Hailey Bieber in 'Outer Limits' Jackets by Stefan Ruiz for Vogue US August 2021

Hailey Bieber in 'Outer Limits' Jackets by Stefan Ruiz for Vogue US August 2021

Hailey Bieber wears fall’s new jackets that aren’t your parents’ blazers. Bombers come in tweeds, and capes are quilted, writes Vogue U.S. Looks are pieces together and no patchwork is allowed. Camilla Nickerson chooses Alexander McQueen, Eckaus Latta, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney and more for ‘Outer Limits’, lensed by Stefan Ruiz [IG] in the August issue.

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Yoon Young Bae in 'Synthesized Vision' by Peter Ash Lee for Vogue Hong Kong August 2021

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Yoon Young Bae in 'Synthesized Vision' by Peter Ash Lee for Vogue Hong Kong August 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Yoon Young Bae is styled by Ye Young Kim in ‘Synthesized Vision’, a red, white and black fashion story with modern curvature silhouettes lensed by Peter Ash Lee [IG] for Vogue Hong Kong August 2021.

Beyoncé and JAY-Z in Tiffany 'About Love' Campaign Spotlighting Jean-Michel Basquiet

Beyoncé and JAY-Z in Tiffany 'About Love' Campaign Spotlighting Jean-Michel Basquiet

Music and business power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z star in Tiffany & Co’s new ‘About Love’ campaign. Beyoncé wears a curves-huggling black sheath, Givenchy-inspired gown, as well as mesh evening gloves—a look of sublime elegance that channels Audrey Hepburn’s ensemble in the 1961 film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.

The campaign and power couple are photographed by Mason Poole.

The man of the hour Jay-Z exudes a powerful, businessman’s elegance in a black tux, silk bow tie, and diamond-encrusted brooch.

It’s impossible to ignore the Tiffany blue background painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which is part of the set and not without controversy.

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Julianne Moore Plays Grace Coddington, Shot by Craig McDean in Document Journal

Julianne Moore Plays Grace Coddington, Shot by Craig McDean in Document Journal

Hollywood Reporter wrote in September 2016 that Grace Coddington listed the actors who should play her in ‘Grace’, a movie about her life optioned in 2015 by independent production company A24. “In my head, I’d like it to be focused on the early years, so it’s not the me you know, it’s more in the 1970s. It has to be someone quite young, and maybe we haven’t found them yet, because first we have to write the movie, and the movie is a very long winded thing to do, you know. I’ve been talking about it for three, four years now. I love all the young British people like Saoirse [Ronan] and Kiera Knightley and Carey Mulligan, she’s in there,” she added. “I would like it to be a British person and an English director would be great, because I’d like to keep an English sense.

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Bella Hadid, Luv Resval Front Lanvin Fall 2021 Campaign by Mert and Marcus

Bella Hadid, Luv Resval Front Lanvin Fall 2021 Campaign by Mert and Marcus

Creative Director Bruno Sialelli casts Bella Hadid and Luv Resval for Lanvin’s Fall 2021 ad campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot [IG]. Images feature contemporary American artist James Rosenquist’s works Yellow Applause (1966), Ultra Tech (1981), Morning Sun (1963) and Through a Glass Ceiling (2004).

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Margot Robbie Delights in Lachlan Bailey Flamingo Estate LA Fashion Shoot

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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’.

Emma Summerton Captures Kerolyn Soares for Vogue Mexico September 2021

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

Melodie Monrose Is All 'Hot Stuff' Accessories for InStyle September 2021

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

Ashley Callingbull Covers Fashion Canada September 2021, Talking Indigenous Peoples

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.

Savage X Carmel Curves Bad-Ass Biker Ladies Were Born to Ride in Rihanna's Lingerie

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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

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

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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

A Reflective Kai-Isaiah Jamal Is Lensed by Alasdair McLellan in British Vogue September 2021

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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

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