Mona Tougaard's Modern Elegance by Rafael Pavarotti for W Magazine 2023 Vol One
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Kaia Gerber Plays Coy Like a Pro in Paola Kudacki Images for Flaunt Magazine 183
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Top model Kaia Gerber is really on a roll, delivering yet another photography session in which she is fully present, clearly in command of the camera and yet there isn’t an ounce of disdain or superiority complex in her face and demeanor.
In this case, Paola Kudacki [IG] is behind the lens for Flaunt Magazine 183.
This young woman is on a roll, and we’re here for it. Kaia Gerber has so much self-composure today, and yet she is accessible to all. Kaia has perfect balance — AND she knows it.
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Adit Priscilla in 'The Fifth Element' by Txema Yeste for Numéro France #236 February 2023
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Rising-fast model Adit Priscilla is styled by Bernat Buscato in ‘Le Cinquieme Element’. Photographer Txema Yeste [IG] captures Adit in cinematic, high-vibration fashion images for Numéro France [IG] #236 February 2023./ Hair and makeup by Rubén Mármol
‘The Fifth Element’ is considered to be one of the sci-fi classics of the 1990s. The film did very well internationally but didn’t break records in America. All agree that the film provided major inspo for Besson’s 2017 ‘Valerian’ with Cara Delevigne.
Read MoreLoro Piana Spring 2023 Campaign Grand Italian Tour by Inez & Vinoodh
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Loro Piana is also on an Italian grand tour in the cashmere brand’s Spring/Summer 2023 campaign.
Models Amar Akway, Mika Schneider, Rianne Van Rompaey and Leon Dame present an appetizer excursion of authentic Italian experiences that are in communion with nature, land and community.
Inez and Vinoodh [IG] capture the quartet, styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka./ Makeup by Lisa Butler; hair by Eugene Souleiman
Writing about Loro Piana’s Fall 2022 collection and campaign, AOC shared highly-specific information about a decade’s worth of the brand’s processes and control over its cashmere production.
‘Transparency’ is a stake in the ground among today’s cashmere brands, including less expensive but very well-run cashmere labels. There is no “Don’t worry, be happy, I’ve got this issue under control so you don’t have to worry” in today’s cashmere business.
Read MoreMale Elegance Reigns Supreme in D la Repubblica Men's Spring Fashion Issue
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Model Tamsir Thiam covers D la Repubblica’s [IG] January 14th, 2023 Men’s Fashion issue. Thiam is joined by Babacar N’doye and Jibriil Ollow in this high-art fashion story of glamorous men and their clothes.
Of course AOC wants to pursue the undercurrent of biophilia in several of the fashion story images, captured by Paul Kooiker [IG]. But the focus is really on the clothes, dramatic photography and beautiful models styled by Ola Ebiti.
Read More'East Meets West' Monastic Style by Louise + Maria Thornfeldt for HTSI Magazine
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Model Ella Mccutchdon poses in fashion inspired by architectural silhouettes and ‘80s minimalism, imbued with a monastic vibe.
Photographers Louise [IG] & Maria [IG] Thornfeldt capture Mccutchdon channeling Japan’s enduring influence on fashion in London for FTHTSI Magazine [IG]. When Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo arrived in Paris in the ‘80s, they challenged western perceptions of dress with their avant-garde collections.
Read MoreCatherine McNeil Is Back! Married, Sober and Ready To Rumble in Vogue Australia
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Catherine McNeil covered the November 2022 issue of Vogue Australia, styled by Petta Chua in ‘Catherine McNeil’s Great Comeback’.
In Fall 2019, the top, top model walked out of the Burberry show, returned to New York, got off social media, put her furniture on the street — according to Vogue Australia — and bought a one-way ticket home to the country that would nurture her back to health.
Photographer Jake Terrey [IG] captures Catherine McNeil who has returned to the world of fashion modeling sober, married this month to former NBA American basketball player Miles Plumlee, and now possessed of an identity outside of fashion.
You must have guts to walk away and come back clear-headed and accept your fashion-model fate.
To do it twice? It’s called emotional and psychological depth and an absolute willingness to face the woman in the mirror head-on. Simply-stated, you become a warrior woman. ~ Anne
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Givenchy Spring 2023 Campaign Prompts a Fresh Look at Brand Strategy
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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.
In October, the New York Times explored the evolution [or confusion] around Williams’ vision for Givenchy.
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.”
Read MoreVogue Celebrates the 'Year of the Rabbit' with Artist Cai Guo-Qiang and Plenty of Gunpowder
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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.
Read MoreLais Ribeiro Dazzles in Vivara Summer 2023 Campaign Lensed by Gui Paganini
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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.
Read MoreMiu Miu Spring 2023 Campaign Promises Deep Life-Enhancing Impact on Those Who Buy It
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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
Read MoreAjok Daing at 'Alex Kata: Gathering' Guggenheim Show by Alex Webb for Vogue US
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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.”
Read MoreNikki McGuire at Home in Maui by Bryan Liston for Harper's Bazaar US February
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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.
Read MoreKaia Gerber Lights Up ELLE February 2022 in Malibu with Cass Bird
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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
Read MoreAnok Yai in 'Changing Direction' by Rafael Pavarotti for British Vogue February 2023
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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’.
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Activists Anya Taylor-Joy, Yara Shahidi Dior Forever Foundation Campaign 2023
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