Lara Stone in Fendi for Numéro 256 Inspires Clear Thinking on Maria Grazia Chiuri

Lara Stone in Fendi for Numéro 256 Inspires Clear Thinking on Maria Grazia Chiuri

Lara Stone in Fendi for Numéro 256 Inspires Clear Thinking on Maria Grazia Chiuri

On the subject of Fendi, with Silvia Venturini Fendi being named honorary president and allowing a new creative director to take the reins of the Fendi luxury brand, AOC assumes that Maria Grazia Chiuri will step into the spotlight as the new creative head of women’s and probably men’s as well.

I’ve defended the Anderson decision when other women fashion writers were ripping into LVMH — going so far out on the limb as to say on WaPo: “Calm down. She’s going to Fendi. LVMH is not so stupid as to throw Chiuri to the curb, when some VIP women clients may not even like the new Dior.”

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Naomi Watts Talks 'All's Fair' Lady Lawyers Ballbreakers New Hulu Series

Naomi Watts Talks 'All's Fair' Lady Lawyers Ballbreakers New Hulu Series

Naomi Watts Talks 'All's Fair' Lady Lawyers Ballbreakers New Hulu Series

Actor and businesswoman Naomi Watts covers the October 2025 issue of Vogue Greece [IG] in advance of the premier of ‘All’s Fair’. The Hulu legal drama series has Watts playing Liberty Ronson, in the ensemble cast of an all-female law firm with a practice centered on high-stakes divorce cases.

Other members of this phenom ballbreakers cast include Glenn Close, Niecy Nash, Sarah Paulson, Teyana Taylor and — wait for it — Kim Kardashian. Good goddess; as if Kardashian doesn’t have enough to do.

No wonder Disney had to settle with Jimmy Kimmel, with Hulu subscriptions flying cancelled in their faces right before this debut.

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Celine Spring 2025 Bags Campaign by Zoe Ghertner

Celine Spring 2025 Bags Campaign by Zoe Ghertner

Celine Spring 2025 Bags Campaign by Zoe Ghertner

Celine designer and artistic director Michael Rider shares a new Spring 2026 Campaign with a focus on bags. Four models — Boma Sunday, Kylie Young, Svetlana Lethelier and Victoria Blecher — are styled by Ewa Kluczenko in key pieces from The Garance, The Cabas New Luggage, The Besace Soft Triomphe and more collections.

PhotographerZoe Ghertner [IG] is in the studio, with creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel./ Hair by Duffy; makeup by Lucia Pieroni

“At Ralph Lauren, no one would accept that I was American—I was French to them,” the designer reflects. “And my whole life in Europe, I have always been the most American person in the room.”

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Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills Project Gains Unanimous Approval with mid-2026 Groundbreaking

Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills Project Gains Unanimous Approval with mid-2026 Groundbreaking

Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills Project Gains Unanimous Approval with mid-2026 Groundbreaking

The Beverly Hills Planning Commission unanimously approved the proposed Louis Vuitton flagship store and exhibition space at its September 25th meeting. In a LVMH saga AOC has followed for several years, the commission approved a Development Plan Review, a Conditional Use Permit and Rooftop Dining Permit. designed by architect Frank Gehry.

Designed by architect Frank Gehry, and located on Rodeo Drive, the Louis Vuitton cutting-edge, experiential design complex will span the block of South Santa Monica Boulevard between Rodeo and Beverly Drive.

Gehry’s sculptural design imprint for three-story windowless building includes two buildings with pedestrian bridges and an inner courtyard. Peter Marino is in charge of interior design.

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LOEWE Designers McCollough and Hernandez Tease October 3 Paris Show

LOEWE Designers McCollough and Hernandez Tease October 3 Paris Show

LOEWE Designers McCollough and Hernandez Tease October 3 Paris Show

LOEWE [IG] creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez introduce a series of images, captured by photographer Talia Chetrit [IG] as visual vibes of their approach to expressing the DNA of the LOEWE brand.

“This teaser stands as an opening gesture, the outset of a new dialogue,” the American designers and founders of the Proenza Schouler brand expressed. “The campaign begins to define a tone, a spirit, and the beginnings of an intent.”

The expressed sensuality is clear to the naked eye and it teeters on an expressed homoeroticism for an opening statement.

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Kris Jenner Covers Vogue Arabia September with Living Fabulously on Her Mind

Kris Jenner Covers Vogue Arabia September with Living Fabulously on Her Mind

Kris Jenner Covers Vogue Arabia September with Living Fabulously on Her Mind

Kris Jenner covers the September 2025 issue of Vogue Arabia, leaving social media in warp speed chatter about details of her facelift, while Jenner talks with Vogue Arabia writer about her first job at age 10 being responsible for the wrapping station at two candle stores owned her mother and grandmother.

AOC adds a broader commentary to Jenner’s interview with EIC Manuel Arnault. In July 2024, doctors found a ‘growing’ tumor and cyst on Kris Jenner’s ovary. She initially planned for an ovary removal but accepted the doctor's recommendation for a complete removal of her reproductive organs as a precaution against future cancer growth, especially the highly-deadly ovarian cancer.

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Saint Laurent Winter 2025 Campaign at Villa Oasis in Marrakech

Saint Laurent Winter 2025 Campaign at Villa Oasis in Marrakech

Saint Laurent Winter 2025 Campaign at Villa Oasis in Marrakech

Models Ajus Samuel, Libby Taverner, Lota Blaskovic and Noor Khan are center stage in the large collection of visuals developed for the Saint Laurent Winter 2025 Campaign.

Drew Vickers [IG] acts as photographer and director for this artistic color explosion, styled by Paul Sinclaire and with the actual collages created by Arnaud Michaux​⁣ [IG].

This is the first time the private residence for Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé — Villa Oasis — has been used for a commercial campaign.

Collage effects are unusually effective in the campaign, acting as a metaphor for the French-Moroccan cultural design fusion that has fueled French design for decades.

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Confirmed: Stefano Cantino Will Exit As Gucci CEO, Replaced by Francesca Bellettini

Confirmed: Stefano Cantino Will Exit As Gucci CEO, Replaced by Francesca Bellettini

Stefano Cantino Exits As Gucci CEO, Replaced by Francesca Bellettini

Gucci CEO Stefano Cantino is expected to exit the helm of the brand in hours to days, report multiple business media Sunday evening in US. Cantino, a veteran of both Prada and Louis Vuitton, has been Gucci CEO for about nine months.

Francesca Bellettini, currently Kering’s deputy CEO for brand development, is expected to succeed Cantino.

Monday is new Kering CEO Luca de Meo’s first day at work. If the action proceeds as reported, the new Kering CEO will have demonstrated to financial markets that he is indeed now in charge at Kering.

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The Dries Van Noten FW 2025 Campaign Mines Opéra Garnier Aristocratic DNA

The Dries Van Noten FW 2025 Campaign Mines Opéra Garnier Aristocratic DNA

The Dries Van Noten FW 2025 Campaign Mines Opéra Garnier Aristocratic DNA

The Dries Van Noten Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign showcasing the first collection under new creative director Julian Klausner is shot by in-demand photographer Carlijn Jacobs [IG]. The location of the ‘Behind the Curtain’ Campaign is Opéra Garnier, located in The Palais Garnier and commissioned by Napolean III for the Paris Opera and built from 1861 to 1875.

Watching the fashion show video, it was obvious that the new Dries Van Noten collection embraced old Dries, but Klausner had also injected a new vibe into the collection that could only be his own.

As I noted on Tuesday in a deep dive into the Prada Galleria bag campaign, the ancient history of rituals goes far deeper than the pursuit of shiny hair while admiring ourselves in the mirror. Like Prada, the Dries Van Noten brand has credentials when the focus is rituals.

Having watched us trivialize the concept of duality into nothingness, I sincerely hope we don’t put the word ‘ritual’ through the same meat grinder.

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Trump Administration Crackdown on Civil War and Slavery References Begins

Trump Administration Crackdown on Civil War and Slavery References Begins

Trump Administration Crackdown on Civil War and Slavery References Begins

The Trump administration has ordered the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks and other cultural institutions in an effort to end advocacy of corrosive ideologies in America.

At Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia, Trump officials told park employees to take down a sign that criticizes the post-Civil War “Lost Cause” ideology, saying that it romanticized the Confederacy and denied slavery’s central role in the conflict.

The National Portrait Gallery of Art in Washington houses the original version of “The Scourged Back,” also known as “Whipped Peter.” It’s also scheduled for removal.

AOC shares the life of Peter Gordon, aka ‘Whipped Peter’. His story and photos jolted northerners who had no idea that slavery could be so cruel.

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Kirsten Dunst in Town & Country Prompts a Look at Marie Antoinette's White Women World

Kirsten Dunst in Town & Country Prompts a Look at Marie Antoinette's White Women World

AOC Delves into Sofia Coppola’s White World of Women

Hollywood actor Kirsten Dunst covers the September 2025 issue of Town & Country [IG], interviewed by Mickey Rapkin in ‘Cool Girl Colossus’. Dunst is styled by Deborah Afshani in images by Tina Tyrell [IG].

Late Emerging Criticism of Economic and Racial Realities in ‘Marie Antoinette’

While there was no serious race-related pushback against the film initially, over time Coppola’s preoccupation with a “privileged white woman’s problems” has become a source of criticism. Even agreeing that Marie Antoinette can be viewed universally, critics and students both insist that Coppola’s world of women is white and preferably rich.

In her Town & Country interview, Dunst reveals that she just finished reading a script for director Sofia Coppola’s latest film project.

Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola have collaborated on four feature films: The Virgin Suicides [1999], Marie Antoinette [2006], The Bling Ring [2013], and The Beguiled [2017]. Dunst starred in the first three films and had a cameo in the fourth.

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Prada Galleria Bag Fall 2025 'Totem of Change' Rituals Film with Scarlett Johansson

Prada Galleria Bag Fall 2025 'Totem of Change' Rituals Film with Scarlett Johansson

Prada Galleria Bag Fall 2025 'Totem of Change' Rituals Film with Scarlett Johansson

Prada ambassador Scarlett Johansson fronts her third Prada Galleria [IG] bag campaign, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Prada regular Ferdinando Verderi provided creative direction for a handbag Prada calls a “totem of change.”

It’s the first time the two creatives Johansson and Lanthimos have worked together.

A totem of change: It’s indisputable that the Prada Galleria campaign is focused on rituals, which have evolved among humans for thousands of years and are closely aligned with religion and spirituality. When you call a handbag a “totem of change”, this creative team is placing the Galleria on a significant pedestal.

The Prada campaign lovingly mocks rituals with Johannson embracing a very long — and seemingly absurd to-do list given her by an ‘other’ self — in the execution of her particular ceremony.

From the standpoint of human psychology, Carl Jung called Johansson’s other self, the “shadow self”, and we see her operating in the film.

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Abbey Lee Covers Vogue Australia September 2025 in Images by Dan Jackson

Abbey Lee Covers Vogue Australia September 2025 in Images by Dan Jackson

Abbey Lee Covers Vogue Australia September 2025 in Images by Dan Jackson

Vogue Australia September 2025 [IG] finds Abbey Lee [Kershaw] at home in her Williamsburg, Brooklyn loft preparing for her eighth cover for the magazine. She shares the loft with her partner Milo.

Writer Alison Veness visits Abbey Lee weeks before the debut of the new Netflix series ‘Black Rabbit’ starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman on September 18.

The difference between modelling and acting, Abbey Lee says, is like night and day. “I mean, modelling is financially fulfilling, and you get to travel around the world, but at the end of the day a model has one very simple task. As an actor, it’s about your voice, your mind, your emotions, your physicality and your intelligence.”

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Moncler x EE72: Edward Enninful Launches Moncler Genius Collaboration and 72 Magazine for NYFW

Moncler x EE72: Edward Enninful Launches Moncler Genius Collaboration and 72 Magazine for NYFW

Moncler x EE72: Edward Enninful Launches Moncler Genius Collaboration and 72 Magazine for NYFW

Edward Enninful [IG] embarks on a big week in his latest — and greatest — fashion industry, personal metamorphosis with his inaugural Moncler Genius collection, titled Moncler x EE72. Edward has worked with Moncler in the past, but not in his official capacity as designer.

Moncler and Enninful bring this Moncler x EE72 vision to life with a window display at Saks Fifth Avenue’s New York Flagship, timed with the start of New York Fashion Week. The presentation spans seven windows at 5th Avenue and 50th Street.

Tonight September 12 Edward will officially launch his new quarterly 72 Magazine.

My copy of 72 Magazine is on the way, and you can buy yours right on the landing page. Smart. It’s not oversized at 9x12 [shucks] and the price is $20 + $10 shipping.

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Sydney Sweeney, Caught in the Moment by Elizaveta Porodina for WSJ Magazine

Sydney Sweeney, Caught in the Moment by Elizaveta Porodina for WSJ Magazine

Sydney Sweeney, Caught in the Moment by Elizaveta Porodina for WSJ Magazine

Sydney Sweeney is the ‘woman of the hour’ today and not because of her gorgeous photoshoot by Elizaveta Porodina [IG] in the September 2025 issue of WSJ Magazine [IG].

She’s not the ‘woman of the hour’ because of a led-by-the-right to bait-the-left manufactured controversy over her recent American Eagle ads.

We don’t know yet if Charlie Kirk’s killer, now-in-custody Tyler Robinson, 22, took him out over the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle manufactured-by-the-right controversy. His laundry list of hate will be revealed in the coming days.

The reason Sydney Sweeney is loud and proud today is because her November 2025 release ‘Christy’ movie trailer dropped hours ago, and it’s a blockbuster.

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Paloma Elsesser, Poet, Covers Vogue Germany September 2025 by Julia Noni

Paloma Elsesser, Poet, Covers Vogue Germany September 2025 by Julia Noni

Paloma Elsesser, Poet, Shares Her Words with Vogue Germany

Paloma Elsesser continues to inspire, today with her September 2025 cover story for Vogue Germany [IG]. One of fashion’s strongest voices wears Louis Vuitton on the cover, styled by Harry Lambert in images by Julia Noni [IG]./ Hair by Pierre Saint Sever; makeup by Patrick Glatthaar

Elsesser is joined by model Rayan Mazuel in select images of a larger cast not published.

Vogue Germany features director Maria Hunstig highlights one of Elsesser’s poems personalized on a dress by Macy Grimshaw. Paloma’s words are posted.

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Mila van Eeten for Mytheresa As YNAP Acquisition Creates LuxExperience Platform

Mila van Eeten for Mytheresa As YNAP Acquisition Creates LuxExperience Platform

Mila van Eeten for Mytheresa As New YNAP Acquisition Creates LuxExperience Platform

Model Mila van Eeten wears the latest pieces from Aquazzura, Chloe, David Koma, Dolce & Gabbana, Khaite, Magda Butrym, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Tom Ford and more, photographed by Jorin Koers [IG] for Mytheresa [IG] Hair by Alessandro Rebecchi; makeup by Carlos Saidel

The New LuxExperience Platform

Last week the Munich-based, German e-tailer Mytheresa said that about 700 employees might be impacted as the profitable e-tailer integrates Yoox-Net-a-Porter [YNAP] into the new company LuxExperience.

The acquisition positions the new luxury brands internet platform to become the largest player in luxury e-commerce. Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont, YNAP’s previous owner, is footing the bill by recapitalising YNAP with €555 million in exchange for a 33 percent stake in Mytheresa, and an additional €100 million six-year revolving credit facility.

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Equestrians Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner in Grand Tetons for American Vogue October 2025

Equestrians Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner in Grand Tetons for American Vogue October 2025

Equestrians Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner in Grand Tetons for American Vogue October 2025

Superdupers Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner cover the October 2025 issue of American Vogue [IG].

KenGi heads for Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the fashion story styled by Tabitha Simmons at Diamond Cross Ranch [IG]. Photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] shoots his first American Vogue cover story at Diamond Cross Ranch.

Chloe Malle, named the new Head of Editorial Content at Vogue US, is on the interview. The dialogue is heavier than spun sugar on a stick at the state fair — almost folksy — but definitely apolitical, no comentary about the world writ large. Just two longtime, down-home friends having a scat style, verbal bubblebath. And Chloe Malle writes it all down in short, crisp sentences.

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Tory Burch FW2025 Campaign, $1 Billion Goal for Women Entrepreneurs

Tory Burch FW2025 Campaign, $1 Billion Goal for Women Entrepreneurs

Tory Burch FW2025 Campaign, $1 Billion Drive for Women Entrepreneurs

The Tory Burch [IG] FW 2025 Campaign gives us a moment to check-in with one of AOC’s favorite brands. Models Hejia Li, Ida Heiner, Lulu Tenney, Nora Attal, and Selena Forrest bond in New York City in a campaign lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG].

Strong performance in 2024: Multiple reports from early 2025 cite Tory Burch's financial strength in 2024, noting the brand sold an estimated $1.8 billion worth of products.

Huge Ambition Goals at the Tory Burch Foundation

In early May 2025, the Inaugural Tory Burch Foundation Founders Breakfast honored Martha Stewart, while Burch unveiled an ambitious new pledge: to generate more than $1 billion in economic impact through women entrepreneurs by 2030.

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Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk England

Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk England

Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk England AOC Fashion

Burberry [IG] Creative Director Daniel Lee takes us to Wolterton Hall in Norfolk, England, a historic British setting that served as a key source of inspiration for the Fall/Winter 2025 collection and now the campaign.

Lee brings the sumptuous yet restrained location to life again in the appropriately-named Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 ‘A Grand Escape’ campaign, lensed by Sam Rock [IG].

Britain’s favorite heritage brand is far from being out of the woods, but Burberry CEO Joshua Schulman cited recently a notable uptick in Burberry’s brand desirability. Best of all, he said the Autumn 2025 collection is being "well received by a broad range of luxury customers".

AOC shares strong praise for how creative director Daniel Lee has delivered a strong reboot collection that is sumptuous and elegant with major visual appeal.

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