Top model Abby Champion must be in seventh heaven, hanging in Hudson, New YorK — given her hometown roots in Birmingham, Ala. "It teaches you to have good manners, enjoy good food and reminds me of the importance of faith and family," Champion says about Birmingham.
Vogue Global takes the American girl worldwide, styled by Jorden Bickham who chooses Max Mara — the coat, Carolina Herrera, Chloe, Gucci, Kaite, The Row, Tory Burch and more. Photographer Sean Thomas [IG] loves telling stories, and he documents a simple beauty day in the Hudson Valley called ‘Outward Bound’, north of New York. Vogue US went to Hudson in September 2020. Enjoy the trip. / Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Romy Soleimani
Adidas announced that Bjørn Gulden will take over as CEO on 1 January 2023, after leading a successful Puma rerival. The announcement should help to stabilize financial markets’ perception of Adidas, given Gulden’s leadership at the brand as senior vice president of apparel and accessories in the 1990s,.
“We are very pleased to welcome Bjørn Gulden back at Adidas. [He] brings almost 30 years of experience in the sporting goods and footwear industry. As a result, he knows the industry extremely well and draws on a rich network in sport and retail,” said Thomas Rabe, chairman of the supervisory board. “Bjørn already served Adidas successfully for seven years in the 1990s. As CEO of Puma, he reinvigorated the brand and led the company to record results.
Iconic supermodel cover girl Cindy Crawford is styled by Patrick Mackie in ‘IKONY’, a sleek and sexy, black-magic fashion story. Photographer Paola Kudacki is in the studio for Vogue Poland November 2022.
“Growing up in Argentina, I used to see editorial images and advertising campaigns portraying iconic models such as Cindy. At the time, I’ve never imagined that I was going to be a photographer working in New York and traveling the world creating images with Cindy for Vogue.
Never stop dreaming because nothing is impossible!”
Photographer Fanny Latour-Lambert [IG] has two strong fashion stories in the November 2022 issue of Vogue Poland. The first is titled ‘La Période Bleue’ and features South Sudanese model Achan Biong and Kenya’s [via South Sudan] Nyanderi Deng, styled by Chiara Ficola.
Actor Jennifer Connelly, who announced in October that she will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a villainous role for an upcoming project, poses in shimmering metallics from Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton Cruise 2023 Collection for modern nomads.
Center stage are Ghesquiere’s latest Coussin bags in the same irridescent hues, for a fashion campaign styled by Florent Buonomano and Marie-Amélie Sauvé. Photographer David Sims[IG], video by Axel Morin, and creative direction by Charles Levai and Kevin Tekinel.
Dutch model Marte Mei van Haaser brings her fashion style into the garden, perhaps drinking mushroom liquid extract in green tea. Lion’s Mane comes well-recommended — I’m taking it. We must check in with Stella McCartney, who is deeply involved in culinary fungi projects, as the green design goddess powers up the latest news about glorious mushrooms.
Colin Dodgson [IG] captures Marte, styled by Vanessa Reid in all our favorite brands and some new ones like AWAVEAWAKE, Baserange, Our Legacy, Rokh, WYP.
Brazilian model Samile Bermannelli is styled by Samuel François in ‘Reverie’, lensed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello for Numéro #234 November 2022. / Hair by Kazue Deki; makeup by Lloyd Simmonds
Ralph Lauren celebrates the holidays with ‘The Gift of Togetherness’, a collection of glamorous humans starring Shalom Harlow. Add to the cast Amane Taniguchi, Andreea Diaconu, Coralie Jean-Francois, Dae Na, Daryl Dismond, Ella Rattigan, Hamid Onifadé, Jeenu Mahadevan, Lulu Tenney, James Turlington, Lucky Blue Smith, Mariam de Vinzelle, Sacha Quenby, Simon Nessman, and Tyson Beckford.
Meryl Griffith & Michel Botbol act as stylists the Ralph Lauren Holiday 2022 Campaign| The Gift of Togetherness with video shot by Gordon von Steiner and images by Alasdair McLellan./ Hair by Akki Shirakawa; makeup by Sally Branka
South Sudanese to Australia model Aweng Chuol has major holiday fashion fever, styled by Petta Chua in ‘Dusk to Dawn’. Photographer Daphne Nguyen [IG] captures Chuol in vivid colors luxe tailored separates for Vogue Australia November 2022.
The Tiffany & Co. x Andy Warhol Holiday 2022 campaign launches Hailey Bieber into the blue box stratosphere, a welcme addition to Bieber’s portfolio. But who’s counting. Hailey is doing beautifully these days, swathed in diamonds and a modern elegance attitude, captured by Mario Sorrenti [IG]
Next door, AOC features the gift items with more obvious connections to the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Top model Karen Elson, with more than 35 Vogue covers to her credit, poses for V139,Supermodel, Superhero issue is styled by Alex Picon in ‘Portrait of a Lady’ resort looks, lensed by Leon Mark. / Makeup by Rommy Najor; hair by Jenny Kim
Rising model with megawatt potential Maaike Klaasen covers the November issue of Numéro 234. Bernat Buscato styles Klassen in images by Txema Yeste [IG].
On Thursday Nets guard Kyrie Irving was suspended indefinitely for promoting an anti-Semitic film based on the book “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America”. The book promotes several anti-Semitic tropes, including the despicable lie that the Holocaust never happened.
Late Friday, Nov 4, NIKE suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving, including the introduction of his new NIKE KYRIE 8 shoe. ESPN reported last May that dealings with Kyrie Irving were so complex for Nike, that there was a good chance that Nike would not renew his contract at the end of the 2022/23 season.
Nike has produced Irving’s popular signature shoe since 2014 and is taking the financial hit on cancelling the Kyrie 8 launch.
“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech, and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” the company said.
Honestly, I thought that Kanye might have a bit of humility after the very public embarassment of burning down his business with his MAGA-love, White Lives Matter, anti-Semitic month of October. To read that West hadn’t even bothered to trademark White Lives Matter was astonishing for a man who used to think he should run with Bernard Arnaud.
It’s really not “master of the universe thinking” to blow your entire business up over an incendiary brand concept, coupled with your anti-Semitism, and you didn’t bother to trademark your brand concept. Who did you blame that oops on Kanye?
British Vogue’s December 2022 issue drops with four covers lensed by Scott Trindle [IG] and featuring actors Elizabeth Debicki, Sienna Miller, Simone Ashley and Yasmine Finney. Jack Borkett styles the fashion project, with hair by Eugene Souleiman and makeup by Vassilis Theotokis.
AOC includes a quick interview synopsis and interview links for the four winning-women actors.
Luxury jeweler and gift-creator Tiffany & Co. shares holiday-loving images from its 2022 campaign, Hailey Bieber, model, talent, and businesswoman, plays host in a campaign celebrating Tiffany’s deep artistic roots with American visual artist Andy Warhol.
Shot by Mario Sorrenti [IG] in New York City with still photography by Raymond Meier, the Tiffany & Co. x Andy Warhol campaign film greets the holiday season in a larger-than-life party filled with diamonds, Tiffany Blue Boxes and no-rules attitude.
The Tiffany & Co x Andy Warhol collaboration includes a treasure chest of limited-edition designs that include tableware and holiday tree ornaments, holiday cards and more. As always, Tiffany steps up to generously support the larger mission of its collaborators.
Nigerian model Mayowa Nicholas brings savvy street style to the pages of Vogue Mexico & Latin America’s October 2022 issue. Celia Azoulay creates a brand mix from Annakiki, Brandon Maxwell, Chanel, Dior, Isabel Marant, Louis Vuitton, R13, Schiaparelli, Vaquera, Versace, Vaquera and more, lensed by Germain Chauveau [IG].
Christopher John Rogers brought his sophisticated, unique color and pattern sense to his Resort 2023 collection. He consistently creates vibrant, edgy looks that push the envelope but never in a clownish way. Even when Rogers adds volume, the body is not lost.
Instead Rogers wraps his clients in statement-making designs for powerhouse personalities.
In these key pieces from the Christopher John Rogers [IG] Resort 2023 collection, known as Collection 10, model Lara Menezes is lensed by César Buitrago [IG].
The designer is also working now in the furniture space, with a new chair line with Irish workshop Orior. See the designer’s IG.
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is styled by Gro Curtis in ‘One of a Kind’, sparkling holiday elegance with plenty of swagger. Photographer Sølve Sundsbø [IG] captures Gisele for V Magazine’s Winter issue — presumably #139.
The newly divorced supermodel is “settling in” to the new chapter of her life, explaining through a source that she “has lived her own life for years while Tom played football so she is not afraid to do things by herself.”
