Bella Hadid Returns to Swarovski Holiday Campaign After Speaking Against Antisemitism

Bella Hadid Returns to Swarovski Holiday Campaign After Speaking Against Antisemitism

Without naming her client, Bella did ruminate in a recent interview on the contained backlash she received this year about her new role as the Swarovski ambassador.

Bella’s pro-Palestinian, perceived as anti-Israeli posts on IG, created pushback by some Israeli jewelry stores and dealers against Swarovski.

Last week, Bella Hadid did not specifically call out Kanye West, but she noted on Instagram that it would be a “disservice” to herself and her loved ones if she did not “speak up.” She went on to specifically condemn antisemitism and the “things” that have been shared about it recently on “public platforms”.

“To allow any form of antisemitism to slip by, as desensitized as the world has become, it would be a disservice to my friends, the families I have grown up with, the people I love and work with, myself, and even the Palestinian cause as a whole,” she wrote.

She then emphasised that her Palestinian community does not stand for “hatred or violence,” adding that anti-Semitic social media posts “will never be okay”.

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Prada Launches Fully Recycled Eternal Gold Collection with Aura Blockchain Certification

Prada Launches Fully Recycled Eternal Gold Collection with Aura Blockchain Certification

American poet, activist, Prada ambassador and UNICEF supporter Amanda Gorman; Dutch-Korean-Canadian singer, rapper and dancer Jeon Somi; and American actor and model Maya Hawke, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke star in Prada’s 2022 launch of Eternal Gold, representing the luxury brand’s first forray into fine jewelry.

In addition to being made from certified recycled gold, every piece of jewelry in the collection will be fully traceable, thanks to blockchain technology. Every purchase will be traceable by logging into the Aura Blockchain Consortium.

The Prada Eternal Gold collection is very modern a 100 percent recycled collection that pushes category boundaries. Amanda Gorman came to Prada’s attention, not because of her 2021 Inaugural Poem, but because of her environmental activism.

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Heidi & Leni Klum for Intimissimi Italian Lingerie Fall 2022 Campaign

Heidi & Leni Klum for Intimissimi Italian Lingerie Fall 2022 Campaign

Supermodel Heidi Klum and daughter Leni launch Intimissimi Lingerie’s Fall 2022 campaign. Photographer Derek Kettela IG] photographs the duo wearing lavish lace balconette bras and panties, with creative direction by Thomas Hayo.

The campaign video sums up the magic relationship between the two women. And I truly hope that right-wing evangelicals — or even Kanye West, legally known as Ye — don’t start trouble around the lovely Intimissimi imagery. Their minds are so perverted at this point that we can’t take anything for granted.

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Zimmermann Resort 2023 Taps Grace Elizabeth in Caletta de Palatfrugell, Spain by Benny Horne

Zimmermann Resort 2023 Taps Grace Elizabeth in Caletta de Palatfrugell, Spain by Benny Horne

Aussie fashion brand Zimmermann presents its Resort 2023 collection in a new campaign called ‘High Tide’. Romy Frydman styled American top model Grace Elizabeth in expected boho femininity looks lensed by Benny Horne in shallow waters at Caletta de Palafrugell, Spain.

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Liya Kebede and Raee in Paris Bookstores with Louis Vuitton Capucines Bags

Liya Kebede and Raee in Paris Bookstores with Louis Vuitton Capucines Bags

Top model and activist Liya Kebede is known to be a booklover and she brings her passion to life with her daughter Raee in Paris. The two beauties wander literary Paris streets, from historic bookshops to walks and reading moments along the Seine.

Their Louis Vuitton Capucines bags enjoy Paris, too, embodying the very street where Louis Vuitton opened its very first store.

Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] captures the Capucine campaign styled by Imruh Asha./ Hair by Cyndia; makeup by Min Kim

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Ryan Gosling for Fall 2022 Gucci 'Valigeria' Luggage Campaign by Glen Luchford

Ryan Gosling for Fall 2022 Gucci 'Valigeria' Luggage Campaign by Glen Luchford

In the words of Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele, “Travel for Gucci was never purely physical. Gucci is the brand that accompanied the artists, writers, actors, and directors of Hollywood on their journeys …”

The Italian brand makes a perfect move to put Hollywood Canadian actor Ryan Gosling on the road in a throwback film for Gucci’s latest ‘Valigeria’ luggage campaign.

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Shivaruby Poses in LOEWE Artisan Leather Certified by LWG, Lensed by Phil Engelhardt

Shivaruby Poses in LOEWE Artisan Leather Certified by LWG, Lensed by Phil Engelhardt

Model Shivaruby poses in ‘Layers of Leather’, styled by Javier De Pardo for LOEWE’s IG in images by Phil Engelhardt [IG]. Shivaruby was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Jamaica, and considers her heritage to be half Jamaican and half Srilankan.

In 2017 the BBC profiled luxury brand leather artisans in Ubrique, about 55 miles south of Seville. In April 2021, Britain’s Crafts Council featured an in-depth profile How LOEWE became one of craft’s biggest champions.

All LOEWE leather comes from tanneries certified by Leather Working Group [LWG]

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Max Mara Fall/Winter 2022 Campaign by Ethan James Green Promotes Cozy Sophistication

Max Mara Fall/Winter 2022 Campaign by Ethan James Green Promotes Cozy Sophistication

Models Jessica Stam, Maty Fall, Rianne van Rompaey and Sherry Shi are center stage in Max Mara’s Fall Winter 2022 campaign. Photographer Ethan James Green [IG] is in the studio, capturing the quartet wearing teddy bear coats, graphic knits and wide-leg pants designed by Ian Griffiths.

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Ralph Lauren Polo Originals Fall 2022 Classics for Woke Humans by Richard Phibbs

Ralph Lauren Polo Originals Fall 2022 Classics for Woke Humans by Richard Phibbs

A breeze is blowing through fashion collections and marketing as humans adjust to pre-pandemic life. Not that reality is faraway, mind you, or that a decade of streetwear’s dominance is over.

Coincidentally, posting images of the just launched on September 15 Polo Originals collection by Ralph Lauren comes on the heels of sharing incredibly-glamorous images of the spring 2023 glamorous Schiaparelli collection.

I can imagine critics calling the Ralph Lauren Polo Originals campaign a celebration of robber baron wealth. Photographer Richard Phibbs [IG] made harmonious artistry out of these images starring Hamid Onifade, Hugh Laughton-Scott, Kit Butler, Rishi Robin.

To me, I see a modern, honoring nod to traditions and classics — to wellmade clothes that are designed to last.

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