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].
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.
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’.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Model Alina Chalyshyr poses in ‘Watch this space’, a Celine-sponsored fashion story styled by senior fashion editor Laura Jane Brown. Photographer Vladimir Marti [IG] is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia [IG] October 2024.
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
Rising South Sudan model Alaato Jazyper is styled by Claudia Sinclair in an all-Chanel fashion story lensed by Charlotte Wales [IG] for Re-Edition Magazine[IG] 2024./ Hair by Kiyoko Odo; makeup by Lynski
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