CR Fashion Book editor-in-chief, the indefatigable fashion industry heroine Carine Roitfeld is in top-tier exection mode for issue 22 of her eponymous magazine.
Issue 22 is dedicated to ‘Mother Nature’ in a nod to Earth Day on April 22 and the late Dame Vivienne Westwood. Karlie Kloss channels Westwood, who was not only a fashion provocateur, but also an ardent environmental activist.
The godmother of punk — as channeled by Kloss in fashion eccentric looks styled by Roitfeld — is photographed by Emma Summerton [IG]. Guillaume Lauruol handles art direction, with set design from Viki Rutsch./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Maki Ryoke
Stylist Anna Trevelyan [IG] is part of an AI first, working with CGI image and video maker Nik Gundersen [IG] to create the romantic, gotthic location of her dreams for 10 Magazine [IG].
Model Maike Inga poses in the cool new AI artform that allows visionary, creative imaginations to flourish and excel. Paris-based photographer Rob Rusling [IG] was a willing participant in the creative exercise and speaks to both the opportunities and threats that accompany the new AI platforms on his IG.
Stylist Trevelyan promises many new shoots coming because she is “embracing the future”.
The Extraordinary Benefits and Challenges of AI
AOC has embraced a new writing program that puts to shame all the unsolicited garbage writing posts that come my way, under the guise of a sponsored post posing to be me.
Saint Laurent reveals its summer 2023 campaign, shot by Juergen Teller. The photographer tends to break with his more familiar images, expressing a rare sensuality for the German photographer— and particularly in this summer campaign.
Styled by Paul Sinclaire, the ensemble includes Awar Odhiang, Camille Chifflot, Chaima Ameziane, Freja Beha Erichsen, Marilou Hanriot.
The Sun Rises Again on the Human Body
“To me, the body says what words cannot,” Martha Graham, the revered, radical American modern dancer and choreographer, said about her dance movements.
Graham, a muse for the spring/summer collection and Saint Laurent Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello are in sync in a mutual embrace of an unapologetic physicality — a languid elegance that is most appealing.
The Chanel 22 bag was first presented in the French luxury brand’s Spring-Summer 2022 Ready-to-Wear show. Today BLACKPINK’s Jennie Kim steps into the spotlight as a Chanel ambassador, with her own Chanel 22 bag on her shoulder.
The Chanel 22 Bag campaign has rolled out in a sequence that also includes Lily-Rose Depp, Margaret Qualley and Whitney Peak, in three different settings: Los Angeles, Palm Springs and New York.
Regular Chanel contributors Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photographed Jennie Kim in Seoul, South Korea.
To AOC, the collages also tap into new visual imagery being unleashed in the rapidly emerging field of AI and its ability to create sophisticated visual composites.
British model Tara Halliwell channels old-world Britain and its European masters meets 21st century modernism with a hit of wit for Numéro March 2023 #237 issue.
Photographer Szilveszter Makó [IG] is behind the lens, with stylist Lisa Jarvis selecting the fabric-driven ensembles with at-ease silhouettes.
Flossie Saunders styles ‘Rock Steady’, a fashion story of investment jewelry with a modern vibe, lensed by Amie Milner [IG] for The Sunday Times Style UK March 5, 2023./ Makeup by Martina Lattanzi; hair by Lewis Pallett
Marie Claire China’s April 2023 issue turns to the world of art for inspiration in styling its cover story. Model He Cong poses as the muse channeling world-reknown artworks.
Shanghai-based photographer Leslie Zhang [IG] captures He Cong in an exceptional effort by Marie Claire China’s entire creative team to reach for the high bar. It’s inspiring to observe./ Hair by Zhao Wenzhi; makeup by Yang Kaichun
Model Ansley Gulielmi is styled in classic cream and black minimal, modern elegance with decorative flower touches by Tugce Bahcivangil for this visually strong fashion story in Vogue Turkey March 2023.
Photographer Can Buyukkalkan [IG] captures Gulielmi in ‘Moda Dünyası Güçlerini Birleştiriyor’ [‘Fashion World Joins Forces’]./ Hair by Ismail Inan; makeup by Ece Birsen
Model Abby Champion exudes perfect pitch in Chanel Beauty’s Spring/Summer The Hazy Red Look. Leila Smara styles the shoot, lensed by Karim Sadli [IG]./ Hair by Damien Boissinot; gorgeous makeup by Cecile Paravina
Supermodel businesswoman and Tropic of C eco-lifestyle brand, sustainable swimwear environmentalist Candice Swanepoel covers the March 2023 issue of Vogue Brazil.
Rita Lazzarotti styles the wide-ranging mix of Brazilian and international luxury brands that are distinctly modern. Julia Filgueiras works as art director on the cover story with photography by Lufre [IG].
On her own IG, Candice is particularly fond of the Ferragamo look featured in burnt fall colors. It changes colors with body heat.
Dutch fashion model Rianne Van Rompaey covers the second 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar France, photographed in London by Alasdair McLellan [IG].
Today’s popular culture does not value discretion, but we don’t see an obvious financial price to be paid for models living a lower-profile life.
As long as a model remains respected and popular enough to generate income in media or on the runway — she must create value for her clients, after all — s[he] may enjoy a well-rounded life of experiences and opportunities that most people only dream about. These pros aren’t caught up in the social media hype machine that reduces models earning $20 million a year and more to weep live on IG over the misery of their lives and unfair Instagram comments.
Rianne Van Rompaey has that balance in her life. So do Vittoria Ceretti and Saskia De Brauw. Two Dutch models and an Italian. When one considers that it’s the Americans who weep, this reality begs for more thought. It’s a light bulb moment!!
Supermodel Candice Swanepoel follows her Vogue Netherlands March 2023 cover story, joining the Carolina Herrera Eyewear family in a spring/summer 2023 campaign lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG] with styling by Alba Melendo./ Makeup by Manuela Pane, Paco Garrigues
One of the most tactically brilliant spring-summer 2023 ad campaigns we’ve seen so far is the pairing of photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] and actor, singer, songwriter Dove Cameron for Carolina Herrera [IG]./ Makeup by David Koppelaar; hair by Olivier Schawalder
AOC says “brilliant” because not only are we looking at the visually-compelling photography of the uber-talented Porodina. The entire campaign executed under the creative vision of Carolina Herrera’s Creative Director Wes Gordon is accompanied by an informative interview with the creatives, published in ELLE magazine.
Not a Canned Press Release
The campaign is accompanied by a discussion of the trained clinical psychologist gone rogue photographer’s style and how Dove Cameron first “fell in love” with Wes Gordom when he asked her to be his date to the 2021 CDFAs.
The ELLE story, birthed in Paris in October 2022, is even filled with information about Elizabeth’s unique camera techniques, which AOC has backed since her first entrance into the fashion photography scene.
American model Dilone, of Dominican descent, is on AOC’s ‘more, please’ list. The actor/model poses in Brasilia, Brazil in the April 2023 issue of Vogue Netherlands.
Linda Gumus Gerritsen styles the athletic earth daughter, who wears modern-architecture, spare but fluid silhouettes and fabrications for the warm-weather fashion story lensed by Arran & Jules [IG].
Brazil was a major home to brutalist architecture, long associated with independence movements in a post-colonial world. Against a verdant, tropical backdrop and with the addition of glass in some countries style preferences, the architectural style appears much warmer and human than that Parisian parking lot [see end of post].
You’re not alone if you did a doubletake over the model in Zimmermann’s new Summer 2023 Swim Collection. Indeed, the two-piece bandeaus are sexy . . . especially with gold jewelry accents.
The black and white graphic ‘sunflowers’ crochet dress is fabulous, but who is the blonde? We love the two-piece, strapless green bikini, but why does she look so familiar and yet . . . like a seaworthy, modern woman Aphrodite?
Model Cara Taylor reminds us to never judge a book by its cover. Never ever! You never know the person living inside the mind of that brunette American model from Alabama.
Whether it’s three days, three months, or never looking back, Taylor reminds us that every woman should walk where angels do not tread.
Supermodel Adut Akech graces the pages of POP Magazine #48, styled by Tamara Rothstein. Photographer Arnaud Lajeuneie [IG] is behind the lens, capturing a modern style approach to sexy, frothy femininity./ Hair by Kim Rance; makeup by Vassilis Theotokis
On the heels of model Cara Taylorgoing blue-blood blonde in the new Zimmerman campaign, blonde model Anna Ewers goes strawberry blonde in the pages of British Vogue April 2023.
Anna’s images by Zoe Ghertner [IG] are diminutive against nature’s green majesty. Jane How styles Ewers in fluid fine knits, but Her Green Majesty dresses herself, for ‘Within a Budding Grove’.
Bella Hadid greets longer days and brilliant sun as the face of Louis Vuitton 2023 sunglasses campaign, joined by Taiwanese singer, musician and actor Ouyang Nana.
Carine Roitfeld styles the campaign with Bella and Ouyang in images by Steven Meisel. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
Top model Vittoria Ceretti shows off a side of her fashion persona not typically revealed. We are backstage as Vittoria prepares for her runway walk in a larger atmosphere fraught with tension.
There is an eye that tears, having to deal with the most difficult model in the world, or perhaps a frenzied creative director giving orders a bit too harshly. Speaking for herself in ‘Vittoria Ceretti: Semplicemente, Sono Felice [I’m Simply Happy.]” lensed by Vito Fernicola [IG] the model is at peace.
Canadian model Jessica Stam was honored in early March by Marc Jacobs with his 2023 reissue of the Stam Bag. Stam also booked a major runway presence in the recent fall 2023 show.
Today Stam appears in the pages of Vogue Italia April 2023 in ‘Jessica Abita Qui’[‘Jessica Live Here’], wearing body-con, casual and athletic-life clothes styled by Georgia Pendlebury.
Photographer Thurstan Redding [IG] captures Stam, who sold her New York apartment last fall. A great lover of New York, her life now extends far west.
