Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring 2022 Expands Sustainable Fabrics
/Maria Cornejo has a gift for creating sensual, female-centric designs using angular, architectural lines and fabrics. In spite of her tag line, not all Zero + Maria Cornejo production is made in New York. In the case of the French terry sweat-shirting from Japan, she is manufacturing the items using the fabric in Japan.
Read MoreGigi Hadid stars in 'Welcome to Hotel Hennes! A Camp Film By Bardia Zeinali
/Gigi Hadid understands hotel life, and she’s on a roll at H&M’s Hotel Hennes, with its over-the-top cast of characters and madcap adventures.
Hadid greets Jill Kortleve, Precious Lee, Devyn Garcia and more through a rapid-fire sequence of total camp, over-the-top style moments worthy of a Gucci film on steroids.
Read MoreSelf-Portrait Spring/Summer 2022 Images with Sofia Hansson
/Model Sofia Hansson is styled by Hilda Sandstrom in Self-Portrait Spring/Summer 2022 images.
Read MoreElizaveta Porodina Flashes Jean Paul Gaultier ‘LE MUSÉE’ Collection Capsule Spring 2022
/The Jean Paul Gaultier ‘LE MUSÉE’ ready-to-wear capsule is lensed by Elizaveta Porodina [IG] in a colorful visual campaign, with creative direction by Florence Tétier [IG]. ‘LE MUSÉE’ taps cult artworks by history’s greatest masters to dynamize a new drop that’s pop, sexy and audacious. See the collection online.
Museum artworks that inspired the new ready-to-wear capsule are ‘The Creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo (1512), ‘The Three Graces’ by Rubens and the iconic ‘Birth of Venus’ by Botticelli (1485).
Read MoreFendi Peekaboo Campaign Takes Airborne Adwoa Aboah on Tour of Rome
/Fendi celebrates the new Peekaboo Petite and Micro handbags, arm and arm with the Italian ‘Call Me By Your Name’ film director and friend of the house, Luca Guadagnino to create a short campaign film starring Adwoa Aboah.
Instead of boarding a magic carpet ride over Rome, Aboah spreads her own ‘Superwoman’ wings to fly over the ancient city with its ruins and visual narrative of the human story. She eventually landing on Fendi’s Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana — because this is a Fendi Peekaboo handbag campaign, after all.
Read MoreDior Chez Moi Capsule 2022 Bursts Into Vivid Blooms, Homewear and Accessories
/Do you dream in technicolor? With so many creatives on AOC, it seems like we should be on high-voltage, color blast. Understanding the likely good endorphins-generating power of dopamine dressing, Dior’s Maia Grazia Chiuri pulled out all the color stops in her Spring 2022 Dior Chez Moi Capsule Collection.
Stars of the Chez Moi collections are Chai Maximus, Jahika Gonzalez, and Maryel Uchida, styled by Elin Svahn. Set design is by Alexander Bock.
Read MoreDapper Dan X TOD's Lensed by Johan Sandberg for Dapper Dan Magazine SS 2022
/Models Bert de Roeck and Irene Guarenas take a modern, light-hearted approach to Italian luxury brand TOD’s, an old-school name in the process of a major revamp this is working. Teaming up with the spring/summer 2022 issue of Dapper Dan Magazine [IG] is brilliant for both parties.
Photographer Johan Sandberg [IG] captures the fashion story advertorial. AOC loves fresh-approach revivals that are working, so fingers are crossed for Tod’s. And Dapper Dan is GOOD for Tod’s, in a way that certain bigger names are not.
Read MoreSharon Stone in Venice for Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2022 Accessories by Michael Muller
/Actor Sharon Stone basks in the magic of Venice — or at least as Venice lives on in our imaginations — for the new Dolce & Gabbana campaign. From sunglasses to jewelry and Dolce & Gabbana’s signature Devotion bag. Stone thrives in the seductive attention of male models Adam Senn and Sam Webb.
Paris Libby styles the Dolce & Gabbana campaign lensed by Michael Muller [IG].
The reality of today’s Venice is far different from my deeply-cherished memories of a city loved by so many people — and especially the Americans.
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