AOC was asleep at the wheel on the subject of Candice Owen and her husband George Farmer, who she married in 2019, being the power couple behind Parler.
Republican mega donor Rebekah Mercer would take issue with who is in charge of Parler, as she controls two of three board seats. To be honest, the Mercer heiress hasn’t gotten much of a return on her investment in uber-right-wing media investments: Parler, Breitbart News and Cambridge Analytica.
The Parler app got banned in the aftermath of America’s January 6 insurrection because it was a haven for communication and calls to war among those who want to overthrow the US government. Apple, and other social media, banned Parler after the Jan. 6 riot.
The Washington Post broke down the whole story on Tuesday, with Candace Owens and Kanye West’s provocative friendship, explained. A subscriber to WaPo, I missed it because it was in the Style section. Although I’m sure the headline was a small one on the front page.
Model Aylah Peterson is styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington in ‘Free & Easy’ sensual, transparent fashion layers, lensed by Bryan Liston[IG] for Harper’s Bazaar US November 2022./ Hair by Olivier Noraz; makeup by Carline Fenouil
Top model Birgit Kos is styled by Carolina Orrico in fluid silhouettes with fall’s heavier-weight fabrics. The result is total elegance and sumptuous style lensed by Adrian Mesko in Love Want Magazine October 2022./ Hair by Pasquale Ferrante; makeup by Ingeborg
Model Fatou Jobe is lensed by Jason Kibbler [IG] in ‘The Bold Type’, fashion fluidity in dark colors with a utilitarian vibe for ELLE UK November 2022./ Hair by Leon Gorman; makeup by Chiara Guizzetti
ELLE UK shares model Hana Grizelj in modern silhouettes with holiday dazzle styled by Aurelia Donaldson. Photographer Liz Collins [IG] captures ‘Sparks Will Fly’, summoning us to use fashion to find “main character energy” in the October 2022 issue.
Kanye West compared himself to Emmett Till tonight, leaving me stunned.
Spending a Sunday evening with friends, of course we were talking politics. It was at the end of the evening in which I was in a fabulous mood — in spite of the dinner table conversation — that I learned that Kanye West had the hubris to compare himself to Emmett Till.
How dare you!!!! How could you steal his movie and make yourself the center of the headlines. How calculating of you, Kanye. How egotistical. How pathetic. You have been on an arrogant, self-destructive bender for weeks now, and with your back up against the wall, you have the nerve to compare yourself with the brutal lynching of Emmett Till.
We want to make Kanye insane. But this is a rational, vicious man who co-opts God to condone his actions. Kanye West is very dangerous.
Emmett Till and I share a birthday, and he lives VERY close to me, always in my psyche.
Model Abby Champion drifts into winter, styled by Thistle Brown in warm and cozy with a twist of boudoir fashion for ‘Sleeping Abby’. Photographer Dario Catellani [IG] captures Abby’s upcoming winter slumber style in Vogue Italia November 2022./ Hair by Ryan itchell; makeup by Vanessa Icareg
Adut’s five-year rise from a South Sudan, Australian Refugee to REAL supermodel status is well known by now. Being a Global Ambassador for Estee Lauder, announced in June 2021, goes a long way in wearing the real-deal supernodel crown.
Adut’s career was launched when she closed the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2018 show in Paris. Many young people in fashion — or outsiders with lots to say — think the industry only turned towards models of color post-George Floyd and the rise of BLM.
This is not true. Demands for change and the topic of racism in the fashion industry was much discussed and acted upon before the brutal murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
Manifesto Magazine #88 October 2022 focuses on a select group of designer collections and Bottega Veneta is one of them. Models Momo Ndiaye and Xia Yuancen pose in key pieces from the Fall 2022 collection in a fashion story styled by Thea Lewis-Yates. London-based photographer Georgia Devy Smith [IG] captures the duo in a new again Bottega Veneta described by Creative Director Matthieu Blazy in this way:
“The idea was to bring back energy, a silhouette that really expressed motion, because Bottega is a bag company, so you go somewhere, you don’t stay home. This collection basically is a journey,” he continued. “There’s many characters, they all have places to go, they feel quite free.”
For Fall 2022, Tom Ford added a new eco-conscious design to his timepiece collection with the 004 series, a slender new model with universal appeal to men and women.
The Swiss-made watch is housed in a 27mm x 48.5mm case in either black and white. It, and its braided strap, are made from 100 percent recycled plastic reclaimed from the ocean.
Writer Grace O’Neill says that “collaboration” is the word that comes up most often in her interview with Oscar-winning Tilda Swinton. The actor covers the November 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia and New Zealand.
Jerry Stafford styles Swinton in Chanel Haute Couture in ‘Down the Garden Path’, lensed by Sølve Sundsbø [IG] ./ Hair by Ali Pirzaden; makeup by Chiao Li Hsu
ELLE US October 2022 presents ‘The Suite Life’, a glam look at the Louis Vuitton 2023 cruise collection, styled by Alex White. An exciting model lineup includes Amar Akway, Cherokee Jack, Mariam de Vinzelle, Niyo Malik, Quannah Chasinghorse, Taras Romanov lensed by Inez and Vinoodh [IG]./ Hair by Orlando Pita; makeup by Francelle Daly
French luxury powerhouse Chanel shares its Cruise 2023 campaign starring rising French model Loli Bahia and top model Vittoria Ceretti. Bahia first walked the fall 2020 Louis Vuitton show when she was still in high school.
The campaign, shot by Mikael Jansson [IG] pays tribute to Monaco and Karl Lagerdeld’s ties to the principality. Designer Virginie Viard highlights Monte Carlo’s cosmopolitan elegance, and glamour in her designs.
Coming on May 5 through July 16, 2023 ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’ will be on view — and the focus of — The Metropolitan Museum’s of Art’s Spring 2023 The Costume Institute Benefit [also known as The Met Gala®].
Zara [IG] continues to hire top talent with its new collection ‘Into The Classics’, seasonal statement pieces including cashmere sweaters, a wide pinstripe jacket, denim, shirts, and more styled by Emmanuelle Alt. And they LOOK like Emmanuelle Alt as well.
Photographer David Sims [IG]captures the collection of timeless garments mixing a classic wardrobe with a fresh French touch modeled by Andreea Diaconu. / Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Diane Kendal
What Ari Emanuel needs from Kanye West is for him to reconsider his Ye-identity refusal to spend private time with the executives at the Holocaust Museum LA, educating himself on the facts of the Holocaust.
Georgia Fowler speaks to her comfort level shooting with Nicole Bentley, and the creative synergy they experience because much trust exists between the two women. This is no surprise to Anne of Carversville because we’ve advocated for women photographers for over a decade.
There’s no guarantee about any trust-building relationship in the world of sexual identity and model/photographer. But few of us miss the days of highly-publicized, bad-boy photographer Terry Richardson running a digital diary in which young models — and older, too — dropped by his studio for sexy photos combined with snaps of Richardson’s sexual apparatus.
Models Chu Wong, Hamid Onifade, Max Knott, Morgan Kent, Ruben Bilan-Carroll, Sid Ellisdon, and Vittoria Ceretti are styled by Jane How in ‘Realismo Mágico’. Photographer Alasdair McLellan [IG] captures the realistic images of 21st century life, love and human interaction with a twist of reassuring fantasy for Vogue Espana November 2022.
Model Tianna St. Louis gets the deluxe treatment in the October 2022 issue of Vogue Scandinavia. Posing for the fashion story ‘A Rose is a Rose’, St. Louis is lensed by Greg Lotus [IG] with styling by Joanne Blades. Nice company you’re keeping, Ms. St. Louis.
TMZ was first to report that Skechers says, Ye "arrived unannounced and without invitation at one of Skechers’ corporate offices in Los Angeles. Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation."
When you think you are God, you can’t imagine that Skechers— founded by Jewish man Robert Greenberg and now run by his son Michael, also a Jew, as the current president — has no interest in talking to an anti-Semite.
A spokesperson told TMZ, "Skechers is not considering and has no intention of working with West. We condemn his recent divisive remarks and do not tolerate antisemitism or any other form of hate speech. Again, West showed up unannounced and uninvited to Skechers corporate offices."
Fresh off her Oct. 9 appearance with Aimee Mann and Paris Jackson at producer/songwriter Linda Perry’s West Hollywood fundraiser for Equalize Her, Tinashe[IG] takes us inside her Narcisse Magazine F/W 2022 cover story.
Photographer Jason Kim [IG] captures Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe — known by her first name only — who is not new to the music world. Rafael Linares styles the music talent, with creative direction by Azadeh Zoraghi.
Tinashe has been performing since she was about 11 years old. The most frequent descriptor AOC has read about Tinashe is that she is underrated. The talent did make the Forbes ‘30 Under 30- Music’ [2022] list.
