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Nyaueth Riam in 'Neofantasia by Zee Nunes for Vogue Brazil August 2021
Rising model Nyaueth Riam is styled by Pedro Sales in ‘Neofantasia’, lensed by Zee Nunes [IG] for Vogue Brazil August 2021./ Hair by Tsuki; makeup by Frankie Boyd
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Margot Robbie Delights in Lachlan Bailey Flamingo Estate LA Fashion Shoot AOC Fashion
The real magic of British Vogue’s August 2021 cover story with actor Margot Robbie is that it was a gathering of Australians. Flying to Los Angeles when so many fashion shoots are now virtual, Australian stylist and art director Clare Richardson felt inspired and downright joyous.
Few fashion stories and interviews are a joy to read, especially for a serious person like myself. Yet, Robbie’s feature is a true getaway— perhaps because she talks unapologetically a lot about her work and excitement over her success. It was a quick read with no angst that AOC truly enjoyed.
In today’s world, any interview that leaves one smiling and appreciative of the moment, is a success. That’s probably due to Margot Robbie, who Richardson describes as “down-to-earth, professional and polite (on set, you always notice the person who says hello to everyone). There was no fuss; she is warm, kind and grounded, yet extremely smart and astute.”
Normal fashion chatter like fellow Aussie, photographer Lachlan Bailey, sharing amused delight over Robbie’s new haircut — a French-girl fringe and golden highlights — made me smile.
Shooting in the gardens of the Flamingo Estate immediately got my attention, primarily because we added another Australian Richard Christiansen to the friendly California fashion crew salad. The Flaming Estate brand is another story worth pursuing after one look at the website.
So now you have the entire mood and cast of characters that produced the British Vogue August 2021 cover fashion story. As the Flamingo Estate website says “It’s time to feel good again.”
That message isn’t escapism, anxiety and stress over climate change, women in Afghanistan, Black Lives Matter, the fifth iteration of COVID, American going to war over face masks, and the rise of white nationalism.
It’s about simple delights California style, which means that the bar of Flamingo Estate soap is $25 but it truly is medicine from the garden — beautiful, fragrant, and the work of mother nature — “our doctor, therapist and friend. Take care of her and she’ll take care of you.” That’s food for thought, and yes, you can shop the pantry.
Eva Wiseman shares the Robbie interview, which just rolls on in a survey of the star’s career and successes. In a story I already knew — and adore: “The description of the character she read for in Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ was “the hottest blonde ever”; she went off-script and slapped Leonardo DiCaprio hard across the face, launching her into the humid air of movie stardom.” [Every woman needs a story like this one!”]
Robbie’s a friendly feminist to the core, naming her 2014 production company with husband Tom Ackerley and two other creative friends ‘Lucky Chap’. Its aim was to tell women’s stories on-screen, and to support female creators behind the scenes – a plan grounded in business as much as politics. An early production was “I Tonya”, the biopic of skater Tonya Harding that garnered Robbie’s first Oscar nomination.
You must read the entire interview. Robbie returns now to her role of Harley Quinn in an all new film ‘The Suicide Squad’. - Rebellion’.
Olivia Vinten Soaks Up Baltic Sea Sun for Vogue Scandinavia August 2021 AOC Fashion
Rising Danish model Olivia Vinten is lensed by Hasse Nielsen [IG] in ‘By the Baltic Sea’, published in Vogue Scandinavia’s first issue.
Emma Summerton Captures Kerolyn Soares for Vogue Mexico September 2021 AOC Fashion
Models Kerolyn Soares and Cynthia Arrebola cover the September 2021 issue of Vogue Mexico, styled by Valentina Collado in a fashion story ‘Pasado y Futuro’ by Emma Summerton [IG] / Hair by Luke Chamberlain; makeup by Benjamin Puckey
Tanja Tremel Captures Nina Ratsep in Fluid, Flower Power Style for Grazia Netherlands AOC Fashion
Photographer Tanja Tremel [IG] is turns her focus to model Nina Ratsep, styled by Joana Claro in floral prints, romantic layers for Grazia Netherlands./ Hair & makeup by Carsten Richert
Melodie Monrose Is All 'Hot Stuff' Accessories for InStyle September 2021 AOC Fashion
Model Melodie Monrose poses in eye candy accessories styled by Lotte Elisa. Photographer Chris Scheurich [IG] flashes ‘Hot Stuff’ fashion for InStyle US September 2021./ Hair & makeup by Phoenix Rose
Kim Hee June Captures Blackpink's Lisa in 'Forever Young' for W Korea August 2021 AOC Fashion
Blackpink’s Lisa [Lalisa Manoban] is styled by Park Min Hee in ‘Forever Young’, lensed by Kim Hee June [IG] for W Korea August 2021./ Hair by Lee Sun Young; makeup by Lee Myung Sun
Ashley Callingbull Covers Fashion Canada September 2021, Talking Indigenous Peoples AOC Fashion
Ashley Callingbull, Indigenous model, pageant queen, and motivational speaker from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, covers the September 2021 issue of Fashion Magazine Canada. The activist wears a dress from Native American visual artist and California fashion designer Jamie Okuma on the cover, styled by Lucrezia Mancini.
[Image: Shaniqwa Jarvis/courtesy of Savage X Fenty]
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Savage X Carmel Curves Bad-Ass Biker Ladies Were Born to Ride in Rihanna's Lingerie AOC Fashion
When AOC saw the headline about Savage X Fenty’s newest lingerie campaign with ‘Carmel Curves’, we smiled big.
We wrote about the Carmel Curves Motorcycle Club, a 10-woman biker gang of some of New Orleans’ best Black beauties three years ago. Caramel Curves Motorcycle Club was founded 16 years ago by Nakosha “Coco” Smith and Shanika “Tru” Beatty. Back then, we wrote:
The group consists of 13 [now 10] women with a decades-long love of motorcycles and a desire to bike with other women. "The ladies wear helmets ridged with fluorescent pink mohawks and matching vests bedazzled in blingy patches and sequins. Finishing the look are Barbie-pink stilettos. Their bikes are big Suzuki Hayabusas (that they call “busas”) and Gixxers, and Can-Am Spyders, airbrushed in shades of pink, with brightly colored rims to match. And when they stunt, with curving burnouts or wheelies, their tires send off plumes of magenta-hued smoke."
In fact, the Savage X Fenty team read the same New York Times article that AOC did. Read our original post below.
Here’s the Carmel Curves Instagram Page. It seems that members also have their own personal page. Shaniqwa Jarvis [IG] is the photographer behind the campaign. We’re working on lining up the names of all the bikers featured.
I love it. Victoria’s Secret has got their VS Collective all lined up with star power that includes: Adut Akech, Amanda de Cadenet, Eileen Gu, Megan Rapinoe, Paloma Elsesser, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Valentina Sampaio — totally fab women chosen to keep the brand on track with what women really want.
And then Rihanna swoops in with probably the most body-affirming, pro-woman lingerie video ever created to inspire American women.
If VS was really game, they would ask the VS Collective to critique this totally out-of-the box video. I promise you that at least five — if not all seven — members of the VS Collective LOVE the Savage X Carmel Curves campaign.
The Carmel Curve ladies don’t typically ride in lingerie. But they DO ride in heels. They ARE the sisterhood in action, and the body-affirming, pro-empowerment message of the documentary-style video cannot be overstated. It’s just absolutely the BEST!
He Cong Covers Harper's Bazaar China September by Txema Yeste AOC Fashion
Model He Cong is styled by Belén Casadevall in mid-century, retro elegance lensed by Txema Yeste [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar China September 2021. / Hair by Yumiko Hiage; makeup by Hugo Villard
Lara Worthington Wears Louis Vuitton by Isaac Brown for Vogue Australia August 2021 AOC Fashion
Model Lara Worthington is styled by Kaila Matthews in ‘Far Horizons’, a Louis Vuitton advertorial lensed by Isaac Brown for Vogue Australia August 2021./ Hair by Joel Forman; makeup by Stoj
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A Reflective Kai-Isaiah Jamal Is Lensed by Alasdair McLellan in British Vogue September 2021 AOC Fashion
Model Kai-Isaiah Jamal is dedicated to breaking down barriers and flinging open closed-door minds as a trans-visibility campaigner. The important voice in fashion world is styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois in ‘Call Me By My Name’, lensed by Alasdair McLellan [IG] ./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
The British Vogue September 2021 issue online headline seemed a bit pretentious — “I’m So Adamant On Being That Visibility Now”: Kai-Isaiah Jamal On Becoming The Voice of A Generation.”
Seconds later, AOC remembered a late January Highsnobiety ‘Not in Paris’ fashion story that we adored deeply. It was days after Jamal [IG] made history by walking Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton runway show as the first Black trans model. Then #62 on the Dazed 100, the influential voice became London ICA’s (Institute of Contemporary Art) first poet in residence, using the platform to make poetry accessible for young POC and LGBTQI+ people
In fact, it’s Virgil Abloh, menswear artistic director of Louis Vuitton, who says “Kai is the voice of a generation.” So scratch the pretentious comment. Bad Anne.
Abloh explains further his decision to cast them in his shows and campaigns.
“They’re someone who grew up in a world that, at times, was not always welcoming or kind. Through all of the challenges they’ve faced, they’ve remained optimistic and have dedicated themself to making sure the status quo is different for those who follow them. They offer themself to us all as a conductor of change. To me, they are a living personification of our time – how far we’ve come, and how far we can still go.”
Abloh is referring to Kai-Isaiah Jamal’s decision to exist outside the gender binary confinement of being male or female. “I have no gender,” says Kai, who chooses to self-present as masculine one day and feminine the next.
Lilly Johnson's Blue Mood Style by Tobias Delcroix for ELLE Mexico August 2021 AOC Fashion
Model Lilly Johnson is styled by Amanda Blackwood in Chanel, Givenchy, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Simone Rocha, Skua Studio, Valentino, Versace and more. Photographer Tobias Delcroix flashes Lilly in ‘Can’t Get Blue Monday’ for ELLE Mexico August 2021./ Hair and makeup by Sarah Hill
Frida Aasen Launches a Beach Bunny Neon Revolution Lensed by Sam Dameshek AOC Fashion
Model Frida Aasen launches Beach Bunny Swimwear’s [IG]Neon Revolution Lookbook Summer 2021. The northern hemisphere is heading into fall, but Beach Bunny follows the sun to a new hot spot, south of LA.
The smashing designs offer a criss cross, magic carpet ride of precious sun fun styled by Natasha Colvin. LA-based, 20-year-old photographer Sam Dameshek [IG] flashes a lookbook that delights our senses.
Joy comes in many forms, and in a grey world, Beach Bunny delivers a color-saturated, hot weather getaway.
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Beyoncé Celebrates 40 Years of Excellence for Harper's Bazaar, Lensed by Campbell Addy AOC Fashion
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is revered worldwide. As she prepares to celebrate her 40th birthday on September 4, the star is ready to listen to her own inner voice.
During the years of making herself a star music talent, businesswoman, activist, Black cultural hero, philanthropist, mother to four-year-old twins Rumi and Sir and nine-year-old Blue Ivy, and wife to JAY-Z, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter learned the power of putting in the work. “Vision and intention weren’t enough; I had to put in the work,” Beyoncé explains in the September 2021 Harper’s Bazaar US cover story.
The September issue of Harper’s is the first time in a decade that Beyoncé has appeared on the cover of the magazine.
For the majority of her life, including her childhood, the mega-talent had not only ambition and a desire to create excellence in her life. Beyoncé had standards — the highest standards for herself. She explains:
If something wasn’t helping me reach my goal, I decided to invest no time in it. I didn’t feel like I had time to “kiki” or hang out. I sacrificed a lot of things and ran from any possible distraction. I felt as a young Black woman that I couldn’t mess up. I felt the pressure from the outside and their eyes watching for me to trip or fail. I couldn’t let my family down after all the sacrifices they made for me and the girls. That meant I was the most careful, professional teenager and I grew up fast. I wanted to break all of the stereotypes of the Black superstar, whether falling victim to drugs or alcohol or the absurd misconception that Black women were angry. I knew I was given this amazing opportunity and felt like I had one shot. I refused to mess it up, but I had to give up a lot.
Tiffany & Co jewelry is worn throughout the fashion story ‘The Once & Future Beyoncé.’ With her husband JAY-Z , the couple have been named new faces and ambassadors for the luxe jewelry brand. LVMH, Tiffany’s new owner, is now an equal owner with JAY-Z of his champagne brand Armand de Brignac, aka ‘Ace of Spades’.
Beyoncé’s narrative for Harper’s is illuminating and deeper than others we’ve read. She tells a wonderful story about agencies and “formulaic corporate companies” that’s truly wonderful. She’s always sought to surround herself with creative, innovative thinkers, but sometimes there’s just no escaping sterile, corporate thinking.
Like there was the time this agency told her that her audience didn’t like black and white photography. It had to be color. ‘And how do you know that,’ Beyoncé wondered to herself. ‘Market research’ was the answer, and the modern music icon wasn’t having it. She was beyond aggravated:
It pissed me off that an agency could dictate what my fans wanted based on a survey. Who did they ask? How is it possible to generalize people this much? Are these studies accurate? Are they fair? Are all the people I’m trying to uplift and shine a light on included? They’re not. It triggered me when I was told, “These studies show…” I was so exhausted and annoyed with these formulaic corporate companies that I based my whole next project off of black and white photography, including the videos for “Single Ladies” and “If I Were a Boy” and all of the artwork by Peter Lindbergh for I Am…Sasha Fierce, which ended up being my biggest commercial success to date. I try to keep the human feeling and spirit and emotion in my decision-making.
Fall 2021 Designer Collections September for Harper's Bazaar UK -Pt 1 AOC Fashion
Photographer Erik Madigan Heck [IG] joins stylist Leith Clark for an in-depth look at the Fall 2021 designer collections. Models Bimpe Onasanya, Marie Hilger, Maya Gunn, Noor, Tabatha May and perhaps more showcase the key fashion looks for modern fashionistas in Harper’s Bazaar UK September 2021 issue.
Luxury labels included are Alberta Ferretti, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Burberry, Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Ermanno Scervino, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Michael Kors Collection, Miu Miu, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Tod’s, Valentino, and Versace.
The fashion shoot took place in Dorset, England./ Hair by Daniel Martin; makeup by Florrie White
Fall 2021 Designer Collections September for Harper's Bazaar UK -Pt 2 AOC Fashion
Photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG] captures J.W. Anderson x Persol Eyewear 2021 in images as much about the hair as the eyewear. Models include Adonai Tesfamariam, Akdeniz Marat, Jalen Espeut, Sherry Shi and Tyler Hogan styled by Benjamin Bruno. / Makeup by Fara Homidi
The man in charge of hair is Jawara, Senior Beauty Editor at Large for Dazed Beauty, who has a number of notable accolades under his belt, including a British Fashion Council New Wave Creatives Award.
Tyler Mitchell Flashes JW Anderson x Persol Eyewear 2021, Hip Hair by Jawara AOC Fashion
Jawara first started his career as a salon assistant in Brooklyn when he was just 16. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Aveda Institute, Jawara moved to London and began assisting industry legends Guido Palau and Luigi Murenu on runway shows and shoots. It was after being mentored by icon Sam McKnight that Jawara reached the level of artistry at which he works today.
His impressive roster of clients includes Off-White, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Nina Ricci, Thierry Mugler, Chloe, Chanel, Hermès and Tiffany & Co. Related: Jawara [IG] worked with photographer Philip-Daniel Ducasse on the May 2021 NYT post The Joy of Black Hair.
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