Gucci Is Bleeding to Death & Sabato de Sarno Is Not the Doctor She Needed
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Versace SS 2025 Campaign Talks 'Individuality as an Attitude' by Mert & Marcus
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Versace [IG] shares its SS 2025 ad campaign ‘Individuality as an Attitude’, led by Chief Creative Director Donatella Versace, with photography by Mert Alas [IG] and Marcus Piggott [IG].
Models Chen Yang, Jacqui Hooper, Loli Bahia, Karyna Maziar, Mona Tougaard and Tristan Watkins are styled by Jacob K with art direction by Ezra Petronio and Lane Petrusevych./ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Lucia Pieroni
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Taps Skateboarder Tyshawn Jones As Friend of the House
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Louis Vuitton Taps Skateboarder Tyshawn Jones As Friend of the House
Luxury house Louis Vuitton doesn’t need to use three banned in America initials i-e-d when reinforcing the 21st century DNA of the world’s largest luxury brand.
There’s no luxury house that AOC watches more closely than Louis Vuitton in understanding their ‘take’ on where we’re heading culturally. I should clarify that it’s Louis Vuitton Men — more than women’s — that clarifies the brand’s vision in the public sphere.
AOC didn’t understand just how tight former Christian Dior Men’s creative director Kim Jones was with Virgil Abloh, when Jones was at the helm of Louis Vuitton Men’s from 2011-2018 and passed the baton to Abloh as his mentor.
With Pharrell Williams succeeding Abloh [RIP] — we’re looking at a continuous cultural vision for LV that’s about 15 years old across three creative directors who formed their own modern-day rat pack.
Read MoreVogue Philippines Takes Us to Baguio and Cordillera Cool, Lensed by Borgy Angeles
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Vogue Philippines Takes Us to Baguio and Cordillera Cool, Lensed by Borgy Angeles
Vogue Philippines takes us to ‘Baguio and Beyond: Fresh Fashion Framed by Cordillera Cool’, the cover story for its February 2025 issue. Manila-based photographer Borgy Angeles [IG] captures the vibrancy of Baguio — if not its history and America’s role in creating it [literally].
We meet at the Cordilleras, where “craft, community, and indigenous wisdom reverberate through the land. Models Lake Cabrias, who the team scouted from its Manila casting call, and Fofai, who hails from the Kalinga region, hold handwoven lampshades on their hips and wear Filipino designers’ works inspired by the crafts that come out of these unique, divine-inspired lands.
America’s Colonial Ties to the Philippines
The American colonization of the Philippines happened through the Treaty of Paris at the close of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Months later, the Philippine-American War broke out in 1899, as Filipino revolutionaries sought genuine autonomy after years of Spanish dominance.
The war, which lasted until 1902, was marked by brutal combat and significant casualties, ultimately resulting in the establishment of American sovereignty over the islands.
Read MoreHow Desert Surfing Captured AOC’s View of Zimmermann’s Spring 2025 Campaign
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How Desert Surfing Captured AOC’s View of Zimmermann’s Spring 2025 Campaign
It makes sense now that AOC has struggled to discuss the gorgeous Zimmermann 2025 Ad Campaign, featuring model Abeny Nhial as inspired by the ‘70s cult surfing film ‘Morning of the Earth’. Not until Anne queried ‘desert surfing’ was AOC in sync with Benny Horne’s exquisite Zimmermann campaign images shot in Morocco.
Conceptually, desert dunes have long captured the human imagination with their striking landscapes and haunting beauty. In the Arab world, these natural formations hold significant physical and cultural importance.
Keep in mind that these magnificent images of Abeny Nhial, wearing Zimmermann’s Illuminate Macramé Gown, capture the very contradictions expressed in the 21st century reality of desert surfing.
Properly-lined for a more modest audience than Hollywood, the Illuminate’s DNA is in perfect sync with new fashion waves being created in the ‘foreign lands’ of Zimmermann’s most successful store.
Read MoreLibby Bennett & Valerie Scherzinger by Glen Luchford Cover Bazaar Italia N.17
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On December 6, 2024, a crew from Bazaar Italia’s new issue N.17 — devoted to the Extreme Self — was in Los Angeles to shoot one of the cover stories.
The entourage included British model Libby Bennett, who covered Bazaar Italia’s issue N.15 November 2024 issue and returns again with a print cover for the new issue.
American model Valerie Scherzinger has been working in fashion since 2020. She takes two issue N. 17 covers: the black and white digital, followed by her glam girl print version.
Photographer Glen Luchford [IG] led the creative team in capturing ‘Lost Highway’, immersing us in a cinematic atmosphere that evokes the artistic community of Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Sunset Boulevard days before catastrophe happened in LA. Those images are uniquely precious today, capturing a ‘California Dreaming’ moment days before many of those same sights burned beyond recognition in one of the most devastating fires in the history of California.
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Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection in Family Style 004 Winter 2024/25 by Bob Jugger
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Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection in Family Style 004 Winter 2024/2025 by Bob Jugger
Family Style magazine’s approach to content is the cultivation of a quarterly dinner party involving voices and creative personalities in food, fashion and culture.
Designer Ralph Lauren has long been at the center of this still escalating trend of branded dinner parties. Polo Bar, Ralph Lauren’s first New York City restaurant, opened a few steps east of his company’s flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street a decade ago.
In late December 2024, AOC noted that Moncler’s Italian billionaire CEO Remo Ruffini expressed great admiration for all that Ralph Lauren has achieved with graciousness and style. Ruffini called out Ralph's Coffee, the café attached to the flagship on the corner of Old Bond Street and Burlington Gardens.
Polo Ralph Lauren’s FW 2024 Campaign celebrated ‘Ralph’s New York’ in an emotional and heartfelt way. The campaign featured items from the growing Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection.
Today, these Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection pieces have made their way to Family Style Magazine 004 Winter 2024/2025.
New York-born stylist and storyteller Edward Bowleg III collaborates with photographer Bob Jugger [IG] in ‘Always and Forever’, presenting the Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection
Read MoreBarbour x ERDEM Spring 2025 Loveliness and Re-Loved Initiative at Harrods
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Barbour x ERDEM delivers exquisite, modern loveliness in the form of a new capsule collection with four key utilitarian, wax jackets from Barbour [IG] and romantic, garden-inspired, poetic dresses and skirts from ERDEM [IG].
Throughout the lookbook, each jacket buttons over ERDEM billowing, lustrous cloud-like chiffon skirts and dresses styled by Felix Paradza and lensed by Jackie Nickerson [IG]./ Hair by Maki Tanaka; makeup by Amy Conway
Read MoreKim Jones and Virgil Abloh: As Jones Exits Dior Men, We Discover Him as Mentor to Abloh
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As Jones Exits Dior Men, We Discover Him as Mentor to Abloh
The clues were few that British designer Kim Jones was about to leave Christian Dior Mens, especially after delivering one of the most ‘stupendous’ shows of his career in his Fall 2025 presentation in Paris last on Friday last week.
Praise for Jones has been lavish from his peers, with widespread consensus that Kim Jones’ seven-years tenure at Dior Mens “accelerated the convergence of men’s fashion, art, and celebrity to warp speed.”
Kim Jones and Virgil Abloh
In writing this post, AOC was not aware of the very close relationship of Kim Jones and Virgil Abloh. We share a major taste of the duo together.
The future for Kim Jones will include his work with Charleston Trust, where the designer became a vice president in fall 2024.
Read MoreVivien Solari in Fashion Poetry, Lensed by Emma Tempest for Numéro 251 February
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Model Vivien Solari is styled by Irina Marie in ‘Réverie Solitaire’, lensed by Emma Tempest for Numéro 251 February 2025./ Hair by Ryo Narushima; makeup by Simone Gammino
Read MoreDeborah Akanni's Muse-Inspired, Spring 2025 Luxury for Marie Claire Italia
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Model Deborah Akanni delivers a muse-inspired, classical, museum-worthy fashion story for Marie Claire International [IG] and Marie Claire Italia’s February 2025 Spring issue. Swedish photographer Pelle Lannefors [IG], based in Paris and Stockholm, is behind the lens and no one’s IG speaks to this excellent location.
Florence Deladrière styles Akanni in rich luxury fashion from Adidas, Chanel, Church’s, Dior, Dries Van Noten, Hermès, Lacoste, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Max Mara, Michael Kors, Miu Miu, Prada, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartnery and more. / Hair by Cicci; makeup by Khela
Read MoreRianne Van Rompaey Stars in Chloé SS 2025 Campaign Lensed by David Sims
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Rianne Van Rompaey Stars in Chloé SS 2025 Campaign Lensed by David Sims
Dutch sensual beauty and top model Rianne Van Rompaey delivers spectacular images for the Chloé [IG] SS 2025 campaign. Elodie David styles Rianne in sublime images by David Sims [IG].
The campaign is privileged escapism at its best. In this complicated time in our shared global history, it may surprise you to read AOC say “we’re here for it.” The campaign images are a welcome quickie getaway that absolutely recharges our minds and bodies.
Our resilience needs nourishment, no matter how dedicated we are to the fight for democratic, humanist values. This campaign delivers.
Read MoreVogue China's Spring 2025 Fashion Optimism by He Cong in Casual Color Riches
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Vogue China’s [IG] February 2025 issue delivers ‘The Palette of Spring’, a straightforward but also dopamine-dressing dose of fashion-driven positivity and optimism.
Model He Cong is styled by fashion editor Vivienne Sun in global brands like Miu Miu, mixed with Chinese brand Buerlangma, in images by Trunk Xu [IG]./ Hair by MingHu Zhang; makeup by Valentina Li
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Lisa of BLACKPINK Covers V Magazine #152 Four Seasons Lensed by Inez & Vinoodh
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V Magazine #152 Spring Preview 2025 shares four beautiful, seasonal covers featuring global pop sensation Lisa Manobal [IG] of BLACKPINK, lensed by photographers Inez & Vinoodh [IG] on the eve of Lisa’s first solo album release ‘Alter Ego’. The pop star is styled by Genesis Webb and Hunter Clem in primarily, but not exclusively, Louis Vuitton with jewelry from Bulgari./ Makeup by Ariel Tejada; hair by Glenn Coco
Read MoreMiriam Leone As Famed Journalist 'L'Oriana' Fallaci in Vogue Italia February 2025
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Miriam Leone As Famed Journalist 'L'Oriana' Fallaci in Vogue Italia February 2025
Actor Miriam Leone covers Vogue Italia’s[IG] February 2025 issue, styled in the total Prada cover by Elena Mottola, lensed by Maciek Pozoga [IG].
Oriana Fallaci: The World’s Fearless Journalist
The early years of Oriana Falluci’s career, the late 1950s, when she was still called "the girl from the movies" working for ‘L'Europeo’ are not exposed widely in Italy or globally. This history is the focus of ‘Miss Fallaci Takes America’.
The idea for the TV series grew out of Italian/British writer director Alessandra Gonnella’s short film ‘A Cup of Coffee with Marilyn’, filmed in London in 2019. That short was based on the true story about a young Oriana Fallaci, living in America and chasing Marilyn Monroe for an interview in the 50s. The short film received wide exposure and recognition, especially in Italy where it was awarded the best fiction short film prize in 2020 by the Italian Union of Film Critics.
Read MoreBurberry Artists Strike a Perfect Pitch As Mothership Finds Momentum
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Burberry Artists Strike a Perfect Pitch As Mothership Finds Momentum
Burberry [IG] is celebrating Valentine’s Day 2025 with a series of paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Jack Kenna [IG]. The modern-perspective artist creates unconventional pairings of familiar objects in a bold, abstract style.
Kenna’s commissioned Burberry artwork features the Rocking Horse bag, an essential Burberry gift inspired by the house’s equestrian heritage and two very different perspectives on the Burberry scarf. From the Burberry website, add yet another painting of the Mini Snip Chain bag.
In Burberry’s Reinvention: Hope Springs Eternal
Burberry posted positive news in the third quarter ending Dec. 28, with a comparable store drop of 4%, compared with a business analysts forecast of 12%.
New Burberry CEO Joshua Schulman is credited with stemming the double-digit sales declines that defined the first half of 2024. As Schulman noted in a call with analysts, the American market, led by Burberry’s refurbished New York store resulted in a 4% increase Y2Y in America for the 3rd quarter.
Read MoreLily-Rose Depp Is A 'Rare Bloom' Wearing Chanel Lensed by Karim Sadli for Bazaar UK
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