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Lufre Flashes 'Big Bang' Bold Elegance for Vogue Brazil March 2022 AOC Fashion
Models Bruna Do, Carolina Thaler, Mia Brammer, and Yngrid Ferreira take the fashion limelight in ‘Big Bang’, styled by Carlos Esser. Photographer Lufre [IG] captures the columnar silhouettes with significant surface interest for Vogue Brazil March 2022.
Annemarieke van Drimmelen Captures Cherokee Jack and Sam Mallos in WSJ Magazine AOC Fashion
WSJ Magazine shares this spring 2022 men’s fashion story featuring models Cherokee Jack and Sam Mallos. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen and stylist Giovanni Dario Laudicina traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they shot the fashion story at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, or “the Ranch of the Swallows.”
This historic ranch, now a living history museum, dates from the early 1700s and was an important ‘paraje’ or stopping place along the famous ‘El Camino Real’, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
Van Drimmelen [IG] has close ties to New Mexico, since her father moved there nearly 12 years ago. “The light is absolutely phenomenal—the way it reflects on the earth. It brings this amazing warmth,” she says, noting that these qualities once drew artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe to the area.
Both models looks quite spectacular in the WSJ Magazine photo shoot. AOC’s complimentary link takes you to WSJ to review the product credits.
Last year I had a totally visceral response to Cherokee Jack’s images by Richard Phibbs — his first ‘commercial’ shoot as an adult. He modeled as a child for years. Cherokee Jack by Richard Phibbs for Man of Metropolis | Minnesota History of Mankato Hangings AOC Fashion
The images caused me to reflect on our mutual Minnesota area upbringings, my writing a play about Minnesota statehood that was performed by my school, and the Mankato hangings — a devastating part of the heritage of my small Minnesota city that was unknown to me until then.
In trying to know more about the model, I learned a bit of agonizing Mankato, Minnesota history.
The people of Cherokee Nation call themselves the Aniyunwiya, which means ‘Principal People’. The Cherokee society is historically matrilineal, meaning clanship is passed through the mother. Among the Cherokees, women were considered the head of household, with the home and children belonging to her should she separate from her husband. Women had an equal voice in the affairs of the tribe.
In writing about Bella Hadid’s references to the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet Tuesday evening, I referenced the demise of warrior goddesses, an end to female power and influence that was in its final phase in fifth century Greece. That statement is historically correct about Europe and the rise of Christianity.
But in the ‘undiscovered’ Americas, advanced indigenous cultures flourished and women held significant power in tribal affairs, generally enjoying far more power than the white Christian women who arrived in the Americas.
Ethan James Green Flashes 'Dreams Come True' for British Vogue March 2022 AOC Fashion
American actor, director, screenwriter, and model Chase Sui Wonders, who plays Riley on ‘Generation’, joins forces with models Beyonce Ambrose, Dara Allen, Devyn Garcia and Meadow Walker in a fashion story ‘Dreams Come True’.
A very busy Ethan James Green [IG] is behind the lens, with styling by Camilla Nickerson for British Vogue March 2022./ Hair by Jimmy Paul; makeup by Dick Page; set design by Julia Wagner
Ana Abril Captures Birgit Veegen in 'Por Amor Al Arte' for Mujer Hoy AOC Fashion
Model Birgit Veegen is styled by Caterina Ospina in ‘Por Amor Al Arte’, art lovers modern style lensed by Ana Abril [IG] for Mujer Hoy March 5, 2022.
Vogue Portugal April 2022 Speaks to Our Shared Humanity in Lufre's Cover Story AOC Fashion
Brazilian photographer Lufre [IG] shoots Vogue Portugal’s April 2022 cover story ‘Same, same, but different’, styled by Alexandre Dornellas. The model cast includes Alamada Bidiande e Guive, Beatriz Cortes, Camila Simões, Gabriel Neres, Lara Bawar e Mara Bawar, Luana Vintrin, Oda, Sara Rismo, Tau and Raiza Bernardo wear Burberry, Chanel, Hermes, Moncler, The Attico, Valentino and more.
Coincidentally, the yellow and aqua blue colors of the cover are the colors of Ukraine, and the magazine stresses this connection. The human suffering we are witnessing in Putin’s goal to level Ukraine and destroy everything in sight — its people, its babies, its economy, its heritage — takes us deep into the terrifying, deadly and destructive themes of humanity.
It’s the role of the warrior goddesses to stand against this global destructive impulse. Whether the impulse is more male than female is not subject to debate in my world. The global institutions — and especially religious institutions — do not agree with me.
In fact, the alleged irrational, hysterical, women running wild without male supervision and wisdom is the most universal theme of modern civilization.
Walter Pierre Flashes a Glittering Ashton Day for Tank Magazine Spring 2022 AOC Fashion
Model Ashton Day is styled by Ellen Mirck in ‘The Chase and the Quarry’, lensed by Walter Pierre [IG] for Tank Magazine’s Spring 2022 issue.
Juergen Teller Captures Color-Loving YSL#44 Saint Laurent SS 2022 Campaign AOC Fashion
Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello shares Spring Summer 2022 #YSL44 campaign images featuring Awar Odhiang, Bethany Nagy, Binx Walton, Freja Beha Erichsen and Loli Bahia. Juergen Teller [IG] photographs the campaign, with art direction from Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello.
Lakshmi Menon Covers Vogue India March 2022 in 'The Sari Holds Our Secrets' AOC Fashion
Lakshmi Menon covers the March 2022 issue of Vogue India, ‘A Homecoming’, marking a return to part-time modeling after the birth of her daughter Gayatri with Suhel Seth, who she married in 2018. Megha Kapoor styles Menon in ‘Shapes And Drapes’, lensed by Ashish Shah [IG]./ Hair & makeup by Mitesh Rajani
Rather than an interview with Lakshmi Menon, Vogue India chooses to focus on the traditional sari that covers her body and those of Indian women across the continent. It’s impossible not to quote liberally from the exquisite writing of Bandana Tewari in ‘The sari holds our secrets’. Her words are among the most poetic and deeply probing ones I’ve read about women lives and women’s bodies in a long time.
Sari, or ‘strip of cloth’ in Sanskrit, is much more than a piece of clothing, explains Tewari.
It is the subcontinent’s collective dream of womanhood, of femininity, and a lifelong ritual of love and pleasure immersed in the shapes and drapes of our inner worlds. Mothers, whilst draping saris on their coming-of-age daughters, are known to gently whisper, “We are dressing not just our bodies but also our emotions.”
Body and sari are inseparable — “the sex-yard dance of our natural curves, the meandering metaphors of our lives, the contours of our thrills and the creases of our discomfort.”
We learn the story of the disrobing of Draupadi, a “powerful story of the sacred alchemy of weave and wearer. There is a much more in-depth probing of the story of Draupadi in The Hindu.
Personally I believe in the creative use of fantasy and allegory in the treatment of sexual trauma. In my own case I developed a metaphorical relationship with a tree representing Gaia and through meditation I gave her all my “crud” for composting and rebirth — the terrible residue of my own sexual assault. I visualized an umbilical cord relationship with my beloved tree.
Reading this story about Draupadi, it is so powerful and also there are healing purposes to it that could be employed in visualization techniques for survivors of deep sexual assault. I’m not speaking of an unwanted kiss or your butt being squeezed by a stranger in an elevator. I speak of deadly, vicious assault which often leaves women {or men] consumed with guilt and stain — and a sense of being the sinner herself, the wearer of the scarlet letter.
Read on: Lakshmi Menon Covers Vogue India March 2022 in 'The Sari Holds Our Secrets' AOC Fashion
Andrea Romero in '4 Elements' by Ana Abril for Harper's Bazaar Vietnam March 2022 AOC Fashion
Model Andrea Romero is styled by Caterina Ospina in ‘4 Elements’, lensed by Ana Abril [ID] for Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam March 2022./ Hair by Antonio Romero; makeup by Antonio Romero
Nyaueth Riam in Spring's Best Accessories for London Times Style March 13, 2022 AOC Fashion
It’s a fact the most remote workers in America don’t want to return to the office — and for a multitude of reasons. Fashionistas are probably more inclined than most to get out of slouchy pants and into Spring 2022’s latest accessories, as leading members of the vanguard returning to work.
Style peacocks got an eyeful in this weekend’s The Sunday Times Style fashion story ‘Scene Stealers! The Eight Best Accessory Styles for Spring.’ They all pack a punch from Swarovski’s stackable jewel chokers in candy colors to Saint Laurent’s patent platforms. Wrist weights have gone glam, but don’t put them in your Fendi micro pouch.
The beautiful model Nyaueth Riam is styled by Henrik Lischke in Dior, Lauren Perrin, Miu Miu, Molly Goddard, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more. Photographer Santi de Hita [IG] is behind the lens for the March 13th issue of London’s Sunday Times Style.
Filip Koludrovic Flashes 'Melancholia' in Florence for Vogue Arabia February 2022 AOC Fashion
Photographer Filip Koludrovic IG] photographs ‘Melancholia’, a February 2022 fashion story for Vogue Arabia. Model Maria Sillandi strolled through Florence, Italy, styled by Giuditta Goffredo, who is also fashion director at luisaviaroma.com.
In the words of the photographer, the intention of the fashion story is to convey an important message that melancholia is not a negative emotion. It can be filled with beauty. bittersweet moments and even conflicting thoughts. The goal was to use imagery to transcend words, to install the model Maria in the atmospheric fabric {AOC’s words} of real-life experience that has rich meaning to her, in spite of its contradictions..
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