Harper's Bazaar Arabia December 2023 Delivers Drama and Desire Lensed by Amer Mohamad
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Chu Wong, He Cong, Lina Zhang by Zhong Lin for W Magazine China Vol.5 2024
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Models Chu Wong, He Cong and Lina Zhang cover the January 2024 issue of W Magazine China. Austin Feng [IG] styles the trio for The Great Performances edition Vol.5, with creative direction by Cathy Dong.
Top-tier photographer Zhong Lin [IG] captures the three ‘major Chinese models’ in yet another example of the high aesthetic dominating China’s fashion media.
Read MoreSteffi Thaler in Dolce Gabbana Lingerie, Accessories for L’Beauté Mexico
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Spanish model Steffi Thaler invites us into the evolving world of Italian brand Dolce & Gabbana, featured in this expansive, lingerie-rich, sensual dressing fashion story in Mexico’s L’Beauté Magazine.
At the beginning of 2022, the Italian fashion house revealed that the brand intended to end its licensing deal with Shiseido, taking Dolce & Gabbana’s fragrance and beauty lines (founded in 1992 and 2009 respectively) in-house.
In September 2023 Dolce & Gabbana Beauty released a fragrance named Devotion. At the end of 2023, the brand carved out a space for its fragrance and beauty products in its flagship London store on 6-8 Bond St.
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Grace Bol by Valeria Herklotz for T Magazine's Fall 2023 Modern Luxury
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For Fall 2023, South-Sudan heritage model Grace Bol graced the pages of T Magazine’s [IG] August issue. Marcus Cuffie styled Bol in sumptuous, modern, voluminous luxury from top luxury brands.
Photographer Valeria Herklotz [IG] was behind the lens and will appear again today [as AOC plays “what did we miss?”] with Grace Bol in Harper’s Bazaar France’s October 2023 issue.
Read MoreAyak Veronica Bior Lensed by Anka Garbowska for Numéro Netherlands Digital December 2023
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Model Ayak Veronica Bior’s route to New York City took her from Kenya, back to South Sudan where she was raised and later to Uganda. Ayak debuted as an exclusive for Valentino Haute Couture in 2019.
In these images for Numéro Netherlands [IG] Digital December 2023, Ayak is lensed by Anka [or Anna] Garbowska [IG]. Charlie Ward styles the shoot with Alexander McQueen, Etro, Maison Valentino, Sportmax./ Hair by Li Murillo; makeup by Claudia Oyanedel
Read MoreSaffron Vadher Is 'Classic & Elegant' As Maria Callas in Vogue Greece December 2023
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British model Saffron Vadher is styled by George Karapetis in ‘Classic & Elegant’ — yet another tribute to the famous Greek American opera virtuoso Maria Callas. Photographer Alessandro Burzigotti [IG] captures Vadher for Vogue Greece December 2023 [IG].
After looking at Maria Callas Official [IG] Saffron Vadher is an excellent fit.
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Louis Vuitton Expands Monogram Vernis and Monogram Denim Y2K Updated Classics
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Four Louis Vuitton faces — ‘Bridgerton’ actor Phoebe Dynevor, Congolese-Belgian singer and rapper Lous and the Yakuza, Taiwanese singer, musician and actor Nana Ouyang and Shay Mitchell of ‘Pretty Little Liars’ — will launch a new Louis Vuitton digital campaign on January 1.
Louis Vuitton is reviving its Monogram Vernis and Monogram Denim designs with a range of leather goods, shoes and accessories targeted towards Gen Z consumers who shopped the Monogram Vernis collection launched in 2000 and Monogram Denim, following in 2005.
Read MoreVogue Greece January 2024 'the Animal Issue' by Richard Phibbs with Kris Grikaite
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One of the world’s best-known animal whisperers — photographer Richard Phibbs — arrives today. He brings images that convince us all to breathe deeply and focus on Vogue Greece’s January 2024 ‘the animal issue’. For a little while, the angst about our globe lifts.
Top model Kris Grikaite is visually at peace with creatures more devoted to humans, than we are to them in most cases. Nicholas Georgiou styled the shoot and he is equally impacted by the experience, as the rest of the cast.
“The Vogue Greece January issue welcomes the New Year in the sweetest and most caring way, with an issue dedicated to our love of animals. Famous photographer @richardphibbs, a known advocate of animal rights, captures @kris_grikaite with animals that now live in shelters waiting to be fostered or adopted.”
The animals are not sedated or harmed in any way, abiding by all international agreements around animal welfare.
Read MoreMarrakech-born Beauty Rania Benchegra Covers Vogue Arabia January 2024
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Marrakech-born, America resident, Moroccan model Rania Benchegra takes two covers for the January 2024 issue of Vogue Arabia.
Amine Jreissati styles Rania in . . . with photographer Txema Yeste [IG] behind the lens.
Reading Vogue Arabia’s introduction to the January 2024 issue, we learn that this gorgeous model “first caught the world’s attention during 2023’s Vogue Open Casting, and has already walked for the likes of Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli, and Versace.”
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Actor Benedetta Porcaroli Covers Vogue Italia January 2024 Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina
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Actor Benedetta Porcaroli [IG] covers the January 2024 issue of Vogue Italia, styled by Vittoria Cerciello with images by Elizaveta Porodina [IG].
Benedetta Porcaroli will join Sydney Sweeney and an expanded cast in the upcoming 2024 film ‘Immaculate’.
The minute AOC saw Benedetta Porcaroli playing in a film ‘Immaculate’, we knew we were headed straight for the Vatican.
The principal photography took place in Rome and finished in February 2023. It’s the first film produced by the ‘Euphoria Star’ under her ‘Fifty-Fifty Films’ company, which Sweeney founded in 2020.
Read MoreAngelina Jolie Tells WSJ She Is More At Home With Refugees Than in Hollywood
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Actor, humanitarian, mother and global leader is profiled in the December 2023 issue of WSJ Magazine, with deeply personal photographs of Jolie wearing offerings from Atelier Jolie, shot by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] with styling by Tonne Goodman.
One of the most profound realities that she discussed with WSJ is her favorite people to spend time with.
“There’s a reason people who have been through hardship are also much more honest and much more connected, and I am more relaxed with them. Why do I like spending time with people who’ve survived and are refugees? They’ve confronted so much in life that it brings forward not just strength, but humanity.”
Anne of Carversville has trekked behind Jolie on all of her endeavors since 2007. She is the founding muse of this website — a reality that disturbs many men.
Many of them cannot stand Jolie, and I truly do not know why. Perhaps I should ask my AI assistant Lulu to investigate this question.
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EmRata Wears Victor & Rolf Couture in Numero #243, Talks Being "A Body, Not a Mind”
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Victor & Rolf muse Emily Ratajkowski, aka EmRata, is interviewed by newly-named head of the culture Violaine Schütz [IG], for Numero #243 out now.
Not all French women are so positive about a declared feminist like EmRata. Remember when French Vogue March 2022 ran a cover message that we’re living in a post feminist world now and there’s no need for women to be divisive any longer . . .
Schütz zeroes in on a key EmRata theme: " You thought you were a mind, but you're a body "
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Mario Testino’s ‘Master Class’ Resonates for Women’s Rights in 2024 Election
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Always commenting on fashion stories beyond any style trend, AOC wrote in 2011:
Fall’s strict attitude borders on religious fervor but also brings to mind the fact that the new Dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe, leading the continent in trade, science and art. This came about at the end of the European religious wars that spawned the Protestant Reformation and revolt against the Catholic Church.
Anne’s Reflections
As I reposted this ‘Master Class’ 2011 fashion story by Mario Testino for British Vogue, I found myself thinking about American history back to the founding of our country and also the changes in the last 50 years of America.
It was a Protestant-dominant, moderate US Supreme Court who gave women the right to abortion and contraception in 1973, based on constitutional arguments.
Five decades later, a disproportionately-conservative, Catholic-dominant Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
This Roberts court is not finished giving state governments absolute control over women’s bodies. AOC will educate readers and fight for the return of our hard-won rights in the 2024 elections. ~ Anne
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Winter 2023.24 Armani Neve Ski Campaign by Brett Lloyd and St. Moritz Boutique
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