beach 2026 Campaign.

Creative director Sheila Single [IG] and photographer Julien Martinez Leclerc [IG] deliver an atypical summer campaign that is driven by graphic composition and precise placement.

Blazy’s women are so on the move — much like Coco Chanel herself or Chanel’s fabulous CEO Leena Nair — that being suspended in stillness, lying motionless on black sand — they are out-of-predicted behavior mode.

AOC’s Mycelium Man outsmarts us with a hard stop. I know; I know. Here she goes again with the mushrooms. Get used to it.

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Ashley Graham for ELLE Spain August 2026 and Her New Little Lucci (Wine)

Ashley Graham for ELLE Spain August 2026 and Her New Little Lucci (Wine)

Ashley Graham for ELLE Spain August 2026 and Her New Little Lucci (Wine)

Supermodel Ashley Graham graces the pages of ELLE Spain’s [IG] August 2026 issue, styled by Sylvia Montoliu in Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Maison Alaia, Marina Rinaldi, YSL and more. JUANKR [IG] is behind the lens, capturing the sophisticated fashion story in all its Ashley Graham sensual glory.

A New Challenge: Her Little Lucci

The supermodel mother of three boys was recently toasting her favorite bottle of Lambrusco, calling it her fourth child, her little Lucci.

Pastoral Perfect in Vogue Paris 2018

The minute Graham’s fashion story hit the queue, AOC thought of her scalding story lensed by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue Paris. Graham as Earth Goddess is in the top 10 ever fashion stories on Anne of Carversville.

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Early Fall Elegance in Vogue Scandinavia June 2026 by Branislav Simoncik

Early Fall Elegance in Vogue Scandinavia June 2026 by Branislav Simoncik

Vogue Scandinavia [IG] June 2026 took an unusually elegant approach in its summer issue, creating a fashion story ‘Cancer Astrology Forecast’ lensed by Branislav Simoncik [IG]. The shoot featured models Anamaria Cioboata, Ateta Jok, and Renata Scheffer styled by Anya Ziourova with fashion and jewelry from Alexis Bittar, Deepa Gurnani, Elie Saab, Maison Valentino, Max Mara, Pierre Hardy, Shop Julietta and more./ Hair by Mirka Mysicka; makeup by LLoyd Simmonds

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Cindy Bruna, Lennon Sorrenti Simmer by Purienne for French Vogue August 2026

Cindy Bruna, Lennon Sorrenti Simmer by Purienne for French Vogue August 2026

Congrats to top model Cindy Bruna, who married Congolese basketball player Blondy Baruti in December 2025. Follow our links below the new bride’s French Vogue [IG] cover for personal images.

Bruna wears a Candice Swanepoel Tropic of C bikini on her French Vogue cover, lensed by Purienne [IG]. Rising model Lennon Sorrenti takes the second cover for the fashion story ‘Bord De Mer’ and wears Prada. / Hair by Alexandrine Piel and Stephane Lancien; makeup by Aaron de Mey

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Could It Be That Model Natalia Montero Is Finally Getting Her Flowers?

Could It Be That Model Natalia Montero Is Finally Getting Her Flowers?

Harper’s Bazaar Colombia [IG] makes its fashion magazine debut to major applause for their cover model Natalia Montero and her story in this first issue. Watching Montero’s videos on IG, she moves like a ‘60s-’70s model — which bares almost no relationship with today’s models, who seem to just stand there, more often than not.

In these images, Montero is styled by Pablo Correa in images by Andrés Oyuela [IG]./ Makeup by Lau Panto; hair by Javier Martinez

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Lila Moss & Athiec Geng Find Their Summer Groove in Vogue Spain August 2026

Lila Moss & Athiec Geng Find Their Summer Groove in Vogue Spain August 2026

Lila Moss & Athiec Geng deliver joyful smiles in their Vogue Spain August 2026 cover story, also published in British Vogue. Poppy Kain styles the fashion story shot in Barcelona June 3-7, celebrating the 24th edition of the Primavera Sound festival. Sebastian Faena [IG] is behind the lens, documenting the event and catching live all those smiling faces./ Hair by David Harborow; makeup by Celia Burton

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Maria Grazia Chiuri's ‘Return to Form’ Fendi Explained in Vogue Australia July 2026

Maria Grazia Chiuri's ‘Return to Form’ Fendi Explained in Vogue Australia July 2026

Maria Grazia Chiuri's ‘Return to Form’ Fendi Explained in Vogue Australia July 2026

Vogue Australia [IG] July 2026 digital issue delivers one of the first fashion stories focused on Maria Grazia Chiuri’s debut collection since her return to Fendi as creative director.

In luxury fashion, the Italian concept of purity of form [purezza delle forme] refers to a design philosophy focused on impeccable tailoring, architectural lines, and the removal of unnecessary ornamentation to let the silhouette and material speak for themselves.

Considering ‘purity of form’ enters the fashion dialogue at the same time AOC is deeply immersed in a study of Italian futurism. Setting aside the ideological planks of Italian Futurism — including its deep disdain for women — it seems that these two concepts are connected functionally.

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Anais Mali Poses Poolside for Harper's Bazaar Greece Lensed by Andreas Ortner

Anais Mali Poses Poolside for Harper's Bazaar Greece Lensed by Andreas Ortner

French model Anais Mali is styled by Ariane Lindhorst in high-summer, poolside looks for Harper’s Bazaar Greece [IG] August 2026 issue. Panayiota Ten provides creative direction with photography by Andreas Ortner [IG] on location in Comporta, Setubal, Portugal./ Hair and makeup by Helena Narra

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