Rising model Angair Biong is styled by Mariaelena Morelli in Blumarine Pre-Fall 2022 key looks. Creative director Nicola Brognano pushes on into fall, adding more fuel and fashion oxygen to the Y2K fashion craze in images by Tom Blesch [IG].
“It’s a territory I feel very confident exploring,” the designer told Vogue. He was born in 1990 and thus is quite knowledgeable on the period. Does he have a new muse? Apart from the Paris-Britney-Lindsay trifecta, is there a new girl in his creative muses folder?
Models Julia Nobis and Selena Forrest are styled by Grace Coddington in ‘City Transfer’, lensed by Craig McDean for British Vogue August 2022./ Hair by Orlando Pita; makeup by Francelle Daly
Models Kristin Lilja, Luisana Gonzalez and Scarlett Costello delight in ‘The Science of Natural Beauty’, styled by Doria Santlofer. Photographer Emily Soto [IG] is behind the lens for Allure Magazine August 2022.
AOC isn’t sure if photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is driving a Maybach Exelero or a Golden Bugatti Veyron in this new fashion story System Magazine X Schiaparelli F/W 2022. Maty Fall is ready for takeoff, oozing Black glamour in a 2022 version of Beale Street’s fashion club history.
Maty is still rising but her portfolio is solid. Time to fly, Ms. Maty Fall. Ijewere is driving this priceless fashion gem, but Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli gives her an abundance of modern-day riches, styled by Nell Kalonki.
Model Hannah Ferguson graces the pages of ELLE France June 2022, styled by Anne-Marie Brouillee. Photographer Hans Feurer [IG] captures Ferguson in ‘Aimer son corps’, a health and beauty story about loving one’s body, an exercise always made more positive by nature’s warmth.
Ethiopian beauty Amar Akway poses in ‘Girl About Town’, a dramatic collection of haute couture fashion formality styled by Imruh Asha for W Magazine Volume 3, 2022. Photographer Joshua Woods [IG] captures the ultimate luxury fashion extravagance in Paris, shooting looks from Armani Privé Haute Couture, AZ Factory, Balmain, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel Haute Couture, Christian Dior Haute Couture, Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture, Valentino Haute Couture, Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture
Writing for NET-A-PORTER’s July 11, 2021 online fashion story ‘Fearless’, Danielle Prescodsays that the secret of the totally-fabulous Precious Lee is that she is breaking the mold by being unapologetically herself. Elissa Santisi styles the Georgia Peach [as Lee is called with affection by many of us] in images by Kennedi Carter [IG].
Stella McCartney’s Resort 2023 Collection was operating on eight cylinders of creative and manufacturing moxie as fashion’s greatest advocate for the environment and PETA-friendly alternative materials hit her highest bar yet.
McCartney’s resort collection was photographed in and around her eco factory in Novara, Italy. Stella reported that 85% of the collection is produced sustainably.
Stella McCartney also has an instinctive embrace of great marketing, making her “Rewilding and rechilding” tagline a marketing hit.
Model Noel Berry covers the July 15, 2022 issue of Madame Figaro in a summer swim-goddess fashion story. Julie Gillet styled ‘Summer Freedom’ with hot-weather vaca looks from Caroll, Chloé, Comptior des Cotonniers, Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fendi, Ganni, Levi’s, Loewe, Vanessa Bruno and more, lensed by Thiemo Sander.
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.
Creative Director of Hermès Jewelry Pierre Hardy discusses House’s latest high jewelry collection ‘Les Jeux de L’ombre’, created by Hardy to give “form to the elusive”. It relates the movement of shadow and its relationship with light, and the contrasts that connect them..
Such a cerebral concept requires an equally conceptual photographer with an inner vision and signature technique to translate Hardy’s splendid jewelry pieces beyond their origins in a study of Caravaggio’s painting techniques and his chiaroscuros.
Elizaveta Porodina [IG] quickly emerged as the perfect photographer to create a totally-modern, 21st century visual dialogue around the new collection, modeled by Alyda Grace. Victoire Simonney styled the Hermes ad campaign with set design by Sophear Van Froment.
Supermodel Adut Akech returns ‘home’ to Vogue Australia’s June 2022 issue. The South Sudan to Adelaide to Vogue Australia and then rocketing into global domination Black beauty takes us to Memphis, USA in ‘On Beale Street’. Photographer Charles Dennington [IG] captures the fashion story, styled by Catherine Martin.
Aussie Baz Luhrmann, the director of ‘Elvis’ — a movie that topped $100 million at the domestic USA box office Friday without superheroes or dinosaurs running wild — guest edits both Vogue Australia June and also Vogue Living July/August to promote the new film and its Black-beauty-infused glamour.
Lindsey Wixson clearly shared great energy with Elizaveta Porodina in shooting this ZARA South 2022 campaign. It follows our Thursday night post ofZARA’s new Kate Moss campaign for their ‘Into the Night’ and ‘Into the Classic’ collections. We have back-to-back wows from ZARA.
Oh yes, ZARA’s Parisian nights collections were created with former Vogue Paris EIC Emmanuelle Alt. Parisian glamour is verbotin in Vogue France these days, so it’s nice to see ZARA picking up the slack.
Smiling is not fashionable, but how lovely it is to see the contagious spirit of Aaliyah Hydes in the pages of Vogue Portugal’s July 2022 issue. Photographer Noémi Ottilia Szabo [IG] captures Hydes in ‘Good Vibes Only’ with Lyla Cheng styling the pure delight fashion story.
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.
