Tiffany & Co Launches 'All Gender' Tiffany Lock Bracelets | 'No Rules. All Welcome'

Tiffany & Co Launches 'All Gender' Tiffany Lock Bracelets | 'No Rules. All Welcome'

Lock, a collection of bracelets that swivel open and snap into place, was released on Tiffany’s e-commerce site on Friday and will arrive in Tiffany stores worldwide in September.

“It’s all about unity, belonging, the universal bonds that tie us together forever—and the open-minded spirit of today’s generation,” says Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany’s executive vice president of product and communication.

Model Imaan Hammam and skateboarder Tyshawn Jones star in the ‘Lock’ campaign, lensed by Mario Sorrenti [IG].

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LOEWE's Parfumier Nuria Cruelle Borruli's Paula Ibiza Eclectic 2022 Fragrance

LOEWE's Parfumier Nuria Cruelle Borruli's Paula Ibiza Eclectic 2022 Fragrance

Paula's Ibiza Eclectic fragrance by LOEWE was launched in May 2022, as a brand extension of the Paula Ibiza fragrance mothership launched in 2020 by Loewe perfumer Nuria Cruelles.

The nose behind this fragrance is Núria Cruelles Borrull, who arrived at Loewe in 2018 and went to work on Paula’s Ibiza. Top notes are Mandarin Orange and Pepper; middle notes are Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine Sambac, Orange Blossom, Coconut, Incense and Olibanum; base notes are Vanilla, Australian Sandalwood and Musk.

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Charaf Tajer's Casablanca FW 2022 Campaign Lensed in Hollywood by Hugo Comte

Charaf Tajer's Casablanca FW 2022 Campaign Lensed in Hollywood by Hugo Comte

The unique lineup of Anok Yai, Alton Mason & Nicolas Cage for Casablanca’s FW 2022 campaign deserves praise for ingenuity. Indy actor Nicolas Cage purchased a Casablanca shirt at the Maxfield LA pop-up store — a fashion action that prompted Cage to develop a soft spot in his heart for the brand. Photographer Hugo Comte [IG], a close friend of the designer also loved the Cage connection, and the campaign rolled towards fruition, with styling by Helena Tejedor and art direction by Olivier Leone.

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Dior Resort 2023 Fashion Story with Allana Santos Brito in Harper's Bazaar Brazil

Dior Resort 2023 Fashion Story with Allana Santos Brito in Harper's Bazaar Brazil

Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2922 issue tributes Dior’s Resort 2023 Collection. Model Allana Santos Brito fronts the cover story styled by Paris-based Raphaël Nicolas De Castro. Photographer Stéphanie Volpato [IG] captures Brito at the Bergerie Nationale in Rambouillet, France.

Whether funded by Dior or not, AOC is intrigued with this gorgeous and sensual editorial in Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2022 issue. We always feel the push and pull of feminism and women’s history in today’s Christion Dior’s collections.

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Tiffany Launches Atrium Platform for Artists, Artisans: Meet Derrick Adams

Tiffany Launches Atrium Platform for Artists, Artisans: Meet Derrick Adams

Seeking to help supporters and Tiffany & Co. clients visualize the new Atrium concept, the iconic American jeweler reached out to artist Derrick Adams, who created an original artwork called “I Shine, You Shine, We Shine” for the Atrium launch.

The Atrium project will live on Artsy, the world’s largest online art marketplace. Derek Adams’ work reflects how people of African descent interact with art, American history and consumerism. “I shine, You shine, We Shine” will be auctioned by Artsy in an auction closing August 10.

100% of profits from the sale of “I Shine, You Shine, We Shine” is going to The Last Resort Artist Retreat, an art residency program that Adams founded in his home city of Baltimore, Maryland.

We link to our Sept. 19, 2022 update on this article.

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Swarovski X Rosenthal SIGNUM Collection Invites Us to Embellish Our Lives

Swarovski X Rosenthal SIGNUM Collection Invites Us to Embellish Our Lives

Swarovski X Rosenthal have joined forces to bring a revitalized and engaged Swarovski jewelry style to Rosenthal porcelain. If you look carefully, even eyeglasses are in the mix — one piece being more visually scrumptious than the other in a campaign that rockets further into the stratosphere after the release of Swarovski’s spring 2022 Bella Hadid campaign.

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Valentino's Pink PP Fall 2022 Campaign Is a Powerful Sign of the Times

Valentino's Pink PP Fall 2022 Campaign Is a Powerful Sign of the Times

Valentino previews its Pink PP advertising campaign for fall 2022, fronted by celebritiy friends of the house Zendaya and Sir Lewis Hamilton — who are literally drenched in pink, photographed by Michael Bailey Gates.

“One color, bold, strong, fluid, extravagant, one color to summarize everything I like in fashion and everything that I choose to represent: the liberation from the ordinary, a space to be oneself, a loud symbol for equality and love,” said Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli.

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Tod's Delists from Italian Stock Exchange Short-Term Investors Demands

Tod's Delists from Italian Stock Exchange Short-Term Investors Demands

After 22 years, Tod’s Della Valle family want to delist Tod’s Group from the Italian Stock Exchange, offering stockholders a premium on their shares to essentially take their profits and go home — so that Tod’s can manage its business affairs with a more brand-building, longterm-success strategy.

“Brothers Diego and Andrea Della Valle control 63.64 percent of Tod’s shares. Delphine S.A.S. under the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group will remain in the Tod’s capital with its current 10 percent stake,” writes WWD.

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David Sims Eyes LOEWE FW 2022 Campaign with Anthea Hamilton Pumpkins 5,6,7 2022

David Sims Eyes LOEWE FW 2022 Campaign with Anthea Hamilton Pumpkins 5,6,7 2022

Photographer David Sims [IG] captures the utterly delightful LOEWE Fall 2022/23 campaign, featuring models Anok Yai, Jeanne Cadieu, Lina Zhang and Violette Meima.

British artist Anthea Hamilton was one of four creatives shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton is known for her surreal artworks and often large-scale installations.

Anthea Hamilton brought her art in the form of Pumpkins no.5, 6, 7 2022 to the LOEWE Fall 2022 campaign.

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Louis Vuitton FW 2022 Campaign Hugs LV's Top 10 Status on Kantar BrandZ Ranking

Louis Vuitton FW 2022 Campaign Hugs LV's Top 10 Status on Kantar BrandZ Ranking

Norwegian actor and friend of the House Renate Reinsve, star of the critically-acclaimedThe Worst Person in the World’, headlines the new Louis Vuitton campaign that also includes Akon Changkou, Elio Berenett, Ida Heiner, Kristine Lindseth, Qisi Feng, and Tida Rosvall.

Louis Vuitton has risen into the top 10 global brands on the Kantar Branz Most Valuable Global Brands 2022 report, joining the ranks of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other global mega brands not associated with the fashion industry.

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Mona Tougaard August News in Vogue France, Alaïa F/W 2022.23 Campaign

Mona Tougaard August News in Vogue France, Alaïa F/W 2022.23 Campaign

Muticultural model Mona Tougaard was born in Denmark and is of Turkish, Somali and Ethiopian descent. With a solid portfolio behind her, Tougaard joins Mirthe Dijk and Victoria Fawole in the Alaïa F/W 2022.23 ad campaign, shot by Willy Vanderperre.

AOC reviews Mona Tougaard’s recent work.

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Bella, Adut, Jill, Paloma in Victoria's Secret Very Sexy 'Midnight at the Oasis' Fall 2022 Campaign

Bella, Adut, Jill, Paloma in Victoria's Secret Very Sexy 'Midnight at the Oasis' Fall 2022 Campaign

Smart Sensuality glamour girls Adut Akech, Bella Hadid, Jill Kortleve and Paloma Elsesser channel the ‘70s classic ‘Midnight at the Oasis’ in name and message but not music in the video. Artist Maria Muldaur sang about an empowered sensual woman in the 1973 more likely on the road in Marrakech than Mexico in the classic tune.

Aware or not, VS is also channeling the sensual, political activist feminist Frida Kahlo in this deeply political and threatening moment for American feminism. As Republicans wage a full-throttle assault on women’s rights in America, perhaps Frida Kahlo is guiding them subliminally.

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Dior Fall 2022 Campaign by Brigitte Niedermair Hugs Mariella Bettineschi's Male Gaze Reversal

Dior Fall 2022 Campaign by Brigitte Niedermair Hugs Mariella Bettineschi's Male Gaze Reversal

In the Fall 2022 campaign, Chiuri is inspired by the objectified female subjects of ‘Old Masters’, as transformed by living Italian feminist artist Mariella Bettineschi. In the fashion show, the models clearly referenced the women in Renaissance paintings, but reborn as women and girls with their own agency and ability to understand the ways of the world at work around them.

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Vogue Thailand August 2022 Presents 'Arabesque' Lensed by Wasan Puengprasert

Vogue Thailand August 2022 Presents 'Arabesque' Lensed by Wasan Puengprasert

Photographer Wasan Puengprasert [IG] sets off with Vogue Thailand August 2022 to Sakon Nakhon province, located in upper northeastern Thailand. The province is rich in the world of indigo-dyed weaving crafts and natural-dyed fabrics produced by diverse community groups.

The result is a 20 page fashion story ‘Arabesque’ styled by Jirat Suppisankul [IG] with models Chirachaya Ketkong, Khunnarong Prathrat and Miriam Sornprommat posing in more than 20 pages of unadulterated beauty and “on the road” fashion.

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Zara Beauty 'Surreal Summer' by Elizaveta Porodina Is Stellar Artistry

Zara Beauty 'Surreal Summer' by Elizaveta Porodina Is Stellar Artistry

Photographer Elizaveta Porodina’s [IG] July 2022 image roadshow continues, with another fashion story for Zara Beauty.

Last week it was Lindsay Wixson in the new Zara South 2022 campaign. Today Porodina rolls into Zara Beauty with ‘Surreal Summer’, a spectacular marrying of her always notable fashion model images with a tube of Zara Beauty mascara.

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Kate Moss Loves Her Diet Coke in ES Magazine July 22 by Quentin Jones

Kate Moss Loves Her Diet Coke in ES Magazine July 22 by Quentin Jones

Legendary 1990s supermodel Kate Moss was recently named the new creative director of Diet Coke. The brand says it tapped her for her “unique aesthetic and style”, a heritage Moss owned as she delivered four limited edition cans of Diet Coke in London this week.

ES Magazine editor Ben Cobb visited Kate in at her west London home.

LOL. Kate Moss is a good little woman, though. Or perhaps Cobb is really special. “during our chat, she keeps my glass of water filled with ice, running back to an American-sized fridge” . .

Yes, yes . . . there’s plenty of Diet Coke in the refrigerator. Cobb spies it chilling there. Wait . . . oh wait . . . Kate Moss “struggles to open the door.” LOL. How old is this guy? I expect him to jump up and save Kate from the big, bad fridge any minute. She is a real-deal damsel in distress.

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Which Luxury Bags Speak to You: Golden Goose or Celine?

Which Luxury Bags Speak to You: Golden Goose or Celine?

In the world of bags, the luxury buyer has many to choose from. I chose these two brands — Golden Goose and Celine — not for the cool factor, but to speak to their brand DNA. Reality is that when one is spending many hundreds or thousands of dollars for a bag or leather accessory, the 2022 customer is more eager than ever before to know the story behind the brand, the ethics and sustainability initiatives employed by the owners, and how the brand reflects us — the buyers.

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Stella McCartney Resort 2023 Collection Hits 85% Record Sustainable Production

Stella McCartney Resort 2023 Collection Hits 85% Record Sustainable Production

Stella McCartney’s Resort 2023 Collection was operating on eight cylinders of creative and manufacturing moxie as fashion’s greatest advocate for the environment and PETA-friendly alternative materials hit her highest bar yet.

McCartney’s resort collection was photographed in and around her eco factory in Novara, Italy. Stella reported that 85% of the collection is produced sustainably.

Stella McCartney also has an instinctive embrace of great marketing, making her “Rewilding and rechilding” tagline a marketing hit.

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Riccardo Tisci and Jared Buckhiester Make Workwear for Burberry Resort 2022/23

Riccardo Tisci and Jared Buckhiester Make Workwear for Burberry Resort 2022/23

Writing about the new collection, Vogue’s Sarah Mower raises the issue of Burberry’s “border-free, non-nationalistic points of view.” The Guardian came close to raising the same issue, when Marco Gobbetti resigned in June 2021, to return to Italy as CEO of Salvatore Ferragamo.

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Lily James Leads Goddesses and Rebels in Versace Fall 2022/23 Campaign

Lily James Leads Goddesses and Rebels in Versace Fall 2022/23 Campaign

Goddesses and Regal Rebels dominate Versace’s Fall 2022/23 Campaign, led by ‘Pam & Tommy’ star Lily James. The Emmy-nominated James plays a Versace goddess in a summer where AOC has read the word ‘goddess’ from non-AOC sources at every turn.

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