Gucci's Fall 2024 Campaign Prompts AOC's Research Into Lobotomies for Women

Gucci's Fall 2024 Campaign Prompts AOC's Research Into Lobotomies for Women

AOC has searched for days to find something positive about Gucci’s Fall 2024 Campaign [IG] with models Alaato Jazyper, Jiahui Zhang and Loli Bahia. Riccardo Zanola acts as artistic director in images styled by Alasdair McKimm and lensed by David Sims [IG]. / Hair by Duffy; makeup by Lucia Pieroni

Gucci Creative Director Sabato De Sarno sits atop this campaign, as he methodically and slowly ponders his way out of the red-ink mess that is today’s Gucci brand.

Global luxury brands Gucci and Burberry are vying for first place in this sea of red ink. Gucci — with its strong, leather-goods business — should not be in the same car-wreck pileup that includes Burberry, who does not have iconic handbags.

Not only has the Fall 2024 Campaign prompted AOC to investigate the history of brain lobotomies as a medical treatment for women disproportionally. Anne’s very high-grade, brain wiring just recalled the extreme degree of misogyny in the Italian Futurist movement, launched in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Read our insights on this subject.

When professionals cut open a luxury brand patient with a big heart and leave it bleeding profusely on the operating table for nearly two years, death is a real possibility.

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Victoria's Secret's 'Dream Lingerie' 2024 Campaign Stop on Its Reinvention Journey

Victoria's Secret's 'Dream Lingerie' 2024 Campaign Stop on Its Reinvention Journey

A quintet of Victoria’s Secret models past and present come together for the Victoria’s Secret ‘Dream Lingerie’ 2024 Campaign. The beauty lineup includes Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Devyn Garcia, Mayowa Nicholas and Taylor Hill. / Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Lauren Parsons; set design by Andy Hillman

For a professional who joined the Victoria’s Secret business at a 187 store count and stayed a decade as fashion director, head of product development and originally a merchant developing a home store concept, these gorgeous images by Angelo Pennetta [IG] take me into the past.

Certainly, if one is trying to return Victoria’s Secret to its original glory, this is one way to do it. The business has tried everything else in its reinvention journey.

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Toni Garrn's August 2024 Poolside Elegance for ELLE France by Xavi Gordo

Toni Garrn's August 2024 Poolside Elegance for ELLE France by Xavi Gordo

Top model Toni Garrn covers ELLE France [IG] August 8, 2024, styled by Anne-Marie Brouillet in poolside-ready, crisp, summer classics in the fashion story ‘Lumiéres d’'Août'.

Photographer Xavi Gordo [IG] captures Garrn wearing Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Eres, Ferragamo, H&M, Isabel Marant, Loro Piana, Miu Miu, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo and more.

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Harper's Bazaar UK Fall 2024 Fashion Overview 'Siren Call' by Erik Madigan Heck

Harper's Bazaar UK Fall 2024 Fashion Overview 'Siren Call' by Erik Madigan Heck

We know a new fashion season is upon us with photographer Erik Madigan Heck [IG] dropping ‘Siren Call’, Harper’s Bazaar UK’s [IG] fashion overview of fall 2024 style looks. The location is Mull of Kintyre, the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula in southwest Scotland.

Polish model Kornelia Korpusinska and Scotland’s Lucia Fairfull — who closed the Dior Resort 2025 event — take the spotlight as Leith Clark styles the fashion shoot, which feels younger than in past years. / Hair by Hiroshi Matsushita; makeup by Andrew Gallimore

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Eva Herzigova Covers Harper's Bazaar Spain in 'Paris I Love You' by Xavi Gordo

Eva Herzigova Covers Harper's Bazaar Spain in 'Paris I Love You' by Xavi Gordo

Supermodel Eva Herzigova covers the July/August 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain [IG], styled by Cristina Terron in four Bulgari-riches, black sleek and sensual luxury looks from Coperni, Jacquemus, Mugler and Alaïa.

Barcelona-based photographer Xavi Gordo [IG] is in the house, capturing a ‘Paris, I Love you’-inspired cover fashion story that plays well on both sides of the Atlantic . / Hair by Massimo Serini; makeup by Raquel Álvarez Díaz

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Hilary Rhoda's Impeccable Elegance by Sofia & Mauro in Harper's Bazaar Germany

Hilary Rhoda's Impeccable Elegance by Sofia & Mauro in Harper's Bazaar Germany

Model Hilary Rhoda delivers elegant fashion pedigree to the August 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Germany [IG]. Posing for a digital cover in Louis Vuitton faux feathers, Rhoda wears Tiffany & Co jewelry throughout the fashion story ‘Big Cinema’.

Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello [IG] are behind the lens.

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Meerle and Sterre Haket's Poetic Ballet Story by Julia Morozova in Vogue Czech July 2024

Meerle and Sterre Haket's Poetic Ballet Story by Julia Morozova in Vogue Czech July 2024

Dutch models, 21-years-old twin sisters Meerle and Sterre Haket grace the pages of Vogue Czechoslovakia [IG] July 2024 issue. Photographer Julia Morozova [IG] captures the sisters in a ballet-themed fashion story ‘L’utimo Ballo’, styled by Federica Centonze. / Hair by Lorenzo Barcella; makeup by Elena Bettanello

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Renewed: Can Kamala Harris Unite Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift For America's Future

Renewed: Can Kamala Harris Unite Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift For America's Future

Scanning all of Apple News for Karlie Kloss news just now, 5 percent of the coverage included Karlie Kloss celebrating her baby son Elijah’s first birthday in July [IG] and her major hire of Michiel Steur for Bedford.

Once Besties: Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift

The remaining 95 percent of Apple News coverage of Karlie Kloss is devoted to her recent positive commentary on Taylor Swift. No lie!

Karlie is suddenly acknowledging her Swiftie ties. What does this mean? Call Anne clueless.

But I do have a brainstorm idea for getting this duo together — a call to collective action by 2024 presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris. A call for protecting America’s suddenly fragile democracy.

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Saint Laurent Story with Natasha Neilson by Daphne Nguyen in Vogue Australia August 2024

Saint Laurent Story with Natasha Neilson by Daphne Nguyen in Vogue Australia August 2024

Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello places a fashion story ‘In the Fading Hours’ with model Natasha Neilson in the August 2024 issue of Vogue Australia [IG]. Kaila Matthews styles the shoot by photographer Daphne Nguyen [IG] with styling by Kaila Matthews. / Makeup by Jasmine Andallaoui; hair by Michele McQuillan

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Raha Moharrak, Adventurous Bag Lady in Vogue Arabia Saudi Issue 2024

Raha Moharrak, Adventurous Bag Lady in Vogue Arabia Saudi Issue 2024

In these images for Vogue Arabia’s [IG] June 2024 Saudi issue, Raha Moharrak sets off on a local adventure with friends, showcasing the perfect travel accessories. The fashion shoot arranged with Platinum Heritage Eco Tours [IG] was styled by Mohammad Hazem Rezq and photographed by Rudolf Azzi [IG]./ Hair by Karolina Kurowicka; makeup by Sara Yunis

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Yumi Nu Covers Vogue Japan September, Lensed in Okinawa by Felicity Ingram

Yumi Nu Covers Vogue Japan September, Lensed in Okinawa by Felicity Ingram

Yumi Nu in Okinawa for Vogue Japan [IG] September 2024. Styled by Giulia Revolo, Nu wears Fendi on the cover.

Nu was born in Englewood, NJ of mixed heritage, with her mother being Japanese and her father of Dutch descent. Her maternal lineage traces back to Okinawa, the largest of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands in the southern part of Japan.

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Ferragamo FW 2024 Campaign Brews Thoughts on Italian Renaissance & Kamala Harris' Presidential Run

Ferragamo FW 2024 Campaign Brews Thoughts on Italian Renaissance &  Kamala Harris' Presidential Run

The rise of the Medici family 1400 years after the founding of Florence is a pivotal chapter in world history, marking a period of extraordinary cultural and political transformation.

The Italian Renaissance Is Relevant

These historical facts are on Anne’s mind because of the timeliness of the Italian Renaissance and its connections to several Italian houses like Brunello Cucianelli and Loro Piana. I don’t think of Ferragamo as a philosophical brand, in the way that Brunello Cucianelli is deeply devoted to the humanist philosophy. But they could be.

In the pursuit of accuracy, there’s no argument to be made that Loro Piana is seeped in philosophy either. However, one weekend in June, AOC’s post on Bella Hadid’s Orabella launch suffered a collision with an Apple News post titled ‘Human Consciousness Is an Illusion’.

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Sha’Carri Richardson Wins Silver Medal in Paris, Fronts Vogue US August Olympics Issue

Sha’Carri Richardson Wins Silver Medal in Paris, Fronts Vogue US August Olympics Issue

Photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] delivers richly well-done images of Olympic runner Sha’Carri Richardson in a sporting fashion story for the Vogue August’s 2024 digital issue. Julia Sarr-Jamois styles the track star inn Ralph Lauren Collection for the cover and slinky white dress, Bode tank top and shorts, and Nike Team USA Olympic leotard and bikers. / Hair by Key Rentz; makeup by Sally Branka; no credit for Richardson’s outstanding talons.

Richardson won her first Olympic medal today, after suffering the sad suspension for the track star at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Today was a far happier event for Sha’Carri Richardson, when she won silver in Paris. Was silver — not gold — a surprise? Yes. And her gold medal loss was 1/4 of a second to Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.

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'Vanilla Twilight' Lensed by Annemarie Sterian for Vogue Philippines August 2024

'Vanilla Twilight' Lensed by Annemarie Sterian for Vogue Philippines August 2024

Vogue Philippines [IG] August 2024 shares a fashion story ‘Vanilla Twilight’, with styling and creative direction by Alexandre Dornellas. Models Jonathan Forlee, Kiana Rachelle and Skye wear Gucci, Lukhanyo Mdingi, Merchants on Long, Rethread and Viviers lensed by Annemarie Sterian [IG]. / Makeup and hair by Neveen Scello

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Tory Burch FW 2024 Campaign, Lensed in Lisbon by Jamie Hawkesworth

Tory Burch FW 2024 Campaign, Lensed in Lisbon by Jamie Hawkesworth

‘Experimental’ is not a word used over the last 20 years to describe designer Tory Burch [IG]. When she presented her Fall 2024 collection at the New York Public Library last February, a new adjective arose to describe Burch — one we love. The word was ‘daring’.

Vogue Runway summed up the Fall 2024 Tory Burch collection, writing: “Let’s just say she’s come a long way from the people-pleasing crystal embellished tunics and Reva flats that were her earliest successes.”

The Fall 2024 campaign photographed by Jamie Hawkesworth [IG] in Lisbon, Portugal plays with light and quiet joy. It captures Tory Burch’s new word — which is good — because fashion hammers the same words to death. We need some new words — in this case ‘sublime’.

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