Vogue France August 2025 Goes into the Wilderness Where Bikinis Rule. Say what?

Vogue France August 2025 Goes into the Wilderness Where Bikinis Rule. Say what?

We meet models Jessie Aina, Mia Armstrong and Paula Soares ‘Sur La Route’ to somewhere important. It seems like a good moment to say that Vogue France [IG] has improved infinitely in 2025 under the direction of Claire Thomson-Jonville [IG].

It’s one of the most visually-obvious media transformations in years, and she deserves praise for her efforts, her instincts, and her outreach. I’m sure she didn’t accomplish this change flying solo — but Thomson-Jonville is the hub of the wheel.

Dan Sablon styles the shoot, with images by Los Angeles based Noua Unu [IG] for Vogue France August 2025./ Hair by Tsuki; makeup by Kuma

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Meet the Ballbreakers: 'Corporate Cosplay' Is Serious Business for H&M

Meet the Ballbreakers: 'Corporate Cosplay' Is Serious Business for H&M

Meet the Ballbreakers: 'Corporate Cosplay' Is Serious Business for H&M

The Zara ‘Corporate Cosplay S/S 2025’ drop for H&M, lensed Carlijn Jacobs [IG] captures the sophisticated, powerful approach to corporate dressing very popular in the 1980s.

Post-2024 election analysis shows that the biggest gulf in American politics lies between white, college-degree women and non-college degree white men. Never has a canyon like this one been so extreme.

Testosterone-dominance is fundamental to the American experience, although women had made significant progress for decades in creating a wider platform for success. In 2025, with bro culture ascending again in America, our future is filled with peril.

We were then and still are called ballbreakers, a woman, whose character and behavior may be regarded as threatening a man's sense of power. AOC has called for the rising of True Grit Women, and we are fearless ballbreakers.

Contemporary ballbreakers include Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Gretchen Whitmer, Jasmine Crockett, and Nancy Pelosi. In my camp: WE NEED TO HUSTLE!

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