Binx Walton in Deserted New York by Craig McDean for Vogue UK April 2021

Binx Walton in Deserted New York by Craig McDean for Vogue UK April 2021

Top model Binx Walton poses in the deserted streets of New York in austere images that channel post-WWII Britain. British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful reflects that the Craig McDean [IG] fashion story in the April 2021 issue captures the spirit of the moment, in images that remind Enninful of Norman Parkinson, “when he photographed Bath’s empty streets for British Vogue in 1948.”

British Vogue April 2021 Commits to Fashion Joy in Enninful-Meisel Cover Collab

British Vogue April 2021 Commits to Fashion Joy in Enninful-Meisel Cover Collab

British Vogue Editor in Chief Edward Enninful shares his thoughts on the April covers — each dedicated to an expression of JOY! Edward speaks with great clarity on this topic of joy, citing it as a basic human need but also one that might seen “somehow inappropriate” in these “dark days”.

On a mission to promote the “audacious power of joy”, Enninful reached out to legendary photographer Steven Meisel, suggesting that spring was coming and they needed to pull out all the stops on the April British Vogue covers — four of them.

The two creatives decided to go one step further and celebrate “Black joy – in the wake of so much recent reckoning.” The final result is these four vibrant British Vogue covers featuring Acherin Madit, Janaye Furman, Mona Tougaard and Precious Lee.

For the first time in history — (hard to believe) — Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, now in her seventies, styled a British Vogue cover story. It’s a fact that the fashion editor is the perfect person to call if the goal is to focus on joyful designers and styling.

Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story

Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story AOC Eye

Superstar activist, humanitarian, multi-talented creative Angelina Jolie covers the March 2021 issue of British Vogue. Jolie is interviewed and styled by British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful with a styling assist from Dena Gianini. / Hair by Lorenzo Martin, Jacklyn Martinez; makeup by Rachel Goodwin

Photographer Craig McDean captures Jolie and her six children at her historic Los Angeles estate tucked away in the historic Laughlin Park quiet corner of Los Feliz and formerly owned by Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille. The home is just five minutes away from the children’s father Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie on Mothering

Confirming that while she wanted to have a brood of kids, Jolie shares that she always saw herself as the Jane Goodall type, “travelling in the middle of the jungle somewhere.” She is not an inherently skilled mother — depending on one’s criteria, of course.

I feel like we’re such a team. It may sound clichéd, but you love and you try, and even if you burn the eggs, that doesn’t matter in the end. But also, you’ve met our kids. They’re pretty capable.

British Vogue August 2020 'Reset' Issue Honors Nature & Creatives

British Vogue August 2020 'Reset' Issue Honors Nature & Creatives

Photographer Nick Knight pays high compliments to British Vogue’s EIC Edward Enninful, explaining the mutual synergy that gave life to the first project of its kind for British Vogue’s August 2020 issue: the commissioning of 14 special covers that tapped Britain’s greatest artists and photographers from Tim Walker to Nadine Ijewere, David Hockney, Lubaina Himid and ‘yes’ Nick Knight. Expand the list to include Mert Alas, David Sims, Marcus Piggott, Jamie Hawkesworth, Juergen Teller, Alasdair McLellan, Martin Parr, David Bailey and Craig McDean.

In a followup to the magazine’s recent online auction in collaboration with Sharon Wolter Ferguson’s HEWI (Hardly Ever Wore It), this new project also makes British Vogue an engine of change and support for people in need. “The original prints of each depiction of nature – be it an everyday skyline or the memory of a place much missed – will be auctioned off in aid of Covid-19 relief charities later this year.”

British Vogue’s August Issue, Reset, and the 20-page story ‘All Across the Land’, written by British naturalist Helen Macdonald, supports a mission not only of showcasing the beautiful, but also highlighting that our planet is the living, breathing core of our human existence. As such, Edward Enninful’s 2020 mission is to RESET our relationship to nature.

Knight’s Reset cover was not the first publicity release, but it explains some highly-relevant backstory about the project. The debut cover for the project launch belongs to David Hockney.

Nick Knight on the August 2020 British Vogue Backstory

Adut Akech Stars in 'Beyond the Horizon' by Emma Summerton for British Vogue

Adut Akech Stars in 'Beyond the Horizon' by Emma Summerton for British Vogue

Top model Adut Akech is styled by Edward Enninful in ‘Beyond the Horizon’, lensed by Emma Summerton in Australia for British Vogue May 2020./ Makeup by Victoria Baron; hair by Pete Lennon

Lupita Nyong'o Talks 'Life in Fast Forward' with British Vogue February 2020 by Steven Meisel

Lupita Nyong'o Talks 'Life in Fast Forward' with British Vogue February 2020 by Steven Meisel

AOC follows up with Lupita’s entire fashion story and interview, lensed by Steven Meisel with styling by Edward Enninful.

For her next challenge Nyong’o will produce, and star in, an adaptation of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel ‘Americanah’. “I had never seen the African contemporary experience explored, celebrated and analysed in such a way,” she says of the impact the story had on her. “The observations she makes as a non-American black person about America are things that I had never articulated but had felt. I was just madly in love.” The project belongs to HBO MAX.

Note that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is very tight with Dior Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri and not for one quick season. Their relationship dates back to September 2016 when — for her debut collection with Dior — the creative director asked Adichie for her help. The now famous t-shirt reading ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ was a direct reference to the author’s TEDx talk on the future of feminism.

Taylor Swift Launches British Vogue 's 2020s Decade in Archive Chanel

Superstar Taylor Swift welcomes a new decade, wearing archive Chanel tweed for the January 2020 cover of British Vogue, lensed by Craig McDean. The jacket from Chanel’s Métiers d’art Paris-New York 2005/2006 collection expresses a keen desire from editor-in-chief Edward Enninful put sustainability front and center in fashion dialogue. Simply stated, we cannot add another decade of limitless, shop-until-you-drop consumption on Mother Earth’s wounded self.

Taylor Swift is fresh off winning six awards at last Sunday’s AMAs, bringing her total to 29. Swift won both artist of the year and artist of the decade.

“Buying better and buying less is what I believe in: investing in clothes that will last a lifetime, pieces that can be passed down from generation to generation. Fashion shouldn’t feel disposable: the best clothes can be worn time and time again and have the quality of both design and craftsmanship to ensure their staying power – that’s how I’ve always dressed, it’s just that, because I only wear black, you can never tell. In that spirit, it was important to me to choose a classic item for Taylor, one that is everlasting – and that’s why I used a Chanel jacket from the Métiers d’art 2005/2006 collection. It’s the ultimate sign of luxury, it has never gone out of fashion, and it never will.”

Taylor Swift is fresh off winning six awards at last Sunday’s AMAs, bringing her total to 29. Swift won both artist of the year and artist of the decade.

In her British Vogue interview, Taylor joins musical theater kindpin Andrew Lloyd Weber, to discuss their collaboration on the movie adaptation of ‘Cats’ Webber’s 1981 extravaganza that set records in London’s West End and also on Broadway, running for a combined shy of 40 years. The duo has created a new song ‘Beautiful Ghosts’, with lyrics written by Taylor the afternoon she first heard Webber’s “hauntingly beautiful melody”.

Returning to fashion and Swift’s Craig McDean photo shoot ‘Waste Not’, contributing fashion director Kate Phelan pairs vintage pieces dating back 35 years with looks from the autumn/winter 2019 and Resort 2020 collections and specially commissioned garments crafted from deadstock (merchandise never sold to or worn by consumers) . Katharine Hamnett’s much-publicised “Pershing” T-shirt is styled alongside inspiring pieces from Amsterdam-based designer Duran Lantink, who upcycles items from resale sites into new exquisite garments. “We are looking at the longevity of what designers make and sell,” Phelan explains of her process. “They don’t have to start from scratch every time they make a collection. I still have clothes from years ago that I mix in with more recent looks – an old Chanel jacket that can stand the test of time, say. Things you never get bored of.”