AOC knows that it annoys the hell out of Jonathan Anderson that women like Anne keep reminding him about the facts of history in his House of Dior. He complains that we are “boxing him in”.
Not really, because it’s not about him. It’s about our erasure from Dior’s history and the expectation that we will just fall in line with his alleged, Sun King genius that calls for such erasure.
The real Cafe Society heroines were true-grit women, many of them wealthy women involved in espionage with the French resistance. Christian Dior’s sister Catherine was one of its leaders; and the designer offered her and her co-conspirators refuge in his prominently-situated apartment in Paris.
Taking a well-established historical term and innocently [or not] trading it for these lovelies enjoying giggles and milkshakes is exactly how erasure works.
Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] brings her trademark — but very expansive — artistic vision to Vogue Germany [IG] July-August 2026 issue. Actor Mala Emde wears Dior on the cover, styled by Jeannie Annan-Lewin, a contributing fashion editor on British Vogue.
The issue’s cover theme ‘The Women We Are’ probes a profound question for today’s women. Actor Mala Emde wears Dior on the cover, styled by Jeannie Annan-Lewin, a contributing fashion editor on British Vogue.
In early June 2026, Thai mega talent Lalisa Manobal, aka Blackpink’s Lisa, is the most followed Asian woman on Instagram, with 105 million followers. Vanity Fair US [IG] and select international editions catch up with the entertainer in LA in an interview with José Criales-Unzueta.
Photographer Ethan James Green [IG] is behind the lens with editorial direction by Mark Guiducci./ Set design by Marcs Bird; hair by Jang Hye Yeon; makeup by Ina Kim
Watching the campaign film, I did process it through the lens of current New York Knicks madness. In the new Nike film celebrating the New York win, it’s the gritty joy of everyday New Yorkers that is celebrated by that young man with his front teeth knocked out running into one giant block party across the city.
Without trying to make urban grit glamorous, and the challenges of New York prices for everyday New Yorkers a minor problem, it’s the comeback story that is one giant, symbolic fist pump that is inspiring many of us.
When it comes to sports marketing, capturing the crowd is as important as capturing the athletes. Even more so now when we see the near-impossible achieved before our very eyes. There are several important stories to tell coming out of the big Knicks victory.
Rising model Kate Kraaijeveld stars in ‘La Pupée’, a Bardot-inspired vaca getaway story styled by Nicholas Georgiou. Photographer Thanassis Krikis [IG] captures all the seaside beauty for Vogue Greece [IG] July 2026./ Hair by Daniel Babek; makeup by Athina Karakitsou; art direction by Rinetta Koskinidou; Elis Kiss, Editor-in-Chief
Today, we find the top model in the pages of HTSIMagazine’s [link] review of dazzling, new season high jewelry trends. Perhaps as a sign of just how well billionaires are doing worldwide, big is beautiful. The bigger, the better.
Benjamin Canares styled the photoshoot with images by Joan Braun [IG].
High jewelry collections featured include Bvlgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chaumet, Clou de Forge, Chopard, Dior, Graff, Harry Winston, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, Van Cleef & Arpels and more.
Top model Raquel Zimmermann is styled by Charlotte Collet in ‘Where’s the Party?’for W Magazine [IG] Summer 2026. Rafael Pavarotti [IG] captures the early fall arrivals from Aläia, Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Celine, Chanel, Charvet, Chloe, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Jil Sander, Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, Moncler, Prada, Rabanne, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello,Valentino and more./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Christine Corbel
Model Diana Li is styled by Miranda Almond in ‘Hothouse Flower’ a bouquet of romantic, luxury elegance lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG]. The powerhouse luxury brands in the May 2026 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] include Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Etro, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino, Prada, Simone Rocha and more. / Makeup by Adam de Cruz; hair by Mark Francome Painter
We have big news out of Wimbledon, where Ms.Serena Williams will return to play single singles, after accepting a wild-card invite, the All England Club announced Sunday. Serena was already on the roster with sister Venus after accepting a wild-card invite to the doubles competition.
Serena feels that she has unfinished business in women’s tennis and we support her drive for two more grand slam titles. Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, leaving her one win away from tying Margaret Court’s all-time women's record of 24. She would need two wins to hold the record outright. Seven of those Grand Slam wins came at Wimbledon.
Top model Grace Elizabeth delivers a sun-baked, all-American woman fashion story for FWRD / REVOLVE [IG] Summer 2026 Campaign.Brands include Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, Polo Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Photographer Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] captures the model’s spirited grace while also turning up the sensuality barometer to 12 — maybe 15. / Hair by Hikaru; makeup by Sara Tagaloa
Casablanca’s Charef Tajer has joined the global, good-vibes, marketing movement. Speaking of “a natural synergy” with the French patisserie Ladureé in light of “a shared attention to detail, a classic yet colorful palette . . . ” the founder closes in on what is hopefully a beyond-this-season moment with “ . . . and above all, an appreciation for beauty and joy.”
AOC is not moved at all by the new Dior. But if Dior looked like Casablanca, it would be more akin to Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of Chanel, but without the cynicism. Anderson’s sweet Dior young ladies would never take a full-frontal bite of the cotillion cake.
Ready to write “ . . . and neither would Blazy’s”, AOC is suddenly in a rare retreat.
Blazy and Nair have so blown out the rafters with fashion mantras of joy, positivity and confidence that Chanel women are proud of being so versatile. Even a little-bit of a renegade when it comes to eating cake.
Model Miriam de Vinzelle summers in ‘One day by the sea’, styled by Benedetta Baruffi in Balenciaga, Calzedonia, Celine, Chanel, Goldenpoint, Gucci, Guess, Loro Piana, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Moncler, Pierre Mantoux, Tom Ford and more — Including the sunglasses. Marco Lessi [IG] is behind the lens for d la Repubblica [IG]. / Hair and Makeup by Giulia Cigarini
The Louis Vuitton Resort 2026 Campaign follows an established tradition of its straight-forward, sophisticated, lighthearted and occasionally sensual embrace of summer. This year’s campaign photographer Cass Bird [IG] distills the vision across a range of compatible models including Brazilian beauty Ana Beatriz Cortes, who leaves scorched earth wherever she passes.
The rest of the cast pales by comparison [sorry, but we had to do it] and includes Noor Khan, Sara Caballero,Sascha Rajasalu and Xinye Wang. Marie-Amélie Sauvé styles the photoshoot, with Mitch Ryan as director.
Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] June 2026 travels to Ibiza, a summer haven that seduces the most resolute humans determined to resist its Mediterranean pleasures. In her body-bearing fashion story styled by Elodie David, supermodel Vittoria Ceretti is photographed by Mark Kean [IG]. Makeup by Thom Walker; hair by Olivier Schawalder
AOC celebrated the August 2022 first issue of Vogue Philippines for its beauty, its local focus on Filipino culture and design heritage and its strong emphasis on sustainability.
Model Chloe Magno covered the launch issue and now returns for Bea Valdes’ final issue as EIC. The executive continues as Chief Content Officer for MEGA Global Group, Inc. where she oversees creative synergy across Vogue, Allure and GQ Philippines.
Incoming Vogue Philippines Editor-in-Chief is Trickie Lopa, who was the magazine’s Deputy Editor for Art and Culture. We assume that Vogue Philippines will only get better, raising their own already high standards.
Among the Vogues, VP leads the way in expressing New Humanism values, followed by Vogues Poland and Portugal.
Wealthy families from the American South originally visited Newport to escape coastal malaria and yellow fever.
Newport itself had direct financial connections to the slave trade. In fact, it was this north-south connection profiteering in the selling of humans as property that first brought rich Southerners to the hospitable place called Newport.
William Lloyd Garrison, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, called Newport “a stronghold of slavery…[the] Charleston or New Orleans of New England.”
Irony becomes consequential when we also learn that Newport was home to a small but growing number of wealthy Americans of color, who earned their riches and freedom as whalers.
Australian model Lydia Reid drops into a Thai paradise called Loylum Eco Floating Villa [IG] in Kanchanaburi, Thailand for the June 2026 cover story of Vogue Poland [IG]. Photographer Antoine Henault [IG] captures Reid styled by Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier in Chanel on the cover, Loro Piana, Magda Butrym, Maison Valentino and much more inside./ Hair and makeup by Casey Hill
This Marilyn story serves as an advertorial for a collection of beauty products launched by Lisa Eldridge [IG] in collaboration with the estate of Marilyn Monroe.
In these images Sophie Dahl channels Marilyn Monroe in Amagansett in the summer of 1957. The private location inspired photographer Sam Shaw to take some of the most relaxed and natural images of Marilyn ever recorded.
Dahl is styled by Miranda Almond in images by Agata Pospieszynska [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] July-August 2026 ./ Hair by Sam McKnight; makeup by Lisa Eldridge
Marilyn’s Deepest Desire
Anne of Carversville has always tried to be sensitive to one of Marilyn’s deepest desires — to be taken seriously as an intellectual person. This desire was a source of ridicule by men who found the vision of Marilyn Monroe as an intellectual to be absurd. Marilyn was aware of the ridicule and it pained her deeply.
Laufey takes a cover of Vogue Portugal’s [IG] May 2026 ‘Heart & Reason’ issue, highlighting the balancing act between emotion and logic. Loizos Sofokleous styles the shoot, with photography by Élio Nogueira [IG] shot in Lisbon.
Cultural Fusion Is the Heart of Jazz
Unlike Western jazz hubs where audiences tend to skew older, Downbeat Magazine notes that the jazz audience in China is overwhelmingly young. The result is a highly curious, tech-savvy fanbase that aligns perfectly with Laufe’s core listeners worldwide.
Jazz is a key unifier in the emerging, global New Humanism movement. Anne uses the term New Humanism, to distinguish it from humanism in Europe, which was Eurocentric and — in spite of its philosophical values — managed to embrace the global slave trade.
As we speak, France has finally abolished its Code Noir laws, which defined human beings of color as property that could be transferred wherever an owner chose to send him/her or sell them.
Rising model Nyela Hopster is styled by Jack Collins in À L’Air Libre’ a high-summer fashion story lensed by Alex Arauz [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar France [IG]. Franck Durand provides creative direction./ Hair by Nicolas Philippon; makeup by Thierry Do Nascimento
