Precious Lee is Fabulously 'Fearless' in Porter Edit, Lensed by Kennedi Carter
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Can Corsets Help You Reach Peak Physical Performance? AOC Says Buy 2
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Why Does One Woman's Waist Trainer Make Another Woman Upset?
Waist training advocate Kim Kardashian is a big driver of this trend. But celebrities like Nicki Minaj and Kylie Jenner are also fans. Laverne Cox has made a place in her life for waist training. Lizzo is out front with her new shapewear collection, and I promise you that when Ana de Armas hits Netflix playing Marilyn Monroe in 'Blonde' this fall, waist training corset sales will soar.
Read MoreAna de Armas' Fall 2022 Marilyn Monroe 'Blonde' Netflix Debut | ELLE US Interview
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The quiet, but articulate actor amps the level of intrusion around her life in LA and why she had to live the city. “It became a little bit too much. There’s no escape. There’s no way out.” In Los Angeles, she adds, “it’s always the feeling of something that you don’t have, something missing. It’s a city that keeps you anxious.”
Read MoreEmma Corrin Covers Vogue US August 2022 Lensed by Jamie Hawkesworth
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I know we are all very rattled over the anti-trans legislation in red states, but then Roe got shot down, too. AOC’s activism is very focused on Christian fascism and white nationalism in this moment. The end of our imperfect democracy is in sight — if we don’t fight this back by the 2024 election.
People I respect say “It’s do or die time,” and they are not exaggerating.
AOC is not worried about “he, she, it, they, them . . . “ in this moment. We are focused on the American Taliban increasingly riding roughshod over all of us. No disrespect intended to pronouns.
Read MoreNicola Peltz Beckham Goes Glam but Talks Love and Family in Tatler UK
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Nicola Peltz Beckham covers the August 2022 issue of Tatler Magazine, interviewed by Ellie Austin about newlywed life with Brooklyn. Sophie Pera styles Beckham in Brandon Maxwell, Dundas, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Michael Kors, Richard Quinn, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Versace by Fendi and more for images by Ellen von Unwerth [IG].
Speaking about growing up one of eight children in a very successful family who didn’t inherit wealth, Mrs. Beckham reflects that she also felt supported in her choices: “ ‘My dad always says, “I don’t care what you do in life, as long as you are fully committed and you work.”’
Dad was a Trump supporter, including hosting a re-election fundraiser for Donald Trump in February 2020 at his Florida home. Neither Nicola or her mother Claudia Heffner Peltz were supportive of the event and didn’t attend. The senior Mr. Peltz broke with Trump on January 5, 2021.
Lines of communication in the Peltz family seem to operate on an open and non-judgmental channel. How refreshing.
Read MoreNatalie Portman by Sebastian Kim on Body Positivity for Sunday Times Style July 10
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Actor Natalie Portman covers the July 10th issue of London’s Sunday Times Style. Currently starring in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ with Chris Hemsworth, Portman wears Dior on the cover.
Natasha Royt styles the Israeli-born actor, now married to French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom she has two children, son Aleph, 11, and daughter Amalia, five. Photographer Sebastian Kim [IG] captures Portman in Givenchy, Khaite, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Prada, The Row.
Read MoreVictoria Beckham on Her Miami-Woman New Self in Vogue Australia July 2022
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Beckham speaks to being heavily influenced by Miami — and the success of her April, body-conscious knitwear collection “for all shapes and sizes”. When the collection went on sale, “We had the best day of sales we’ve had in the history of the brand,” Beckham tells Vogue Australia. “It’s unbelievable.”
Read MoreZendaya Dazzles in Italian Glamour for Vogue Italia July 2022 by Elizaveta Porodina
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Actor and singer Zendaya covers the July 2022 issue of Vogue Italia. The ‘Euphoria’ star, named to the TIME 100 2022 list of the world’s most influential people, reflects on her status as the “portrait of a generation’, writes Jordan Anderson in the Vogue Italia interview.
Read More6-Degrees: Hindu Nationalists Burning Hillary Posters, A $1.5 Million Bounty for a Dead Deepika Padukone, and Ivanka Trump Rolling Into India
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On this first morning in post-Roe America, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is on my mind. She occupies my brain space — not because of her recent appointment as a Louis Vuitton ambassador and not because she “stole the show” in Cannes in early June, appointed as a member of the 2022 Cannes Festival nine-person jury.
Vogue India Interview
Padukone acknowledges in her Vogue India May 2022 cover story — a conversation between the actor and Faye D’Souza, edited and excerpted by Sadaf Shaikh — that she was pleased to be honored as a TIME 100 Impact Award 2022 recipient.
She’s here to talk her casual, tomboy style preferences — Red Carpet glam nights not included. Padukone shows us how the first Indian Louis Vuitton ambassador chills, styled by Megha Kapoor in the all-Vuitton fashion story lensed by Vivek Vadoliya [IG]. / Makeup by Tina Monzón; hair by Noelia Coral
Casual looks are deceiving in the Vogue India fashion story. For the first time in history, a fashion brand — Louis Vuitton — has entered the rarified air of the world’s top 10 global brands, as ranked by Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2022 report
Louis Vuitton and Deepika Padukone make a good team.
Read MoreKim Kardashian Covers Vogue Hong Kong, Lensed by Greg Swales in Bodycon Fashion
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Super mother, social justice lawyer-in-training, business mogul and sole owner of a new Gulfstream G650ER with an estimated $150 million price tag when customized, Ms. Kim Kardashian covers the April 2022 issue of Vogue Hong Kong.
Kardashian is styled by Danielle Levi in images by Greg Swales [IG]. Sean Kunhambu provides creative direction on the shoot with set design by Lucy Holt.
Read More'Don't Look Up' Star Jennifer Lawrence by Lachlan Bailey for Vanity Fair Magazine
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'Don't Look Up' Star Jennifer Lawrence by Lachlan Bailey for Vanity Fair Magazine December 2021
Actor Jennifer Lawrence wears Dior on the cover and Balenciaga Haute Couture, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Courrèges, Hermes, N°21, Tom Ford, Valentino Haute Couture and more in her fashion story. George Cortina styles Lawrence in images by Lachlan Bailey [IG].
What Jennifer Lawrence didn’t know at the time of her Vanity Fair interview is that her new movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ is beyond blockbuster. It tallied a record-breaking number of hours viewed in a single week, according to Netflix.
Even more impressive, the satirical film described by its director Adam McKay, as aimed to be “a kick in the pants” that prompts urgent action on climate change, already sits at Netflix’s second biggest film ever.
Read MoreRocio Ramos Seizes the Power of Cardinals for Marie Claire Mexico and LA
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Rocio Ramos Seizes the Power of Cardinals for Marie Claire Mexico and LA AOC Fashion
Photographer Rocio Ramos [IG] captures unadulterated-red, fashion passion in the October pages of Marie Claire Mexico and Latin America. Model Dalianah Arekion poses in primal, earth-goddesses elegance styled by Abraham Gutiérrez.
Most fashion media will promote the color red as symbolizing new energy and interest in living with the latest seasonal wardrobe. The message is consumption-oriented — which is understandable, especially if we are looking at the latest, earth-loving sustainable fashion buys.
We doubt that is the case here — that we are looking at sustainable fashion. But there are even higher principles at play in these images. AOC knows for a fact that artist and photographer Rocio Ramos is on our wave-length, and she likes the writing her images inspire.
So we will move out on red, into the fast lane.
Red Symbolism
The color red is most often associated with a passion for living and an embrace of love, but also carnal pleasures. Red is known as an emotionally-intense color that enhances human metabolism and increases respiration rate, while raising blood pressure. The impact of the color red on the human body has been seriously studied.
Culturally-speaking we are in a red-alert moment that transcends fashion runways and embraces the duality of competing narratives about our very humanity.
Red is the color of fire and blood, one often associated with energy, war, power and danger. Red is considered to be aggressive and fierce, but also grounding. In the world of 7 chakras, red is the root chakra, and while it’s easy enough to dismiss red as primitive with its positioning on the chakra chart, it is also responsible for our sense of security and stability.
When apes first stood tall and began walking into humanity, their root chakra was in high gear — literally. Rocks and caves were homes to humanity before we created mobile structures made of mammoth tusks. The setting for Rocio Ramos’ fashion story is perfect, because it embraces the necessities of security, survival and being rooted as the very foundation of our lives.
Simone Biles Soars by Kennedi Carter for Glamour US June 2021 | Judge Drops All Charges Against Her Brother
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Ten-star, athlete woman Simone Biles covers the June 2021 issue of Glamour Magazine US. And what a cover it is!
Glamour Magazine’s cover fashion story, these images by photographer Kennedi Carter have infused the gymnastic star with a magnetic, spirited, human-beyond-words presence. I always say that on rare occasions with model or subject and the photographer — all hell breaks loose, and it’s like nobody else is in their universe.
Read MoreGisele Bundchen's Vogue Hong April Sustainability Issue Cover Story by Kevin O'Brien
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Gisele Bundchen's Vogue Hong April Sustainability Issue Cover Story by Kevin O'Brien
Supermodel, eco-warrior Gisele Bundchen covers the April 2021 ‘Sustainability’ issue of Vogue Hong Kong. Bobette Cohn styles the prominent environmentalist in images shot on location in Costa Rica by Kevin O’Brien [IG] Bundchen’s home is on the Nicoya Peninsula, near the beachside town of Santa Teresa./ Makeup by Jenna Anton
In our earlier article about Gisele’s Vogue Hong Kong cover story, we noted the very sad reality that the supermodel with the biggest voice on climate change and especially saving the Brazilian rain forest is losing her battle.
Most recently Gisele is the executive producer of ‘Kiss the Ground’, narrated by Woody Harrelson, with interviews with Bündchen, her husband Tom Brady and Patricia Arquette. The hopeful message of the documentary deals with the topic of Biosequestration or the capture and storage of the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by continual or enhanced biological processes.
Related Reading: Earth Mother Gisele Bündchen Covers Vogue Hong Kong April 2021 by Kevin O'Brien;
Humans Have Turned the Amazon into a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter: Study; and a 2020 post 'Carbon Cowboys': Saving Our Planet Starts in the Soil' Says Peter Byck AOC Sustainability.
Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story
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Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story AOC Eye
Superstar activist, humanitarian, multi-talented creative Angelina Jolie covers the March 2021 issue of British Vogue. Jolie is interviewed and styled by British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful with a styling assist from Dena Gianini. / Hair by Lorenzo Martin, Jacklyn Martinez; makeup by Rachel Goodwin
Photographer Craig McDean captures Jolie and her six children at her historic Los Angeles estate tucked away in the historic Laughlin Park quiet corner of Los Feliz and formerly owned by Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille. The home is just five minutes away from the children’s father Brad Pitt.
Angelina Jolie on Mothering
Confirming that while she wanted to have a brood of kids, Jolie shares that she always saw herself as the Jane Goodall type, “travelling in the middle of the jungle somewhere.” She is not an inherently skilled mother — depending on one’s criteria, of course.
I feel like we’re such a team. It may sound clichéd, but you love and you try, and even if you burn the eggs, that doesn’t matter in the end. But also, you’ve met our kids. They’re pretty capable.
Hunter Schafer in 'Supernova' by Daria Kobayashi Ritch for Porter Edit Jan. 11, 2020
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Hunter Schafer in 'Supernova' by Daria Kobayashi Ritch for Porter Edit Jan. 11, 2020
‘Euphoria’ star Hunter Schafer covers the January 11, 2020 issue of Porter Edit. Sean Knight styles Schafer in Alaïa, Ceffin, Gauchere, Jacquemus, Nanushka, Paco Rabanne and more, lensed in ‘Supernova’ by Daria Kobayashi Ritch [IG]./ Hair by Bobby Eliot; makeup by Sandy Ganze
Hunter Schafer talks to Hanna Hanra about her momentum-overflowing acting career, co-writing and co-producing Jules’ special episode of ‘Euphoria’ and the personal passion projects that propel fer forward in 2021.
Penelope Cruz by Nico Bustos in Harper's Bazaar Russia January 2021
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Penelope Cruz by Nico Bustos in Harper's Bazaar Russia January 2021
Penelope Cruz covers the January 2021 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Russia, styled by Claudia Englmann in images by Nico Bustos (IG)./ Hair and makeup by Pablo Iglesias
Cruz has enjoyed major exposure recently, due to her role as Graciela, a Colombian psychologist.in the Jessica Chastain produced thriller ‘355’. The female-led film has a new opening date of Jan. 14, 2022. Yes, the opening date was pushed back a full year, due to COVID.
Besides Chastain — who also produced the movie and spearheaded the project from day one — and Cruz, ‘355’ also features Diane Kruger (who replaced Marion Cotillard in a scheduling conflict), Fan Bingbing, and Lupita Nyong’o.
Penelope Cruz Covers Vogue Spain January 2021, Lensed by Nico Bustos
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Penelope Cruz Covers Vogue Spain January 2021, Lensed by Nico Bustos
Actor Penelope Cruz is styled by Juan Cebrian in ‘Penélope, Al Natural’, lensed by Nico Bustos (IG) for Vogue Espana January 2021./ Hair & makeup by Pablo Iglesias
In the pages of Vogue Spain January, the images of Penelope Cruz in nature are intertwined with the conversation she had with the director of the magazine about how to reconnect with what is important, about commitment, feminism and learning .
Eugenia de la Torriente , director of Vogue Spain , leaves her position, with the Conde Nast reorganization that puts Edward Enninful as editorial director of Vogue Europe including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK "This is my last letter, but there is much left of me in the next issues and contents that were already planned and carried out."
Photographer Kennedi Carter Pursues Excellence After Beyonce Shoot for British Vogue
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In December 2020 photographer Kennedi Carter unseated British Vogue photographer David Bailey as the youngest image-maker ever to shoot a Vogue cover. Bailey held the honor since 1961. Carter took over at age 21, shooting Beyoncé' in all her glory.
Already on a rising trajectory propelled by excellence, the Durham, North Carolina, native who went to Texas and back again to NC hasn’t looked back. Carter finds herself reflective about the events happening around her, without embracing an Icarus mentality that takes her too close to the sun.
Read MoreMichaela Coel Covers W Magazine 'The New Originals' November, Lensed by Tim Walker
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Michaela Coel Covers W Magazine 'The New Originals' November, Lensed by Tim Walker
British actor Michaela Coel is on every list that matters this fall. She covers the current edition of W Magazine with its focus on The New Originals. The June, jaw-dropping debut of Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’ HBO hit also put her in the current WSJ Magazine Innovators list and earned her a spot on the TIME 100.
‘I May Destroy You’ narrates the story of Coel’s own sexual assault after her drink is spiked at a bar. A long list of critics bears witness to Coel’s leader of a generation talents and her ”unique ability to distill what could have been an unbearable treatise on the nature of trauma into a sharp, funny, complex, deeply personal show about the nature of existence.”
In her groundbreaking lecture at the 2018 Edinburgh International Television Festival, Coel spoke about her assault publicly for the first time. Not dwelling on the blast of authentic, personal history permeating through her audience, the actor then used the rest of her 53 minutes address share her experiences with racism growing up in London, enrolling in a mostly white drama school, and also as a young actor and TV writer.
The entire video is shared in yesterday’s article about the event, in which Coel also held her audience captive with the story of more than one bag of shit left at her family’s front door and also in the mail box.
Photographer Tim Walker captures these intense portraits of the actor for the November issue of W Magazine, with styling by Sam Walker. Playwright, actor, producer and now budding director Jeremy O. Harris, whose Broadway stunner ‘Slave Play’ earned an outstanding 12 Tony nominations, interviews Michaela Coel. / Makeup by Sam Bryant; hair by Cyndia Harvey
