When the ‘90s party girl Kate Moss poses for British fashion photographer David Sims [IG], making one grand entrance after another in old-Vogue-style photography, it’s one more reminder that big brands like Zara are driving fashion visualization as much — or more — than fashion media.
The always sensual, queen of summer Edita Vilkeviciute covers the July 14th issue of ELLE France, styled by Claire Dhelens in summer beach clothes from Carroll, Celine by Hedi Slimane, H&M, KKS, Le Passage, The Kooples, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more.
Photographer Chris Colls [IG] shares his gift for capturing sensual women — in a classic sense — reminding us that Edita herself and her physicality are high-value assets in why we love this fashion story. In a moment when we are under siege on every front of American politics and culture, the momentary visual getaway of ‘ON DE SENSUELLE’ is deeply appreciated.
Louis Vuitton celebrates summer in the city with a look at its Pre-Fall 2022 collection modeled by streets-savvy, Nigerian-born Janet Jumbo. Baby-size graphic effects square off with athleisure details, achieving a pulsating balance of sophisticated fashion smarts.
Anatoli Smith styles the fashion story lensed by Brooklyn native Menelik Puryear [IG] for L’Officiel USA.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid fronts the Fall-Winter 2022 Campaign for Self-Portrait, posing in bare body, sensual silhouettes and fabrics. Hadid poses in six feminine outfits that run from day to night, lensed on the streets of New York City by Zoe Ghertner [IG].
Writing about the new collection, Vogue’sSarah Mower raises the issue of Burberry’s “border-free, non-nationalistic points of view.” The Guardian came close to raising the same issue, when Marco Gobbetti resigned in June 2021, to return to Italy as CEO of Salvatore Ferragamo.
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.”
Goddesses and Regal Rebels dominate Versace’s Fall 2022/23 Campaign, led by ‘Pam & Tommy’ star Lily James. The Emmy-nominated James plays a Versace goddess in a summer where AOC has read the word ‘goddess’ from non-AOC sources at every turn.
Model Kiki Willems is styled by Isabelle Kountoure in the July 2022 issue of HTSI Magazine from London’s Financial Times.
As a stand-alone magazine of the conspicuous consumption lifestyle of the 1990s and 2000s, How To Spend It lived up to its name. Today, however, FT invites readers “to interpret the ‘S’ in line with their own deeper interests”.
Louis Vuitton’s Friend of the House Olympia of Greece showcases the Scarlet Red Capucines Mini — and other Louis Vuitton’s in London. The glamorous daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece enjoys a ‘dog day afternoon’ excursion with Echo, in images by Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG].
Top model Lindsey Wixson-Young sets off on the great American road trip for the July-August 2022, travel focus issue of Vogue Poland. Ashlee Barrett-Bourmie styles Wixson in unusually glam looks for a trip into the southwestern desert. Photographer Arianna Lago [IG] captures the fashion shoot in Death Valley National Park in the northern Mojave Desert. Lindsey poses in one of the hottest places on earth.
V Magazine #137 begins the 2022 fall fashion, gender-free styling transition with ‘It Takes Two’, luxury worn by models Malika Louback and Leon Dame. Anastasia Barbieristyles the duo in Burberry, Dior, Prada and more in images by Nathaniel Goldberg [IG].
Cape Verde model Alécia Morais is ‘Sunshine Ready’, styled in pure loveliness by fashion director Oonagh Brennan. David Gubert [IG] is behind the lens for Britain’s Red Magazine [IG].
The singer’s new single “Break My Soul” made music chart history Sunday July 10, moving the superstar into an elite category, one shared only with Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.
Beyoncé has become the first woman — and the third musician ever — to achieve 20 Top 10 hits as a solo performer and 10 or more Top 10’s as a member of a group. On July 9, ‘Break My Soul’ moved to No. 7 on the Billboard chart.
LOEWE celebrated the launch of its latest Paula’s Ibiza collection with a pop-up market LOEWE Mercadillo at Las Dalias, Ibiza. Barcelona-based photographer César Segarra [IG] was on hand to capture the event.
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.
In these images, the dynamic creator Nina Urgell Cloquell is photographed by Cesar Segarra [IG] en repose in her beautiful surroundings for El Pais Semanal July 2022.
El Pais [IG] writes that the beautifully-decadent ‘palazzo’ in Barcelona is steeped in history, so much so that Cloquell, her partner and their dog 'Patchouli' have not touched one inch of the flat in the form of restoration.
Nicola Peltz Beckham covers the August 2022 issue of Tatler Magazine, interviewed byEllie 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.
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.
Model Cate Underwood is styled by Maria Giulia Riva in a fashion story dedicated to Gucci’s Alessandro Michele named ‘Hortus Deliciarum’, which means ‘Garden of Delights’ in Latin. The high jewelry collection features five chapters of unique reveries that loosely recall a travel diary led by visions of high-level micro-mosaics, mesmerizing geometric shapes, and exotic pearls.
Brazilian fashion model Samile Bermannelli is styled by David Gargiulo in ‘Vivacity’, lensed by Kevin Sinclair [IG] for his Vestal Magazine. See all the product credits at Vestal.
