Loro Piana Malibu Dinner for New 'Cocooning Collection' Was a Feast of Neutrals

Loro Piana Malibu Dinner for New 'Cocooning Collection' Was a Feast of Neutrals

Italian quiet luxury brand Loro Piana held a dinner party in Malibu on October 10th. The purpose was a cozy celebration for its third ‘Cocooning Collection’, appropriately held at a private beachside villa along the Pacific Coast Highway.

The evening was rich in Loro Piana’s preference for neutral colors. In concert with the natural beachside environment, neutrals permeated every visualization from the guests’ attire to the interior design and even table settings.

The fine-tuning evolution around the LVMH brand Loro Piana [called Loro by insiders] is led by chief executive Damien Bertrand, who took the veins of the deeply respected luxury house about two years ago. He is passionate about his assignment.

 “We have the best fibres in the world, and this is the work of the Loro Piana family for six generations. These are fibres, and people tend to forget, that come from animals; like humans, if they are eating well, being treated well and sleeping well, the quality of the fibres is better. If you are looking at what we have done at Loro Piana, there is no one else that does it.”

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Kristen McMenamy in Sunday Times Style October 15, 2023 by Melanie + Ramon

Kristen McMenamy in Sunday Times Style October 15, 2023 by Melanie + Ramon

Nineties fashion star Kristen McMenamy has always challenged traditional beauty standards, appearing as a good witch, an ethereal divine goddess or the consummate, goth fashion vampire to her adoring fans.

In 1993 Kristen McMenamy told Harper’s Bazaar "All I ever wanted was for people to not pick on me."

Thirty years later, the similar refrain of young fashion models on Instagram is rebroadcast in Gavanndra Hodge’s new interview with the 58-year-old, Pennsylvania-original in today’s October 15, 2023 Sunday Times Style [IG].

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Top Model Anok Yai Talks Knife Fights and Finding God in Africa for W Magazine #4

Top Model Anok Yai Talks Knife Fights and Finding God in Africa for W Magazine #4

Returning to W Magazine’s Volume #4 2023, Mert Alas turns his lens to very top model Anok Yai.

Anok describes herself as a prolific artist, working mostly in oils but now experimenting with fire. Yes . . . fire. She has also taken up knife fighting lessons as a way of coping with restlessness. I believe she is now at a level of expertise in knife fighting, that she can land movie roles in major scenes.

“When I’m fighting, it feels like a dance that goes so fast, you have to meditate,” she says. “Because the second you lose focus, you’re hit with a knife.”

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Taylor Hill Jazz Style by Max Papendieck for Vogue Turkey October 2023

Taylor Hill Jazz Style by Max Papendieck for Vogue Turkey October 2023

Top model Taylor Hill, married in June 2023 to Daniel Fryer, covers the October 2023 issue of Vogue Turkey. Sandy Armeni styles Taylor in Jazz Age night glamour, accented with modern, metal jewelry lensed by Max Papendieck [IG]. / Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Frank B

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Hunter Schafer in AnOther Magazine FW2023: Images & Interview by Viviane Sassen

Hunter Schafer in AnOther Magazine FW2023: Images & Interview by Viviane Sassen

Actor Hunter Schafer is styled by Katie Shillingford in Maison Alaia, Alexander McQueen, Courreges, JW Anderson, Loewe, Maison Margiela, Prada, Schiaparelli, Skims, Y Project and more. Shillingford has many images identified on her IG.

Photographer Viviane Sassen [IG] is behind the lens for AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2023. Sassen also interviewsd Schafer who will appear November 17 in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’./ Hair and makeup by Irena Ruben

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Koto Bolofo Creates 'Polo' with Louise and Mika for Numéro September 2023

Koto Bolofo Creates 'Polo' with Louise and Mika for Numéro September 2023

South African born photographer Koto Bolofo [IG] has long captured AOC’s eye. Like this black and white fashion story ‘Polo’ for Numéro 240 [IG] September 2023, women and horses are a common theme in Bolofo’s art.

Models Louise de Chevigny and Mika Anastasia are styled by Rebecca Bleynie in goddess-worthy fashion and equestrian/polo playing equipment. The shoot location is the Polo Club de Chantilly [IG].

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Louis Vuitton Nurtures Poetic Connections Past and Present in Grazia International October 2023

Louis Vuitton Nurtures Poetic Connections Past and Present in Grazia International October 2023

Grazia International’s October 2023 issue shares a gorgeous and rather poetic Louis Vuitton-sponsored story with Dutch-Spanish model Kristel van de Kamp. AOC has never seen a greenhouse — functioning or delapidated — that failed to entice us. Stylist Anna Castan chooses wisely from LV world past and present in exquisite ‘haute culture photography’ by Pierre Turtaut [IG]. Beautiful.

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Legend Pat Cleveland's Brilliant Past and Present in V Magazine 144 by Nick Thompson

Legend Pat Cleveland's Brilliant Past and Present in V Magazine 144 by Nick Thompson

Model legend Pat Cleveland strikes a pose in V Magazine 144, October, 2023. Oliver Volquardsen styles the now 73-year-old global daughter of diversity who is part African American, part Cherokee, part Swedish and part Irish.

V’s John Kopp writes that “André Leon Talley once dubbed her “the Josephine Baker of international runways.”’

On the topic of moral courage, in 1971, the elder Cleveland moved to France and refused to live in America again until US Vogue featured a Black model on its cover. After Beverly Johnson landed a cover in 1974, Cleveland returned to New York.

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Anna Herrera's Modern Glam Femininity in Vogue Portugal September 2023

Anna Herrera's Modern Glam Femininity in Vogue Portugal September 2023

Brazilian model Anna Herrera has the mind of a dancer, as she strikes sequential poses in glam femininity, styled by Ana Tess. Photographer Coni Tarallo [IG] captures Herrera’s ethereal spirit in the fashion story ‘Corpo e alma’ [Body and Soul] for Vogue Portugal September 2023./ Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi; makeup by Virginia Vera

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Louis Vuitton Fall 2023 Women's Fashion Campaign in Paris by Ethan James Green

Louis Vuitton Fall 2023 Women's Fashion Campaign in Paris by Ethan James Green

Indian actress Deepika Padukone reclines against Palais Galliera in a lightweight dress and cropped denim jacket, clutching Louis Vuitton's GO-14 handbag. ‘Squid Game’ star Jung Ho-Yeon rides a bike around Paris in a bedazzled top and straight-cut denim, slinging the lattice-printed bag over her shoulder on Pont Alexandre III. Finally, Léa Seydoux and Elaine Zhong complete the campaign and they love their Capucines.

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Polo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign Fall 2023 Lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen

Polo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign Fall 2023 Lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen

These Polo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign 2023 images are a complement to our earlier Polo Ralph Lauren Men Fall 2023 Campaign post, shot by Richard Phibbs at the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit racetrack, located in the English countryside around West Sussex.

AOC believes that Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] shot the women’s campaign.

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Edie Campbell Wears Boxy Cuts in Utilitarian Layers for ELLE US October 2023

Edie Campbell Wears Boxy Cuts in Utilitarian Layers for ELLE US October 2023

Supermodel Edie Campbell is styled by Alex White in ‘Elements of Style’, a fashion story mix of boxy cuts and utilitarian must-have pieces in neutral colors. Nathaniel Goldberg [IG] is behind the lens for ELLE US [IG] October 2023./ Hair by Pierpaolo Lai; makeup by Tom Pecheux

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Malika-el-Maslouhi in Montmartre Lensed by Malick Bodian for Vogue France October

Malika-el-Maslouhi in Montmartre Lensed by Malick Bodian for Vogue France October

Photographer Malick Bodian [IG] turns his lens to top model Malika-el-Maslouhi in a fashion story ‘Un Automne à Montmartre’. El-Maslouhi and colleagues Hiba Aboufaraj and Ikram Abdi are styled by Ibrahim Kamara for Vogue France [IG] October 2023./ Hair by Jawara; makeup by Thom Walker

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Emilio Pucci Supernova FW 2023 Campaign with Amelia Gray Lensed by Eddie Wrey

Emilio Pucci Supernova FW 2023 Campaign with Amelia Gray Lensed by Eddie Wrey

The Emilio Pucci F/W 2023 Campaign celebrates the SUPERNOVA Collection, created by Camille Miceli. We left the artistic director a week ago with an overview of her team’s celebrated custom designs for Queen Bey’s Renaissance World Tour.

Model Amelia Gray takes the spotlight in the FW Pucci 2023 Campaign, styled by Imruh Asha. Photographer Eddie Wrey [IG] captured the campaign images — best viewed within the context of the campaign video.

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Natasha Poly Wears Modern Curves Lensed by Davit Giorgadze for d la Repubblica October 7

Natasha Poly Wears Modern Curves Lensed by Davit Giorgadze for d la Repubblica October 7

Top model Natasha Poly is styled by James Valeri in a black and white with red accents fashion story ‘Something About Poly’. Valeri chooses modern, curves-rich silhouettes lensed by Davit Giorgadze [IG] for d la Repubblica October 7th, 2023. / Hair: Akemi Kishida; Make-up: Stephanie Kunz

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