Conspiculous Luxury Consumption in China Challenges Growing Income Inequality
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Meet OMEGA Speedmaster Ambassador and Olympic Runner Noah Lyles
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American athlete and OMEGA ambassador since 2019, Noah Lyles is one of the fastest sprinters in the world and he’s headed to Paris, fashion capital of the world.
Lyles is pictured here wearing his OMEGA Speedmaster watch in action images lensed by Sharif Hamza [IG].
Scrolling through a GQ magazine feature on Instagram, one of the biggest names in track and field noticed that the featured “best outfits worn by professional athletes as they walked into stadiums around the world” had no athletes from track and field.
“Why aren’t there any track and field people in here?” Lyles wondered out loud to NYT writer Talya Minsberg.
Read MoreChanel Coco Beach 2024 Campaign Drifts in Calm Waters As Chanel Changes Course
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Luxury brand Chanel [IG] delivers a fresh and modern summer Coco Beach 2024 campaign starring Danish model Olivia Vinten lensed by Cass Bird [IG].
At Chanel, Let the Good Times Roll
Chanel is riding high off a 16 percent revenue increase in annual sales over 2023. Price increases alone drove up sales by around 9 percent, according to BoF.
Chanel CFO Philippe Blondiaux praised Virginie Viard’s contributions to Chanel’s major growth in his BoF interview. Days later, the artistic director was escorted out the door.
With Viard seeming out-of-touch with the world at large at times, and given Coco Chanel’s own delicate political history in Europe, AOC is on the record saying we’re watching the brand like a hawk. We continue to write today from that updated perspective.
Read MoreSophie Turner, Good Mother, for British Vogue June 2024 by Mikael Jansson
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British actor Sophie Turner covers the June 2024 issue of British Vogue [IG], meeting up with Chioma Nnadi at London Zoo’s Gorilla Kingdom for the cover story Sophie Turner Is Doing Just Fine.
Camilla Nickerson styled Turner in a Louis Vuitton yellow top and white jeans for the cover, in a fashion story lensed by Mikael Jansson [IG].
We return to the charming London Zoo gorilla Effie, not awarded high marks by the zookeeper.
“Do you see how she’s dangling her baby by one arm? That’s actually not the best way to handle their newborns.”
Effie has had four attempts to get it right, and good mothering escapes her. Sophie Turner, mother of two girls, can relate. According to Nnadi, “ . . . it is, in fact, Turner who has been subjected to mom-shaming—of the most egregious kind.”
Read MoreVogue Greece June 2024 'Mediterranean Touch' Issue and 'Multicultural Aesthetics'
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The June 2024 issue of Vogue Greece travels to Messenia for a cover story featuring rising Israeli model Sun Mizrahi. Nicholas Georgiou acts as creative director, styling the photo shoot lensed by Phil Poynter [IG]. Hair by Stelios Chondros; makeup by Athina Karakitsou
Vogue Greece Names ‘Multicultural Aesthetics’
The loudest voices in our culture would have you believe that the global landscape was originally a very pure and culturally-uncorrupted place, where humans lived idyllic lives in harmony with each other.
Reality is that traders of every hue have been on the high seas for thousands of years and especially in the Mediterranean world. And early humans cracked each other’s skulls.
Read MoreTeti Mar in Louis Vuitton Lensed by Alfonso Anton Cornelis for Harper's Bazaar Mexico May 2024
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Rising Ukraine model Teti Mar and Karisha Kh grace the pages of Harper’s Bazaar Mexico’s May 2024 issue. Ellen Mirck works styling and art direction for the Louis Vuitton Spring 2024 fashion story.
‘Vides Paralelas’ [Parallel Lives’ ] is lensed by Alfonso Anton Cornelis [IG], who also provides creative direction. / Hair by Erisson Musella; makeup by Jury Schiavi; nail art by Isabella Facchi
Read MoreAOC Firebirds: Jodie Comer by Elizaveta Porodina in Modern Weekly China June 2024
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Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] brings her creative combustion talents to a fashion story for Modern Weekly [China] Style [IG] June 2024, featuring ‘Killing Eve’ actor Jodie Comer.
Kingsley Tao styles the shoot, with set design by Louis Simonon./ Hair by Shon; makeup by Miranda Joyce
‘The Bikeriders’ Are Coming
Comer will hit June 21, 2024 movie screens in Jeff Nichols’ film ‘The Bikeriders’, also starring Austin Butler and Tom Hardy. There is such disorder in the movie house, that there is no way we can conflate Porodina’s images with a blood and guts Chicago biker gang — even one with Austin Butler.
The film is such a unique story about packs of Harley Davidson riders in 1960s midwestern America, that it requires its own post.
Read MoreGigi Hadid Brings 'Audacity and Athletic Elegance' to Vogue World: Paris via Vogue France
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Vogue France [IG] has crowned supermodel Gigi Hadid Queen of Vogue World: Paris, commending Hadid as the embodiment of “audacity and athletic elegance.”
Hadid’s exceptional physical prowess and fierce, competitive, unyielding fashion spirit are styled by Vanessa Reid in high-octane-fueled, Olympic spirit, winner’s circle-worthy film and by Bardia Zeinali [IG]. Wow!
Hadid is joined by Simon Porte Jacquemus and French actor Isabelle Huppert in ‘Go Gigi!’./ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Read MoreAnsley Guilielmi in 'The Islander' Lensed by Amie Milne for Vogue Thailand May 2024
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Photographer Amie Milne returns to Vogue Thailand May 2024 issue, after her ‘Wellness Wisdom’ fashion story for April issue, also shot in Madeira.
Model Ansley Guilielmi is styled by Holly Gorst in ‘The Islander’ photographed atop the island’s massive shield volcano that rises 20,000 ft from the Atlantic Ocean’s floor.
Read MoreLoro Piana Resort 2024 Campaign Lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen
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Fluidity and ease are keynotes of the Loro Piana Resort 2024 Collection of natural refined fabrics including silk and linen jacquards that become airy silhouettes in campaign images lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG].
Models include Awar Odhiang, Elias Monstrey, Vivienne Rohner and Yoesry Detre, styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka with creative direction by Thomas Persson. / Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Sandrine Cano Bock
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Alice McGrath by Erdem Moralıoğlu in ‘The Others’ for Bazaar UK June 2024
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Model Alice McGrath is styled by Erdem founder Erdem Moralıoğlu in ‘The Others’ [IG], a fashion story focused on the designer’s Fall 2024 collection. / Hair by Declan Sheils; makeup by Amy Conway
The images, also shot by the designer, appear in the June 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG].
Read MoreGrace Elizabeth's Growing Family Celebrates Father's Day in Michael Kors Campaign
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American beauty model Grace Elizabeth and her husband Nicolas Krause pose with their son Noah in the 2024 Michael Kors Father’s Day campaign.
Grace Elizabeth’s family was expanding when Cass Bird [IG] shot the Michael Kors Father’s Day campaign and Mother’s Day campaign images below.
The beloved model missed the 2024 Met Gala in May, because Grace Elizabeth was busy giving birth to her second son.
Read MoreLuna Bijl's Dutch Woman Sensuality Fires Up ELLE France Summer 2024 Swimwear
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Dutch model Luna Bijl so startled AOC with this blistering ELLE France June 6 fashion story focused on the best swimsuits of summer 2024 — that we reviewed her entire post history on Anne of Carversville.
Next we stopped by Bijl’s own IG, where the model turned up the heat even further. And she looks absolutely fabulous!
Anne Marie Brouillet styles the motorcross zealot since age eight in ‘Plein Soleil’, choosing swimwear from Calzedonia, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Eres, Louis Vuitton, Mango, Pain du Sucre, Polo Ralph Lauren, Pucci and more top brands, lensed by Tom Schirmacher [IG]. / Hair by Javier Palacio; makeup by Tatsu Yamanaka
Read MoreNatalia Siodmiak in St. Tropez by Jonas Bresnan for Madame Figaro France May 2024
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Model Natalia Siodmiak follows the sun to St. Tropez, styled by Agnés Poulle in Bardot-inspired, south of France summer fashion from Celine by Hedi Slimane, Dior, Etam, Intimissimi, Prada, Ralph Lauren and more.
Photographer Jonas Bresnan [IG] is behind the lens for the May 17th, 2024 issue of Madame Figaro [IG]. / Hair and makeup by Flavio Viera Nunes
Read MoreKarolina Kurkova News: Ford Models US, Fisher Island Condo Listing, Victoria's Secret Losses Mount
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Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova is now a Ford model in New York.
AOC backtracked to pick up Kurkova’s Miami-based fashion story for Harper’s Bazaar Turkey’s December 2023 issue. AOC has now learned that the supermodel and husband since 2009 Archie Drury are selling their home on Fisher’s Island in Miami for about $7M. The about 2500 sq ft property was put on the market in May.
The former Victoria’s Secret Angel [named in 2005] Kurkova appeared in nine VS fashion shows between 2000 and 2010, and wore her Fantasy Diamond Bra in 2002.
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WSJ Magazine Summer 2024 High Jewelry and Luxury Fashion by Lukasz Pukowiec
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