Model Emma Boyd greets fall weather in ‘Have a Field Day’, styled by Holly Gorst. Photographer Amie Milne [IG] is behind the lens for L’Officiel Singapore August 2022./ Hair by Sharon Robinson; makeup by Victoria Bond
Successful women like Beyonce, Serena just last week in Vogue US, and Adele are more likely to write their own magazine essays these days — and for good reason. It’s the only way they can guarantee that their main points are in the headlines, and not dead on the editorial floor in a world of clickbait.
Adele doesn’t control her cover story interview with Emma Carmichael in the September 2022 issue of ELLE US. Of course, we don’t know the terms of her exchange with Carmichael and signoffs before the interview went to press. It’s stands as a masterpiece, in AOC’s opinion.
ELLE chose the clickbait quote for IG — and we promise you that it will become big headline, even though Adele shares these thoughts at the end of the ELLE narrative. AOC won’t call it out this minute, feeding it oxygen in an a rich, deeply-personal and articulate interview that is primary about Adele as an artist, her relationship with fans, the agony of walking away from her Las Vegas residency in 2021, days before its launch.
Models Adot Gak and Aweng Chuol are styled by Daniel Edleu in a series of perfectly-orchestrated images sharing young and edgy fall style. Photographer Mark Seliger [IG] is in the studio for HERO Magazine ‘s Summer Zine 2022. Seliger shares that this was the first time he worked with a movement6 director.
AOC is very impressed with this studio fashion story — seeing a difference immediately, but Seliger makes it even more real:
“This shoot was all about movement…a first for me to be working on set with a movement director. I started at the top and enlisted the great @twylatharp_ to help create one of the best fashion stories I’ve had the chance to tell in a long time.”
Gisele recently ceelebrated her 42nd birthday, with Luigi and Iango posting a special message The message is one we frequently read about Gisele and we want to offer Luigi and Iango’s words about her into the universe:
Happy Birthday to our very special Friend @gisele ♥️ the most beautiful human being with the real values for love and light who inspire us everyday by an extraordinary strength - positively - energy - kindness - generosity and endless love for life.
As soon you enter in a room - everyone and everything starts to shine and be colorful- nobody has such a great powerful aura ⭐️ love you to the moon and back.
Tory Burch ambassador Sydney Sweeney drifts through New York Harbor holding her Tory Burch Kira handbags close to her heart. Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] captures Sweeney, pondering Manhattan and how well the Tory Burch brand captures the best of American fashion.
Grammy-winning musician and symbol of New York City — and Brooklyn spirit — Jon Batiste has left his role as bandleader for ‘Late Night with Stephen Colbert.’ Batiste’s Stay Human band will remain intact, with Batiste’s replacement Louis Cato entertaining the studio audience with the new Louis Cato and the Late Show Band. Cato has filled in for Batiste over the summer.
Model Hana Jirickova is styled in body-baring, summer beauty minimalism styled by Célia Azoulay. ELLE France August 11, 2022 presents ‘Terracotta Summer’, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura [IG] for fans of summer getaways.
The unique lineup of Anok Yai, Alton Mason & Nicolas Cage for Casablanca’s FW 2022 campaign deserves praise for ingenuity. Indy actor Nicolas Cage purchased a Casablanca shirt at the Maxfield LA pop-up store — a fashion action that prompted Cage to develop a soft spot in his heart for the brand. Photographer Hugo Comte [IG], a close friend of the designer also loved the Cage connection, and the campaign rolled towards fruition, with styling by Helena Tejedor and art direction by Olivier Leone.
Model Xue Huizi is styled by Shibon Kennedy in ‘Furry, Fluffy and Wild’’, a luxury outerwear fashion story defined by a spirit of adventure. Brands include Dior, Jil Sander, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Maison Alaia, Nanushka, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Tom Ford and more
Esteemed photographer Sølve Sundsbø [IG] has been a “master of digital art for nearly 20 years”, writes Vogue China in introducing the September 2022 issue ‘Fashion’s New World Fashion Future’. Long before the rise of Mark Zuckerberg and the emergence of "metaverse", avatars, VR games and now NFTs, a group of avant-garde artists were exploring the blurred boundaries between the real world and the virtual world.
Alicia Lindén Guiñez is styled by Anna Quérouil in ‘Trench Paradoxes’ — utilitarian layers wanting to run wild. Photographer Tom Cattanach [IG] is in the studio for Marie Claire France September 2022.
Daga Ziober, Francisco Henriques, Julian Schneyder, Loka Lindarëgard & Patrick Nodanche are styled by Mauro Demestria in the Giorgio Armani FW2022.23 Campaign, lensed by Bruno & Nico Van Mossevelde[IG].
The very best of Rianne Van Rompaey reminds us that ace models really do pose differently than faces. Rianne makes fashion magic of Chanel’s Fall Winter 2022 Campaign, lensed by Inez and Vinoodh [IG].
Louis Vuitton ambassador Naomi Osaka fronts the newest campaign for LV’s Twist bag, redefined this seeason with a new gold-color chain with enamel charms inspired by the Maison’s padlock and Monogram flower.
We haven’t seen much of Osaka on the tennis court in 2022, although she has returned to play. There were sparks of excellence according to the New York Times, when Naomi Osaka was defeated by Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 on August 5 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.
Aug.9 Update: Naomi ended her Tuesday match, with Kaia Kanepi in the second set, unable to physically continue the match.
Model Lameka Fox wears sleek, modern, active-woman, athletic swimwear styled by Theresa Pichler in ‘The Beach’. Photographer Paul Morel [IG] is behind the lens for InStyle Germany August 2022.
Model Qian Li steps into the pages of Vogue Portugal’s July-August 2022 issue for ‘Cool Girl Summer’. Fashion stylist Kayleigh Swan chooses technicolor hues from Christopher Kane, Jil Sander, Ji Sander and more in cinematic images by Ekin Can Bayrakdar [IG].
Peter Philips, the Creative and Image Director for Dior Makeup [IG], never met a red lipstick he didn’t love. Speaking in late December 2020 about his modern reboot of Dior’s iconic Rouge Dior lipstick, Philips said it was his fascination with the “crimson pout” that initially seduced him to become a makeup artist.
Today, Peter Philips is obessed with Rouge Dior Forever, three words that the beauty director agrees sound like a manifesto. “This new generation of Dior lipsticks is loud when it has to be loud, and discreet when wanted and for sure, always beautiful.”
Model Briana Michelle peppers our summer vaca imaginations — as fall designs take over magazine editorial. Georgia Medley styles ‘New Bohemia’ and lives up to the fashion story title with a masterly mix that works in every image. Nigerian/American photographer Mikey Oshai [IG] captures the sophisticated fashion stance for ELLE UK July/August 2022.
Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2922 issue tributes Dior’s Resort 2023 Collection. Model Allana Santos Brito fronts the cover story styled by Paris-based Raphaël Nicolas De Castro. Photographer Stéphanie Volpato [IG] captures Brito at the Bergerie Nationale in Rambouillet, France.
Whether funded by Dior or not, AOC is intrigued with this gorgeous and sensual editorial in Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s August 2022 issue. We always feel the push and pull of feminism and women’s history in today’s Christion Dior’s collections.
Swarovski X Rosenthal have joined forces to bring a revitalized and engaged Swarovski jewelry style to Rosenthal porcelain. If you look carefully, even eyeglasses are in the mix — one piece being more visually scrumptious than the other in a campaign that rockets further into the stratosphere after the release of Swarovski’s spring 2022 Bella Hadid campaign.
