Models Kim Young Woong and Zuoye welcome the Lunar New Year, styled by Paola Ventimiglia in glam luxury brands extravagance from Chanel, Dior, Prada, Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusame and more.
Photographer Federico Barbieri [IG]captures the festivities for SCMP Style January 2023.
Reviews for this new Givenchy Spring 2023 campaign have been very positive. It would seem that holding the line and trying to make this vision of Givenchy work has merit.
Reminding readers that Givenchy has no core house identity, the sequence of designers at Givenchy has further created murky waters.
As for the talented American creative director Mr. Williams, does a former Kanye West acolyte, have a vision capable of translating Givenchy in modern terms — especially when none of us knows anymore, what Givenchy is about?
Because it’s game over if Mr. West, legally known as Ye, gets anywhere near an advisory role to Mr. Williams to help sort out his quandary.
From all I’ve read about him, Williams can’t possibly share West’s ‘I’ve never read a book, because I don’t need to’ attitude.
As The Atlantic explained this week: “Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.”
Models He Cong, Sherri Shi, Sora Choi and Yumi Nu are styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in a celebratory, fashion-extravagance happening that was ignited by gunpowder.
New York-Paris based artist Theo Liu [IG] packed up his photography studio essentials, as the creative entourage assembled at contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang's studio in a ‘Year of the Rabbit celebration running globally on multiple Vogues, including in the US.
Under Cai's guidance, the models became his interns, hand-carving stencils using a utility blade and extinguishing the flying sparks of the gunpowder explosions with cotton pompoms.
Top model Lais Ribeiro dazzles as the face of Vivara’s Summer 2023 campaign. Renata Correa styles Ribeiro in elegant, skin-bearing swimwear for a glamorous, modern campaign lensed by Gui Paganini [IG]. Silvio Giorgio handles hair and makeup, adding the finishing touches to a grade A campaign that sparkles.
Note from AOC: The Spring Summer 2023 Miu Miu campaign is not for mere mortals. It is for the fashion rebels, “united in their courage and desire to challenge conventions” by wearing Miu Miu. You are now absorbing the meaning of meeting this deadly-serious assembly of warrior-women models and talents who understand that by choosing Miu Miu, the decision has a “deep impact on life, enhancing it more and more.”
Hopefully, their sartorial Miu Miu brand enlightenment can be transferred to us, if only we open our minds to these exceptional fashion prophets.
All bow down now and breathe deeply.
Good goddess, I LOVE Miuccia Prada. Lips zipped, because I am not worthy to speak of this campaign’s brilliance. Not one more word. xxxx ~ Anne
The Winter 2022.23 Issue of American Vogue takes us to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on upper Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Model Ajok Daing is our guide to view “Alex Katz: Gathering,” curated by Katherine Brinson. The show opened in late October, and you can view the Katz exhibit through February 20, 2023.
The fashion story “Go Big!” trends both the paintings and our spring 2023 focus on very large bags. Max Ortega styles this delicious fashion story lensed by Alex Webb [IG].
American designer Claire McCardell, deeply celebrated on an ongoing basis by designer Tory Burch, caught Alex Katz’s eye decades ago. Her spirit is a major muse behind the current exhibition.
Katz, who is not a fan of the superfluous or fussy in any art form, tells the New York Times how “unaffected” her designs were: “They’re perfect now because everything is so pretentious,” he says. “The idea was, you can spend the day welding and go home and cook some hamburgers outdoors and wear the same clothes.”
Model Nikki McGuire thrives at home in her native Maui, styled in a wardrobe of breezy dresses, relaxed separates and lightweight knits from Alberta Ferretti, Celine, Dior, Hermes, Max Mara, Missoni and more.
Photographer Bryan Liston [IG] has a plum assignment in paradise for Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] February 2023.
Top model and ingenue actor Kaia Gerber, now 21, covers the February 2023 issue of ELLE US. Alex White styles the Celine ambassador in Celine, of course, with sprinkles of Ralph Lauren Collection and an American flag dress from Vaquera. Cass Bird [IG] is behind the lens at the beach in Malibu.
Kaia Gerber has never been “model light” in her interviews. Hyland asks her multiple times about her mental health — like don’t we ask every multi-million $$$$ model today about her mental health?
Kaia shrugs it off with a smile — the smile of plenty of loving, hard work on Kaia — not to fix herself or those around her. But to engage with and gain a young person’s understanding of life around her.
There’s really a lot to like about this young woman. REALLY a lot to like. ~ Anne
Photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] brings his infectious, ubuntu vibe to ‘Changing Direction’, a fashion story for British Vogue’s February 2023 issue.
Top model Anok Yai is the star, but Pavarotti brings all the players into the pictures. Super stylist Grace Coddington’s haircut is a knockout. It’s been shorter, but the shape is perfect.
Hair is by Eugene Souleiman and makeup by Ana Takahashi — and they join the images, too. Add Bianca Parisotto and Michael Cukr, and clearly the ringleader Rafael Pavarotti has orchestrated a coming ‘Age of Aquarius’ fashion shoot, where we see all the creators behind ‘Changing Direction’.
Model Kira Dikhtyar poses in ‘Winter Mood’, an opulent fashion getaway from dark winter days styled by Victoria Vas. Photographer Nestor Dikhtyar [IG] captures the sultry Kira in frills, feathers and fake fur for L’Officiel Baltics January 2023.
“Black-ish” and spinoff “Grown-ish” actor Yara Shahidi has exciting news. She will be joining American Ballet Theater principal ballet dancer Misty Copeland in Abu Dhabi for the Know Your Value and Forbes Magazine second annual 2023 Forbes 30/50 Summit, running concurrently with International Women’s Day from March 7-10.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is headlining the 2023 Forbes 30/50 Summit, that is organized by Huma Abedin, vice chair of the 30/50 Summit, along with Forbes editor Maggie McGrath and “Morning Joe” co-host, and founder of Know Your Value Mika Brzezinski.
Anya Taylor-Joy was named to the Forbes Europe 30 Under 30 List in 2019. She was honored last November by Harper’s Bazaar UK in their 2022 Women of the Year Awards.
I personally went back over Virgil’s older shows and the influence of the menswear design studio is strong in the Fall 2023 collection. This is not about radical change.
AOC remains a believer that Beccari and Arnault will take the menswear design group for an innovative spin — sort of a design laboratory that focuses on the future studio workplace.
But to hear in March that Colm Dillane gets his LV men’s position would not surprise us. AOC believes strongly that elegance is in the wind. I did keep asking myself “Would Jay-Z wear these clothes? Would the NBA players wear these clothes because the LV Men’s NBA clothes are fabulous.
We are positive that LVMH will make some kind of investment in Dillane. His whole story and his talent are pretty irresistable.
Rising South Sudanese model Adit Priscilla is styled by Rebecca Bleynie in Chanel jewelry and fragrance for Numero 235, end-of-year all Chanel editorial content issue. Supremely-gifted, Dutch photographer Bastiaan Woudt [IG] is in the studio.
Woudt began his own self-taught photography practice from scratch about five years ago. The exceptional talent also does his own post-production work, infusing a modern, graphic vision with classical DNA and elegance into his black and white images. He’s a WOW!
Supermodel Anja Rubik is the perfect woman to remind us that visible sensuality in fashion is making a comeback, even at Zara [IG].
Tapping into utilitarian and manly silhouettes, tailoring strikes a perfect balance in neutral colors cargo pants, jumpsuits, bustiers, crop tops and sexy-heels slides.
The look is dazzling and easily adopted by Zara Woman femmes worldwide.
The artisan and natural world DNA in LOEWE Perfumes [IG] and home gifts is gallery-inspiring with its relentless pursuit of beauty and creativity.
In a fashion and style world so grounded in glitz and status, LOEWE always brings us down to earth. And the candles do actually smell of the vegetables.
Photographer Nicolo’ Novelli [IG] captures Siin Kim in Parisian landmark Café Palais Royal for ‘Melancholy in Paris’. The quiet fashion story getaway to the City of Lights is published by L’Officiel India [IG] January 2023.
Fresh off their December 2022 fashion story in Flaunt Magazine, Parallel Mothers actor Milena Smit and photographer JUANKR [IG] create a new editorial for Harper’s Bazaar España’s ‘Butterfly’ February 2023 issue.
In just four years, Milena Smit has earned two Goya nominations, a film — Parallel Mothers, acting with Penelope Cruz and directed by Pedro Almodóvar — and being an ambassador for@yslbeauty y @ysl.
Top model and Chanel-exclusive Vivienne Rohner travels to New York City’s downtown for Chanel's latest Spring Summer 2023 Pre-Collection images, lensed by Theo Wenner [IG].
