Xie Chaoyu Wears Soft Kitty Knits by Wanglei & Jiangkun for Modern China Weekly

Xie Chaoyu Wears Soft Kitty Knits by Wanglei & Jiangkun for Modern China Weekly

Model Xie Chaoyu is styled by Lihua in a modern web of lacey, knitted fashion separates lensed by Wanglei & Jiangkun for Modern China Weekly December 2020./ Makeup by Jonathan; hair by Xueming Zhou

Gucci Launches #SODEERTOME Pre-Fall 2020 Campaign Lensed by Alasdair McLellan

Gucci Launches #SODEERTOME Pre-Fall 2020 Campaign Lensed by Alasdair McLellan

Gucci releases a beauty of a pre-Fall 2020 campaign, — ‘So Deer to Me’ — grounded in the “retrieved innocence” of nature. Photographer Alasdair McLellan shoots a series of “fairytale animals” including deer and fawns, rabbits, owls, skunks, squirrels, frogs, hedgehogs and ducks that create an imagined escape from today’s COVID-19 world. Art director Christopher Simmonds and Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele create a much-needed respite from reality and the deeply-seeded fears of young people, who struggle to be optimistic about their own futures.

According to Gucci, McLellan’s images form “a call for a real engagement with nature and, with that, with life”. Models channeling this experience include Akito Mizutani, Azu Nwogu, Gret Mateides, Katie Johnson, Nastya Kharina, and Xie Chaoyu, styled by Jonathan Kaye./ Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup b Thomas De Kluyver

To further that experience, Gucci announced a collab with  The Lion’s Share Fund, an initiative that enables businesses to raise funds for wildlife and habitat conservation, endangered species and animal welfare.. In its press release, Gucci explained: “By donating 0.5 per cent of its media spend every time an animal is featured in advertisements, as all the partners involved in The Lion’s Share Fund do, Gucci can give ongoing contributions to drive tangible on the ground results for this urgent cause.”

In support of the significant initiative, Gucci has posted a series of clips from 2017 documentary Richmond Park: National Nature Reserve, presented by David Attenborough and directed by George Chan, on Instagram. 

Jo Malone's Lavenderland Special Editions Spring 2020 Soothe Our Frayed Nerves

Jo Malone's Lavenderland Special Editions Spring 2020 Soothe Our Frayed Nerves

London luxury fragrance brand Jo Malone didn’t set out to calm global nerves with its new Lavenderland Collection. And yet, the limited edition launch is perfectly timed in a world fraught with nerves on high-alert over coronavirus.

Tim Walker’s magical images of Lucan Gillespie delight in a video directed by Emma Datzell-Khan. Model Xie Chaoyu joins Lucan in the video, with all visuals styled by Katy England. / Hair by Malcolm Edwards; makeup by Sam Bryant.

Because of the tense, disruptive, fear-generating global health crisis impacting us all, AOC looked for any new research on the calming properties of lavender. Writing for Smithsonian Magazine in October 2018, Brigit Katz suggests that in mice, at least, lavender may also be as effective at combating anxiety as commonly-prescribed medications. We share Katz’s article under the Smithsonian’s CC license.

Fedor Bitkov Captures 'We Are Players' for Harper's Bazaar China March 2020

Fedor Bitkov Captures 'We Are Players' for Harper's Bazaar China March 2020

Models Cici Xiang Yejing and Xie Chaoyu are styled by Alexis Roche and Wang Hao in ‘We are players’, lensed by Fedor Bitkov to Harper’s Bazaar China March 2020./ Hair by Yumiko Hikage

Liu Song Flashes 'New Teddy Girl' for Vogue China February 2020

Liu Song Flashes 'New Teddy Girl' for Vogue China February 2020

Models Qun Ye and Xie Chaoyu front ‘New Teddy Girl’ a boarding school style rebellion styled by Austin Wang. Photographer Liu Song is behind the lens in Vogue China’s Vogue Me fashion story for the February 2020nissue