Every year at the same time, M Le magazine du Monde [IG] asks itself this question through a major fashion shoot. And every year, M's answer is the essentially the same: luxury is an attitude, made of glamour and nonchalance.
Photographer Karim Sadli [IG] shoots Awar Odhiang, Julia Nobis, Liu Wen, Lulu Tenney, RaquelZimmermann and Selena Forrest in the streets of New York, styled by Alex Harrington with creative direction by Jean-Baptiste Talbourdet-Napoleone. / Makeup by Dick Page; hair by Jimmy Paul
Model Sara Giacomini plays the woman with “the Bette Davis eyes” — the woman you simply cannot handle — styled by Giovanni Beda.
Photographer Bohdan Bohdanov [IG] captures the elusive, mysterious, captivating persona of Bette Davis for Vogue Portugal [IG] ‘Icons’ November 2024 issue. / Hair by Andrea Missiti; makeup by Simone Gammino
Alaïa, Gucci, Saint Laurent and a supporting cast take the spotlight in a holiday season Porter Magazine cover story called ‘Effortless Allure’. Model Abby Champion is styled by Helen Broadfoot in images by Yulia Gorbachenko [IG].
The day to night wardrobe is sleek and simple with pared back bodysuits, modern architecture femininity and luxe leather layers./ Hair by Shon; makeup by Erin Green
Vogue wrote in late September that actor/model Amelia Gray had turned the spring 2025 shows into her own “personal runway”. Seated in the front row with Zoë Kravitz at the Saint Laurent spring event, Amelia Gray wore YSL’s very sheer, near-naked, lingerie-inspired top with a high-waisted leather skirt and a cinched waist belt.
It’s no surprise then that Amelia Gray covers x 3 the December 2024 issue of Vogue Korea [IG] styled by Eunji Shin in the Saint Laurent fashion story lensed by Luigi & Iango [IG]. / Hair by Gonn Kinoshita; makeup by Virginia Young
Photographer and Vogue Poland [IG] EIC Ina Levy [IG] is in Brooklyn and New York City neighborhoods for this December 2024 fashion story ‘Great Master’. Models Grace Valentine and Laura Rudd are styled by Vogue Poland’s senior fashion editor Marta Zaczynska. /Makeup by Ingeborg
D la Repubblica’s D Magazine [IG] November 23, 2024 has published an outrageously-exquisite, sensual and primordial story for ‘Waves - The Beauty Issue’. The very talented Julien Martinez Leclerc [IG] photographs models Ajus Samuel and Karolina Spakowski in repose but also integrated into the natural landscape as if they are one being — a single creature. Jodie Barnes provides the minimal styling there is in this heart-skipping beauty story./ Hair by Franziska Presche; makeup by Fara Homidi
Top model Cindy Bruna is precisely the kind of woman AOC loves to celebrate. Today we share Bruna’s two covers as a ‘Modern Muse’ for the November 2024 issue of Vogue Greece [IG]. She is styled by Nicholas Georgiou in couture fashion, sewn by hand and lensed by Gregoire Alexandre [IG]. / Hair by Alexandrine Piel; makeup by Kelly McClain
Top model Lulu Tenney is styled by Kate Phelan in ‘Feel the Rush’ street-savvy, style-in-motion images. Photographer Jack Day is behind the lens for British Vogue December 2024./ Hair by Franziska Presche; makeup by Thom Walker
The astonishingly grounded and successful supermodel activist, humanitarian, wife and mother, philanthropist, investor, and hands-on businesswoman Karlie Kloss covers the December 2024 issue of ELLE España [IG].
The Carolina Herrera ‘Good Girl’ ambassador is styled by Bárbara Garralda in three ELLE covers and a fashion story for the Carolina Herrera brand. Photographer Xavi Gordo [IG] captures the perfectly elegant looks for the holidays and resort getaways, as AOC dives into an examination of a Kloss-Herrera alliance that’s worth a Harvard Business School case study.
@KodeWithKlossy
The successful relationship between Karlie Kloss and Carolina Herrera the brand and their Good Girl fragrance is a thriving business/personal activist relationship founded in 2018.
Karlie’s philanthropy centered around @KodeWithKlossy — her 2015-launched, summer camp initiative teaching teen girls ages 13-18 to code.
Karlie Kloss and Reproductive Freedom
Today Karlie’s fight is not at all glamorous, as she increases her activism around women’s health access. Kloss chooses carefully her partners in activism in ways that do no harm to Carolina Herrera.
Those partners include Melinda Gates and her daughter Phoebe Gates.
Top model, former Victoria’s Secret superstar, serious businesswoman, life partner to actor Jason Statham since 2010 and mom to Jack and Isabella, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley covers the December 2024 issue of Vogue Czechoslovakia [IG].
Sarah Gore Reeves styles Rosie in the elegant, sophisticated neutrals for which she is known in images by photographers duo Kulesza & Pik [IG].
As many have written, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was wearing a quiet luxury wardrobe long before the term was invented. Picks here include Burberry, Erdem, Issey Miyake, Maison Alaia, Saint Laurent and more. / Makeup by Isamaya Ffrench; hair by Shon
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia [IG] October 2024 issue and the newly-discovered photography of Esra Sam [IG] create poetic fashion magic inspired by the fragrance house of Amouage. Paris-based producer Jean-Marc Mondelet inspires yet again with a talent mix that includes model Naama Passwell, styled by Imogene Legrand. / Hair by Jean-Luc Amarin; makeup by Mabs Khakwani
AOC loves the Gucci Gift 2024 Campaign Chapter 2: To the Mountains, November 2024 release.
The campaign taps Gucci Global Brand Ambassador pro tennis athlete Jannick Sinner and Gucci ambassador Kendall Jenner, along with models Addison Soens, Devyn Garcia, Kirsty Hume, Nile Winchester and Violet Hume.
In addition to Creative Director Sabato De Sarno, we have styling by Francesca Burns, Marcell Rev on art photography procurement, Riccardo Zanola as Artistic Director and rising-fast, one-to-watch photographer Anthony Seklaoui [IG] behind the lens.
The November 2024 issue of Vogue Poland [IG] is dedicated to the synergy between cinema and fashion. The fashion story featuring Africa Garcia was styled by London-based Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier, under the title ‘marzenia ściętych głów’ [‘Dreams of Decapitated Heads’].
Looking at the translated title of the story, AOC’s reaction was “what in the world!!” Then we discovered that James Giles [IG] photographed the story in the last home of Giuseppe Tomasi, author of ‘The Leopard’, in the Palazzo Lanza Tomasi, Palermo, Italy.
The Leopard’ provides a richly detailed and introspective exploration of Sicilian aristocracy during the Risorgimento, capturing the complexities of historical transitions into a unified Italy in the novel and Netflix series. Across Europe similar movements were attached to the creation of liberal democracies.
Dust Magazine China[IG] Issue 01 taps models Delilah Koch, Sofia Fanego and Zelda Adams for a thought-provoking fashion story ‘She Refused to Be a Muse’.
Creative Director Dou Qianlin — definitely one to watch [IG] — centers the fashion story around the fashion archives of Christian Lacroix.
Photographer Elina Kechicheva [IG] captures this atmosphere of female refusal in the shoot styled by Jordan Kelsey. / Hair by Alexandry Costa; makeup by William Bartel
Models Nyarach Ayuel and Alyda Grace break out the holiday spirit in ‘Tender Is the Night’ for Harpers Bazaar UK [IG] December/January 2024/5.
Charlie Harrington styles the fashion glory using Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Celine, Chanel, Dior, Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Sportmax, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Versace and more, with images by Agata Pospieszynska [IG]./ Hair by Declan Sheils; makeup by Andrew Gallimore
Photographer Josh Olins [IG] shoots a cover story ‘Lovers in Japan’ for d la Repubblica’s D Style [IG] Travel Issue featuring Argentinian-born Mica Argañaraz with styling by James Valeri.
Lila Moss is styled by Dan Sablon in the relaxed casual style essential to today’s city life. Pablo Saez [IG] captures Lila in Vogue France’s [IG] November 2024 Miss Vogue segment. / Makeup by Morgane Martini; hair by Diego Da Silva.
Top model Daphne Groeneveld layers up her boho jewelry pieces, in a fashion story styled by Julie Gillet. Photographer David Roemer [IG] heads south for sandy beaches in Madame Figaro France [IG] November 2015, 2024./ Hair by Dennis Gots; makeup by Mélanie Inglessis
In this November 2024 drop, The Carlyle New York [IG], a Rosewood Hotel, joins Oetker Collection hotels Le Bristol Paris and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France in launching a custom collaboration with this truly impressive, big-wings brand-potential business Sporty & Rich [IG], founded by Emily Oberg.
In June 2024, Sporty & Rich collaborated with select Rosewood Asaya spas including the Rosewood São Paolo.
In an interview with Glossy in August 2023, Oberg pegged S&R’s revenue at $30 million with a goal of $200 million.
We think it’s much higher, with branding and product synergies that share much in common with SKIMS.
Emily Oberg is not Kim Kardashian, for sure. But she compensates for some of the name-recognition deficit with these rock-solid, prestige hotel alliances that can open new doors and rain money with reorders and fresh collaborations for years.
One can easily argue that Emily Oberg has aligned herself with “old money” hotels — and golf courses in the future — that have many stories to share about the lives of the world’s global elites.
The November 2024 issue of W Magazine China makes a vivid fashion impression with the fashion story ‘One Step Forward’. Five models are featured in the fashion production: América González, Chloe Oh, Mila van Eeten, Rejoice Chuol and Vika Evseeva. Austin Feng is in charge of styling, with Zhong Lin [AOC Archives] behind the lens.