Louis Vuitton SS2023 Capucine Campaign Teaches Us Kintsugi with Lea Seydoux
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Rafael Pavarotti Shoots Maximilian Davis' Ferragamo Spring Summer 2023 Campaign
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Models Chol Mabior, Colin Jones, Kai Newman, Mona Tougaard, Silas Lutz, Vittoria Ceretti and Yoomi Sun front the February 2023 drop of Ferragamo’s Spring Summer 2023 campaign.
The New York Times profiled Maximilian Davis, Salvatore Ferragamo’s new young Black designer, last fall. The emerging designer dropped out of the 2022 LVMH Prize for young designer competition to take the Ferragamo position.
Photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] shoots the models in Ferragamo’s updated-hues studio with art direction by Edward Quarmby and styling by Mavi Staiano.
Read MoreKim Kardashian Burns Down the Italian Villa in Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2023 Campaign
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Kim Kardashian deepens her relationship with Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana, fronting the deeply sensual Spring 2023 campaign lensed by Mert & Marcus [IG].
Jack Borkett and Dani Levi style Kim in these blistering hot images. Kim’s hair is by close friend Chris Appleton; makeup by Ariel.
The haters will take jabs at KK but I think she looks and performs spectacularly. AOC is not interested in anybody’s opinions about what model could have done a better job.
Whatever one thinks about Kim Kardashian, the world knows her as a sexy and beautiful woman, as a genuinely-devoted mother, and as a business tycoon who has built an uber-successful $3.2 billionaire SKIMMS brand, which could soon rival the crippled Victoria’s Secret.
Read MoreSaskia de Brauw Defines Modern Sensuality in SS2023 Roberto Cavalli Campaign
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Top model Saskia de Brauw is not the first person who comes to mind for a Roberto Cavalli campaign. The whip smart, 41-year-old Dutch earth goddess is a writer and observer of global life, loaded up with art books and musings about famous people.
Sicilian-born designer to the stars Fausto Puglisi understands overt glamour as experienced in the Mediterranean. As’flashy’ as his designs might seem, there is also a lightness and a particular attention to detail in all aspects of the clothes.
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Mica + Mona Take Monte Carlo for Michael Kors Collection Spring 2023 Campaign
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American luxury brand Michael Kors Collection [IG] sets sail for Monte Carlo in its Spring 2023 campaign. Models Mica Argañaraz and Mona Tougaard take big fashion strides in wide-leg pants, plunging necklines and slashed skirts in the campaign lensed by Inez and Vinoodh [IG].
For spring 2023, bright poppy and lime green join an abundance of white and black. Spring 2023 trends turn up the volume even higher on skin revelation, after a long period of fashionable hibernation in a post #MeToo world.
Read MoreChristian Dior SS2023 Campaign by Brigitte Niedermair Honors Catherine de Medici
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The Christian Dior Spring 2023 Campaign celebrates femininity, power and grace, as explored through the eye and lens of frequent Dior photographer Brigitte Niedermair [IG].
Models include Carla Pereira, Freja Rothmann, Jen Thomson, Sherry Shi, and Stella Lucia.
Preparing for the season, Chiuri discovered a map of Paris in the Dior archives, one that put Avenue Montaigne at its center, even though the street doesn’t represent the actual center of the city.
In short order, the map became a focal print for the spring 2023 collection — a maverick toile de Jouy print that is a sophisticated addition to Dior’s already rich use of toile de Jouy.
Old World unique artistry and needlework inspire the Dior spring 2023 collection, and raffia is used to maximum advantage. Beautiful raffia coats are decorated with delicate flowers and birds, also in play on the accessories. The embroidery work is spectacular.
Read MoreGigi Hadid Poses in 'Baby, Light My Fire' Mode for Self-Portrait Spring 2023 Campaign
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Gigi Hadid fronts Self-Portrait’s [IG] Spring Summer 2023 Campaign, a collection of skimpy little pieces guaranteed to help any woman find her inner tigress. It’s raw and sensual — just the way the Self-Portrait woman wants it, says Han Chong, Founder and Creative Director of Self-Portrait.
Photographer Tyrone Lebon and Gigi brought the campaign to life in a series of videos and images, shot in the perfect New York parking lot.
Read MoreZimmermann Spring 2023 Campaign with Lineisy Montero by Benny Horne
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Zimmermann’s Spring 2023 collection is inspired by Wonderland City, a poetic landmark amusement park that was once the largest open air amusement park in the southern hemisphere.
Zimmermann’s creative director Nicky Zimmermann found herself enchanted by the history of the Tamarama beach attraction, which opened in 1906 and closed in 2911.
She enlisted model Lineisy Montero and photographer Benny Horne to inject new life into the history of stylish ruins, in a spring 2023 campaign styled by Romy Frydman.
Read MoreDaniel Lee's Burberry Spring 2023 Campaign by Tyrone Lebon Targets British Identity
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It was difficult to miss the equestrian knight motif racing across the new Spring 2023 Burberry Campaign as part of “the first creative expression” shared by Daniel Lee, Burberry’s Chief Creative Officer.
For AOC, our focus was on the faces of the British heritage brand Burberry, the visualization of who wears this brand.
Daniel Lee, with roots in West Yorkshire, England agrees. “Burberry flies the flag for Britishness and for the UK and for culture. So, we have to use our platforms because we have a responsibility to communicate those things,” Lee told ‘Vogue Runway’ in December.
The designer continued:
"I don’t know if this is the right way to say this, but more than surprising people, I really would like them to see the new vision and feel reassured — like, ‘Oh, yeah, this makes sense: This is what Burberry should be.’”
Read MoreEmRata, Vittoria and Ugbad Front Tory Burch SS 2023 Campaign by Jamie Hawkesworth
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Emily Ratajkowski poses with son Sylvester, age one, in the Tory Burch SS 2023 Campaign. The luxury brand takes a stand on family for its spring campaign also featuring models Vittoria Ceretti and Ugbad Abdi.
“Defined by sensual silhouettes, weightless layers, and an ethereal palette, the Spring 2023 collection reflects Tory’s purpose: to empower women and instill confidence,” the company said. “Women don’t want to feel restricted, and they aren’t interested in rules. They want to dress for themselves and express their individuality.”
The campaign, is styled by Brian Molloy and photographed by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG].
Read MoreTyler Mitchell Captures Louis Vuitton Spring 2023 Mens Campaign, Shot in Almeria, Spain
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Photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG] was over the moon, shooting “a gang of boys in the Spanish desert” near Almería, Spain. The minute I saw Mitchell’s name I understood how impacted he was by the shoot. To his credit, Tyler said as much: “I'm extremely thankful for the opportunity. Photography has brought me many places but this is my first main campaign for a heritage house of such stature. Those who know me know how much this means.”
In an excellent interview Mitchell has with FRIEZE, the photographer explains how his new work is being influenced by his growing understanding of historical paintings.
AOC understands the constant mention of boyhood games and imaginations in the evolving Louis Vuitton Menswear discussion, but to me it’s just as important that cool men are relating to amusing and creative elements in their clothes. Creativity is known to be a uniting force among diverse peoples.
Virgil Abloh understood that reality. Clearly Louis Vuitton understands it in their deeply personal embrace of Virgil’s talents — then and now. And Tyler Mitchell is a similarly soft-spoken, creative personality that fits beautifully into the Louis Vuitton hive.
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Proenza Schouler SS 2023 with Kendall, Selena and Arca Lensed by Davit Giorgadze
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Models Kendall Jenner and Selena Forrest join talent Arca in Proenza Schouler’s Spring/Summer 2023 Campaign, lensed by Davit Giorgadze [IG].
Camilla Nickerson styles the modern fashion silhouettes with splashes of cascading ruffles, lavish crochet lace panels, fringe and dots created by designers Jack McCollough + Lazaro Hernandez.
Read MoreLoro Piana Spring 2023 Campaign Grand Italian Tour by Inez & Vinoodh
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Loro Piana is also on an Italian grand tour in the cashmere brand’s Spring/Summer 2023 campaign.
Models Amar Akway, Mika Schneider, Rianne Van Rompaey and Leon Dame present an appetizer excursion of authentic Italian experiences that are in communion with nature, land and community.
Inez and Vinoodh [IG] capture the quartet, styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka./ Makeup by Lisa Butler; hair by Eugene Souleiman
Writing about Loro Piana’s Fall 2022 collection and campaign, AOC shared highly-specific information about a decade’s worth of the brand’s processes and control over its cashmere production.
‘Transparency’ is a stake in the ground among today’s cashmere brands, including less expensive but very well-run cashmere labels. There is no “Don’t worry, be happy, I’ve got this issue under control so you don’t have to worry” in today’s cashmere business.
Read MoreGivenchy Spring 2023 Campaign Prompts a Fresh Look at Brand Strategy
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Reviews for this new Givenchy Spring 2023 campaign have been very positive. It would seem that holding the line and trying to make this vision of Givenchy work has merit.
In October, the New York Times explored the evolution [or confusion] around Williams’ vision for Givenchy.
Reminding readers that Givenchy has no core house identity, the sequence of designers at Givenchy has further created murky waters.
As for the talented American creative director Mr. Williams, does a former Kanye West acolyte, have a vision capable of translating Givenchy in modern terms — especially when none of us knows anymore, what Givenchy is about?
Because it’s game over if Mr. West, legally known as Ye, gets anywhere near an advisory role to Mr. Williams to help sort out his quandary.
From all I’ve read about him, Williams can’t possibly share West’s ‘I’ve never read a book, because I don’t need to’ attitude.
As The Atlantic explained this week: “Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.”
Read MoreLais Ribeiro Dazzles in Vivara Summer 2023 Campaign Lensed by Gui Paganini
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Top model Lais Ribeiro dazzles as the face of Vivara’s Summer 2023 campaign. Renata Correa styles Ribeiro in elegant, skin-bearing swimwear for a glamorous, modern campaign lensed by Gui Paganini [IG]. Silvio Giorgio handles hair and makeup, adding the finishing touches to a grade A campaign that sparkles.
Read MoreMiu Miu Spring 2023 Campaign Promises Deep Life-Enhancing Impact on Those Who Buy It
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Note from AOC: The Spring Summer 2023 Miu Miu campaign is not for mere mortals. It is for the fashion rebels, “united in their courage and desire to challenge conventions” by wearing Miu Miu. You are now absorbing the meaning of meeting this deadly-serious assembly of warrior-women models and talents who understand that by choosing Miu Miu, the decision has a “deep impact on life, enhancing it more and more.”
Hopefully, their sartorial Miu Miu brand enlightenment can be transferred to us, if only we open our minds to these exceptional fashion prophets.
All bow down now and breathe deeply.
Good goddess, I LOVE Miuccia Prada. Lips zipped, because I am not worthy to speak of this campaign’s brilliance. Not one more word. xxxx ~ Anne
Read MoreLouis Vuitton FW 2023 Menswear with Colm Dillane Is Praise-Worthy
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I personally went back over Virgil’s older shows and the influence of the menswear design studio is strong in the Fall 2023 collection. This is not about radical change.
AOC remains a believer that Beccari and Arnault will take the menswear design group for an innovative spin — sort of a design laboratory that focuses on the future studio workplace.
But to hear in March that Colm Dillane gets his LV men’s position would not surprise us. AOC believes strongly that elegance is in the wind. I did keep asking myself “Would Jay-Z wear these clothes? Would the NBA players wear these clothes because the LV Men’s NBA clothes are fabulous.
We are positive that LVMH will make some kind of investment in Dillane. His whole story and his talent are pretty irresistable.
Read MoreAnja Rubik's Utilitarian, Tailored-Neutrals Sensuality for Zara Woman January 2023
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