Serena Williams did not make her gorgeous appearance in Vogue’s Fall 2022 September fashion issue, styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in images by Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] to say farewell.
Yes, Serena does speak of her upcoming retirement, but not because she notes the date. She will play again tomorrow in Toronto at the Canadian Open, aka National Bank Open, after winning her first match in 430 days yesterday, beating Nuria Parrizas Diaz.
Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello [IG] capture model Raelynn Bumgardner in ‘Sunset Dream’. Samuel François styles the technicolor fashion story for Numéro #232 September 2022.
Brilliant star [in the universe, not Netflix] Elizaeta Porodina [IG] shares her fourth chapter in an evolving collaboration with her Carolina Herrera ‘family’. Models Cassady Clover and Diana Achan appear in ‘Dreamscape’, wearing Herrera designs by designer Wes Gordon; set design by Felix Gesnouin./ Hair by Olivier Schwalder; makeup by Cecile Paravina
Model Vivienne Rohner is styled by Géraldine Saglio in ‘Vibe Shift’, fall fashion from Celine, Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Isabel Marant, Michael Kors, Miu Miu and more. Photographer Gregory Harris [IG] captures Rohner for WSJ Magazine Fall 2022./Hair by Shon Hyungsun Ju; makeup by Benjamin Puckey
British Vogue’s September 2022 issue shares ‘Future Proof’ styled by Kate Phelan. The model lineup includes Mamour Awak, Mona Tougaard, Nyaueth Riam, and Wang Chen Ming lensed by Rafael Pavarotti [IG].
Models Akon Changkou, Mona Tougaard and Vittoria Ceretti pose in Chanel styled by Charlote Collet for the Chanel Makeup Fall-Winter 2022 Collection. Photographer Tim Elkaim [IG] captures the trio with hair by Ramona Eschbach and makeup by Christine Corbel.
Madame Figaro’s August 26th, 2022 issue gets into school spirit with ‘Le Grand Mix’, a luxury collection of designer varsity looks with a boho twist. Models Claire Guena, Jitske Eline, Ophélie Him and Vikky Afanasieva are styled by Carole Matray. Photographer Esther Haase [IG] captures the long list of fall fashion from top luxury labels.
Models Anyier Anei, Divine Nwaokogba and Jibriil Ollow are styled by Babeth Dijan in haute couture grandeur and supreme elegance. Jean Baptiste Mondino captures the Black beauties in DUALITÉ for Numéro #232 September 2022./ Hair by Odile Gilbert; makeup by Eny Whitehead
Supermodel Edita Vilkeviciute covers the September 2022 issue of SModa. Ketevan Gvaramadze styles the fashion story in images shot in Paris by styles Stanislaw Boniecki [IG]. / Hair by Michal Bielecki; makeup by Steven Canavan
Supermodel Anja Rubik captures summers’s declining heat and beach rays, lensed by Stanislaw Boniecki [IG] in ZARA swimwear. / Hair by Adrian Wlasiuk; makeup by Kasia Bialy
Top models Edie Campbell, Mona Tougaard and Leon Dame pose against rocky but fecund terrain of Brittany, France. LVMH brand Loro Piana unveils its Fall-Winter 2022 campaign, lensed by Mario Sorrenti [IG], with art direction by Heiko Keinath.
As always — and especially on the subject of a mostly cashmere-driven collection— AOC turned our attention to Loro Piana’s sustainability efforts. Our usual sustainability pit-stop at Good on You was operating just now.
“I wanted to choose sculpted clothing that engulfed the model and to then layer it with denim,” says stylist Chloe Grace Press, who worked with photographer Jesse Jenkins [IG] to create the fashion story ‘Wildest Dreams’ for WSJ Magazine’s Fall 2022 issue.
Model Giselle Norman poses in Alexander McQueen married a peplum corset over a sporty Polo Ralph Lauren shirt. [above] and a Balenciaga denim top [below], with a surprising off-the-shoulder décolletage that mimics a jeans waist.
Polo Ralph Lauren Womens Fall 2022 Accessories Campaign enlists models Amrit and Coralie Jean-Francois. Photographer Alasdair McLellan [IG] is behind the lens, working with Jack Becht, SVP, Creative Director Ralph Lauren.
Campaign films are a dime a dozen. This one is worth watching.
Katie Grand’s The Perfect Magazine#3 is just truly awesome. I can only believe she has a lot of luxury brands support and respect to make this publication happen. Nicole Kidman’s first released fashion story by Zhong Lin [IG] was only the appetizer. The Malaysian-born, self-taught photographer now shares Gisele ‘Bündchen wearing Fendi while submerged in a water tank.
Rising model Oulimata Gueye is styled by Agnès Poulle in ‘Éloge de la Transparence’, a fashion story celebrating designs that flutter. Or, as articulated by WWD, dresses that inspire visions of insect wings or snowflakes on steroids. Photographer Thiemo Sander [IG] captures all the fragile grandeur for Madame Figaro August 26, 2022.
Viewed in black on a commanding female presence like Oulimata, the season’s transparency takes flight with an empowering sensuality that continues to attract many women in all our variations.
The successful and much-admired top model Rianne van Rompaey covers the September 2022 issue of Vogue Netherlands. Vanessa Reid styles Rianne in black and white images by Viviane Sassen {IG]. / Beauty by Irena Ruben
Supermodel Gigi Hadid is styled by Camilla Nickerson in ‘Well Worn’, fashion story for American Vogue September 2022. The title suggests that Gigi’s story is part of the growing resale market or pieces made of recycled fabrics. Or the fashion story is a mix of old and new, which would at least be progress. I’m seeing that more frequently these days.
Theo de Gueltzl [IG] photographs Gigi, and while he doesn’t have her images yet, his own IG has a wonderful vibe and hits some of these AOC notes.
Models of Mexican heritage Issa Lish and Egyptian-born French model of Korean, Serbian and Russian descent Tiana Tolstoi are styled by Regina Chan in ‘Citizen of the Universe’, a fine jewelry fashion story. Photographer Pj Lam [IG] captures Lish and Tolstoi in futuristic, intergalactic elegance images for Vogue China September 2022.
The headlines are screaming: “Nicole Kidman looks jacked, shows off insane physique on Perfect cover” Page Six; “At 55, Nicole Kidman remains one of fashion’s biggest risk takers” CNN; “Nicole Kidman Looks Ripped as Hell on ‘Perfect’ Magazine Cover The Daily Beast; Nicole Kidman Is Nearly Unregnizable and Insanely Ripped on Must-See Magazine Cover ET Online.
Kidman Has a Past: the Miu Miu Micro Mini
Nicole Kidman took a lot of you-know-what on social media, posing in Miu Miu’s micro mini on the cover of Vanity Fair’s February 2022 Hollywood Isssue. Forget the fact that Kidman put 80% of the population wearing the mini to shame.