Mona Tougaard Offers Choice Words In i-D Magazine #356, Lensed by Mert & Marcus

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Mona Tougaard Offers Choice Words In i-D Magazine #356, Lensed by Mert & Marcus

Rising model Mona Tougaard won Denmark’s Elite Model Look competition at age 15. Tougaard was center stage this spring at Loewe’s Fall/Winter 2019 show, where she also walked Louis Vuitton and Chanel.

Today we find Mona Tougaard styled by Carlos Nazario in ‘Wants to F*ck Sh*t Up’, lensed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott for i-D Magazine #356 Autumn 2019./ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Lauren Parsons

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Smithsonian Acquires Tyler Mitchell's Beyoncé Portrait for Vogue US September 2018

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Beyoncé Taps Tyler Mitchell, 23, As First African American Photographer Of Vogue Cover In History AOC Pre-2020 Fashion

Photographer Tyler Mitchell shares a spectacular piece of news about an image from his September 2018 Beyoncé cover editorial. In an embarrassing acknowledgement of racism in the fashion industry, Mitchell became the first African American photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue in its 125-year history.

Clearly, positive energy infused Mitchell’s editorial from every direction, so much so that one of his Vogue images has been acquired into the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection in Washington, D.C.

The selected photo sees Beyoncé on location just outside of London, wearing a sequin-covered Valentino dress and exuberant Philip Treacy London headpiece.

“A year ago today we broke the flood gates open,” Mitchell wrote of the news on Instagram. “Since then, it was important to spend the whole year running through them making sure every piece of the gate was knocked down.”

As a concerned photographer, who is socially and politically engaged, Mitchell sees the Beyoncé shoot as an empowerment opportunity

“We’ve been thingified physically, sexually, emotionally. With my work I’m looking to revitalize and elevate the black body.”

We share the entire editorial in celebration of Mitchell’s growing success, Queen Bey herself, and the New Day society global citizens desire.

Natalie Portman Doesn't Believe Humanity Is Evolving, In Pamela Hanson Images For Harper's UK

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Natalie Portman Doesn't Believe Humanity Is Evolving, In Pamela Hanson Images For Harper's UK

Actor and filmmaker, Oscar winner and activist Natalie Portman covers the September 2019 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK. Leith Clark styles the Dior ambassador in images by Pamela Hanson.

Justine Picardie sits down with Portman at Hollywood’s legendary Villa Carlotta, operating now as an upscale Airbnb-style home away from home. Their focus initially is Christian Dior’s sister Catherine, who was the inspiration for his first perfume, Miss Dior.

Natalie Portman has been the face of Miss Dior since 2010, and her activist Israeli background is curious about Catherine Dior’s history as a member of the French Resistance before being deported to a concentration camp in Germany in 1944.

Valentina Sampaio Shoots Pink Campaign for Victoria's Secret, As Ed Razek Steps Down from L Brands

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Valentina Sampaio Shoots Pink Campaign for Victoria's Secret, As Ed Razek Steps Down from L Brands

We have the welcome news that Victoria’s Secret Chief Marketing Officer Ed Razek has retired in the wake of growing fallout around Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to L Brands chief and major stockholder Les Wexner. The plot has thickened so deep that even I — who worked in the business for a decade and knew both men well — am waiting for the next shoe to drop.

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British Vogue's September 2019 Issue Shares 'Forces for Change' Global Activists

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Iconic photographer Peter Lindbergh photographs the cover of British Vogue’s September 2019 issue, guest edited by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex guest edits British Vogue’s September 2019 issue, considered the most important issue of the year. Editor-in-chief-Edward Enninful invited Meghan to appear on the cover, but she declined, saying it would be considered “boastful”. With minions clamoring to criticize the Duchess at every turn in the road, declining was absolutely the correct decision.

Instead, the September 2019 British Vogue cover features 15 women who are “trailblazing changemakers, united by their fearlessness in breaking barriers”, according to a statement issued by Buckingham Palace.

The female ensemble of “trailblazing changemakers” includes activist actor Jane Fonda, climate change advocate, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and supermodel now maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns.

Markle has worked on the project for seven months, connecting with Michelle Obama and persuading her husband Prince Harry to join the dialogue with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall.

Rounding out the list are Adwoa Aboah, mental health campaigner and model; Adut Akech, Model and former refugee (although she says she will always be a refugee); Ramla Ali, boxer; Sinead Burke, diversity advocate and lecturer; Gemma Chan, campaigner and actor; Laverne Cox, LGBTQIA+ advocate and actor; Salma Hayek Pinault, actor, producer and women’s rights advocate; Francesca Hayward, royal ballet principal dancer; Jameela Jamil, body positivity advocate and actor; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author and feminist; and Yara Shahidi, founder of Eighteen x 18 and actor (and adored by Michelle Obama).

Meghan said: “These last seven months have been a rewarding process, curating and collaborating with Edward Enninful, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, to take the year’s most-read fashion issue and steer its focus to the values, causes and people making impact in the world today.

“Through this lens I hope you’ll feel the strength of the collective in the diverse selection of women chosen for the cover as well as the team of support I called upon within the issue to help bring this to light.

“I hope readers feel as inspired as I do by the forces for change they’ll find within these pages.”

"To have the country's most influential beacon of change guest edit British Vogue at this time has been an honour, a pleasure and a wonderful surprise," said Enninful. The September 2019 issue hits newsstands on Friday, August 2.

The cover is photographed by Peter Lindbergh — his first British Vogue cover since September 1992. Many of the women were photographed via video links.

The 16th spot on the cover will appear in print as a silver reflective mirror, to show how you, the reader, are part of this extraordinary moment in time – and to encourage you to use your own platform to bring change.

The Duchess will introduce Forces for Change in her own words in her guest editor’s letter, in addition to her interview with America’s former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Meghan turned down the offer to feature on the issue cover, preferring to focus on the women she admires, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, said. Photograph by Peter Lindbergh.

Malika El Maslouhi Poses For Ben Parks In Cool Early Fall Looks For Harper's Bazaar Spain August 2019

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Malika El Maslouhi Poses For Ben Parks In Cool Early Fall Looks For Harper's Bazaar Spain August 2019

Rising model Malika El Maslouhi is styled by Ana Tovar in fall fashion looks for ‘Sucedió en Madrid’. Photographer Ben Parks flashes the fashion editorial ‘It Happened in Madrid’ for Harper’s Bazaar Spain August 2019.

Victoria's Secret Releases Gorgeous Pre-Fall 2019 Ad Campaign As Stock Falls Under Epstein Scandal

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Victoria's Secret Releases Gorgeous Pre-Fall 2019 Ad Campaign As Stock Falls Under Epstein Scandal

Embattled lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret releases its pre-fall 2019 campaign, with product and an editorial vision under new CEO, former Tory Burch president John Mehas.

The campaign is shot by Adam Franzino, very much in the style of my Victoria’s Secret vision and features VS Angels Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Romee Strijd, Martha Hunt and Taylor Hill joined by Rubina Dyan.

Liberal School Board Votes To Destroy Revolutionary Mural Showing Washington's Slaves For Being 'Racist'

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Liberal School Board Votes To Destroy Revolutionary Mural Showing Washington's Slaves For Being 'Racist'

In a decision that has inflamed passions around art censorship — even among liberals — the San Francisco School Board has voted to paint over the 83-year-old mural ‘The Life of Washington’, painted by Victor Arnautoff, a New Deal muralist celebrated for his accurate telling of American history.

In addition to depicting Washington as a storied soldier, surveyor, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the 13-panel, 1,600-square foot mural at George Washington High School features disruptive images of white men standing over the body of a Native American as well as slaves working at Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.

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LVMH Acquires Botswana Luxury Safari Camps, Joins High-Level UNESCO Conservation Effort

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LVMH Acquires Botswana Luxury Safari Camps, Joins High-Level UNESCO Conservation Effort

Now that LVMH owns the Venice Simplon Orient-Express and Belmond Hotels including Venice’s Hotel Cipriani, Hotel Splendido in Portofino, Cheval Blanc in Courchevel and over 40 other deluxe hotels and safari camps worldwide, expect to see an even more integrated fashion vision. Luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Céline, Givenchy and more will drop anchor with the increasing demand for unique experiences and travel in the luxury sector and among younger people.

The upcoming early fall trip on the Eastern & Oriental Express between Bangkok and Singapore — one officially dedicated to tiger conservation — is an excellent example of LVMH anchoring its image in conservation, the arts, and global culture.

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Pamela Hanson Captures Dioriviera Bi-Color, Island Classics With Lameka, Malika + Natalie

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Pamela Hanson Captures Dioriviera Bi-Color, Island Classics With Lameka, Malika + Natalie

Dior launches a spirited Dioriviera campaign starring Lameka Fox, Malika El Maslouhi and Natalie Ogg, all wearing classical mixes of bi-color stripes and toile prints with Riviera destinations. Fabien Baron is creative director on the shoot with photography by Pamela Hanson.

Meghan's Dear Friend Misha Nonoo Opens London Pop-Up At 70-72 Marylebone Lane

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Meghan's Dear Friend Misha Nonoo Opens London Pop-Up At 70-72 Marylebone Lane

New York-based Nonoo, who is rumored to be the matchmaker between Harry and Meghan, is now in London, ensconced in her first pop-up space in at 70-72 Marylebone Lane.

Markle and Nonoo are joined at the hip on the topic of sustainability. The designer, who plans another pop-up in New York during September, will open a permanent location in either London or New York next year.

Arizona Muse Gushes Biodynamic Farming, Lensed By Richard Phibbs For Town & Country UK

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Arizona Muse Gushes Biodynamic Farming, Lensed By Richard Phibbs For Town & Country UK

Arizona Muse is styled by Miranda Almond in ‘Taking A Stand’, a collection of earth-friendly, noble origins, country manor looks. Photographer Richard Phibbs captures the bucolic scene for Town & Country UK May 2019./ Hair by Paul Donovan; makeup by Polly Osmond

Lydia Slater interviews Arizona at a farm in Sussex, peering into polytunnels of spinach and lettuce while discussing her escalating commitment to eco-fashion and sustainability.

Willy Vanderperre Captures Prada Resort 2020 'Seditious Simplicity' Collection

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Willy Vanderperre Captures Prada Resort 2020 'Seditious Simplicity' Collection

Willy Vanderperre captures what Prada calls ‘Seditious Simplicity” or complexity subverted as Miuccia’s powerful women take center stage at New York City’s Piano Factory. Gloss pink columns disrupting rough concrete, dynamic perspectives and warped lens effects all contribute to an alternative view of the familiar and the seditious simplicity of the collection. Read on at Prada.

Prada’s model cast includes Anok Yai, Gigi Hadid, Jing Wen, Kyla Ramsey, Lineisy Montero, Manu Miloqui, Maud Hoevetaken, Mona Tougaard, and Sasha Knysh.

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Victoria's Secret Kisses Network TV Fashion Show Goodbye | Thinking Next Steps

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Victoria’s Secret is going to rehab and hopefully something new and wonderful will be born on the watch of former president of Tory Burch John Mehas.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show kissed network television ‘goodbye’ Friday, announcing that it will no longer air on network television after 22 years years for the fashion show, and almost two decades on television.

The announcement was made in a Friday memo to the chain’s associates from Leslie Wexner, the chief executive of Victoria’s Secret’s parent company, L Brands. Mr. Wexner said that the company had been “taking a fresh look at every aspect of our business” in the past few months, and noted that the brand “must evolve and change to grow.”

“With that in mind, we have decided to re-think the traditional Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show,” he wrote. “Going forward we don’t believe network television is the right fit.” He said the company would develop “a new kind of event” on different platforms in the future, though he gave no further details.

Viewers of the fashion show have totally plummeted from 9.7 million viewers in 2013 to 3.3 million viewers in 2018. Reality is that the VS Fashion Show viewship peaked in 2001 at 12.4 million. In the months after Sept. 11 we all needed a lift, and it was the first time the show was broadcast on network TV.

When a show never again hits its debut #s — in almost 20 years — one must ask if all is well in VS brand land. Or it the VS Fashion Show the business card of the show’s producers? And the ebullient models who are overjoyed to be there?

In reality, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show - the ‘camp’ spectacle that has come to represent the brand — which is NO Gucci for shareholders with its plunging stock price— was drowning in low ratings of about 7 million viewers in 2006-2007. Mega talent and even larger over-the-top expenditures for the production lifted the viewers to 10.4 million in 2011. Increasingly the demographic was also NOT the core VS customer.

It’s difficult to watch a brand that I helped build be so out of touch with women generally and younger women in particular. Let’s hope VS is not Humpty Dumpty. Am sending all my goddess energy to VS CEO John Mehas and his team, with high hopes that they can give this aging, out-of-touch showhorse a new set of great legs. ~ Anne