Top model Angelina Kendall celebrates summer down under — but this time on the shores of Brazil’s Costa Verde and not New Zealand. Kendall’s Brazilian mother still calls Sydney ‘home’, as does her famous model daughter.
Anastasia Barbieri styles Kendall in a fashion story ‘Tropic of Venus’ lensed by Josh Olins [IG] for HTSI [IG] May 16, 2026 ./ Hair and makeup by Daniel Hernandez
Supermodel Karolina Kurkova covers Vogue Czechoslovakia [IG] May 2026 issue in a cover story called ‘The Gentle Revolution’. Photographer Simon Elmalem [IG] also styles Kurkova, working with fashion director Milena Zuravljova./ Makeup by Daniela Gozlan
True Romance: Tippy-top model Mona Tougaard graces the cover of Vogue Italia [IG] June 2026 issue, styled by Tonne Goodman in Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Ferragamo, Guess, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Mango, Prada and more, lensed by Malick Bodian [IG]./ Hair by Karim Belghiran; makeup by Celine Martin
The campaign includes actors Eva Victor, Isla Johnson and Levon Hawke and entertainer Seydou Sarr, lensed in a LOEWE return by Talia Chetrit.
AOC just spent time going back through LOEWE under Jonathan Anderson. When you do that exercise on Models.com, the differences between Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, creators of the New LOEWE, and Anderson’s old LOEWE are startling.
Not only is color a major element in New LOEWE, there is a simmering sensual undercurrent at LOEWE not seen since Jonathan Anderson created those visually dazzling anthurium dresses and tops in the Spring/Summer 2023 Collection.
Spanish model Paula Anguera covers the May 2026 issue of Vogue Poland [IG] for a fashion story shot in Instanbul. Kasia Mioduska styles Anguera in images by Arianna Lago [IG]./ Hair and makeup by Aneta Kostrzewa
Models Anamaria Cioboata, Fiona James and Stephanie Cavalli needed a day off from all this Chanel insanity. A walk in the woods sounded nice but also a bit too quiet, given the velocity of their lives lately.
Photographer Estelle Hanania [IG] suggested a ‘Pressure Release’ of all that pent up, months-long testosterone waiting to be wild in older women — especially in a girl gaggle. Stylist Benoit Bethume agreed and this Family Style [IG] No.10 fashion story was ready to ride.
British model Libby Bennett — who is apparently going by Libby these days — is styled by Gro Curtis luxury looks from Alaïa, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Dior, Dries Van Noten, Issey Miyake, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Prada, Roksanda, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Tom Ford, Valentino and more.
Sølve Sundsbø [IG] captures ‘Kiss Me and You Will See How Important I am’ for Re-Edition Magazine [IG] Spring Summer 2026 Issue 25. / Hair by Stelios Chondros; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Chloé [IG] creative director Chemena Kamali turned to model, singer, actor and college student Apple Martin in her first campaign for the maison. Martin wears key pieces from the Chloé à la Plage high summer collection, captured by photographer David Sims [IG].
Martin is styled by Elodie David Touboul. Charles Levai and Kevin Trkinel provide creative direction with set design by Poppy Bartlett and Romain Wygas as director./ Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup by Yadim
Top model and actor Mariacarla Boscono covers the May 2026 issue of Vogue Italia [IG], styled by Imruh Asha in Acne Studios, Area, Balenciaga, Chanel, Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Maison Alaia, Mario Valentino, Sportmax and more.
Dutch photographer Carlijn Jacobs [IG] captures Boscono in Dior for the cover of Vogue Italia’s annual Art issue./ Hair by Olivier Schwalder; makeup by Daniel Sällström
Top model Adwoa Aboah’s [IG comments] are priceless about her scalding Zhong Lin photo shoot for Re-Edition [IG] Magazine 25, SS 2026.
Aboah herself: “No, REALLY - I love being a woman.
Cara Delevingne: “Gasping for air”
Edie Campbell: “Oh my god”
This is the kind of photoshoot so transformational that the woman in the mirror — Adwoa Aboah in this case — never again sees herself quite the same way.
Liu Wen joins Prada ambassadors Bella Hadid, Damson Idris and Louis Partridge in fronting the growing trend of ‘urban beaches’ in global cities worldwide. David Sims [IG] photographs the campaign with creative direction by Ferdinando Verderi.
AOC doubts that Prada is prompting an intellectual discussion on ‘cool roofs’ as a highly-effective way to reduce summer heat and energy consumption. But if any luxury brand wants to advocate for that inquiry, Mrs. Prada and Prada co-creative director Raf Simons are at the head of the pack.
Miuccia Prada ‘Titan’
Miuccia Prada was first on the global TIME 100 list in 2005; she returned to the list in 2025, recognized as a ‘Titan’ for influencing fashion, identity and culture. Anne is optimistic that finally we have found a word — ‘titan’ — that fashion and culture writers are using sparingly and only for those who deserve the title by accomplishment and not hype. Fantastic!
Australian ‘industry icon’ Julia Nobis is styled by Tonne Goodman in fashion minimalism and pursuit-of-perfection silhouettes. Craig McDean of Craig McDean Studio [IG] is behind the lens, capturing one key member of an updated cast of design obsessives for HTSI Magazine Spring Design Issue 2026./ Hair by Akki Shirakawa; makeup by Diane Kendal
American singer-songwriter and actor Olivia Rodrigo wears Givenchy on the cover of British Vogue [IG] April 2026, styled by Jorden Bickham.
Laura Jane Coulson [IG] photographs the pop star wearing Dior, Junya Watanabe, Versace, Y by Yohji Yamamoto SS 2008 from Artifact and more.
Rodrigo debuted her new ‘Drop Dead’ in a surprise appearance at Coachella, joining Addison Rae’s onstage performance. The new single was released on April 17th for her upcoming album ‘You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’, out on June 12th.
Fine-minds models Awar Odhiang, Bhavitha Mandava, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Paloma Elsesser, Scarlett White and Valerie Scherzinger expand their cultural curiosity in moments of real-life-inspired, seize the books visualizations in ‘Book Club’.
Sebastian Faena [IG] captures the fashion story for American Vogue April 2026 issue.
Model Stella Hinton is styled by Harriet Crawford in ‘Modern Masters’, a poetic look at the new Dior collection by Jonathan Anderson. Photographer Jake Terrey [IG] captures the fabulosity of Anderson’s young aristocrats for Vogue Australia [IG] April 2026./ Hair by Sophie Roberts; makeup by Victoria Baron
Models Aker Ajak and Piper Dulaux are styled by Delphine Danhier in key pieces from Prada S/S 2026 collection. Photographer Torbjørn Danhier [IG] captures Ajak for Purple Magazine [IG] S/S 2026./ Makeup by Yumi Lee; hair by Shin Arima
AOC loves subversive fashion stories that grab our attention while the female stars don’t have to take their clothes off in order to get their point across. Aker Ajak speaks silently but forcefully in making his dreams come true.
Vogue Poland’s EIC [IG] and photographer Ina Levy [IG] continues her voyage across America, setting up her latest fashion shoot in Marfa, Texas. Featuring model Aneken Zaldivar [IG] from Mexico City, AOC posts the Chanel Official story on the day — Monday, March 9, 2026 — that creative director Matthieu Blazy delivered another blockbuster presentation of the Chanel FW 2026 collection in Paris.
Chiara Janczarek styled this fashion story for Chanel and Chanel Beauty./ Makeup by Ingeborg
The relaunch of Playboy [IG] magazine as a high-end print quarterly features Colombian superstar Karol G as its Spring 2026 cover star. Photographed by Gray Sorrenti [IG], this relaunch issue marks a significant shift in the brand's creative direction under new editor-in-chief Phillip Picardi. It will hit newsstands on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
Karol G is interviewed by Paola Ramos, with emphasis her special moment tonight, as the first Latina headliner at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, known as Coachella.
Model Paola Manes is styled by Emmanuelle Ramos in ‘Skirts So Good’, reflecting a style season dominated by once-classic, Plain Jane shapes gone rogue as statement skirts. Photographer Jaap Strijker [IG] is street-side in a cold and rainy Paris, shooting this fashion story for Vogue Scandinavia [IG] April 2026./ Hair and makeup by Magdalena Loza
Anne says: “If someone tells you two times in eight years who they are, especially when rewarded with a big promotion to create a NEW DIOR that is vastly different from the old Dior, you must evaluate this new marriage carefully.
It’s only fashion, right? Au contraire. It’s a time for choosing.”
My goal is to give clarity from a branding standpoint around what the New Dior stands for. They are very retro values for our modern world. I am comfortable saying that the new New Dior has a deeply nationalistic mentality, and I will go so far as to call it a white nationalist mentality, based on the key points of ‘Dracula’.
