Actor Julianne Moore is styled by Miranda Almond in her cover story for the February 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, lensed by David Roemer [IG].
In 2020, the New York Times named Julianne Moore one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. This Hollywood season Julianne Moore is playing opposite Natalie Portman in the controversial May December.
The film is the fifth time Moore has worked with director Todd Haynes.
Yesterday, we learned that Moore will star with Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, first English-language film from Oscar-winning Pedro Almodóvar.
In the world of fashion, Moore has been more devoted to Tom Ford than anyone else. Having just become an ambassador for Bottega Veneta, the actor says "I’ve known Matthieu [Blazy, the designer] since he was an assistant at Calvin Klein," she says. "He’s a tremendous talent."
Top model Lina Zhang is styled by Rae Boxer in ‘A même la peau’, a second-skin fashion story from top luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Prada. Photographer Joséphine Løchen [IG] is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar France February 2024./ Hair by Ramona Eschbach; makeup by Marie Duhart
Bottega Veneta launches the ‘Readymade’ Pre-Spring 2024 campaign, with A$AP Rocky and Kendall Jenner featured in ‘paparazzi style’ images.
The rapper is fresh off becoming PUMA x Formula 1’s new creative director. Note that the new father of son #2 knows the inside business strategies of PUMA, due to partner Rihanna’s longstanding FENTY X PUMA relationship.
The Bottega Veneta campaign was actually shot by paparazzi who license images through Getty Images and Backgrid. The stars are always pursued by street-style photographers, so Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky just dressed in the new Bottega Veneta Pre-Spring [Resort] collection and hit the streets — knowing that the images would go viral.
Russian model Liza Ostanina makes a dramatic impression in V Magazine China [IG] February 2024, styled by Evan Feng. Chinese creative director and fashion photographer Jumbo Tsui [IG] delivers the high-voltage, dramatic image mix in ‘Way Home’, with set design by Feifei Li.
Anne Vyalitsyna is known for casting a spell in a crowded room. Lucky for us, New York-based photographer Petros Kouiouris [IG] was in the studio for the latest issue of Numéro Netherlands [IG], with this digital cover of Anne V and her goddess-worship, fashion-story entourage.
Gucci Ancora is creative director Sabato De Sarno’s ad campaign for his debut Gucci collection. The director’s choice of the word Ancora is an Italian terms that translates “again” in English.
Gucci Ancora is creative director Sabato De Sarno’s ad campaign for his debut Gucci collection. The director’s choice of the word Ancora is an Italian terms that translates “again” in English.
Rising South Sudanese model Mammina Aker is styled by Giorgio Andrea Branduardi in ‘Rise From The Ashes’. Barcelona-born, French-Spanish photographer Alfonso Anton Cornelis [IG] is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar Mexico [IG] February 2024
Top model Birgit Kos fronts Italian shoemaker Sergio Rossi’s [IG] Spring-Summer 2024 campaign, where all-white leather Mermaid sandals deliver a seductive twist.
Photographer Claire Rothstein [IG] shot the campaign in Sorrento, a coastal town in southwestern Italy. CRothstein also has a long commitment to imagery of strong, sensual, confident women and is the genesis of Girls, Girls, Girls Magazine[IG].
Mermaids have captivated human imagination for centuries, touching ancient civilizations from Mesopotamia to Africa to China.
In ancient civilizations, tales of mermaids emerged as a way to explain the mysteries that lay beneath the vast expanses of water. They should not be confused with sirens, who are half human and half-birds.
AOC has shared images of supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio since 2007. Photographer Ellen von Unwerth [IG] manages to cultivate the va-va-voom in every woman — including the former Victoria’s Secret Angel.
Alessandra walks on the wild side —being a blonde bombshell for a day — styled by Mike Adler for Schön! Magazine 04, 2023 [IG]./ Makeup by Vincent Oquendo; hair by Eduardo Bravo
Candice Swanepoel and Hailey Bieber are two of the smartest women in the fashion and beauty sectors. Now they are teaming up in the launch of Bieber’s Rhode Skin calendar girls, with Swanepoel owning January and July.
Low-Key Cross Promotion
As of this moment, Candice has her @Rhode images on her personal IG, not Tropic of C. That may change in a few days, but Monday, this is Swanepoel’s only action. The sequence of three images and one video has 255,000 likes in 3-4 days.
No fanfare, no endorsements. Just the two women together as the friends they are in real life. Moving over to Rhode [IG], Candice appears again as Miss July and this time she’s carrying a big tube of the new Rhode Pineapple Refresh Cleanser.
Model Veronika Kunz enjoys a ‘Tuscan Retreat’ getaway in the pages of Vogue Poland January 2024. Lorna McGee styles Kunz on location in Val D’orcia, close to Florence, in images by Simon Elmalem [IG]./Hair and makeup by Emil Zed
German-Swedish photographer Per Appelgren [IG] shoots a Chanel fashion story for the cover story for L’Officiel Thailand [IG] January 2024. South Korean model J Moon is styled by Kai Atinan Nitisunthonkul. / Hair by Eduardo Bravo; makeup by Yin Liu
Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures models Isla Gaskin and Rachael Carruthers in the second issue of System Beauty. Nathan Klein styles the story with makeup by Ammy Drammeh; hair by Ali Pirzadeh and manicure by Ama Quashie.
Designers Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana work with art director Fabien Baron and stylist Karl Templer to create a Spring-Summer 2024 campaign rich with high-class swagger, penetrating eye confidence, and an attitude that says “judge me at your own risk — because I will take you down.”
With Steven Meisel [IG] on photography, the images will have these ingredients because Meisel often plays high-low with his human subjects. As a result, there are layers of meaning and interpretation that seep out of the images and into our own minds. They are created to be mildly disruptive, another characteristic that makes them interesting and one that Meisel understands deeply.
What AOC loves about Dolce & Gabbana is that their garden is an Italian garden in the same way Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli are Italian gardens. But they are planting different crops growing in different parts of Italy and Sicily and Sardinia — from Rome to Milan to Florence and Venice.
The ‘superest’ of supermodels Gisele Bündchen covers the February 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US, writes Alicia Kennedy.
Carlos Nazario [IG], recently named Harper’s Bazaar Style Director, and photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] — and Gisele, of course — deliver a high-impact, resort into spring fashion story.
Fresh news for AOC is Bündchen’s forthcoming cookbook end of March, “Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body & Feed Your Soul”. And also that photographer Nino Muñoz is a close, forever-friend of hers.
Rising British-Iranian model Isla Gaskin is one to watch. She appears here in ‘Laced Up’, a rather daring fashion story for a new model, styled by Monika Tatalovic. Photographer Janneke Van der Hagen [IG] captures Gaskin for Service Magazine [IG] Issue 1./ Hair by Shunsuke Maguro; makeup by Thomasin Waite
Venezuelan model América González covers the December 2023 issue of Vogue Korea, styled by Eunyoung Sohn in Dior riches lensed by Hyea W. Kang [IG]./ Hair by Lee Hyun Woo
González left a heartfelt message on her IG, about the cover stories and her undeniable current success as a model. The road to success for most models is very difficult, as expressed with América González sharing her thoughts:
Top models América González and Sora Choi are styled by Eniola Dare in ‘Up and Away’. The voluminous, breezy fashion looks from Burberry, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Junya Watanabe, Michael Kors Collection, Prada, Ralph Lauren Collection are lensed by Scott Trindle [IG]for British Vogue [IG] February 2024./ Hair by Eugene Souleiman; makeup by Janeen Witherspoon
Candice Swanepoel’s Tropic of C swimwear shares a new henna pattern, giving us a light touch different from typical swimwear prints and patterns. The henna pattern also sits well against the weathered surfaces of Villa Parodi Delfino [IG], available for rental on the Amalfi coast, a 50-kilometer stretch of coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Campania region.
Swanepoel also lives in Miami, and she launched the Tropic of C henna collection with curator Kimberly Drew, and Vogue's Elise Taylor.
The trio gathered an intimate group of friends for a luncheon with Vogue100, hosted at Jason Wright’s private residence.
Kimberly Drew is best known as the former social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and her use of the social media handle MuseumMammy [IG].
USA tennis pro Naomi Osaka was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open today. Osaka suffered a straight sets loss to French player Caroline Garcia 6-4, 7-6. Garcia entered the Melbourne tournament as No.16 seed.
Osaka is back on the tennis court for the first time since the US Open 2022.
“I have a lot of respect for Naomi Osaka as a person and as a player,” Garcia said after the victory. “We all know she’s had an amazing career.
“She’s been away for 15 months and been through a lot. I’m just very glad to see her back. I hope she can enjoy the tennis and have fun out there.