Models Chun Jin and Simone Bricchi are styled by Giulio Martinelli in A-list luxury brands for ‘micro MACRO’. Photographer Alberto Maria Colombo [IG] captures modern and cool, high-aesthetic images for L’Officiel Italia December 2022.
Model/actor Stefania Cristian is styled by Nicolas Klam in Chloe, Fendi, Loewe, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Prada, Tod’s, Versace and more for a fashion story ‘Rainy Day; Go Away’.
Brazilian model Caroline Trentini delivers 6’ft of mommy gorgeosity in the October 2022 pages of Vogue Brazil. The fashion story ‘Traço Forte’ [strong trait] is lensed by Lufre [IG] with styling by Rita Lazzarotti./ Makeup by Suy Abreu; hair by Shady Jordan
Tibetan model Tsunaina has been compared to an intergalatic Avatar, and even an exotic cat, a human who has worn uniqueness and unconventional beauty as a conquering weapon, wrote ELLE India.
But these images of Tsunaina in the launch issue of System Beauty [IG] are beyond words. Seriously, what a fabulous, visual intoxication lensed by Zhong Lin [IG], who is having an incredible year.
Makeup is by Valentina Li [IG], a Chanel Global Makeup Creative Partner with outstanding talent and hair by Ryo Narushima.
Models Iris O’Carroll and Nyawargak Gatluak pose in ‘Radler’, German for ‘cyclist’ but also a German lemonade beer drink for thirsty cyclists worn out by summer heat.
Lyla Cheng styles the eccentric shoot, which is very clever, lensed in striking images by Theresa Marx [IG] for Manifesto Asia November 2022.
Models Amar Akway, Effie Steinberg, Evie Harris and Sherry Shi are styled by Victoire Simonney in ‘Miss Attitudes’. Photographer Corentin Leroux [IG]is behind the lens for Vogue France December 2022/January 2023.
Models Loes Gobes, Nyakong Chan and Yang Ling are styled by Audrey Hu in Schiaparelli opulence. Photographer Camille Vivier [IG] is behind the lens for Modern Weekly China December 2022.
Varsity style is far from leaving us in style and culture. ELLE Italia sends that message loud and clear with its ‘Preppy New Year’ issue N.48, Jan. 14, 2023.
Model Margaux Van Kommer gets high marks for going ‘Ivy League’, with a strong noble origins vibe styled by Laura Seganti in images by Francois Rotger [IG].
Top model FeiFei Sun creates black fashion drama, styled with a base of lean silhouettes by Vivienne Sun. Photographer Nick Yang is in the studio with creative direction by Matt McDonald for Vogue China January 2023.
Tania Tuka styles the American Alexa Dellanos [IG], who has 2.9m followers on TikTok, without a single post, and 10.2m followers on in Dior, Emilio Pucci, Isabel Marant, Saint Laurent and more, with images by Pierre Turtaut [IG] and creative direction by Jean-Marc Mondelet.
The shoot took place at the Bonnie Club Paris, part of the new SO/Paris Hotel.
Vogue Greece joins the homage to Lily Collins and ‘Emily in Paris’ with a January 2023 cover story styled by Karolina Gruszecka. Photographer Cameron McCool is behind the lens with creative direction by Nicholas Georgiou.
South Sudan model Adit Priscilla is styled by Sam Ranger in ‘Highland Fling’, lensed by Georgia Devey Smith [IG]for Exit Magazine November 2022./ Hair by Hiroshi Matsushita; makeup by Kirstin Piggott
Actor Lily Collins is everywhere in December media, given the phenomenal success of ‘Emily in Paris’. Porter Magazine’s Dec. 12 issue steps up for the latest feature with Collins talking toEllie Pithers about her alter ego’s unwavering positivity, new projects and the power of vulnerability.
Coco Cassiba styles “everyone’s favorite honorary Parisian” with season 3 on Netflix Dec. 21. Collins is so identified with Emily Cooper’s character that she responds to both names, and Paris tours devoted to the show drive by her apartment building. “People come up to me and say, ‘I packed my bag according to what Emily would wear.’If they saw me in character, it was very trippy.”
The actor is excited to share news of Case Study Films, the production company she launched in November with her husband Charlie McDowell and their partner, Alex Orlovsky.
British model Sacha Quenby is styled by Kate Phelan in Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Gucci, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Stella McCartney, The Row, Valentino.
Photographer Bibi Cornejo Borthwick is behind the lens in the wild countryside of Portugal, shooting Quenby in ‘Run Free’ for WSJ Digital December 2022.
Victoria Secret’s model and Armani Beauty ambassador Valentina Sampaio graces the pages of Vogue Scandinavia’s December 2022 issue, lensed by New York-based Lea Winkler [IG]/ Hair by Rutger; makeup by Hung Vanngo
AOC tries not to identify Valentina as a transgender model at every turn. And we do believe there’s some major hype in the title of her Vogue Scandi interview. But Sampaio is certainly advancing her career with high profile alliances, including continuing on with Victoria’s Secret, when Razek got the boot. Armani is a real feather in Valentina’s cap.
Models Chané Husselmann, Georgia Howorth & Tommy Gray come together in ‘Budding Romance’, styled by Hannah Teare. The tagline reads: “Blossom in the very best looks with a dash of 1930s flair, inspired by the secret life and loves of high-society florist Constance Spry.”
Oli Kearon [IG] photographed ‘Budding Romance’ for Tatler UK Magazine’s January 2023 issue.
Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki joins Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ in the role of Princess Diana, succeeding Emma Corrin. Katrina Israelzooms Debicki in Mallorca, where the actor is filming season six, now filming in overdrive after a respectful pause after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Debicki covers the December 2022 of Vogue Australia, lensed by Gregory Harris [IG] in ‘Crowning Glory’.
AOC always focuses on activism and philanthropy in our writing. Princess Diana was awesome and a true role model.
Okay, okay. Best known after dancing with John Travolta at the White House, but her efforts to destigmatize HIV and AIDS patients were critical in changing minds about the disease. Diana also won front-page covers in Angola in January 1997 and Bosnia in August 1997, advocating for the clearance of landmines and also for innocent, maimed victims of landmines years later.
Chanel show in Dakar now embedded. Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams was on the ground in Dakar, spreading his ‘Humanrace’ message.
Fresh off his runway walk in the Dior Menswear show at Pyramid Giza, Egypt, Malick Bodian — cover model for this original How To Spend It November 2022 presentation was PROUDLY in Dakar, Senegal to take part in his home country festivities. Bodi took many images for fashion media.
Senegalese musician NIX shared his thoughts on Chanel coming to Dakar: “We have a culture that is very open to the world, we have been influenced by many things, which I see as a richness, and this generates an overflowing creativity today.”
The third fashion story in the selective-issues print launch of Harper Bazaar Italia is ‘Parade’. Like the other two stories, it’s a beauty, with model Vittoria Ceretti in the model spotlight. Sissy Vian styles Vittoria in luscious elegance lensed by Paul Kooiker [IG]./ Hair by Stephane Lancien; makeup by Tom Pecheux
Paul Kooiker’s work is on display starting tonight, Dec. 8, at FOAM Amsterdam, at the opening reception. The show closes on Feb. 12, 2023.