Zoë Kravitz Directs 'Pussy Island'. Yes, A Woman Makes a Movie About Uber-Successful Male Power

Zoë Kravitz Directs 'Pussy Island'. Yes, A Woman Makes a Movie About Uber-Successful Male Power

Zoë Kravitz chose the name of her new movie ‘Pussy Island’ to be confrontational. The film marks the actor’s directorial debut on the grounds of a Yucatán hacienda — “a land of bacchanalia and vice”, writes Hunter Harris for WSJ Magazine.

Kravitz covers the Fall 2022 Fashion issue, lensed by Campbell Addy [IG] with styling by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.

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Elsa Hosk Launching Her Own 'Helsa' Collection in September 2022

Elsa Hosk Launching Her Own 'Helsa' Collection in September 2022

Swedish supermodel Elsa Hosk is launching her own brand called ‘Helsa’ in September 2022.

You can follow the 33 year-old former Victoria’s Secret Angel and new mom to Tuulikki Joan, born in February 2021 to Elsa and long-time partner Tom Daly, on @helsastudio.

Hosk is keeping this launch like a quiet ebb. The Scandi beauty has always stressed the importance of sustainability and it would be shocking if she doesn’t create sustainable products.

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Ibukun Sammy, Jason Gomes in 'Les Fauves' by Stoney Darkstone for 1883 Magazine

Ibukun Sammy, Jason Gomes in 'Les Fauves' by Stoney Darkstone for 1883 Magazine

1883 Magazine [IG] shares ‘Les Fauves’, a visually intoxicating fashion story with models Ibukun Sammy and Jason Gomes. London-based photographer Stoney Darkstone [IG] teams up with stylist Ignacio de Tiedra in bold luxury looks from Celine, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Valentino, Versace and more.

Artists in the short-lived French art movement called Fauvism included Henri Matisse and André Derain, working from 1905-1910. The art is characterised by strong colors and fierce brushstrokes. The name les fauves (‘the wild beasts’) was coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles when he saw the work of Henri Matisse and André Derain in an exhibition, the salon d’automne in Paris, in 1905.

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Kim Kardashian Is 'Formula K" Blonde Muse by Danielle Levitt for Allure Magazine

Kim Kardashian Is 'Formula K" Blonde Muse by Danielle Levitt for Allure Magazine

“I have different energy when I’m blonde,” SKIMS founder Kim Kardashian tells Allure Magazine’s August 2022 interview with Danielle Pergament. Kim has been blonde for about four months now, after spending 14 hours dying her hair platinum blonde in advance of wearing the infamous Marilyn Monroe sequined dress to the 2022 Met Gala.

Photographer Danielle Levitt [IG]captures Kim in ‘Formula K’, saying that even though she had previously lensed a less well-known influencer, she literally screamed to photograph the blonde beauty now. Cooper Vasquez worked very hard on the set, which is beautiful and intellectual at the same time, with styling by Kyle Lu.

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Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal Raise Millions for Charity in Lieu of Wedding Presents

Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal Raise Millions for Charity in Lieu of Wedding Presents

American business executive Sheryl Sandberg married Tom Bernthal in Wyoming on Saturday.

Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal asked that guests donate to VOW for Girls and CARE to fund anti-child marriage programs and poverty alleviation efforts in lieu of gifts. Sandberg’s rep told People Magazine that to date the couple has raised $1 million for VOW for Girls and $10 million for CARE, where she serves on the Global Advisory Council.

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Cato van Ee Covers ELLE Spain September 2022, Posing with Daughter Eleanor Maeve

Cato van Ee Covers ELLE Spain September 2022, Posing with Daughter Eleanor Maeve

Model Cato van Ee greeted daughter Eleanor Maeve on December 12, 2021. Now she poses on three covers of ELLE Spain’s September 2022 issue, with van Ee’s daughter taking the spotlight on two: Bárbara Garralda & Sylvia Montoliú styled Cato in images by Mario Sierra [IG].

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Kate Moss Launches Cosmoss, Covering Vogue France September 2022 by Calijn Jacobs

Kate Moss Launches Cosmoss, Covering Vogue France September 2022 by Calijn Jacobs

Supermodel Kate Moss covers the September 2022 issue of Vogue France’s celebration of “the new world of fashion”. Kate is lensed by Carlijn Jacobs [IG] with styling by Kate Phlean./ Hair by Syd Hayes; makeup by Isamaya Ffrench

Vogue France writes that they wanted to celebrate stability in Vogue’s “the new world of fashion” theme. Kate Moss has launched her new beauty brand Cosmoss as we speak — like right now.Kate Moss a six-product line-up of oils, teas, mists, and creams that can be used alone or as part of Kate’s Dawn, Day, and/or Dusk rituals.

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America Gonzalez Is That Girl, Covering Vogue Korea in Prada

America Gonzalez Is That Girl, Covering Vogue Korea in Prada

Venezuelan beauty América González walked more runway shows than any other model in spring 2022, clocking 30 by the finish line. Today we find her covering the September 2022 issue of Vogue Korea, wearing Prada Fall-Winter 2022 looks inside and out, styled by Kihoh Sohn. Photographer Hyea W. Kang [IG] is behind the lens, with Kihoh Sohn answering the question ‘Who’s That Girl?’

She is América González, a Prada girl who exhibited relentless determination to get that cover.

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Amandla Stenberg Talks Film Cancel Culture in Fall Fashion for 'The Cut'

Amandla Stenberg Talks Film Cancel Culture in Fall Fashion for 'The Cut'

Actor Amandla Stenberg covers the August 2022 issue of The Cut, styled by Roberto Johnson. Lea Winkler [IG] photographed Stenberg, who spoke with Hunter Schafer about ‘Bodies, Bodies, Bodies’, the new ‘satirical slasher’ movie out the first week in August.

The film centers on a group of privileged Gen Z types behaving on a sliding scale of terribleness. Pete Davidson plays the young man David, with a remote mansion in the family. The cast of ‘Bodies, Bodies, Bodies’ converges at David’s place for a “hurricane party” in advance of really bad weather.

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Michelle Yeoh Covers Town & Country September 2022, Lensed by Ruven Afanador

Michelle Yeoh Covers Town & Country September 2022, Lensed by Ruven Afanador

Actor Michelle Yeoh is a legend in both Hong Kong and Hollywood, and she brings her earthly beauty and sophistication to the cover of Town & Country’s September 2022 issue. Cristina Ehrlich styles the ass-kicking Bond woman in the 1997 ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ for ‘The Year of Yeoh’ imaged by Ruven Afanador [IG].

Speaking of her outstanding performance as Evelyn Wang in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, where she plays a “multiuniverse-jumping laundromat owner”, the actor says: “This story is not about me. . . This story is about many people— mothers, aunties, women out there who walk by you in the supermarket unnoticed. They never have a voice. They’re never the superheroes.”

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TJ Bhanu in 'Growing Interest' by Madhu Akula for Harper's Bazaar India August 2022

TJ Bhanu in 'Growing Interest' by Madhu Akula for Harper's Bazaar India August 2022

Actor and model TJ Bhanu covers the August 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar India, styled by WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN in ‘Growing Interest’. Photographer Madhu Akula [IG] captures the fashion shoot of tailored fashion living in concert with nature [ visually at least] at The Postcard Hideaway [IG], Netravali, Goa.

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Alexander McQueen FW 2022 Campaign Lensed by Paolo Roversi

Alexander McQueen FW 2022 Campaign Lensed by Paolo Roversi

British luxury brand Alexander McQueen reveals key images from its Fall 2022 campaign, lensed by esteemed photographer Paolo Roversi [IG], who shot the FW 2021 ANEMONES images.

Perhaps I have fallen too far down the rabbit hole into the world of mycelium and psychedelics. Michael Pollan’s new Netflix series ‘How to Change Your mind’ is just smashing. IMO, this entire McQueen campaign is a word salad.

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Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 Campaign with Imaan Hammam by Dexter Navy

Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 Campaign with Imaan Hammam by Dexter Navy

Amina Muaddi counts Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian as clients in her high-impact accessories corner. We last met Muaddi — beloved by stylist and Rihanna’s main fashion man Jahleel Weaver — in a summer 2020 Fenty collab Amina Muaddi Co-Designs Larger-Than-Life Shoes in Fenty Release 7-20 Campaign.

Weaver styles this Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 campaign, starring Egyptian-paternal-heritage, top-tier model Imaan Hammam. Photographer Dexter Navy [IG] shot the stylish entourage in Cairo.

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Versace Resort 2023: Gritty, Rebellious, Impulsive and Energetic Glam in Acid Colors

Versace Resort 2023: Gritty, Rebellious, Impulsive and Energetic Glam in Acid Colors

Versace Resort retains Gianni’s ultra-glamour vibe, but Gianni was never disheveled. Vogue expressed the difference between Donatella gritty undercurrent and Gianni’s impeccable glamazon identity by saying:

The quintessential DV look is that of a slightly disheveled, ultra-glamorous party lover—sort of “the morning after the night before.”

The Versace Resort 2023 prints and patterns are just spectacular. This is dopamine dressing on steroids, and it’s wonderful.

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Fun Tweeds Worn by Tess Carter in WSJ Magazine Digital Summer 2022

Fun Tweeds Worn by Tess Carter in WSJ Magazine Digital Summer 2022

These tweeds are for ‘Clueless’ fashionistas. Lizzy Wholley styles model Tess Carter in tweeds transformed into yellow houndstooth for Oscar de la Renta; a kaleidescope of aqua-purple-hot pink suitings for Area NYC; fringe-filled details on nubby fabrics for Proenza Schouler White Label and Isabel Marant; grey windowpane suiting worth a second look at Thom Browne and more.

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Thurstan Redding Flashes 'This Season, Pair Red With Red' for T Magazine August 2022

Thurstan Redding Flashes 'This Season, Pair Red With Red' for T Magazine August 2022

T Magazine delivers a key fall 2022 fashion message with ‘This Season, Pair Red With Red.’ It’s for real that the color of the moment isn’t for the faint-hearted. Stylist Delphine Danhier delivers a passion-colors fashion lineup to models Chai Chin Stevens, Fay Lue-Robertson and Kayako Higuchi.

The suburban trio sought a bit of color pop for their mahjong meetup and delivered 1017 Alyx9SM, Burberry, Chanel, Courreges, Danhier, Etro, Herno, Issey Miyake, Marni, Missoni, Molly Goddard, Missoni, Paco Rabanne, Rick Owens, Simone Rocha.

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ThredUp and Priah Ferguson 'Stranger Things' Star Beg Gen Z to Stop Buying Fast-Fashion

ThredUp and Priah Ferguson 'Stranger Things' Star Beg Gen Z to Stop Buying Fast-Fashion

‘Stranger Things’ Star Priah Ferguson has a message for you. She is not going to make you feel badly about yourself. No. Priah is on your side, and so is AOC. She is not shaming you. Rather, Priah is giving you a big hug and begging you to take action not words.

The new ThredUp and Priah Ferguson “Fast Fashion Confessional Hotline” is meant to encourage Gen Z shoppers to stop shopping fast fashion and embrace more sustainable options.

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Hot and Sultry Nyaueth Riam and Vaughan Ollier in Clio Peppiatt's Fall 2022 Campaign

Hot and Sultry Nyaueth Riam and Vaughan Ollier in Clio Peppiatt's Fall 2022 Campaign

Clio Peppiatt launched her eponymous label in 2015, with an internship at Alexander McQueeen confirming her love of fashion and a passion for slow-fashion, hand-sewn embroidery. Her collections often include entire hand-sewn garments.

It was David Vail’s [IG] photograph’s of Clio Peppiatt’s fall 2022 campaign that caught AOC’s eye. Oliver Volquardsen styles models Nyaueth Riam and Vaughan Ollier in images that resonate as a scenes in a modern-day southern-nights play.

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