Rising model Vika Evseeva poses in ‘Wild Card’, using animal print accessories to liven up winter looks styled by Katelyn Gray. Photographers Louise [IG] & Maria [IG] Thornfeldt capture modern safari pop style from By Malene Birger, Celine, Givenchy, Prada, Tom Ford,Tropic of C and more for WSJ Magazine [IG] Online December 2024./ Hair by Laurent Philippon; makeup by Patrick Glatthaar
Brazilian-Kiwi model Angelina Kendall covers the January 2025 issue of British Vogue [IG], wandering London streets for a fashion story ‘The Making of a Supermodel.’
Ib Kamara chooses a blue Maison Valentino gown for the cover shot, accented by Tiffany & Co jewelry. It’s one of several Maison Valentino gowns from Alessandro Michele’s debut collection.
Mikael Jansson [IG] photographs Kendall in strapless gowns, jersey dresses and leather jackets — all with a late 1950s — 60’s retro Vogue vibe.
The Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2025 is the focus of this Flaunt Magazine #195 cover story ‘If and When We Meet, We Conspire’. Flaunt Fashion Director Christopher Campbell styles the fashion shoot in downtown LA. Models Alexis Taylor and Delaney Godbold are captured by David Bellemere [IG]. / Hair by Elsa Canedo; makeup by Dee Daly
Actor Diane Kruger was named Woman of the Year in the style category at the 2024 Harper's Bazaar Espana Women of the Year Awards in Madrid, Spain.
The awards ceremony took place at Cine Callo, a common venue for film premieres and press screenings.
The German beauty covers the December 2024 issue of Bazaar Spain, and celebrates talented, global women in the lead fashion story.
After all, style is her category and Alba Melendo serves up a steamy, cougar-vibes sensuality, lensed by Pablo Saez [IG]. / Hair by John Nollet; makeup by Morgane Martini
Kruger in Max’s ‘Merteuil”
Max, formerly HBO Max, has tapped Kruger for a key role in its first French Original drama that reimagines Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s classical novel ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses [Dangerous Liasions].
Models Liv Walters and Paola Manes come together in ‘Street Style Milanese’, a visual vibe familiar to the fashion crowd.
Ramona Tabita styles the ‘Street Diaries’ images as Mauricio Sierra [IG] calls them for Vogue Italia [IG] December 2024./ Hair by Dora Roberti; makeup by Angela Montorfano
The Miu Miu Holiday 2024 [IG] campaign with actor Emma Corrin is inspired by antiquarian festive portrait postcards in images styled by Lotta Volkova with a focus on Miu Miu’s Arcadie bag. Edward Quarmby provided creative direction on the campaign photographed by Lengua.
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