Healthy Food for Kids Unites Jennifer Garner and Ron Finley
It’s been over five years since AOC wrote about Jennifer Garner’s co-owned business ‘Once Upon a Farm’. Our focus in summer 2018 was the actor’s support of Ron Finley, the Gangsta Gardener of the Ron Finley Project.
Jennifer Garner got AOC’s attention today after seeing a Fortune Magazine headline that Once Upon a Farm is now a $100 million business eyeing an IPO.
AOC knew in 2018 that Once Upon a Farm had B-Corp status. But we were confused reading today that the company also registered as a Public Benefit Corporation [PBC] in 2021.
Of course, we asked: What’s a PBC? Now we have some answers.
Returning to the March 2023 issue of British Vogue [IG] after posting ‘Above’ with Doutzen and Liya, AOC learned about an old romance — the previously-announced in late summer 2022 engagement of supermodel Adut Akech to her “high school sweetheart” Samuel Elkhier.
The Adelaide, Australia couple has known each other now for about a decade, and Elkier appears with Adut in this fashion story ‘The Evening News’, lensed by Campbell Addy [IG].
Models Liya Kebede and Doutzen Kroes appear in British Vogue, styled by Camilla Nickerson in the season’s best jackets.
Photographer Bibi Borthwick [IG] captures the tailored, black and red fashion statement from Alexander McQueen, Another Tomorrow, Hermes, Phoebe Philo and more.
Top model Grace Elizabeth wears Gucci on the cover of Vogue Turkey’s [IG] February 2024 issue. Sandy Armeni styles the American beauty in Jacquemus, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Off White for images focused conceptually on eternal elegance by Yulia Gorbachenko [IG]./ Hair by Akki Shirakawa; makeup by Frank B
Models Athiec Geng, He Jing, Ireen Tabolova, Maria Zakrzewska & Sia join Numéro Magazine 244 [IG] in a fashion story ‘Noces Blanches’ [White Weddings’].
The lovelies are styled by Jordan Boothe in images by Fabien Montique [IG]./ Hair by Olivier de Vriendt; makeup by Sohphea
Rising South Sudanese model Nyarach Abouch Ayuel, ka Ayuel [IG] delivers a strong visual and emotive presence in ‘Hell for Leather’, styled by Miranda Almond. Photographer Jem Mitchell [IG] is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar UK’s March 2024 issue. / Hair by Tyler Johnston; makeup by Nicola Brittin
The February 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] assembles a creativity cast for ‘The All-Stars’, a fashion story focused on our spring 2024 style trajectory. Carlos Nazario [IG], the newly-named Harper’s Bazaar Style Director, is in charge of a huge gaggle of talent. [Note, these huge groups are SEO-friendly for Internet search traffic. Vogue is using them, too.]
Photographer Ethan James Green [IG] captures the easy-living bodycon, clean silhouettes with an abundance of jackets./ Hair by Lucas Wilson; makeup by Yadim
What a pleasure to see Swedish fashion model Julia Hafstrom in the pages of Harper’s Bazaar UK’s [IG] March 2024 issue.
Leigh Clark styles Julia in romantic floral blooms with a period pieces vibe for ‘Enchanted Kingdom’. Regular Bazaar UK contributor Erik Madigan Heck [IG] is behind the lens with his trademark artistry./ Hair by Hiroshi Matsushita; makeup by Kirstin Piggot
Actor, author and businesswoman Jessica Alba [IG] covers the January 2024 digital film issue of Numéro Netherlands [IG], lensed by Veronica Sams [IG].
Lady Spitfire Hollywood Production Company
Alba has multiple balls in the air, a reality that she has lived for years. In addition to her ‘Honest Renovation’ show with Lizzy Mathis, founder of TheCoolMom.Co. [watch video], Jessica Alba announced this week that she is partnering with producer Tracey Nyberg on a new production company with a great name: Lady Spitfire. Love it!
A Rough Ride at The Honest Company
The Honest Company went public in 2021 with a valuation more than $1.4 billion. Alba’s share was valued at nearly $130 million. Today, the value is a small fraction of the golden egg.
Rapidly-rising model Angelina Kendall is styled by Marie-Amélie Sauvé in ‘It’s Time to Up Your Style Game’ — part of a cover message of ‘Big Spring Energy’.
Of course, there is ZERO energy in this fashion story, except from the sporty graphic patterns. This is not a criticism, only an observation.
Photographer Alasdair McLellan [IG] is in the studio for HTSI Magazine February 10, 2024.
In 1992 American designer Donna Karan launched her campaign “In Women We Trust” shot by Peter Lindbergh. That fashion maverick statement about female leadership and competence was celebrated again today — not with America’s first woman president which we’ve all hoped for — but with photographer legend Annie Leibovitz gathering eight models so famous that they can go by their first names without confusion.
Featured in the Donna Karan revival campaign are Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, Cindy Crawford, Imaan Hammam, Karlie Kloss, Linda Evangelista, Liya Kebede and Shalom Harlow.
Photographer Leibovitz shot the campaign in a Brooklyn warehouse, with video by Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and styling by Jessica Diehl.
American model Ali Dansky is styled by Katie Shillingford in Bottega Veneta, Duran Lantink, Fendi, Givenchy, Jil Sander by Lucie and Luke Meier, Missoni, Vaquera and more.
Viviane Sassen [IG] captures Dansky in Harper’s Bazaar Italia [IG] issue 09 February 2024 ‘Dazzling’ with art direction by Marc Ascoli. / Hair by Tomohiro Ohashi; makep by Min Kim
Italian Maison Acqua Di Parma, a member of the LVMH family of artisans and artists-inspired maisons, brings its Italian heritage and Milanese creativity to Seoul with the Acqua di Parma Yellow Café. The design by Dorothée Meilichzon fuses Italian charm with the dynamic spirit of Seoul.
Located at Lotte Avenuel Jamsil B1F, Acqua di Parma Yellow Café is much more than a café, proposing an immersion into the Maison’s unique aesthetic and heritage.
Indeed, you are seeing a ‘wavy plate’ on a shelf [below] in Seoul’s new Acqua di Parma Yellow Café. If you seek a concrete signal about the hoped-for evolution of the new cafe in Seoul, recall the March 2022 pop-up in Milan for the brand’s new fragrance Colonia CLUB.
The December 2023/January 2024 issue of Vogue Mexico/Latin America [IG] takes us to Bacalar, a town in southeastern Mexico near the Belize border. Bacalar is also called the Lagoon of Seven Colors due to its blue and turquoise hues and dreamy landscape.
The fashion story features actor Dalia Xiuhcoatl, styled by Tanya Ortega and lensed by Raul Tovar [IG].
Actor Dalia Xiuhcoatl has a supporting role in Amazon PRIME videos remake of the story of Zorro. The new Zorro series incorporates the Native American aspect of Zorro's mythos, making Diego an outsider as the masked hero.
Netflix announced on Wednesday that Emily Ratajkowski will join the new Lena Dunham series ‘Too Much’, a romantic comedy series created by Dunham and husband Luis Felber.
The announcement is perfect timing for EmRata, who returns as the face of the latest Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Tiger Lily perfume campaign, lensed by Anthony Arquier [IG].
Model Nyaueth Riam shares one of three covers for the February 2024 issue of Vogue Portugal’s [IG] ‘Kitsch Issue’. Caterina Ospina Buitrago styles Riam in ‘Sophisticated Whimsy’, lensed by Pierfrancesco Artini [IG] — who has some spectacular photography in the new Vogue Arabia as well. / Makeup by Jinny Kim;hair by Kenta Uchinokura
Top model Barbara Palvin brings her sensual mix of femininity and seductive, innocent coquette to For Love & Lemons Valentine’s Day 2024collection, lensed by Carin Backoff [IG].
The History of Valentine’s Day
AOC embarked on a brief history of Valentine’s Day to support these images. It became so complicated with historical data that resonates with 2023 politics in America, that we are backing off and issuing it separately ‘next-door’ to this page.
Actor Penélope Cruz covers the February 2024 issue of ELLE US [IG]. Alex White styles the Spanish superstar in ‘The Compassion of Penelope Cruz. Yes, Cruz has been a Chanel ambassador for more than a decade, and the story is heavy on Chanel in images by Zoey Grossman [IG].
Sloane Crosley meets Penélope Cruz at her production company, about 30 minutes north of Madrid. The writer’s enviable worthsmithing skills are on display by the third paragraph.
Penélope Cruz’s latest role — coming in December — is that of Laura Ferrari in Michael Mann’s “breakneck biopic” Ferrari. Unlike playing her friend Donatella Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Cruz will introduce Laura Ferrari to the general public for the first time.
In advance of his NFL Super Bowl Sunday halftime show, Usher fronts a new campaign for SKIMS Stretch and SKIMS Cotton mens collections.
“Kim’s been a longtime friend of mine who’s always been so supportive of my work, so the opportunity to collaborate together on a campaign that supports both of our highly anticipated launches made total sense,” Usher told the press about his Skims debut. “Launching this campaign ahead of multiple career milestones feels like a full circle moment, with SKIMS.”
The brand will be offering an exclusive version of Usher’s new album, ‘Coming Home’, featuring a bonus track. The Skims product drops on Monday, February 12, noon EST.