LVMH Orchestrates 3 Next Act Chairs for Bertrand, Arnault, Angeloglou March 2025
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Gigi Hadid Covers Vogue April, Inspiring a Jazz Age Dive into the Harlem Renaissance
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Gigi Hadid Inspires a Jazz Age Dive into the Harlem Renaissance
Supermodel Gigi Hadid graces the cover of American Vogue’s April 2025 issue, styled by Alex Harrington in ‘Jazz Age’ inspired, fashion opulence. Annie Leibovitz [IG] captures the story in the buildup to the 2025 Met Gala’ on Monday, May 5.
A Fusion of Talent, Creativity and Extraordinary Financial Wealth
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of rich cultural exchange and collaboration between African American artists and intellectuals and their white counterparts. While it was fundamentally rooted in the celebration of African American culture, the period was also marked by significant interracial interactions, particularly in the realms of art, literature, and music.
Those white counterparts were other artists themselves. And white patrons also played a crucial role in the movement's development by providing financial support and exposure opportunities for Black artists, in particular.
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Hotel Stories: The Ritz Paris Founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz Pt-1
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Hotel Stories: The Ritz Paris Founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz
From the outset, the Ritz Paris, one of the most iconic luxury hotels in the world, set new benchmarks for luxury and hospitality, drawing an elite clientele that included royalty, politicians, artists, and writers. The hotel's origins are deeply intertwined with the vision and standards of César Ritz, whose legacy continues to influence luxury hospitality today at Ritz-Carlton hotels worldwide.
AOC is exploring the history of Ritz Paris, the lives of people staying at the hotel and also its founders. I’m struck writing the first words with the idea of forming a timeline around great luxury brands.
We have Louis Vuitton arriving in Paris as a young man with little money in 1837 and César Ritz arriving 30 years later. The Ritz Paris opened in 1898, the year after Guccio Gucci arrived in London in 1897, finding work as a bellhop at the Savoy Hotel.
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Adriana Lima Wears Tiffany & Co, Valentino on Vogue Brazil March 2025 Covers
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Edited: Full editorial now posted 3/10/25
Superstar Adriana Lima’sVogue Brazil March 2025 fashion story ‘Vale Tudo’ was photographed in New York City by Zee Nunes [IG], with styling by Leandra Porto and Rita Lazzarotti. / Hair by Junya Nakashima; Makeup by Frank B; Art Direction by Julia Filgueiras
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Mona Tougaard by Malick Bodian, D La Repubblica The Fashion Issue Spring 2025 Volume 4
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Danish beauty Mona Tougaard is styled with great flair and quiet luxury confidence by Marie Amelie Sauve. As fashion drops its ‘quiet luxury’ mood, D La Repubblica’s D Magazine [IG] uses MAS’s styling to transform the creamy whites fashion story into a Formula One car with a hybrid engine, photographed by Malick Bodian [IG].
Read MoreLina Zhang Delivers Undiluted Excellence Lensed by Zhong Lin for Marie Claire China
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Lina Zhang by Zhong Lin — Pt 1 of 2
Chinese supermodel Lina Zhang delivers a powerhouse, bold mix, opulent fashion editorial lensed by fellow superwoman talent Zhong Lin.
Austin Feng styles the fashion shoot that reminds us yet again: Chinese fashion media swings from the high bar of excellence. It’s just a fact./ Hair by Minghu Zhang; makeup by Yooyo Keong Minh
Read MoreCeleste Fitzpatrick in 'Fantasme' Modern Art Style by Txema Yeste for Numéro 252
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We first saw rising Irish model Celeste Fitzpatrick walking three important Spring/Summer 2023 shows in Europe: Dior, Saint Laurent and Prada.
Today Fitzpatrick appears in Numéro [IG] 252 March 2025 issue, styled by Bernat Buscato. Photographer Txema Yeste [IG] delivers virtuoso images in the ‘Fantasme’ fashion story, after the model charmed hearts in the October 2024 issue of WSJ Magazine. / Hair by Jordi Fontanals; makeup by Hugo Villard
Read MoreRihanna Covers Harper's Bazaar US March 2025 Legacy Issue, by Luis Alberto Rodriguez
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Rihanna Covers Harper's Bazaar US March 2025 Legacy Issue, by Luis Alberto Rodriguez
She’s a “titan of music” and a “self-made mogul” who “ just might have manifested her dream life”, writes Lynette Nylander for Harper’s Bazaar US March 2025 ‘Legacy’ issue.
The interview happened before the lifting of a major cloud hanging over the couple’s life and family — husband A$AP Rocky’s court case in Los Angeles.
Most AOC readers know about the not-guilty verdict that sent the couple into each other’s arms on February 18, 2025. But another story so relevant is the extraordinary words Rocky spoke to his lawyer Joe Tacopina right before the verdict was read.
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La Beauté Louis Vuitton Launches in Fall 2025, Dame Pat McGrath Creative Director
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Louis Vuitton is launching La Beauté Louis Vuitton with Dame Pat McGrath
The makeup collection will initially launch with 55 lipsticks, 10 lip balms and eight eye palettes. "Working backstage for over 20 years at Louis Vuitton fashion shows, I am thrilled to now play such a key role in the launch of La Beauté Louis Vuitton, which is the result of extraordinary craftmanship, creativity and innovation," says McGrath.
McGrath will continue to oversee her own make-up brand, Pat McGrath Labs, which she launched in 2015 with great success. The LVMH structure for La Beauté Louis Vuitton mirrors the one in place with Guerlain’s Violette Serrat.
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'Checking Out' at Ritz Hotel Paris by Tim Walker Prompts New Art of Living Hotel Stories
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In 2012, Grace Coddington styled Josephine Skriver, Kate Moss, Mirte Maas, Patricia van der Vliet and Sigrid Agren in Tim Walker’s phantasmagoria of feminine beauty and luxury hotel romanticism in ‘Checking Out’ for Vogue US. The hotel is the Ritz Paris and it prompted a move of the fashion story into AOC Living, with the intention of writing in-depth about the history of the famous hotel and its founders César and Marie-Louise Ritz.
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AOC Taps Debra Shaw in Dior Cruise 2025 for a History Lesson on Pre-Christian Scottish Women
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AOC Taps Debra Shaw in Dior Cruise 2025 for a History Lesson on Pre-Christian Scottish Women
Maria Grazia Chiuri staged her Dior Cruise 2025 show in the gardens of Drummond Castle in Scotland, with bagpipes making the occasion. The winter Luxe issue of Grazia UK [IG] features top model Debra Shaw wearing key pieces from the Dior Cruise 2025 collection, lensed by Silvana Trevale [IG] at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.
Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri Always Finds the Unique Makers for Her Collections
In fashion we concentrate so much on shape Grazia said, but textiles are a big part of our job—what you can do with them, and the changes you can make through them.” So, Chiuri went to the traditional—the tartan and cashmeres, the tweeds and the Argyles—and deftly filtered them into a collection which variously drew on the geopolitics of fabrics.
Chiuri’s collection and brief history lesson took AOC on a breakthrough journey into the history of women in Scotland and beyond. Anne never intended to land in a deep-dive into the Middle Ages. In fact, that’s exactly where our Gleneagles Defender landed.
Read MoreElon Musk March 2025 News: Walter Isaacson Talks Musk and Cruelty
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