Victoria's Secret's 'Dream Lingerie' 2024 Campaign Stop on Its Reinvention Journey
/A quintet of Victoria’s Secret models past and present come together for the Victoria’s Secret ‘Dream Lingerie’ 2024 Campaign. The beauty lineup includes Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Devyn Garcia, Mayowa Nicholas and Taylor Hill. / Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Lauren Parsons; set design by Andy Hillman
For a professional who joined the Victoria’s Secret business at a 187 store count and stayed a decade as fashion director, head of product development and originally a merchant developing a home store concept, these gorgeous images by Angelo Pennetta [IG] take me into the past.
Certainly, if one is trying to return Victoria’s Secret to its original glory, this is one way to do it. The business has tried everything else in its reinvention journey.
Read MoreGigi Hadid Smells the Roses in British Vogue's December Issue by Angelo Pennetta
/Supermodel, businesswoman and Khai’s mom Gigi Hadid drops into London in ‘Round Our Way’. Julia Sarr-Jamois styles Hadid in modern, relaxed glamour with a “homespun twist” from Chanel, Emporio Armani, Hermes, Miu Miu, Nensi Dojaka, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sportmax and more.
Gigi does smell the roses, but those peonies have AOC’s attention.
Photographer Angelo Pennetta [IG] captures Gigi for British Vogue’s December 2023 issue./ Hair by Alex Brownsell; makeup by Thomas de Kluyver
Read MoreSelena Forrest Feels 'Miami Heat' in WSJ Magazine April 2023 by Angelo Pennetta
/Top model Selena Forrest covers the April 2023 issue of WSJ Magazine, styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois in hot weather, fluid elegance. Photographer Angelo Pennetta [IG] captures Selena in hot-weather mode in Miami, where she has a home since 2021. “Work can be so fast-paced, and here I have a big backyard,” says Forrest. “I’m just soaking in the nature and the sunshine.”/ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Susie Sobol
Read MoreGrace Elizabeth in Imperial Grandeur for British Vogue November 2022
/Grandeur and opulence with an imperial vibe arrives in the November 2022 pages of British Vogue [and Vogue Global] as a fashion story ‘Treasure Island’. Top model Grace Elizabeth is styled by BV’s fashion director Julia Sarr-Jamois in images by Angelo Pennetta [IG]./ Hair by Jordan Robertson; makeup by Jenna Kuchera
Sarr-Jamois’ south London apartment was featured in Vogue UK online in June 2022. She was born in London, daughter of a French ‘mum’ and a Senegalese father.
The talented stylist spoke to issues of racism in the days after the murder of George Floyd — a crime that Kanye West [legally known as Ye and shortly the owner of right-wing social media site Parler] now denies even happened.
Read MorePaloma Elsesser Covers WSJ Magazine October 2022 by Angelo Pennetta
/Top model Paloma Elsesser would love to be a poet, but there is the reality that she likes nice things. The next best lifestyle is to enjoy her life as a top model — which seems increasingly secure for the London-born daughter of an African-American mother and Chilean-Swiss father.
Elsesser grew up in Los Angeles, attending private school, before moving to New York and The New School to pursue psychology and literature. For money, Paloma waitressed at Jamaican restaurant Miss Lily’s.
Now a Brooklyn real-estate owner, Paloma, part of the IMG family, explains “. . . I’m not Malala. I’m just a [5.7” tall] model who’s a size 12” .
Read MoreHailey Bieber Strides into WSJ Magazine to Talk Rhode, Her New Skincare Brand
/Hailey Bieber is here to talk about Rhode, her new skin-care brand launching this fall. She’s not here to talk about her marriage or what she and husband Justin Bieber do — except to be a normal married couple — behind closed doors.
“It doesn’t feel worth it to me anymore when I try to have an open conversation with someone like you and then it gets taken out of context,” Bieber says to Lane Florsheim, who interviews her in WSJ Magazine’s Spring Fashion issue cover story, in Hailey Bieber’s Next Move.
“The media loves to take a tiny little blurb of something for clickbait. The media has always been a disgusting thing.”
Read MoreGucci [Water] Tiger Collection Welcomes Lunar New Year on February 1, 2022
/Gucci [Water] Tiger Collection Welcomes Lunar New Year on February 1, 2022 AOC Fashion
Luxury brands including Gucci, Nike, Prada and more are launching special collections to honor and celebrate the Lunar New Year arriving on February 1, 2022.
Gucci Tiger Collection
The Gucci Collection leaves no doubt that soon we will herald the Year of the Tiger, with an 80-piece collection. Creative director Alessandro Michele is giving new life to a 1960s archival design of a tiger print by Vittorio Accornero, the artist and illustrator behind the House’s signature Flora design.
Christopher Simmonds worked on art direction for the campaign. The Gucci Tiger collection can be viewed at Gucci.com. As with its recent The North Face collab, all packaging in this collection is eco-friendly.
Gucci Supports Lion’s Share Fund
In February 2020, Gucci joined The Lion’s Share Fund, a unique initiative raising much-needed funds to protect endangered species and their natural habitats.
A third-party animal welfare organization, @americanhumane, monitored the set on which animals were present in photographing Gucci’s Year of the Tiger campaign. The organization verified that no animals were harmed in creating this visually-exciting campaign
Chinese Zodiac Tiger Traits
The third animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac and calendar, the Tiger is known as the king of all members of the animal kingdom in China. If you were born in 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, or 2010 — or are a baby in the making — you are a Tiger.
The Tiger represents strength, courage and the power to rid the world of evil. This year’s tiger specifically is called a Water Tiger, which inspires a strong sense of self-esteem and desire to acquire knowledge .
Gucci Tiger Pop-Ups
Retailer Holt Renfrew Yorkdale and Holt Renfrew Vancouver will host dedicated Pop-Up experiences in Canada that feature the Gucci Tiger collection, while stores in New York Wooster, Chicago Michigan Ave, Las Vegas Forum Shops, Santa Clara Valley Fair, and Manhasset boutiques will also feature Pop-In creativity to bring the Gucci Tiger into closets across North America.
Fran, Mika, Mona, Vittoria in the Best Jeans by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue UK December 2021
/Fran, Mika, Mona, Vittoria in the Best Jeans by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue UK December 2021 AOC Fashion
Top models Fran Summers, Mika Schneider, Mona Tougaard and Vittoria Ceretti front ‘The Jeans Genes’, styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois. Photographer Angelo Pennetta captures the quartet for British Vogue December 2021./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Petros Petrohilos
Jill Kortleve Soaks Up Italian Sun in Nervi for WSJ Magazine August 2021
/Jill Korlieve Soaks Up Italian Sun in Nervi for WSJ Magazine August 2021 AOC Fashion
Dutch model Jill Kortleve soaks up Italian sun in Nervi, a former fishing village now a seaside resort 12 miles northwest of Portofino. Brilliant hues and beach holiday prints from Burberry, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Michael Kors, Missoni, Stella Mccartney, Tory Burch and more are as artistically intoxicating as the colorful houses dominating the Italian Riviera.
“Hemlines rise higher than the tides” writes Kevin Huynh about stylist Anastasia Barbieri choices for the fashion story shot by Angelo Pennetta [IG] for WSJ Magazine [link]. . So grab a sequined minidress from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and board a flight to our beloved Italia. Yes, it does rain in Nervi, reminding smart women to grab a Balenciaga nylon tulip-printed raincoat for good measure.