Jon Batiste Leaves 'Late Night with Stephen Colbert' | Wife Suleika Jaouad Faces Cancer Again

Jon Batiste Leaves 'Late Night with Stephen Colbert' | Wife Suleika Jaouad Faces Cancer Again

Grammy-winning musician and symbol of New York City — and Brooklyn spirit — Jon Batiste has left his role as bandleader for ‘Late Night with Stephen Colbert.’ Batiste’s Stay Human band will remain intact, with Batiste’s replacement Louis Cato entertaining the studio audience with the new Louis Cato and the Late Show Band. Cato has filled in for Batiste over the summer.

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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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Furry, Fluffy, Wild Fall 2022 Luxury Outerwear Lensed by James Brodribb for T Magazine

Furry, Fluffy, Wild Fall 2022 Luxury Outerwear Lensed by James Brodribb for T Magazine

Model Xue Huizi is styled by Shibon Kennedy in ‘Furry, Fluffy and Wild’’, a luxury outerwear fashion story defined by a spirit of adventure. Brands include Dior, Jil Sander, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Maison Alaia, Nanushka, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Tom Ford and more

Photographer James Brodribb [IG] captures the outer-limits fashion statement for the new T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

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Vogue China's New World Fashion September 2022 Cover Story by Sølve Sundsbø

Vogue China's New World Fashion September 2022 Cover Story by Sølve Sundsbø

Esteemed photographer Sølve Sundsbø [IG] has been a “master of digital art for nearly 20 years”, writes Vogue China in introducing the September 2022 issue ‘Fashion’s New World Fashion Future’. Long before the rise of Mark Zuckerberg and the emergence of "metaverse", avatars, VR games and now NFTs, a group of avant-garde artists were exploring the blurred boundaries between the real world and the virtual world.

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Nathaniel Goldberg Flashes 'House Proud' Sartorial Style for ELLE US August 2022

Nathaniel Goldberg Flashes 'House Proud' Sartorial Style for ELLE US August 2022

Models Beauise Ferwerda, Jadi Wegener, Laura Reyes, Luoyi and Puck Schrover are ‘House Proud’, styled by Alex White in suitings and separates with plenty of edge. Fuzzy and boucle textures abound — with hits of sheer and chiffon in the sartorial mix.

Photographer Nathaniel Goldberg [IG] captures the creative intelligencia for ELLE US August 2022.

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Updated: Naomi Osaka Set to Play Tennis Two Weeks in a Row! Sound the Trumpets!

Updated: Naomi Osaka Set to Play Tennis Two Weeks in a Row! Sound the Trumpets!

Louis Vuitton ambassador Naomi Osaka fronts the newest campaign for LV’s Twist bag, redefined this seeason with a new gold-color chain with enamel charms inspired by the Maison’s padlock and Monogram flower.

We haven’t seen much of Osaka on the tennis court in 2022, although she has returned to play. There were sparks of excellence according to the New York Times, when Naomi Osaka was defeated by Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 on August 5 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.

Aug.9 Update: Naomi ended her Tuesday match, with Kaia Kanepi in the second set, unable to physically continue the match.

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Bette Franke in 'East of Eden' Fall Style Panorama for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2022

Bette Franke in 'East of Eden' Fall Style Panorama for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2022

Harper’s Bazaar UK presents saturated color, modern monochrome and playful patterns create a panoramic look at the FW2022 collections in a fashion story ‘East of Eden’, styled by Leith Clark.

Model Bette Franke is the heroine fashion lead in this visually-arresting style extravanganza lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG] at his estate in Litchfield, Conn. The artist was interviewed about his work and spectacular Litchfield property in Musee Magazine December 2020.

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Natalie Portman and Yara Shahidi Front New Rouge Dior Forever Campaign

Natalie Portman and Yara Shahidi Front New Rouge Dior Forever Campaign

Peter Philips, the Creative and Image Director for Dior Makeup [IG], never met a red lipstick he didn’t love. Speaking in late December 2020 about his modern reboot of Dior’s iconic Rouge Dior lipstick, Philips said it was his fascination with the “crimson pout” that initially seduced him to become a makeup artist.

Today, Peter Philips is obessed with Rouge Dior Forever, three words that the beauty director agrees sound like a manifesto. “This new generation of Dior lipsticks is loud when it has to be loud, and discreet when wanted and for sure, always beautiful.”

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