The Paradise of El Hierro: Maria Khan by Xavi Gordo for Bazaar Spain
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Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio's Spirit Surely Enjoyed the Chanel Show at His Villa d'Este
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Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio's Spirit Surely Enjoyed the Chanel Show at His Villa d'Este
The Cardinal who originally built Villa d’Este in 1568 with architect Pellegrino Tibaldi — home of Chanel’s recent Resort 2025/26 show was Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio. The Cardinal was a self-made man by all reports, a thinker deeply influenced by the movement AOC continually calls out, thanks to Brunello Cucinelli. The philosophy is called ‘humanism’ and even ‘Christian humanism’.
As AOC noted in Anne’s recent post examining the religious views of the controversial US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his embrace of Christian Nationalism and the Crusades, Arab world universities were instrumental in translating and preserving ancient Greek and Roman texts, which would later be transmitted to Europe and spur on the Renaissance.
Anne of Carversville works really hard to find new twists and turns in historical stories for which we believe we have the facts. The role of the Arab world in intellectual discussion and debate about Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and more in Europe’s most valued and prominent universities in the early Renaissance is one of those stories.
Read MoreElla Rattigan in 'Force of Nature' Spring 2025 Earthy Style by Edgar Berg for Telegraph Luxury
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Model Ella Rattigan is styled Tona Stell in ‘Force of Nature’, a luxe mix of spring, desert-hues, organic-shapes fashion from Acne Studios, Dior, Fendi, Maison Aiaia, Prada, Schiaparelli, Sportmax and more. Photographer Edgar Berg [IG] captures Ella at Amangiri in Utah, USA, part of the Aman Resorts brand, for Telegraph Luxury [IG] February 8, 2025./ Hair and makeup by Lou Box
Read MoreNora Attal in Sahara el Beyda for Dazed MENA 01 Lensed by Pegah Farahmand
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Photographer Pegah Farahmand [IG] captures top model Nora Attal styled by Omaima Salem for Dazed MENA [IG] 01 April 2025. Attal is lensed in Sahara el Beyda wearing a dress reminiscent of North Africa’s iconic taxi seat covers on her cover. Farahmand’s images for the fashion story ‘Perspectives’ transform the desert into a playground for exploring form, texture, and ethereal movement./ Hair by Gilles Degivyr
Read MoreHotel Stories: The Ritz Paris Founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz Pt-1
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Hotel Stories: The Ritz Paris Founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz
From the outset, the Ritz Paris, one of the most iconic luxury hotels in the world, set new benchmarks for luxury and hospitality, drawing an elite clientele that included royalty, politicians, artists, and writers. The hotel's origins are deeply intertwined with the vision and standards of César Ritz, whose legacy continues to influence luxury hospitality today at Ritz-Carlton hotels worldwide.
AOC is exploring the history of Ritz Paris, the lives of people staying at the hotel and also its founders. I’m struck writing the first words with the idea of forming a timeline around great luxury brands.
We have Louis Vuitton arriving in Paris as a young man with little money in 1837 and César Ritz arriving 30 years later. The Ritz Paris opened in 1898, the year after Guccio Gucci arrived in London in 1897, finding work as a bellhop at the Savoy Hotel.
Read More'Checking Out' at Ritz Hotel Paris by Tim Walker Prompts New Art of Living Hotel Stories
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In 2012, Grace Coddington styled Josephine Skriver, Kate Moss, Mirte Maas, Patricia van der Vliet and Sigrid Agren in Tim Walker’s phantasmagoria of feminine beauty and luxury hotel romanticism in ‘Checking Out’ for Vogue US. The hotel is the Ritz Paris and it prompted a move of the fashion story into AOC Living, with the intention of writing in-depth about the history of the famous hotel and its founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz.
Read MoreVogue Philippines Takes Us to Baguio and Cordillera Cool, Lensed by Borgy Angeles
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Vogue Philippines Takes Us to Baguio and Cordillera Cool, Lensed by Borgy Angeles
Vogue Philippines takes us to ‘Baguio and Beyond: Fresh Fashion Framed by Cordillera Cool’, the cover story for its February 2025 issue. Manila-based photographer Borgy Angeles [IG] captures the vibrancy of Baguio — if not its history and America’s role in creating it [literally].
We meet at the Cordilleras, where “craft, community, and indigenous wisdom reverberate through the land. Models Lake Cabrias, who the team scouted from its Manila casting call, and Fofai, who hails from the Kalinga region, hold handwoven lampshades on their hips and wear Filipino designers’ works inspired by the crafts that come out of these unique, divine-inspired lands.
America’s Colonial Ties to the Philippines
The American colonization of the Philippines happened through the Treaty of Paris at the close of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Months later, the Philippine-American War broke out in 1899, as Filipino revolutionaries sought genuine autonomy after years of Spanish dominance.
The war, which lasted until 1902, was marked by brutal combat and significant casualties, ultimately resulting in the establishment of American sovereignty over the islands.
Read MoreSporty & Rich Arrives for Just in Time for Holidays at Carlyle Hotel New York City
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