Tara Halliwell's Old World Style Update by Szilveszter Makó for Numéro March 2023 #237
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He Cong Channels Style in Art by Leslie Zhang for Marie Claire China April 2023
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Marie Claire China’s April 2023 issue turns to the world of art for inspiration in styling its cover story. Model He Cong poses as the muse channeling world-reknown artworks.
Shanghai-based photographer Leslie Zhang [IG] captures He Cong in an exceptional effort by Marie Claire China’s entire creative team to reach for the high bar. It’s inspiring to observe./ Hair by Zhao Wenzhi; makeup by Yang Kaichun
Read MoreAnsley Gulielmi Makes Global Fashion Statement in Vogue Turkey March 2023
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Model Ansley Gulielmi is styled in classic cream and black minimal, modern elegance with decorative flower touches by Tugce Bahcivangil for this visually strong fashion story in Vogue Turkey March 2023.
Photographer Can Buyukkalkan [IG] captures Gulielmi in ‘Moda Dünyası Güçlerini Birleştiriyor’ [‘Fashion World Joins Forces’]./ Hair by Ismail Inan; makeup by Ece Birsen
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Candice Swanepoel Twists Her Image in Vogue Brazil March 2023 by Lufre
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Supermodel businesswoman and Tropic of C eco-lifestyle brand, sustainable swimwear environmentalist Candice Swanepoel covers the March 2023 issue of Vogue Brazil.
Rita Lazzarotti styles the wide-ranging mix of Brazilian and international luxury brands that are distinctly modern. Julia Filgueiras works as art director on the cover story with photography by Lufre [IG].
On her own IG, Candice is particularly fond of the Ferragamo look featured in burnt fall colors. It changes colors with body heat.
Read MoreRianne Van Rompaey Covers Harper's Bazaar France, Lensed by Alasdair McLellan
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Dutch fashion model Rianne Van Rompaey covers the second 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar France, photographed in London by Alasdair McLellan [IG].
Today’s popular culture does not value discretion, but we don’t see an obvious financial price to be paid for models living a lower-profile life.
As long as a model remains respected and popular enough to generate income in media or on the runway — she must create value for her clients, after all — s[he] may enjoy a well-rounded life of experiences and opportunities that most people only dream about. These pros aren’t caught up in the social media hype machine that reduces models earning $20 million a year and more to weep live on IG over the misery of their lives and unfair Instagram comments.
Rianne Van Rompaey has that balance in her life. So do Vittoria Ceretti and Saskia De Brauw. Two Dutch models and an Italian. When one considers that it’s the Americans who weep, this reality begs for more thought. It’s a light bulb moment!!
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Dilone in Brasilia for Vogue Netherlands April 2023 Anniversary, Lensed by Arran & Jules
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American model Dilone, of Dominican descent, is on AOC’s ‘more, please’ list. The actor/model poses in Brasilia, Brazil in the April 2023 issue of Vogue Netherlands.
Linda Gumus Gerritsen styles the athletic earth daughter, who wears modern-architecture, spare but fluid silhouettes and fabrications for the warm-weather fashion story lensed by Arran & Jules [IG].
Brazil was a major home to brutalist architecture, long associated with independence movements in a post-colonial world. Against a verdant, tropical backdrop and with the addition of glass in some countries style preferences, the architectural style appears much warmer and human than that Parisian parking lot [see end of post].
Read MoreZimmermann Summer 2023 Swim Collection Unveils Mysterious Blonde Goddess
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You’re not alone if you did a doubletake over the model in Zimmermann’s new Summer 2023 Swim Collection. Indeed, the two-piece bandeaus are sexy . . . especially with gold jewelry accents.
The black and white graphic ‘sunflowers’ crochet dress is fabulous, but who is the blonde? We love the two-piece, strapless green bikini, but why does she look so familiar and yet . . . like a seaworthy, modern woman Aphrodite?
Model Cara Taylor reminds us to never judge a book by its cover. Never ever! You never know the person living inside the mind of that brunette American model from Alabama.
Whether it’s three days, three months, or never looking back, Taylor reminds us that every woman should walk where angels do not tread.
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Anna Ewers Is Lost in Leaf Love, Lensed by Zoe Ghertner for British Vogue April 2023
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On the heels of model Cara Taylor going blue-blood blonde in the new Zimmerman campaign, blonde model Anna Ewers goes strawberry blonde in the pages of British Vogue April 2023.
Anna’s images by Zoe Ghertner [IG] are diminutive against nature’s green majesty. Jane How styles Ewers in fluid fine knits, but Her Green Majesty dresses herself, for ‘Within a Budding Grove’.
Read MoreSunseekers Bella Hadid, Ouyang Nana in Louis Vuitton 2023 Sunglasses by Steven Meisel
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Bella Hadid greets longer days and brilliant sun as the face of Louis Vuitton 2023 sunglasses campaign, joined by Taiwanese singer, musician and actor Ouyang Nana.
Carine Roitfeld styles the campaign with Bella and Ouyang in images by Steven Meisel. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
Read MoreVittoria Ceretti Takes Us Beyond Artifice for D La Repubblica, Lensed by Vito Fernicola
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Top model Vittoria Ceretti shows off a side of her fashion persona not typically revealed. We are backstage as Vittoria prepares for her runway walk in a larger atmosphere fraught with tension.
There is an eye that tears, having to deal with the most difficult model in the world, or perhaps a frenzied creative director giving orders a bit too harshly. Speaking for herself in ‘Vittoria Ceretti: Semplicemente, Sono Felice [I’m Simply Happy.]” lensed by Vito Fernicola [IG] the model is at peace.
Read MoreJessica Stam At Ease and In Shape for Vogue Italia April 2023 by Thurstan Redding
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Canadian model Jessica Stam was honored in early March by Marc Jacobs with his 2023 reissue of the Stam Bag. Stam also booked a major runway presence in the recent fall 2023 show.
Today Stam appears in the pages of Vogue Italia April 2023 in ‘Jessica Abita Qui’[‘Jessica Live Here’], wearing body-con, casual and athletic-life clothes styled by Georgia Pendlebury.
Photographer Thurstan Redding [IG] captures Stam, who sold her New York apartment last fall. A great lover of New York, her life now extends far west.
Read MoreMassimo Dutti Limited Edition Collection of Chic, Elevated Basics Is Worth a Look
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The Case for Elevated Basics
The fashion trends term describing the Spring 2023 Massimo Dutti Limited Edition collection is ‘elevated basics’. Every fashion-aware person self-defines their own vision of ‘elevated basics’, but Massimo Dutti’s 2023 vision is one of sophisticated, chic simplicity and clarity.
The new campaign highlights models Ella Mccutcheon, Imaan Hammam, Tara Halliwell and Yilan Hua in images by Ezra Petronio [IG].
The vision is not a boring one, but more of a timeless, body-aware, polished, sensual approach in black and cream.
Skirts are longer for seekers of elevated basics, silhouettes are fluid. AOC asks if the long column of a dress is a modern woman’s caftan.
Note that caftans are showing up in men’s collections also, but the narrow, sleeveless column dress remains a typically female choice, except in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Men Taigarama Bags Summer 2023 Campaign Lensed by Tom Johnson
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Louis Vuitton Men releases the Taigarama Summer 2023 Campaign with models Akito Mizutani, Choi Mabior, Limamu Mbaye and Lucas El Bali styled by Pau Avia.
Tom Johnson [IG] photographs the campaign, with art direction by Lucie Matussiere./ Hair by Christian Eberhard; makeup by Christine Corbel
Read MoreChu Wong and Katie Craven in 'Neutral Territory' by Pieter Hugo for Harper's Bazaar US
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Models Chu Wong and Katie Craven wear relaxed, rough-elegance fashion seeking edgy respectability in ‘Neutral Territory’, styled by Samuel Drira for Harper’s Bazaar US March 2023.
South African photographer Pieter Hugo [IG] captures a wide range of nature-inspired, fabric-driven fashion looks from Armani, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Israeli fashion designer Hed Mayner, JW Anderson, Jil Sander, Brooklyn-based Lauren Manoogian, Loewe, MM6 Maison Margiela, Max Mara and Uma Wang. / Makeup by Asami Kawai; hair by Anne Sofie Begtrup
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'Dior Or' Ramadan Capsule Collection 2023 Reigns with Discreet Modern Luxury
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