Model Ling Bol is styled by Kai Margrander in pink passion fashion lensed by Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar Germany October 2022.
Nothing seems to be bankable these days, as the ground is always shiftng beneath our feet. However, fashion stories from Erik Madigan Heck [IG] are close to bankable, and he delivers a new one called ‘Power Flowers’ in the November 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK.
‘Power Flower’ posers include Latvia’s Eva Varlamova, Amsterdam’s Jasmin Kok, Sweden’s Iggy Jacobsen, South Korea’s Yejin Sung, styled by Leith Clark.
Photographer Ana Abril [IG] captures a modern lovely with no name in ‘Metaverse’, styled by Caterina Ospina Buitrago for Mujer Hoy October 2022. The photographer’s assistant is credited, and the stylist’s assistant. But the primary image in the fashion story is unnamed.
Models Barbara Valente and Chu Wong are styled in ‘Performance di Stile’ athletic-inspired fashion lensed by Corentin Leroux [IG] for Vogue Italia October 2022./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Model Aweng Chuol poses in ‘Today is not the Past’, with creative direction by Alex Slavycz. Photographer Dudi Hasson [IG] captures the South Sudanese Australian New York model in a Mugler fashion story shot in The Camarague for Rouge Fashion Book [IG] FW 2022.23.
Rising model Levi Achthoven poses in ‘Field of Dreams’, styled by Miranda Almond in vivid hues of red poppies and other adorments. Photographer Jem Mitchell [IG] captured these gorgeous images of Levi for Harper’s Bazaar UK November women’s artists issue.
Actor Alisha Boe, star of Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’, which premiered September 16, 2022 on Netflix’ reflects on her role as Jessica Davis in the smash teenage lives drama ‘13 Reasons Why’.
Photographer Boo George [IG] captures Boe in Vogue Singapore’s September 2022 issue,
A biracial woman — the daughter of an Oslo, Norway mother and Somali father — Boe was precocious at a young age, insisting that her parents act as her audience for 45 minutes at a time. Born in Norway, she moved with her mother to LA at age seven, attending El Camino Real Charter High School in San Fernando Valley.
Holiday Magazine [IG] releases its Fall Winter issue #390 devoted to Detroit. Models Quinn Mora and Waylon Rose are styled by Thistle Brown in ‘Detroit - Meanwhile in Heidelberg’, lensed by Adam Peter JohnsonIG]. Franck Durand provides the art direction./ Hair by Matt Benns; makeup by Thierry Do Nascimento
Model Amelia Gray joins Mixte Magazine’s [IG] Empowerment Fall-Winter 2022/23 issue, focused on change. The issue is inspired by the growing reality of devastating climate change as measured not by the number of events but ferocity and damage of those weather events AND the loss of abortion rights in America.
Models Mirthe Dijk, Evie Harris and Nick Page are styled by Alex White in ‘Prep Work’, varsity style fashion images lensed by Christian MacDonald [IG] for ELLE US [IG] September 2022.
In the words of Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele, “Travel for Gucci was never purely physical. Gucci is the brand that accompanied the artists, writers, actors, and directors of Hollywood on their journeys …”
The Italian brand makes a perfect move to put Hollywood Canadian actor Ryan Gosling on the road in a throwback film for Gucci’s latest ‘Valigeria’ luggage campaign.
Top model Rianne Van Rompaey is styled by Alex White in ‘The Dreamiest Fashion’ clothes from Fendi, Free People, Gucci [green digital cover gown], Lanvin and more.
Photographer friends Inez & Vinoodh are behind the lens for ELLE US October 2022./ Hair by Didier Malige; makeup from Fulvia Farolfi
In November, Michaela Coel will appear as Dora Milaje warrior Aneka in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, the second in Marvel’s blockbuster Afrofuturist series. Vogue editor Chioma Nnadi interviews the screenwriter and actor in the exciting Vogue US November 2022 cover story Michaela Coel on Creativity, Romance, and the Path to ‘Wakanda Forever’.
The star wears a Gucci Made To Measure Dress by Alessandro Michele on the cover, with Gucci jewelry, styled by Ib Kamara [IG] and lensed by Senegalese-Italian model/photographer Malick Bodian [IG].
Coel Addresses Gay Hate in Africa | AOC Blames the US Evangelical MAGA Crowd for Years
AOC looks beyond Vogue to confirm that it’s US right-wing MAGA evangelicals who are stirring up anti-LGBTQ-hatred in Ghana, as they have done for well over a decade in Uganda. Open Democracy estimates that more than 20 US Christian groups known for fighting against LGBT rights and access to safe abortion, contraceptives and comprehensive sexuality education have spent at least $54m in Africa since 2007.
To celebrate the 10th edition of Harper’s Bazaar’s UK’s November women in the artworld issue, artist Es Devlin and actor Cate Blanchett came together in creative unity. The result of their unique collaboration is a phantasmagoric fashion story ‘Flights of Fancy: Cate Blanchett Celebrates Our Natural World’.
Es Devlin at Tate Modern October 2022
In October Cartier commissioned ‘Come Home Again’, for the Tate Modern. The “choral sculpture” consisted of hundreds of creatures, each hand-drawn by Devlin. “I was working with the London Wildlife Trust and identified 243 species, which are most at-risk in London,” she explained. “And I decided I would try and draw all 243 of them, which sometimes came to 18 hours of drawing a day.” This painstaking process has culminated into a beautiful supersize structure fashioned in the shape of St Paul’s Cathedral. In the month of September at sunset each night, three choirs performed evensong within the artwork, inviting us to stop and pay attention to the nature – what Devlin calls the “non-human Londoners” – around us.
Model Shivaruby poses in ‘Layers of Leather’, styled by Javier De Pardo for LOEWE’s IG in images by Phil Engelhardt [IG]. Shivaruby was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Jamaica, and considers her heritage to be half Jamaican and half Srilankan.
British Vogue’s October 2022 issue features models Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Imaan Hammam, Lucia De La Garza, Mila De La Garza and Sora Choi in ‘Nowstalgia’. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the sextet styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
This fashion story ‘Earth Angels’ from More or Less Magazine [IG] adds a fabulous new twist to the VS Angels saga. If you don’t know, the magazine is devoted to sustainability and our living with less. More or Less wrote:
Hallelujah! For our final cover, we assembled an all-star cast of Earth Angels, styling nine ex-Victoria's Secret models in faux-fashion label Kezako’s upcycled underwear made from aluminium wrap, dried-out loaves of bread, old newspapers, cuddly toys and then some.
We are looking at creativity on steroids here and a brilliant way to call attention to sustainability.
Models include Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Lais Ribeiro, Leomie Anderson, Lily Aldridge, Martha Hunt, Sara Sampaio and Stella Maxwell.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have done more to educate the world about fancy diamonds than any two people alive.
Neither of their engagement rings was purchased at Astteria, headquartered in London, but they could have been.
Perhaps it’s because I devoted 30 minutes listening to Mr. Hadary’s podcast with Paul Zimnisky [scroll to bottom of page] that I have a sense of his personality.
He is absolutely an ambitious, very intelligent, savvy businessman. But there is also a warmth to his personality that inspires engagement and trust. He’s a human you want to know — an asset to the planet.
Top model Mariacarla Boscono is styled by Ally Macrae in ‘Semplicemente Mariacarla’, striking movement poses that hint to her inner warrior woman. Photographers Tanya and Zhenya Posternak [IG] captures Mariacarla for Vogue Italia October 2022./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Celine Martin
