Supermodel Naomi Campbell is styled by Danny Reed in Marc Jacobs Pre-Fall 2022 campaign, lensed by Larissa Hofmann [IG]
Naomi Campbell became Dr. Naomi Campbell in The Royal Festival Hall on July 7, 2022 in London, England. Naomi was formally awarded an honorary PhD from The University for the Creative Arts in recognition of her contribution to the global fashion industry.
In the world of bags, the luxury buyer has many to choose from. I chose these two brands — Golden Goose and Celine — not for the cool factor, but to speak to their brand DNA. Reality is that when one is spending many hundreds or thousands of dollars for a bag or leather accessory, the 2022 customer is more eager than ever before to know the story behind the brand, the ethics and sustainability initiatives employed by the owners, and how the brand reflects us — the buyers.
Rising model Angair Biong is styled by Mariaelena Morelli in Blumarine Pre-Fall 2022 key looks. Creative director Nicola Brognano pushes on into fall, adding more fuel and fashion oxygen to the Y2K fashion craze in images by Tom Blesch [IG].
“It’s a territory I feel very confident exploring,” the designer told Vogue. He was born in 1990 and thus is quite knowledgeable on the period. Does he have a new muse? Apart from the Paris-Britney-Lindsay trifecta, is there a new girl in his creative muses folder?
AOC isn’t sure if photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is driving a Maybach Exelero or a Golden Bugatti Veyron in this new fashion story System Magazine X Schiaparelli F/W 2022. Maty Fall is ready for takeoff, oozing Black glamour in a 2022 version of Beale Street’s fashion club history.
Maty is still rising but her portfolio is solid. Time to fly, Ms. Maty Fall. Ijewere is driving this priceless fashion gem, but Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli gives her an abundance of modern-day riches, styled by Nell Kalonki.
Stella McCartney’s Resort 2023 Collection was operating on eight cylinders of creative and manufacturing moxie as fashion’s greatest advocate for the environment and PETA-friendly alternative materials hit her highest bar yet.
McCartney’s resort collection was photographed in and around her eco factory in Novara, Italy. Stella reported that 85% of the collection is produced sustainably.
Stella McCartney also has an instinctive embrace of great marketing, making her “Rewilding and rechilding” tagline a marketing hit.
Creative Director of Hermès Jewelry Pierre Hardy discusses House’s latest high jewelry collection ‘Les Jeux de L’ombre’, created by Hardy to give “form to the elusive”. It relates the movement of shadow and its relationship with light, and the contrasts that connect them..
Such a cerebral concept requires an equally conceptual photographer with an inner vision and signature technique to translate Hardy’s splendid jewelry pieces beyond their origins in a study of Caravaggio’s painting techniques and his chiaroscuros.
Elizaveta Porodina [IG] quickly emerged as the perfect photographer to create a totally-modern, 21st century visual dialogue around the new collection, modeled by Alyda Grace. Victoire Simonney styled the Hermes ad campaign with set design by Sophear Van Froment.
Lindsey Wixson clearly shared great energy with Elizaveta Porodina in shooting this ZARA South 2022 campaign. It follows our Thursday night post ofZARA’s new Kate Moss campaign for their ‘Into the Night’ and ‘Into the Classic’ collections. We have back-to-back wows from ZARA.
Oh yes, ZARA’s Parisian nights collections were created with former Vogue Paris EIC Emmanuelle Alt. Parisian glamour is verbotin in Vogue France these days, so it’s nice to see ZARA picking up the slack.
When the ‘90s party girl Kate Moss poses for British fashion photographer David Sims [IG], making one grand entrance after another in old-Vogue-style photography, it’s one more reminder that big brands like Zara are driving fashion visualization as much — or more — than fashion media.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid fronts the Fall-Winter 2022 Campaign for Self-Portrait, posing in bare body, sensual silhouettes and fabrics. Hadid poses in six feminine outfits that run from day to night, lensed on the streets of New York City by Zoe Ghertner [IG].
Writing about the new collection, Vogue’sSarah Mower raises the issue of Burberry’s “border-free, non-nationalistic points of view.” The Guardian came close to raising the same issue, when Marco Gobbetti resigned in June 2021, to return to Italy as CEO of Salvatore Ferragamo.
Goddesses and Regal Rebels dominate Versace’s Fall 2022/23 Campaign, led by ‘Pam & Tommy’ star Lily James. The Emmy-nominated James plays a Versace goddess in a summer where AOC has read the word ‘goddess’ from non-AOC sources at every turn.
Louis Vuitton’s Friend of the House Olympia of Greece showcases the Scarlet Red Capucines Mini — and other Louis Vuitton’s in London. The glamorous daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece enjoys a ‘dog day afternoon’ excursion with Echo, in images by Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG].
The singer’s new single “Break My Soul” made music chart history Sunday July 10, moving the superstar into an elite category, one shared only with Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.
Beyoncé has become the first woman — and the third musician ever — to achieve 20 Top 10 hits as a solo performer and 10 or more Top 10’s as a member of a group. On July 9, ‘Break My Soul’ moved to No. 7 on the Billboard chart.
LOEWE celebrated the launch of its latest Paula’s Ibiza collection with a pop-up market LOEWE Mercadillo at Las Dalias, Ibiza. Barcelona-based photographer César Segarra [IG] was on hand to capture the event.
Fashion photographer Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] is behind the lens for Versace’s Pre-Fall 2022 Campaign. Models Lila Moss, Selena Forrest and Yilan Hua are styled by Jacob K.
Chloé presents Fast Girl, a limited edition capsule collection inspired by daring femininity and pioneering women race car drivers.
Creative director Gabriela Hearst narrates the new collection’s pedigree. “Fast Girl is about a female character that moves very fast both in the digital and the physical world. But she does it with precision. That’s the sign of a master. Fast and exact.”
For his second range of Louis Vuitton’s rolling luggage, Marc Newson utilized new technologies to ensure that weight was reduced while volume was maximized. The introduction of the thermo-fusing process and ultrasonic cutting techniques eliminated 95% of conventional stitching.
Fendi releases the first images from its Fall/Winter 2022 Campaign lensed by Craig McDean [IG]. Models include Bella Hadid, Julia Nobis, Rayssa Medeiros, Steph Shiu and Victoria Fawole, with styling by Melanie Ward.
Photographer David Sims [IG] captures the Prada Fall 2022 campaign for both men’s and women’s collections. The luxury Italian house’s Fall/Winter 2022 campaigns pair with intention a still-life of an object with each model/talent. The chosen totem has deeply personal meaning and relevance to the individual Prada protagonists in the campaign collages.
Do you dream in color? AOC does. And we are triggered in the most positive way by the surreal world of JW Anderson. The new Moncler Genius collection is called 1 Moncler JW Anderson and it’s an invite to stop overthinking everything.
Finding a state of flow is easily enhanced in this mouth-watering fashion parfait collection.
