Hunter Schafer Covers Numéro 237 March 2023 in Mugler, Lensed by Harley Weir
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Zhou Xun Has Game, Lensed in Country Club Elegance by Jumbo Tsui for Vogue China
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Vogue China takes a decidedly fashionable and retro classic look at the game as a symbol of class and pedigree in this fashion story starring Zhou Xun. Stylist Vivienne Sun infuses jazz-age elegance into the March 2023 issue fashion story lensed by Jumbo Tsui.
Read MoreMax Mara Spring 2023 Collection with Adut, Annemary, Dara by Ethan James Green
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Max Mara’s Spring-Summer 2023 campaign has sophisticated swagger. Models trio Adut Akech, Annemary Aderibigbe and Dara Allen step it up to remind us that they are far more than muses or mannequins. Fashion editor Tonne Goodman styles the shoot — a collection of sophisticated essentials with discreet details that she herself would wear — in images photographed by Ethan James Green.
Looking at the images immediately took me back to December 2018, when former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi exited a tough meeting with then president Donald Trump.
The shot of Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer leaving a hard-as-nails meeting with Trump went viral, generating such digital heat that Max Mara creative director Ian Griffiths responded that the coat would be reissued.
AOC has always liked Ian Griffiths because he’s a male designer willing to explore his own contradictions. He does just that in speaking about the 2023 campaign inspired by the French Riviera. Griffiths has not been caught up in trying to make women ‘its’ or ‘theys’, degendering us in such a way that the very concept of women’s rights is no longer necessary. We’re all humans, no need to discuss the failure of mostly — but not exclusively — men to acknowledge women’s inequality.
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Anja Rubik Guest Edits Vogue Poland March 2023 5th Year, Loves Inez & Vinoodh
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Polish supermodel Anja Rubik celebrates her outstanding career in the pages of Vogue Poland’s 5th anniversary issue, where she serves as guest editor.
Rubik poses in a Saint Laurent Men’s fashion story styled by Paul Sinclaire and featured on Anthony Vacarello’s IG as Saint Laurent Artistic, Creative, Image Director.
Anja is a friend of the Saint Laurent house and frequently appears in the brand’s menswear as well as womenswear.
AOC is a long-time admirer of Anja’s work as a sex educator, Joan-of-Arc level warrior for women’s rights to control our own bodies in the arena of abortion politics, and all aspects of LGBTQIA+ social justice rights.
In our opinion, Anja Rubik rests at the very top of that social activist pyramid, facing off with adversaries in a fearless and defiant posture. Rubik is also a committed environmentalist who has managed to soar in fashion world, while staying true to her own values.
Read MoreAmerica 1898: Frazier B. Baker and Baby Julia Fatally Shot for Being a Post Master in Lake City, S.C.
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The 19th century brought enormous change in the postal workforce. In 1802, Congress banned African Americans from carrying U.S. Mail. This ban lasted to the late 1860s, when newly-enfranchised, post Civil War African Americans began receiving appointments as postmasters, clerks, and city letter carriers.
In 1802, Congress banned African Americans from carrying U.S. Mail. This ban lasted to the late 1860s, when newly-enfranchised, post Civil War African Americans began receiving appointments as postmasters, clerks, and city letter carriers.
Read MoreDior Men's Summer 2023 Campaign Is a Rich Adventure for Garden Lovers
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Dior Men’s Kim Jones once again joined France and England in a celebration of flowers and gardening in his Summer 2023 campaign.
Jones united his beloved, Bloomsbury, free-spirit artists with their equally free-spirit lifestyles on the English side of the channel to Christian Dior’s seaside childhood home in Granville, Normandy.
In choosing the work and life of Duncan Grant, a British post-impressionist, Bloomsbury painter who shares a birthday with Christian Dior, the artistic synergy is further intertwined between England and France.
These campaign images by Rafael Pavarotti [IG] are like fine champagne. The talented photographer is at ease swinging from a highly-stylized, Erdem-inspired, vintage garden with dark undertones campaign to these images that are crisp and modern, imbued with a cleaner and lighter garden vibe.
Read MoreLily-Rose Depp Channels a Young Kate Moss in i-D No. 372, Spring 2023 by Karim Sadli
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Actor Lily-Rose Depp channels a young Kate Moss, as Depp prepares to step into a new TV show from the creators of ‘Euphoria’. Depp has a starring role in HBO’s upcoming series ‘The Idol’, created by Sam Levinson and The Weeknd.
She will play the starring role of Jocelyn, an aspiring pop star, with The Weeknd — Abel Tesfaye — playing her love interest in his first acting role. "I just don’t think that you could give an actress a greater gift than a role like this,” Depp tells Frank.
As Alex Frank concludes in his interview with Depp for i-D’s The Timeless Issue, No. 372, Spring 2023, “there is nothing so gratifying as meeting a creative person right as they’re hitting their stride.”
Alastair McKimm styles Depp in images by Karim Sadli [IG].
Read MoreCici Tamez Covers Harper's Bazaar Mexico March 2023 Lensed by JUANKR
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Model Cici Tamez is styled by Almudena Guerra in ‘Fuerza Feminina’ [Female Strength], the Harper’s Bazaar Mexico March 2023 cover story lensed by JUANKR [IG].
The turquoise ground floral dress on the cover is from Gucci, with jewelry by Cartier./ Hair by Fernando Torrent; makeup by Linda Gradin
Read MoreVictoria's Secret X Frankies Bikinis Spring 2023 First Collab Shot in Cabo San Lucas
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In March 2022, Victoria’s Secret announced an $18 milion investment in Frankie’s Bikinis, giving them a minority share in the business.
Models Diana Achan, Memphy, Ruby Lyn, Tara Zoe and Francesca Aiello star in the new campaign, soaking up nature’s wellness balm in Cabo San Lucas.
Photographer Kate Bellm [IG] is behind the lens, shooting the beach beauties who stayed at the Bahia Hotel & Beach House [IG].
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Kendall Jenner Channels Venus | Jean Paul Gaultier Loves His Ancient Muses
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British Vogue reports that Kendall Jenner has added a new piece of vintage Jean Paul Gaultier to her vast collection. The prize fashion acquisition is an archival Venus De Milo halter neck dress from the spring/summer 1999 collection, sourced through Opulent Addict.
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier has long been inspired by mythology, ancient religious rites and muses.
The ‘Venus de Milo’ statue now lives armless at the Louvre in Paris, on display permanently after being discovered on the island of Milos, Greece in 1820. Scholars believe that the statue was created during the Helenistic period, sometime between 150 and 125 BC by Alexandros of Antioch.
Read MoreLouis Vuitton SS2023 Capucine Campaign Teaches Us Kintsugi with Lea Seydoux
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Louis Vuitton’s Capucine bag heads into its second decade, showcased for Spring/Summer 2023 by maison ambassador Lea Seydoux.
In this moment of so many challenges central to our lives, the Spring 2023 Capucine bag with a handle made using the ancient Japanese Kintsugi technique may be the most special.
Seriously, can the handle of a Louis Vuitton Capucine bag teach us a life lesson?
In an throwaway, one and done, age of mass production and reckless disposal, ‘kintsugi’ is not only focused on repairing our favorite chipped vessels.
Now we learn that ‘kintsugi’ is also a way of crafting — even mending — our lives. It’s very Zen and challenges humans to consider the contemplation of imperfection, as well as the constant flux and impermanence of all things.
Read MoreKendall and Irina by Tyrone Lebon for Marc Jacobs Spring 2023 Campaign
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Top models Kendall Jenner and Irina Shayk take no prisoners in the Marc Jacobs Spring 2023 Campaign. In-demand photographer Tyrone Lebon shot the campaign in Los Angeles with a focus on spring’s Bucket and Tote bags.
Read MoreShanina Shaik Covers Harper's Bazaar Arabia February 2023 by Ellen von Unwerth
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New mom Australian model Shanina Shaik covers the February 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia. Anna Castan oversees Shaik’s styling for the fashion story shot in Paris by Ellen von Unwerth. / Makeup by Kelly McClain; hair by Eduardo Bravo
Read MoreRafael Pavarotti Shoots Maximilian Davis' Ferragamo Spring Summer 2023 Campaign
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Models Chol Mabior, Colin Jones, Kai Newman, Mona Tougaard, Silas Lutz, Vittoria Ceretti and Yoomi Sun front the February 2023 drop of Ferragamo’s Spring Summer 2023 campaign.
The New York Times profiled Maximilian Davis, Salvatore Ferragamo’s new young Black designer, last fall. The emerging designer dropped out of the 2022 LVMH Prize for young designer competition to take the Ferragamo position.
Photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] shoots the models in Ferragamo’s updated-hues studio with art direction by Edward Quarmby and styling by Mavi Staiano.
Read MoreEtro Unveils 'Eden of Etropia' Spring 2023 Campaign Lensed by Zhong Lin
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Etro unveils ‘Eden of Etropia’, the first campaign for new creative director Marco De Vincenzo celebrating the spring 2023 collection.
Not only is the campaign beautiful on a visceral level. It drives a dagger [literally in the video] into the apple and a search for the truth of women’s identity.
Inspired by the paintings and portraits of the Pre-Raphaelites, Marco De Vincenzo communicates his poetic vision, creating a new paradise centered around the apple, the iconic fruit of the collection and a potent symbol of love, seduction and eternity.
That’s great copy. But the truth is also that the word ‘malus’ besides being Latin for ‘apple’ is also a very negative word associated with bad, evil and wicked. From a religious perspective the apple reference with Eve didn’t even appear in versions of the New Testament until 500 AD.
I wrote about this discovery after watching a PBS show ‘Mysteries of the Garden of Eden’, first released in 2007. The documentary will be purchased before sundown at whatever price.
Read MoreDigging Deeper Into Pharrell Williams' Real Mission at Louis Vuitton Mens
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