Vittoria Ceretti by Oliver Hadlee Pearch in D Magazine September 6,2025
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Tory Burch FW2025 Campaign, $1 Billion Goal for Women Entrepreneurs
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Tory Burch FW2025 Campaign, $1 Billion Drive for Women Entrepreneurs
The Tory Burch [IG] FW 2025 Campaign gives us a moment to check-in with one of AOC’s favorite brands. Models Hejia Li, Ida Heiner, Lulu Tenney, Nora Attal, and Selena Forrest bond in New York City in a campaign lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG].
Strong performance in 2024: Multiple reports from early 2025 cite Tory Burch's financial strength in 2024, noting the brand sold an estimated $1.8 billion worth of products.
Huge Ambition Goals at the Tory Burch Foundation
In early May 2025, the Inaugural Tory Burch Foundation Founders Breakfast honored Martha Stewart, while Burch unveiled an ambitious new pledge: to generate more than $1 billion in economic impact through women entrepreneurs by 2030.
Read MoreAchol Kuir and Mary Ukech Wear Modern Classiques for Harper's Bazaar France September 2025
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Models Achol Kuir and Mary Ukech are styled by Anita Szymczak in ‘Le Look Bazaar: Grand Classiques Revisités. Photographer Thomas Cristiani [IG] is behind the lens, capturing bold, modern fashion from Celine, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, YSL by Anthony Vaccarello for Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] September 2025./ Hair by Jacob Kajrup; makeup by Patrick Glatthaar
Read MoreMiranda Brooks Invites Us to the Cotswolds for Vogue September 2024
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British fabric designer and landscape designer Miranda Brooks invites us to Catswood, the home she shares with her husband, architect Bastien Halard, and their daughters, Poppy and Violette Grey. In Gloucestershire, the comforts of family meet the pleasures of wardrobe staples in the pages of Vogue’s September 2025 issue.
Catswood is also the name of the fabric business created around the family gardens by Brooks and Halard.
Read MoreBurberry Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk England
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Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 Campaign at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk England AOC Fashion
Burberry [IG] Creative Director Daniel Lee takes us to Wolterton Hall in Norfolk, England, a historic British setting that served as a key source of inspiration for the Fall/Winter 2025 collection and now the campaign.
Lee brings the sumptuous yet restrained location to life again in the appropriately-named Burberry Fall/Winter 2025 ‘A Grand Escape’ campaign, lensed by Sam Rock [IG].
Britain’s favorite heritage brand is far from being out of the woods, but Burberry CEO Joshua Schulman cited recently a notable uptick in Burberry’s brand desirability. Best of all, he said the Autumn 2025 collection is being "well received by a broad range of luxury customers".
AOC shares strong praise for how creative director Daniel Lee has delivered a strong reboot collection that is sumptuous and elegant with major visual appeal.
Read MoreTom Ford A/W 2025 Campaign by Haider Ackermann with Kristen McMenamy, Julia Nobis
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The Tom Ford [IG] A/W 2025 Campaign presents the highly-praised, debut collection of designer Haider Ackermann in sophisticated images focused on clothes. The deeper you look, more is revealed.
The campaign cast includes Charlie Jones, Henry Kitcher, Julia Nobis, Kristen McMenamy, Milan Bodemer and Scott Barnhill. Jacob K styles the shoot in images by Mark Kean [IG]. / Hair by Tom Wright; makeup by Lucy Bridge
Read MoreVogue Poland September Tribute to 'The Best City in the World' by Polish National Opera
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The September 2025 issue of Vogue Poland [IG] is dedicated to opera as a total art. The artistic experience of opera combines architecture, fashion, music and theater in the cover story ‘Reconstruction’.
Photographer Bohdan Bohdanov [IG] captures the source of Polish pride cover story with rising model Claudia Campana, styled by Chiara Janczarek in theatrical pieces from the Polish National Opera. / Makeup by Marianna Yurkiewicz; Hair by Piotr Wasiński
Read MoreJulia Pacha in 'Bandolera' by Txema Yeste for Numéro France #255, September 2025
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Model Julia Pacha is styled by Bernat Buscato in Balenciaga, Dior, DSquared2, Givenchy by Sarah Burton, Juana Martín, Longchamp, Moschino, Nina Ricci, Sportmax and more. Txema Yeste [IG] captures the bold femininity as ‘Bandolera’ for Numéro France [IG] #255, September 2025 ‘Audace’ issue./ Makeup by Jordi Fontanals; hair by Jordi Fontanals
Read MorePharrell Williams Heads to Rome with Voices of Fire for Vatican City Unity Concert
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Pharrell Williams Heads to Rome with Voices of Fire for Vatican City Unity Concert
In Rome, Pharrell will co-direct with Andrea Bocelli the ‘Grace for the World’ closing celebration of the third World Meeting on Human Fraternity. The “landmark cultural and spiritual event” will take place in St. Peter’s Square and will stream live on Disney+, Hulu, and ABC News Live on Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. ET.
According to a press release, the concert will “bring together music, reflection, and visual storytelling in a singular live experience,” and feature live performances by Bocelli, Williams with the Voices of Fire Gospel Choir, Teddy Swims, John Legend, a 250-person international choir and more talents. There will also be an aerial drone and light show by Nova Sky Stories, including imagery inspired by the Sistine Chapel.
Pharrell called the upcoming gathering “a rare cultural moment where the world stops and collectively tunes in. It is a message of unity and grace for all of humanity”.
Read MoreBazaar Italia September 2025 Honors 'Mille Miglia' Reborn in 1977 by Craig McDean
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Model Jacqui Hooper fronts ‘Mille Miglia’ [a thousand miles], a timely auto-racing fashion story with a retro boho vibe styled by Sissy Vian. Photographer Craig McDean [IG] captures Hooper, with male model Aurélien Frank, for Vogue Italia [IG] September 2025./ Hair by Pier Paolo Lai; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
The Original Mille Miglia [1927-1957]
The Race: This was a dangerous, high-speed endurance race held on public roads in Italy. The figure-eight shaped course ran from Brescia to Rome and back, covering about 1,000 miles. The race was banned in 1957 following a horrific crash that killed driver Alfonso de Portago, his navigator, and nine spectators.
Legacy: The original race was known for making famous marques like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz, with legendary drivers like Stirling Moss competing.
In 1977, the Modern 1000 Miglia was reborn. See the details in AOC Fashion.
Read MoreMaggie Maurer As Freyja in Vogue Czech September 2025 | Odinism and White Nationalism
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Maggie Maurer As Freyja in Vogue Czech September 2025 | Odinism and White Nationalism
Maggie Maurer is lensed by Hana Knizova for Vogue Czechoslovakia September 2025 issue dedicated to Fortune Telling.
Maurer wears Cartier High Jewelry on the cover with a Gucci dress and scarf. Vogue Czech fashion director Milena Zuravljova chooses Cartier jewelry throughout the story images, adding luxury fashion looks from Maison Alaia, Saint Laurent, Maison Valentino, Schiaparelli and more./ Hair by Malin Wallin; makeup by Johanna Nordlander
Vogue Czech Honors Freyja
The Nordic goddess Freyja was on my mind this spring, when I wrote about the ancient history of women in Scotland, connected to a post about the Dior Cruise 2025 collection ‘Highland Fling’ featuring Debra Shaw.
The Nordic mythology around Freyja is just one more example of belief systems in our pre-monotheism world. While we’re not ‘going there’ today, what is called Ancestral Odinism is being co-opted by right-wingers seeking an alternative to Christian nationalism.
Read More2024 Rumor Confirmed: Louis Vuitton Is At Bat for Beverly Hills Cheval Blanc Axed Property
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2024 Rumor Confirmed: Louis Vuitton Is At Bat for Beverly Hills Cheval Blanc Property
California Dreamin’ . . .
There are many reasons why Louis Vuitton adores America and has an extra deep love affair with California. Progressive, multicultural, artistic in multiple disciplines, great weather, big money, and a maverick spirit all make the list for why LVMH and several maisons — but especially Louis Vuitton — have California Dreamin’ in their blood.
WWD shared in February 2024 the unconfirmed rumor that Louis Vuitton hopes to take over the defeated proposal for a 109-key Cheval Blanc hotel on the 50,000 sq foot property on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Louis Vuitton Chairman and CEO Pietro Beccari plans larger and grander retail attractions and fashion show events for Louis Vuitton locations around the world.
Today — on Labor Day 2025 in America — the rumor has been confirmed by Bloomberg, who has seen the filings with the city of Los Angeles for Beccari’s big new dream baby.
‘Huge’ Takes Many Forms and LVMH Has Human Assets
Vuitton CEO Pietro Beccari arrived at Louis Vuitton in January 2023, with a key priority of recruiting Pharrell Williams to the world’s biggest luxury brand to replace the beloved, and sorely missed Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton Mens, Virgil Abloh.
AOC was first and early, to the best of our knowledge, in calling for Williams to join LVMH Men.
We were the only media source with the moxie to criticize the team that lost the 2023 special vote for the Cheval Blanc in Beverly Hills. And we proposed a far better team to deal with LA politics, if the Louis Vuitton takeover of the site was true.
Prepare for takeoff!!
Read MoreVogue China September 2025 20 Years Anniversary Issue Pt-1 by Elizaveta-Porodina
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Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] has produced a staggeringly-beautiful fashion story for Vogue China’s [IG] September 2025 issue.
Before us, 32 images in this spectacular celebration of eight Chinese supermodels, eight distinct sets of attributes and eight life journeys come together “to create the most personal and meaningful style story for Vogue China’s 20th anniversary.”
The epic model cast includes Chu Wong, Du Juan, Fei Fei Sun, He Cong, Lina Zhang, Ming Xi, Shu Pei Qin and Xiao Wen Ju styled by Xiao Liu./ Hair by Zhou Xue Ming; makeup by Valentina Li
Read MoreVictoria's Secret 2025 Very Sexy Campaign with Candice, Devyn and Imaan
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Candice Swanepoel, Devyn Garcia and Imaan Hammam front the new Victoria’s Secret [IG] 2025 Very Sexy Campaign. As sexy comes roaring back, photographer Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] turns her woman-friendly lens on three of the hottest women riding the VS carousel.
Celia Azoulay styles the campaign with strong woman props and a smoldering color palette with shades of black, burgandy, fuchsia and plum.
Read MoreHumanism 101: Sarah Burton Givenchy Fall 2025 Campaign Lensed by Collier Schorr
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Humanism 101: Sarah Burton Givenchy Fall 2025 Campaign Lensed by Collier Schorr
Givenchy designer and creative director Sarah Burton grabs media focus for her Fall 2025 Campaign and its embrace of humanist values. In a quiet, elegant, modern strategy, Givenchy sends a signal to Burton’s clients old and new, that they are welcomed with a warm embrace by the maison. Thank you, Sarah Burton.
The Givenchy campaign, lensed by Collier Schorr [IG] joins the current Polo Ralph Lauren x Oak Bluffs campaign under a new heading AOC is calling Humanism 101.
Burton happily embraces a wide spectrum of women in new ways, breaking the mold with a unique campaign message that Humanism 101 chief Brunello Cucinelli will love.
“The beauty of all women inspires me — including my team,” Burton said. “I wanted to capture the brilliant women I work with amongst the cast — real moments with everyone working together.”
Read MoreBlesnya Minher in 'Guerza Exterior' Style for Vogue Mexico and Latin America August 2025
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Angola-born model Blesnya Minher is styled by Carolina Orrico in Alaïa, Jil Sander, Khaite, Loewe, Saint Laurent and more for a fashion story ‘Fuerza Exterior’ filled with strong, outerware and accessories style statements.
Photographer Coni Tarallo [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Mexico and Latin America [IG] August 2025./ Hair by Levi Monarch; makeup by Sena Murahashi
Read MoreLiu Wen Wears Chanel's 'Reach for the Stars' High Jewelry for W Magazine China #15 2025
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Supermodel and Chanel ambassador Liu Wen takes three covers for W Magazine China [IG] #15 2025 The Artisan Issue. Austin Feng styles Liu Wen in images lensed by Paul Wetherell [IG].
Liu Wen is wearing Chanel’s new ‘Reach for the Stars’ High Jewelery Collection, honoring iconic symbols of human civilization and Gabrielle Chanel’s legacy. Three symbols are the core of Chanel’s ‘Reach for the Stars’ High Jewelery Collection: the lion, the comet and, introduced for the first time, wings that are reimagined as contemporary icons of the maison.
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Gigi Hadid Soars in Miu Miu Gone Haute for V Magazine 156 Lensed by Luigi & Iango
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