Cindy Crawford Covers Flaunt Magazine's 25th Anniversary Issue, Lensed by Greg Swales

Cindy Crawford Covers Flaunt Magazine's 25th Anniversary Issue, Lensed by Greg Swales

Supermodel Cindy Crawford covers Los Angeles-based Flaunt Magazine’s [IG] 25th Anniversary issue. Crawford delivers an impressive fashion story shoot, styled by Mui-Hai Chu, in Bottega Veneta on the cover. Photographer Greg Swales [IG] is behind the lens.

Flaunt writes: “Cindy Crawford, one of the world’s first and most well-known supermodels, is a rare icon that represents the past, the present, and the future. As seen in the recent Apple TV docuseries ‘The Super Models’, Crawford has made a profession out of risk-taking and has successfully navigated an ever-changing world of fashion, modeling, and media.”

There’s a reason why so many top models love to work with Greg Swales. Having watched Crawford on video in a November 2024 event attached to Omega Watches, these images are very much what Crawford looks like today.

The California light is kind to human faces. What I like about Greg Swales’ images is that the closeups of older women’s faces are not overtouched.

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Cindy Crawford Smolders in Vincent Peters Images for GQ Italia 2008

Cindy Crawford Smolders in Vincent Peters Images for GQ Italia 2008

After posting today Cindy Crawford’s gorgeous and inspiring new fashion story in the 25th anniversary of Flaunt magazine, we renewed this sensual fashion story from 16 years ago.

In 2012, AOC shared Vincent Peters’ smoldering GQ Italia editorial from 2008 featuring Crawford. Delicious!

At every age, Crawford’s beauty and sensuality continue to flourish.

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Bazaar Italia Issue 09 Dazzling Covers with Elle Mccutcheon and Rianne Van Rompaey

Bazaar Italia Issue 09 Dazzling Covers with Elle Mccutcheon and Rianne Van Rompaey

Australian model Ella Mccutcheon wears Louis Vuitton on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Italia [IG] Issue 09 Dazzling, styled by Sissy Vian for images by Nathaniel Goldberg.

Rianne Van Rompaey adds her elegant signature to a second Bazaar Italia 09 print cover and a digital one, wearing Prada in images by Willy Vanderperre. American model Ali Dansky wears Fendi, lensed by Viviane Sassen in a fifth digital cover.

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Linda Evangelista Covers Zeit Magazine 1.2.2024 No.6, Lensed by Cass Bird

Linda Evangelista Covers Zeit Magazine 1.2.2024 No.6, Lensed by Cass Bird

Supermodel original Linda Evangelista covers the February 2024 issue of Zeit Magazine [IG]. Linda is styled by Katelyn Gray for images shot in Soho, New York City by Cass Bird [IG]. / Hair by Bob Racine; makeup by Romy Soleimani

Unadulterated Ignorance on Display

The lowest rung of the fashion commentariat put their ignorance on full display with regard to Linda’s scars reveal on one cover of Zeit.

When shooting a word gun at a human as a commentariat member, the saying goes “ready, aim, fire”. Part of “ready” involves asking yourself if this person really deserves to be metaphorically shot down by your comment. And do you have your facts in order?

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Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello Flash Alay Deng in Lean Elegance for Harper's Bazaar Germany

Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello Flash Alay Deng in Lean Elegance for Harper's Bazaar Germany

Photographers Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello [IG] consistently provide inspiring, gorgeous visual photography. I just followed their AOC Fashion tag for a much-needed dose of unadulterated fashion beauty.

Today the photographers capture American model Alay Deng in ‘All Dressed Up’ or ‘Californication’ depending on the source, styled by Kai Margrander for the January 2024 issues of Harper’s Bazaar Singapore and Harper’s Bazaar Germany.

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Tory Burch SS2024 Campaign Starts a Ruckus in Marfa, Texas with Grace, Ida and Selena

Tory Burch SS2024 Campaign Starts a Ruckus in Marfa, Texas with Grace, Ida and Selena

Tory Burch [IG] strikes up the band, taking her Spring-Summer 2024 Campaign to Marfa, Texas, a small desert town in west Texas. population 1,748. Marfa has a very big reach both east and west as an arts center. Those damn liberals keep showing up in Marfa, trying to wreck the whole state of Texas, from the point of view of Governor Greg Abbott.

In fact, the arrival of this great campaign starring Grace Elizabeth, Ida Heiner and Selena Forrest is deeply political — perfectly timed as a clapback to the freakin’ absurd MAGA meltdown over Taylor Swift this week.

Only Taylor Swift appearing on horseback, disguised as a member of the Texas Rangers, but then jumping off her stallion and into the street guns blazing [in the air] to save Grace, Ida and Selena from an impending arrest would make this advert any better. What is their crime? Disturbing the peace.

Photographer Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] would be stupified over the entire scene but covering all the action from every angle. Meanwhile Brian Molloy does an excellent job styling this production, with hair by Jimmy Paul and makeup by Dick Page.

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Sean Thomas Hits Aspen with Rebecca Leigh Longendyke for Harper's Bazaar France

Sean Thomas Hits Aspen with Rebecca Leigh Longendyke for Harper's Bazaar France

Harper’s Bazaar France’s February 2024 issue takes us to ‘Faraway Road’, where the good times roll in Aspen, Colorado’s winter ski season.

Photographer Sean Thomas [IG] gathers Dairinn Bowers, Evan Rosenfeld, Lee Keating Bowers, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke and Tom Bowers — and the Performance Ski Shop in Aspen [IG] — for the fashion story styled by Alex Assil.

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Fei Fei Sun in 'Precious Little Things' by Ethan James Green for D Magazine January 27, 2023

Fei Fei Sun in 'Precious Little Things' by Ethan James Green for D Magazine January 27, 2023

Top model Fei Fei Sun, who rests in the top rung of Chinese models worldwide, covers the January 27, 2023 issue of D Magazine [IG], part of Italy’s d la Republicca.

Fine Jewelry brands featured in the fashion story ‘Precious Little Things’ styled by Dara Allen include Bulgari, Chanel, Chopard, Dior, Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co, Messika, Pomellato and Van Cleef & Arpels.

D Magazine positions Fei Fei Sun as a leader in the new “Chinese wave” for this story lensed by Ethan James Green.

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Lana Del Ray Fronts SKIMS 2024 Valentine's Day Collection by Nadia Lee Cohen

Lana Del Ray Fronts SKIMS 2024 Valentine's Day Collection by Nadia Lee Cohen

SKIMS is now fearless about firing one volley after another into the prized territory of the once-great Victoria’s Secret lingerie brand.

SKIMS co-ounder Kim Kardashian has broken the Internet more than once, and it happened again this week. SKIMS said in a statement on Tuesday morning, January 23:

"Due to record breaking traffic and unprecedented demand for our Valentine’s Day launch, our Skims site has crashed. Shopify is working to resolve the issue asap.”

Kim Kardashian may be considering the outrageous possibility of suiting up for battle with Victoria’s Secret — as in an aggressive move to buy Victoria’s Secret with backing of the largest VS stockholders.

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Agueda Lopez Covers Harper's Bazaar Vietnam Winter 2024 by Alberto Gonzalez

Agueda Lopez Covers Harper's Bazaar Vietnam Winter 2024 by Alberto Gonzalez

Spanish model and Univision host Águeda López is married to award-winning, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi.

In these images Águeda López shares a cover of the Winter 2023/4 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam [IG]. Charlie Rincon styles the ‘The Last Venus Storm’ story — and it sizzles in images by photographer Alberto Gonzalez [IG]. /Makeup by Leo; hair by Javier Martinez

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This Is Sotheby's? The Stories Kristina O'Neill Can Tell As Head of Sotheby's Media

This Is Sotheby's? The Stories Kristina O'Neill Can Tell As Head of Sotheby's Media

Kristina O’Neill, former EIC of WSJ Magazine is now installed at Sotheby’s as Head of Sotheby’s Media and editor-in-chief of a revamped Sotheby’s Magazine.

What an exciting creative road lies ahead of her. AOC raises this topic because O’Neill seems perfectly primed to tap into the creative and business evolution going on at the world’s largest auction house. Visually, it’s one that expands the customer base and also acquires “heart” along the way.

O’Neill can catch the modernized Sotheby’s football and run with it. Her decade of work at WSJ Magazine reveals her status as a change agent. Only someone like AOC who can easily call up a decade of her work for review is aware that O’Neill was featuring Black talent long before the summer of 2020.

British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy comes to mind. Outside of a small feature in British Vogue in 2018, Addy shot for WSJ Magazine before any of the other major magazines.

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Grace Gay and Mila Bergsma as 'The Doves' by Koto Bolofo in Numéro 244 February 2024

Grace Gay and Mila Bergsma as 'The Doves' by Koto Bolofo in Numéro 244 February 2024

The opposite of stress is serenity, and the February 2024 issue of Numéro 244 does its very best to deliver a calming hope to a world in serious need of some. It is — in the words of the magazine — an offering of Love, Peace and Serenity to accompany the Hope, as the only possible response to these dark times we live in. Some more than others, but this is a truly dark and catastrophic time for large numbers of the world’s people.

One of the warmer, gentler, human lights on planet Earth is photographer Koto Bolofo [IG] and he creates a moment of collective peace to nourish our collective humanity and the poignant awareness of the suffering of others with his fashion story ‘Les Colombes’ [the doves].

Models Grace Gay and Mila Bergsma are styled by Rebecca Bleynie in modern goddess, fluid and ethereal fashion./ Hair by Anne Sofie Begtrup; makeup by Maria Olsson

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Julianne Moore Reflects on Her 'Gig' Work, Lensed by David Roemer for Harper's Bazaar UK

Julianne Moore Reflects on Her 'Gig' Work, Lensed by David Roemer for Harper's Bazaar UK

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."

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Lina Zhang's Second Skin Style by Joséphine Lochen for Harper's Bazaar France

Lina Zhang's Second Skin Style by Joséphine Lochen for Harper's Bazaar France

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

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Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Stage Bottega 'Viral' Pre-Spring 2024 Campaign

Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Stage Bottega 'Viral' Pre-Spring 2024 Campaign

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.

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Liza Ostanina in 'Way Home' Lensed by Jumbo Tsui for V Magazine China February 2024

Liza Ostanina in 'Way Home' Lensed by Jumbo Tsui for V Magazine China February 2024

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.

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