Aussie model Stella Hanan is one to watch. To speak insider facts, she has seven pages on Models.com and first walked the S/S 2025 shows including Alaïa, Chloé, Duran Lantink, Gucci, Khaite, Loewe, Michael Kors, Prada, Rabanne, Saint Laurent, Schiaparelli, Totêm, Versace and more. Not bad for a rookie.
Bruno Staub [IG] photographed Hanan in ‘The Sights’, a casual fashion tour of Paris, styled by Kate Phelan for British Vogue’s [IG] July issue. Designers include Emmanuelle Khanh, Gucci, Phoebe Philo, Ralph Lauren, Suspel Clothing and more. / Hair by Ramona Eschbach; makeup by Christine Corbel
Rocio Ramos [IG] captures top model Daphne Groeneveld in a series of up-close-and-personal images for Madame Figaro France [IG] July 18th, 2025. Styled by Julie Gillet in beach living casual clothers, Daphne gives Ramos a long runway for notching several person and graphically unusual shots.
It’s sensual ladies day on AOC, and of course Monica Bellucci enters stage left in her cover story for Marie Claire France [IG] August 2025. Jeanne Le Bault styled Bellucci in Ann Demeulemeester, Eres, Gucci, Intimissimi, Isabel Marant, Mango, Notshy, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Photographer Fred Meylan [IG] captures the eternally beautiful film star and Cartier ambassador wearing only Cartier in the photo shoot. / Hair by John Nollet; makeup by Letizia Carnevale
Tabitha Simmons styles a model squad comprising Adut Akech, Alex Cosani; Ella Beatty, Jessica Miller, Karolina Spakowski, Liu Wen, Paloma Elsesser, Sarah Catherine Hook, Scarlett White, Stella Hanan and Whitney Peak in ‘Women at Work’.
The eclectic assortment of images and the title ‘Women at Work’ refers to the cast of women designers who created the editorial. Photographer Amy Troost [IG] captures the fashion story in VogueUS [.com] August 2025 issue.
Vogue Spain [IG] traveled to Málaga for its August 2025 issue, out today [Friday July 18 th]. On the cover top model Bibi Breslin previews the fall season, wearing a Maison Alaia coat and boots with shorts from Intimissimi.
Alicia Padrón styles Breslin in Abra, Chanel, Chloe, Dries van Noten, Emporio Armani, Fendi, Ferragamo, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino, MiuMiu, Moschino, Schiaparelli, Swarovski and more, lensed by Julia Noni [IG].
Fresh off her 2023 success as ‘Barbie’ and a personal decision to take some time off for fear that audiences might be “sick of the sight of her” after her camera’s flashing daily global press tour, actor Margot Robbie has returned to our lives on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] August 2025 issue.
The Chanel ambassador is styled by Andrew Mukamal exclusively in Chanel, with images by Colin Dodgson [IG]. Atelier Franck Durand provides creative direction./ Hair by Bryce Scarlett; makeup by Pati Dubroff
Delfina Delettrez Fendi is featured in a stunning visual presentation of her recent Fendi High Jewelry Collection ‘Radici Romane’ for Harper’s Bazaar Italia [IG] June 2025 ‘The Jubilee’ issue.
Maria Giulia Riva styles the shoot, using creations from the House of Fendi lensed by Szilveszter Makó [IG]. Stefano Tonchi is editorial director of Bazaar Italia, with Sissy Vian as creative fashion director. /Hair by Franco Gobbi; makeup by Cosetta Giorgetti
Actor Emma Stone became a Louis Vuitton ambassador in October, 2017, one month after she appeared in this delicious Dior fashion story in the September 2017 issue of Marie Claire US.
Earlier in 2017, Stone won a Best Actress Oscar for ‘La La Land’. Also in 2017, the actor bagan dating veteran comedian and writer, director David McCary, who she married in 2020. The couple has one daughter.
Stone and McCary also formed a production company ‘Fruit Tree’ in 2020, with A24 having a first option.
Today, Emma Stone is seen in new work as a Louis Vuitton ambassador, shot by Ethan James Green in the Fall 2025 Campaign.
Supermodel Anok Yai delivers a commanding presence on the August 2025 issue of French Vogue [IG] styled in a wide range of grandiose, majestic animal print designs by Alastair McKimm. Photographer Mario Sorrenti [IG] captures Anok in Saint Barth, wearing Saint Laurent on the cover.
Claire Thomson Jonville says that Anok — as a Vogue France cover star and talented artist — “embodies a different kind of power - vibrant, magnetic and alive.”
AOC agrees absolutely./ Hair by Tomo Jidai; makeup by Jamal Scott
Supermodel and Mrs. Antoine Arnault, Natalia Vodianova covers the July/August issue of ELLE Arabia [IG]. The LVMH-owned Guerlain ambassador reflects on her evolving definition of beauty and how true elegance lies in authenticity, presence and inner calm.
“Radiance is an energy. It comes from being at peace with yourself,” Vodianova tells ELLE.
Bryce Anderson [IG] captures Vodianova in Patou [red cover] above and Givenchy from Sarah Burton’s debut collection [top cover below]; followed by Dior, Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli and more, styled by Hugo Toucas at the Cheval Blanc Paris. / Makeup by Hindash; hair by Deena Alawaid
I’ll not derail this spectacular British Vogue [IG] August 2025 issue cover story starring Doechii, with the origin of the expression ‘hell on wheels’. Or how it morphed into a gender-specific phrase applied to women.
Stella Greenspan styles Doechii in regal clothes from top luxury houses, lensed by Elizaveta Porodina.
Vogue writer Jazmine Hughes, author of Doechii’s cover story ‘“I Was Born To Do This”: Hip-Hop Disruptor Doechii On The Year She Entered The Stratosphere’ covers a wide berth in the interview.
Life is good for Florida’s self-described Swamp Princess, who grew up in Tampa, Fla. Here we get a taste of Doechii’s sound.
Model Awar Odhiang walks softly in ‘Spirited Away’, a fashion story set in in the Ninh Binh province of Northern Vietnam. Carlos Nazario styles the shoot, choosing fluid designs from Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Chloe, Khaite NY, Loro Piana, Louis Vuitton, Maison Valentino, Prada, Proenza Schouler, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, The Row, YSL and more.
Photographer PH Hugo [IG] captures one of 2025’s most poetic, deeply-beautiful and discreetly-sensual fashion stories of the season for Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] June 2025 issue./ Makeup by Michaela Bosch
Vogue Poland’s [IG] July-August 2025 issue is devoted to summer holiday wellbeing — including learning how to rest. The cover story with model Vivien Solari is shot at Krynica-Zdroj and L Ddka-Zdro lategoj, two of Poland’s famous spas with histories.
EIC Ina Lekiewicz Levy [IG] is behind the lens, with styling by Kasia Mioduska.
Elle Macpherson has delivered infectious attitude to the pages of ELLE magazine’s global editions for 43 years. Looking at these vivacious images of ‘The Body’ for ELLE Spain’s [IG] July 2025 issue, it’s difficult to believe Macpherson is age 61.
The top model has practiced healthy living for many years now, but she’s also revealed in recent books and interviews, that the Aussie beauty controlled her weight with a 10-year cocaine addiction.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell takes one cover of Dazed Magazine’s [IG] Summer 2025 issue, the last one under the editorial vision of IB Kamara, who also photographs Naomi.
The glorious Naomi Campbell channels humanity’s oldest African origins and self-adornment using beads, shells and hair collages made of twigs, real flowers, leaves and even stones and butterflies that honor the deep ties between humans and nature.
Transit In and Out of Africa Was Not a One-Way Ticket
No discovery has unseated the region of Lake Turkana, which includes the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia and the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, as the route humans took out of Africa into the Levant.
AOC readers understand the attempts by white nationalists to press the case for a superior group of humans who came from the north, eventually reaching the Levant themselves. Anne has a personal mission to follow this argument very closely.
Out of Africa and into Bronze Age Canaan
After sharing critical new DNA info on Africans carrying Neanderthal DNA at much higher levels than previously tested [blowing out the white men from the north theory], AOC moves to recent DNA analysis that proves as high as 30% shared DNA between Palestinian and Jewish men with ancestors living together as Bronze Age Canaanites.
Rising model Freya Nutter flirts with originality in wedding dress choices for women with an adventurous spirit in the July 2025 pages of British Vogue [IG]. Jessica Gerardi styled the shoot with images by Ben Toms [IG]. / Makeup by Bea Sweet; hair by Naoki Komiya
Model Ida Heiner nurtures her summer glow in the June-July 2025 issue of Vogue France [IG].Alastair McKimm styles the fashion shoot in Saint-Barthelemy, with Carin Backoff [IG] behind the lens./ Hair by Tomo Jidai; makeup by Jamal Scott
Brazilian model Sheila Bawar covers the July 6, 2025 issue of Sunday Times Style[IG],wearing Gucci on the cover. Stylist Verity Parker advises on what to pack for pool party nights. Her list includes Adriana Degreas, Brunello Cucinelli, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Jade Swim, Max Mara, Paul Smith, Sara Cristina, Taller Marmo and more, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura [IG]./ Makeup by Karin Borromeo; hair by Ezio Diaferia
Supermodel Anok Yai is not only one of the most big-impression models of her generation. Anok, now 27, is climbing the Mount Rushmore of fashion world into potential legendary status, alongside the greats.
Today, we see Anok Yai dripping in luxury in a fashion story ‘Précieuse Anok’ for Vogue France [IG] July 2025 issue.
Alastair McKimm styles the shoot with images by Carin Backoff [IG]. / Makeup by Yadim; hair by Ryan Mitchell
Danish model Sabine Glud graces the July 2025 issue of Vogue Greece [IG], styled by George Karapetis in ‘Sea Flowers’, lensed by Maria Magdalinou [IG]./ Hair by Christos Karapetis; makeup by Efi Ramone