Anok Yai is among the jawdropping list of cover stars, both print and digital, photographed here by Rafael Pavarotti [IG] for W Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. The photographer works with his frequent stylist partner Ib Kamara.
Jenny Comitachats with Anok Yai about her experience of being discovered at Howard University in October 2017, and then opening the Prada show at Milan Fashion Week. Anok says she didn’t know at the time that she was the first Black model to have the honor since Naomi Campbell, 20 years earlier.
Tod’s shares its FW 2022 Campaign with models Ludwig Wilsdorff, Maty Fall, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke, and Takfarines Bengana, and brand ambassadors Shishi Liu and Xiao Zhan. Photographers Karim Sadli [IG] Trunk Xu [IG} shoot the ensemble with creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel and styling by Charlotte Collet. Toby Knott directs the video.
In the fashion story ‘Supermodel Karlie Kloss Showcases the New Season’s Main Charater Energy’, Karlie reminds us that drama queens come in more than one variety.
Similarily, the clothes Kloss wears in her Times cover story, are architectural masterpieces. Photographer Paola Kudacki [IG] is behind the lens, with styling by Verity Parker.
Kloss is neither self-obsessed or an Instagram drama queen, like so many of her contemporaries. Her recent 30th-birthday spirit has centered on advancing young women for years thru her Kode With Klossy free coding camp for girls aged 13-18, now headquartered in Atlanta.
Hannah Ferguson is a ravishing 21st century, sensual goddess, lighting a working-woman’s, sartorial bonfire in the September 2022 issue of ELLE Germany.
We must credit fashion editor Astrid Doil for choosing a fabulous group of tailored suitings, coats and trousers that play to Ferguson’s edgy sensuality. It all works — especially when we watch Ferguson in motion in the fashion story shoot by David Roemer [IG]
Top model Birgit Kos took a hot sun plunge into warm waters in the ‘Aritzia: Babaton ‘Swim’ Summer 2022 Campaign. Spencer Judge served as creative director on the campaign, lensed by Eddie Wrey [IG].
American beauty Devyn Garcia is styled by Isabelle Kountoure in ‘Cutting Louche’ [meaning of questionable morality, a bit rakish but in an appealing way], lensed by Sonia Szostak [IG] for The Financial Times HTSI Magazine’s Fall 2022 Style Issue.
HTSI Magazine from London’s Financial Times shares At home with Lara Stone. The Dutch supermodel, now 38, invites us in for a digital walkaround of the Victorian home in Hampstead she recently remodeled with her 41-year-old property developer husband David Grievson.
Top model and Dior face Steinberg poses for the 39th edition of the Dior Magazine, wearing selects from the FW collection that are suspended between present and future. Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] adds her futurist vision that marries antiquities and traditions with a futuristic Dior attitude as executed by Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Supermodel Bella Hadid share a cover of i-D Magazine’s Fall 2022 ‘Ultra’ issue. In Bella’s case, she is ‘Ultranova!’. Carlos Nazario styles Bella in body-baring looks lensed by Sam Rock [IG]. Douglas Greenwood interviews the super in: '“Bella Hadid: People can make up stories about me. My truth will be seen.”
Greenwood notes that in the past, publications have framed Bella’s heritage as a point of contention – or erased it completely, like when she and Gigi donated their fashion week salaries to refugees in Ukraine and Palestine, and only the former was reported on.
New York bathed in a blue mood haze covers the Special Fall Fashion issue of M Le magazine du MondeIG] out now, Model Selena Forrest takes the moody spotlight. Photographer Zoë Ghertner [IG] and stylist Camilla Nickerson present a series of images with a science fiction vibe, transforming the city into a cold and dreamlike theater in which wanders a creature of light named Selena.
Ralph Lauren [IG] shares images from its Fall 2022 campaign for both Ralph Lauren and — predominantly — Ralph Lauren Purple, with models Grace Elizabeth, Jeenu Mahadevan, Lina Zhang, Lulu Tenney, Malika Louback, Quinn Mora, Stan Taylor and Thatcher Thornton.
Photographer Bon Duke [IG] shoots the campaign, with still from the campaign video shared after the main images. AOC will share the main campaign imagery from Ralph Lauren, which is much more glamorous, art deco-inspired elegance.
‘Cara Loves Karl’ is the newest collaboration between Karl Lagerfeld and those who loved him. In the September 2022 collection, Karl’s disciple is multi-hyphenate Cara Delevingne.
Tailoring is key throughout the gender-neutral, sustainable collection, which includes tuxedo blazers, suitings, shirting, and sleeveless, puffy vests. In addition, there is outerwear, as well as white shirts, denim items, and t-shirts with logos printed on them.
Cara Delevingne made the collection inclusive, with sizing ranging from XXS to XXL.
Model Georgia Palmer is styled by Vittoria Cerciello in ‘Georgia’, lensed by Valentin Herfray for Vogue Italia September 2022./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Cecile Paravina
Model Irene Franco Frances sees double, styled by Piluca Valverde in Blumarine, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Prada, Versace, Zara and more in a modern, minimal, streamlined clothes in black, coral, pink, red, Photographer Daniel Rojas [IG] is in the studio for InStyle Spain’s September 2022 issue.
Kim Kardashian covers the September 2022 American Dream issue, styled by Mel Ottenberg in denim from Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta and Telfar. Add in the black jacket by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, vintage Norma Kamali top and Kim’s own flag panty and personal jockstrap, and Kim Kardashian is ready to talk truth about the American dream.
The day Kim Kardashian announces that she is going into the private equity business with the help of a former partner from highbrow US firm The Carlyle Group, it’s hysterical that her famous butt resides side-by-side in the Google results.
The Kardashians are in countdown mode, as Season 2 of The Kardashians readies its September 22 Hulu premier. Nadia Lee Cohen, photographs Kim, with Mel Ottenberg returning for his EIC interview.
Serena battled ferociously to her last serve in an over three-hour match watched by an average of 4.8 million viewers, making it ESPN’s most-watched tennis match in its 43-year history. The match’s final set had 6.9 million viewers.
After the match, Nike — a Serena sponsor — released the Serena Williams tribute compilation featured here.
W Magazine’s 50th Anniversary issue is a feast for the eyes, featuring 17 of fashion’s biggest models, styled and lensed by top stylists and photographers. The formula is great — a cover, 4-5 images and a short interview by Jenny Comita.
Here we have Bella Hadid styled by Ibrahim Kamara in Burberry, Giorgio Armani, Hermes, Melitta Baumeister and more lensed by Rafael Pavarotti [IG]. See all the product credits and read Bella Hadid Is Constantly Reinventing Herself.
Top model Binx Walton gets some ‘Divine Inspiration’ in Sicily, meeting up with Juergen Teller and his wife and creative partner Dovile Dryzite. Juergen’s BeReal-style is not lost on Binx, who was up for her cover and fashion story in W Magazine’s [IG] blockbuster 50th anniversary issue.
Model Anna Seleznëva, now 32, is back to being a ‘High School Girl’, styled by Laura Seganti in prep school, polished luxury. Photographer Gilles Bensimon [IG} is in the studio for ELLE Italia September 7, 2022./ Hair by Franco Argento; makeup by Sergio Corvacho
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is a seafaring beauty, styled by Selin Bursalioglu in waters around D Maris Bay. Photographer Stewart Shining [IG] captures Alexxandra for Harper’s Bazaar Turkey’s September 2022.
