Ugbad Abdi Is a True 'Female Force' in Family Focus Story for Vogue Netherlands December

Ugbad Abdi Is a True 'Female Force' in Family Focus Story for Vogue Netherlands December

Somali-American model Ugbad Abdi covers the December 2024 issue of Vogue Netherlands. In a rare and unique, large photoshoot, Ugbad introduces us to her siblings — not for the first time — but rare nevertheless.

They include her sister Hani Abdi — with whom she modeled in Vogue Arabia’s 2022 Ramadan issue. Ugbad’s other siblings include Mushin Abdi, Naimo Abdi and Suwayda Abdi. Sonny Groo [IG] styled the 30-page presentation with images by fellow Brooklynite creator and photographer Wikkie Hermkens [IG].

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CHANEL Ambassador Liu Wen Wears Haute Couture in W Magazine China ‘The Artisan Issue’

CHANEL Ambassador Liu Wen Wears Haute Couture in W Magazine China ‘The Artisan Issue’

CHANEL Ambassador Liu Wen Wears Haute Couture in W Magazine China ‘The Artisan Issue’

In an act of perfect coordination, W Magazine China [IG] #11 2024 has dropped its first ‘The Artisan Issue’ in concert with the CHANEL 2024/25/Métiers d’art Show, held today, December 3, on the West Lake in Hangzhou, China.

Supermodel Liu Wen poses in select pieces and ensembles from the show, lensed by Louise Ford and lensed by Louise & Maria Thornfeldt [IG].

Chanel flew over 1000 friends and clients into the event to witness the sumptuous beauty and artisanship enveloping the night air of Hangzhou./ Hair by Joseph Pujalte; makeup by Céline Martin

Watch the Chanel show video from top line link in post.

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Kaia Gerber's Vogue US December 2024, Marc Jacobs Cover Story Life Is a Grand Salon

Kaia Gerber's Vogue US December 2024, Marc Jacobs Cover Story Life Is a Grand Salon

Kaia Gerber's Vogue US December 2024, Marc Jacobs Cover Story Life Is a Grand Salon

American Vogue’s [IG] December 2024 issue is guest-edited by Marc Jacobs [IG], who turned to his close friend and former protegé Kaia Gerber [IG] as his Marc Jacobs cover girl. Photographer Steven Meisel [IG] captures Gerber, who has spread her career-girl self with unassuming but very wide wings into what Iowa calls a West Coast/East Coat elitist, snob-fest for pseudo intellectuals. For the record, Kaia Gerber is not that person.

A simple example of Gerber’s search of life’s opportunities was her appearance in the i-D Spring 2020 Icons Issue, interviewed by ‘Slave Play’ playwright and now good friend Jeremy O. Harris.

In a six-degrees-of-separation moment, Gerber notes in her Library Science book club interview below of Will Arbery that he is a friend of Jeremy O. Harris, whose ‘Slave Play’ production took London’s West End theatre culture by the throat in the second half of 2024.

Dana Spiotta’s interview ends on a high note, an evening at legendary The Chelsea hotel, with a Library Science [Kaia’s book club] event. One of Gerber’s favorite books is ‘Just Kids’, Patti Smith’s memoir of New York in the early ’70s.

This night the supermodel, actor, activist, and thoughtful human being was hosting readings by authors connected to the legendary Chelsea. One was Alexandra Auder, author of the memoir ‘Don't Call Me Home’.

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Lara Stone in Pop Art Archival Fashion for T Magazine China November by Julian Song

Lara Stone in Pop Art Archival Fashion for T Magazine China November by Julian Song

T Magazine China [IG] November 2024 puts the spotlight on year-old Bob’s mom, quiet-life now, star model Lara Stone in ‘Style Thesarus 2024’.

Photographer Julian Song [IG] captures striking and fresh images of Lara in modern-geometry, pop art Comme des Garçons textures on loan from Paris-based 20 Age Archives [IG], styled by Alexandra Carl./ Hair by Eugene Souleiman; makeup by Janeen Witherspoon

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The Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 Campaign Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth

The Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 Campaign Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth

The Louis Vuitton Cruise 2025 Campaign is a modernist vision inspired by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière’s choice of Barcelona, as the site for the actual runway show on May 23.

Specifically, the site was the Hypostyle Room of Antoni Gaudi’s Park Güell, a roofed hall whose mosaic ceilings are a Gaudi signature. There was little actual Gaudi inspo in the clothes on the Barcelona runway and featured now in the new Louis Vuitton campaign shot by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG], with creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel.

Campaign models Cara Schadel, Larissa Moraes, Libby Bennett, Mona Tougaard and Thea Almqvist pose against yet another face of the Mediterranean, writing in photos a love letter to a beloved Barcelona.

The campaign is styled by Florent Buonomano and Marie-Amélie Sauvé. / Hair by Duffy; makeup by Hiromi Ueda

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Bankable Burberry Lensed by Menelik Puryear for Vogue Arabia November 2024

Bankable Burberry Lensed by Menelik Puryear for Vogue Arabia November 2024

Bankable Burberry Lensed by Menelik Puryear for Vogue Arabia November 2024

Vogue Arabia’s [IG] November 2024 issue lends a hand to Burberry [IG] designer Daniel Lee in this ‘classic’ photo shoot with plenty of plaid.

Models Jimai Hoth and Renda G are styled by Natalie Westernoff in images by Menelik Puryear [IG]. / Hair by Chloe Frieda; makeup by Chantal Amari

Burberry’s Urgent ‘Course Correct’

Business press describes the situation at Burberry as ‘urgent’ and so does Burberry’s new CEO Joshua Schulman. The new leader says the brand is undergoing an urgent ‘course correct’, as revenue plummets 22% in the latest six months ending in September 2024 financial reporting to investors.

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Mathilda Gvarliani in 'The Gym' by Dario Catellani for Harper's Bazaar Italia November

Mathilda Gvarliani in 'The Gym' by Dario Catellani for Harper's Bazaar Italia November

Model Mathilda Gvarliani is styled by Charlotte Rubenstein in ‘The Gym’, a fresh, casual-living fashion statement. Photographer Dario Catellani [IG] proves AOC’s point that light backgrounds fashion images don’t need a trip to the car wash to appreciate their beauty.

These are beyond good-looking in creative energy and execution for Harper’s Bazaar Italia [IG] November 2024./ Hair by Kei Terada; makeup by Crystabel Efemena Riley

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The Art of Stacking Dior’s Timeless Fine Jewelry in Harper's Bazaar Arabia November 2024

The Art of Stacking Dior’s Timeless Fine Jewelry in Harper's Bazaar Arabia November 2024

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia November 2024 presents ‘Ring Leader: Mastering the Art of Stacking with Dior’s Timeless Fine Jewelry’ [IG]. Model Xaria Carter is styled by Imogene Legrand in images by Sam Rawadi [IG]./ Hair by Adam Garland; makeup by Kasia Domanska

In the quarter century since establishing Dior Joaillerie in 1999, creative director Victoire de Castellane has nurtured both bold patterns like the My Dior Timepiece Watch in Steel and whimsical designs like the Rose des Vents and Etoile des Vents collections.

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Elfie Reigate Wears Italian Country Elegance for ELLE France Lensed by Neil Gavin

Elfie Reigate Wears Italian Country Elegance for ELLE France Lensed by Neil Gavin

Model Elfie Reigate poses in ‘Soleils d’hiver’, an elegant, country-life fashion story set in Spino d’Adda, Italy, southeast of Milan. Benedetta Dell'orto Zineroni Casati dresses Reigate in luxury’s best labels, as photographer Neil Gavin [IG] captures the calming, sunny getaway for ELLE International. This large group of images appears in ELLE France [IG] November 28, 2024./ Makeup by Tanja Frisic; hair by Leon Gorman

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Chanel Ambassador Tilda Swinton in Vogue Taiwan | Chanel’s Hangzhou 2024/25 Métiers d’art Show Film

Chanel Ambassador Tilda Swinton in Vogue Taiwan | Chanel’s Hangzhou 2024/25 Métiers d’art Show Film

Tilda Swinton by Zhong Lin in Vogue Taiwan | Chanel’s Hangzhou 2024/25 Métiers d’art Show

Master actor Tilda Swinton covers the December 2024 issue of Vogue Taiwan [IG] December 2024, styled in the all-Chanel fashion story by Jerry Stafford in images by Zhong Lin [AOC].

Chanel in Japan for Chanel and Cinema Tokyo Lights Photocall

Chanel ambassador Tilda Swinton, represented the luxury brand in a new event: the Chanel and Cinema — Tokyo Lights Photocall.

Chanel launched the new program to enhance its support for emerging cinema talent by partnering up with acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda. The luxury brand will sponsor three films, selected from the Tokyo Lights project, showcasing them in Tokyo and Paris.

Chanel’s Hangzhou 2024/25 Métiers d’art Show on December 3, 2024

Tilda Swinton also touched down in China, in advance of Chanel’s Hangzhou 2024/25 Métiers d’art show “on the mythical West Lake” on December 3.

German filmmaker and author ‘Wim’ Wenders, a major figure in New German Cinema, joined the project and Chanel ambassador Tilda Swinton in a short film where Wenders follows Swinton as she explores Coco Chanel’s office on Rue Cambon,, before the creative team journeys to the iconic lake in China. See the 4 minute film.

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Loli Bahia in 'La Renaissance of Chic' for Vogue France by Mert & Marcus

Loli Bahia in 'La Renaissance of Chic' for Vogue France by Mert & Marcus

Loli Bahia in 'La Renaissance of Chic' for Vogue France December 2024 by Mert & Marcus

In the Vogue France [IG] December 2024 cover story ‘La Renaissance du Chic’, the fashion emphasis is a blend of sophistication, elegance and simplicity. A feeling of modernity mixed with classicism. It’s both an attitude and a natural way of being. It’s simply Parisian.

Iconic photographers Mert Alas [IG] & MarcusPiggott [IG] alongside top stylist Alastair McKimm, photograph the multicultural Algerian-French beauty Loli Bahia, a young woman of her time and already a top-flight fashion model.

‘A Beloved Diamond in the Rough’

Vogue France’s Alexandre Marain affectionately calls the girl from Lyon ‘a diamond in the rough’ — actually a possessive ‘our’ diamond.

Bahia is cherished by French luxury fashion and beyond as ‘their young woman’, a living embodiment of a global, multicultural French aesthetic with a complex history — one this young woman embraces fully. Learn more about her in AOC Fashion

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M Le magazine du Monde Luxury Issue Fall/Winter 2024 Lensed by Karim Sadli

M Le magazine du Monde Luxury Issue Fall/Winter 2024 Lensed by Karim Sadli

In their own words: “What is luxury?”

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, Raquel Zimmermann 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

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Sara Giacomini's 'Bette Davis Eyes' for Vogue Portugal November 2024 'Icons' Issue

Sara Giacomini's 'Bette Davis Eyes' for Vogue Portugal November 2024 'Icons' Issue

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

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'Effortless Allure' Holiday Luxury with Abby Champion at Net-a-Porter

'Effortless Allure' Holiday Luxury with Abby Champion at Net-a-Porter

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

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Amelia Gray Covers Vogue Korea December in Saint Laurent Lensed by Luigi & Iango

Amelia Gray Covers Vogue Korea December in Saint Laurent Lensed by Luigi & Iango

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

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Grace Valentine & Laura Rudd Lensed for Vogue Poland December 2024

Grace Valentine & Laura Rudd Lensed for Vogue Poland December 2024

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

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Julien Martinez Leclerc's Women Drift in Primordial Waters for D Magazine Beauty

Julien Martinez Leclerc's Women Drift in Primordial Waters for D Magazine Beauty

Julien Martinez Leclerc's Women Drift in Primordial Waters for D Magazine Beauty

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

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'Modern Muse' Cindy Bruna for Vogue Greece Who Embraces a 'New Feminine Spirit'

'Modern Muse' Cindy Bruna for Vogue Greece Who Embraces a 'New Feminine Spirit'

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

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