Moncler Grenoble Winter 2024 Campaign by Mario Sorrenti with Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
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A Breathtaking Dior Holiday 2024 Underwater World of Extreme Beauty & Design
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A Breathtaking Dior Holiday 2024 Underwater World of Extreme Beauty & Design
Nature’s grandeur is reimagined in luminous gold for the Dior Cabinet de Curiosités—where magnificent sea creatures reign in brilliant splendor. These breathtaking Holiday 2024 selections from Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior Cruise 2025 collection, staged in Scotland, remind us of the depth and breath of the Dior luxury brand experience.
Alice Kirkpatrick [IG] is responsible for the exquisite set design, with images by Agnes Lloyd-Platt [IG].
For all those who criticize Maria Grazia Chiuri and Dior generally for not being clever enough — or bold enough — AOC points out that she has much more in common with Valentino’s Alessandro Michele with this presentation than with Gucci’s streamlined fashion pablum — that new quiet luxury design direction they’re touting.
Dior Marries Nature, Marine Life and Gold
This underwater theme is actually prevalent in Dior’s new Gold House in Bangkok and it’s projected onto a Dior facade in Tokyo. This architectural design trend requires a separate post focus on Dior’s emerging design presence as a marriage of nature and golden opulence, the key word.
Read MoreJacquemus Holiday 2024 with Alex Consani by Lisa Jahovic
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With a new store in Soho New York and a four-floors flagship on London’s New Bond Street, Simon Porte Jacquemus himself might take one look at rising model Alex Consani’s images from the Jacquemus Holiday 2024 Campaign [IG] and say “I’ll have whatever she’s having.”
Photographer/director/set designer Lisa Jahovic’s [IG] modern, lifestyle-in-motion images for the always-witty Jacquemus brand support the founder’s desire that we all enjoy a ‘Winter Retreat’./ Hair by Kei Terada; makeup by Lauren Parsons
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The Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 Campaign Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth
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The Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 Campaign is a modernist vision inspired by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière’s choice of Barcelona, as the site for the actual runway show on May 23.
Specifically, the site was the Hypostyle Room of Antoni Gaudi’s Park Güell, a roofed hall whose mosaic ceilings are a Gaudi signature. There was little actual Gaudi inspo in the clothes on the Barcelona runway and featured now in the new Louis Vuitton campaign shot by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG], with creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel.
Campaign models Cara Schadel, Larissa Moraes, Libby Bennett, Mona Tougaard and Thea Almqvist pose against yet another face of the Mediterranean, writing in photos a love letter to a beloved Barcelona.
The campaign is styled by Florent Buonomano and Marie-Amélie Sauvé. / Hair by Duffy; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Read MoreBankable Burberry Lensed by Menelik Puryear for Vogue Arabia November 2024
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Bankable Burberry Lensed by Menelik Puryear for Vogue Arabia November 2024
Vogue Arabia’s [IG] November 2024 issue lends a hand to Burberry [IG] designer Daniel Lee in this ‘classic’ photo shoot with plenty of plaid.
Models Jimai Hoth and Renda G are styled by Natalie Westernoff in images by Menelik Puryear [IG]. / Hair by Chloe Frieda; makeup by Chantal Amari
Burberry’s Urgent ‘Course Correct’
Business press describes the situation at Burberry as ‘urgent’ and so does Burberry’s new CEO Joshua Schulman. The new leader says the brand is undergoing an urgent ‘course correct’, as revenue plummets 22% in the latest six months ending in September 2024 financial reporting to investors.
Read MoreEdie Campbell for CH Carolina Herrera INITIALS INSIGNIA SOFT SS-2025 Campaign
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Edie Campbell for CH Carolina Herrera INITIALS INSIGNIA SOFT SS-2025 Campaign
It’s easy to forget that this visual feast for hungry eyes is a focus on the CH Carolina Herrera brand's signature bags — specifically the newINITIALS INSIGNIA SOFT — presented in an array of jewel tones, metallics, and refined neutrals.
Carolina Herrera and the Business of Relationships
Because AOC just wrote about the enduring relationship between Carolina Herrera ‘Good Girl’ fragrance and supermodel-activist Karlie Kloss, the first thought with Edie is an affirmative ‘yes’. She belongs in this tribe, too. Today both women move in highly-monied circles but take their activist roots and credentials wherever they go.
In 2020 we might have thought that elitism was gone for good — a silly proposition given the nature of human history. A key brand concept going forward is a ‘humble’ elitism and both Edie and Karlie have it.
With riches come responsibilities and both women have accepted what should be expected of them as people of privilege — given their prolific talents, excellent values and access to capital. I mentioned this very concept yesterday regarding the new Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 campaign.
Read MoreGucci Gift 2024 Campaign Chapter 2: To the Mountains with Kendall Jenner and Jannick Sinner
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AOC loves the Gucci Gift 2024 Campaign Chapter 2: To the Mountains, November 2024 release.
The campaign taps Gucci Global Brand Ambassador pro tennis athlete Jannick Sinner and Gucci ambassador Kendall Jenner, along with models Addison Soens, Devyn Garcia, Kirsty Hume, Nile Winchester and Violet Hume.
In addition to Creative Director Sabato De Sarno, we have styling by Francesca Burns, Marcell Rev on art photography procurement, Riccardo Zanola as Artistic Director and rising-fast, one-to-watch photographer Anthony Seklaoui [IG] behind the lens.
Read MoreSporty & Rich Arrives for Just in Time for Holidays at Carlyle Hotel New York City
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Sporty & Rich Arrives for Just in Time for Holidays at Carlyle Hotel New York City
In this November 2024 drop, The Carlyle New York [IG], a Rosewood Hotel, joins Oetker Collection hotels Le Bristol Paris and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France in launching a custom collaboration with this truly impressive, big-wings brand-potential business Sporty & Rich [IG], founded by Emily Oberg.
In June 2024, Sporty & Rich collaborated with select Rosewood Asaya spas including the Rosewood São Paolo.
In an interview with Glossy in August 2023, Oberg pegged S&R’s revenue at $30 million with a goal of $200 million.
We think it’s much higher, with branding and product synergies that share much in common with SKIMS.
Emily Oberg is not Kim Kardashian, for sure. But she compensates for some of the name-recognition deficit with these rock-solid, prestige hotel alliances that can open new doors and rain money with reorders and fresh collaborations for years.
One can easily argue that Emily Oberg has aligned herself with “old money” hotels — and golf courses in the future — that have many stories to share about the lives of the world’s global elites.
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Prada Galleria Bags Bloom in Abundance for Fall 2024 Campaign by Reto Schmid
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Named after the brand’s historic flagship boutique, opened by Mario Prada in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in 1913, the Prada Galleria [IG] bag is a true icon among luxury bags and in Prada world itself.
Leather flowers are abundant in the Fall 2024 Prada Galleria special edition bag, as symbols of renewal and timelessness.
Photographer Reto Schmid [IG] captures the campaign with models Amanda Murphy, Ella Rattigan, Ilya Vermeulen, Laura Reyes, Lexi Boling and Ornella Umutoni. / Makeup by Yumi Lee; Hair by Evanie Frausto
Read MoreThe Debut of Coco Neige with Margot Robbie Had Deep Roots in Chanel's History
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The 2018 Debut of Coco Neige with Margot Robbie Had Deep Roots in Chanel's History
In 2018, Margot Robbie launched Chanel’s first Coco Neige campaign, which was Chanel's first official subbrand for ski and après-ski wear. Featured in these images by the now-passed creative director Karl Lagerfeld himself, Robbie spoke very fondly about the experience of working with the head of the House of Chanel from 1983-2019.
AOC visited the the original campaign after posting the new Chanel Coco Neige 2024/5 campaign, lensed by Juergen Teller with model Loli Bahia. Asking a question of our precious AI about Coco Chanel and if she actually skied, Anne fell down a rabbit hole that has reoriented her entire thinking about Chanel.
Her interest in skiing was not only a personal pastime but also a social event that allowed her to mingle with the elite, continually fueling her creative vision in the process and also captivating new clients for her brand.
Coco had a profound and enduring level of help from her friend, financier, collaborator and lover Arthur "Boy" Capel in penetrating this elite St. Moritz society.
Read MoreChanel's Coco Neige 2024/5 Collection Honors a Long House History with Sporting Life
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Chanel's Coco Neige 2024/5 Collection Honors a Long House History with Sporting Life
Model Loli Bahia is photographed by Juergen Teller[IG] in the apartment of Gabrielle Chanel at 31, rue Cambon in Paris wearing CHANEL COCO NEIGE 2024/25 collection. / Hair by James Pecis; makeup by Lisa Butler
AOC can’t verify that weather prediction for major ski resorts in Europe. But if you are wearing Chanel Coco Neige for cocooning at a ski lodge, you probably have global options regarding where to land the plane.
Chanel ‘Coco Neige’ History
The first Coco Neige collection and campaign dropped in 2018, created by luxury visionary uber-talent Karl Lagerfeld and starring Margot Robbie. Coco Neige promoted itself as a combination of high-tech clothing and winter ready-to-wear.
Coco Neige was not Chanel’s Maiden Ski Collection
Read MoreGuerlain's Violette Serrat Relaunches G Rouge Lipstick for Paris Lovers Worldwide
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Guerlain's Violette Serrat Relaunches G Rouge Lipstick for Paris Lovers
Meet Violette Serrat
French-born Violette Serrat, creative director of makeup for Guerlain since summer 2021, was born and raised in Paris. Serrat understands French women and their love of red lipstick.
Fifteen years after Rouge G’s first Guerlain release, it’s reborn in 40 stunning shades in both velvet-matte and satin finishes. Rouge G is formulated with a new 89 per cent skincare-based formula made with lily oleo extract. Created with lily flowers and paired with sweet almond oil, this complex has smoothing, hydrating and plumping properties and improves the quality of lips worldwide with prolonged wear.
Top faces Natalia Vodianova and Malika El Maslouhi are leading the campaign lensed by Charlotte Wales [IG].
Even the iconic mirrored cases notched up their glam quotient without hurting the environment. Using gold instead of silver, the nine new jewel cases are 19 per cent lighter than before, allowing for a 30 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Read MoreBottega Veneta Winter Solstice 2024 Campaign Is Pragmatically Epicurean Says Matthieu Blazy
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Bottega Veneta Winter Solstice 2024 Campaign Is Pragmatically Epicurean Says Matthieu Blazy
Bottega Veneta campaign models include Awar Odhiang, Douta Sidibe, Hedi Ben Tekaya, JenniferMatias, Lina Zhang and Liz Kennedy. Photographers Louise & Maria Thornfeldt [IG] return for another season./ Hair by Duffy; makeup by Pat McGrath
A NYT Darling Deserves His Status
Not for the first time, the New York Times Style shares another major feature on Bottega under Matthieu Blazy. In doing so, they advance the hot topic of craft beyond superb execution and often ‘dusty’ heritage into the world of the creative director role itself.
At Bottega Veneta, Blazy champions his craftspeople for their role in the creative process. His is a rare ego in the world of luxury brands.
The Times introduces us to Barbara Zanin, a 26-year veteran of the brand who became Bottega Veneta’s first director of craft and heritage in July.
Read MoreEmma Corrin in Miu Miu 'Irreverent Wonder' Holiday 2024 Campaign by Lengua
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Emma Corrin in Miu Miu 'Irreverent Wonder' Holiday 2024 Campaign by Lengua
Miu Miu shares its Holiday 2025 campaign with actor Emma Corrin expressing a boyish insouciance about the holiday, in images captured by Lengua [IG]. Edward Quarmby serves as creative director on the campaign, with styling by Lotta Volkova.
Miu Miu [IG] is riding near cult status among young people in China, as its parent Prada Group reported an 18%, nine-month, year-to-date increase at constant currency. In reported terms, revenue rose 15% placing Prada Group in a positive light navigating China’s economic slowdown in the luxury market and beyond.
Miu Miu’s 2024 Upcycled collection takes a major role in the holiday campaign, a testament to the brand’s commitment to circular design practices. Crafted from re-fashioned deadstock yarn, kilts, and leather, each garment in this limited-edition collection is permeated with a hint of spunk, as the Miu Miu brand explores what it means to be human.
Read MoreDior Cruise 2025 Campaign by Brigitte Niedermair at Drummond Castle in Scotland
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Dior Cruise 2025 Campaign by Brigitte Niedermair at Drummond Castle in Scotland
Dior’s 2025 cruise collection now comes to life in a new ad campaign lensed by Brigitte Niedermair [IG]. Models include Ali Dansky, Jiali Zhao, Sanija Dalecka and Tanya Churbanova, styled by Elin Svahn. Ryan Chappell provides choreography with Alice Schillaci as director./ Hair by Eugene Souleiman; makeup by Peter Philips
Anne has written extensive political commentary about Dior’s thriving brand relationship with women worldwide under Maria Grazia Chiuri and the criticism of her by our industry’s fashion mafia sideliners. The original article link in this post takes you to Anne’s analysis.
Read MoreSelf-Portrait News: 'Evening Out' Lookbook | Residency Launch | Christopher Kane November Drop
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Self-Portrait News: 'Evening Out' Lookbook | Residency Launch | Christopher Kane November Drop
Models Marie Belle and Mariina Keskitalo front Self-Portrait’s AW2024 ‘Evening Out’ lookbook styled by Sandy Armeni. Photographer Simon Cave [IG] captures the upcoming, ‘Evening Out’ holiday parties and glam getaways imagined by Self-Portrait’s founder and creative director Han Chong./ Hair by Matthew Sosnowski
Han Chong Hugs Creatives at Large
In more Self-Portrait news, Portrait founder Han Chong is opening the doors of his expansive studio and headquarters, Harella House, near the Barbican in London, to creatives from all disciplines.
Designer Christopher Kane took the stage at Central Saint Martins over the weekend with Lena Dunham for Vogue’s Forces of Fashion London lineup. Kane spoke in-depth about being booked as Self-Portrait’s resident collaborator for 2024 and his upcoming November 21, 2024 drop.
Read MoreHarvey Nichols Holiday 2024 with Lulu Wood Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina
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