adidas x Gucci Is Pure Excellence on Steroids Imbued with Heavenly Creative Talent

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adidas x Gucci Is Pure Excellence on Steroids Imbued with Heavenly Creative Talent

Not all collaborations are created equal. Designed by Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele, adidas x Gucci is spectacular in a business-smart kind of way. The design hybrids created by this fusion of business brilliance go way beyond wearable and visually appealing.

The two brands adidas and Gucci look like they were made for each other . . . like adidas should just buy Gucci [ relax Kering].

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Benjamin Franklin's Abortion Recipe Math Book Would Be Banned in Today's Red America

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Benjamin Franklin's Abortion Recipe Math Book Would Be Banned in Today's Red America

For my international friends, Benjamin Franklin was an original drafter and signatory of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The French adored him.

AOC is not making a joke of Benjamin Franklin’s beliefs. But to be lied to day after day by the pro-birthers, that abortion was not widely-practiced and legal in America insults our intelligence.

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Bella Hadid's Swarovski Ambassador Role Hits a Speed Bump in Israel

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Bella Hadid's Swarovski Ambassador Role Hits a Speed Bump in Israel

The appointment of supermodel Bella Hadid as ambassador for jeweler Swarovski has generated its first campaign, dripping with color-saturated, visual appeal. Conceptualized by creative director Giovanna Engelbert, and shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, the brand message is transformative for Swarovski.

AOC always does a last 24 hours Google search on our posts, and the Jerusalem Post’s story on Israel’s rejection of Bella Hadid as Swarovski ambassador is in the #3 position, ahead of the press release.

The Yalon group, which owns Swarovski stores in Israel, has issued a statement distancing itself from Bella Hadid as the new ambassador for the jewelry brand. Limited headlines in the Israeli press — but including the important Jerusalem Post — carry a similar message, calling Bella Hadid a “top model and anti-Israel activist”.

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Gray Sorrenti Flashes LOEWE Paula's Ibiza Summer 2022 Campaign

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Gray Sorrenti Flashes LOEWE Paula's Ibiza Summer 2022 Campaign

AOC expected a big spirit lift from the LOEWE Paula’s Ibiza 2022 Campaign — literally waiting with anticipation.

Gray Sorrenti [IG] returns to capture all the memorable excitement of new experiences in an edgy environment that inspires spirits needing a getaway. Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amazalag take a public bow for their best results with art direction. . . . Next. ~ Anne

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Babacar N'doye's Dopamine Dressing Mens Fashion Story for Port Magazine #30

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Babacar N'doye's Dopamine Dressing Mens Fashion Story for Port Magazine #30 AOC Fashion

Model Babacar N’doye gives weary global spirits a welcome jolt of dopamine dressing, posing in ‘This Must Be the Place’ for Port Magazine issue 30. Stylist Mitchell Belk chooses sophisticated hot weather clothes from Boss, Canali, Dior, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Hermes, Margaret Howell, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Tod’s and Zegna in blindingly beautiful colors.

Having just bought a modern yellow sofa, I so appreciate another jolt to my visual senses, captured by photographer Lars Bronseth [IG] in Fuerteventura, the second largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa.

I am deadly serious about surrounding myself with color in blooms, furniture, art — everything that matters to me. Even Babacar sends a message on his IG: No fighting!

As our lives are turned inside out on so many levels, I cannot go through life as a black widow, mourning the threatened state of our world and the loss of every personal right we’ve gained in America in the last 50 years.

Republicans want us to trust that only abortion rights are on the line. But we know better. It’s contraception, LGBTQ2+, racial justice, freedom from the government monitoring our every action. I’m such an optimistic person, but between the US Supreme Court Alito draft decision and Putin in Ukraine, I’m shaken to my core.

So thanks Port Magazine and all the designers for a bit of fashion joy so beautifully executed. Call it fashion escapism, but for me it’s a huge vitamin pill for which I am grateful. ~ Anne

Sydney Sweeney's Miu Miu 'Wander' Bag Campaign by Tyrone Lebon

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Sydney Sweeney's Miu Miu 'Wander' Bag Campaign by Tyrone Lebon

‘Euphoria’ star Sydney Sweeney fronts the new Miu Miu ‘Wander’ handbag campaign, shot by Tyrone Lebon. Sweeney is deeply embedded in pop culture consciousness, playing the villain Cassie in season two of ‘Euphoria’ and starring as the easily antagonized Olivia Mossbacher in ‘The White Lotus.’

Sweeney compares the two roles, saying “I don’t think as many people took me seriously in ‘euphoria’ because I took my shirt off.” In ‘The White Lotus’, Sweeney keeps her clothes on and people call her “amazing”.

This is exactly the kind of rebellious, young woman candor that Miuccia Prada loves.

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Elizaveta Porodina Takes a 'Rebel, Rebel' View of High Jewelry Style Luxury for D Repubblica

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Elizaveta Porodina Takes a 'Rebel, Rebel' View of High Jewelry Style Luxury for D Repubblica

Elizaveta Porodina is among a select group of photographers who have dominated spring editorial and campaigns. The trained clinical psychologist turned photographer focuses on model Maaike Klaasen in ‘Rebel, Rebel’.

High jewelry fashion stories tend to be staid — especially at the high-luxury level. Porodina breathes some irreverence into images styled by Elin Svahn, with creative direction by Jacob K for D Repubblica Magazine April 2022./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Cecile Paravina

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Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022 Cool Girls by Charlotte Wales

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Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022 Cool Girls by Charlotte Wales

Models Blesnya Minher, Evie Harris, Mika Schneider, Morgan Porter and Puck Schrover take the spotlight in the Louis Vuitton BUBBLEGRAM Bag Campaign 2022, lensed by Charlotte Wales.

Stylist Victoria Sekrier pairs the Bubblegram bags with casual, sporty, flirty crop tops, short skirts and dresses, cargo-pants and shorts and other summer essentials. Louis Vuitton-embossed fabrics and screened LV hoodies remind us that logos still mean business with this crowd.

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Joan Smalls Covers Vogue Italia May 2022, Lensed by Cho Gi-Seok

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Joan Smalls Covers Vogue Italia May 2022, Lensed by Cho Gi-Seok

Top model Joan Smalls covers the May 2022 issue of Vogue Italia. Ally Macrae styles Smalls in images by Cho Gi-Seok . Samira Larouchi talks topics including her close family ties in Puerto Rico and the fertility treatments she is undergoing.

Joan Smalls is also reading a well-known book ‘A New Earth’ by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. Since Christmas Smalls is working on the intentional life she’s currently manifesting.

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Kukua Williams by Richard Phibbs at Tower of London for Harper's Bazaar UK June 2022

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Kukua Williams by Richard Phibbs at Tower of London for Harper's Bazaar UK June 2022

Kukua Williams is styled by Avril Mair in formal elegance for a trip to the Tower of London, ravens included. The legend of the intelligent birds, first protected by Charles II, is that the kingdom and the Tower of London will fall if the then six ravens were to leave the fortress. Today there are nine ravens in residence.

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Gisele Torches V Magazine #136 'Giselerama' Sexy Fashion Story After 5 Blowout Covers

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Gisele Torches V Magazine #136 'Giselerama' Sexy Fashion Story After 5 Blowout Covers

Returning to the V Magazine fashion story, who needs words? ‘Giselerama’ takes full flight Gro Curtis styles Gisele for images by Blair Getz Mezibov. Indomptables de Cartier jewelry is worn throughout the fashion story.

Gisele blasts into her new relationship with Creative Artists Agency's CAA Fashion and long relationship with Anne Nelson.

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