Emmanuelle Lacou's Bold, Fiery Jewelry + Style Pairings by Jabe for Vogue Arabia
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Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello Flash Alay Deng in Lean Elegance for Harper's Bazaar Germany
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Photographers Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello [IG] consistently provide inspiring, gorgeous visual photography. I just followed their AOC Fashion tag for a much-needed dose of unadulterated fashion beauty.
Today the photographers capture American model Alay Deng in ‘All Dressed Up’ or ‘Californication’ depending on the source, styled by Kai Margrander for the January 2024 issues of Harper’s Bazaar Singapore and Harper’s Bazaar Germany.
Read MoreBottega Veneta Embraces Sumptuous, Modern Elegance in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta opened its third store in Milan on Tuesday, with a design perfectly integrated into Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a landmark location between the city’s Duomo cathedral and the Teatro alla Scala.
Covering about 2,600 square feet over two levels, the store is AOC’s favorite to date. It’s modern without being cold and sumptuous without being overbearing. Even the huge gold planter works for AOC. Love the green leather.
“There are different experiences of space in the store,” Matthieu Blazy told WWD. “I wanted to express the idea of a domestic interior referring to Italian modernist architecture that contrasts with the aesthetic of a spaceship. And to capture the intimacy and the imagination of getting dressed.”
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Tory Burch SS2024 Campaign Starts a Ruckus in Marfa, Texas with Grace, Ida and Selena
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Tory Burch [IG] strikes up the band, taking her Spring-Summer 2024 Campaign to Marfa, Texas, a small desert town in west Texas. population 1,748. Marfa has a very big reach both east and west as an arts center. Those damn liberals keep showing up in Marfa, trying to wreck the whole state of Texas, from the point of view of Governor Greg Abbott.
In fact, the arrival of this great campaign starring Grace Elizabeth, Ida Heiner and Selena Forrest is deeply political — perfectly timed as a clapback to the freakin’ absurd MAGA meltdown over Taylor Swift this week.
Only Taylor Swift appearing on horseback, disguised as a member of the Texas Rangers, but then jumping off her stallion and into the street guns blazing [in the air] to save Grace, Ida and Selena from an impending arrest would make this advert any better. What is their crime? Disturbing the peace.
Photographer Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] would be stupified over the entire scene but covering all the action from every angle. Meanwhile Brian Molloy does an excellent job styling this production, with hair by Jimmy Paul and makeup by Dick Page.
Read MoreSean Thomas Hits Aspen with Rebecca Leigh Longendyke for Harper's Bazaar France
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Harper’s Bazaar France’s February 2024 issue takes us to ‘Faraway Road’, where the good times roll in Aspen, Colorado’s winter ski season.
Photographer Sean Thomas [IG] gathers Dairinn Bowers, Evan Rosenfeld, Lee Keating Bowers, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke and Tom Bowers — and the Performance Ski Shop in Aspen [IG] — for the fashion story styled by Alex Assil.
Read MoreFei Fei Sun in 'Precious Little Things' by Ethan James Green for D Magazine January 27, 2023
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Top model Fei Fei Sun, who rests in the top rung of Chinese models worldwide, covers the January 27, 2023 issue of D Magazine [IG], part of Italy’s d la Republicca.
Fine Jewelry brands featured in the fashion story ‘Precious Little Things’ styled by Dara Allen include Bulgari, Chanel, Chopard, Dior, Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co, Messika, Pomellato and Van Cleef & Arpels.
D Magazine positions Fei Fei Sun as a leader in the new “Chinese wave” for this story lensed by Ethan James Green.
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Lana Del Ray Fronts SKIMS 2024 Valentine's Day Collection by Nadia Lee Cohen
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SKIMS is now fearless about firing one volley after another into the prized territory of the once-great Victoria’s Secret lingerie brand.
SKIMS co-ounder Kim Kardashian has broken the Internet more than once, and it happened again this week. SKIMS said in a statement on Tuesday morning, January 23:
"Due to record breaking traffic and unprecedented demand for our Valentine’s Day launch, our Skims site has crashed. Shopify is working to resolve the issue asap.”
Kim Kardashian may be considering the outrageous possibility of suiting up for battle with Victoria’s Secret — as in an aggressive move to buy Victoria’s Secret with backing of the largest VS stockholders.
Read MoreAgueda Lopez Covers Harper's Bazaar Vietnam Winter 2024 by Alberto Gonzalez
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Spanish model and Univision host Águeda López is married to award-winning, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi.
In these images Águeda López shares a cover of the Winter 2023/4 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam [IG]. Charlie Rincon styles the ‘The Last Venus Storm’ story — and it sizzles in images by photographer Alberto Gonzalez [IG]. /Makeup by Leo; hair by Javier Martinez
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This Is Sotheby's? The Stories Kristina O'Neill Can Tell As Head of Sotheby's Media
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Kristina O’Neill, former EIC of WSJ Magazine is now installed at Sotheby’s as Head of Sotheby’s Media and editor-in-chief of a revamped Sotheby’s Magazine.
What an exciting creative road lies ahead of her. AOC raises this topic because O’Neill seems perfectly primed to tap into the creative and business evolution going on at the world’s largest auction house. Visually, it’s one that expands the customer base and also acquires “heart” along the way.
O’Neill can catch the modernized Sotheby’s football and run with it. Her decade of work at WSJ Magazine reveals her status as a change agent. Only someone like AOC who can easily call up a decade of her work for review is aware that O’Neill was featuring Black talent long before the summer of 2020.
British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy comes to mind. Outside of a small feature in British Vogue in 2018, Addy shot for WSJ Magazine before any of the other major magazines.
Read MoreGrace Gay and Mila Bergsma as 'The Doves' by Koto Bolofo in Numéro 244 February 2024
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The opposite of stress is serenity, and the February 2024 issue of Numéro 244 does its very best to deliver a calming hope to a world in serious need of some. It is — in the words of the magazine — an offering of Love, Peace and Serenity to accompany the Hope, as the only possible response to these dark times we live in. Some more than others, but this is a truly dark and catastrophic time for large numbers of the world’s people.
One of the warmer, gentler, human lights on planet Earth is photographer Koto Bolofo [IG] and he creates a moment of collective peace to nourish our collective humanity and the poignant awareness of the suffering of others with his fashion story ‘Les Colombes’ [the doves].
Models Grace Gay and Mila Bergsma are styled by Rebecca Bleynie in modern goddess, fluid and ethereal fashion./ Hair by Anne Sofie Begtrup; makeup by Maria Olsson
Read MoreLVMH Reports Record 2023 Financial Results Adding $30 Billion to Market Value
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Louis Vuitton, Moët & Chandon and Hennessy [LVMH] reported 2023 year-end sales of 86.15 billion euros [$93.46 billion], representing a 10% organic increase in fourth quarter and a 13% organic growth yearly increase against 2022.
Profit from recurring operations stood at €22.8 billion for 2023, up 8%. The current operating margin remained stable with respect to 2022. In addition, LVMH has advised the markets that it anticipates no further price increases across its business units in 2024.
Now that he is back to being the richest man in the world, thanks to a 12% rise in LVMH’s stock price on Friday, Arnault’s practice of engaging his children in collective conversations around every aspect of the entire LVMH business over Zoom lunches — early breakfast in New York — reminds us that the family is not a Rupert Murdoch-like clan of cannibals.
Read MoreJulianne Moore Reflects on Her 'Gig' Work, Lensed by David Roemer for Harper's Bazaar UK
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Actor Julianne Moore is styled by Miranda Almond in her cover story for the February 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, lensed by David Roemer [IG].
In 2020, the New York Times named Julianne Moore one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. This Hollywood season Julianne Moore is playing opposite Natalie Portman in the controversial May December.
The film is the fifth time Moore has worked with director Todd Haynes.
Yesterday, we learned that Moore will star with Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, first English-language film from Oscar-winning Pedro Almodóvar.
In the world of fashion, Moore has been more devoted to Tom Ford than anyone else. Having just become an ambassador for Bottega Veneta, the actor says "I’ve known Matthieu [Blazy, the designer] since he was an assistant at Calvin Klein," she says. "He’s a tremendous talent."
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Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Stage Bottega 'Viral' Pre-Spring 2024 Campaign
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Bottega Veneta launches the ‘Readymade’ Pre-Spring 2024 campaign, with A$AP Rocky and Kendall Jenner featured in ‘paparazzi style’ images.
The rapper is fresh off becoming PUMA x Formula 1’s new creative director. Note that the new father of son #2 knows the inside business strategies of PUMA, due to partner Rihanna’s longstanding FENTY X PUMA relationship.
The Bottega Veneta campaign was actually shot by paparazzi who license images through Getty Images and Backgrid. The stars are always pursued by street-style photographers, so Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky just dressed in the new Bottega Veneta Pre-Spring [Resort] collection and hit the streets — knowing that the images would go viral.
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Anne V and Her Goddess-Worship Entourage by Petros Kouiouris for Numéro Netherlands
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