Vogue Celebrates the 'Year of the Rabbit' with Artist Cai Guo-Qiang and Plenty of Gunpowder

Vogue Celebrates the 'Year of the Rabbit' with Artist Cai Guo-Qiang and Plenty of Gunpowder

Models He Cong, Sherri Shi, Sora Choi and Yumi Nu are styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in a celebratory, fashion-extravagance happening that was ignited by gunpowder.

New York-Paris based artist Theo Liu [IG] packed up his photography studio essentials, as the creative entourage assembled at contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang's studio in a ‘Year of the Rabbit celebration running globally on multiple Vogues, including in the US.

Under Cai's guidance, the models became his interns, hand-carving stencils using a utility blade and extinguishing the flying sparks of the gunpowder explosions with cotton pompoms.

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Ajok Daing at 'Alex Kata: Gathering' Guggenheim Show by Alex Webb for Vogue US

Ajok Daing at 'Alex Kata: Gathering' Guggenheim Show by Alex Webb for Vogue US

The Winter 2022.23 Issue of American Vogue takes us to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on upper Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Model Ajok Daing is our guide to view “Alex Katz: Gathering,” curated by Katherine Brinson. The show opened in late October, and you can view the Katz exhibit through February 20, 2023.

The fashion story “Go Big!” trends both the paintings and our spring 2023 focus on very large bags. Max Ortega styles this delicious fashion story lensed by Alex Webb [IG].

American designer Claire McCardell, deeply celebrated on an ongoing basis by designer Tory Burch, caught Alex Katz’s eye decades ago. Her spirit is a major muse behind the current exhibition.

Katz, who is not a fan of the superfluous or fussy in any art form, tells the New York Times how “unaffected” her designs were: “They’re perfect now because everything is so pretentious,” he says. “The idea was, you can spend the day welding and go home and cook some hamburgers outdoors and wear the same clothes.”

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Nikki McGuire at Home in Maui by Bryan Liston for Harper's Bazaar US February

Nikki McGuire at Home in Maui by Bryan Liston for Harper's Bazaar US February

Model Nikki McGuire thrives at home in her native Maui, styled in a wardrobe of breezy dresses, relaxed separates and lightweight knits from Alberta Ferretti, Celine, Dior, Hermes, Max Mara, Missoni and more.

Photographer Bryan Liston [IG] has a plum assignment in paradise for Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] February 2023.

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Kaia Gerber Lights Up ELLE February 2022 in Malibu with Cass Bird

Kaia Gerber Lights Up ELLE February 2022 in Malibu with Cass Bird

Top model and ingenue actor Kaia Gerber, now 21, covers the February 2023 issue of ELLE US. Alex White styles the Celine ambassador in Celine, of course, with sprinkles of Ralph Lauren Collection and an American flag dress from Vaquera. Cass Bird [IG] is behind the lens at the beach in Malibu.

Kaia Gerber has never been “model light” in her interviews. Hyland asks her multiple times about her mental health — like don’t we ask every multi-million $$$$ model today about her mental health?

Kaia shrugs it off with a smile — the smile of plenty of loving, hard work on Kaia — not to fix herself or those around her. But to engage with and gain a young person’s understanding of life around her.

There’s really a lot to like about this young woman. REALLY a lot to like. ~ Anne

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Anok Yai in 'Changing Direction' by Rafael Pavarotti for British Vogue February 2023

Anok Yai in 'Changing Direction' by Rafael Pavarotti for British Vogue February 2023

Photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] brings his infectious, ubuntu vibe to ‘Changing Direction’, a fashion story for British Vogue’s February 2023 issue.

Top model Anok Yai is the star, but Pavarotti brings all the players into the pictures. Super stylist Grace Coddington’s haircut is a knockout. It’s been shorter, but the shape is perfect.

Hair is by Eugene Souleiman and makeup by Ana Takahashi — and they join the images, too. Add Bianca Parisotto and Michael Cukr, and clearly the ringleader Rafael Pavarotti has orchestrated a coming ‘Age of Aquarius’ fashion shoot, where we see all the creators behind ‘Changing Direction’.

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Milena Smit Covers Harper's Bazaar España February 2022 by JUANKR

Milena Smit Covers Harper's Bazaar España February 2022 by JUANKR

Fresh off their December 2022 fashion story in Flaunt Magazine, Parallel Mothers actor Milena Smit and photographer JUANKR [IG] create a new editorial for Harper’s Bazaar España’s ‘Butterfly’ February 2023 issue.

In just four years, Milena Smit has earned two Goya nominations, a film — Parallel Mothers, acting with Penelope Cruz and directed by Pedro Almodóvar — and being an ambassador for@yslbeauty y @ysl.

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Met Gala 2023 Host Penelope Cruz Sizzled in Vogue España's ‘Revolución Penélope’

Met Gala 2023 Host Penelope Cruz Sizzled in Vogue España's ‘Revolución Penélope’

Photographer Ned Rogers [IG] captured Penelope Cruz in this sizzling fashion story ‘Revolución Penélope’.

Cruz will join Dua Lipa, Michaela Coel and Roger Federer to co-chair the 2023 Met Gala on May 1.

This year’s event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute will celebrate the opening of “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”

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Irina Shayk Covers Vogue Spain with Womanly Beauty Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina

Irina Shayk Covers Vogue Spain with Womanly Beauty Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina

“I believe true sexiness comes from self-confidence. A woman who feels great in her own skin is always beautiful and sexy to me. It's basically a timeless concept and it’s all within you”, says Vogue Spain [IG] February 2023 cover star Irina Shayk.

Irreverence and rebellion are center stage in the new issue, with Shayk wearing Louis Vuitton on the cover, styled by Poppy Kain. Elizaveta Porodina [IG]brings her signature lens to the fashion story that expresses the many levels of psychological awareness required for women to feel comfortable in our own skin.

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Lizzo Is On the Charts with All Systems on Go, Lensed by Campbell Addy for Vanity Fair

Lizzo Is On the Charts with All Systems on Go, Lensed by Campbell Addy for Vanity Fair

We’re late to Lizzo’s November 2022 Vanity Fair US cover story event — and what a reading experience it is. Now that New York’s Governors Ball has announced Lizzo in its 2023 edition June 9-11 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, it’s time we do some serious Lizzo duty.

The uber talent well on her way to becoming a super star is making waves across America, and we’re here for it. Vanity Fair November was a long-interview pit stop with Lisa Robinson and it came with a perfect title: ‘Everything’s coming up Lizzo, and it’s about damn time.

Lizzo was styled by the one and only Patti Wilson, with photography by Campbell Addy [IG].

I’m writing and switching paragraphs around so that this next tough-talking paragraph from her Vanity Fair interview is followed by Lizzo’s 2021 TEDMonterey Talk.

If you are a white woman who thinks she sounds a little bit too hostile in her VF interview, consider her flute playing at the Library of Congress on September 26.

I am so disturbed over what happened, I probably would have gone to jail.

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Our Blessed Madonna Covers Vanity Fair Europe in Luigi & Iango's Girls Last Supper Story

Our Blessed Madonna Covers Vanity Fair Europe in Luigi & Iango's Girls Last Supper Story

Madonna covers the ICONS issues of Vanity Fair Italy, France, and Spain in a first-ever joint collaboration among the magazines. The new annual “Icon Issue’ project celebrates legends who “contribute[s] to shape the modern culture.”

Madonna’s regular stylist, Swedish B. Åkerlund [IG] chooses Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano for Maison Margiela and more for the two-day shoot that involved more than 80 collaborators.

Fashion editors Michael Philouze and Marcus Chang styled the cast.

Images from the shoot will be part of a Sept. exhibition by Luigi & Iango at the Palazzo Reale Museum in Milan.

Madonna and Religion

As society, are we moving on from that [patriarchal] world? 
We definitely are not moving on, we are moving backwards. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be having discussions on whether or not women are allowed to make choices over their bodies in America. 

Are you a pessimist?
I have to be optimistic otherwise I don’t know how I could go on.

Note that is the identical viewpoint expressed by Natalie Portman in our Miss Dior fragrance post yesterday. I do believe, however, that we must take a new approach.

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ELLE UK's Ski Glam Mashup Lensed by Lulu McArdle with Karolina Spakowski

ELLE UK's Ski Glam Mashup Lensed by Lulu McArdle with Karolina Spakowski

New face Karolina Spakowski brings a mega dose of styling wit by ELLE UK [IG] fashion editor Georgia Medley to the magazine’s December 2022/January 2023 issue.

Photographer Lulu McArdle [IG] captures ‘More Is More’, giving the “classic print and colour clash a 2020s spin, mixing neutral patterns with the boldest brights.”/ Hair by Johanna Cree Brown; makeup by Sogol Razi

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Wild Romance Denim Nicola and Brooklyn Style for Vogue US Winter 2023

Wild Romance Denim Nicola and Brooklyn Style for Vogue US Winter 2023

The Winter 2023 issue of American Vogue [IG] declares a love affair with wide-leg jeans. Glam couple Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham front the fashion story and the 1970s vibe that inspired so many changes in American society.

Remember, we are in the dawning of ‘The Age of Aquarius’, so it makes sense. Speaking of wild romance terrain and wide-leg jeans “worth falling for,” Vogue is mum about married couple Peltz and Beckham’s intense friendship with Selena Gomez, called a ‘throuple’ by Selena. Media is eager to define the lifestyle of ‘Gopeltzham’.

If Brooklyn and Nicola hadn’t sold their home recently, moving into Selena’s Encino estate before Christmas, the big news would be that Peltz and Gomez have matching tatoos.

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Isabeli Fontana Covers Vogue Brazil January, Lensed by Lufre at Miradouro Hotel

Isabeli Fontana Covers Vogue Brazil January, Lensed by Lufre at Miradouro Hotel

After a five-year hiatus, Isabeli Fontana returns to the January 2023 issue cover of Vogue Brazil in three cover images. Isabeli wears a a plunging neckline sleek red dress [above]; followed by a hi-tech modern chainmail silver Prada crop top and mini skirt [below] and a pantsuit and blouse from Animale.

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