Lesley-Ann Brandt Will Star in New Series Set in South Africa District Six Ubuntu City

Brandt joins Morgan Freeman in Cape Town’s District Six

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Lesley-Ann Brandt Will Star in New Series Set in South Africa District Six Ubuntu City AOC Fashion

South African actor Lesley-Ann Brandt is lensed by Angelo D’Agostino [IG] with a digital cover, for Numéro Netherlands [IG] November 2021. The ‘Lucifer’ and ‘Spartacus’ actor is partnering with Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment on the development of a new drama series that takes viewers to Cape Town, South Africa’s District Six.

Brandt, who will star and produce with Adrian Cunningham of D6 Entertainment, said: “We are thrilled to have partnered with Lori, Morgan and the team at Revelations to bring the beauty and tragedy of District Six to life. It’s such a personal story to me, my family and the people of the Cape Flats. While the barbarity of the apartheid regime has featured onscreen before, Hanover Street will lean into the joy and solidarity that the community shared in the face of repression.”

Deadline explains: “Home to 60K residents of all ethnicities and creeds, along with a thriving LGBTQIA+ community, District Six in South Africa’s second-largest city stood as a symbol of defiance against everything that apartheid stood for. In 1966, the regime designated it a whites-only area. By 1982 its entire population had been forcibly removed, and the neighborhood destroyed.”

Kim Kardashian Covers WSJ Magazine November 2021 Innovators Issue with Kim Jones

Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine

Kim Kardashian Billionaire

In Spring 2021, Kim Kardashian officially achieved billionaire status on the Forbes list. Unlike her sister Kylie who was dropped by the Forbes list in 2020 over the Trumpian move of inflating her assets, Kim Kardashian’s wealth was estimated by Forbes at about $1 billion, up from $780 million. Forbes estimated values of her stakes in KKW Beauty at $500 million and Skims at $225 million.

Being older and wiser than her younger sister, Kim Kardashian’s sober approach to life and business is well-articulated in her WSJ Magazine November 2021 Brand Innovator 2021 cover story, on newsstands Saturday, November 13th.

KKW poses with her friend, Fendi creative director Kim Jones, celebrating the early November release of Fendi x Skims, the underwear and cozy loungewear label Kardashian launched in 2019.

KKW: WSJ Magazine’s Brand Innovator’s Award

Kardashian West will be honored, along with 7 other cultural groundbreakers at WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards virtual presentation on November 1st at 8:00 PM EST. You can register to watch online at … WSJ. Magazine's 2021 Innovator Awards Virtual Presentation

WSJ Magazine cites Skims alone as being valued at over $1.6 billion, and Kardashian is a majority owner. Kim’s beauty brand KKW is being rebooted but for good reasons and not lack of big-brand potential. Skims Sleep will soon be moving into the inner-lives of American women.

“I want to really launch an entirely new beauty brand,” she says. “I learned so much that I’m excited [to put out] a brand that has all the new information that I know. I feel like it’s going to be my baby, I’ll have my beauty brand and Skims. I can really nourish it and flourish it more if it [were] all condensed into one.”

Frequent WSJ Magazine photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen captures KKW for the cover story, styled by Giovanni Dario Laudicina. written by Christina Binkley.

True Grit, Serious Hustle. Major Intelligence and a Micromanaged Life

Achieving a business status that puts Kim Kardashian in a prime spot in WSJ’s annual Innovators Issue takes some serious hustle and intelligence.

Kim Kardashian has both — even if the totally engaged mother of four and supportive soon-to-be ex-wife of Kanye West — has failed some of her recent bar-exam preparation tests. Simply stated, Kar Kardashian powers on with marketing savvy and human connections that are currently too valuable to put a price on them.

“My days are completely micromanaged to the minute,” she says. “In order to get away from the kids, I will go into my office at my house and study. And then working on beauty and rebranding and Skims, constantly, I’m always in fittings and fabric meetings. My days are pretty full…. And that’s it. I love to be home; I love my weekends at home.”

Speaking of home, KKW just paid Kanye West $20 million for their Hidden Hills, LA home and $3 million for the furniture, art and other contents. Kim now owns the house outright.

Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine

Kim Kardashian Captains Her Ship with a Steady Hand

People can heap all the hate they want on Kim Kardashian. She is a superb businesswoman, and Kardashian knows it. There’s nothing wrong with self-confidence, sincerity and an earnest approach to living.

In contrast to how the public imagines the life of Kim Kardashian West, her closest humans describe her as a non-partier and a low-grade control freak. By her own admission, she is a workaholic who reads sales numbers in bed late at night.

“I have never liked drunk people,” Kardashian West says. “I never like to be out of control. I never like to not know what’s going on.” (“I didn’t go [away] to college because of [the partying],” she says.)

Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine

Kim Kardashian: Someday Matriarch

She now weighs in on most of the family’s deals jointly with Kris Jenner. “If there’s a deal, it’s always my mom, me and our attorney talking it over,” Kardashian West says.

The expectation is that Kim Kardashian will take over the reins, when Kris, 66, one day retires. “We’ve talked about it. I would assemble a team of people to take over,” Kardashian West says. “I hope it doesn’t happen for a really long time, because I’m really busy.”

The possibility that KKW will lead a Kardashian-Jenner conglomerate empire built around the fashion, cosmetic, liquor and media enterprises that her family has launched over the past decade is a real one.

Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine

WWJ Magazine references the fact that the rebound fortunes of Victoria’s Secret; the pulsating growth of Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty lingerie [with indirect backing from LVMH] and now Skims soaring puts a lot of pressure on the already-stressed VS. There’s no doubt that both Rihanna and Kim Kardashian know how to play hardball, even if they do it grace and a smile on their faces.

Kate Moss modeled in recent Skims campaign images. A special Skims pop-up opened in Paris in time for Paris Fashion Week this September at the famous Galeries Lafayette department store. Skims is sold by retailers such as Nordstrom, Ssense and Net-a-Porter. “The inclusive sizing, sharp price point and comfort are just a few reasons why the brand has been so successful,” says Lea Cranfield, Net-a-Porter’s chief buying and merchandising officer, by email.

Rihanna hasn’t weighed in on this trifecta undergarments competition, but KKW reminds us that her grandmother only retired in her early 80s. “I think I’ll always feel good when I’m working,” Kardashian predicts.

“I don’t see me floating on a yacht.”

In fact, Kim Kardashian’s life plan has her as a member of the California bar, and she currently studies about four hours a day to achieve this goal. “Hopefully one day I can start a law firm where we can help people pro bono and hire people who were formerly incarcerated,” she says of her longer-term goals.

Kim’s goal is no act, in spite of the heat she’s taken for working with former president Donald Trump on prison reform. KKW marches to her own drum with four kids and a big family in tow. One wonders what Kanye West actually thinks of his uber-talented wife. R-E-S-P-E-C-T would be appropriate.

Muse Chloe Sevigny Lensed by Haley Wollens for Marc Jacobs Resort 2021-22

Muse Chloe Sevigny Lensed by Haley Wollens for Marc Jacobs Resort 2021-22 AOC Fashion

Chloë Sevigny and Marc Jacobs have a long history, one dating back to the 1990’s when then 20-7ear-old Sevigny was cast in a Sonic Youth music video ‘Sugar Kane’, shot in Marc Jacobs’ showroom at Perry Ellis, writes CR FashionBook.

Decades later, Sevigny bonds with mannequin parts and shoe boxes at the Marc Jacobs offices, styled and photographed by Haley Wollens [IG] for the Marc Jacobs Resort 2021-22 campaign. / Hair by Ro Morgan; makeup by Emi Kaneko

Mauricio Sierra Eyes Warrior Akima 'Mystical Journey' for Vogue Mexico November 2021

@callmeakima the real warrior she is went up a dune trying to stay standing while roaring winds lifted grains of sand that flew at bullet speed stabbing everyone like a thousand needles.

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Rising model Akima [IG] is styled by Valentina Collado wearing Chloe, Gregorio Cayetano, YSL by Anthony Vaccarello, Ulla Johnson and more in the November 2021 issue of Vogue Mexico as ‘Viaje Mistico’ [Mystical Journey’] / Hair and makeup by Christian Gil

Photographer Mauricio Sierra [IG] reflects about Akima ‘The Spirit of the Desert’ and the shoot itself that took place at Chihuahua, Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico. As you see in the next image, the weather events became a wondrous monstrosity. The intention of the styling is to combine Mexican folkloric traditions with a mystical fashion perspective.

Vanity Fair Italia's 'Art Details' Lush Modernism Style Lensed by Alberto Zanetti

Art Details Vanity Fair Italia October

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Vanity Fair Italia's 'Art Details' Lush Modernism Style Lensed by Alberto Zanetti AOC Fashion

Regular Vanity Fair Italia photographer Alberto Zanetti delivers a lush style dose of sophisticated,creamy-neutrals modernism with ‘Art Details’, styled by Gaia Fraschini for the October issue./ Hair by Giovanni Iovino; makeup by Karin Borromeo

Valerie Scherzinger Basks in Evening Sun by Can Buyukkalkan for Vogue Turkey November 2021

Valerie Scherzinger Basks in Evening Sun by Can Buyukkalkan for Vogue Turkey November 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Valerie Scherzinger is styled by Ece Öğütoğullan in ‘Akşam Güneşinin Vurduğu Yerde’ [‘Where the Evening Sun Hits’], lensed by Can Buyukkalkan [IG] for Vogue Turkey November 2021./ Hair by Huseyin Altun; Elcin Mutlu

VMAN Calls Up 80s Glam and Gore with Hunter Clem Lensed by Domen / Van de Velde

VMAN Calls Up 80s Glam and Gore with Hunter Clem Lensed by Domen / Van de Velde AOC Fashion

V MAN is calling all vampires, who will loose their bloody minds over ‘All Hallow’s Eve Summons the Glam and the Gore of the 80s’.

Inspired by the cult classic vampire flick ‘The Lost Boys’, the fashion story brings together photographers Domen and Van de Velde; model and photographer himself Hunter Clem; and the well-known creative director Nicola Formichetti. [Clem was introduced to VMAN readers earlier in the year.]

Formichetti explains "This Halloween shoot was inspired by Hunter (Clem)’s love for the '80s! It is our own unique story about a modern-day version of the cult film, where Ziggy Stardust meets Billy Idol and goes to a party thrown by the misfits—it's like an abstract version of a vampire."

Lufre Shoots Dior Cool Girl Looks for Vogue Mexico October 2021

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Lufre Shoots Dior Cool Girl Looks for Vogue Mexico October 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Ana Elisa is styled by Alexandre Dornellas in ‘Retro de carácter’, brands including Emilio Pucci, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace and a heavy dose of Dior. Lufre [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Mexico October 2021.

Blumarine Takes Flight in Spring 2022 Images by Harley Weir for Numéro Berlin

Blumarine’s Nicola Brognano’s fashion lust is reserved for the 00s but with a twist: “My Blumarine is more dirty, bitchy, sexier.”

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Creative Director Nicola Brognano arrived at Blumarine in 2019, prepared to invigorate the beloved 90s brand that had lost its luster. Brognano’s fashion lust is reserved for the 00s, a time when the Italian designer was obsessed with Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and the era of ‘Mean Girls’.

AOC’s reference is important because in the words of the designer to a Vogue reviewer: “My Blumarine is more dirty, bitchy, sexier.”

“I was obsessed with them when I was younger (in Southern Italy),” he explains about Spears, Lohan and Hilton. “Even growing up and thinking about becoming a fashion designer, I have always wanted to make women feel as sexy and powerful as they were.”

When he first arrived at Blumarine, Brognano brought back from the dead Blumarine’s butterfly top. [Did you know that Google also brought back Feedburner from the dead, and AOC is running our RSS feed on it?]. The designer told Dazed that Versace has its Medusa and Blumarine has its butterfly.

By every measure, Brognano’s Blumarine rehab is working out just fine, with pop culture powerhouses like Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and Rihanna signing on as clients.

Stylist and collaborator Lotta Volkova is always described has having a “sharp and Knowing eye for the cheeky and surreal”, according to Vogue’s Liana Satenstein. That pov about Volkova is universal.

Photographer Harley Weir IG] joined the Blumarine Spring 2022 fashion passion party in Milan, shooting these atmospheric images for Numéro Berlin.

Thiemo Sander Flashes Monica Cima in Woods and Streams for Madame Figaro

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Thiemo Sander Flashes Monika Cima in Woods and Streams for Madame Figaro AOC Fashion

Thiemo Sander [IG] captures IMG Parisian model Monika Cima in Madame Figaro’s October 29, 2021 issue. Cécile Martin styles the shoot with nature-loving, casual and sensual, western-inspired luxury pieces, mixed with faster fashion— or is that just Cima before the camera — meaning the sensual luxury part? / Hair by Christophe Hasenbein; makeup by Maria Olsson

Julia van Os by Max Papendieck for Vogue Australia November 2021

Julia and Max — who are a couple — drove 1500 miles in two states over four days — with major time in Joshua Tree.

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Julia van Os by Max Papendieck in US Southwest for Vogue Australia November 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Julia van Os is styled by Kaila Matthews in Celine, Chanel Gucci, Prada and more in images by Max Papendieck [IG] for Vogue Australia November 2021. /Hair by Rory Rice; makeup by Victoria Baron

The fashion shoot ‘No Where To Go But Everywhere’ happened in the American West, with Julia and Max — who are a couple — dealing with the creative team remotely in Australia. They drove 1500 miles in two states over four days — with major time in Joshua Tree — according to Julia’s IG.

In the throes of 2020 lockdown Max and Julia shared an intimate fashion story of their life at home for Vogue Greece May 2020 issue.

Ine Neef Enjoys Country Air Style for ELLE Italia Lensed by Laurie Bartley

Ine Neef Enjoys Country Air Style for ELLE Italia Lensed by Laurie Bartley AOC Fashion

Model Ine Neefs is styled by Micaela Sessa in ‘Aria Buona’ [good air], relaxed, patterned country luxury lensed by Laurie Bartley [IG] for ELLE Italia October 23, 2021./ Hair by Leon Gorman; makeup by Giovanni Iovine