Bella Hadid's Swarovski Ambassador Role Hits a Speed Bump in Israel

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Bella Hadid's Swarovski Ambassador Role Hits a Speed Bump in Israel

The appointment of supermodel Bella Hadid as ambassador for jeweler Swarovski has generated its first campaign, dripping with color-saturated, visual appeal. Conceptualized by creative director Giovanna Engelbert, and shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, the brand message is transformative for Swarovski.

AOC always does a last 24 hours Google search on our posts, and the Jerusalem Post’s story on Israel’s rejection of Bella Hadid as Swarovski ambassador is in the #3 position, ahead of the press release.

The Yalon group, which owns Swarovski stores in Israel, has issued a statement distancing itself from Bella Hadid as the new ambassador for the jewelry brand. Limited headlines in the Israeli press — but including the important Jerusalem Post — carry a similar message, calling Bella Hadid a “top model and anti-Israel activist”.

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Gray Sorrenti Flashes LOEWE Paula's Ibiza Summer 2022 Campaign

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Gray Sorrenti Flashes LOEWE Paula's Ibiza Summer 2022 Campaign

AOC expected a big spirit lift from the LOEWE Paula’s Ibiza 2022 Campaign — literally waiting with anticipation.

Gray Sorrenti [IG] returns to capture all the memorable excitement of new experiences in an edgy environment that inspires spirits needing a getaway. Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amazalag take a public bow for their best results with art direction. . . . Next. ~ Anne

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Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022 Cool Girls by Charlotte Wales

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Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022 Cool Girls by Charlotte Wales

Models Blesnya Minher, Evie Harris, Mika Schneider, Morgan Porter and Puck Schrover take the spotlight in the Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022, lensed by Charlotte Wales.

Stylist Victoria Sekrier pairs the Bubblegram bags with casual, sporty, flirty crop tops, short skirts and dresses, cargo-pants and shorts and other summer essentials. Louis Vuitton-embossed fabrics and screened LV hoodies remind us that logos still mean business with this crowd.

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Pete Davidson Fronts H&M 'Wear that Feeling' Menswear Campaign Sp 2022

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Pete Davidson Fronts H&M 'Wear that Feeling' Menswear Campaign Sp 2022

In a moment shy on sunny thoughts in America, Pete Davidson gives us reason to smile. Pete is fronting his first major fashion campaign for H&M, after a couple prior shorts. B-Reel Stockholm is behind the campaign featuring the SNL comedian and actor directed by Tim Godsall.

The marketing strategy “Wear that feeling” is created to capture fresh energy for H&M in the menswear category. Men are not known for being fashionistas in the style of women. Rather, they turn to film, TV, music and other cultural inputs to influence their style.

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Louis Vuitton SS 2022 Sunglasses Campaign Lensed by Steven Meisel

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Louis Vuitton SS 2022 Sunglasses Campaign Lensed by Steven Meisel

Supermodel Karlie Kloss; songwriter, singer and rapper Lous and the Yakuza; and new Louis Vuitton ambassador actor Millie Bobby Brown front the Spring-Summer 2022 Louis Vuitton sunglasses campaign, lensed by Steven Meisel.

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Gisele Bundchen by MAR+VIN in Vivara Mother's Day Campaign 2022

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Gisele Bundchen by MAR+VIN in Vivara Mother's Day Campaign 2022

Earth goddess Gisele Bundchen celebrates Mother’s Day 2022 with her new Brazilian jewelry brand Vivara campaign. MAR+VIN [IG] photographs Gisele with her long-time brand sponsor, styled by Renata Correa.

Jewelry designs are made of rose gold and white gold, with black sapphires, rose quartz, blue topaz, and diamonds.

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Vittoria Ceretti in Sculptural Form for Toteme SS 2022 Campaign by Steven Meisel

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Vittoria Ceretti in Sculptural Form for Toteme SS 2022 Campaign by Steven Meisel

Photographer Steven Meisel undertakes an innovative project for Stockholm-based brand Toteme. Meisel first photographed Vittoria Ceretti in Toteme’s Spring-Summer 2022 Campaign. The artist also created life-sized and super-sized laser-cut flat sculptures, mounted with the campaign imagery. The entire presentation is then viewed across three rooms in person and also on the video below.

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Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee in Jimmy Choo Goddess Country Summer 2022 Campaign

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Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee in Jimmy Choo Goddess Country Summer 2022 Campaign

Fresh on the thrill of Gisele Bundchen’s Amazonian woman self gracing five — count them FIVE — blazingly sexy covers of V Magazine 136, Jimmy Choo rolls into our disbelieving eyes one day later with Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee saying “Yes, we are sexy, fully-formed Jimmy Choo Summer 2022 goddesses posing poolside in our totally gorgeous, absolutely-loved bodies. Deal with it.”

Madison Headrick and Geron McKinley complete the quartet styled by Alice Lombardini with creative direction by Sandra Choi.

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Gigi X Frankies Bikinis Launches Online May 11, with a NYC SoHo Pop-Up

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Gigi X Frankies Bikinis Launches Online May 11, with a NYC SoHo Pop-Up

Gigi Hadid is the latest talent to team up with Los Angeles-based swimwear brand Frankies Bikinis. The collab is extra special because in real life Hadid is a childhood friend of Frankies Bikinis founder and creative director Francesca Aiello.

Another childhood friend Alana O’Herlihy, shot the campaign for the 98-piece collection, which will land online at Frankiesbikinis.com on May 11, followed by a second drop on June 2. Francesca Aiello recently sold a minority stake of Frankies Bikinis to Victoria’s Secret & Co. for $18 million. She will continue to lead Frankies Bikinis, with its first New York pop-up in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood coming soon. Kudos to O’Herlihy who launched Frankies Bikis when she was still in high school.

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Hermès' New French Workshops and Rolling Big on MycoWorks [Mushroom] Leather

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Hermès' New French Workshops and Rolling Big on MycoWorks [Mushroom] Leather

The development of an artisanal approach is different from what is being labeled ‘ethical’ by websites like Good On You.

Leather is a perfect example. Hermès will never be called ethical because they are using leather. Even though they agree to the highest possible worker standards and environment-friendly policies in tanning and how the animals are treated, it’s leather.

Note, though, that even Stella McCartney can’t get a top rating on Good on You, which suggests a bleak future if even she can’t cut it with the uber-progressives. Stella does get a ‘good’ — or a B on a 5-point scale. Note Stella McCartney’s rating is 2018.

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Gal Gadot Delivers Privilege on Tiffany & Co. Dandelions and Orchids in Gaia's Kingdom

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Gal Gadot Delivers Privilege on Tiffany & Co. Dandelions and Orchids in Gaia's Kingdom

Elevating the humble dandelion into a show-stopping, high-jewelry diamond medallion necklace is no longer a top-secret mission. AOC shares spring’s Tiffany & Co. BOTANICA: Blue Book 2022 campaign. Newly-named Tiffany BOTANICA ambassador Gal Gadot is not a 2017 Wonder Woman actor who pales in comparison to a dandelion-inspired 12-carat diamond necklace.

Like the necklace created to be worn five different ways as the ultimate expression of Tiffany & Co. savoir-faire, Gal Gadot is adaptable, with her head held high on the world stage.

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Rebekah Campbell Captures Carolina Herrera's Pre-Fall 2022 Accessories

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Rebekah Campbell Captures Carolina Herrera's Pre-Fall 2022 Accessories

Models Ajok Madel, Beyonce Ambrose, Maike Inga, Rachel Marx and Valerie Scherzinger are styled by Marie Chaix in Carolina Herrera’s Pre-Fall 2022 Accessories Lookbook. Oklahoma-born, New York photographer Rebekah Campbell [IG] is behind the lens, capturing this not-for-shy-girls Carolina Herrera collection.

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Winnie Harlow Shines in PUMA Sp 2022 Swimwear and Bodywear Campaign

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Winnie Harlow Shines in PUMA Sp 2022 Swimwear and Bodywear Campaign

PUMA ambassador Winnie Harlow lights up the brand’s Bodywear & Swimwear 2022 campaign, supporting SHE MOVES US.

The swimwear and bodywear designs were made by PUMA’s subsidiary stichd, with significant use of recycled nylon. You can track the sustainability particulars of stichd on the “sustainability strategy check in edition 01.”

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Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring 2022 Expands Sustainable Fabrics

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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.

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Gigi Hadid stars in 'Welcome to Hotel Hennes! A Camp Film By Bardia Zeinali

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Gigi 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.

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Elizaveta Porodina Flashes Jean Paul Gaultier ‘LE MUSÉE’ Collection Capsule Spring 2022

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Elizaveta 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).

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Fendi Peekaboo Campaign Takes Airborne Adwoa Aboah on Tour of Rome

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Fendi 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.

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Dior Chez Moi Capsule 2022 Bursts Into Vivid Blooms, Homewear and Accessories

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Dior 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.

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Dapper Dan X TOD's Lensed by Johan Sandberg for Dapper Dan Magazine SS 2022

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Dapper 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.

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