Janine Benyus and the Biomimicry movement are gaining enormous respect in the world of product innovation and design. The biometric path is simple and described in four steps: quieting human cleverness; listening to life’s genius; echoing what we learn; and giving thanks.
Partnering with Nature is an eyebrow-raising metaphor for super-rational human minds coming to grips with understanding that human brilliance in innovation and scientific discovery may also kill planet Earth.
Men [and fewer women] should be partnering with Nature, not dominating her.
Actor Sydney Sweeney comes alive in the Tory Burch 2022 Holiday campaign. No more sexy bod changing a flat tire on her baby-blue converticle in the California desert.
She is live and useful — yes useful — commandeering the Tory Burch Holiday helpline in an Oprah sort of way.
But you can call her helpline at 1-800-485-5399. Come on, play along. Give the grinch a rest.
Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki joins Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ in the role of Princess Diana, succeeding Emma Corrin. Katrina Israelzooms Debicki in Mallorca, where the actor is filming season six, now filming in overdrive after a respectful pause after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Debicki covers the December 2022 of Vogue Australia, lensed by Gregory Harris [IG] in ‘Crowning Glory’.
AOC always focuses on activism and philanthropy in our writing. Princess Diana was awesome and a true role model.
Okay, okay. Best known after dancing with John Travolta at the White House, but her efforts to destigmatize HIV and AIDS patients were critical in changing minds about the disease. Diana also won front-page covers in Angola in January 1997 and Bosnia in August 1997, advocating for the clearance of landmines and also for innocent, maimed victims of landmines years later.
Brittney Griner remains airborne, with an expected touchdown at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas near San Antonio at about 11pm, Texas time.
Brittney arrived in Abu Dhabi by private plane from Moscow after her release by Russian authorities. Viktor Bout, a former arms dealer, came in on another private plane from Washington after being released by U.S. authorities.
Putin Signed New Anti-Gay Bill on Monday
AOC has followed this wonderful news of Griner’s release all day, as many reasons appeared as to why the star athlete is heading home. One of many reasons that hasn’t been mentioned is the law Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Monday, making it illegal for anyone to promote same-sex relationships or suggest that non-heterosexual orientations are “normal.”
Christy Turlington supers up her always-smoldering sensuality in the new Calvin Klein Eternity fragrance campaign, sharing the spotlight with her beloved husband Ed Burns.
Photographer Lachlan Bailey [IG] has captured the couple over the years in images that speak to what is one of celebrity-world’s biggest love affairs.
Her dedication to the issue of global — and US — maternal health is well known in fashion world. Minutes ago as we were writing this post, Christy Turlington Burns tweeted in support of the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2022. Read on for details.
Spanish actor Milena Smit wears all Saint Laurent, styled by Nicolas Klam. Photographer JUANKR [IG] captures the sulty, deeply-personal cover story for Flaunt Magazine December 2022.
Milena Smit recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s critically-acclaimed ‘Parallel Mothers’, appearing with Penélope Cruz. A comparative newcomer to acting, Smit received a notice about her audition for a new film, without being told about the pedigrees of her fellow artists.
“And thank god the next audition was the final one with them, because if I had found out at the beginning what movie it was for, I don’t know if I would have done it so well,” Smit told Flaunt magazine.
For the first time in its 80-year history, the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has rescinded the highly-valued, prestigious honorary doctorate it awarded to Kanye West in 2015.
In an email sent to members of the SAIC community today, the school’s president Elissa Tenny cited Ye’s recent “disturbing behaviors” and “dangerous statements” as the reasons behind the decision.
“His anti-Black, antisemitic, and incendiary statements, particularly those directed at Black and Jewish communities, are disgusting and condemnable,” Tenny wrote. “His words and actions have been painful for our entire community and, particularly, for those of us who feel that our identities and life experiences are under attack.”
Chanel show in Dakar now embedded. Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams was on the ground in Dakar, spreading his ‘Humanrace’ message.
Fresh off his runway walk in the Dior Menswear show at Pyramid Giza, Egypt, Malick Bodian — cover model for this original How To Spend It November 2022 presentation was PROUDLY in Dakar, Senegal to take part in his home country festivities. Bodi took many images for fashion media.
Senegalese musician NIX shared his thoughts on Chanel coming to Dakar: “We have a culture that is very open to the world, we have been influenced by many things, which I see as a richness, and this generates an overflowing creativity today.”
The third fashion story in the selective-issues print launch of Harper Bazaar Italia is ‘Parade’. Like the other two stories, it’s a beauty, with model Vittoria Ceretti in the model spotlight. Sissy Vian styles Vittoria in luscious elegance lensed by Paul Kooiker [IG]./ Hair by Stephane Lancien; makeup by Tom Pecheux
Paul Kooiker’s work is on display starting tonight, Dec. 8, at FOAM Amsterdam, at the opening reception. The show closes on Feb. 12, 2023.
Top photographer Mario Sorrenti [IG] delivers major artistry to the pages of Self Service Magazine #57 F/W 2022.23. Steinberg poses in minimal clothes and iridescent paint, with fashion styled by Elodie David./ Hair by Ward; makeup by Frank B; set design by Philipp Haemmerle
Models Gret Mateides and Kirezi Kentha are lensed by Bohdan Bohdanov [IG] in an intense beauty editorial styed by Pablo Patane. Makeup artists Fausto Cavaleri and Sabina Pinsone create shocking beauty with many layers for the November digital issue of Numéro Netherlands [IG]. And beauty wins! That’s not easy, so kudos to this team of rebellious spirits.
Supermodel Carolyn Murphy covers the December 2022 issue of ELLE France. As photographer Boo Georgenotes on his IG, the image above is “the cover that got away”. Below is the actual cover image. No further comment on that decision!
AOC really tries not to get personal or in the weeds technically on other people’s work, except to add high praise where deserved. Anne Marie Brouillet styles Carolyn in these preview images.
Model Assa Baradji joins the beauty feast that defines the print issue of Harper’s Bazaar Italia’s December 2022 issue. Sissy Vian styles French mode Baradji in images by Melanie + Ramon [IG].
Model Kris Grikaite said she needed a breath of fresh air and found herself in the Pyrenees, styled by Louise Ford in an “expedition through avant-garde pieces that go from runway to rugged.”
Photographer Markn [IG] captures casual luxury looks from Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Chloé, Gucci, Hermes, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Tod’s and more for WSJ Magazine.
On January 5, 2021 — the night before MAGA Voters tried to overthrow the US federal government, with defeated US president Donald Trump refusing to concede the presidential election to Joe Biden— Georgia voters sent two new Democratic senators to Washington: Jewish Sen. Jon Ossoff [l] and African-American Senior Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist ChurchSen. Raphael Warnock [r]. This honored senior pastor preaches as a US Senator from Martin Luther King Jr.'s former congregation.
Sen. Warnock was filling out the term of another Trump-appointed Republican senator for two years, when he won in 2021.
Tonight Georgia voters — including significant numbers of white Independent and white Republican voters in Georgia — joined Democrats to re-elect Sen. Warnock to a full six-year term as senator. This American thanks you deeply.
Alvaro Gracia [IG]photographs a flowers-inspired beauty story for Vogue Arabia November 2022. Wild Van Dijk is the makeup artist with styling by Enol Blasco.
Top model Imaan Hammam and her sister Aicha Hammam pose together for the December 2022 issue of Vogue Arabia. Rudy Simba Betty styles the duo in images by Bibi Cornejo Borthwick.
Zara continues to outperform most fashion media with its wide-range of ad campaigns. Raquel Zimmermann channels Michelle Pfeiffer’s inner screen siren in Zara’s Fall Winter 2023 Cruise campaign. Nadia Lee Cohen [IG] is behind the lens, with Zimmerman bringing sophisticated elegance to the striking campaign images.
New York-based photographer JUANKR [IG] is in Paris, turning his lens to model Rossana Latallada. The riches of Dior are on full display in ‘Belle de Jour’, styled by Caterina Ospina Buitrago for Harper’s Bazaar Mexico December 2022.
Billie Eilish x Nike are back with Billie Eilish x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Mushroom” and “Sequoia” colorways as part of the Jordan Brand.
The drop uses leftover material from Billie’s earlier AF1 high launch to create this one, coming Dec. 13 on store.billieeilish.com and Dec. 14 on the SNKRS app.
Designed the the legendary Bruce Kilgore, the Nike Air Force 1 occupies a special place in the heart of sneaker culture. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in sneaker culture, the choe connects two and sometimes three generations of AF1 lovers. Kilgore remains head of Manufacturing Innovation at Nike.
