Valentina Sampaio for Giorgio Armani Holiday Campaign 2022 by Van Mossevelde + N
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Lily Collins Covers Vogue Greece January 2023 Lensed by Cameron McCool
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Vogue Greece joins the homage to Lily Collins and ‘Emily in Paris’ with a January 2023 cover story styled by Karolina Gruszecka. Photographer Cameron McCool is behind the lens with creative direction by Nicholas Georgiou.
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AOC Refreshed: Models by Walker | Kerr by Munro | Werbowy by Testino
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Tim Walker Captures Breasts Overload In 'Portrait of a Lady' For LOVE F/W 2016
1) Artistic photographer Tim Walker flashed 'Portrait of a Lady', a brilliant cultural fixation on all things womanly and especially women's breasts -- the bigger the better unless you are a fashion model. In that case, the French preferences rule.
Miranda Kerr | Tom Munro | Vogue Italia October 2012 | A Real Beauty
2) Miranda Kerr took a walk on the wild side, trading her brunette tresses for blonde hair in Tom Munro’s sultry, black and white shoot ‘A Real Beauty’ for Vogue Italia’s October 2012.
Daria Werbowy In 'Road to Marrakech' by Mario Testino for British Vogue January 2005
3) Top model Daria Werbowy was on the ‘Road to Marrakech’, styled by Lucinda Chambers. Photographer Mario Testino was behind the lens for British Vogue January 2005.
This fashion story was never posted on AOC until now.
Read MoreLily Collins Covers Porter Magazine's Dec. 12, 2022 Issue Lensed by Olivia Malone
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Actor Lily Collins is everywhere in December media, given the phenomenal success of ‘Emily in Paris’. Porter Magazine’s Dec. 12 issue steps up for the latest feature with Collins talking to Ellie Pithers about her alter ego’s unwavering positivity, new projects and the power of vulnerability.
Coco Cassiba styles “everyone’s favorite honorary Parisian” with season 3 on Netflix Dec. 21. Collins is so identified with Emily Cooper’s character that she responds to both names, and Paris tours devoted to the show drive by her apartment building. “People come up to me and say, ‘I packed my bag according to what Emily would wear.’If they saw me in character, it was very trippy.”
The actor is excited to share news of Case Study Films, the production company she launched in November with her husband Charlie McDowell and their partner, Alex Orlovsky.
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Pucci's Global Tribe Is Assembling: Anyiel, Felice, and Malika for Holiday 2022/23
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Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] captures models Anyiel Majok, Felice Nova Noordhoff, and Malika Louback in the Emilio Pucci Holiday 2022/23 campaign ‘La Famiglia.
Imruh Asha styles a campaign the hugs Camille Miceli’s clear vision that “for me Pucci evokes a family of people spending time together, to enjoy life, parties, and well-being.”
Miceli wants the global enthusiasts, travel-loving, multi-generations Pucci ‘famiglia’ to embrace high-octane, dopamine-dressing as a form of spreading joyful optimism, self-confidence without a tinge of aristocracy [unlike Chanel] and a lust for life that reflects her own lifestyle.
Read MoreSacha Quenby in 'Run Free' by Bibi Cornejo Borthwick for WSJ Digital December 2022
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British model Sacha Quenby is styled by Kate Phelan in Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Gucci, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Stella McCartney, The Row, Valentino.
Photographer Bibi Cornejo Borthwick is behind the lens in the wild countryside of Portugal, shooting Quenby in ‘Run Free’ for WSJ Digital December 2022.
Read MoreValentina Sampaio's Soft Beauty by Lea Winkler for Vogue Scandinavia December 2022
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Victoria Secret’s model and Armani Beauty ambassador Valentina Sampaio graces the pages of Vogue Scandinavia’s December 2022 issue, lensed by New York-based Lea Winkler [IG]/ Hair by Rutger; makeup by Hung Vanngo
AOC tries not to identify Valentina as a transgender model at every turn. And we do believe there’s some major hype in the title of her Vogue Scandi interview. But Sampaio is certainly advancing her career with high profile alliances, including continuing on with Victoria’s Secret, when Razek got the boot. Armani is a real feather in Valentina’s cap.
Read MoreOli Kearon Captures 'Budding Romance' Honoring Constance Spry for Tatler UK
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Models Chané Husselmann, Georgia Howorth & Tommy Gray come together in ‘Budding Romance’, styled by Hannah Teare. The tagline reads: “Blossom in the very best looks with a dash of 1930s flair, inspired by the secret life and loves of high-society florist Constance Spry.”
Oli Kearon [IG] photographed ‘Budding Romance’ for Tatler UK Magazine’s January 2023 issue.
Read MoreTED Talk Favorite: Janine Benyus' 3.8 Billion Years of Nature-Inspired Design
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Janine Benyus and the Biomimicry movement are gaining enormous respect in the world of product innovation and design. The biometric path is simple and described in four steps: quieting human cleverness; listening to life’s genius; echoing what we learn; and giving thanks.
Partnering with Nature is an eyebrow-raising metaphor for super-rational human minds coming to grips with understanding that human brilliance in innovation and scientific discovery may also kill planet Earth.
Men [and fewer women] should be partnering with Nature, not dominating her.
Read MoreSydney Sweeney Says 'Call Me' in Tory Burch Holiday 2022 Campaign
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Actor Sydney Sweeney comes alive in the Tory Burch 2022 Holiday campaign. No more sexy bod changing a flat tire on her baby-blue converticle in the California desert.
She is live and useful — yes useful — commandeering the Tory Burch Holiday helpline in an Oprah sort of way.
But you can call her helpline at 1-800-485-5399. Come on, play along. Give the grinch a rest.
Read MoreElizabeth Debicki Covers Vogue Australia December 2022, Lensed by Gregory Harris
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Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki joins Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ in the role of Princess Diana, succeeding Emma Corrin. Katrina Israel zooms Debicki in Mallorca, where the actor is filming season six, now filming in overdrive after a respectful pause after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Debicki covers the December 2022 of Vogue Australia, lensed by Gregory Harris [IG] in ‘Crowning Glory’.
AOC always focuses on activism and philanthropy in our writing. Princess Diana was awesome and a true role model.
Okay, okay. Best known after dancing with John Travolta at the White House, but her efforts to destigmatize HIV and AIDS patients were critical in changing minds about the disease. Diana also won front-page covers in Angola in January 1997 and Bosnia in August 1997, advocating for the clearance of landmines and also for innocent, maimed victims of landmines years later.
Read MoreWelcome Home, Brittney Griner. Your Bravery, Courage and Poise Are Stunning!
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Brittney Griner remains airborne, with an expected touchdown at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas near San Antonio at about 11pm, Texas time.
Brittney arrived in Abu Dhabi by private plane from Moscow after her release by Russian authorities. Viktor Bout, a former arms dealer, came in on another private plane from Washington after being released by U.S. authorities.
Putin Signed New Anti-Gay Bill on Monday
AOC has followed this wonderful news of Griner’s release all day, as many reasons appeared as to why the star athlete is heading home. One of many reasons that hasn’t been mentioned is the law Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Monday, making it illegal for anyone to promote same-sex relationships or suggest that non-heterosexual orientations are “normal.”
Read MoreChristy Turlington Burns for Calvin Klein Eternity Campaign Mixes Sensuality & Maternal Health
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Christy Turlington supers up her always-smoldering sensuality in the new Calvin Klein Eternity fragrance campaign, sharing the spotlight with her beloved husband Ed Burns.
Photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] has captured the couple over the years in images that speak to what is one of celebrity-world’s biggest love affairs.
Anne of Carversville took a look at the early days of Turlington’s career and her marriage to Ed Burns just last month. Christy Turlington Uses Her Brainpower Activism and Beauty for All Women
Her dedication to the issue of global — and US — maternal health is well known in fashion world. Minutes ago as we were writing this post, Christy Turlington Burns tweeted in support of the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2022. Read on for details.
Read MoreMilena Smit in Saint Laurent, Lensed by JUANKR for Flaunt Magazine December 2022
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Spanish actor Milena Smit wears all Saint Laurent, styled by Nicolas Klam. Photographer JUANKR [IG] captures the sulty, deeply-personal cover story for Flaunt Magazine December 2022.
Milena Smit recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s critically-acclaimed ‘Parallel Mothers’, appearing with Penélope Cruz. A comparative newcomer to acting, Smit received a notice about her audition for a new film, without being told about the pedigrees of her fellow artists.
“And thank god the next audition was the final one with them, because if I had found out at the beginning what movie it was for, I don’t know if I would have done it so well,” Smit told Flaunt magazine.
Read MoreSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago Strips Kanye West of his Honorary Degree
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For the first time in its 80-year history, the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has rescinded the highly-valued, prestigious honorary doctorate it awarded to Kanye West in 2015.
In an email sent to members of the SAIC community today, the school’s president Elissa Tenny cited Ye’s recent “disturbing behaviors” and “dangerous statements” as the reasons behind the decision.
“His anti-Black, antisemitic, and incendiary statements, particularly those directed at Black and Jewish communities, are disgusting and condemnable,” Tenny wrote. “His words and actions have been painful for our entire community and, particularly, for those of us who feel that our identities and life experiences are under attack.”
Read MoreChanel in Dakar!!! Video Embedded | Black Beauty Menswear in Senegal for HTSI
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Chanel show in Dakar now embedded. Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams was on the ground in Dakar, spreading his ‘Humanrace’ message.
Fresh off his runway walk in the Dior Menswear show at Pyramid Giza, Egypt, Malick Bodian — cover model for this original How To Spend It November 2022 presentation was PROUDLY in Dakar, Senegal to take part in his home country festivities. Bodi took many images for fashion media.
Senegalese musician NIX shared his thoughts on Chanel coming to Dakar: “We have a culture that is very open to the world, we have been influenced by many things, which I see as a richness, and this generates an overflowing creativity today.”
Read MoreVittoria Ceretti in 'Parade' by Paul Kooiker for Harper's Bazaar Italia December 2022
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