Versace [IG] celebrates Hollywood history, returning to Los Angeles and the Marmont Hotel for its Fall 2024 campaign. Mert & Marcus [IG] are behind the lens, capturing models Vittoria Ceretti, Fernando Lindez, Hedi Ben Tekaya , Lee Minseok and Loli Bahia.
Chateau Marmont officially opened its doors in February 1929, 95 years ago, just months before the stock market crash that heralded the Great Depression. It offered refuge for decades to celebrities, Hollywood stars and rich people engaging in frequent debauchery behind its secretive walls.
Supermodel, supermom, superactivist Karlie Kloss is styled by Gro Curtis in ‘Force of Nature’, a modern woman fashion story lensed by Emma Summerton [IG] for V Magazine Fall 2024 preview. / Makeup by Romy Soleimani; hair by Bob Recine
In a bit of brilliant marketing, in AOC’s opinion, Karlie is wearing Loro Piana ‘Into the Wild’ collection— with swagger. The brand positioning is perfect for Loro Piana because of Karlie’s long list of accomplishments.
Karlie Kloss’ To Do List
The list includes Kode with Klossy, devoted to hands on tech camps for girls across America; and more recently, Gateway Coalition, focused on reproductive care for American women under assault with the overturn of Roe. In short order Gateway has directed more than $3 million in donations to abortion clinics in the Midwest.
Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri was recently called the most modern couturier working today by Vogue’s Nicole Phelps.
In trying to explain her ‘design ethos’, while unintentionally drawing a line in the sand between herself and Christian Dior, Chiuri explained further. “Couture has historically been about ‘building the body’ with its corset foundations and highly-structured silhouettes. But I don’t want to build the body, I want to release it.”
For her Fall 2024 collection, Chiuri turned to the Miss Dior boutique, opened in 1967 to showcase a separate ready-to-wear collection during the tenure of Marc Bohan.
The designer explained: “I think he was really visionary for the time because the couture house was in difficulty. They had this relationship only with these couture clients—and women were changing. Not all the couture-house creative directors were so visionary to understand the new era, and new women.”
Actor Emma Corrin covers the August 2024 issue of S Moda El Pais, lensed by Pablo Sáez [IG] in ‘Tiempo De Antihéroes’.
“Boys are idiots…” Corrin’s villianous character says in the film. Like the non-binary Corrin, Cassandra Nova’s shaved head and superpowers dramatize the actor’s own desire “to explore, change, and not be pigeonholed.”
Director Shawn Levy seeks to render Cassandra as an anti-villain, a charming and nice human who suddenly ups and kills someone. The character is only evil some of the time — a frequent signature in Marvel’s films.
Rising model Mary Ukech is styled by Stella Greenspan in ‘Free Form’ fashion looks shapes, patterns and textures from Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Dior, Prada and more. Photographer Lucie Rox [IG] captures Ukech for the June 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Honoring American Vice President Kamala Harris, Preparing to Battle with MAGA in an Epic Fight for America’s Future
This is not a time for the feint-hearted. Find your backbones and FIGHT for our Great Country.
Life is not perfect and neither is America. We can only move forwards, and not undo the dreadful parts of our past history. So organize yourselves; get everyone registered to vote; and go out there and fight for the country your ancestors died for.
MAGA’s Project 2025 seeks to destroy all progress made in the last 50 years in this country. Everything is gone from contraception to gay marriage.
We’ve got one shot to stop it, and Kamala Harris is our leader.
Vogue China’s August 2024 fashion story ‘On Your Mark’ features supermodel Xiao Wen Ju, who celebrates fitness and the upcoming Olympics in her editorial commentary. Photographer Leslie Zhang [IG] captures the cover story styled by Vivienne Sun with creative direction by Matt Mcdonald.
Supermodel Bella Hadid’s latest street style moment sought to make the adidas SL72 sneaker summer-games supreme. Originally crafted for road runners, the SL72 was released in conjunction with the 1972 Olympic games back in the day, long before many AOC readers were born.
On Thursday, July 18, the American Jewish Committee spoke out against the campaign and called for Adidas to “address this egregious error.”
It makes far more sense to AOC that in a world of young people globally protesting in support of Palestine, and the SN 72 debut at the Munich Olympics that adidas — with or without Bella’s knowledge and cooperation — decided to turn up the global heat with this campaign.
AOC fears Adidas has bet that young people will rally around the shoe as a symbol of pro-Palestinian resistance, once Bella has been attacked by the Israeli press and numerous anti-semitism groups in America and Germany. How sad.
Irina Shayk covers the August 2024 issue of Vogue Korea [IG] in her first collaboration with the magazine.
Fashion style-editors Eunyoung Sohn and Dahye Kim worked with Matt Holmes, dressing Shayk in MiuMiu’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection, lensed by Philip-Daniel Ducasse.
Model and Instagram chef Gabbriette [IG], who combines food with fashion, invites us to join her on a London small market shopping trip. On the menu is fluffy scrambled eggs on sourdough.
“Food makes people happy,” Gabbriette tells British Vogue [IG]. Plus, “eating is sexy.”
Chemena Kamali could write a book about the history of Chloé, having worked there as an obsessed junior designer under Phoebe Philo and then again under Clare Waight Keller. Everyone says that Kamali understands the soul of the brand.
Chloé Fall/Winter 2024 campaign models include Jessica Miller, Kristine Lindseth, Liya Kebede, Ornella Umutoni, Saphira Krumhaar, Shuqi Lan and Suvi Riggs — lensed by Sam Rock.
Just three letters spelled out the new day at Chloé: J-O-Y! The world is in serious need of a bit of joy, and Chemena Kamali is here for the moment — along with her buckets of design and marketing talent.
Rising [powerhouse?] model Adit Priscilla takes three covers for the July/August 2024 issue of Vogue Portugal [IG] days after sharing her Numéro NL cover story with Bampara Kouyate.
Wearing Norma Kamali on the cover above, styled by Marisa Ellison, Priscilla is lensed by Brooklyn-based Myesha Evon [IG].
Model Adit Priscilla and athlete, model Bampara Kouyate cover the July 2024 issue of Numero Netherlands [IG]. Fashion director Gabriella Norberg styles the duo in images by Fabien Montique [IG]. / Makeup by Thomas Lorenz; hair by Dalibor Vrtina
Top model Lulu Tenney wears Prada on the August 2024 cover of Vogue Spain’s August issue, joined by Jean Campbell in a high-energy, modern cover story that stretches beyond the always included players.
Brands like Dior and Gucci benefit from a list that also includes smaller brands like Carven, Duro Olowu [IG], Etro, Ferragamo, Jil Sander, Moschino, Vaincourt and more, styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois.
Photographer Oliver Hadlee Pearch [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Spain August 2024./ Hair by Franziska Presche; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Top model Mica Arganaraz is styled by Sarah Richardson in a debut fashion story lensed by Malick Bodian [IG] for EIC Richardson’s new media brand Beyond Noise [IG]. / Hair by Benjamin Muller; makeup by Amy Drammeh; set designer by Amy Stickland
Model Sara Eirud is styled by Cathy Kasterine in ‘Lone Ranger’, a look into fall 2024’s focus on “fashion’s wild frontier’lensed by Boo George [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] July/August 2024./ Hair by Yoshitaka Miyazaki; makeup by Natsumi Narita
Burundi model Divine Mugisha leaves a lasting impression in W Magazine China’s July 2024 Chanel Beauty story ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Katie Shillingford styles the exquisite images by Andrew Vowles [IG].
Supermodel Anja Rubik covers the July-August 2024 issue of Vogue Turkey, exuding her private brand of deeply-rooted, sensual elegance in this lingerie-inspired fashion story.
The frequent face in the Yves Saint Laurent stable is styled by Sandy Armeni in images by close collaborator Chris Colls [IG]./ Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Itano Megumi
The August 2024 issue of American Vogue shares a fashion story ‘Line Items’ featuring model Grace Burns. Jorden Bickham styles Burns in classic red-white-blue stripes and other ‘jauntiest’ patterns for the season, lensed by Grace Ahlbom [IG], who was mentored by Ryan McGinley.
Deauville, a charming seaside town in Normandy, France, holds a special place in the history of fashion as the birthplace of modern Chanel fashion. It was here in 1913 that Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel opened her first boutique outside Paris. Deauville's affluent visitors and relaxed atmosphere provided the perfect backdrop for Chanel to revolutionize women's fashion.
Coco Chanel introduced a new aesthetic that embraced simplicity, comfort, and elegance — with menswear and the lives of men being a key psychological component in Chanel’s approach to fashion design for ‘liberated’, wealthy women.
Leisure as a signature of wealth surrounded Coco in her observations of Deauville's elite vacationers.