Michael Kors Collection will launch its fall 2022 campaign on Saturday August 27, 2022. Top models AdutAkech and Rianne Van Rompaey are styled by George Cortina in images by Dutch photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin [IG].
“For fall, I wanted the collection to echo the energy and big-city glamour of New York, when you’re out on the town,” Michael Kors messaged the fashion press. “The clothes and accessories are really everything you need for stepping up, stepping out and making an entrance.”
Model Aivita Mūze shares a fashion passion for pink in Westward, transitional late-summer, early-fall looks styled by Victoire Simonney. Photographers Hunter & Gatti [IG]captures the Latvian model for Massimo Dutti [IG]./ Hair by Christian Eberhard
Michael Kors [IG] is known for his animal instincts in the same way that Ladurée is known for macarons. Kors packs up friends Bella Hadid, Alton Mason, and Cindy Bruna, along with fashion photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] and still-life photographer Theodora Richter [IG], heading for Miami.
British luxury brand Alexander McQueen reveals key images from its Fall 2022 campaign, lensed by esteemed photographer Paolo Roversi [IG], who shot the FW 2021 ANEMONES images.
Perhaps I have fallen too far down the rabbit hole into the world of mycelium and psychedelics. Michael Pollan’s new Netflix series ‘How to Change Your mind’ is just smashing. IMO, this entire McQueen campaign is a word salad.
Amina Muaddi counts Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian as clients in her high-impact accessories corner. We last met Muaddi — beloved by stylist and Rihanna’s main fashion man Jahleel Weaver — in a summer 2020 Fenty collab Amina Muaddi Co-Designs Larger-Than-Life Shoes in Fenty Release 7-20 Campaign.
Weaver styles this Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 campaign, starring Egyptian-paternal-heritage, top-tier model Imaan Hammam. Photographer Dexter Navy [IG] shot the stylish entourage in Cairo.
Versace Resort retains Gianni’s ultra-glamour vibe, but Gianni was never disheveled. Vogue expressed the difference between Donatella gritty undercurrent and Gianni’s impeccable glamazon identity by saying:
The quintessential DV look is that of a slightly disheveled, ultra-glamorous party lover—sort of “the morning after the night before.”
The Versace Resort 2023 prints and patterns are just spectacular. This is dopamine dressing on steroids, and it’s wonderful.
‘Stranger Things’ Star Priah Ferguson has a message for you. She is not going to make you feel badly about yourself. No. Priah is on your side, and so is AOC. She is not shaming you. Rather, Priah is giving you a big hug and begging you to take action not words.
The new ThredUp and Priah Ferguson “Fast Fashion Confessional Hotline” is meant to encourage Gen Z shoppers to stop shopping fast fashion and embrace more sustainable options.
Clio Peppiatt launched her eponymous label in 2015, with an internship at Alexander McQueeen confirming her love of fashion and a passion for slow-fashion, hand-sewn embroidery. Her collections often include entire hand-sewn garments.
It was David Vail’s [IG] photograph’s of Clio Peppiatt’s fall 2022 campaign that caught AOC’s eye. Oliver Volquardsen styles models Nyaueth Riam and Vaughan Ollier in images that resonate as a scenes in a modern-day southern-nights play.
Lock, a collection of bracelets that swivel open and snap into place, was released on Tiffany’s e-commerce site on Friday and will arrive in Tiffany stores worldwide in September.
“It’s all about unity, belonging, the universal bonds that tie us together forever—and the open-minded spirit of today’s generation,” says Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany’s executive vice president of product and communication.
Model Imaan Hammam and skateboarder Tyshawn Jones star in the ‘Lock’ campaign, lensed by Mario Sorrenti [IG].
Paula's Ibiza Eclectic fragrance by LOEWE was launched in May 2022, as a brand extension of the Paula Ibiza fragrance mothership launched in 2020 by Loewe perfumer Nuria Cruelles.
The nose behind this fragrance is Núria Cruelles Borrull, who arrived at Loewe in 2018 and went to work on Paula’s Ibiza. Top notes are Mandarin Orange and Pepper; middle notes are Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine Sambac, Orange Blossom, Coconut, Incense and Olibanum; base notes are Vanilla, Australian Sandalwood and Musk.
Tory Burch ambassador Sydney Sweeney drifts through New York Harbor holding her Tory Burch Kira handbags close to her heart. Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] captures Sweeney, pondering Manhattan and how well the Tory Burch brand captures the best of American fashion.
The unique lineup of Anok Yai, Alton Mason & Nicolas Cage for Casablanca’s FW 2022 campaign deserves praise for ingenuity. Indy actor Nicolas Cage purchased a Casablanca shirt at the Maxfield LA pop-up store — a fashion action that prompted Cage to develop a soft spot in his heart for the brand. Photographer Hugo Comte [IG], a close friend of the designer also loved the Cage connection, and the campaign rolled towards fruition, with styling by Helena Tejedor and art direction by Olivier Leone.
The very best of Rianne Van Rompaey reminds us that ace models really do pose differently than faces. Rianne makes fashion magic of Chanel’s Fall Winter 2022 Campaign, lensed by Inez and Vinoodh [IG].
Peter Philips, the Creative and Image Director for Dior Makeup [IG], never met a red lipstick he didn’t love. Speaking in late December 2020 about his modern reboot of Dior’s iconic Rouge Dior lipstick, Philips said it was his fascination with the “crimson pout” that initially seduced him to become a makeup artist.
Today, Peter Philips is obessed with Rouge Dior Forever, three words that the beauty director agrees sound like a manifesto. “This new generation of Dior lipsticks is loud when it has to be loud, and discreet when wanted and for sure, always beautiful.”
Swarovski X Rosenthal have joined forces to bring a revitalized and engaged Swarovski jewelry style to Rosenthal porcelain. If you look carefully, even eyeglasses are in the mix — one piece being more visually scrumptious than the other in a campaign that rockets further into the stratosphere after the release of Swarovski’s spring 2022 Bella Hadid campaign.
Valentino previews its Pink PP advertising campaign for fall 2022, fronted by celebritiy friends of the house Zendaya and Sir Lewis Hamilton — who are literally drenched in pink, photographed by Michael Bailey Gates.
“One color, bold, strong, fluid, extravagant, one color to summarize everything I like in fashion and everything that I choose to represent: the liberation from the ordinary, a space to be oneself, a loud symbol for equality and love,” said Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli.
Kaia Gerber returns to LVMH-owned French luxury brand CÉLINE for the Winter 2022 campaign, lensed in Nice, France by the brand’s Creative, Artistic and Image Director Hedi Slimane [IG]. The collection will be available on Aug. 26, 2022.
Gerber poses with key CÉLINE brand pieces, including the Celine chain box ‘Triomphe’ bag, Wesley jeans, the ‘Spencer’ jacket, and the ‘Trapeze Triomphe’ shoulder bag.
Gucci’s resort 2022 collection may win the fashion crown for best global hot spots bags ever. More is better in a lineup that surely touches down on all continents: Bondi, Hawaii, Miami, Mykonos, Palm Desert and — well, we’re just getting started.
Max Siedentopf creates larger than life images where models including Anok Marial, Mathilde Buoso and Ruiqi Jiang tower above the little people, styled by Luca Galasso. Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele looms large with his beautiful wit in high gear as he wings around the world. Next stop unknown.
Photographer David Sims [IG] captures the utterly delightful LOEWE Fall 2022/23 campaign, featuring models Anok Yai, Jeanne Cadieu, Lina Zhang and Violette Meima.
British artist Anthea Hamilton was one of four creatives shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton is known for her surreal artworks and often large-scale installations.
Anthea Hamilton brought her art in the form of Pumpkins no.5, 6, 7 2022 to the LOEWE Fall 2022 campaign.
Norwegian actor and friend of the House Renate Reinsve, star of the critically-acclaimed ‘The Worst Person in the World’, headlines the new Louis Vuitton campaign that also includes Akon Changkou, Elio Berenett, Ida Heiner, Kristine Lindseth, Qisi Feng, and Tida Rosvall.
Louis Vuitton has risen into the top 10 global brands on the Kantar Branz Most Valuable Global Brands 2022report, joining the ranks of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other global mega brands not associated with the fashion industry.