Karolina Kurkova In Neutral Menswear Style for Vogue Czech June 2023
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Esther Canadas in Ibiza Poses on Four Covers of Harper's Bazaar Spain June 2023
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The June 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain puts Esther Cañadas on four covers, posing in the crystal clear waters of Ibiza, that are as calm and assured as the model and actor writes Harpers Spain [IG].
Photographer Vladimir Marti [IG] flashes Esther Cañadas, styled by fashion editor Claudia Laukamp, with fashion story images to come./ Beauty by Cynthia de Leon
Read MoreLuna Bijl Talks Mental Health in Vogue Czech June 2023 Cover Story Lensed by Arran & Jules
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Chiara Totire styles the fashion shoot in images by Arran & Jules, a partnership of Arran Critchley and Julia Linkogel, now living in London. / Makeup by Martina Bolis
Luna Bijl shares an interview on the Play Mental Foundation about her own mental health challenges and feelings of anxiety.
Read MoreMaty Fall in 'Endless Summer' Color Riches for ELLE US May 2023 Lensed by Sharif Hamza
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Italian-Senegalese top model Maty Fall gets down to business wearing casual clothes and must-have bags, styled in eye-popping prints and colors from top luxury brands. Alex White chooses fashion riches from Celine, Dior, Fendi, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Moschino, Pucci and more.
Photographer Sharif Hamza [IG] is in the studio, capturing every endless inch of Maty’s legs for the dopamine-inducing ‘Endless Summer’ images in ELLE US May 2023.
Read MoreAmber Valletta in ALAÏA Lensed by Craig McDean for Document Journal SS-2023
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Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Sarah Richardson in ‘Strategy of Desire’, ALAÏA’s modern vision under Pieter Mulier of the glamazonian power of female physicality that defined the house’s DNA from its birth.
The spirit of Tunisian couturier and shoe designer Azzedine Alaïa is alive and thriving in images by Craig McDean [IG] for Document Journal Spring/Summer 2023./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Lucia Pieroni
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Reverend-Ready Jennifer Garner in Fab Fakery Style for Allure May 2023
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Jennifer Garner covers the May 2023 issue of ‘Allure’ magazine, lensed by Tom Schirmacher [IG]. We don’t think of Jennifer Garner going edgy, but stylist Yashua Simmons creates a modern, steely-woman vibe with Miu Miu on the cover, LaQuan Smith [yellow trench coat], Loewe, Michael Kors and more.
“It spoke to the mountain girl in me — it’s a big part of Appalachian culture,” says Garner, 51, who grew up in West Virginia and gifts one of her wood-turning bowls created at a downtown Los Angeles studio to Pergament.
Garner learned the art of word turning in preparation for her current Apple TV+ thriller The Last Thing He Told Me.
Asked who she would be without Hollywood, Garner delivers an unexpected answer.
“I would have really liked being a minister,” she says. “My mom thinks I still will be. I grew up in such a lovely church in the United Methodist Church, and the minister was like the den parent. What I like about the study of religion, it reminds me of the study of theater . . .
Read MoreHailey Bieber Talks Rhode and Aching for Babies With Sunday Times Style May 14, 2023
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Super talent Hailey Bieber takes the stage in the May 14th, 2023 issue of The Sunday Times Style [IG], wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello on the cover.
Stella Greenspan styles Bieber in images by Cass Bird [IG]. / Hair by Edward Lampley; makeup by Grace Ahn
Ellie Austin conducts the interview, which is focused primarily on her very successful [and lauded on AOC] skincare brand Rhode.
The entrepreneur and in-demand model-talent does make a health claim that caused my heart to hit the floor, given the times we are living in.
Apparently Hailey makes the claim often, and if estimates are that 10 people in 10,000 have this side effect annually, she may well be on the short list. Bieber makes no uber-rare disclaimer around her health assertion, so the right-wingers Maga crowd just runs wild with it.
AOC shares the facts around her claim from the world-respected Cleveland Clinic.
Read MoreMiuccia Prada Talks 30 Years of Miu Miu with Kendall Jenner on Display for W Magazine
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Supermodel Kendall Jenner wears Miu Miu favorites styled by Max Pearmain and Miuccia Prada in this fashion story lensed by Alasdair McLellan [IG].
Read W Magazine for all the vintage Miu Miu fashions and also an interview with Eric Wilson titled “Miuccia Prada Talks 30 Years of Miu Miu, Her Greatest Experiment.”
Mrs. Prada is troubled with the idea of presenting post-pandemic fashion as a form of “escapism or entertainment during difficult times”.
“I really don’t like this idea that ‘Fashion is a dream,’ ” Prada says. “First of all, if I have a dream, I want to achieve it, so it’s an objective or a direction. Something that has a strange beauty of who-knows-what-it-is, I really detest.”
Read MoreQueen Charlotte's 'Power Play' in Harper's Bazaar UK June 2023 by Luc Braquet
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The brand new Netflix show “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is inspired by actor Golda Rosheuvel’s role as “Bridgerton’s” feisty Queen Charlotte. Now, a younger India Amarteifio stars as the younger face of the monarch in the new spin-off series prequel.
Even Shonda Rhimes and actor Golda Rosheuvel stress that the purpose of putting Queen Charlotte front and center in the new Netflix spinoff is to inspire, even jumpstart new research around her ancestry.
"Our Queen Charlotte is based on and inspired by a real person, but is a fictional construct. We have made a beautiful, fantastical show with the hope that it makes people stop and wonder, 'Actually, who was this remarkable woman?' and go to find out more," she says. "Because she deserves it. She was part of the abolitionist movement; she knew Mozart; was a great patron of the arts."
The House of Windsor has never denied Queen Charlotte’s claimed African ancestry. David Buck, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson, was quoted by the Boston Globe as saying “This has been rumored for years and years. It is a matter of history, and frankly, we’ve got far more important things to talk about.”
Read MoreYlang Messenguiral in "Powdering Days" Lensed by Melanie Rodriguez for Vogue Poland
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Vogue Poland Editor-in-Chief Ina Lekiewicz Levy [IG] is also a photographer with a deep love of vintage-inspired stories. AOC followed her there, rather amazed at her consistency of pov.
I just pulled this flower from Ina’s first IG post 287 wks ago— and not included in this fashion story “Powdering Days” for Vogue Poland’s May 2023 issue.
Madagascar, French model Ylang Messenguiral [IG] is styled by Rachel Bakewell in images by Melanie Rodriguez [IG]. /Hair by Raphael Salley; makeup by Claudine Blythman
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Paula Anguera in 'Total Escapism' Summer Style by Kate Bellm for Porter Magazine May 8, 2023
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Spanish model Paula Anguera embraces a state of ‘Total Escapism’, styled by Helen Broadfoot in hot summer, minimum coverage, getaway clothes./ Make-up by Carla Abrams; art direction by Michael Kelly
Photographer Kate Bellm [IG] is behind the lens — a month before her new enterprise Hotel Corazon [IG]opens in Mallorca on June 9, 2023. It looks lovely.
Read MoreAnok and Mona Are Stylin in 'Dakar' by Nadine Ijewere for Vogue China May 2023
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Vogue China’s [IG] May 2023 issue takes us back to ‘Dakar’ for a revisit of the scene of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art December show. Models Anok Yai and Mona Tougaard take the lead, joined by Ibrahim Kane, Kathia Ndong, Mame Sane and Sophia Makibdji.
Julia Sarr-Jamois styles the fashion story labels including Ahluwalia, Chanel, Chloé , Dolce & Gabbana, Duro Olowu, Dsquared2, Etro, Max Mara, Moschino, Proenza Schouler, Pucci, Rich Mnisi ,Sindiso Khumalo, Thebe Magugu, Tolu Coker and more in images by Nadine Ijewere [IG]./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Read MoreHalle Baily Takes Digital Cover in Vogue Arabia May 2023 Lensed by Morelli Brothers
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Mermaid-loving Halle Bailey has a digital cover in the May 2023 issue of Vogue Arabia. The fabulous young talent is styled by Julia Müller in luxury looks from Chanel, David Koma, Jil Sander, Schiaparelli, Valdrin Sahiti, Valentino and more for images by The Morelli Brothers [IG]. / Hair by Tinisha Meeks; makeup by Christiana Cassell
My position with Ariel is that based on my studying of Hans Christian Andersen and having new reading from Andersen delivered to me — ‘Two Dramas. The Mulatto and The Moorish Girl’ — there is zero reason to take the position the ‘The Little Mermaid’ could not have been portrayed as a young creature of color in 1950 or in 1875, the year the author passed.
The problem is societal racism but not the author’s racism. And even people of color are jumping to conclusions about the author, which are presently unfounded. White people have the most simplistic argment: that Andersen was Danish and therefore Ariel was white.
Read MoreAfrica Peñalver in 'The Dreaming' by Erik Madigan Heck in Harper's Bazaar UK June 2023
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The June 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK is truly beautiful. Given all the rancor and violence going on in the world, it’s just a little getaway to see ‘The Dreaming’.
When I look at the image below — the horizontal rose-colored image of Africa Peñalver, styled by Leith Clark — my mind and emotions say “thank you” to photographer Erik Madigan Heck [IG] and to Harper’s UK.
Read MoreEmily Ratajkowski for D la Repubblica May 6, 2023, Lensed by Thue Nørgaard
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London-based, Danish photographer Thue Nørgaard [IG] turns his focus to Emily Ratajkowski who is simply everywhere this season. The result of this collaboration is a series of Ratajkowski images that are distinctive in their probing beneath the surface allure of the model, businesswoman, mama.
Emily Ratajowski covers the May 6, 2023 edition of D la Repubblica, wearing Ann Demeulemeester, Bottega Veneta, Comme des Garçons, Ferragamo, Grace Ling, JW Anderson, Paco Rabanne, Rick Owens and more styled by Rae Boxer./ Hair by Jimmy Paul; makeup by Sam Visser
Read MoreCandice Swanepoel Barbies Up V Magazine #142 Summer 2023 Lensed by Greg Swales
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Superfemme businesswoman, top model and Mother Earth advocate Candice Swanepoel brings her Barbie vibe to V Magazine #142 Summer 2023.
Kevin Ponce interviews Swanepoel in ‘Keeping Up with Candice Swanepoel’, asking the model mother and entrepreneur about balancing motherhood with her career, the origins and sustainability principles that define her brand Tropic of C, and what 2023’s summer days have in store for her.
Ponce asks Candice about the strong emphasis on sustainability and ethical production in Tropic of C’s DNA. Her answer is very thoughtful, including her statement that humans “are all energy and that whatever you put out in the world comes back around.”
Read MoreCharles and Camilla's Highgrove House Hosts First Ever Fashion Shoot in Harper's Bazaar UK June
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The beautiful, meticulously-maintained gardens of Highgrove House hosted this exquisite fashion story featuring model Aishwarya Gupta, of Indian heritage posing for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG].
The private residence of King Charles and Queen Camilla was used in a collaboration with The Prince’s Foundation, for which British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful is an ambassador. [See link end of this post].
The newly-crowned royal couple Charles and Camilla’s convoy was seen Saturday evening May 6, 2023 passing through Tetbury in their maroon Bentley, less than two miles from their Highgrove Estate.
Read MoreAbuk Adier's Futuristic Fashion Vibe by Amer Mohamad for Harper's Bazaar Arabia April 2023
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