Amar Akway by Joshua Woods in 'Girl About Town' Opulence for W Magazine Vol. 3, 2022

Amar Akway by Joshua Woods in 'Girl About Town' Opulence for W Magazine Vol. 3, 2022

Ethiopian beauty Amar Akway poses in ‘Girl About Town’, a dramatic collection of haute couture fashion formality styled by Imruh Asha for W Magazine Volume 3, 2022. Photographer Joshua Woods [IG] captures the ultimate luxury fashion extravagance in Paris, shooting looks from Armani Privé Haute Couture, AZ Factory, Balmain, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel Haute Couture, Christian Dior Haute Couture, Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture, Valentino Haute Couture, Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture

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Precious Lee is Fabulously 'Fearless' in Porter Edit, Lensed by Kennedi Carter

Precious Lee is Fabulously 'Fearless' in Porter Edit, Lensed by Kennedi Carter

Writing for NET-A-PORTER’s July 11, 2021 online fashion story ‘Fearless’, Danielle Prescod says that the secret of the totally-fabulous Precious Lee is that she is breaking the mold by being unapologetically herself. Elissa Santisi styles the Georgia Peach [as Lee is called with affection by many of us] in images by Kennedi Carter [IG].

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Thiemo Sander Captures Noel Berry in 'Summer Freedom' for Madame Figaro July 15, 2022

Thiemo Sander Captures Noel Berry in 'Summer Freedom' for Madame Figaro July 15, 2022

Model Noel Berry covers the July 15, 2022 issue of Madame Figaro in a summer swim-goddess fashion story. Julie Gillet styled ‘Summer Freedom’ with hot-weather vaca looks from Caroll, Chloé, Comptior des Cotonniers, Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fendi, Ganni, Levi’s, Loewe, Vanessa Bruno and more, lensed by Thiemo Sander.

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Can Corsets Help You Reach Peak Physical Performance? AOC Says Buy 2

Can Corsets Help You Reach Peak Physical Performance? AOC Says Buy 2

Why Does One Woman's Waist Trainer Make Another Woman Upset?

Waist training advocate Kim Kardashian is a big driver of this trend. But celebrities like Nicki Minaj and Kylie Jenner are also fans. Laverne Cox has made a place in her life for waist training. Lizzo is out front with her new shapewear collection, and I promise you that when Ana de Armas hits Netflix playing Marilyn Monroe in 'Blonde' this fall, waist training corset sales will soar.

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Adut Akech Takes Beale Street in Memphis for Vogue Australia June 2022

Adut Akech Takes Beale Street in Memphis for Vogue Australia June 2022

Supermodel Adut Akech returns ‘home’ to Vogue Australia’s June 2022 issue. The South Sudan to Adelaide to Vogue Australia and then rocketing into global domination Black beauty takes us to Memphis, USA in ‘On Beale Street’. Photographer Charles Dennington [IG] captures the fashion story, styled by Catherine Martin.

Aussie Baz Luhrmann, the director of ‘Elvis’ — a movie that topped $100 million at the domestic USA box office Friday without superheroes or dinosaurs running wild — guest edits both Vogue Australia June and also Vogue Living July/August to promote the new film and its Black-beauty-infused glamour.

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Aaliyah Hydes Gives 'Good Vibes' in Vogue Portugal by Noémi Ottilia Szabo

Aaliyah Hydes Gives 'Good Vibes' in Vogue Portugal by Noémi Ottilia Szabo

Smiling is not fashionable, but how lovely it is to see the contagious spirit of Aaliyah Hydes in the pages of Vogue Portugal’s July 2022 issue. Photographer Noémi Ottilia Szabo [IG] captures Hydes in ‘Good Vibes Only’ with Lyla Cheng styling the pure delight fashion story.

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Edita Vilkeviciute Simmers in a Sensual Fashion Story by Chris Colls for ELLE France July 14, 2022

Edita Vilkeviciute Simmers in a Sensual Fashion Story by Chris Colls for ELLE France July 14, 2022

The always sensual, queen of summer Edita Vilkeviciute covers the July 14th issue of ELLE France, styled by Claire Dhelens in summer beach clothes from Carroll, Celine by Hedi Slimane, H&M, KKS, Le Passage, The Kooples, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more.

Photographer Chris Colls [IG] shares his gift for capturing sensual women — in a classic sense — reminding us that Edita herself and her physicality are high-value assets in why we love this fashion story. In a moment when we are under siege on every front of American politics and culture, the momentary visual getaway of ‘ON DE SENSUELLE’ is deeply appreciated.

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Menelick Puryear Flashes Janet Jumbo in Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall Dresses for L'Officiel USA

Menelick Puryear  Flashes Janet Jumbo in Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall Dresses for L'Officiel USA

Louis Vuitton celebrates summer in the city with a look at its Pre-Fall 2022 collection modeled by streets-savvy, Nigerian-born Janet Jumbo. Baby-size graphic effects square off with athleisure details, achieving a pulsating balance of sophisticated fashion smarts.

Anatoli Smith styles the fashion story lensed by Brooklyn native Menelik Puryear [IG] for L’Officiel USA.

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Ana de Armas' Fall 2022 Marilyn Monroe 'Blonde' Netflix Debut | ELLE US Interview

Ana de Armas' Fall 2022 Marilyn Monroe 'Blonde' Netflix Debut | ELLE US Interview

The quiet, but articulate actor amps the level of intrusion around her life in LA and why she had to live the city. “It became a little bit too much. There’s no escape. There’s no way out.” In Los Angeles, she adds, “it’s always the feeling of something that you don’t have, something missing. It’s a city that keeps you anxious.”

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Kiki Willems Wears Fall's 'Key Codes' for HTSI Magazine July 2022

Kiki Willems Wears Fall's 'Key Codes' for HTSI Magazine July 2022

Model Kiki Willems is styled by Isabelle Kountoure in the July 2022 issue of HTSI Magazine from London’s Financial Times.

As a stand-alone magazine of the conspicuous consumption lifestyle of the 1990s and 2000s, How To Spend It lived up to its name. Today, however, FT invites readers “to interpret the ‘S’ in line with their own deeper interests”.

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Lindsey Wixson-Young Is On the Road, Homaging Kerouac in Vogue Poland

Lindsey Wixson-Young Is On the Road, Homaging Kerouac in Vogue Poland

Top model Lindsey Wixson-Young sets off on the great American road trip for the July-August 2022, travel focus issue of Vogue Poland. Ashlee Barrett-Bourmie styles Wixson in unusually glam looks for a trip into the southwestern desert. Photographer Arianna Lago [IG] captures the fashion shoot in Death Valley National Park in the northern Mojave Desert. Lindsey poses in one of the hottest places on earth.

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Emma Corrin Covers Vogue US August 2022 Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth

Emma Corrin Covers Vogue US August 2022 Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth

I know we are all very rattled over the anti-trans legislation in red states, but then Roe got shot down, too. AOC’s activism is very focused on Christian fascism and white nationalism in this moment. The end of our imperfect democracy is in sight — if we don’t fight this back by the 2024 election.

People I respect say “It’s do or die time,” and they are not exaggerating.

AOC is not worried about “he, she, it, they, them . . . “ in this moment. We are focused on the American Taliban increasingly riding roughshod over all of us. No disrespect intended to pronouns.

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Cesar Segarra Captures Nina Urgell Cloquell At Home in Barcelona for El Pais

Cesar Segarra Captures Nina Urgell Cloquell At Home in Barcelona for El Pais

In these images, the dynamic creator Nina Urgell Cloquell is photographed by Cesar Segarra [IG] en repose in her beautiful surroundings for El Pais Semanal July 2022.

El Pais [IG] writes that the beautifully-decadent ‘palazzo’ in Barcelona is steeped in history, so much so that Cloquell, her partner and their dog 'Patchouli' have not touched one inch of the flat in the form of restoration.

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Nicola Peltz Beckham Goes Glam but Talks Love and Family in Tatler UK

Nicola Peltz Beckham Goes Glam but Talks Love and Family in Tatler UK

Nicola Peltz Beckham covers the August 2022 issue of Tatler Magazine, interviewed by Ellie Austin about newlywed life with Brooklyn. Sophie Pera styles Beckham in Brandon Maxwell, Dundas, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Michael Kors, Richard Quinn, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Versace by Fendi and more for images by Ellen von Unwerth [IG].

Speaking about growing up one of eight children in a very successful family who didn’t inherit wealth, Mrs. Beckham reflects that she also felt supported in her choices: “ ‘My dad always says, “I don’t care what you do in life, as long as you are fully committed and you work.”’

Dad was a Trump supporter, including hosting a re-election fundraiser for Donald Trump in February 2020 at his Florida home. Neither Nicola or her mother Claudia Heffner Peltz were supportive of the event and didn’t attend. The senior Mr. Peltz broke with Trump on January 5, 2021.

Lines of communication in the Peltz family seem to operate on an open and non-judgmental channel. How refreshing.

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Natalie Portman by Sebastian Kim on Body Positivity for Sunday Times Style July 10

Natalie Portman by Sebastian Kim on Body Positivity for Sunday Times Style July 10

Actor Natalie Portman covers the July 10th issue of London’s Sunday Times Style. Currently starring in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ with Chris Hemsworth, Portman wears Dior on the cover.

Natasha Royt styles the Israeli-born actor, now married to French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom she has two children, son Aleph, 11, and daughter Amalia, five. Photographer Sebastian Kim [IG] captures Portman in Givenchy, Khaite, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Prada, The Row.

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