Models Gemma Francis-Burnett and Ava Barbieri are styled by Hortense Manga in a ‘Once Upon a Time the Denim’, a country women, modest fashion story. Photographer Boo George [IG] captures the two hearty souls for ELLE France October 13, 2022./ Hair by Jean-Luc Amarin; makeup by Kanako Yoshida
ELLE US lines up major Hollywood female talent for its November 2022 issue. Sydney Sweeney Brings the Chill is our first focus, as writer Samuel Maude probes the private thoughts of Hollywood’s newest It Girl.
Next up? Marvel’s ‘Madame Web’. “I fought for the character,” Sweeney says of the role. “It’s been a really incredible journey that I’m very, very excited to be a part of.”
Sony has zipped lips on ‘Madame Web’s’ storyline. Dakota Johnson is in the lead role, with Celeste O'Connor, Emma Roberts and Isabela Merced also joining the cast with Sweeney..
Supermodel Edie Campbell is looking simply marvelous this fall 2022 fashion season, delivering one Grade A fashion story after another in 2022. Posing in V Magazine 138: The Sound of V issue, Campbell gives ‘Back to Black’ a fresh upgrade.
Photographer Nathaniel Goldberg [IG] is behind the lens, capturing Edie in images that are as much actor as top model. The sophisticated but infectious Edie vibe feels very of the moment — a commanding and stark presence that owns the camera and the space in which she stands.
Aussie fashion brand Zimmermann presents its Resort 2023 collection in a new campaign called ‘High Tide’. Romy Frydman styled American top model Grace Elizabeth in expected boho femininity looks lensed by Benny Horne in shallow waters at Caletta de Palafrugell, Spain.
Indiana’s public news media WFYI reports that Attorney General Todd Rokita “came to the defense” of rapper Ye, known to the world by his former name of Kanye West. Roika wrote: “The constant hypocrisy from the media is at an all-time high. They have now gone after Kanye for his new fashion line, his independent thinking, & for having opposing thoughts from the norm of Hollywood.”
AOC notes that in an exclusively numerical overview, Jewish people have a much larger presence in Hollywood, as it relates to their percent of the total American population, about 2.4% of American adults.
Our current focus is AG Rokita defending Kanye West’s vitriolic anti-Semitism that was expressed before his recent social media posts. In new information that broke Oct. 12, JP Morgan bank told Kanye West that they would no longer be his banker, giving him a month to move his money out of the institution.
Photographers Luigi Murenu and Iango Henzi [IG] are launching a new Digital Creative Platform {IG] Double Vision.
There’s not a lot of information this moment, but the early images of Anok Yai [IG] — featured here — and Binx Walton [coming] are PHENOMENAL!! AOC borrowed this descriptor but we haven’t used the word — perhaps not even once a year. Five times since 2007. It’s a word that should be reserved for true drop, dead imagery.
Call us glossy superficial, but these images are supermodel status. Yes, with a nod to Naomi. However this project unfolds, AOC will be promoting it.
Models Amar Akway, Luca Biggs and Yilan Hua are styled by Victoire Simonney in ‘Miss Denim’, lensed by Tom Johnson [IG] for Vogue France October 2022./ Hair by Caroline Fenouil; makeup by Caroline Fenouil
It was on Twitter where, early Sunday morning, West posted the unambiguous message heard around the world.
“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” he wroteearly Sunday morning in a Tweet that got him banned by Twitter and apparently with the knowledge of Elon Musk.
Brazilian model Mariana Santana covers the October 2022 issue of Numero Tokyo, No. 160. Elena Psalti styles Santana menswear-inspired, saucy twists fashion looks lensed by The Bardos [IG].
Model Maike Inga is styled by Bernat Buscato in modern earth goddess looks from Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Emporio Armani, Givenchy, Gucci, Hermes, Jil Sander, Jolibe Atelier, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, No 21, Pinko. Photographer Txema Yeste [IG] is behind the lens, exploring the sensual/virginal symbolism of women and white swans in ‘Le Chant du Cygne’ for Numéro No. 232 September 2022.
Model Aylah Peterson is styled by Helen Broadfoot in ‘Winter Wardrobing’, for Net-A-Porter October 2022./ Hair by Kiyoko Odo; makeup by Pamela Cochrane
During the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, [1972] Edward Lorenz posed a question: “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?”
Vogue Portugal is known for being more intellectual than other Vogues, but AOC doubts that Santos had a plan to wade into some of the most significant scientific and cultural questions of the 21st century. To give credit, however, the editor defines ‘The Butterfly Effect’ as a “mathematical construct behind Chaos Theory”. Impressive words in a Vogue!
Lucas’ own jumping off spot is a quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from ‘The Little Prince’:
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
Each year model Ashley Radjarame returns to her hometown of Puducherry to spend a holiday with her family. Until this Vogue India15th anniversary cover story, the Parisian, born in Îlede-France in 1999, has never knowingly stepped into clothes made by Indian designers.
The model’s grandfather — father to Radjarame’s mother, Raji — was enrolled in the French military service and she inherited his citizenship, when the entire family migrated to the outskirts of Paris. Now I understand the French connection.
Ashley and her mother both burst into tears at the end of Nick Sethi’s fashion shoot. “In most shoots, you only care about what you look like and what the outfit looks like, but during this shoot it was also about being photographed in Puducherry —where I’m from, where my grandfather is from and where my family was born. It made me so proud,” she says of her emotional state post-shoot.
Top model and activist Liya Kebede is known to be a booklover and she brings her passion to life with her daughter Raee in Paris. The two beauties wander literary Paris streets, from historic bookshops to walks and reading moments along the Seine.
Their Louis Vuitton Capucines bags enjoy Paris, too, embodying the very street where Louis Vuitton opened its very first store.
Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] captures the Capucine campaign styled by Imruh Asha./ Hair by Cyndia; makeup by Min Kim
Model Ling Bol is styled by Kai Margrander in pink passion fashion lensed by Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar Germany October 2022.
Nothing seems to be bankable these days, as the ground is always shiftng beneath our feet. However, fashion stories from Erik Madigan Heck [IG] are close to bankable, and he delivers a new one called ‘Power Flowers’ in the November 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK.
‘Power Flower’ posers include Latvia’s Eva Varlamova, Amsterdam’s Jasmin Kok, Sweden’s Iggy Jacobsen, South Korea’s Yejin Sung, styled by Leith Clark.
Photographer Ana Abril [IG] captures a modern lovely with no name in ‘Metaverse’, styled by Caterina Ospina Buitrago for Mujer Hoy October 2022. The photographer’s assistant is credited, and the stylist’s assistant. But the primary image in the fashion story is unnamed.
Models Barbara Valente and Chu Wong are styled in ‘Performance di Stile’ athletic-inspired fashion lensed by Corentin Leroux [IG] for Vogue Italia October 2022./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Model Aweng Chuol poses in ‘Today is not the Past’, with creative direction by Alex Slavycz. Photographer Dudi Hasson [IG] captures the South Sudanese Australian New York model in a Mugler fashion story shot in The Camarague for Rouge Fashion Book [IG] FW 2022.23.
Rising model Levi Achthoven poses in ‘Field of Dreams’, styled by Miranda Almond in vivid hues of red poppies and other adorments. Photographer Jem Mitchell [IG] captured these gorgeous images of Levi for Harper’s Bazaar UK November women’s artists issue.
