Just In! Choupette Lagerfeld Is Coming to The Met Gala ! Is She Flying Private?

Just In! Choupette Lagerfeld Is Coming to The Met Gala ! Is She Flying Private?

Deeply immersed in the pending US Supreme Court stay issued against the dreadful anti-science decision by US Federal Texas District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk against Mifepristone, AOC completely missed the news that Choupette Lagerfeld has accepted an invite to The Met Gala honoring her famously controversial daddy.

Glamour Magazine posted the news last week. Is Choupette traveling on her own jet, or will she preferably take the heat in an airplane at least carrying a crowd of fashion folks?

Will Kim Kardashian Fly Choupette to The Met Gala?

Back to Choupette . . . she could be flying Air Chanel, which would make sense. Or now that Kim Kardashian is coming to the Met Gala, it’s a fact that Choupette would look great in KK’s new plane.

And if anybody can take the heat for flying a private jet to Europe to pick up Karl Lagerfeld’s famous cat Choupette, it’s Kim Kardashian.

After all, Karl Lagerfeld shot Kim Kardashian [West then] in 2013, seven months pregnant with North. He was the first major fashion photographer to shoot her.

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Spring 2023 Dior Gardening Capsule Collection by Ellen Von Unwerth Pts 1 & 2

Spring 2023 Dior Gardening Capsule Collection by Ellen Von Unwerth Pts 1 & 2

The Dior Gardening Capsule from the Spring-Summer 2023 collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri has an abundance of flowers and fauna — such style abundance that we’ve split the photoshoot into two sections.

Punctuated with the dreamy Dior Petites Fleurs and Dior Birds prints created by Tassinari & Chatel by Lelièvre Paris, the capsule bridges elegance with functionality for a group of sweet young fashionistas gone a little bit wild.

Elin Svahn styled the large fashion shoot with models including Carla Pereira, Freja Rothmann-Pallesen, Kiki Wei, Lineisy Montero [major], Lulu Tenney [major], Mary Alexandridi, Raynara Negrine, Tina Diedhiou and more, lensed by Ellen Von Unwerth [IG]. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Peter Palau; set design by Alexander Bock

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Guerlain Taps Aristide Najean To Honor Le Bouquet de la Mariée Fragrance

Guerlain Taps Aristide Najean To Honor Le Bouquet de la Mariée Fragrance

Renowned glassmaker Aristide Najean has collaborated with LVMH-owned Guerlain to honor the 170th anniversary of the luxury brand’s Bee Bottle. Najean created a fantastical Murano glass limited-edition flacon housing Guerlain's Le Bouquet de la Mariée fragrance.

Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain created the first bee bottle to celebrate Empress Eugénie's marriage to Emperor Napoleon III on that date.

Napolean I — often called Napolean the Great as the military and political leader known to global historians — had personally chosen bees as a symbol of the French Empire because of their ancestral ties to resurrection, power, tenacity, and hard-work.

Guerlain’s 170th Anniversary Exhibit

Guerlain Director of Art, Culture and Heritage Ann-Caroline Prazan invites us to rediscover Guerlain’s iconic Bee Bottle, which celebrates its 170th anniversary in 2023 with a stunning exhibition at Guerlain’s flagship boutique.​

The House pays tribute to the iconic Bee Bottle by inviting eleven women artists to revisit the Flacon aux Abeilles in a 21st century artists update of Guerlain’s heritage.

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Rianne Van Rompaey Adds New Le Goût de M Cover Story to Her April 2023 Portfolio

Rianne Van Rompaey Adds New Le Goût de M Cover Story to Her April 2023 Portfolio

We have a mega dose of top model Rianne Van Rompaey in April media.

In this fashion story, Rianne covers the new issue of Le Goût de M, wearing classic pieces from the avante-garde wing of fashion styled by Suzanne Koller. “Unconventional classics” is the stylist’s term.

The Dutch beauty with an intoxicating, old-world model personna that is equal parts sensual and intellectual is lensed by Robin Galiegue [IG]./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell; makeup by Marie Duhart

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Black & Ivory Sophisticated Separates Make A Big Impression in iO Donna March 2023

Black & Ivory Sophisticated Separates Make A Big Impression in iO Donna March 2023

Model Lamich Kirabo is styled by Flavia Galantini in ‘Scelte Alternative’ [Alternative Choices’], an ivory and black fashion story featuring Ann Demeulemeester, Antonio Marras, Burberry, Celiine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fabiana Filippi, Falconeri, Ferragamo, H&M Studio, Mango, Martino Midali, Max Mara, Prada, Valentino.

Photographer Andrea Gendini is behind the lens for iO Donna March 2023./ Hair by Erisson Musella; makeup by Martina D’andrea

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King Charles III Joins TIME 100 Most Influential People List 2023 As Beloved Mushroom Hunter

King Charles III Joins TIME 100 Most Influential People List 2023 As Beloved Mushroom Hunter

King Charles III, awaiting his coronation as king of the United Kingdom on May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey, was honored by TIME Magazine on their new TIME 100 Most Influential People 2023 list.

When the new annual list is released, the person chosen to write about the TIME 100 honoree, can be as interesting as the list itself.

The person introducing King Charles in the TIME 100 2023 issue is Edward Enninful, OBE, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and Vogue European editorial director. [OBE stands for Order of the British Empire.]

The high-achieving Enninful agrees that on the face of it, he grew up a young Black boy in Ladbroke Grove without understanding how intimately involved then Charles, Prince of Wales was with the Prince’s Trust. The charity had dramatic impact on the lives of Edward’s community, directed by the then Prince on many fronts.

Just as British Vogue’s EIC Edward Enninful seeks to humanize King Charles III in his commentary for the TIME 100, AOC was impacted by a story that broke last weekend by royal biographer Robert Jobson. As AOC drills deeply into the topic of mushrooms, mycelium, talking plants and future fabrics made of mushrooms and other natural materials, then Prince Charles pops up frequently in our research.

Mushrooms came to play a critical role in comforting King Charles in the final hours that would physically take his mother and Queen away from him.

Then Prince Charles returned to his estate at Birkhall for a walk in the woods, drawing emotional and psychological sustenance from the trees, the earth and the quiet sound of the River Muick. Charles made good use of himself, taking a wooden cane and a basket to forage for mushrooms along his walk.

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Hyun Ji Shin and Mathiieu Simoneau Lensed by Cho Giseok for Numero #238

Hyun Ji Shin and Mathiieu Simoneau Lensed by Cho Giseok for Numero #238

Models Hyun Ji Shin and Mathiieu Simoneau share an ‘Attraction Fatale’ styled by Lisa Jarvis with references to supernatural energies in a ‘Love Is Stronger Than Anything!’ issue. Photographer Cho Giseok [IG] is in the studio, capturing the would-be lovers in color-saturated images for Numero Magazine #238 April-May 2023./ Hair by Gabe Sin; makeup by Oh Seongseok

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Selena Forrest Feels 'Miami Heat' in WSJ Magazine April 2023 by Angelo Pennetta

Selena Forrest Feels 'Miami Heat' in WSJ Magazine April 2023 by Angelo Pennetta

Top model Selena Forrest covers the April 2023 issue of WSJ Magazine, styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois in hot weather, fluid elegance. Photographer Angelo Pennetta [IG] captures Selena in hot-weather mode in Miami, where she has a home since 2021. “Work can be so fast-paced, and here I have a big backyard,” says Forrest. “I’m just soaking in the nature and the sunshine.”/ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Susie Sobol

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The Health Benefits of Natural Pools, Thanks to Edita Vilkeviciute in Mango Swimwear 2023

The Health Benefits of Natural Pools, Thanks to Edita Vilkeviciute in Mango Swimwear 2023

Top model Edita Vilkeciviute is blessed to have a home in Ibiza, one featured in the July 2021 issue of Vogue Spain. We’re not clear if the top model swims in a natural pool on her property, but they are prevalent on the famous Spanish island in the Mediterranean.

In these images Edita poses in Mango swimwear from the 2023 spring/summer collection. The shoot takes place in San Andrés, Tenerife — part of Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of southern Morocco and the disputed Western Sahara. Photographer Pepe Lobez [IG] captures the famous Lithuanian beauty — who is in high demand for sensual summer fashion stories and campaigns — styled by Rebeca Abad and Pili Álamo. Patricia Diaz Manzano provides the art direction.

A core way to experience the benefits of biophilia is through swimming, an activity that not only connects us with water, a vital element of nature, but also offers numerous physical and mental health benefits. Water is also key to Jungian psychology and the unconscious mind is symbolized by the vastness of the ocean and its crashing waves.

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Vogue US May 2023 Tributes Karl Lagerfeld with 10 Top Models and 10 Luxury Brands

Vogue US May 2023 Tributes Karl Lagerfeld with 10 Top Models and 10 Luxury Brands

American Vogue’s May 2023 issue pays tribute to Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, one of fashion’s greatest talents. Lagerfeld is the focus of the upcoming retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and annual fundraiser hosted by Anna Wintour and referred to as The Met Gala 2023, scheduled for Monday May 1, 2023.

Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute’s brilliant curator has titled the new exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” a reference to the painter William Hogarth. The artist believed that an ever-turning, ever-changing line captures more energy and life than a straight one. This idea was conceptually embedded in nature by Hogarth and other artists and intellectuals discuss this concept. More than one of them referenced the serpeant as an ideal symbol.

Lagerfeld’s career spanned appointments at Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous brand.

For the cover, Vogue photographer Annie Leibovitz [IG] photographed 10 muses, women who are part of a larger group of models adored by Karl Lagerfeld.

Models include Adut Akech, Amber Valletta, Anok Yai, Devon Aoki, Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Liu Wen, Naomi Campbell, Natalia Vodianova and Shalom Harlow, pose in the creations of other designers paying tribute to Karl Lagerfeld with the fashion itself and also words.

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Adut Akech Shares Brother Bior Akech in 'Rising Up' by Josh Olins for Vogue Australia April 2023

Adut Akech Shares Brother Bior Akech in 'Rising Up' by Josh Olins for Vogue Australia April 2023

Supermodel Adut Akech introduces fashion world to her brother Bior Akech, with three covers in the April 2023 issue of Vogue Australia. Christine Centenera styles the shoot with photography by Josh Olins [IG]./ Hair by Sophie Roberts; makeup by Kellie Stratton

Adut’s younger brother Bior, age 17, remains currently in Adelaide, Australia, where he is finishing school.

The word ‘supermodel’ is almost meaningless today, it is so bandied about with no clear understanding of what is means to be a supermodel.

Adut Akech is a supermodel with 1.8 M followers which is very high for a model — as opposed to a Kardashian or Bieber or Jenner. They are in their own league.

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Versace Fall 2023 Glamour for Los Angeles Times by Maya Fuhr with Gisselle and Saye

Versace Fall 2023 Glamour for Los Angeles Times by Maya Fuhr with Gisselle and Saye

The Los Angeles Times captures the shimmering, sophisticated style tableau with model Gisselle Hidalgo and Saye, styled by Keyla Marquez. Photographer Maya Fuhr [IG} imaged the Oscar-worthy sleek drama and shares on IG news of her show ‘Compersion’.

Nuvo Magazine interviewed the Canadian artist about her lifelong obsession with latex and voyeurism in her first LA show, now closed, at Gallery Sade. We share the press release.

The inspiration behind the new collection was the highly-influential 1995 and chic collection designed by Versace house founder and Donatella’s brother Gianni Versace.

Richard Avedon’s photographs of Kristen McMenamy captured an unusually chic and elegant Versace collection. Donatella told Vogue: “I wanted to go back to the cut and shape of the clothes, to concentrate on the perfect little black dress, the perfect black suit.”

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