Naomi Campbell for Bazaar US September 2024 Shot in Paris by Max Bodian

Naomi Campbell for Bazaar US September 2024 Shot in Paris by Max Bodian

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is also center stage in the September 2024 issue of Bazaar US [IG], styled by Carlos Nazario in Bulgari, Chanel, Ferragamo, Loewe, Michael Kors, Phoebe Philo and more. Malick Bodian [IG] captured Naomi in Paris, “when the rain finally stopped”. / Hair by Jawara; makeup by Pat McGrath and Adam Fleischhauer

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If Chanel Had to Hug Deauville For Fall 2024, Why Not Celebrate the French Resistance?

If Chanel Had to Hug Deauville For Fall 2024, Why Not Celebrate the French Resistance?

Deauville, a charming seaside town in Normandy, France, holds a special place in the history of fashion as the birthplace of modern Chanel fashion. It was here in 1913 that Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel opened her first boutique outside Paris. Deauville's affluent visitors and relaxed atmosphere provided the perfect backdrop for Chanel to revolutionize women's fashion.

Coco Chanel introduced a new aesthetic that embraced simplicity, comfort, and elegance — with menswear and the lives of men being a key psychological component in Chanel’s approach to fashion design for ‘liberated’, wealthy women.

Leisure as a signature of wealth surrounded Coco in her observations of Deauville's elite vacationers.

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Malika-el-Maslouhi in Montmartre Lensed by Malick Bodian for Vogue France October

Malika-el-Maslouhi in Montmartre Lensed by Malick Bodian for Vogue France October

Photographer Malick Bodian [IG] turns his lens to top model Malika-el-Maslouhi in a fashion story ‘Un Automne à Montmartre’. El-Maslouhi and colleagues Hiba Aboufaraj and Ikram Abdi are styled by Ibrahim Kamara for Vogue France [IG] October 2023./ Hair by Jawara; makeup by Thom Walker

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Iman Perez Poses in Chanel Pre-Fall-Winter 2023 Paris Images by Malick Bodian

Iman Perez Poses in Chanel Pre-Fall-Winter 2023 Paris Images by Malick Bodian

Chanel shares images of their Pre-Fall-Winter 2023 collection featuring model and actor Iman Pérez, who is of Spanish, Senegalese, German and French descent.

The video is more modern glam — but energetic — than these images. Ib Kamara [IG] styles Pérez, with images by Malick Bodian [IG].

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Chanel in Dakar!!! Video Embedded | Black Beauty Menswear in Senegal for HTSI

Chanel in Dakar!!! Video Embedded | Black Beauty Menswear in Senegal for HTSI

Chanel show in Dakar now embedded. Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams was on the ground in Dakar, spreading his ‘Humanrace’ message.

Fresh off his runway walk in the Dior Menswear show at Pyramid Giza, Egypt, Malick Bodian — cover model for this original How To Spend It November 2022 presentation was PROUDLY in Dakar, Senegal to take part in his home country festivities. Bodi took many images for fashion media.

Senegalese musician NIX shared his thoughts on Chanel coming to Dakar: “We have a culture that is very open to the world, we have been influenced by many things, which I see as a richness, and this generates an overflowing creativity today.”

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Quentin De Briey Captures Black Beauty Menswear in Senegal for HTSI Magazine November 2022

Quentin De Briey Captures Black Beauty Menswear in Senegal for HTSI Magazine November 2022

How To Spend It Magazine’s November 2022 issue pays homage to late photographer Malick Sidibé, landing in the Sengalese cities of Dakar and Saint Louis with models Elhadji Fall, Kathia Ndong, Malick Bodin, and Pape Seck.

Belgian photographer Quentin De Briey [IG] is on the scene in Senegal, creating images that are vibrant, joyous, beautiful and a holiday gift for ubuntu-loving spirits.

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Michaela Coel Covers Vogue US November 2022, Lensed in Accra by Malick Bodian

Michaela Coel Covers Vogue US November 2022, Lensed in Accra by Malick Bodian

In November, Michaela Coel will appear as Dora Milaje warrior Aneka in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, the second in Marvel’s blockbuster Afrofuturist series. Vogue editor Chioma Nnadi interviews the screenwriter and actor in the exciting Vogue US November 2022 cover story Michaela Coel on Creativity, Romance, and the Path to ‘Wakanda Forever’.

The star wears a Gucci Made To Measure Dress by Alessandro Michele on the cover, with Gucci jewelry, styled by Ib Kamara [IG] and lensed by Senegalese-Italian model/photographer Malick Bodian [IG].

Coel Addresses Gay Hate in Africa | AOC Blames the US Evangelical MAGA Crowd for Years

AOC looks beyond Vogue to confirm that it’s US right-wing MAGA evangelicals who are stirring up anti-LGBTQ-hatred in Ghana, as they have done for well over a decade in Uganda. Open Democracy estimates that more than 20 US Christian groups known for fighting against LGBT rights and access to safe abortion, contraceptives and comprehensive sexuality education have spent at least $54m in Africa since 2007.

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