Iris Delcourt Wears Luxe, Shimmering Textures Lensed by Serge Leblon for Madame Figaro

Iris Delcourt Wears Luxe, Shimmering Textures Lensed by Serge Leblon for Madame Figaro AOC Fashion

Rising French model Iris Delcourt is styled by Julie Gillet in luxury heavyweights Balmain, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Hermès, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Photographer Serge Leblon [IG] captures Delcourt for Madame Figaro November 5, 2021./ Hair by Martyn Foss Calder; makeup by Tiina Roivainen

Luca Khouri Eyes 'Those Noble Natures' in Portland Parish Jamaica for Re-Edition Magazine

Luca Khouri Eyes 'Those Noble Natures' in Portland Parish Jamaica for Re-Edition Magazine AOC Fashion

Models Breana Carson and Val Haughton are styled by Vittoria Cerciello in ‘Those noble natures’ in Luca Khouri’s [IG] images for Re-Edition Magazine Fall 2021.

The images were shot in Portland Parish Jamaica, on the northeastern point of the island. Portland Parish is considered to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.

This fashion story immediately brought to mind two earlier AOC posts that are fundamental to our understanding of Black history.

The first is Jackie Nickerson’s 2018 images of Solange Knowles, shot in ‘Runaway Bay’ Jamaica for Dazed Magazine. We learned then about the area as an escape route for slaves. Not part of the Dazed interview was AOC’s own discovery of The Jamaica Maroons and the Danger of Categorical Thinking..

The second past AOC post triggered by the images themselves is These Abandoned Buildings Are the Last Remnants of Liberia’s Founding History. Young people may not know about the West African nation created by former slaves in Liberia.

Coincidentally, the New York Times touched down in Liberia two days ago with Marking a Different Thanksgiving Tradition, From West Africa. We will pick up that story in a separate post.

Chiara Ferragni Fronts Louis Vuitton LV Arclight Slingbacks FW 2021 Campaign

Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer,influencer Chiara Ferragni fronts Louis Vuitton’s LV Arclight Slingbacks Campaign, a sexy, feminine spin on LV’s iconic LV Archlight sneakers. The LV Arclight Slingback is totally modern, however, with a wavy shape rubber sole that references the design of the sneaker and an adjustable velcro strap.

In the video, we see Chiara Ferragni out and about on the streets of Milan and the historic “La Vigna di Leonardo” . . . running backwards at times to show us that these slingbacks perform solidly for today’s women.

Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] photographs the campaign, styled by Marie-Amélie Sauvé with art direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel.

Related: Blonde Salad Chiara Ferragni Covers the 'New' Vogue Italia October by Scandebergs AOC Fashion

Kaia Gerber Wears Bare Minimal Fashion in M Le Magazine Du Monde October 6, 2021

Kaia Gerber Wears Bare Minimal Fashion in M Le Magazine Du Monde October 6, 2021 AOC Fashion

Top model Kaia Gerber is styled by Alex Harrington in the November 6, 2021 cover story for M Le Magazine Du Monde. [IG], lensed by Zoë Ghertner [IG].

Vitoria Mota's LOEWE Bags Lensed by Laia Benavides for Harper's Bazaar Arabia

Vitoria Mota's LOEWE Bags Lensed by Laia Benavides for Harper's Bazaar Arabia AOC Fashion

Model Vitoria Mota showcases pastel-joy LOEWE Bags in this Harper’s Bazaar Arabia October 2021 fashion story, styled by Anna Castan with images by Laia Benavides [IG].

Afrodita Dorado Stars in 'Miss Puffer' by Rocio Ramos for Vogue Arabia November 2021

Afrodita Dorado Stars in 'Miss Puffer' by Rocio Ramos for Vogue Arabia November 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Afrodita Dorado is styled by Abraham Gutiérrez in billowing, pillowing designs for ‘Miss Puffer’. Photographer to watch Rocio Ramos [IG] does a superb job of adding stylish angles and a focus on product details to images that retain artistic presence.

As much as AOC loves image artistry, creating interest around the fashion featured is equally important. Ramos is executing on both the commercial and artistic level, setting up her photography shop at El Retiro - Jardines del Buen Retiro de Madrid [IG], for Vogue Arabia’s November 2021 issue,

Candice Swanepoel Drips Sensual Beauty by Yulia Gorbachenko in Vogue Germany

Candice Swanepoel Drips Sensual Beauty by Yulia Gorbachenko in Vogue Germany AOC Fashion

Supermodel and Tropic of C founder Candice Swanepoel walks her talk and execution in fashion world’s sustainability universe. Who better than Candice to dive into the waters of wellness in Vogue Germany’s November Beauty treatment. Sandy Armeni styles Candice in deeply-sensual images by Yulia Gorbachenko./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Georgi Sandev; creative director JP Micallef

Debra Shaw Wears Holiday Glamour Elegance Lensed by Nico Bustos for S Moda November

Debra Shaw: "I am living proof that ageism is breaking down."

Model icon Debra Shaw is styled in sleek holiday elegance by Juan Cebrian. Nico Bustos [IG] captures Shaw wearing Blumarine, Carolina Herrera, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Encinar, Gucci, Prada and Valentino in S Moda for El Pais November 2021./ Hair by Tie Toyama; makeup by Carole Hannah

Read Debra Shaw interview on S Moda for El Pais.

Tianna St. Louis's Precious Pedigree Finds Treasure in British Vogue December 2021

Tianna St. Louis's Precious Pedigree Finds Treasure in British Vogue December 2021 AOC Fashion

Rising model Tianna St. Louis hails from Connecticut USA with family bloodlines that are a fantastic mix of Australian, German, Irish, Italian and Jamaican. The stellar visual results of St. Louis’ pedigree are obvious and visually arresting. And then there’s the name. Superb.

Poppy Kain styles Tianna St. Louis in ‘Treasure Seeking ‘, a collection of intricately-designed jewelry, lensed by Eddie Wrey [IG] for British Vogue December 2021./ Hair by Shiori Takahashi; makeup by Lynsey Alexander

We’re having visions of Tianna St. Louis meets Rafael Pavarotti and Ib Kamara and then Edward Enninful pops in to see how everyone is doing. Oh yes, put her in Erdem.

Oh wait — it’s coming into view. British Vogue can tell the famous story in which Queen Elizabeth & Ghana President Nkrumah danced a ‘Diplomatic Foxtrot’ in Ghana. It was a highest level mission that required the Queen to persuade Nkrumah to favor Britain and not make an alliance with Russia.

Her Majesty succeeded splendidly. Come ‘on. You guys love that idea and we can give the world a history lesson at the same time.

Perhaps you can borrow a royal tiara for Tianna St. Louis to wear as the Queen. This was a huge story for AOC when I investigated this segment from ‘The Crown’.

Queen Elizabeth II & Ghana President Nkrumah In A 1961 Diplomat Foxtrot Watched In Black & White

Blumarine: An Italian Brand on the Move Fall 2021 and Spring 2022

Blumarine Loves ‘Gutsy’ Women

So does AnneofCarversville.com. ALWAYS!

Blumarine: An Italian Brand on the Move Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 AOC Fashion

These fall collection images by Teresa Ciocia and featuring Paula Anguera do Blumarine visual fashion-speak.

There is no doubt in our minds that expressed sensuality is on the move after a years-long slumber. A revamped and refreshed Blumarine can be a key player in that trend. ‘Gutsy’ is a word that Vogue used to describe Blumarine’s fall collection and the woman who wears it. This vision became clearer still for Spring 2022.

Lindsey Wixson by Rebekah Campbell for Love Want Magazine FW2021

Lindsey Wixson by Rebekah Campbell for Love Want Magazine FW2021 AOC Fashion

Model Lindsey Wixson is styled by Jessica dos Remedios in Gucci-rich images. Photographer Rebekah Campbell [IG] captures ‘Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge’ for Love Want Magazine FW2021./ Hair by Hiro + Mari; makeup by Shayna Goldberg

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