VMAN Calls Up 80s Glam and Gore with Hunter Clem Lensed by Domen / Van de Velde

VMAN Calls Up 80s Glam and Gore with Hunter Clem Lensed by Domen / Van de Velde AOC Fashion

V MAN is calling all vampires, who will loose their bloody minds over ‘All Hallow’s Eve Summons the Glam and the Gore of the 80s’.

Inspired by the cult classic vampire flick ‘The Lost Boys’, the fashion story brings together photographers Domen and Van de Velde; model and photographer himself Hunter Clem; and the well-known creative director Nicola Formichetti. [Clem was introduced to VMAN readers earlier in the year.]

Formichetti explains "This Halloween shoot was inspired by Hunter (Clem)’s love for the '80s! It is our own unique story about a modern-day version of the cult film, where Ziggy Stardust meets Billy Idol and goes to a party thrown by the misfits—it's like an abstract version of a vampire."

Lufre Shoots Dior Cool Girl Looks for Vogue Mexico October 2021

Cool Girl Style

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Lufre Shoots Dior Cool Girl Looks for Vogue Mexico October 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Ana Elisa is styled by Alexandre Dornellas in ‘Retro de carácter’, brands including Emilio Pucci, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace and a heavy dose of Dior. Lufre [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Mexico October 2021.

Blumarine Takes Flight in Spring 2022 Images by Harley Weir for Numéro Berlin

Blumarine’s Nicola Brognano’s fashion lust is reserved for the 00s but with a twist: “My Blumarine is more dirty, bitchy, sexier.”

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Creative Director Nicola Brognano arrived at Blumarine in 2019, prepared to invigorate the beloved 90s brand that had lost its luster. Brognano’s fashion lust is reserved for the 00s, a time when the Italian designer was obsessed with Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and the era of ‘Mean Girls’.

AOC’s reference is important because in the words of the designer to a Vogue reviewer: “My Blumarine is more dirty, bitchy, sexier.”

“I was obsessed with them when I was younger (in Southern Italy),” he explains about Spears, Lohan and Hilton. “Even growing up and thinking about becoming a fashion designer, I have always wanted to make women feel as sexy and powerful as they were.”

When he first arrived at Blumarine, Brognano brought back from the dead Blumarine’s butterfly top. [Did you know that Google also brought back Feedburner from the dead, and AOC is running our RSS feed on it?]. The designer told Dazed that Versace has its Medusa and Blumarine has its butterfly.

By every measure, Brognano’s Blumarine rehab is working out just fine, with pop culture powerhouses like Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and Rihanna signing on as clients.

Stylist and collaborator Lotta Volkova is always described has having a “sharp and Knowing eye for the cheeky and surreal”, according to Vogue’s Liana Satenstein. That pov about Volkova is universal.

Photographer Harley Weir IG] joined the Blumarine Spring 2022 fashion passion party in Milan, shooting these atmospheric images for Numéro Berlin.

Thiemo Sander Flashes Monica Cima in Woods and Streams for Madame Figaro

Fringe Lovers Unite

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Thiemo Sander Flashes Monika Cima in Woods and Streams for Madame Figaro AOC Fashion

Thiemo Sander [IG] captures IMG Parisian model Monika Cima in Madame Figaro’s October 29, 2021 issue. Cécile Martin styles the shoot with nature-loving, casual and sensual, western-inspired luxury pieces, mixed with faster fashion— or is that just Cima before the camera — meaning the sensual luxury part? / Hair by Christophe Hasenbein; makeup by Maria Olsson

Erdem Moralıoğlu Is Photographer of 'Vintage' for Vogue Poland November 2021

Erdem Moralıoğlu Is Photographer of 'Vintage' for Vogue Poland November 2021 AOC Fashion

“It’s gone by extraordinarily quickly,” Erdem Moralıoğlu says about the 15th anniversary of his brand Erdem. “If I close my eyes, I can still imagine being a student at the Royal College putting together my graduate collection,” reflects the designer who has embraced a poetic femininity with deep roots in the strong, often renegade, women of history.

In fact, Erdem’s depth of historical context underpinning the collections — combined with an overarching respect or craftsmanship and artistry — is unmatched in the world of luxury fashion brands. A key element in the recent evolution of the Erdem brand vision is the extraordinary synergy emanating from Ibrahim Kamara, who has styled all of Erdem’s collections and shows since 2019.

New Vogue Poland editor-in-chief, photographer Ina Lekiewicz invited Erdem Moralıoğlu, accompanied by Ib Kamara, to create this visual masterpiece in the November issue. In a new role, the designer is the photographer for the fashion shoot on location at the 17th-century Southside House in London.

Models in ‘Vintage’ include Florence Hutchings, Lily Nova, Ngozi Anene, Sienna King and Wang Han./ Hair by Teiji Utsumi; makeup by Thom Walker

Celestial Grade Synergy

Now the Dazed editor-in-chief, Ib Kamara is extraordinary adept at upending reticence or plain ignorance in how to weave the visual narrative of race, colonialism and fashion together in a modern way. Gender and sexuality are also key undercurrents in Kamara’s work, but the visionary stylist’s brilliance is his emotional and intellectual willingness to take historical realities and weave them in a web of revised history.

The result is an unabashed modern and progressive vision of a better truth, if you think like we do. Others may shatter a mirror or two over the audacity of Erdem Moralıoğlu and Ibrahim Kamara revising colonial history in a shared vision. In another ironic twist, both talents admire strong women and they seek out unique and unconventional personalities as their seasonal muses.

Kamara makes no attempt to shun the often painful facts of history, being a son of the African continent. Rather, he reweaves them into new visual narratives that travel far beyond their original reality. This revised visual statement says “it didn’t have to be this way.”

Erdem Moralıoğlu is the beneficiary of Kamara’s insights and visual interpretations, and one imagines that the synergy between the two super-talents is nothing less than blinding at times. Born in war-torn Sierra Leone, Ibrahim Kamara benefits from Erdem’s insights as the son of a Turkish father and an English mother. Erdem was born in Montreal, Canada and shuttled between Montreal and Birmingham, England.

Ibrahim Kamara says about his relationship with Erdem Moralıoğlu:

“It’s very valuable to meet someone with whom you can perform a creative dance. “

To those of us watching, the tango is breathtaking. ~ Anne

Julia van Os by Max Papendieck for Vogue Australia November 2021

Julia and Max — who are a couple — drove 1500 miles in two states over four days — with major time in Joshua Tree.

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Julia van Os by Max Papendieck in US Southwest for Vogue Australia November 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Julia van Os is styled by Kaila Matthews in Celine, Chanel Gucci, Prada and more in images by Max Papendieck [IG] for Vogue Australia November 2021. /Hair by Rory Rice; makeup by Victoria Baron

The fashion shoot ‘No Where To Go But Everywhere’ happened in the American West, with Julia and Max — who are a couple — dealing with the creative team remotely in Australia. They drove 1500 miles in two states over four days — with major time in Joshua Tree — according to Julia’s IG.

In the throes of 2020 lockdown Max and Julia shared an intimate fashion story of their life at home for Vogue Greece May 2020 issue.

Ine Neef Enjoys Country Air Style for ELLE Italia Lensed by Laurie Bartley

Ine Neef Enjoys Country Air Style for ELLE Italia Lensed by Laurie Bartley AOC Fashion

Model Ine Neefs is styled by Micaela Sessa in ‘Aria Buona’ [good air], relaxed, patterned country luxury lensed by Laurie Bartley [IG] for ELLE Italia October 23, 2021./ Hair by Leon Gorman; makeup by Giovanni Iovine

Tindi Mar Covers Vogue Mexico November 2021 by Sonia Szostak

Tindi Mar Covers Vogue Mexico November 2021 by Sonia Szostak AOC Fashion

Rising star Tindi Mar, environmental activist and Vogue Paris [now Vogue France] September 2021 cover star, spreads her nature-oriented magnificence over three covers of the November 2021 issue of Vogue Mexico.

Photographer Sonia Szóstak [IG] turns her own sensual eye to Tindi Mars in ‘Au Natural’, styled by Valentina Collado in fluid transparency and burnout fabrics to create the deeply-sensual, fashion atmosphere./ Makeup by Dariia Day

Rocio Ramos Seizes the Power of Cardinals for Marie Claire Mexico and LA

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.

HTSI Magazine Adds a W for Wisely with Lena Hardt Posing in Sustainable Fashion

HTSI Magazine Adds a W for Wisely with Lena Hardt Posing in Sustainable Fashion AOC Fashion

How To Spend It . . . WISELY is the cover message of the magazine’s October 23, 2021 The Green Issue. Model Lena Hardt models fall’s finest conscious fashion from Bethany Williams, Chloé, Hermes, Ulla Johnson and more. Photographer Sasha Marro [IG] captures the green fashion investments, styled by Isabelle Kountoure in ‘All Things Considered.’./ Hair by Marion Anée; makeup by William Bartel

AOC so agrees with HTSI editor Jo Ellison’s perspective when she writes:

“Finding garments that are 100 per cent sustainable is still an unexpected challenge.”

Ellison is so much more diplomatic than AOC, citing “this week’s fashion editorial, which sought to use only recycled, sustainably made or upcycled textiles. . . . Putting together a shoot in which such criteria were mandatory was still far harder than might have been expected, despite much noise in the industry about trying to make things better.” ⁠

As I revealed in a post last week, Anne is becoming more urgently angry over this same challenge. We will never become as aggressive as PETA because we will drive away some of the top voices and creatives in fashion who read AOC. But there is no doubt, that impatience with sustainability promises will become more obvious on our website.

Sanne Vloet Does a Sensual Simmer Lensed by Aicha Abdoun for Numero Netherlands

Sanne Vloet Does a Sensual Simmer Lensed by Aicha Abdoun for Numero Netherlands AOC Fashion

Model Sanne Vloet wears Givenchy styled by Oumayma Elboumeshouli in Aicha Abdoun [IG] images for Numéro Netherlands October 2021, Editor Timotej Letonja and the fashion crew descended on The W Hotel Miami.

Binx Walton Covers Vogue Brazil in Images by Luigi & Iango

Binx Walton Covers Vogue Brazil in Images by Luigi & Iango AOC Fashion

Top model Binx Walton channels her subversive inner persona, is styled by Pedro Sales in images by Luigi & Iango for Vogue Brasil Septemer 2021./ Hair by Tashana Miles, makeup by Georgi Sandev

Erik Madigan Heck's 'Tableaux Vivant' Glamour for Harper's Bazaar UK November 2021

Erik Madigan Heck's 'Tableaux Vivant' Glamour for Harper's Bazaar UK November 2021 AOC Fashion

If you’ve had your best dose of red for at least a week, after the red-power Rocio Ramos fashion story, then your eye can feast on Brazilian brand Vivetta’s feast for hungry fashion creatives eyes above. Models May Bell and Sofia Romay are styled by Leith Clark in ‘Tableaux Vivant’, lensed by Erik Madigan Heck [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK November 2021./ Hair by Daniel Martin; makeup by Polly Osmond