Y-3’s “20 Years: Re-Coded” Is Ode to Orange and Reintroducing the Qasa High

 Y-3’s “20 Years: Re-Coded”  Is Ode to Orange and Reintroducing the Qasa High

Yohji Yamamoto’s Y-3 continues its 20th Anniversary celebrations, joining forces with adidas in a third seasonal offering. Y-3 brought together Y for Yohji Yammamoto and 3 for the adidas three-stripe logo. Together they symbolize the long-standing, very deep bond between the two companies.

Building on Y-3’s “20 Years: Re-Coded” theme, Chapter 3 is an auspicious style ode to Orange, one of the brand’s most iconic colors.

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Naomi Campbell for Marc Jacobs Pre-Fall 2022 by Larissa Hofmann

Naomi Campbell for Marc Jacobs Pre-Fall 2022 by Larissa Hofmann

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is styled by Danny Reed in Marc Jacobs Pre-Fall 2022 campaign, lensed by Larissa Hofmann [IG]

Naomi Campbell became Dr. Naomi Campbell in The Royal Festival Hall on July 7, 2022 in London, England. Naomi was formally awarded an honorary PhD from The University for the Creative Arts in recognition of her contribution to the global fashion industry.

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Shanina Shaik Poses Pregnant for Seafolly 'Chase the Sun 2022' Campaign

Shanina Shaik Poses Pregnant for Seafolly 'Chase the Sun 2022' Campaign

Top model Shanina Shaik returns to Seafolly for the Australian brand’s new ‘Chase the Sun 2022’ Campaign. Shaik last posed for the brand in 2016 and returns three-months pregnant at the time the campaign was shot by Georges Antoni [IG].

The Australian model has Lithuanian, Saudi Arabian and Pakistani ancestry and awaits the birth of her first child with Matthew Adesuyan, a music industry executive who is currently co-owner of Bad Habit, a record label based out of Los Angeles.

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Which Luxury Bags Speak to You: Golden Goose or Celine?

Which Luxury Bags Speak to You: Golden Goose or Celine?

In the world of bags, the luxury buyer has many to choose from. I chose these two brands — Golden Goose and Celine — not for the cool factor, but to speak to their brand DNA. Reality is that when one is spending many hundreds or thousands of dollars for a bag or leather accessory, the 2022 customer is more eager than ever before to know the story behind the brand, the ethics and sustainability initiatives employed by the owners, and how the brand reflects us — the buyers.

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Angair Biong by Tom Blesch for Blumarine Pre-Fall 2022 Collection

Angair Biong by Tom Blesch for Blumarine Pre-Fall 2022 Collection

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?

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Maty Fall by Nadine Ijewere in System Magazine X Schiaparelli F/W 2022

Maty Fall by Nadine Ijewere in System Magazine X Schiaparelli F/W 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.

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Amar Akway by Joshua Woods in 'Girl About Town' Opulence for W Magazine Vol. 3, 2022

Amar Akway by Joshua Woods in 'Girl About Town' Opulence for W Magazine Vol. 3, 2022

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

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Precious Lee is Fabulously 'Fearless' in Porter Edit, Lensed by Kennedi Carter

Precious Lee is Fabulously 'Fearless' in Porter Edit, Lensed by Kennedi Carter

Writing for NET-A-PORTER’s July 11, 2021 online fashion story ‘Fearless’, Danielle Prescod says 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].

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Stella McCartney Resort 2023 Collection Hits 85% Record Sustainable Production

Stella McCartney Resort 2023 Collection Hits 85% Record Sustainable Production

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.

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Thiemo Sander Captures Noel Berry in 'Summer Freedom' for Madame Figaro July 15, 2022

Thiemo Sander Captures Noel Berry in 'Summer Freedom' for Madame Figaro July 15, 2022

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.

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Can Corsets Help You Reach Peak Physical Performance? AOC Says Buy 2

Can Corsets Help You Reach Peak Physical Performance? AOC Says Buy 2

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.

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Hermès High Jewelry ‘Les Jeux de L’ombre’ Campaign by Elizaveta Porodina

Hermès High Jewelry ‘Les Jeux de L’ombre’ Campaign by Elizaveta Porodina

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.

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Adut Akech Takes Beale Street in Memphis for Vogue Australia June 2022

Adut Akech Takes Beale Street in Memphis for Vogue Australia June 2022

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.

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Lindsey Wixson Soars in ZARA South 2022 Campaign by Elivaveta Porodina July 2022

Lindsey Wixson Soars in ZARA South 2022 Campaign by Elivaveta Porodina July 2022

Lindsey Wixson clearly shared great energy with Elizaveta Porodina in shooting this ZARA South 2022 campaign. It follows our Thursday night post of ZARA’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.

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Aaliyah Hydes Gives 'Good Vibes' in Vogue Portugal by Noémi Ottilia Szabo

Aaliyah Hydes Gives 'Good Vibes' in Vogue Portugal by Noémi Ottilia Szabo

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.

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