Nathaniel Goldberg Flashes 'House Proud' Sartorial Style for ELLE US August 2022

Nathaniel Goldberg Flashes 'House Proud' Sartorial Style for ELLE US August 2022

Models Beauise Ferwerda, Jadi Wegener, Laura Reyes, Luoyi and Puck Schrover are ‘House Proud’, styled by Alex White in suitings and separates with plenty of edge. Fuzzy and boucle textures abound — with hits of sheer and chiffon in the sartorial mix.

Photographer Nathaniel Goldberg [IG] captures the creative intelligencia for ELLE US August 2022.

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Bette Franke in 'East of Eden' Fall Style Panorama for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2022

Bette Franke in 'East of Eden' Fall Style Panorama for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2022

Harper’s Bazaar UK presents saturated color, modern monochrome and playful patterns create a panoramic look at the FW2022 collections in a fashion story ‘East of Eden’, styled by Leith Clark.

Model Bette Franke is the heroine fashion lead in this visually-arresting style extravanganza lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG] at his estate in Litchfield, Conn. The artist was interviewed about his work and spectacular Litchfield property in Musee Magazine December 2020.

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Briana Michelle by Mikey Oshai in 'New Bohemia' for ELLE UK July/August 2022

Briana Michelle by Mikey Oshai in 'New Bohemia' for ELLE UK July/August 2022

Model Briana Michelle peppers our summer vaca imaginations — as fall designs take over magazine editorial. Georgia Medley styles ‘New Bohemia’ and lives up to the fashion story title with a masterly mix that works in every image. Nigerian/American photographer Mikey Oshai [IG] captures the sophisticated fashion stance for ELLE UK July/August 2022.

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Dior Resort 2023 Fashion Story with Allana Santos Brito in Harper's Bazaar Brazil

Dior Resort 2023 Fashion Story with Allana Santos Brito in Harper's Bazaar Brazil

Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2922 issue tributes Dior’s Resort 2023 Collection. Model Allana Santos Brito fronts the cover story styled by Paris-based Raphaël Nicolas De Castro. Photographer Stéphanie Volpato [IG] captures Brito at the Bergerie Nationale in Rambouillet, France.

Whether funded by Dior or not, AOC is intrigued with this gorgeous and sensual editorial in Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2022 issue. We always feel the push and pull of feminism and women’s history in today’s Christion Dior’s collections.

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South Korea's Kim Tae-ri Covers Vogue Hong Kong August 2022

South Korea's Kim Tae-ri Covers Vogue Hong Kong August 2022

South Korean actor Kim Tae-ri is best known for films that inclue ‘The Handmaiden’, ‘Little Forest’, ‘Space Sweepers’ and the historical drama ‘Mr. Sunshine’. She covers the August 2022 issue of Vogue Hong, styled by Choi Ja Ryoung in sober elegance from Fendi, Givenchy, Prada and more impeccable luxury looks. Kim Yeong Jun, aka Yeongjun Kim [IG] is in the studio with fashion and creative direction by Sean Kunjambu./ Makeup by Oh Yoon Hee; hair by Baek Heung Kwon

Kaitlyn Lai conducts the interview with Kim Tae-ri.

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Tehya Elam in 'Plant Ladies, The New Cat Ladies' for ELLE Mexico by Izack Morales

Tehya Elam in 'Plant Ladies, The New Cat Ladies' for ELLE Mexico by Izack Morales

Model Tehya Elam fronts ‘Plant Ladies, The New Cat Ladies’, styled by Jess Gutierrez and Natalia Sanchez. Izack Morales [IG] captures the fashion story for ELLE Mexico [IG] July 2022./ Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi; makeup by Mitch Yoshida

Should we assume these plant species are non-toxic, because lots of plant ladies have cats? Plants are highly desirable today, with 7 in 10 millennials calling themselves a plant parent.

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Matilda De Angelis Is the Anti-Diva Lensed by Brett Lloyd for Vogue Italia August 2022

Matilda De Angelis Is the Anti-Diva Lensed by Brett Lloyd for Vogue Italia August 2022

Italian actor and singer Matilda De Angelis covers the August 2022 issue of Vogue Italia. In the legendary traditions of Anita Ekberg in ‘La Dolce Vita’ or Sophia Loren in ‘Yesterday Today and Tomorrow’, De Angelis pays tribute to Italy’s symbol of elegance, the seductive black dress.

Raphael Hirsch styles the cover story, lensed by Brett Lloyd [IG], with De Angelis wearing Alberta Ferretti, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Valentino and more. Di Laura Tortora tells more about the fashion story.

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Chikamaraa by Bohdan Bohdanov in Strange Beauty for Vogue Portugal August

Chikamaraa by Bohdan Bohdanov in Strange Beauty for Vogue Portugal August

Nigerian model by way of Germany Chikamaraa is styled by Pablo Patanè in ‘O Sono da razão produz monstros’. Ukraine-born, Milan-based photographer Bohdan Bohdanov [IG] captues this unusual jewelry and beauty story for Vogue Portugal ‘s August 2022 ‘Good Vibes’ issue.

In their editorial commentary, Vogue Portugal acknowledges that darkness and shadows are a significant aspect of daily life — but there is not only discovery and meaning there but also a way out of darkness into light and ‘good vibes’.

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Delicia Fraser and Chizoba Emmanuel in Gilded Age Jewelry for Tatler UK September 2022

Delicia Fraser and Chizoba Emmanuel in Gilded Age Jewelry for Tatler UK September 2022 AOC Jewelry News

Models Delicia Fraser and Chizoba Emmanuel are bejewelled, styled by Lydie Harrison in ‘Frosting on Top’. Photographer Morgan Roberts [IG] captures the dazzle for Tatler UK [IG] September 2022./ Hair by Lauren Bell; makeup by Aimee Twist

Aaron Rose Philip by Stanislaw Boniecki for Vogue Poland June 2022

Aaron Rose Philip by Stanislaw Boniecki for Vogue Poland June 2022

Model Aaron Rose Philip [IG] graced the pages of Vogue Poland’s June 2022 issue, styled by Carolina Orrico in images by Stanislaw Boniecki [IG]./ Hair by Jerome Cultrera; makeup by Roy Liu

I honestly don’t know how AOC missed Aaron Rose Philip, but we did. No excuses and my apologies. ‘What a marvelous human being’ are the only words that come to mind to describe this Antiguan-American model, now 21. In 2018, she became the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to be represented by a major modeling agency.

Vogue interviewed Philip last November in a series called ‘How I Got Here’. Her comments are a life lesson in how to envision success by creating optimal conditions for it to happen.

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Elle Macpherson In ‘’C’est Tout Elle!’’ by Gilles Bensimon for ELLE France July 28, 2022

Elle Macpherson In ‘’C’est Tout Elle!’’ by Gilles Bensimon for ELLE France July 28, 2022

The totally-fabulous Elle Macpherson, now 58, covers ELLE France’s July 28th issue, performing the convenient hat trick on her beautiful, healthy-living body. Ève Maeno styles Macpherson in Fendi on the cover, with a long list of top summer brands on the inside pages.

In the case of photographing his ex-wife, Gilles Bensimon always takes great care to capture her contagious joie de vivre.

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