LVMH announced plans today to create a 21,500 square feet dedicated space for LVMH-associated craftsmanship in Paris' eighth arrondissement. Conceived as a holistic hub of LVMH craftsmanship, the home for aspiring artisans will serve as a physical home for LVMH’s Institut des Métiers d’Excellence, the vocational training program founded in 2014.
Alexandre Boquel, Head of Development for LVMH’s Métiers d’Excellence, asserts that through this new Parisian venture, LVMH plans to hire 22,000 specialized craftspeople by the end of 2025, including 8,000 in France.
Chantal Gaemperle, LVMH's Executive Vice President of Human Resources/Synergies, conveyed to WWD: “The pandemic has fueled people’s need to find meaning and make something that they can understand and touch. There’s a desire to have a concrete impact and be together.”
Polish model Maria Zakrzewska poses in ‘Heart of Stone’a rugged elegance, no frills fashion story from Chloé, Fendi, Ferragamo, H&M Studio, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Tod’s and more, styled by Carola Bianchi.
Photographer Danilo Scarpati [IG] is behind the lens for ELLE Italia [IG] October 12, 2023.
London-based model Akira Reid [IG] poses in a gorgeous fashion story lensed by Koray Parlak [IG].
She poses [or is placed] against a backdrop straight out of a Rothko painting. Not the one I had in mind, but this is visually fantastic to Anne and an inspiring juxtaposition of cerebral and cosmic rituals with modernism.
90’s supermodel Shalom Harlow is styled by Dena Giannini and Alvin Yu in Vogue China’s November 2023 issue. Photographer Ned Rogers [IG] is in the studio for Harlow’s fashion story in VC’s Legends & Luminaries issue./ Hair by Evanie Fausto; makeup by Min Kim
Models Kayako Higuchi, Lulu Wood and Sara Grace Wallerstedt are fall 2023 fashion peacocks styled by Anna Trevelyan in Alexander McQueen, Ferragamo, GCDS, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Gucci, Hermes, Loewe, Miu Miu, Moschino, Prabal Gurung, Versace and more.
Photographer Rob Rusling [IG] shot actor Halle Bailey in the lead-up to her summer 2023 ‘Little Mermaid’ movie for V142. Now Rusling captures ‘Alley of the Dolls’.
Rianne Van Rompaey lives her Parisian dream with her husband, her boyfriend and also her girlfriend inspiring her sensual persona in ‘Paris Is Ours’.
Emmanuelle Alt styles Rianne in Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Isabel Marant, Loro Piana, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more.
Photographer Robin Galiegue [IG] is behind the lens for Holiday N392 PARIS issue.
Nineties fashion star Kristen McMenamy has always challenged traditional beauty standards, appearing as a good witch, an ethereal divine goddess or the consummate, goth fashion vampire to her adoring fans.
In 1993 Kristen McMenamy told Harper’s Bazaar"All I ever wanted was for people to not pick on me."
Thirty years later, the similar refrain of young fashion models on Instagram is rebroadcast in Gavanndra Hodge’s new interview with the 58-year-old, Pennsylvania-original in today’s October 15, 2023 Sunday Times Style [IG].
Returning to W Magazine’s Volume #4 2023, Mert Alas turns his lens to very top model Anok Yai.
Anok describes herself as a prolific artist, working mostly in oils but now experimenting with fire. Yes . . . fire. She has also taken up knife fighting lessons as a way of coping with restlessness. I believe she is now at a level of expertise in knife fighting, that she can land movie roles in major scenes.
“When I’m fighting, it feels like a dance that goes so fast, you have to meditate,” she says. “Because the second you lose focus, you’re hit with a knife.”
Top model Taylor Hill, married in June 2023 to Daniel Fryer, covers the October 2023 issue of Vogue Turkey. Sandy Armeni styles Taylor in Jazz Age night glamour, accented with modern, metal jewelry lensed by Max Papendieck [IG]. / Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Frank B
Actor Hunter Schafer is styled by Katie Shillingford in Maison Alaia, Alexander McQueen, Courreges, JW Anderson, Loewe, Maison Margiela, Prada, Schiaparelli, Skims, Y Project and more. Shillingford has many images identified on her IG.
Photographer Viviane Sassen [IG] is behind the lens for AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2023. Sassen also interviewsd Schafer who will appear November 17 in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’./ Hair and makeup by Irena Ruben
Model Chloe Oh confirms her ‘Super Pop’ status, styled in showgirl fashion by Alicia Padrón. Photographer Javier Castán captures Chloe’s eclectic side of style expression for Vogue España October 2023.
South African born photographer Koto Bolofo [IG] has long captured AOC’s eye. Like this black and white fashion story ‘Polo’ for Numéro 240 [IG] September 2023, women and horses are a common theme in Bolofo’s art.
Models Louise de Chevigny and Mika Anastasia are styled by Rebecca Bleynie in goddess-worthy fashion and equestrian/polo playing equipment. The shoot location is the Polo Club de Chantilly [IG].
Indian model Pooja Mor is styled by Tania Rat Patron in ‘Atelier Of Dreams’, lensed by Boo George [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] November 2023 ‘Art’ issue./ Hair by Kazue Deki; makeup by Tiziana Raimondo
Grazia International’s October 2023 issue shares a gorgeous and rather poetic Louis Vuitton-sponsored story with Dutch-Spanish model Kristel van de Kamp. AOC has never seen a greenhouse — functioning or delapidated — that failed to entice us. Stylist Anna Castan chooses wisely from LV world past and present in exquisite ‘haute culture photography’ by Pierre Turtaut [IG]. Beautiful.
Top model Grace Elizabeth poses in simple but spirited, slightly flirtateous images for the new Michael Kors [IG] Fall 2023 Empire Print logo splashed across multiple shapes and sizes.
Model legend Pat Cleveland strikes a pose in V Magazine 144, October, 2023. Oliver Volquardsenstyles the now 73-year-old global daughter of diversity who is part African American, part Cherokee, part Swedish and part Irish.
V’s John Koppwrites that “André Leon Talley once dubbed her “the Josephine Baker of international runways.”’
On the topic of moral courage, in 1971, the elder Cleveland moved to France and refused to live in America again until US Vogue featured a Black model on its cover. After Beverly Johnson landed a cover in 1974, Cleveland returned to New York.
Brazilian model Anna Herrera has the mind of a dancer, as she strikes sequential poses in glam femininity, styled by Ana Tess. Photographer Coni Tarallo [IG] captures Herrera’s ethereal spirit in the fashion story ‘Corpo e alma’ [Body and Soul] for Vogue Portugal September 2023./ Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi; makeup by Virginia Vera
Indian actress Deepika Padukone reclines against Palais Galliera in a lightweight dress and cropped denim jacket, clutching Louis Vuitton's GO-14 handbag. ‘Squid Game’ star Jung Ho-Yeon rides a bike around Paris in a bedazzled top and straight-cut denim, slinging the lattice-printed bag over her shoulder on Pont Alexandre III. Finally, Léa Seydoux and Elaine Zhong complete the campaign and they love their Capucines.
These Polo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign 2023 images are a complement to our earlier Polo Ralph Lauren Men Fall 2023 Campaign post, shot by Richard Phibbs at the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit racetrack, located in the English countryside around West Sussex.
AOC believes that Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] shot the women’s campaign.
Model Lena Werner is styled by Michelle Cameron in ‘Joy Ride’, a luxury labels fall fashion story on coats and jackets lensed by Davey Adesida [IG] for HTSI Magazine October 2023.