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.
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.
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.
