Louis Vuitton taps six new talents and image-makers to its second drop in the Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama 2023 collaboration.
Mega stars Australian actor Cate Blanchett and Amercan music artist Justin Timberlake, a ‘friend of the house’ but not an ambassador,are joined by South Korean actor HoYeon Jung, French actor Lea Seydoux, tennis pro Naomi Osaka and Chinese actor Zhou Congyu.
Photographer Steven Meisel is again behind the lens with Carine Roitfeld in charge of styling. Creative Director Ferdinando Verderi worked with makeup artist Pat McGrath to create henna-like tattoos on the faces and bodies of the talents that twin the artworks decorating their corresponding Capucines and Monogram handbags.
Yayoi Kusama will open her largest exhibition in New York on May 12. Her exhibition, titled “I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers,” will include new paintings, sculptures featuring her signature flower and pumpkin motifs and a new Infinity Mirrored Room.
David Zwirner’s West 19th and West 20th street galleries will host the event.
Chinese-American actor Liu Yifei presents three covers for the March 2023 issue of Marie Claire China. Liu, who gained international recognition with Disney’s remake of ‘Mulan’ became the new face of Louis Vuitton in China in January 2021.
Punkcherry styles the cover story with designs by Diamond Dazzle, Giambattista, Ming Ma, Ronald van der Kemp, Thom Browne and more. Shanghai-based photographer Ziqian Wang [IG] captures the shoot. / Makeup by Cai Wenyan; hair by Jian Wei
Models Amar Akway, Bente Oort, Emily Bennett and Qisi Fang are styled by Hannes Hetta in ‘Baroque Beauty’, lensed by Julia Hetta [IG] for Dior Magazine 41.
Banana Republic’s Spring 2023 March campaign drop takes us to Taos, New Mexico, with photographer Richard Phibbs [IG] bringing his deep understanding of humanity, nature and ancestral roots to the campaign.
A currently incomplete model list includes Ella Eckerson, Louise de Chevigny, and Maria Borges. We will fill out the rest over the weekend, with other pieces of this Banana Republic Spring 2023 campaign.
Personally, I feel that Banana Republic is back on the right track, and I don’t want them to mess up. And a part of me was wondering how Phibbs could go to Taos and not have adobe buildings or any shots connected to Georgia O’Keeffe in the imagery. How about an indigenous model or two?
The photographer did all of the above in the Banana Republic Spring 2023 campaign. But it’s a compliment to Richard Phibbs that I refused to believe that this sequence of images constituted the campaign.
They’re lovely but also a very incomplete story for him. Not for 80-90% of the photographers I can name, but not Phibbs. What matters to me also matters to him. ~ Anne
A‘Spirited Romance’ swept through global cyberspace this week, as Zara Studio launched its S/S 2023 Campaign. The limited-edition, top tier of Zara’s spring offering inspires a spiritual pause on sleepless nights and digital frenzy.
Do you still remember the smell of fresh grass? Did you ever eat clover? How about just lying on on a blanket and seeing a sky so beautiful, it seems impossible that a climate emergency is at hand?
Models Annemary Aderbrigbe, Ava Christian, He Cong and Ida Heiner are the spring muses lensed by Steven Meisel. Frequent collaborator Fabien Baron acts as creative director in a moment where fashion swings back to sensual elegance and beautiful clothes, styled here by another Meisel-Baron collaborator Karl Templer.
There will always be contrived fashion around us, but the trend to clothes that we wear as honest pleasure — as opposed to them wearing us as artifice, an IG photo op and to feed some designer’s ego is real.
One of fashion’s nicest women Lily Aldridge joins forces with Weekend Max Mara in a smile-generating, warm-weather, global traveler collaboration “From Lily With Love.”
Photographer Zoey Grossman [IG] captures the California vibe collection that uses organic cotton and linen blends and other sustainable materials. AOC believes the denim is organic cotton denim, which uses less water, energy, and toxic chemicals than conventionally grown cotton. Rating groups also say workers are treated better.
The Lily Aldridge AOC knows divides her time between New York City and Nashville, nurturing her daughter Dixie Pearl. Lily is well known for her philanthropy, partnering with causes close to her heart including St. Jude Children's Hospital and humanitarian initiatives such as No Kid Hungry, World of Children and Everytown for Gun Safety.
There are givers in fashion. And there are takers. Lily Aldridge is a giver in every part of her beautiful spirit.
The March 2023 issue of Numéro 237 lands in Marrakech, with model Othilia Simon styled by Charles Varenne in top luxury labels. Photographer Yulia Gorbachenko [IG] captures Simon in ‘Medina’.
Louis Vuitton releases a Ramadan capsule, available on their ME website and select Louis Vuitton stores in the region. Model Malika El Maslouhi poses with precious handbags and classic ready-to-wear pieces styled by Victoria Sekrier.
Carlijn Jacobs [IG]photographs the campaign with Axel Morin on film with Tony Romero as art director; Ryan Chappell as choreographer; Vincent Olivieri on set design.
Czech top model Eva Herzigova celebrates her 50th birthday, covering the March 18, 2023 issue of D la Repubblica [IG]. Anastasia Barbieri styles the mother of three sons in Acne Studios, AMI Alexandre Mattiussi, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Loro Piana, Michael Kors Collection, Polo Ralph Lauren, Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane, Sébline, Vivetta and more.
Hungarian musician and photographer Krisztián Éder [IG] photographs Eva Herzigova over two “magical” days in Paris.
In VogueUS April issue’s ‘Just One Thing’, top model Irina Shayk wears a neutral Gucci blazer four different ways. Shayk is styled by Tabitha Simmons in images by Cass Bird [IG].
Daniel Lee’s Burberry debut is gaining momentum, as he charts a new course for the brand. This part 2 drop of the new ad campaign called ‘The New Creative Expression’ delivers new personalities to help define the Burberry ‘family’.
The Burberry Family Expands
South Korean football star Son Heung-min became a Burberry ambassador in June 2022. The brand devotes major online presence to a serious interview with the Premier League player, now living in the UK.
Entering the Burberry fam is Georgia May Jagger, who delivers near British royalty as the daughter of The Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger and model Jerry Hall. Jagger also delivers a sensual jolt to the emerging Burberry narrative.
The star of the campaign is the Equestrian Knight logo, revived from the brand’s archives and oh so Burberry. Add him to a corgi image, and the Brits are swooning. I adore its presence everywhere — in an almost off-kilter manner. The knight is also ubiquituous in the fall 2023 collection — on labels in unexpected places. ‘Off-kilter’ is a Burberry theme on my mind.
Top model Taylor Hill covers the March 2023 issue of Mojeh, wearing haute couture with dazzling creations from Cartier’s BEAUTÉS DU MONDE High Jewellery Collection.
Pablo Patané styles Taylor in ‘Dreamland’s’ high-drama images, lensed by Luis Monteiro [IG].
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen fronts the Winter 2023 campaign for footwear brand Arezzo, lensed by Fernando Tomaz [IG]. Pedro Sales styles the campaign with creative direction by Giovanni Bianco and set design by Jean Labanca.
Arezzo & Co. the 50-year-old Brazilian conglomerate behind Arezzo, Gisele’s ad campaign featured here, Schutz and Alexandre Birman acquired 65 percent of Paris Texas footwear brand two weeks ago.
Arezzo Acquires Majority Stake in Paris Texas Footwear
The question is: will Gisele next be stepping out in buzzy Milan, Italy-based Paris Texas boots? That could happen.
It was Emily Ratajkowski who put Paris Texas knee-high leather boots on the map in 2018 via Instagram. The brand was founded in 2015 by sisters Annamaria and Margherita Brivio.
In Mid-January AOC previewed the covers and select images of supermodel Isabeli Fontana, who returned to Vogue Brazil January 2023, after a five-year hiatus.
Today, we share the entire fashion story of styled by fashion director Rita Lazzarotti with images captured by Lufré [IG] for an issue dedicated to ‘The Spirit of Summer’. / Hair and makeup by Henrique Martins
W Magazine [IG]embraces dopamine-dressing, hi-voltage, glamour in ‘Before Night Falls’ styled by Ola-Oluwa Ebiti. The model lineup includes Abény Nhial, Ling Chen, Nyagua Ruea, Xie Chaoyu and Yoonmi Sun.
London-born, Nigerian-Jamaican parentage photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is in the studio, capturing sleek silhouettes with some fabtabulous fashion froth on the side.
Top model Rebecca Leigh Longendyke poses in Midtown Manhattan streets, styled by Alex White in ‘Soft Power’ skirts and dresses for ELLE US . Photographer Christian MacDonald [IG] captures fashion sophistication undaunted by rain, wind and moving trucks in the city that never sleeps.
Carmen Dell’Orefice, age 91, delivers a show-stopping, breathtaking cover for the April 2023 issue of Vogue Czechoslovakia. Legendary photographer Albert Watson [IG] shot Carmen, who made her first magazine cover in 1947.
"When I photographed Carmen, it was possible to feel a certain line going back to the nineties, eighties, seventies, sixties and even the fifties. There was a sense of history from her, she radiates it," recounts the Scottish maestro.
American model Madison Headrick is glam and sensual on the March 2023 cover of Harpers Bazaar Turkey’s Cartier special. The fashion shoot took place in Turkey before the earthquake, and Headrick asks for help. Please consider supporting those affected by the earthquake disasters in Turkey by donating to AHNAP.org/ disasters-turkey.
Photographer Emre Dogru [IG]is behind the lens with styling by fashion editor Tugce Kilincli. The location is The Ritz Carlton Istanbul. / Hair by Serkan Akturk; makeup by Ece Birsen
What a gift Vogue Arabia has given to the world — this exquisitely beautiful fashion story in the March 2023 issue. My senses are in total overload and my heart is filled with gratitude to all the creative talent and energy assembled here.
The art collage of model Abuk Adier with Art Factory Studio [their website] posing with paintings by Rashid Al Khalifa [link] raises my pulse with expectations. The artist is interviewed on Vogue Arabia. Currently, he is the chairman of the National Council of the Arts and is honorary chairman of the Bahrain Arts Society.
This is just such a gorgeous gift to the world, and I love how Vogue Arabia weaves art into the fashion narrative. We’re seeing more of that at Global Vogue as well. But Vogue Arabia has a fantastic mission of educating readers about their world, and I appreciate the strategy tremendously. These images are burned into my brain, they are so intoxicating. ~ Anne
Supermodel/talent Gigi Hadid has four covers in the March 2023 issue of Vogue Netherlands. Linda Gumus Gerritsen styles Hadid in images by Gigi’s close friend Alana O’Herlihy [IG].
