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Getting Futuristic With Courrèges | Once a Rebel Always a Rebel
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Adrien Da Maia, CEO of Courrèges since March 2020, wants the world to know that the fashion house forever associated with the Space Age is making a 21st century comeback. Yes, the challenge is major, but the French label has some very timely political and lifestyle forces behind it.
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6-Degrees: Hindu Nationalists Burning Hillary Posters, A $1.5 Million Bounty for a Dead Deepika Padukone, and Ivanka Trump Rolling Into India
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On this first morning in post-Roe America, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is on my mind. She occupies my brain space — not because of her recent appointment as a Louis Vuitton ambassador and not because she “stole the show” in Cannes in early June, appointed as a member of the 2022 Cannes Festival nine-person jury.
Vogue India Interview
Padukone acknowledges in her Vogue India May 2022 cover story — a conversation between the actor and Faye D’Souza, edited and excerpted by Sadaf Shaikh — that she was pleased to be honored as a TIME 100 Impact Award 2022 recipient.
She’s here to talk her casual, tomboy style preferences — Red Carpet glam nights not included. Padukone shows us how the first Indian Louis Vuitton ambassador chills, styled by Megha Kapoor in the all-Vuitton fashion story lensed by Vivek Vadoliya [IG]. / Makeup by Tina Monzón; hair by Noelia Coral
Casual looks are deceiving in the Vogue India fashion story. For the first time in history, a fashion brand — Louis Vuitton — has entered the rarified air of the world’s top 10 global brands, as ranked by Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2022 report
Louis Vuitton and Deepika Padukone make a good team.
Read MoreMory Sacko at Louis Vuitton Opens in St. Tropez As First LV Freestanding Restaurant
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Turning 30, Mory Sacko, the French-West African chef behind the Michelin MoSuke restaurant in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, opened Louis Vuitton’s first free-standing restaurant in St.Tropez on June 17.
Read MoreCarolina Herrera Resort 2023 Collection Channels Retro Glam Women with Backbone
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Carolina Herrera designer Wes Gordon admits that he imagined a trip to the Riviera in creating Carolina Herrera’s resort 2023 collection. Visions of ‘90s supermodels shot by Helmut newton danced in his imagination.
In reality, Beyoncé Ambrose poses in these Carolina Herrera Resort 2023 images, styled by Marie Chaix. Photographer Camila Falquez [IG] captures the modern-woman, garden-party looks.
Read MoreDevyn Garcia, Quannah Chasinghorse for B-Corp Chloé Sp 2022 by Zoe Ghertner
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With the introduction of Chloé Craft, the Maison increases the number of its products handcrafted by independent artisans. Environmentally-speaking, 58% of the collection in now made from lower-impact materials. Employing several collaborations with social enterprises, the “love” that Gabriela Hearst brings to the newly certified B-corp brand “encompasses both people and the planet”. Quote marks signify the brand’s own verbiage, not AOC’s.
Lensed by photographer Zoë Ghertner [IG] on Playa El Tecolote in Mexico, the shoot was styled by Camilla Nickerson and art directed by Peter Miles. AOC is delighted to see models Devyn Garcia [recent work] and Quannah Chasinghorse [recent work] in the model lineup.
Read MorePolo Ralph Lauren 2021 Holiday Campaign Hugs Committed, Progressive Hearts
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The Polo Ralph Lauren 2021 Holiday Campaign reminds me that some of the best things in life are free — but not easy to assemble in one place. It’s damn difficult — sort of like telling the true story of America.
Ralph Lauren is on our Side: Don’t Blow it Ralph!
The top line takeaway — in case you are blind — is the concept of one global family with different but also shared values. Polo Ralph Lauren is for global citizens and the walls that we are trying to break through with all our might. That is one hell of a credential to be holding in your brand deck, so don’t screw it up, Ralph Lauren.
It may be a losing battle, frankly — crashing through these walls with all our might — but Polo Ralph Lauren is on our side — and not for the first time. We’ve been writing about Ralph Lauren’s best efforts for several years now.
AOC has criticized the Ralph Lauren brand a decade ago, but their pitch is near-perfect now.
Read MoreKASSL x ZARA Democratic Style Fall 2021 Collab Lensed by Bibi Cornejo Borthwick
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In September, KASSL x ZARA was introduced with its focus on classic coats, sporty separates and accessories and homewares. Top models Malgosia Bela and Selena Forrest showcase the collection, styled by Gijsje Ribbens, who also serves as art director on the production. Photographer Bibi Cornejo Borthwick captures the campaign for Zara. / Hair by Yann Turchi; Helene Vasnier
Read MoreLVMH Buys 50% of Jay-Z's Champagne Brand As Bernard Arnault Nods To Black Culture's Financial Influence
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Jay-Z appears to be having the last laugh in the Champagne wars, selling a 50 percent stake in Armand de Brignac to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Jay-Z’s Ace of Spades joins the luxury brand’s other prestige labels including Dom Pérignon, Moët & Chandon, Ruinart, Krug and Veuve Clicquot. Both parties must agree to major decisions for the company.
Most important, the partnership cements the luxury company’s ties with the entertainment industry and also to the growing embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement by progressives of every ethnic background and skin color. AOC has long lived in this atmosphere, but something very major is happening around us.
This last statement is AOC’s opinion and not that of the business media. To us, Bernard Arnault’s instinctual insights about the increasing dominance and overall influence of Black culture are obvious — and impressive.
Just last week Arnaud indirectly took a significant financial position in Savage X Fenty via L Catterton. This decision came as Rihanna and LVMH agreed to put the Fenty designer label on hold for the time-being.
Read MoreBlesnya Minher's 2020 Louis Vuitton Artycapucines Lensed by Julia Noni
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In 2019 Louis Vuitton launched its inaugural collection of Artycapucines, a collab with six artists with strong ties to Miami’s art scene.
In 2020, Louis Vuitton reached out to six new artists: Beatriz Milhazes, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Josh Smith, Henry Taylor, Liu Wei and Zhao Zhao. for six new Artycapucines numbered and issued in a quantity of just 200.
Stylist Isabelle Kountoure and photographer Julia Noni team up with model Blesnya Minher to showcase this season’s Artycapucines. / Hair by Louis Ghewy
Read MoreMiu Miu Spring 2020 Campaign Channels Female Art Colony at Casa Corbero
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