The irrepressible, uber-talent Nicole Kidman rolls on with life, inviting Allure Magazine Summer 2025 to meet her for am atypical bodyshop tuneup.
There’s a reason why fashion story interviews typically happen separately from the fashion shoot. Can you imagine photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] getting a message that he will be shooting Nicole Kidman [IG] for the May 2025 issue of Allure Magazine’s beauty issue in a hyperbaric chamber in Nashville?
In NK’s case, her career just does not slow down. Ever since she wore the MiuMiu mini skirt, remaining oblivious to the morality-infused angst of younger women that Kidman should act her age, the red head with bangs staring back at us has been on fire.
Tiffany & Co ambassador since 2023, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley covers the June 2025 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Taiwan [IG]. The supermodel, businesswoman, beloved mom of two children and a partner for 16 years to actor Jason Stason, is in a period of career resurgence as her children grow a bit older.
Rosie is styled by Melina Chen, who also provides creative direction on the photoshoot lensed by David Roemer [IG]. / Makeup by Hung Vanngo; hair by Danielle Priano
Sagrada Feminidad [IG] is a Mexican jewelry brand that reclaims and celebrates sacred femininity through bold, handcrafted designs.
Founded over 5 years ago by Cynthia Cortes, each piece — or amulet — is a tribute to the female body, created to honor its power, sensuality, and mystery. Using atypical words to describe jewelry DNA, Cortes’ creations also honor “autonomy, joy and endurance”.
In these images for Sagrada Feminidad, photographer Alina Gross features the tattooed, sun-baked skin of an older woman, a gesture that acknowledges the life experiences and likely-held values of she who embraces and expresses a deep sensuality at an advanced age.
I’ve spent a couple hours really looking at Abercrombie — and I admit the Sporty & Rich connection in my brain got my attention. It’s valid as the first data bit, but another topic was working its way to my frontal lobe.
It seems that Danzy Estates has an open door to create very aspirational marketing — even if a luxury hotel in the south of France probably isn’t in the making. Mike Jeffries’ whites-only brand messaging — to say nothing about his sexual proclivities — will hang around Abercrombie’s neck for a long time.
Anne had an upfront and personal view of the brand’s struggles around race, as Jeffries built his ‘empire’. She is happy to know that Coco Gauff is welcome at today’s Abercrombie.
Brunello Cucinelli [IG] shares The Summer That Never Left campaign, unveiling Cucinelli’s new High Summer 2025 Capsule Collection. Models Betty Schupp, Evie Harris, Francisco Henriques, Louis Baines, Marta Aguilar and Niyo Malik are styled by Michaela Buratti in images by David Portela [IG]. / Makeup by Fabiana Clavario
Brunello Cucinelli Business Update and Awards
On April 16, the cashmere-rich business announced confirmed sales growth of around 10% booked in 2024 and a 13% increase in profit. 2025 is going strong, with a 10% increase in the first quarter.
Land Rover Defender heads to Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park in a new campaign with Jack Becht [IG]. Models Antonella Delgado and Jasson Warraich are lensed by photographer Paul Hempstead [IG] with styling by Ian Bradley.
Shanghai-based photographer Leslie Chang [IG] captures Peng Chang as she becomes part of the still life in this elegant beauty story for Vogue China [IG] June 2025, styled by Alvin Yu.
Actor Jodie Comer is among the British GQ’s Heroes cover stars, lensed by Scandelbergs [IG] for the June 2025 issue and styled by Gerry O’Kane and more for the fashion story ‘How Jodie Comer focused the fury.
Rage in Play ‘Prima Facia’
Rage is not confined to her next film ‘28 Years Later’. Comer’s ‘Prima Facie’, the one-woman play that won her a Tony when it transferred to Broadway in 2023, has been a game-changer for her. The play has also helped her to confront this severe contradiction of inner peace between many men and women.
The play has been so emotionally draining for Comer as an actor, that she prepared for her West End run by sitting and waiting, drowning out the raw negativity about to consume her for 100 minutes with music. Absorbed in the sound and messages of artists Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Alison Goldfrapp and Florence Welch, Comer would steady herself until someone tapped her on the shoulder to tell her it was time to go on. That’s quite a story.
Rising South Sudan model Anyier Anei creates a series of spectacular images in ‘Les Caresses De L’Ombre’, luxury elegance from Burberry, Chanel, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Hermes, Jacquemus, Maison Alaia, Schiaparelli and more styled by Irina Marie.
Photographer Edgar Berg [IG] captures true image magic for Numéro France’s #254 [IG] Summer 2025 issue, shot at Fuerteventura, Canary Island, Spain./ Hair by Annesofie Begtrup; makeup by Megumi Itano
Actor Ayo Edebiri is styled by Tonne Goodman in a fashion story ‘Crowning Glory’. ‘The Bear’ actor brings her grounded but visually magnetic starpower to WSJ Style’s June-July 2025 Issue [IG].
Photographer Ethan James Green’s [IG] camera seems to have struck its own fountain of attraction with the actor. / Hair by Lacy Redway; makeup by Hannah Murray
Recho Omondi talks to Edebiri, who isn’t only starring in ‘The Bear’ — she’s writing for the show.
Dutch model Birgit Kos is styled by Jason Hughes in ‘Red Heat’, a fashion story of modern sensual style shot on the Las Vegas strip, the panoramic suites of the Bellagio hotel, and in a vintage Chevrolet convertible. Photographer Theresa Marx [IG] captures red riches from the SS 2025 collections for Wallpaper Magazine’s June 2025 issue./ Hair by Erin Piper; makeup by Allie Smith
Model Aker Ajak fronts a Bottega Veneta fashion story styled by Roberto Johnson. Raul Tovar [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Mexico [IG] and Latin America./ Hair by Hiro + Mari; makeup by Mayela Vazquez
The newest initiative from Dom Pérignon, titled "Creation is an Eternal Journey," is 2 minutes of video beauty, longing and enthusiasm for a life well-lived in a world infused with turmoil and conflicting values.
The distinguished champagne producer, part of the LVMH group, has collaborated with seven established creatives from various disciplines to reinterpret the Dom Pérignon narrative in nonmaterialistic self-expression and humanist values.
The Dom Perignon [IG] ‘Creation Campaign includes Zoë Kravitz - actor and director [film]; Tilda Swinton - actor and artist [cinema & art]; Iggy Pop - pioneering musician [punk rock legend]; Anderson .Paak - music producer and director [Grammy-winning artist]; Clare Smyth - Michelin-starred chef [gastronomy]; Alexander Ekman - dancer and choreographer [contemporary dance]; and Takashi Murakami - contemporary artist [visual art icon].
Most LVMH brands are adept at sophisticated marketing to clients for whom nuances matter. With anti-billionaire hate growing exponentially in America and around the world, brands must be extra careful in how they communicate their values. A new book ‘The Haves and the Have-Yachts: Disparities on the Ultra Rich’ offers a field guide to the ultra-wealthy, exploring their lives and influence.
Maison Keï Akai is proud to unveil DAMIER, a striking new black-and-white group exhibition opening on Thursday, June 12th, in celebration of Grand Prix Montreal 2025 weekend. Drawing inspiration from the graphic elegance of the iconic checkered flag, the exhibition is a bold homage to the visual language of Formula 1 and the energy it brings to Montreal each summer.
AOC’s pleasure in sharing this Maison Keï Akai news flows from the intersection of multiple events, cultural issues and people who have touched my life in very positive ways.
Richard Bernardin: the Heart of Maison Keï Akai’s ‘Damier Exhibition
Breathing “life, sensuality and wisdom” [all Anne’s words] into the Montreal exhibition is internationally-acclaimed fashion photographer Richard Bernardin, whose evocative large-format black-and-white prints will be prominently featured.
Models Imaan Hammam and Vivienne Rohner come together in ‘The Heat Is On’ for the June 2025 issue of British Vogue [IG].Photographer Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] captures the duo, with styling by Julia Sarr-Jamois./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Ammy Drammeh
The Northern Irish designer will present his first collection, Dior Men Summer 2026, in Paris on June 27, 2025, skipping a haute couture show and then showing in Paris Fashion Week in October.
Delphine Arnault says she remembers climbing the stairs to a small apartment Jonathan Anderson rented near the Gare du Nord. She was immediately struck by the clarity of Anderson’s vision for JW Anderson. In short order the LVMH group took a minority share in JW Anderson and appointed him creative director of Spanish leather goods brand Loewe.
For reasons I understand deeply, based on our tremendous support for Maria Grazia Chiuri, we want her light to continue to shine brightly. However, Delphine Arnault’s point about Anderson staying 11 years at Loewe — when he absolutely declined other offers — is valid.
In AOC’s love for Chiuri, I been raving for years about Jonathan Anderson at LOEWE. And this 40-year-old massive talent, spontaneous but also deeply schooled in design and product development has his own visions for Dior’s future.
We’ve added some of our favorite campaigns from Jonathan Anderson’s LOEWE years.
Model River Klein graces the pages of Harper’s Bazaar France [IG] for a fashion story shot in the Cyclades.
Photographer Anthony Seklaoui [IG] is on location in the Greek islands in this high-summer story styled by Emmanuelle Alt. / Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Christelle Cocquet
I want to speak a moment about what I interpreted as a Grade A***** breadcrumb to Chiuri’s fans from the new Dior Men’s Artistic Director, also ‘waiting in the wings for the next big announcement’ regarding Dior Women.
For those of us for whom Chiuri is an absolute goddess on every level, Anderson’s quiet gesture might have been a coincidence. But I come from the school of people who believe there is no such thing as a coincidence at the highest levels of LVMH. Not like this one.
it was Jonathan Anderson’s ad campaign and film for his LOEWE Spring Summer 2025 Pre-Collection campaign that was a breadcrumb ‘diamond in the rough’ message.
The message was the arrival of Lilith, the mythological demon goddess believed to be Adam’s first wife. Lilith had no desire to be a tradwife, and she stormed out of the Garden of Eden.
Out of the kitchen and onto the portico, Jo Malone creates a delicious vision of high-style British dining, brought to life by Samuel Bradley [IG]. AOC means Jo Malone the brand, owned by Estee Lauder since 1999.
One of Princess Kate’s forever favorites is Jo Malone’s Orange Blossom cologne, which first debuted in 2003. The fragrance is described as a ‘shimmering garden oasis’ and ‘pure delight’, with a scent created with white floral notes of tangerine and orange blossom.
In a world where 45% of consumers say they are prepared to use natural ingredients or food products as substitutes in their beauty routines, foods influence on beauty and fragrance is higher impact than ever.
As Curion research points out, 40% of consumers now prioritize natural ingredients in beauty products.
Tracing the history of global trade routes is another focus of AOC, and Anne could be lost for days in new discoveries. AOC is infused with these learnings.
Supermodel Imaan Hammam is styled by Alastair McKimm in ‘Grandeur Nature’, a summer beach story labeled with Calzedonia, Chloé, Eres, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Stella McCartney and more. Photographer Mario Sorrenti [IG] captures the never-has-a-bad-fashion-shoot Ms Imaan Hammam for Vogue France [IG] June/July 2025 Wellness issue./ Makeup by Jamal Scott; hair by Tomo Jidai