Ansley Gulielmi Enjoys 'Halcyon Days' by Darren McDonald for Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2023

Ansley Gulielmi Enjoys 'Halcyon Days' by Darren McDonald for Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2023

Model Ansley Gulielmi drifts in a state of repose in ‘Halcyon Days’, which now signifies any time of happiness and contentment.

Jillian Davison styles Gulielmi in sleek swimwear and accessories images by Darren McDonald [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK July-August 2023./ Hair by Peter Grey; makeup by Sara Tagloa

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Mila van Eeten Finds Luxe Jewelry Treasures in Harper's Bazaar France June-July 2023

Mila van Eeten Finds Luxe Jewelry Treasures in Harper's Bazaar France June-July 2023

Born and raised in the Netherlands, model Mila van Eeten [IG] is quickly emerging as one to watch. Mila's ability to effortlessly transition from high fashion editorials to commercial campaigns has positioned her as a true chameleon in the industry.

Photographer Jonathan Frantini [IG] captures van Eeten in metallic jewelry riches inspired by the sea, styled by Berenger Pelc. The fashion story ‘Le Miroir de la Mer’ appears in Harper’s Bazaar France [web] June-July 2023./ Hair by Rudi Lewis; makeup by Anthony Preel

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Blanca Padilla at Belmond Copacabana Palace Rio for Harper's Bazaar Spain

Blanca Padilla at Belmond Copacabana Palace Rio for Harper's Bazaar Spain

Model Blanca Padilla settles into old-world, Belmond hotel luxury far away from Mediterranean shores. Styled by Celia Cuervo with images by Vladimir Marti [IG], Padilla graces the pages of Harper’s Bazaar Spain’s [IG] July-August 2023 issue with a fashion story as much about glamour and fine living as it is wellness.

Today, Padilla experiences the storied past of the Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, a timeless oasis amid the hustle and bustle of Brazil's most iconic city.

What truly sets the Spa at Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel apart is its attention to detail and personalized approach. They seamlessly blend ancient techniques with modern innovations, elevating your spa experience to new heights of relaxation.

The Amazon Rainforest Ritual, an immersive experience inspired by the rich natural heritage of Brazil, awaits you. This ritual combines indigenous ingredients like acai berries, Brazil nuts, and cocoa into a luxurious body treatment that will transport you to the depths of the exotic rainforest.

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Anok Yai and Her Soft-Landing Fan Club in i-D Magazine Summer 2023 by Mario Sorrenti

Anok Yai and Her Soft-Landing Fan Club in i-D Magazine Summer 2023 by Mario Sorrenti

Top model Anok Yai is wearing nothing but her gorgeous skin — oh wait—we forgot to look at her feet — in the summer 2023 issue [IG] of i-D Magazine. The colors are so mesmerizing, almost as captivating as the Estúdio Campana sofas, perfect for Anok’s repose. Did anyone paint her?

Alastair McKimm styles the top model, whose presence is designed to get us to read the cover story [now it all makes sense] — a rare convo of three graffiti legends KAWS, Futura and Roger Gastman. Mario Sorrenti [IG] is behind the lens, capturing this bit of digital frivolity.

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Kendall Jenner's Path to Her Happy Place for WSJ Magazine Summer 2023

Kendall Jenner's Path to Her Happy Place for WSJ Magazine Summer 2023

With refreshing honesty and a sense of self-awareness, the 27-year-old supermodel and entrepreneur Kendall Jenner details her transformative journey from reality television star to global icon in the online edition of [comp link] WSJ Magazine’s Summer 2023 issue.

Great News on 818

Launching 818 has given Kendall her freedom, writes WSJ. “In modeling you are what someone wants you to be. Where you show up on set, the makeup, the hair. You wear what they tell you to wear, and you take the photo that they want to see,” she says. “So, for sure, being my own boss is really cool.”

On the topic of Kendall’s co-owned tequila brand 818, AOC steps out of the WSJ Magazine interview and over to the 818 website.

Just as we were pleasantly shocked to learn Sunday [reading all the fine print] that sibling Khloé Kardashian’s Good American Jeans has B-Corp status, let’s sound the trumpets for Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila brand also just achieving B-Corp status.

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Vogue Spain July 2023 Hosts a Fashion Flowers Picnic Lensed by Javier Ruiz

Vogue Spain July 2023 Hosts a Fashion Flowers Picnic Lensed by Javier Ruiz

Photographer Javier Ruiz [IG] captures model Mathilda Gvarliani enjoying simple picnic pleasures in her own fashion flower garden. Marta Bajo styles ‘Volver Al Pueblo’ [‘Back to the Town’], a story of centuries-old, past-tense pleasures for Vogue Spain July 2023.

Most of could use an old-fashioned picnic in the countryside, whatever is hanging in our closet.

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Grace Elizabeth Covers Vogue Spain July 2023 in 'Mermaid' by Elizaveta Porodina

Grace Elizabeth Covers Vogue Spain July 2023 in 'Mermaid' by Elizaveta Porodina

Top model Grace Elizabeth and top photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] create a dazzling, siren-calling, ‘Mermaid’ duet in the July 2023 issue of Vogue Spain [IG].

Note that sirens were half human/half birds, a fact long-lost in the 21st century.

Tati Cotliar styles Grace Elizabeth — born a water baby in Lake City, Florida between Jacksonville and Tallahassee — in bodycon, hot-weather shimmering style perfect for a Florida starfish.

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New Louis Vuitton Ambassador J-Hope Drops Keepall Bag Campaign 2023

New Louis Vuitton Ambassador J-Hope Drops Keepall Bag Campaign 2023

BTS's J-Hope stars in his first campaign as a solo Louis Vuitton ambassador, rocking his dance moves in the new LV Keepall bag campaign. Vuitton, in their Keepall campaign announcement, described BTS as "21st-century pop icons," while emphasizing J-Hope's unique appeal.

Back in 1930, as international travel began to flourish, the need for a spacious, durable travel companion became apparent. In response to this demand, Louis Vuitton introduced the Keepall, a groundbreaking design that revolutionized the way people carried their belongings.

Members of 1930s cafe society constantly interacted with artists of all mediums, and J-Hope’s Louis Vuitton Keepall campaign projects a subdued but very hip elegance.

Let’s see how this next chapter with Pharrell Williams and Pietro Beccari, Louis Vuitton’s new Chairman and CEO evolves. It appears that the original or siblings of the original Keepall are about to bust out in an array of Olympic rings colors. ~ Anne

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Du Juan Covers ELLE China July 2023, Birthing Poetic Beauty Lensed by Charles Guo

Du Juan Covers ELLE China July 2023, Birthing Poetic Beauty Lensed by Charles Guo

Du Juan, the Chinese actor, model and brand ambassador is now a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, becoming a symbol of China's growing influence in the global film landscape.

Du Juan covers the July 2023 issue of ELLE China, in ‘The Birth of Beauty’, lensed by Charles Guo Puyuan [IG] with styling by Cloe Dong.

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Khloe Kardashian in L'Officiel Italia Summer 2023 #50 by The Morelli Brothers

Khloe Kardashian in L'Officiel Italia Summer 2023 #50 by The Morelli Brothers

Khloé Kardashian covers L'Officiel Italia's Summer 2023 #50, styled by her sister Kim Kardashian in a Dolce & Gabbana corset dress, lensed by The Morelli Brothers [IG]

Good American Jeans B-Corp Status

Good American Jeans are made in Los Angeles, which does not confirm that they have no labor issues. However, Good American Jeans is a certified B Corp.

No matter how often AOC hammers away on this B-Corp issue, Khloé discusses size inclusivity at Good American Jeans but not this important certification. I went looking for facts apart from the interview.

Meet the ‘Ambivert’ Personality

Khloé Kardashian introduces us to a new word in the personality types lexicon, describing herself as an ‘ambivert’ in the interview led by her sister Kim Kardashian.

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Malgosia Bela in 'Hydra, Greece, Lensed by Cedric Bihr for HTSI Magazine June 17, 2023

Malgosia Bela in 'Hydra, Greece, Lensed by Cedric Bihr for HTSI Magazine June 17, 2023

As the summer sun casts its warm golden glow over the picturesque island of Hydra, Greece, one cannot resist the urge to immerse oneself in the soothing embrace of its crystal-clear waters.

Top model Malgosia Bela is styled by Isabelle Kountoure in ‘Hydra Therapy’, an elegant summer fashion story shot at the famous Greek island, located in the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.

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Marlijn Joek Shimmers in a 'Calm Sea' by Simon Upton for ELLE Italia June 23, 2023

Marlijn Joek Shimmers in a 'Calm Sea' by Simon Upton for ELLE Italia June 23, 2023

Dutch model Marlijn Hoek shimmers in casual, metallic-colors elegance for a fashion story ‘Mare Calmo’ [‘Calm Sea’]. The model is styled by Micaela Sessa in summer’s relaxed sophistication from Aurelie Bidermann, Dolce & Gabbana, Emporio Armani, Loro Piana, Max Mara, Polo Ralph Lauren, Reinhard Plank, Stefanel

Photographer Simon Upton [IG]captures Hoek at La Sultana Oualidia in Morocco for ELLE Italia June 23, 2023./ Makeup by Topolino; hair by Simone Prusso

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Emily Blunt's Next Role As Kitty Oppenheimer in Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2023

Emily Blunt's Next Role As Kitty Oppenheimer in Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2023

Actor Emily Blunt is styled by Celia Azoulay in garden party clothes from Dior, Emilia Wickstead, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Safiyaa and more. Tom Schirmacher [IG] flashes Blunt in ‘A Seat at the Table’ for Harper’s Bazaar UK July-August 2023./Hair by Laini Reeves; makeup by Jenn Streicher

This summer, Blunt plays a very different role in ‘Oppenheimer’, the story behind the creation of the atomic bomb. Playing the role of Kitty Oppenheimer, born Katharine Puening Harrison in New York City on August 4, 1910, Emily Blunt the actor is introducing us to a woman intrinsically tied to the most significant scientific achievement of the 20th century.

“She was fiery, a force very much his equal. She was not a woman who conformed to the 1950s housewife ideal,” Emily Blunt explains, with a tone of voice that denotes reverence.

Of course, as an American I know who J. Robert Oppenheimer was. And I know intimately well the story of the McCarthy hearings, as my first landlord in New York was a playwright imprisoned for 1-2 years during the hearings.

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Leon Dame and Jeanne Cadieu in 'Duel au Soleil' by Josh Olins for M Le Magazine du Monde June 2023

Leon Dame and Jeanne Cadieu in 'Duel au Soleil' by Josh Olins for M Le Magazine du Monde June 2023

German model Leon Dame and French model Jeanne Cadieu spar with each other in an erotic, sensual and intellectual game of life and human attraction in ‘Duel au Soleil’.

James Valeri styles the encounter with creative direction by Jean-Baptiste Talbourdet-Napoleone. The models evoke an abundance of erotic tension and self-expression captured by photographer Josh Olins [IG].

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Georgia May Jagger Soaks Up Rays, Lensed by Emma Tempest for ELLE France June 15, 2023

Georgia May Jagger Soaks Up Rays, Lensed by Emma Tempest for ELLE France June 15, 2023

Georgia May Jagger covers the June 15, 2023 issue of ELLE France, soaking up the rays with a good book. Hortense Manga styles Jagger [daughter of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger] in colorful swimsuits lensed by Emma Tempest [IG].

Is Georgia May Jagger’s hair 100 percent vegan, PETA approved and affordable by Bleach London? Jagger invested in the cult hair care brand in 2010. Their commitment to sustainability is also reflected in their use of recyclable packaging materials.

The quest for sustainable sequins is center stage at AOC this week, so let us check out Bleach London’s [IG] glitter gel.

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The Camargue Calls to Mona Tougaard, Lensed by Tyler Mitchell for i-D No.372

The Camargue Calls to Mona Tougaard, Lensed by Tyler Mitchell for i-D No.372

Anne of Carversville lives very close to the ancient symbolism of much of the artistic imagery featured here, and how stereotypes of women have evolved over the last 12,000 years.

Photographed by Tyler Mitchell and styled by Carlos Nazario, top model Mona Tougaard was captured in the surreal landscape of Salin d'Aigues-Mortes, in the Camargue, for the summer 2023 issue of i-D magazine.

My response to Irina’s “wet and wild” fashion story, shot in Joshua Tree, California was connected to 1] her walking nearly naked in a recent Cannes event where everyone else appearing in photos was wearing clothes. As a publicity stunt, I can’t even remember the jewelry brand she was wearing; and 2] specifically in Joshua Tree, Danielle Midenge shot Winnie Harlow recently with a vibe that is more akin to this one with Mona Tougaard and Tyler Mitchell in the south of France. I loved Daniella’s Winnie images and revere the ancient history of Joshua Tree.

i-D acknowledges that Demeulemeester and her former new designer don’t seem to live at all in the same territory on the fashion spectrum. It’s a very convoluted explanation by Ludovic of why he was perfect to interpret Ann’s vision. Note: I also am very impressed by Robert Mapplethorpe. I still don’t get the shared synergy.

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