Vogue Portugal's Intellectual 'Sete Magnificas' by Nicola Delorme with Nina Marker

Vogue Portugal's Intellectual 'Sete Magnificas' by Nicola Delorme with Nina Marker AOC Fashion

Model Nina Marker is styled by Joana Dacheville in ‘Sete Magnificas’, a beautiful fashion story with a very intellectual foundation. It’s so AOC!!! Photographer Nicola Delorme [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Portugal December 2021/January 2022./ Hair by Nicolas Philippon; makeup by Caroline Fenouil

I have much to say about these translated words, as they reflect my philosophy about the desire of modern humans to triumph over others — and to triumph over death.

Fashion plays a role in this absurd pursuit of triumph, as Vogue Portugal notes. One of the most profound books that I’ve read — as a Jungian — is Ernest Becker’s book ‘Denial of Death’.

The premise of this book is addressed in Vogue Portugal’s commentary as it explores the rise of Western civilization and our attachment to possessions that we don’t need in ‘Sete Magnificas’. You can enjoy it as a beautiful fashion story, but it’s intended meaning and desire for dialogue goes far deeper.

Via Google translator, Vogue Portugal writes:

The year has four seasons, but our time on Earth has seven: the introduction to life, which is genesis; childhood, narcissist, adolescence, that centaur of transformation, adulthood, adulthood, which comes as a claim to our own power; motherhood, tree of life and knowledge; old age, which contains all possible wisdom; and, finally, the epilogue -- death.

The human being, aware of his mortality, is consumed by two conflicts: being and nothingness. Denial and acceptance. Fight or surrender. Because humanity is nothing more than the generosity of time. It is not by chance that the painting Saturn devouring a un hijo, by Francisco de Goya, shows Cronos (or Saturn, in Roman mythology). god of time, to eliminate his offspring for fear of being dethroned.

An allegory about the passage of time where it is implicit that, however inexorable this defeat may be, man will always try to fight his dark star: death. That is why human vanity appears, in everything we do, as the promise of the eternal return of a triumphant self, which never fails to overcome itself.

Latin Icon Christina Aguilera Covers ELLE Mexico, February, Lensed by Benjo Arwas

Latin Icon Christina Aguilera Covers ELLE Mexico, February, Lensed by Benjo Arwas AOC Fashion

Latin pop star, entertainer Christina Aguilera covers the February 2022 issue of ELLE Mexico. Chris Horan styles the legendary star, who dyed her hair for the occasion, in images by Benjo Arwas [IG].

Christina Aguilera’s ‘La Fuerza’ , a six-track EP, has put the legendary entertainer back on Billboard’s Latin albums charts after two decades. Almost 22 years have passed since Aguilera released "Mi Reflejo," her only album in Spanish.

Aguilera, who is of Ecuadorian descent and born in New York’s South Bronx in 1977, tells press that as a mother now, she relishes the chance to share her Spanish music with her kids.

[It's] "a big part of them and who they are. And so, they can see mommy do her thing in Spanish, they can hear it and feel it from a musical level," Aguilera said.

Gigi Hadid's Joyful Wisdom and Spring Fashion for InStyle US March 2022

Gigi Hadid's Joyful Wisdom and Spring Fashion for InStyle US March 2022 AOC Fashion

Supermodel Gigi Hadid projects a magnetic, joyful persona on the cover of InStyle US Magazine’s March 2022 issue. EIC Laura Brown describes Khai’s mom as “unselfconsciously animated”, as Hadid follows up her spectacular “sisterhood” images from the Versace Spring 2022 campaign with another announcement.

Netflix announced Hadid would be joining Tan France as co-host of the second season of ‘Next in Fashion’, a perfect next step in Gigi’s public life.

Julia Von Boehm styles Gigi in Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Gucci, Isabel Marant, Prada, Valentino and more, with jewelry galore lensed by Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] . / Hair by Bob Recine; Makeup by Erin Parsons

Chopard's Caroline Scheufele Will Bring Zambia's 'Insofu' Emerald to a Life of Luxury

Chopard's Caroline Scheufele Will Bring Zambia's 'Insofu' Emerald to a Life of Luxury AOC Jewelry News

The Chopard ‘Insofu’ Emerald weighs in the size of a champagne bottle. It’s named for elephants in Zambia’s Bantu language.

“The size and quality of the crystal make it a rare find indeed,” stated Sean Gilbertson, director of Gemfields, noting that it was also “setting a historic milestone for traceability back to the mine-of-origin, a holy grail for consumers” seeking reassurances on the credentials of their stones as it is the first emerald of this size and purity to meet traceability requirements.

“By purchasing a raw stone, we are able to follow its entire journey through to final creation. Chopard will cut the raw emerald and collect all the cut gems emerging from it….We ensure a complete chain of traceability, which is rare for [such] stones,” said Chopard’s copresident and artistic director Caroline Scheufele who noted that a “fully integrated supply chain” was what made “these treasures of nature so valuable to our clientele,” who despite the COVID-19 pandemic had shown “strong resilience and loyalty” to the house.

AOC has followed Chopard’s Caroline Scheufele for years, and we value deeply her leadership mission in the arena of sustainability, workers rights, and transparency of Chopard stones from discovery to individual ownership. Scheufele recalled her feeling at the discovery of the Insofu emerald as “surpassing any emotion [she] had ever known.”

Paralympian Veronica Yoko Plebani by Cho Gi-Seok for Vogue Italia January 2022

Paralympian Veronica Yoko Plebani by Cho Gi-Seok for Vogue Italia January 2022 AOC Fashion

Vogue Italia brings a heroic beauty and body positivity in the form of Veronica Yoko Plebani wearing Marni to the cover of its January 2022 issue. The Italian Paralympic athlete is lensed by Cho Gi-Seok [IG] in the surreal cover and interior pages fashion story created as a dreamlike and surreal tale.

To AOC, the artist Frida Kahlo has entered Giseok’s unconscious, challenging the cast in an engaging romp of running wild artistry. Vanessa Reid styles Veronica in Alberta Feretti, Dsquared2, Giorgio Armani, Max Mara./ Hair by Olivier Schwalader; makeup by Cecile Paravina; set design by Giulia Munari