Superdupers Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner cover the October 2025 issue of American Vogue [IG].
KenGi heads for Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the fashion story styled by Tabitha Simmons at Diamond Cross Ranch [IG]. Photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] shoots his first American Vogue cover story at Diamond Cross Ranch.
Chloe Malle, named the new Head of Editorial Content at Vogue US, is on the interview. The dialogue is heavier than spun sugar on a stick at the state fair — almost folksy — but definitely apolitical, no comentary about the world writ large. Just two longtime, down-home friends having a scat style, verbal bubblebath. And Chloe Malle writes it all down in short, crisp sentences.
Supermodel Vittoria Ceretti wears Dolce & Gabbana styled by Emmanuelle Alt in a fashion story reminding us “There is always time for love”. Ceretti — the Italian girl who conquered global covers and catwalks — is interviewed by Chiara Valeiro and photographed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] for the September 6, 2025 issue of d Magazine [IG]./ Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Helena Komarova
Models Aditsa Berzenia and Sofia Mathiassen grace the pages of Numéro France [IG] #255 September 2025 in a fashion story called L’intrepide’. Irina Marie styles the fashion shoot lensed by Elie Benistant [IG]./ Hair by Annesofie Begtrup; makeup by Elena Bettanello
Models Achol Kuir and Mary Ukech are styled by Anita Szymczak in ‘Le Look Bazaar: Grand Classiques Revisités. Photographer Thomas Cristiani [IG] is behind the lens, capturing bold, modern fashion from Celine, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, YSL by Anthony Vaccarello for Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] September 2025./ Hair by Jacob Kajrup;makeup by Patrick Glatthaar
British fabric designer and landscape designer Miranda Brooks invites us to Catswood, the home she shares with her husband, architect Bastien Halard, and their daughters, Poppy and Violette Grey. In Gloucestershire, the comforts of family meet the pleasures of wardrobe staples in the pages of Vogue’s September 2025 issue.
Catswood is also the name of the fabric business created around the family gardens by Brooks and Halard.
The September 2025 issue of Vogue Poland [IG] is dedicated to opera as a total art. The artistic experience of opera combines architecture, fashion, music and theater in the cover story ‘Reconstruction’.
Photographer Bohdan Bohdanov [IG] captures the source of Polish pride cover story with rising model Claudia Campana, styled by Chiara Janczarek in theatrical pieces from the Polish National Opera. / Makeup by Marianna Yurkiewicz; Hair by Piotr Wasiński
Model Julia Pacha is styled by Bernat Buscato in Balenciaga, Dior, DSquared2, Givenchy by Sarah Burton, Juana Martín, Longchamp, Moschino, Nina Ricci, Sportmax and more. Txema Yeste [IG] captures the bold femininity as ‘Bandolera’ for Numéro France [IG] #255, September 2025 ‘Audace’ issue./ Makeup by Jordi Fontanals; hair by Jordi Fontanals
Model Jacqui Hooper fronts ‘Mille Miglia’ [a thousand miles], a timely auto-racing fashion story with a retro boho vibe styled by Sissy Vian. Photographer Craig McDean [IG] captures Hooper, with male model Aurélien Frank, for Vogue Italia [IG] September 2025./ Hair by Pier Paolo Lai; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
The Original Mille Miglia [1927-1957]
The Race: This was a dangerous, high-speed endurance race held on public roads in Italy. The figure-eight shaped course ran from Brescia to Rome and back, covering about 1,000 miles. The race was banned in 1957 following a horrific crash that killed driver Alfonso de Portago, his navigator, and nine spectators.
Legacy: The original race was known for making famous marques like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz, with legendary drivers like Stirling Moss competing.
In 1977, the Modern 1000 Miglia was reborn. See the details in AOC Fashion.
Maggie Maurer is lensed by Hana Knizova for Vogue Czechoslovakia September 2025 issue dedicated to Fortune Telling.
Maurer wears Cartier High Jewelry on the cover with a Gucci dress and scarf. Vogue Czech fashion director Milena Zuravljova chooses Cartier jewelry throughout the story images, adding luxury fashion looks from Maison Alaia, Saint Laurent, Maison Valentino, Schiaparelli and more./ Hair by Malin Wallin; makeup by Johanna Nordlander
Vogue Czech Honors Freyja
The Nordic goddess Freyja was on my mind this spring, when I wrote about the ancient history of women in Scotland, connected to a post about the Dior Cruise 2025 collection ‘Highland Fling’ featuring Debra Shaw.
The Nordic mythology around Freyja is just one more example of belief systems in our pre-monotheism world. While we’re not ‘going there’ today, what is called Ancestral Odinism is being co-opted by right-wingers seeking an alternative to Christian nationalism.
Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] has produced a staggeringly-beautiful fashion story for Vogue China’s [IG] September 2025 issue.
Before us, 32 images in this spectacular celebration of eight Chinese supermodels, eight distinct sets of attributes and eight life journeys come together “to create the most personal and meaningful style story for Vogue China’s 20th anniversary.”
The epic model cast includes Chu Wong, Du Juan, Fei Fei Sun, He Cong, Lina Zhang, Ming Xi, Shu Pei Qin and Xiao Wen Ju styled by Xiao Liu./ Hair by Zhou Xue Ming; makeup by Valentina Li
Angola-born model Blesnya Minher is styled by Carolina Orrico in Alaïa, Jil Sander, Khaite, Loewe, Saint Laurent and more for a fashion story ‘Fuerza Exterior’ filled with strong, outerware and accessories style statements.
Photographer Coni Tarallo [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Mexico and Latin America [IG] August 2025./ Hair by Levi Monarch; makeup by Sena Murahashi
Supermodel and Chanel ambassador Liu Wen takes three covers for W Magazine China [IG] #15 2025 The Artisan Issue. Austin Feng styles Liu Wen in images lensed by Paul Wetherell [IG].
Liu Wen is wearing Chanel’s new ‘Reach for the Stars’ High Jewelery Collection, honoring iconic symbols of human civilization and Gabrielle Chanel’s legacy. Three symbols are the core of Chanel’s ‘Reach for the Stars’ High Jewelery Collection: the lion, the comet and, introduced for the first time, wings that are reimagined as contemporary icons of the maison.
The September 2025 issue of Vogue Netherlands [IG] puts Imaan Hammam on three covers, all shot in Cairo. The Moroccan-Egyptian beauty, born and raised in Amsterdam, is photographed by Lachlan Bailey [IG] in images styled by Linda Gumus Gerritsen in her father’s homeland.
Superfemme Gigi Hadid rocked the ‘see me, hear me’ global fashion meter today, stepping out in Miu Miu — yes, friends Miu Miu — in the ‘V156: House of Gigi’ cover story for V Magazine.
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson styles Hadid in midriff-bearing suits; fake fur stoles; ‘50s cinched-waist, impeccable suits worn with a discreet, veiled cloche; bias-cut half slip skirts; leather trenches and bold jewelry. And of course, all those conical bullet bras. Many bullet bras. Enough to end the Russian invasian of Ukraine.
Photographers Luigi & Iango [IG] are in their sensual-elegance element, capitalizing on Gigi’s haute demeanor and statuesque poses.
Actor Lily James has three films out this year [‘Finally Dawn’, ‘Relay’ and ‘Swiped’] and a new production company called Parodos Productions, which James co-founded with Gala Gordon. Both women are in their mid-thirties and Gordon is also a British actor.
They launched Parodos Productions to champion fresh voices and female-led stories like the film ‘Swiped’. Parodos has joined 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment as co-producer of the film inspired by the story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and former CEO of online dating platform Bumble. James plays the lead role and Gordon is executive producer on the film.
Bumble founder Wolfe Herd couldn’t contribute in any way to ‘Swiped’ because she’s governed by a NDA. “Part of why I wanted to make this movie is to explore how NDAs are weaponized against women,” James told Bloomberg/Businessweek.
“In a way this film becomes a form of reclamation not just for Whitney but for women who have been told to keep quiet,” James says.
Vogue US jumpstarts the fall style season with ‘Over the Horizon’. The model lineup includes Angelina Kendall, Awar Odhiang, Carolina Trentini, Devyn Garcia, Ella McCutcheon, Felipe Vasquez, Jiahui Zhang, Karolina Spakowski, Libby Taverner, Paloma Elsesser, Rosalieke Fuchs and Sora Choi.
Drew Vickers [IG] captures the 13 models styled by Malina Joseph Gilchrist in a colorful cross section of cultural fashion influences from Alaia, Dolce & Gabbana, Duran Lantink, Miu Miu, Tom Ford, Willy Chavarria and more.
French model Jeanne Cadieu is the perfect femme to cover the September 2025 issue of Vogue France [IG]. Cadieu is joined by model Ella Mccutcheon in a second cover by Karim Sadli.
Vogue France Fashion and Image Director at Large Alastair McKimm partners with legendary photographerSteven Meisel [IG] to create an inspiring 2025 image tribute to French couture. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and more are returning for the sequel of their 2006 hit ‘The Devil Wears Prada’. That’s all the buzz and now Emily Blunt is bringing her “shocking platinum hair” to her cover story for Vogue Hong Kong [IG] August 2025 issue.
Playing Dawn Staples in ‘The Smashing Machine’
In October we will see Blunt in ‘The Smashing Machine’, where she plays Dawn Staples in the biographical sports drama film about her ex-husband, UFC champion Mark Kerr. Directed by Benny Safdie, the film explores the brutal and raw nature of MMA.
Mark Kerr is played by Emily Blunt’s longtime friend and co-star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Blunt and Johnson have significant mutual trust in each other, which was required to portray a high-combustion relationship that was searingly contentious and then “filled with love, connection, and intimacy.”
Both Blunt and Johnson committed themselves to being vulnerable, and it shows in the finished film, according to the cover star.
Supermodel Helena Christensen covers the July/August 2025 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia [IG], sharing with readers the story of a life lived boldly and instinctively in ‘Still Super’. Ayumi Perry styles Helena in images by Greg Lotus, who independently shares a series of beautiful, sensual images of Helena Christensen, shot at Harbour Island, Bahamas.
Hailey Bieber’s sustainable skincare brand Rhode [IG] is in high gear, with less than 3 weeks to go for its Sephora launch on September 4.
The recently-acquired, sensational-success brand Rhode will be carried by all Sephora freestanding stores in the U.S. and Canada, as well as on LVMH-owned Sephora website.
Bieber has expertly walked a business tightrope with plenty of social media dazzle and celebrity PR grounded in product manufacturing expertise and distribution goals.
Focus, or better yet ‘clarity’ has been Hailey Bieber’s middle name since launching Rhode, and she has not faltered. With the acquisition of Rhode by ELF Beauty for $1 billion, Bieber has moved into an exclusive club of successful new business launches
