Dior Fall 2026/2027 Campaign Is Exquisite. Does It Resonate with Reality In Any Way?
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Karen Mulder Covers Vogue Germany 30 Years Later with Focus on Model Abuse
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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?
Read MoreA Sultry Aylah Peterson for Wallpaper's Fall Style + Musings on Male Designers
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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 —
Read More‘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.’
Ladakhi in Silk Roads History, Images by Avani Rai for Grazia International
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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’.
Read MoreCoco Beach 2026 Campaign Lensed by Julien Martinez Lecler Is Not Inert
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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.
Read MoreAshley Graham for ELLE Spain August 2026 and Her New Little Lucci (Wine)
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