Politico did what good journalists do on an important story. They dug deeply and late Monday, Christopher Cadelago sprung a humdinger of a piece of news about events surrounding California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ire and staff negotiations with Walgreens over their front of the pack capitulation to the demands of red state AGs around the distribution of abortion pills.
Now the governor may be a forgiving kind of guy, but the first thought that went through my mind reading the post was “that’s one hell of a bridge to burn”, especially as the darling not only of Governor Newsom but also as a senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Meet Ann O’Leary, Former Chief of Staff to Gavin Newsom
I speak of the lawyer on the phone with Newsom’s inner circle staff, as a lead representative for Walgreens: Ann O’Leary, the governor’s first chief of staff and now a partner in the law firm Jenner & Block.
Actor Hunter Schafer covers the April 2023 issue of British ELLE, styled by Carolina Orrico for ‘Leaning In’, lensed by Paola Kudacki [IG]./ Hair by Lacy Redway; makeup by Carolina Dali
Lynette Nylandersits down with Schafer in New York, six years after their first interview. At the time, the journalist was writing about new changemakers. Hunter Schafer, then age 18, was an emerging voice in the fight for trans rights. I learned that she was an early contributor to Tavi Gevinson’s blogging site ‘Rookie’.
Because AOC is politically-involved, we actually followed and wrote about her trans fight to transition in North Carolina — before we wrote about her as a model and then actor.
‘It was my [modelling] agency that told me about the audition for Euphoria,’ she says [to ELLE]. ‘I think every trans girl at the time got the call. They asked me to come in for a reading, but I wasn’t looking for it.’
Models Adit Priscilla, Barbara Valente, Louise Robert and Sherry Shi take the stage in Missoni’s Spring/Summer 2023 Campaign. Missoni’s new creative director, Filippo Grazioli introduces us to his vision of Missoni, taking a more reductionist approach to a sexy body-con silhouette.
In truth, the new designer has already jazzed things up for the fall 2023 collection, based on the recent show. Returning to the spring campaign, Lorenzo Posocco styles the shoot, photographed by Theo Wenner [IG].
As fashion once again embraces sensuality, lingerie dressing is again a trend. In the case of top model Sora Choi, Alex White chooses a punkish spin with suspenders and buckles on sheer and fragile fabrics from Christopher Kane, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Valentino and more. Even Chanel courts buyers with a strapless harness dress.
Photographer Sharif Hamza [IG] is behind the lens for ‘She’s Come Undone’, a fashion story for ELLE US March 2023./ Makeup by Fulvia Farolfi; hair by Junya Nakashima
Seashells are so often a feast for the eyes. Cartier Fine Jewellery photographed on seashells by Fernando Gomez [IG] creates its own form of visual rapture. Anna Castan styles the oceanic presentation for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia March 2023.
Zara’s [IG] commitment to sophisticated marketing delivers a beauty story that does as much for Zara fashion as for Zara Spring 2023 makeup trends.
Makeup artist Sam Visser brings sky and earth tones to top model SashaPivovarova’s smoky aquamarine and peacock blue eyes and sandy-neutrals face. The visual undercurrent is not only bold but complex, as the setting sun on the horizon drenches water, waves and Sasha in increasingly inky darkness.
There is female mystery in Carlijn Jocobs’ [IG] images, with Sasha rising from the ocean depths as a full-dressed, boss lady sea goddess styled by Imruh Asha. Sasha’s blonde hair bob by Mustafa Yanaz co-exists with her ivory head-helmet bathing cap.
Italian model Ben Massarenti settles into the terrain of Lanzarote, a Spanish island that is one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa.
Agnès Poulle styles the fashion story that leans heavily on sustainable and recycled or vintage clothing from niche brands.
Photographer Zeb Daemen [IG] captures the clothes very much at peace with the land in this strong sustainability statement for Madame Figaro March 10th, 2023.
New mother and good friend to photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG], model Maggie Maurer fronts the ‘Euphoria’ collection of eyewear from Los Angeles-based Jacques Marie Mage [IG]. Vittoria Cerciello styles the campaign with set design by Afra Zamara.
The artisan brand has an incredibly beautiful website with equally inspiring products that include eyeglasses as the lead product, supplemented with select jewelry pieces, gifts and home products.
Like this Twitter follower, I was also watching Ali Velshi on MSNBC Saturday, when he reported that Walgreens had donated money to the very Red State AGs group that sent Walgreens the onimous “don’t do it” letter about selling abortion pills in their stores.
Unlike Fox News, Ali Velshi is very particular about the words coming out of his mouth. While we don’t know the amount of money donated — and whether a similar amount was donated to a Blue State AGs group — I do not challenge the veracity of Velshi’s claim. He would not make it without the receipts.
This new revelation didn’t make me feel any better about Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer, a businesswoman we celebrated on her appointment to the Walgreens Boots Alliance corner office as the first Black woman CEO.
With actor Whitney Peak’s appointment as Chanel’s newCoco Mademoiselle Fragrance Ambassador, AOC circles back to a Vogue Hong Kong November 2022 fashion story.
Olivia Leblanc styled Peak bold and sexy fashion, lensed by Royal Gilbert [IG] for ‘Whitney Peak: Keeping It Real’.
Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle Fragrance has a new ambassador — 20-year-old actor Whitney Peak [IG], who now follows in the footsteps of Kate Moss and Keira Knightly.
The Ugandian-Canadian actor has an existing relationship with Chanel. Peak had a major role in the 2021 HBO Max reboot of the Gossip Girl series, the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark, the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the Disney+ film Hocus Pocus 2.
The Coco Mademoiselle fragrance and Whitney Peak are a perfect match. Whitney Peak isn’t a shy femme; rather she embraces her bold and carefree side, as expressed in her natural, 2023 Diana Ross hairdo.
British model Evie Harris is ‘Lost in the desert’, styled by Alba Melendo in sizzling, bodycon heroine fashion pieces. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is in desert-sand action for Vogue España February 2023.
Indian fashion model Pooja Mor embraces her biophilia instincts and tree-hugging self in a lovely fashion story ‘Into the Woods’. Photographer Jem Mitchell [IG] captures Mor, styled by Miranda Almond, for Harper’s Bazaar UK April 2023.
When savvy shoppers spend hours on trusted consignment platforms like 1stdibs, The RealReal and Vestiaire Collective looking for a beloved handbag, it’s time for a designer like Marc Jacobs to look to his archives.
The Jessica Stam bag is back, with Stam herself leading the campaign. Paris Hilton, Ashlee Simpson, Ashanti, and Selma Blair deliver big support in images styled by Alastair McKimm and shot by Harley Weir.
South Sudanese-Australian model Abény Nhial sends a Spring 2023 message from V Magazine: “Never underestimate just how many handbags an ace model can handle.”
Anna Trevelyan chooses top-tier luxury handbags in bold, architectural designs and pop colors. The neutrals are not boring either, because boss-lady bags come in all sizes.
Photographer Charlotte Rutherford [IG] captures ‘Carry On’ for V141, now available on this link.
Model Mariam de Vinzelle is styled by Anastasia Barbieri in ‘French New Wave’, an edgy elegance story lensed by Ezra Petronio [IG] for ELLE US [IG] March 2023.
Top model Daphne Groeneveld greets spring 2023 with two covers on Harper’s Bazaar Greece’s ‘Breaking the Rules’ fashion focus. Daphne wears bold colors and sizzling bodycon silhouettes styled by Dimitris Giannetos. Photographer Greg Swales [IG] is on the scene, photographing a fav LA woman.
Rising talent Deva Cassel, daughter of Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel, headlines the Spring 2023 issue of Wonderland Magazine, lensed in three separate covers by Ellen Von Unwerth [IG].
Cassel has deep roots in the best of French and Italian heritage. The jeune fille turned 18 last September, and we can expect to see her soar in influence.
In a storyline scripted straight of her now-divorced, parents’ lives, Deva Cassell is making her acting debut as a provocative artists’ model in Italian director Laura Luchetti’s ‘The Beautiful Summer’.
Based on the widely-translated novel ‘La Bella Estate’ by Italian author Cesare Pavese, Cassell plays the role of the unhibited artist’s model Amelia.
In the first step of an “exhaustive review” of all contracts between Walgreens and the state of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday that California will not renew a $54 million contract by which Walgreens delivers pharmacy services to inmates in California’s prison system. The contract was set to renew on May 1, 2023.
“This is an attempt to call the question ‘Which side are you on? Whose side are you on?” Newsom said in an interview with POLITICO ahead of the announcement. “Are you going to just cower in the face of bullies? Are you going to just roll over?”
When Walgreens, now led by former Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer, stepped out solo over the weekend, saying that her pharmacies would abide by demand letters from red state attorneys generals that they agree not to sell mifepristone — even in red states where abortion is legal — AOC called the action a major mistake.
Anticipating severe backlash should have been a high priority for Brewer — especially when Walgreens was agreeing to anti-women demands going beyond what their state abortion laws now require.
Technically-speaking, when Virgil Abloh’s parents came from Ghana and settled in Rockford, Ill. which is close to Chicago, he was conceived in what once was New France in North America.
The design of the Louis Vuitton ‘Crochet Leather Overshirt’ is hardly workwear in the style of the American West . . . or even coal miners in Appalachia. Those pretty crochet Louis Vuitton flowers and emblems would get real dusty damn fast.
To purchase the jacket will cost you $37,000 and it’s made to order, so you must contact your local LV to pursue the conversation.
OMG! What LV could do under Pharrell is to create the patches custom — with plenty of LVs, of course. But after purchasing a DNA test as part of the jacket, the wearer could learn his/her roots. Then a select number of patches could honor those roots.
