The founder of WelleCo, dedicated to plant-based beauty, Elle Macpherson is honored in the December 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain [IG] as the winner of the magazine’s annual Beauty Entrepreneur award. Hers is one of multiple recognitions by category each Harper’s Bazaar country edition chooses annually.
In these images, the supermodel wears a long list of top luxury brands styled by Claudia Laukamp. She’s photographed at the Westin Paris Vendôme hotel by Darren McDonald [IG]./ Hair by John Nollet; makeup by Dariia Day
Macpherson is long recognized for her holistic approach to healthy living, priorities that drive all of her decisions for WelleCo. These values were reflected in the businesswoman’s expressions of thank you to Harper’s Bazaar Spain.
Model Eeva Lioni covers the December 2023 issue of ELLE Italia styled by Laura Seganti on behalf of Tiffany & Co.
Lioni’s sleek, hip, modern, black tailoring is a perfect canvas for Tiffany HardWear, Tiffany Lock and the Tiffany T collections, lensed by Xavi Gordo [IG].
Vogue Arabia’s January 2024 issue promotes cover model Rania Benchegra as the “freshest face in fashion right now.”
Amine Jressati [IG], fashion director for Vogue Arabia and Vogue Man Arabia, styles Benchegra in Bottega Veneta, Dior, Givenchy, Loewe, Maison Alaia, Schiaparelli, YSL and more.
Master photographer Txema Yeste [IG] is behind the lens.
Brazilian trans activist model Valentina Sampaio takes three covers for the January 2024 issue of Vogue Brazil [IG]. Leandro Porto styles Sampaio, who lives in New York and Brazil in images by Mariana Maltoni [IG].
Sampaio was photographed on the beach of Paúba, on the north coast of São Paulo for a high summer fashion story “Natureza Surreal”, which fills 20 pages of the edition.
Rising powerhouse-potential model Yilan Hua delivers a striking beauty story ‘Melodrama’, lensed by Leslie Zhang [IG] for Vogue China December 2023. Makeup artist Valentina Li creates beautiful makeup artistry with hair by Youhua Xu.
Net-a-Porter [IG] kicks off 2024 with a focus on ‘Feel-Good Foundations’, faced by Brazilian model Jennifer Matias. Fashion editor Charlotte Blazeby, stylist on this Porter cover shoot, describes the mood of January as “fuss-free, everyday fashion – a representation of how we truly want to dress”.
Paris-based, Fiona Torre [IG] is the photographer for the fashion shoot. / Hair by Yumi; makeup by Lucy Burt
Models Evgenia Dubinova and Phoebe Matthews come together in ‘Ireland’, a romantic, vintage vibe fashion story styled by Lorna McGee. Vogue Poland’s [IG] editor-in-chief, photographer Ina Levy [IG] captures ‘Ireland’ for the January 2024 issue.
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.
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.
Models Abrar Mohamed, Aylah Peterson, Celina Ralph and Maty Fall get sorority-sister stylish in a Sporty & Rich vibe for ‘Most Likely To’. Harry Lambert styles the quartet for images by Samuel Bradley [IG] in British Vogue [IG]January 2024./Hair by Mari Ohashi; makeup by Rebecca Wordingham
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.
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
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.
Models Ella Rattigan and Shivaruby wear cool weather classics in noble origins colors styled by Eniole Dare as ‘Field Notes’. Photographer Scott Trindle [IG] captures the chic and cozy luxury for British Vogue November 2023 issue./ Hair by Stelios Chondros; makeup by Lauren Reynolds
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.
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.
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.”
Rising Dutch model Ronja Amanda Berg covers the December 2023 issue of ELLE Netherlands. Misha Kratina styles Berg in a Louis Vuitton Resort 2024 cover story lensed by Emil Pabon [IG].
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.