Question: “Anne, why are you reporting on a soccer swap? You don’t follow soccer. You are playing with our minds, Anne.”
Anne’s Answer: Because AOC loves the Dutch as people, and Amsterdam is a very cool place. I’ve been there several times.
Most important is that Ajax Amsterdam just scored their third collab with Adidas x Daily Paper, and AOC LOVES Daily Paper. If Daily Paper loves Ajax Amsterdam, so do we.
AOC believes in logic . . . just like we believe in science. We are not MAGA insurrectionist Reds. AOC is for Blues.
Top models Edie Campbell, Mona Tougaard and Leon Dame pose against rocky but fecund terrain of Brittany, France. LVMH brand Loro Piana unveils its Fall-Winter 2022 campaign, lensed by Mario Sorrenti [IG], with art direction by Heiko Keinath.
As always — and especially on the subject of a mostly cashmere-driven collection— AOC turned our attention to Loro Piana’s sustainability efforts. Our usual sustainability pit-stop at Good on You was operating just now.
Swedish supermodel Elsa Hosk is launching her own brand called ‘Helsa’ in September 2022.
You can follow the 33 year-old former Victoria’s Secret Angel and new mom to Tuulikki Joan, born in February 2021 to Elsa and long-time partner Tom Daly, on @helsastudio.
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.
British luxury brand Alexander McQueen reveals key images from its Fall 2022 campaign, lensed by esteemed photographer Paolo Roversi [IG], who shot the FW 2021 ANEMONES images.
Perhaps I have fallen too far down the rabbit hole into the world of mycelium and psychedelics. Michael Pollan’s new Netflix series ‘How to Change Your mind’ is just smashing. IMO, this entire McQueen campaign is a word salad.
Amina Muaddi counts Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian as clients in her high-impact accessories corner. We last met Muaddi — beloved by stylist and Rihanna’s main fashion man Jahleel Weaver — in a summer 2020 Fenty collab Amina Muaddi Co-Designs Larger-Than-Life Shoes in Fenty Release 7-20 Campaign.
Weaver styles this Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 campaign, starring Egyptian-paternal-heritage, top-tier model Imaan Hammam. Photographer Dexter Navy [IG] shot the stylish entourage in Cairo.
Versace Resort retains Gianni’s ultra-glamour vibe, but Gianni was never disheveled. Vogue expressed the difference between Donatella gritty undercurrent and Gianni’s impeccable glamazon identity by saying:
The quintessential DV look is that of a slightly disheveled, ultra-glamorous party lover—sort of “the morning after the night before.”
The Versace Resort 2023 prints and patterns are just spectacular. This is dopamine dressing on steroids, and it’s wonderful.
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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Norwegian actor and friend of the House Renate Reinsve, star of the critically-acclaimed ‘The 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 2022report, joining the ranks of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other global mega brands not associated with the fashion industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
