The Jean Paul Gaultier FragranceHoliday 2022 campaign is as delicious as a gift box of Ladurée macarons. Models Kanza Safsaf, Omar Sesay, and Sacha Bilal are styled by Georgia Pendlebury in images by Manon & Alma [IG].
Supermodel Elsa Hosk looks like she walked out of a 1950s movie, filmed in the south of France. Elsa is wearing tailored must-haves from her new Helsa Collection — created in the mood of Katharine Hepburn and lensed here by Yulia Gorbachenko [IG]
Writing about the debut of Helsa last August, I said: “Hosk is keeping this launch like a quiet ebb. The Scandi beauty has always stressed the importance of sustainability and it would be shocking if she doesn’t create sustainable products.”
Many of the Helsa pieces are made with Recover, a recycled, heavy-duty cotton. Bravo. I love Elsa Hosk with my whole heart, but sustainability is not a strong message in Helsa so far.
Candice Swanepoel and her sustainable swimwear brand Tropic of C [IG] celebrate the brand’s classic styles with very modern cutouts, lensed by Eduardo Bravin [IG] .
Candice was an early user of econyl, a regenerated nylon product introduced in 2011 by Aquafil.
Econyl is made entirely from ocean and landfill waste, such as industrial plastic, fabric scraps from clothing manufacturing companies, old carpets and "ghost nets".
AOC believes that beautiful bodies live on a sustainable planet. We’ve always applauded Candice Swanepoel for building a brand from day 1, with sustainability beating beautifully in its heart.
The Chanel Fine Jewelry Holiday 2022 campaign ‘Once Upon a Moon’ stars Adesuwa Aighewi, Giedre Dukauskaite, Soo Joo Park, Matthew Bell and Reece Nelson as lunar explorers styled by Veronique Didry and lensed by Nicolas Kantor.
Did luxury house Chanel know that America’s Artemis 1 mission was headed to the moon when their holiday campaign ‘Once Upon a Moon’ was released? Probably not, as our Artemis 1 mission roared high into the sky two months behind schedule. Still, the timing ended up being perfect.
The Beauty campaign has the Eiffel Tower lifting off like Artemis, becoming a cool rocket rising into the Parisian night sky.
Model Valentina Sampaio, who is an Armani beauty ambassador, smolders in her Giorgio Armani Holiday 2022 campaign images. Sampaio shares the spotlight with models Quentin Demeester and Raphael Balzer. Photographers Van Mossevelde + N [IG] captures the glamorous trio with set design by Andrea Cellerino./ Hair by Pierpaolo Lai; makeup by Simone Gammino
‘A New Sensuality’ puts Irina Shayk in the spotlight, wearing nine pieces in the capsule, lensed by Mert and Marcus [IG]. The Zara collection of body-hugging, fluid jersey pieces is meant to inspire “Positivity and Confidence’ [IG].
Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] captures models Anyiel Majok, Felice Nova Noordhoff, and Malika Louback in the Emilio Pucci Holiday 2022/23 campaign ‘La Famiglia.
Imruh Asha styles a campaign the hugs Camille Miceli’s clear vision that “for me Pucci evokes a family of people spending time together, to enjoy life, parties, and well-being.”
Miceli wants the global enthusiasts, travel-loving, multi-generations Pucci ‘famiglia’ to embrace high-octane, dopamine-dressing as a form of spreading joyful optimism, self-confidence without a tinge of aristocracy [unlike Chanel] and a lust for life that reflects her own lifestyle.
Actor Sydney Sweeney comes alive in the Tory Burch 2022 Holiday campaign. No more sexy bod changing a flat tire on her baby-blue converticle in the California desert.
She is live and useful — yes useful — commandeering the Tory Burch Holiday helpline in an Oprah sort of way.
But you can call her helpline at 1-800-485-5399. Come on, play along. Give the grinch a rest.
Christy Turlington supers up her always-smoldering sensuality in the new Calvin Klein Eternity fragrance campaign, sharing the spotlight with her beloved husband Ed Burns.
Photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] has captured the couple over the years in images that speak to what is one of celebrity-world’s biggest love affairs.
Her dedication to the issue of global — and US — maternal health is well known in fashion world. Minutes ago as we were writing this post, Christy Turlington Burns tweeted in support of the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2022. Read on for details.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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’Officieleditions worldwide.
Model Milena Kensy poses in a fashion story ‘Yours Truly’, styled by Jolene Lin in Chow Tai Fook's brand new wedding series jewelry. Photographer John Gregory [IG] captures Kensy for Vogue Hong Kong October 2022 issue.
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.
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.
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.
Models Kuany Atem, Qun Ye and Sihana Shalaj drop into Massimo Dutti Studio for a look at the November 2022 offerings, lensed in Paris by Ed Martin [IG]./ Hair by Egon Crivillers; makeup by Victor Alvarez
