Mona Tougaard Covers Vogue Japan October 2023 in Sleek Style Story by Hugo Comte
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Felice Nordhoff in Dolce & Gabbana for Vogue Netherlands September 2023 by Luigi & Iango
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Cover model Felice Noordhoff morphs into a sensual supermodel composite, in an exclusive Dolce & Gabbana fashion story for Vogue Netherlands September 2023. Noordhoff is styled by Michael Philouze under fashion director Linda Gumus Gerritsen.
Photographers Luigi & Iango [IG] capture Felice in advance of their upcoming ‘Unveiled’ show at Palazzo Reale in Milan from September 22th to November 26th, 2023.
Believe it or not, this is the first solo exhibion of the work of the Italian Luigi Murenu [who gave me major encouragement so long ago, I doubt he even remembers] and his Swiss partner Iango Henzi.
They express an honest, sensual intimacy in their images, speaking with a unique devotion to rebellious and fierce women committed to change and challenge to social norms.
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Actor Laura Harrier Is Pure Sensual Siren for Flaunt Magazine 187 by Chrisean Rose
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American actor Laura Harrier covers Flaunt Magazine Issue 187, wearing a sleek, siren, modern-jazz-age silhouette from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello on the cover.
Photographer Chrisean Rose [IG] is in the studio, capturing Harrier in Alaïa, Ferragamo, George Trochopoulos, Loewe, Noir Kei Ninomiya, styled by Thomas Cristos Kikis.
Read MoreDua Lipa Covers Vogue France September, Wearing Style Austerity Lensed by Mert Alas
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Top talent Dua Lipa covers the September 2023 issue of Vogue France, wearing ALAÏA in a 180° turn away from her bushy, dark brows. Barely-there nude makeup and a blonde no-brows, visual closeup launches a fashion story portrait of Dua Lipa by Mert Alas solo [IG] to kick off the fall 2023 fashion season with austerity.
In contrast to her center stage May 2023, joyful butterflies, exquisitely beautiful Versace ‘La Vacanza’ Magic in Cannes, a joyless darkness has settled over Dua Lipa’s France. It is perhaps a sign of the times.
Dua Lipa has a mini Oprah operation going on with her Service95 website, a place of intellectual ideas and commentary — and her podcast.
Even more consequential are her words about homophobia and transphobia and how close they are to misogyny.
Dua Lipa is highly articulate in how she sees this challenge :
“Homophobia and transphobia are close to misogyny. A lot of people, deep down, are just afraid of themselves. The freedom of others confronts them with what they do not have the courage to express. The beauty of a free, true and proud being paralyzes them.”
Read MoreParis Drama Clothes Show by Josh Olins for WSJ Magazine September 2023
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Youthful style dramatics hold a Fall 2023 style rehearsals in Paris, styled by Anastasia Barbieri in images by Josh Olins [IG]./ Makeup by Karim Rahman; hair by Cim Mahony
Models include Aivita Muze, Aristote Luyindula, Ema Haznadar, Laura Rudd, Marilou Hanriot and Sonia Bonny.
Discover all the product details of high drama, star-worthy luxury fashion at WSJ Magazine’s September issue.
Read MoreAdwoa Aboah in 'Fresh Take' by Ronan McKenzie for Net-A-Porter August 21, 2023
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Top model, social activist and Gurl Talk founder Adwoa Aboah makes an absolutely-lovely, up-front-and-personal, “I’ve got this” appearance in Net-a-Porter’s August 21st fashion pages.
We have some utterly gorgeous images of Aboah, lensed by Ronan McKenzie [IG].
Aboah could light up a cigar in this moment, like some seven-figure, boys club lawyer — and she is believable. She’s taken the male gaze and turned it inside out on a journey to self-love that has been challenging at times.
In 2022, Aboah’s acting classes paid off with her debut in the much-loved east London-based drama ‘Top Boy’. And she tells her ‘Fresh Take’ interviewer Liv Little that high on her list of priorities is doing a ‘TED Talk’.
Read MoreZendaya Enters an Era of Risk, Lensed by Steven Klein for ELLE US September, 2023
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Uber talent Zendaya tells ELLE US September 2023 writer Clover Hope, that at the impending age of 27, she’s “entering an era of risk.”
Stepping into the role of Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s R-rated, tennis-pros tryst drama ‘Challengers’ leaves her fans asking ‘Disney who?’
Clover Hope uses a new-to-AOC term that we admire and understand: ‘sensual chaos’. And who better to photograph the layers of sexual heat, ambiguity and self-revelation — but also misunderstanding— embedded in human sexuality, than the master of such images Steven Klein [IG].
It’s been a real drought of edgy images like Klein’s, but human sexuality itself has evolved mightily. Hence the repressive, hair-on-fire tactics of the right-wing extremists, who are always lurking under our bedcovers.
Read MoreAkiima Ajak '60s Style Liberation by Jason Kibbler in ELLE Spain September 2023
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Aussie model born in Kenya, of South Sudan heritage, Akiima Ajak channels the spirit of ‘60s style liberation styled in bold, black and white optical graphics. Benedetta Dell'Orto styles the shoot, lensed by Jason Kibbler [IG] for ELLE Spain [IG] September 2023./ Hair by Leon Gorman; makeup by Virginia Young
Read MoreMonica Bellucci Assumes Icon Status in Harper's Bazaar Spain September by Xavi Gordo
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The September 2023 issue of Harpers Bazaar Spain delivers two cover women — Monica Bellucci and Kendall Jenner — who personify what it is to be an icon in the 21st century.
In these images, film star legend Monica Bellucci is lensed by Xavi Gordo [IG] with styling by EIC Imma Jimenez Mateos, who is also creative director of HEARST Spain, and Claudia Laukamp. Bellucci wears Nina Ricci by Harris Reed above./ Hair by John Nollet Paris
Read More'Pure Imagination' Roams at Glyn Cywarch in Wales by Sean Thomas in Vogue UK
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British Vogue’s September 2023 issue shares a fashion story ‘Pure Imagination’, styled by Amanda and Tallulah Harlech. The story promotes Glyn Cywarch, the Harlech family’s estate in northwestern Wales.
Amanda Harlech invites multitalented guests that include Moon Bedeaux, Miranda Brooks, Francesca Hayward, Alfie Husband, Ella Richards, Tish Weinstock & Lydia West to the 400-year-old estate that is just HOME to an authentic “grand and storied” British experience . Photographer Sean Thomas is behind the lens.
Read MoreGrace Elizabeth Suits Up for Cass Bird Photos in Vogue September 2023
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Vogue’s Tabitha Simmons [IG] styles top model Grace Elizabeth in her first ‘Just One Thing’.
Simmons writes: “If you had to buy ONE THING a good suit would be my choice !!!! It can be a versatile addition to your wardrobe that you can dress up or down for different events or wear as separates. Additionally, a well-fitted suit can make you feel confident and empowered. I love a suit especially a jazzy one.”
Photographer Cass Bird [IG] photographs Grace Elizabeth with her husband Nicolas Krause, who she married in 2020. The couple welcomed baby boy Noah Krause in early 2021.
Read More'Fellow Travelers' on Showtime Explained in Out Magazine September/October 2023
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In a fashion story and interview for Out magazine, cover stars Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, and Noah J. Ricketts reflect on the familial bonds formed by the actors in the upcoming limited eight-episodes series ‘Fellow Travelers’, with its premier October 27 on ‘Showtime’.
This fashion story and narrative by Mey Rude was created for Out before the Hollywood actor’s strike. The quartet is styled by Michael Miller in images by Jason Hetherington [IG].
A mindblowing fact about the focus of the Showtime series ‘Fellow Travelers’ is the probable deceptions between the two leading figures in the purge of homosexuals in the US federal goverment in 1953: Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn.
Even then, Roy Cohn was the subject of hush-hush, anecdotal rumours about his homosexual identity. Cohn was eventually diagnosed with AIDS and died in 1978.
Two more men with interesting biographies are tied to the key figures of ‘Fellow Travelers’. The first is America’s head of the FBI during the 1950s J. Edgar Hoover. The second — years later — is a younger man named Donald J. Trump.
Read MoreSydney Sweeney for S Moda El Pais September 2023 by Thomas Whiteside
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The Hollywood strike disrupted actor Sydney Sweeney’s ability to speak about her past and future projects with the September 2023 issue of S Moda for El Pais [IG].
Readers do get a lesson in just how fervently Sydney Sweeney knew at the young age of three that she had a gift for acting. Once she understood people had actual jobs in acting, her young vision was fully-formed.
It was then that the 10-year-old took control of the situation with her five-year plan — which she presented to her parents. Key steps included “meeting casting directors, auditioning for short films, student films, or commercials.”
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Will Icon Collection Pay Off for Victoria's Secret? Adriana, Candice, Gisele, Naomi to the Rescue
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The new VS campaign is excellent and has some real VS icons featured. Bringing back past VS models is a terrific idea for a brand trying to find safe ground to stand on. Shop the new collection at the VS website.
If I read the VS copy carefully, I’m sure we are all icons somewhere in it, so let’s just cut the AOC analysis short here and say “good job, VS.”
The Icon by Victoria’s Secret Collection models includes VS greats Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Adriana Lima, and Candice Swanepoel.
The Icon cast campaigns expands to include Adut Akech, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Bieber, Paloma Elsesser and Sui He. I’m pleased to say that every woman listed here has archives on AOC.
Oyadeas!
Oh dear goddess Oya. I tried . . . I tried . . . I tried so hard to step carefully, but I just fell down the “we’re all icons” rabbit hole, and I did not see it coming.
Read MoreMeghan Collison Suits Up in Harpers Bazaar Germany by Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello
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Model Meghan Collison is styled by Kai Margrander in ‘It Suits Her’, suits-inspired tailoring with a bit of flair lensed by Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello for Harper’s Bazaar Germany September 2022./ Hair by Amber Duarte; makeup Rie Omoto
Read MoreMadame Germany's 'Tableau VIVANT' Fashion Story and the Bloomsbury Artists
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