Writer Christopher Bollen takes a walk in the gardens of the Palais-Royal — and a predictable new attitude emerges to discuss Michael Rider’s newly-found fame as artistic director of Celine. That descripter calls Rider’s Celine “joyous and (even in our current moment) wildly optimistic.”
Given the supersonic success of Chanel, is it time to take a fresh look at feelings of joy and their impact on the brain and wellbeing? It’s a sacrilege among upper crust people to speak of joy in fashion, but maybe . . . just maybe New Humanism thinking is having an impact.
Anne believes that the list of Americans in Paris, housed by LVMH and other big names in fashion, may be ruffling more than a few French media and PR feathers in fashion world. Put it this way, AOC has added that filter to the context lens through which we process fashion criticism generally and, most definitely, in Paris.
Rising model Yar Aguer is styled by Hamish Wirgman in ‘Dior Day Dream’, lensed by Priscilla Saada [IG] for HommeGirls [IG] April 2025./ Hair by Andrea Martinelli; makeup by Crystabel Efemena Riley
South Sudanese model Yar Aguer is styled by Benjamin Canares in ‘Style, Elevated’, a holiday fashion examination of ‘Magic Hour’ cocktail dressing in London. Photographer Felix Cooper [IG] captures Aguer for the Financial Times HTSI Magazine [IG] December 21, 2024./ Hair by Ryo Naryshima; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Rising South Sudan model Yar Aguer is styled by Emilie Karech for Pop Magazine’s[IG] Issue 3, September 2024. Photographer Marili Andre [IG] is in the studio, capturing Aguer who arrived on the fashion scene in 2024 and opened the Prada FW2024 show.
Yar Aguer is one to watch, signaled by the impressive list of luxury brands putting her on the runway for two consecutive Feb/March and Sept/Oct seasons. / Hair by Franziska Presche; makeup by Vassilis Theotokis
AOC is delighted to see Rafael Pavarotti’s [IG] Black beauty fashion story for the September 2024 issue of Perfect Magazine [IG]. With Edward Enninful no longer at British Vogue, Anne has had significant concerns about exactly what happens to fashion stories of this caliber and excellence. More than once in recent years, AOC has said that only brands can afford to underwrite these editorials.
In the case of these exquisite images for Perfect, we can thank Prada, described as ‘Red-Hot’ on the cover in the story styled by George Krakowiak. / Hair by Ali Pirzadeh; makeup by Chiao Li Hsu
Models Amar Akway, Lina Zhang, Penelope Ternes and Yar Aguer are styled by Robbie Spencer in ‘A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose’.
Paolo Roversi [IG] helps put D la Repubblica in the lead of fashion magazines that actually promote style on a consistent basis. / Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
