Paolo Roversi [IG] captures the Giorgio Armani [IG] S/S 2023 Men’s Campaign. Ludivine Poiblanc styles the models including Aleksandar Rusic, Ibrahim Idoow and Taemin Park.
At first glance Natalie Portman’s new Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet campaign seems straightforward enough. The floral scent features notes of bergamot essence, Damascus rose, and peony with the tagline: “Love is a bouquet.”
The music to Natalie Portman’s new Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet campaign is Janis Joplin for heaven’s sake. I thought I was going to lose my mind.
When Natalie Portman looks straight at me in a Janis Joplin music commercial and says WAKE UP, she has my undivided attention.
AOC wrote in 2019 about Natalie Portman’s human connection and deep respect for Catherine Dior. The Miss Dior fragrance was named for Christian Dior’s sister who was a member of the French resistance during WWII. Catherine was sent to multiple concentration camps in Germany.
In the 2019 interview for Harpers Bazaar UK, the Hollywood star had sober words for progressive optimists:
“I think it’s a mistake to think of humanity as evolving,” the intellectually-accomplished Portman explains. You want to believe it, for sure, but it’s more like cycles of violence. Yet we’ve had an extraordinary lifetime of peace, too, so it’s allowed us to live in this belief that progress is being made.”
London-based, Atherns-born model and journalist Nassia Matsa poses in ‘The Social Season’, elegant finery styled by fashion editor Natalie Westernoff. Photographer Rachell Smith [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Arabia January 2023.
Tod’s [IG] Pre-Spring 2023 campaign brings together two couples — 1) Anna Ewers and Joshua Seth and 2) Nora Attal and Valentin Caron on a journey through the sun-kissed atmospheres of Southern Italy captured by Karim Sadli [IG] . A typical Apulian Masseria perfectly frames the Pre-Spring 2023 collection, bringing together the four models on their getaway.
New face Karolina Spakowski brings a mega dose of styling wit by ELLE UK [IG] fashion editor Georgia Medley to the magazine’s December 2022/January 2023 issue.
Photographer Lulu McArdle [IG] captures ‘More Is More’, giving the “classic print and colour clash a 2020s spin, mixing neutral patterns with the boldest brights.”/ Hair by Johanna Cree Brown; makeup by Sogol Razi
Top models Adut Akech, Bella Hadid, Candice Huffine, Devyn Garcia, Imaan Hammam, Jill Kortleve, Mayowa Nicholas, Paloma Elsesser, Taylor Hill, Valentina Sampaio star in Victoria’s Secret Valentine’s Day 2023 campaign.
Gabriella Karefa Johnson styles the shoot, with Camille Summers-Valli [IG] directing the 30-second 2023 V-Day Shop spot.
After a five-year hiatus, Isabeli Fontana returns to the January 2023 issue cover of Vogue Brazil in three cover images. Isabeli wears a a plunging neckline sleek red dress [above]; followed by a hi-tech modern chainmail silver Prada crop top and mini skirt [below] and a pantsuit and blouse from Animale.
Model Meghan Roche is lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG] is in his favorite photography mode for Harper’s Bazaar UK February 2023. Leith Clark styles the rich tableau of elegant prints and patterns./ Hair by Bjorn Krischker'; makeup by Meghan Roche
Philadelphia-born, dual American and French citizen, muse to Alexander McQueen, the fabulous Debra Shaw takes it easy in the pages of Marie Claire France. Sabine Villiard [IG] is in the studio, capturing Shaw for the January 2023 issue.
Top model Kaia Gerber is the face of Alaïa’s WS23 [IG] campaign, styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka. Photographer Tyrone Lebon captures Gerber with creative direction by Alaïa’s Pieter Mulier.
Model Clara Denison is styled by Aina Marcó in ‘Up N’ Down’, a ‘day in the life of’ fashion story. Photographer Adri Cuerdo [IG] is behind the lens for Numero Netherlands December 2022. Models Maria Mavarez and Sergi Shan also gain exposure.
Versace’s Resort 2023 Collection is filled with tensions: ‘“Hard and soft, masculine and feminine, formal and playful, contrasts that I see the new generation questioning and ripping up completely,” Donatella Versace said about her acid-colors designs.
Models Sora Choi and Steinberg kick off the women’s wing of the campaign, with Momo Ndiaye and Timo Pan on mens. Photographer Thue Nørgaard [IG] captures the vibrant colorways exuding big energy, styled by Jacob K.
British actors Josh O’Connor, who played a young Charles in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’, and Franco-Congolese actor and comedian Stéphane Bak, fresh off his critically-acclaimed role in ‘Mali Twist’, are center-stage in LOEWE’s Spring Summer 2023 Men’s Campaign.
Benjamin Bruno styles the shoot, with creative direction by Jonathan Anderson. Photographer David Sims [IG] is in the studio, distilling yet another LOEWE campaign with an impeccable vibe of creative artisanship. Vincent Olivieri provides set design. Love it.
Models Lottie Aaron and Ash Chen are styled by Bridie Gilbert in luxury looks from Ann Demeulemeester, Ash, Bottega Veneta, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Prada, Saint Laurent, Schiaparelli, Simone Rocha, Versace, Victoria Beckham in a new fashion story ‘Together Alone’.
Photographer Jess James [IG] is in the studio for Vogue China’s January 2023 digital issue, creative direction by Matt Mcdonald.
Vogue Arabia’s January 2023 issue turns an elegant eye to couture, styled by Mirko De Propis and Vittoria Ross Provesi. Paris-based photographer Tareck Raffoul [IG] captures model Bianca Mabaso wearing Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana; Giambattista Valli; Giorgio Armani; Schiaparelli and Valentino./ Makeup by Mattia Andreoli; outstanding hair by Cosimo Bellomo
Vogue Portugal January 2023 issue creates a gasp or two with this beauty cover story ‘Red Velvet & Purple Rain’. Pablo Patane styles the story starring makeup artist Elise Ducrot [IG] with fabulous images by Jabe [IG].
‘The Crown’ actor Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Princess Diana, covers the January 2023 issue of Madame Figaro. Debicki joined Dior in December 2021 as an fashion ambassador, followed by her appointment in late October 2022 as a brand ambassador for Dior Joaillerie’s Rose Dior collection.
Writer Isabelle Girarduses an intriguing phrase to describe Diana’s public life, explaining that the princess “never found her place between shadow and light. It is this ambivalence that characterizes her.”
London-based, Norway-born photographer Sølve Sundsbø [IG]is always evolving in new directions of visual presentation. In this fashion story ‘People Are People’ for Mission Magazine, the artist distills the stated purpose of the United Nations [UN] in images.
Models Alyson Dubey, Barbara Almeida, Emanuel Ramos and Morgan Fernandez create collective, composite images styled by David Bradshaw.
Models Bangali Drammeh from Gambia, Honest Ujoy from South Korea and Mateen Ismail from Australia launch a focus on Jo Malone London’s ‘Cologne Intense’, a collection of alluring scents inspired by faraway lands, captivating rituals and treasured ingredients.
The first Cologne Intense fragrance – Oud & Bergamot – was created more than 10 years ago and inspired by the Middle East. “Combining the nobility and enveloping scent of oud with the brightness of bergamot, it has become one of Jo Malone’s most beloved fragrances,” notes Céline Roux, Global Head of Fragrance. “Since then, we’ve travelled to faraway lands all over the world in search of inspiring traditions and treasured ingredients, to create a whole range of mysterious and sensual fragrances.”
