W Magazine examines haute couture’s current embrace of a new fluidity, where draped fabrics swirl and caress the body. It’s all about freedom of movement and finding our inner desire to dance.
Top model Malgosia Bela is styled by Joe McKenna in Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture, Armani Privé, Dior Haute Couture, Fendi Couture, Jean Paul Gaultier Couture by Julien Dossena, Valentino Haute Couture and more.
Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] is behind the lens. /Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Thom Walker
V Magazine 145 takes a unique look at trends in wedding dresses, with model Aylah Peterson bringing her Aussie indy spirit to the fashion set for ‘Take the Plunge.’
Stylist Anastasia Barbieri chooses elegant ensembles from Dior, Givenchy, Gucci, Jacquemus, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, and Vivienne Westwood.
Photographer Alvaro Beamud Cortes [IG] is behind the lens./ Hair by Lorenzo Barcella; makeup by Luciano Chiarello
Top model Vivienne Rohner joins colleagues Cherokee Jack, Christine Munezero,Joshua Seth and Juhyung Kang in a Polo Ralph Lauren Holiday 2023 celebration. Meryl Griffith and Michel Botbol style Polo’s mix of urbane, relaxed glam and casual style pedigree, lensed by Steven Pan [IG].
Zara has removed this controversial advertising campaign from the front page of its website after pro-Palestine activists called for an international boycott of the retailer.
Inditex, the company that owns Zara, said on Monday that the photos were taken in September 2023, before the current war erupted between Hamas and Israel. The creative brief was approved in July — which makes sense to AOC.
However alert to perceptions gone wrong, I myself was in the process of writing about my night at the Louvre in Paris 20 years ago, marveling over the jazz-evening setup with the statuary in seeming disarray, strewn like these images but with blue strobe lights for extra effect.
Only when I went to Zara’s IG did I realize that something was very wrong with the campaign.
Tasha Tilberg returns to the fashion spotlight in short order, gracing the pages of Vogue Turkey’s December 2023 issue. Rising photographer Kadir Karademir [IG] captures Tilberg, one of the most visible models of the ‘90s, styled by Ceylan Atınç. / Makeup by Gamze Tekin Alp; hair by Nuri Sekerci
South Sudanese model Rejoice Chuol channels a primordial goddess origins story ‘Golden Hour’ for Numéro France’s December 2023/January 2024 issue.
Samuel Francois styles Chuol in shimmering sea, Mami Wata elegance from Balenciaga, Chanel, Givenchy, Miu Miu, Nina Ricci, Sportmax, Stella McCartney, Versace and more. The inspiring, poetic water-goddess splendor is lensed by Sofia Sanchez Mauro Mongiello.
Rising model Aylah Peterson takes the style spotlight in a richly-delicious fashion story ‘Sueños Lúcidos’ for Vogue Mexico’s October 2023 issue.
Peterson is joined by Eliseu Zimmer in a cast of fashion labels styled by Juan Camilo Rodriguez.
Matthieu Delbreuve [IG] photographs the fashion story ‘Lucid Dreaming’, a concept with a long, positive, enlightened history in Mexico that was bastardized — not only by American culture — but Spanish Catholic missionaries and European conquerors, as well.
Actor and intersectionality activist Indya Moore covers the December 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain [IG], named as their Activist Woman of the Year 2023.
JuanKr [IG] photographed the actor, who is styled by Christina Terron. / Hair and makeup by Cynthia de Leon
Indya Moore Proud Pro-Palestinian Activist
Living up to the Harper’s Spain award category honor, Indya Moore was among the 335 people arrested in New York’s Grand Central Station on October 27.
Model Mila van Eeten covers the December 2, 2023 issue of d Magazine from d la Repubblica, lensed by Nicola Delorme [IG] in ‘Halcyon’.
The choice of ‘Halcyon’ is not obvious. The month of December is portrayed as a time that’s idyllically happy and peaceful. Right now that seems like a fond memory.
We need the Greek definition, in AOC’s opinion. The halcyon bird had the power to calm rough ocean waves every December so that she could nest. It was she — and not humans —who brought a semblance of peace or tranquility to the world. Life could regenerate itself while she turned upright the human boat, sending it forward once more.
In the case of PatBo founder Patricia Bonaldi and Alessandra Ambrosio, it takes one to know one. We speak of two Brazilian women celebrating the opening of PatBo’s new boutique in the Miami Design District this week, along with their exciting new resort 2024 collaboration.
The latest trends in spa treatments or relaxing getaways bring a host of scientific and technology innovations very different from spa visits past.
Technology and Science Meet Ancient Traditions
In the near future, spas are expected to embrace artificial intelligence [AI] and virtual reality [VR] to create immersive and personalized wellness journeys.
Virtual reality is set to transform the spa landscape. By transporting guests into serene virtual environments, VR experiences can enhance relaxation and provide an escape from everyday stresses. More exciting, VR can transport us back in time, so that we might join our human ancestors in community based rituals, for example.
Dutch model Jamilla Hoogenboom delights in a simple but sophisticated fashion story for Madame Figaro France December 1, 2023.
Photographer Lise-Anne Marsal [IG] captures Hoogenboom in modern rough elegance that radiates beauty against a rocky terrain and winter coastline with styling by Julie Gillet.
The prodigious inner vision of Zhong Lin [IG] often leaves me very, very quiet, and this is one of those moments. Discovering her beauty story ‘Dysmorphie’ for Revue Magazine [IG] just now became a game of cat and mouse.
Tom Ford’s codes, “of glamour, sexiness, elegance, and beauty,” are embraced by promoted Tom Ford Creative Director Peter Hawkings as well, the designer told Vogue in advance of his September 2023 Milan Tom Ford runway debut.
In the just-released Spring 2024 Tom Ford ad campaign, the visual impact is Zegna with edge. Stars of the Tom Ford Spring 2024 campaign are Alaato Jazyper, Dara Gueye, Eva Komuves, Ilias Loopmans, and Jeanne Cadieu, lensed by Robin Galiegue [IG].
Tom Ford does not need fixing in the minds of Estee Lauder, the business tean at Zegna or Hawkings himself. In that case, who is better than Peter Hawkings to inherit the Tom Ford design mantle and not be obsessed with turning a design vision inside out to make it “his own.”
Photographer Anthony Seklaoui [IG] captured the Tom Ford SS2024 social media post-show ensemble that includes Aivita Mūze,Cherif Douamba, Eva Komuves, Ilias Loopmans, Kajsa Nasiell Nauckhoff, Nataly Vieira, Nyaduola Gabriel, Renee Bellerive, Rianne Van Rompaey, Sun Mizrahi and Wali Deutch. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Dick Page
Model Luca Biggs picks up the theme ‘Dream’ of Numéro France 242 November 2023 in images by Van Mossevelde + N [IG] and styling by Irina Marie. / Hair by Annesofie Begtrup; makeup by Marie Guillon
Australian model Aylah Peterson posed in images by Elizaveta Porodina [IG] to celebrate an archival Chaumet [IG] collection called ‘A Golden Age: 1965-1985’.
The installation was launched privately in Paris during late September 2023 and opened formally on October 5 during the Spring 2024 Women’s RTW fashion shows. It was extended in November and finally closed two days ago on December 2.
Model Anna Cleveland channels the spirit of opera singer Maria Callas, who would have turned 100 on December 2 in Vogue Greece’s December 2023 cover story, lensed by Richard Phibbs
Nicholas Georgiou styles Cleveland, who as Maria Callas expresses ‘La Divina’s’ appetite for a luxurious, glamorous lifestyle and fashion diva status, in addition to her global fame as an opera star.
Callas’ life is now the focus of Chilean auteur Pablo Larraín’s upcoming biopic ‘Maria’, starring Angelina Jolie. Early images released of Jolie as Callas bear a stunning resemblance to the opera diva, and she will wear some of Callas’ real clothes in the film.
As Louis Vuitton artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière [IG] celebrates his 10-year anniversary with the brand, as well as the renewal of his contract for another five years, HTSI Magazine [IG] launches a huge celebration around the designer, the label and the muses.
Bibi Cornejo Borthwick with WeFolk [IG] agency photographs the 10 models, talents and ambassadors for these remaining images, styled by Isabelle Kountoure.
Models and talents expand on HTSI’s IG comments quoted on AOC in a separate online article. They appear in chronological order of their first project with Nicolas Ghesquire for Louis Vuitton.
