Milena Smit in Saint Laurent, Lensed by JUANKR for Flaunt Magazine December 2022

Milena Smit in Saint Laurent, Lensed by JUANKR for Flaunt Magazine December 2022

Spanish actor Milena Smit wears all Saint Laurent, styled by Nicolas Klam. Photographer JUANKR [IG] captures the sulty, deeply-personal cover story for Flaunt Magazine December 2022.

Milena Smit recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s critically-acclaimed ‘Parallel Mothers’, appearing with Penélope Cruz. A comparative newcomer to acting, Smit received a notice about her audition for a new film, without being told about the pedigrees of her fellow artists.

“And thank god the next audition was the final one with them, because if I had found out at the beginning what movie it was for, I don’t know if I would have done it so well,” Smit told Flaunt magazine.

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Billie Eilish x Nike Drop Air Force 1 Low Sneaker for Global Wanderers

Billie Eilish x Nike Drop Air Force 1 Low Sneaker for Global Wanderers

Billie Eilish x Nike are back with Billie Eilish x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Mushroom” and “Sequoia” colorways as part of the Jordan Brand.

The drop uses leftover material from Billie’s earlier AF1 high launch to create this one, coming Dec. 13 on store.billieeilish.com and Dec. 14 on the SNKRS app.

Designed the the legendary Bruce Kilgore, the Nike Air Force 1 occupies a special place in the heart of sneaker culture. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in sneaker culture, the choe connects two and sometimes three generations of AF1 lovers. Kilgore remains head of Manufacturing Innovation at Nike.

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2023 Gucci Cruise 'Cosmogonie' Campaign Ode to Philosophy Bridging Space & Time

 2023 Gucci Cruise 'Cosmogonie' Campaign Ode to Philosophy Bridging Space & Time

AOC had not viewed the 2023 Gucci Cruise Collection Cosmogonie video. Transported emotionally and psychologically by the recent Dior Cruise 2023 show, I am even more impacted by the 2023 Gucci Cruise presentation.

Never has AOC connected so deeply with Gucci’s now-departed creative director Alessandro Michele.

Michele was inspired by the work of Walter Benjamin, a 20th-century, German-Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist.

Benjamin deserves his own AOC post in this moment of the daily drumbeat of hate against progressive thinkers from Donald Trump, Kanye West and many others.

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Italian Power Trio Moncler Genius, Palm Angels & Tod's Roar Into Miami Holiday 2022

Italian Power Trio Moncler Genius, Palm Angels & Tod's Roar Into Miami Holiday 2022

A triumvirate of Moncler Genius, Palm Angels and Tod’s drops a blowout bomb of Italian fashion world creativity just in time for the 2022 holidays.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rails against the EU, mass immigration and “LGBT lobbies”, saying her respect for Mussolini should not be feared.

Like Kanye West’s adoration of Hitler, Meloni ‘s fascist crush should be feared. Mum is never the word on AOC. Never!

The Moncler Genius, Palm Angels and Tod’s mashup has dropped us into ‘90s Miami hedonism with supermodel Naomi Campbell lensed by Quil Lemons [IG]

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Isabelle Hinrichs Wears Gucci 'Hortus Deliciarum' Collection #3 in L'Officiel Global

Isabelle Hinrichs Wears Gucci 'Hortus Deliciarum' Collection #3 in L'Officiel Global

Model Isabelle Hinrichs showcases the debut of Gucci’s third high-jewelry collection ‘Hortus Deliciarum’, posing at the beautiful Palazzo Visconti in Milan.

German/Swedish photographer Per Appelgren [IG] captures the rich, retro elegance styled by Alessia Caliendo for L’Officiel editions worldwide.

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Louis Vuitton Men's by Amit Israeli with Adamu Bulus and Takfarines Bengana

Louis Vuitton Men's by Amit Israeli with Adamu Bulus and Takfarines Bengana

Models Adamu Bulus and Takfarines Bengana step into the fashion spotlight, styled by Pau Avia in ‘A Room With a View’. Photographer Amit Israeli [IG] creates a dreamlike and poetic sequence of images for Louis Vuitton Men’s Holiday’s fresh take on the Monogram Eclipse Canvas selection of bags for city or travel.

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Barbara Palvin in Jimmy Choo Snow Capsule 2022 Collection Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Barbara Palvin in Jimmy Choo Snow Capsule 2022 Collection Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Glaciers may be melting and fuel shortages growing in Europe over the war in Ukraine — and oh, yes, let’s not forget water shortages in many American ski resorts areas affecting the making of artificial snow.

Undaunted, Jimmy Choo puts on Icarus wings, determined to fly against the trends into financial success with a glamorous ski capsule collection for non-performance-oriented snow bunnies.

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Nicole Kidman, Bella Hadid Call for Balenciaga Garde Robe Order in the Boardroom

Nicole Kidman, Bella Hadid Call for Balenciaga Garde Robe Order in the Boardroom

Balenciaga shifts into luxury-brand, boss-lady mode, with actor Nicole Kidman calling a board meeting to order. An uber-platinum blonde Bella Hadid, Han So-hee, Isabelle Huppert, and Khadim Sock take their seats at the table.

Balenciaga’s new Garde-Robe collection was first presented at the brand’s resort 2023 show. The May 2022 event took place at the New York Stock Exchange in Wall Street.

Isabelle Huppert sits with pumps crossed on her cluttered with boss-lady brilliance credenza. Her oversized Hourglass bag holds a masterplan for becoming the next billionaire genius — and it doesn’t involve buying Twitter at a bargain basement price from Elon Musk.

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Louis Vuitton Holiday 2022 Hits Snow Slopes and Ski Lodge Style

Louis Vuitton Holiday 2022 Hits Snow Slopes and Ski Lodge Style

Louis Vuitton shares its 2022 holiday campaign against an enchanted snowscape backdrop. Key pieces from the Louis Vuitton ski collection join off the slopes luxury sportwear in core colors of red, cream, black, blue and camel. Models include Jade Nguyen, Klara Kristin, and Mathilde Brandi.

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Fendi Pops Into NYC Soho for 25th Anniversary Baguette Celebration

Fendi Pops Into NYC Soho for 25th Anniversary Baguette Celebration

Fendi [IG] has popped into New York City for a holiday celebration of the Winter Capsule 2022 - 25th Anniversary Baguette Collection. Located at 90 Prince Street in Soho, the shop will be open until December 23.

Created by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 1997, the baguette bag became a phenom attached to Sarah Jessica Parker and ‘Sex and the City’, who famously said “This is not a bag—it’s a Baguette.”

In addition to providing color inspo, the LVMH Tiffany & Co brand was brought into the anniversary celebration to provide diamond baguettes for the Fendi baguettes. The constant cross-pollination of the LVMH brands always adds an extra bit of verve to these events.

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Versace Holiday 2022 Campaign with Lily McMenamy, Felice Noordhoff, Sora Choi

Versace Holiday 2022 Campaign with Lily McMenamy, Felice Noordhoff, Sora Choi

The Versace [IG] Holiday 2022 Campaign stays true to Versace's deep roots in theater and the arts. Key inspiration comes from the 'Versace Teatro' books—collections of essays, and costume and stage design sketches from Gianni Versace created in 1987 and 1992.

For this year's campaign, Versace worked in collaboration with Franco Maria Ricci [IG], the art books publisher of the original 'Versace Teatro' books.

Photographer credit goes to Carlijn Jacobs [IG] with a cast that includes Brando Erba, Felice Nova Noordoff, Ismael Savane, Kit Butler, Lily McMenamy, Mila van Eeten, and Sora Choi styled by Jacob K.

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Dior Cruise 2023 Fashion Story by Berta Pfirsich for Harper's Bazaar China November

Dior Cruise 2023 Fashion Story by Berta Pfirsich for Harper's Bazaar China November

Models Jiayun Xie and Qun Ye pose in key looks from Dior’s Cruise 2023 Collection, styled by Wang Hao. Photographer Berta Pfirsich [IG] captures the two beauties in a Dior advertorial for Harper’s Bazaar China November 2022./ Hair by Melisande Page

If you haven’t seen the Dior 2023 Cruise show, it was magnificent. Just spectacular. The video is on this link.

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Photographer An Le Captures Ireen in Balmain Fall 2022 Accessories and Protectivewear

Photographer An Le Captures Ireen in Balmain Fall 2022 Accessories and Protectivewear

Models Ireen and photographer An Le [IG] team up in Balmain Accessories FW 2022, with makeup by Kali Kennedy.

Leaving handbags and accessories behind, Ireen is joined by Babacar N’doye to pose in key, protective ready-to-wear outfits, inspired by body armor, tactical gear, protective wear, compression pads—to illustrate a theme personal to Olivier Rousteing and connected to the fire in his apartment that burned him personally. An Le again brings the Fall 2022 campaign into focus.

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Jennifer Connelly's Coussin Bags Shimmering Cruise 2023 Louis Vuitton Campaign

Jennifer Connelly's Coussin Bags Shimmering Cruise 2023 Louis Vuitton Campaign

Actor Jennifer Connelly, who announced in October that she will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a villainous role for an upcoming project, poses in shimmering metallics from Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton Cruise 2023 Collection for modern nomads.

Center stage are Ghesquiere’s latest Coussin bags in the same irridescent hues, for a fashion campaign styled by Florent Buonomano and Marie-Amélie Sauvé. Photographer David Sims [IG], video by Axel Morin, and creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel.

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Shalom Harlow Stars in Ralph Lauren Holiday 2022 Campaign by Alasdair McLellan

Shalom Harlow Stars in Ralph Lauren Holiday 2022 Campaign by Alasdair McLellan

Ralph Lauren celebrates the holidays with ‘The Gift of Togetherness’, a collection of glamorous humans starring Shalom Harlow. Add to the cast Amane Taniguchi, Andreea Diaconu, Coralie Jean-Francois, Dae Na, Daryl Dismond, Ella Rattigan, Hamid Onifadé, Jeenu Mahadevan, Lulu Tenney, James Turlington, Lucky Blue Smith, Mariam de Vinzelle, Sacha Quenby, Simon Nessman, and Tyson Beckford.

Meryl Griffith & Michel Botbol act as stylists the Ralph Lauren Holiday 2022 Campaign | The Gift of Togetherness with video shot by Gordon von Steiner and images by Alasdair McLellan./ Hair by Akki Shirakawa; makeup by Sally Branka

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