Fendace Drops May 12 Worldwide with Top Models Campaign by Steven Meisel

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Fendace Drops May 12 Worldwide with Top Models Campaign by Steven Meisel

The highly-anticipated Fendace collection — a powerhouse, experiment between two great Italian fashion houses: Fendi and Versace — will drop on May 12, with a worldwide series of events and pop-ups.

The business synergy between these two iconic Italian brands is producing astonishing results — given that they are direct competitors owned by two mega-luxury fashion houses. LVMH is the majority stockholder in Fendi and Versace is owned by Capri Holdings.

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Grace Elizabeth on Motherhood and Body Image in Vogue Germany May 2022

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Grace Elizabeth on Motherhood and Body Image in Vogue Germany May 2022

Vogue Germany’s May 2022 issue is devoted to “confidence'“, fronted by American beauty Grace Elizabeth. The former Victoria’s Secret model and new mom is styled by Elizabeth Fraser-Bell in Acne Studios, Desigual, Etro, Hunza G, Missoni, Prada [yellow sweater cover] Ralph Lauren, Stella Jean, The Attico, Tom Ford and more. Photographer Paul Wetherell [IG] is in the studio, with creative direction by Jan-Nico Meyer.

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Vittoria Ceretti in Sculptural Form for Toteme SS 2022 Campaign by Steven Meisel

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Vittoria Ceretti in Sculptural Form for Toteme SS 2022 Campaign by Steven Meisel

Photographer Steven Meisel undertakes an innovative project for Stockholm-based brand Toteme. Meisel first photographed Vittoria Ceretti in Toteme’s Spring-Summer 2022 Campaign. The artist also created life-sized and super-sized laser-cut flat sculptures, mounted with the campaign imagery. The entire presentation is then viewed across three rooms in person and also on the video below.

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Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee in Jimmy Choo Goddess Country Summer 2022 Campaign

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Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee in Jimmy Choo Goddess Country Summer 2022 Campaign

Fresh on the thrill of Gisele Bundchen’s Amazonian woman self gracing five — count them FIVE — blazingly sexy covers of V Magazine 136, Jimmy Choo rolls into our disbelieving eyes one day later with Barbara Palvin and Precious Lee saying “Yes, we are sexy, fully-formed Jimmy Choo Summer 2022 goddesses posing poolside in our totally gorgeous, absolutely-loved bodies. Deal with it.”

Madison Headrick and Geron McKinley complete the quartet styled by Alice Lombardini with creative direction by Sandra Choi.

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Fee Kienhuis Sends Hollywood Love Lensed by Domen & Van de Velde in Vogue Arabia

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Fee Kienhuis Sends Hollywood Love Lensed by Domen & Van de Velde in Vogue Arabia AOC Fashion

Belgian artists duo Domen & Van de Velde [IG] produced ‘From Hollywood with Love’ in March 2022. The images remind us that their strength in art direction and imagination simmers always in their vivid colors, a bit camp, creative DNA. Model Fee Kienhuis is styled by Julia Muller in baroque and theatrical fashion images that prompt sorely-needed amusement for Vogue Arabia. / Hair by Joeri Rouffa; makep by Liselotte van Saarloos

Gisele Bundchen Blows Up V Magazine 136. All Bow Down! Images by Blair Getz Mezibov→

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Gisele Bundchen Blows Up V Magazine 136. All Bow Down! Images by Blair Getz Mezibov

Okay, people. Blow me over. Pick us up off the floor. We have a sexy, glamorous Gisele Bündchen in all her fierce-Brazilian, powerful-woman glory covering V Magazine 136. Wait up. There’s an abundance of riches — the true supermodel has FIVE, count them FIVE covers — and she is just being the super sensual , global environmentalist beauty that IS Gisele Bündchen. Buy it.

Will this celebration of one ‘Giselerama’ fashion icon all alone in the spotlight, looking old-fashioned glam and sexy on steroids, cause Twitter to lose its mind in condemnation? Maybe. But just think, V Magazine, of all the quiet spirits you have resurrected from the dead today. Starting with mine.

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Lila Moss Covers British Vogue May 2021, Being a Little Wild for Steven Meisel

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Lila Moss Covers British Vogue May 2021, Being a Little Wild for Steven Meisel

Rising model Lila Moss takes her first cover of British Vogue, styled by Joe McKenna in fashion fantasy that includes Alberta Ferretti, Dior, Loewe, Prada and more. Steven Meisel captures Moss, daughter of Kate Moss, for the May 2022 issue./ Hair by Guido; makeup by Pat McGrath

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Txema Yeste Flashes an Enigmatic Merlijne Schorren for Numéro’s March 2022 Issue

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Txema Yeste Flashes an Enigmatic Merlijne Schorren for Numéro’s March 2022 Issue

Dutch model Merlijne Schorren strikes thoughtful poses, styled by Bernat Buscato in luxury labels for ‘Double Jeu’.

Top photographer Txema Yeste is in the studio, capturing Schorren for Numéro’s March 2022 issue. Yeste attaches words like “fragmentation”, “synchronicity’, “frequency” to describe images that probe layers of self.

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Gigi X Frankies Bikinis Launches Online May 11, with a NYC SoHo Pop-Up

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Gigi X Frankies Bikinis Launches Online May 11, with a NYC SoHo Pop-Up

Gigi Hadid is the latest talent to team up with Los Angeles-based swimwear brand Frankies Bikinis. The collab is extra special because in real life Hadid is a childhood friend of Frankies Bikinis founder and creative director Francesca Aiello.

Another childhood friend Alana O’Herlihy, shot the campaign for the 98-piece collection, which will land online at Frankiesbikinis.com on May 11, followed by a second drop on June 2. Francesca Aiello recently sold a minority stake of Frankies Bikinis to Victoria’s Secret & Co. for $18 million. She will continue to lead Frankies Bikinis, with its first New York pop-up in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood coming soon. Kudos to O’Herlihy who launched Frankies Bikis when she was still in high school.

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Hermès' New French Workshops and Rolling Big on MycoWorks [Mushroom] Leather

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Hermès' New French Workshops and Rolling Big on MycoWorks [Mushroom] Leather

The development of an artisanal approach is different from what is being labeled ‘ethical’ by websites like Good On You.

Leather is a perfect example. Hermès will never be called ethical because they are using leather. Even though they agree to the highest possible worker standards and environment-friendly policies in tanning and how the animals are treated, it’s leather.

Note, though, that even Stella McCartney can’t get a top rating on Good on You, which suggests a bleak future if even she can’t cut it with the uber-progressives. Stella does get a ‘good’ — or a B on a 5-point scale. Note Stella McCartney’s rating is 2018.

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Mari Taylor, Lexie Tapper in 'High Hems' by James Bee for V Magazine 135

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Mari Taylor, Lexie Tapper in 'High Hems' by James Bee for V Magazine 135

Models Mari Taylor and Lexie Tapper are styled by Brandon Tan in ‘V Trends: High Hems’. The message is clear: This season, the world’s fashion houses seem to be telling us: “The higher the hem, the closer to goddess”.

Photographer James Bee [IG] captures the fashion story loaded with bright, bold looks from Coach, Dsquared2, Etro, GCDS, Givenchy, Gucci, Guess, Missoni, Miu Miu, Tiffany & Co, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace and more for V Magazine 135.

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Emmanuel Macron Re-Elected President of France; Fragile European Alliance Holds

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Emmanuel Macron Re-Elected President of France; Fragile European Alliance Holds

Emmanuel Macron has retained the French presidency, beating back right-wing, Russian president Vladimir Putin-supported candidate Marine Le Pen with an estimated 58.2% of the vote to her 41.8%, based on 8pm Sunday evening estimates.

For all of his problems, Macron is the first French leader in 20 years to win re-election — since 2002. In that faceoff then-president Jacques Chirac won against Le Pen’s rabidly anti-immigrant father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

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