Nicole Kidman's Unadulterated Power, Finely-Tuned Muscles Body for Perfect Magazine #3
/The headlines are screaming: “Nicole Kidman looks jacked, shows off insane physique on Perfect cover” Page Six; “At 55, Nicole Kidman remains one of fashion’s biggest risk takers” CNN; “Nicole Kidman Looks Ripped as Hell on ‘Perfect’ Magazine Cover The Daily Beast; Nicole Kidman Is Nearly Unregnizable and Insanely Ripped on Must-See Magazine Cover ET Online.
Kidman Has a Past: the Miu Miu Micro Mini
Nicole Kidman took a lot of you-know-what on social media, posing in Miu Miu’s micro mini on the cover of Vanity Fair’s February 2022 Hollywood Isssue. Forget the fact that Kidman put 80% of the population wearing the mini to shame.
Read MoreOliver Rousteing for Jean Paul Gaultier by Pablo Saez for S Moda El Pais
/The 2022 guest designer collection by Olivier Rousteing for Jean Paul Gaultier is modeled Marie-Agnès Diene, with styling by Juan Cebrian. Photographer Pablo Saez [IG] is behind the lens for the September 2022 issue of S Moda for El Pais.
What is featured is a tribute to the Gaultier-designed ensembles that Madonna wore on her Blonde Ambition Tour in 1990. In his July comments, Rousteing spoke to his deep concern for women and female liberation worldwide — starting with American women.
Read MoreDavid Sims Flashes 'Desire Lines' for British Vogue September 2022
/The creative team putting together ‘Desire Lines’, clearly let their sensual imaginations run wild. We need it! Models Alessandra Caporaso, Anna de Rijk, Apollo Yom, Ask Putnik, Elio Berenett, Eva Wu, Juliette Grondin, and Vera Kuntz pose to provoke. Benjamin Bruno styles the edgy and subversive fashion story in images by David Sims [IG].
Read MoreGigi Hadid Covers Vogue Italia September 2022 Fashion by Rafael Pavarotti
/Supermodel Gigi Hadid covers the September issue of Vogue Italia, styled by Grace Coddington. The fashion legend deserves applause for transforming Gigi in a high-fashion, fall style statement.
Photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] captures Gigi’s smartwoman, street-style vibe in this all-cylinders are firing together fashion story.
In a single moment, the fashion performance begins and they ALL row together in an ensemble performance bringing old-fashioned tears to the eyes of Franca Sozzani. And the fashion story involves a bit of artistic risk — and isn’t that fab!
Read MoreAdut Akech and Rianne Van Rompaey Take Manhattan For Michael Kors Collection by Inez & Vinoodh
/Michael Kors Collection will launch its fall 2022 campaign on Saturday August 27, 2022. Top models Adut Akech and Rianne Van Rompaey are styled by George Cortina in images by Dutch photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin [IG].
“For fall, I wanted the collection to echo the energy and big-city glamour of New York, when you’re out on the town,” Michael Kors messaged the fashion press. “The clothes and accessories are really everything you need for stepping up, stepping out and making an entrance.”
Read MoreBreonna Taylor: Kelly Goodlett Pleads Guilty to Lying About Search Warrant Application
/Former Louisville, Ky police detective Kelly Goodlett, pleaded guilty in federal court August 23, that she worked with another Louisville police officer to falsify a search warrant application. Ultimately, the false application resulted in a judge authorizing the warrant that let to the raid of Breonna Taylor’s apartment, a horror show that led to a totally innocent Breonna Taylor being shot dead in March 2020.
Read MoreAna de Armas Covers Madame Figaro France in Vuitton Lensed by David Roemer
/Actor Ana de Armas covers the August 2022 issue of Madame Figaro France. The Louis Vuitton ambassador wears her client’s clothes in a fashion story styled by Barbara Baumel. Photographer David Roemer photographs the Latina, who plays Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’, coming to Netflix in September 2022.
De Armas is receiving rave reviews, except for the disgruntled few who detect the Cuban accent the Latina has worked so hard to eliminate in the film. ‘Blonde’ is based on a fictitious portrayal of Monroe in the novel, and we want the haters to keep quiet. Marilyn Monroe is a symbol for all women, not a select few.
Read MoreGeorgia Baldwin's 'Field Study' at England's Warborne Farm for Harper's Bazaar India
/Model Samruddhi Shirodkar tends her flocks, styled by Sophia Katyea in ‘Field Study’. Photographer Georgia Baldwin [IG] and team joined Samruddhi at Warborne Farm, a 100-acre family-run farm in Lymington, Hampshire with LOVELY barns awaiting your arrival. All this beauty is then transported to Harper’s Bazaar India July-August 2022.
Read MoreZoë Kravitz Directs 'Pussy Island'. Yes, A Woman Makes a Movie About Uber-Successful Male Power
/Zoë Kravitz chose the name of her new movie ‘Pussy Island’ to be confrontational. The film marks the actor’s directorial debut on the grounds of a Yucatán hacienda — “a land of bacchanalia and vice”, writes Hunter Harris for WSJ Magazine.
Kravitz covers the Fall 2022 Fashion issue, lensed by Campbell Addy [IG] with styling by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
Read MoreElsa Hosk Launching Her Own 'Helsa' Collection in September 2022
/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.
Read MoreIbukun Sammy, Jason Gomes in 'Les Fauves' by Stoney Darkstone for 1883 Magazine
/1883 Magazine [IG] shares ‘Les Fauves’, a visually intoxicating fashion story with models Ibukun Sammy and Jason Gomes. London-based photographer Stoney Darkstone [IG] teams up with stylist Ignacio de Tiedra in bold luxury looks from Celine, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Valentino, Versace and more.
Artists in the short-lived French art movement called Fauvism included Henri Matisse and André Derain, working from 1905-1910. The art is characterised by strong colors and fierce brushstrokes. The name les fauves (‘the wild beasts’) was coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles when he saw the work of Henri Matisse and André Derain in an exhibition, the salon d’automne in Paris, in 1905.
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