Karen Elson Is 'Fast and Furiously Chic' in W Magazine Fall Fashion by Craig McDean
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Tyler Mitchell Captures Black Beauty Fall 2023 W Magazine | Aid to Morocco
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Models Ajah Angau Jok, Akon Changkou, Amar Akway, Awar Odhiang, Nyawurh Chuol, and Rejoice Chuol pose in dramatic, shape-shifting, fashion formations created to command attention.
Photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG]gives thanks to EIC Sara Moonves, [IG] and Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel, creative directors at large for W Magazine and now represented by Art + Commerce. Congrats to Levai and Tekinel on their fast rise./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Lucia Pica; set design by Julia Wagner
Our Deep Sadness for Morocco and Libya
AOC likes the fact that Tyler uses the words “Communion in an everlasting landscape” to describe the W fashion shoot. Except “everlasting” seems like an increasingly fragile word today.
Because Tyler set the mood, let us take a moment to consider the confirmed dead in Libya of 5,000 and heading as high as 10,000 in the devastating surge of floodwaters.
And also the growing death toll in our beloved Marrakech — a magical place that means so much to so many of us creatives. The current death toll is at 3,000 and climbing from the earthquake.
AOC shares Vogue Arabia ‘How to Help Morocco’ links. We are working on Arab-world recommended links for Libya. ~ Anne
Read MoreRichard Phibbs ' 'Dances With Wolves' with Querelle Jansen for Harper's Bazaar UK October 2023
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Model Querelle Jansen is styled by Cathy Kasterine in ‘Dances With Wolves’, another deeply-personal exploration of women, nature and wolves.
Richard Phibbs [IG] captures the three companions moving in concert for Harper’s Bazaar UK’s October 2023 issue./ Hair by Kenna; makeup by Victoria Bond
Read MoreGrace Elizabeth In Business Class Fashion for Sunday Times Style September 10, 2023
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Top model Grace Elizabeth covers the September 10, 2023 The Big Fall Fashion issue of Sunday Times Style, wearing a skirt suit and handbag by Miu Miu.
Inside the ‘Business Class’ fashion story, styled by associate fashion editor Verity Parker, the mini check, cashmere coat from Ferragamo’s Maximilian Davis takes center stage, with The Row’s Idaho bag reminding us the turbo bags are the season’s must have for women with a lot to do.
Read MoreBella Hadid's Futuristic Life Is Marc Jacobs Heavenly, Lensed by Carlijn Jacobs
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Supermodel Bella Hadid returns to the spotlight in Heaven by Marc Jacobs [IG] fall 2023 campaign. The futuristic images with a transmutation undercurrent were lensed by Carlijn Jacobs [IG], with styling by Danielle Emerson.
The Heaven by Marc Jacobs campaign is focused on new ‘Kiki Group’, a group of 2000s-era ready-to-wear and accessories that meld Y2K nostalgia with a dominant futuristic vibe.
Carlijn Jacobs did explore the idea of multiple selves in the recent Kylie Jenner for Acne Studios campaign, as noted by Fashionista. Beyond that fact, the two campaigns are speaking to visually very different imagery and context.
It’s also truth that Carlijn’s images of Kylie are garnering a lot of praise and — let’s see —this one has 2, 951, 012 IG likes. They average 1.2 million.
Many people believe that Jacobs visually amplified Kylie Jenner in a major new way. AOC is in that group.
Read MoreKristen Drab in 'Wild Frontiers' by Agata Pospieszynska for Harper's Bazaar UK October 2023
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Model Kristin Drab is styled by Charlie Harrington in woolen tweeds, plaids and surface textures cold weather clothes from Alberta Feretti, Alexander McQueen, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Dior, Erdem, Etro, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Molly Goddard, Moschino, Tod’s, Vivienne Westwood and more.
Photographer Agata Pospieszynska [IG] sets up the autumn fashion shoot in Dartmoor National Park, an upland area in southern Devon, England. Read about how Dartmoor functions and practices conservation in the “land of granite’.
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Coco Gauff Nails It! Wins US Open and First Grand Slam Title in Women's Tennis
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Gauff wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Aryna Sabalenka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in just over two hours. This was only Gauff’s second appearance in a Grand Slam final, after losing to Iga Swiatek in the finals of the French Open in 2022.
Read all the details at New York Times.
Read MoreFelice Noordhoff & Family by Paul Bellart for Vogue-Netherlands September 2023
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Dutch model Felice Noordhoff adds another fashion story to her explosively successful Fall 2023 season in this gorgeous, sensual, nature-lovers editorial.
Felice creates joy with sister Fauve Lila Anna Noordhoff, brother Loïck Noordhoff, mother Leontien Wenneker and love Khalil Ghani, styled by Linda Gumus Gerritsen. Photographer Paul Bellaart [IG] captures the warmly-intimate scene for Vogue Netherland’s September 2023 issue. / Hair by Magdalena Loza
Actor Zhang Zifeng Covers Vogue China October 2023 in 'After Dark' by Annie Lai
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Rising actor Zhang Zifeng is styled by Vivienne Sun and Alvin Yu in an elegant fashion story ‘After Dark’. Photographer Annie Lai is behind the lens for Vogue China October 2023.
Read MoreDebra Shaw in 'Red Hot' Fall Fashion Lensed by Fabien Montique in The Sunday Times Style
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In the words of Laura Craik, writing for The Sunday Times Style magazine September 3, 2023, Debra Shaw “thrums with good energy”. A key reason for Shaw’s longevity as a couture model lies in her humanist spirit.
Fabien Montique [IG] captures Shaw in the fashion story ‘Red Hot’, wearing Celine by Hedi Slimane on the cover. Note an outtake from Montique that is very VROOM VROOM. “I like wearing red — it’s a powerful colour,” says Shaw.
For AOC, Shaw’s self-analysis of her secret to her longevity is a life lesson for all of us. It involves:
“. . . being open, being flexible and not having the ego involved in areas that it doesn’t need to be involved in. You can have the ego on stage because that helps the performance, but coming in and demanding things? That doesn’t work with this [younger] generation. It should never have worked, because the reality is we’re all pulling together. So be a team player.”
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Vogue Arabia Goes to Disneyland Paris in Luxury Fashion Lensed by Desiree Mattsson
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AOC returns to the September 2023 issue of Vogue Arabia [IG] with model trio Aouatif Saadi, Farnoush Hamidian and Myriem Boukadida in fantasyland.
Disneyland Paris is the site of this central fashion story in the ‘Once Upon a Style’ issue, lensed by London-based photographer Desiree Mattsson [IG]. Creative and fashion direction by Amine Jreissati and styling by Mohammad Hazem Rezq juxtapose world-famous Disney characters with Arabian and European designers.
Previously. AOC shared the Vogue Arabia September 2023 covers and thoughts about the issue from highly-regarded by AOC, EIC Manuel Arnaut [IG].
Read MoreBold and Sexy VROOM VROOM Style in ELLE US September 2023 by Scandebergs
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When Patti Wilson is free to excel with a decent budget — like we are seeing in this ELLE US [IG] September 2023 fashion story ‘Body Shop’ — Wilson’s stylist DNA shifts into high gear. Boom. We have a fantastic, mechanical set design by Griffin Stoddard. Check. The beauty team is makeup by Yumi Lee and Evanie Frausto on hair. Check
We have models South Sudanese Diana Achan and Houston, Texas Margot Whitley ready to pose. Let’s roll. Put Italian photographers Stefano Colombini and Alberto Albanese, now in London and ka Scandebergs [IG] behind the lens. All systems are go for a fashion story take-off.
Read MoreTess Carter's Fearless Elegance in WSJ Magazine Fall Fashion 2023 by Nadine Ijewere
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WSJ Magazine’s Fall Women’s Fashion 2023 issue urges us to play fashion’s long game. This is our first look at the magazine under Sarah Ball, promoted to Editor-in-Chief in June from editor of the Style News section.
‘Flowy, Structural, Feathery: Fall Fashion Has Something for Everyone” delivers at WSJ. See product details on AOC’s comp link.
We head out to Spain’s Canary Islands, an archipelago of eight islands off the northwest coast of Africa. Rising model Tess Carter poses on volcanic soil, 100 kilometers west of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Vogue Hong Kong 'Empowerment' September 2023 Issue Covers by Luigi & Iango
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‘Empowerment’ is the theme of the September 2023 issue of Vogue Hong Kong’s September 2023. AOC shares five individual covers featuring Abby Champion, Cara Taylor, Lineisy Montero, Qun Ye, and Selena Forrest and two almost identical ensemble covers.
Photographers of the moment Luigi and Iango [IG] capture the five cover stars wearing Fendi accented with jewellery by Messika.
Read MoreKaia Gerber's Celine Glamour for D la Repubblica September 2, 2023 by Alasdair McLellan
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D la Repubblica September 2, 2023 delivers Kaia Gerber as an ‘American Beauty’ channeling old Hollywood glamour in this Celine fashion story. Alasdair McLellan [IG] captures Kaia in her leading lady role, styled by Suzanne Koller in the Celine fashion story./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Lauren Turner
Read MoreCara Taylor in Chanel for Numéro #240 September 2023 by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
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