Matthieu Blazy Brought True Joy to Chanel and Awar Odhiang Closed down the House
/Matthieu Blazy Brought True Joy to Chanel and Awar Odhiang Closed Down the House
The woman of the hour the day after Matthieu Blazy blew the doors off the House of Chanel with his monumental October 6, 2025 Chanel Spring 2026 debut is Awar Odhiang.
Not only did Odhiang become the third Black model in history to close a Chanel show. Blazy’s goodwill closer circled the catwalk like she owned the place and wanted a uniquely-memorable sendoff for the top dog of Paris Fashion Week.
The ancestors were rockin’ and yes — Coco had Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel by her side and even Karl Lagerfeld had a front row seat in the divine universe and was god-blessing Blazy over and over and over again. Lagerfeld always championed exceptional talent.
Read MoreVogue US September 2025 'Over the Horizon' Lensed by Drew Vickers
/Vogue US jumpstarts the fall style season with ‘Over the Horizon’. The model lineup includes Angelina Kendall, Awar Odhiang, Carolina Trentini, Devyn Garcia, Ella McCutcheon, Felipe Vasquez, Jiahui Zhang, Karolina Spakowski, Libby Taverner, Paloma Elsesser, Rosalieke Fuchs and Sora Choi.
Drew Vickers [IG] captures the 13 models styled by Malina Joseph Gilchrist in a colorful cross section of cultural fashion influences from Alaia, Dolce & Gabbana, Duran Lantink, Miu Miu, Tom Ford, Willy Chavarria and more.
Read MoreAwar Odhiang in 'Spirited Away' by PJ Hugo for Harper's Bazaar US June 2025
/Model Awar Odhiang walks softly in ‘Spirited Away’, a fashion story set in in the Ninh Binh province of Northern Vietnam. Carlos Nazario styles the shoot, choosing fluid designs from Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Chloe, Khaite NY, Loro Piana, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino, Prada, Proenza Schouler, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, The Row, YSL and more.
Photographer PH Hugo [IG] captures one of 2025’s most poetic, deeply-beautiful and discreetly-sensual fashion stories of the season for Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] June 2025 issue./ Makeup by Michaela Bosch
Read MoreThe Chloé Portraits F-2025 'Old Aristocracy' Style by Inez and Vinoodh
/Chloé shares portrait of nine models — well-known and new — who walked the F/W 2025 show, and are lensed by Inez and Vinoodh [IG] wearing key design looks for fall, fresh off the runway.
Australian model Libby Taverner [above] opened the Chloé F/W 2025 show with creative director Chemena Kamali drawn to “a feeling of Britishness, old aristocracy — she’s in her castle” in the company of “cherished historical” Victorian jackets and great-granny’s fur stoles which are all the rage right now.
Dare we call it Bloomberg glamour? Jazz Age — British style? “They’re pieces that I’d want to give to my daughter—heirlooms,” was the designer’s word choice.
Besides Libby Taverner, models include Ava Shipp, Awar Odhiang, Binx Walton, Eniko Mihalik, Jacqui Hooper, Maelle Swaelens, Meghan Collison and Zhao Ziqi. Elodie David Touboul styled the Chloé Portraits photoshoot with hair by Gary Gill and makeup by Karin Westerlund.
Read MoreTyler Mitchell's Three Beauties -- Anok, Awar, Mona on Jekyll Island, Ga -- in Vogue Magazine
/Tyler Mitchell's Three Beauties -- Anok, Awar, Mona on Jekyll Island, Ga -- in Vogue Magazine
Top models Anok Yai, Awar Odhiang and Mona Tougaard surely had a deeply emotional experience, working with stylist Camilla Nickerson in this ancient roots fashion story for Vogue, shot by Tyler Mitchell [IG] in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Key Points About Jekyll Island
1] the human and ecological history of Jekyll Island, which now dates back to 2500 BC and the indigenous Native American tribes, predominantly the Guale people who lived there; 2] the arrival of the Europeans and slavery on the island; 3] the rise on Jekyll Island of an aristocratic cafe society getaway culture in the 1920s that parallels the same rise in Europe
Read MoreM Le magazine du Monde Luxury Issue Fall/Winter 2024 Lensed by Karim Sadli
/In their own words: “What is luxury?”
Every year at the same time, M Le magazine du Monde [IG] asks itself this question through a major fashion shoot. And every year, M's answer is the essentially the same: luxury is an attitude, made of glamour and nonchalance.
Photographer Karim Sadli [IG] shoots Awar Odhiang, Julia Nobis, Liu Wen, Lulu Tenney, Raquel Zimmermann and Selena Forrest in the streets of New York, styled by Alex Harrington with creative direction by Jean-Baptiste Talbourdet-Napoleone. / Makeup by Dick Page; hair by Jimmy Paul
Read MoreBottega Veneta Winter Solstice 2024 Campaign Is Pragmatically Epicurean Says Matthieu Blazy
/Bottega Veneta Winter Solstice 2024 Campaign Is Pragmatically Epicurean Says Matthieu Blazy
Bottega Veneta campaign models include Awar Odhiang, Douta Sidibe, Hedi Ben Tekaya, JenniferMatias, Lina Zhang and Liz Kennedy. Photographers Louise & Maria Thornfeldt [IG] return for another season./ Hair by Duffy; makeup by Pat McGrath
A NYT Darling Deserves His Status
Not for the first time, the New York Times Style shares another major feature on Bottega under Matthieu Blazy. In doing so, they advance the hot topic of craft beyond superb execution and often ‘dusty’ heritage into the world of the creative director role itself.
At Bottega Veneta, Blazy champions his craftspeople for their role in the creative process. His is a rare ego in the world of luxury brands.
The Times introduces us to Barbara Zanin, a 26-year veteran of the brand who became Bottega Veneta’s first director of craft and heritage in July.
Read MoreAwar Odhiang in YSL Pre-Fall 2024 Collection | YSL Celebrates Zoë Kravitz with Art Book
/Yves Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello’s Pre-Fall 2024 collection continued his pursuit of edgy eroticism and lingerie dressing for the Parisian house.
In these images, YSL model Awar Odhiang presents key looks from pre-fall, lensed by Mark Kean [IG]. Vaccarello’s designs mix hard/soft effects with the marriage of tough trench coats and leather jackets with lace and silk slip dresses and skirts.
Read MoreMario Sorrenti in Italy's Amalfi Coast with 4 Beauties for Bazaar France 14 2024
/The June-July 2024 issue of Bazaar France [IG] heads south to Italy, with a summer sun-chasers fashion story featuring models Angelina Kendall, Awar Odhiang, Devyn Garcia and Ella McCutcheon set along the Amalfi Coast, styled by Elodie David Touboul.
Neapolitan-born photographer Mario Sorrenti [IG] captures world-reknowned places that are home to the Sirens: a destination where the sky and sea become one.
Read MoreLoro Piana Resort 2024 Campaign Lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen
/Fluidity and ease are keynotes of the Loro Piana Resort 2024 Collection of natural refined fabrics including silk and linen jacquards that become airy silhouettes in campaign images lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG].
Models include Awar Odhiang, Elias Monstrey, Vivienne Rohner and Yoesry Detre, styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka with creative direction by Thomas Persson. / Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Sandrine Cano Bock
Read MoreAwar Odhiang Wears Spring 2024's 'Epic Proportions' Style in W Magazine February 2024
/Model Awar Odhiang is styled by Charlotte Collet in ‘Epic Proportions’, a spring 2024 fashion story of exaggerated silhouettes and outsize designs from Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Ferragamo, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marni, Max Mara, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Valentino and more./ Hair by Lucas Wilson; makeup by Michaela Bosch; creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel
Photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] captures Odhiang for W Magazine’s [IG] February 2024 Vol.1 issue.
Read MoreZara Studio FW 2023 Night Glamour Drops October 5, Lensed by Steven Meisel
/Zara Studio [IG] channels Tom-Ford style, high-voltage glamour in a new Fall-Winter 2023 campaign with plenty of elegance and sex appeal.
We have well-executed model twinning from Angelina Kendall, Annemary Aderibigbe, Awar Odhiang, Ida Heiner and Nyawuhr Chuol and Sacha Quenby. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
Photographer Steven Meisel [IG] captures the black riches, sophisticated, night-scene fashion styled by Karl Templer with creative direction by Fabien Baron.
Read MoreTyler Mitchell Captures Black Beauty Fall 2023 W Magazine | Aid to Morocco
/Models Ajah Angau Jok, Akon Changkou, Amar Akway, Awar Odhiang, Nyawurh Chuol, and Rejoice Chuol pose in dramatic, shape-shifting, fashion formations created to command attention.
Photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG]gives thanks to EIC Sara Moonves, [IG] and Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel, creative directors at large for W Magazine and now represented by Art + Commerce. Congrats to Levai and Tekinel on their fast rise./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Lucia Pica; set design by Julia Wagner
Our Deep Sadness for Morocco and Libya
AOC likes the fact that Tyler uses the words “Communion in an everlasting landscape” to describe the W fashion shoot. Except “everlasting” seems like an increasingly fragile word today.
Because Tyler set the mood, let us take a moment to consider the confirmed dead in Libya of 5,000 and heading as high as 10,000 in the devastating surge of floodwaters.
And also the growing death toll in our beloved Marrakech — a magical place that means so much to so many of us creatives. The current death toll is at 3,000 and climbing from the earthquake.
AOC shares Vogue Arabia ‘How to Help Morocco’ links. We are working on Arab-world recommended links for Libya. ~ Anne
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