Nick Knight Captures Major #BlackGirlMagic in 'A Certain Romance' for British Vogue November 2019

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Nick Knight Captures Major #BlackGirlMagic in 'A Certain Romance' for British Vogue November 2019

Top models Adwoa Aboah, Anok Yai, Duckie Thot, Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, Lineisy Montero, Shanelle Nyasiase, Tami Williams, Ugbad Abdi and Winnie Harlow gather in ‘A Certain Romance’, fearless fashion glamour styled by Edward Enninful. Photographer Nick Knight is behind the lens for British Vogue’s November 2019 cover story./ Hair by Jawara; makeup by Val Garland

Adwoa, Jill and Ebonee Headline H&M Fall 2019 Conscious Recycled PET Bottles Collection

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Adwoa, Jill and Ebonee Headline H&M Fall 2019 Conscious Recycled PET Bottles Collection

Top model and activist Adwoa Aboah joins Jill Kortleve and Ebonee Davis in launching H&M’s Fall 2019 Conscious collection and campaign. The collection will be released worldwide in September.

Recycled polyester is the key material for H&M’s Fall 2019 Conscious Collection, found in the dresses, shirts, knitwear, outerwear and tailored pieces. Most often made from used PET bottles, recycled polyester is processed and spun to create a fabric that’s easy to care for. Meanwhile, the jersey pieces in the collection are made from organic cotton or blend made out of TENCEL™ lyocell fibres.

Eye: Mango's 'New Voices' Channel California Lifestyle As Students Join #FridaysforFuture Climate Strikes

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Eye: Mango's 'New Voices' Channel California Lifestyle As Students Join #FridaysforFuture Climate Strikes

Models, artists, activists — ‘New Voices’ Mango calls them — Adwoa Aboah, Jolie Allen, Luna Bijl and Sasha Pivovarova join actor Patrick Schwarzenegger in Mango’s Spring/Summer 2019 campaign. Camille Bidault Waddington styles the carefree quartet in images by Alasdair McLellan.

Naomi Campbell & Adwoa Aboah Say Happy Birthday To LOVE In Images By Mert & Marcus

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Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rising star Adwoa Aboah are styled by Katie Grandin images by Mert & Marcus for LOVE Magazine Fall/Winter 2018 10th anniversary celebration./ Hair by Marcia Lee, Syd Hayes; makeup by Lauren Parsons

WSJ Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue Shares Closeups Of Its 10 Top Models By Inez & Vinoodh

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WSJ Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue Shares Closeups Of Its 10 Top Models By Inez & Vinoodh

WSJ Magazine continues its 10 years anniversary with its focus on 10 top models. In alphabetical order, two images each, are Adwoa Aboah, Andrea Diaconu, Anna Ewers, Carolyn Murphy, Doutzen Kroes, Freja Beha Erichsen, Imaan Hammam, Karlie Kloss, Rianne Van Rompaey, Tao Okamoto styled by George Cortina in images byInez & Vinoodh. / Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Dick Page

10 Celebrated Models Cover WSJ Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue Lensed By Inez & Vinoodh

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10 Celebrated Models Cover WSJ Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue Lensed By Inez & Vinoodh

WSJ Magazine celebrates its 10th anniversary issue with 5 covers featuring 10 top models Adwoa Aboah, Andreea Diaconu, Anna Ewers, Carolyn Murphy, Doutzen Kroes, Freja Beha Erichsen, Imaan Hammam,  Karlie Kloss, Rianne Van Rompaey, and Tao Okamoto.  George Cortina styles 10 of the World's Most Celebrated Models lensed by Inez & Vinoodh.

Abbey Lee, Adwoa & Gigi Front Fendi Fall Winter 2018.19 Campaign Lensed By Karl Lagerfeld

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Top model and actor Abbey Lee Kershaw joins Adwoa Aboah and Gigi Hadid for Fendi's Fall Winter 2018.19 campaign, lensed by Karl Lagerfeld.

“The FENDI Women’s Fall/Winter 2018-19 advertising campaign shot by Karl Lagerfeld features the top sought after models of the moment perfectly embody and highlight the powerful and bold personality of the FENDI woman, as well as her free spirit. The modern and clean set of the campaign has a backstage allure, with an intentionally visible photographic backdrop and stand that conveys a new fresh and disruptive feeling.“

Elle Fanning & Co In Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2018.19 Campaign By Alasdair McLellan

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Miu Miu releases its Fall Winter 2018.19 The Conversation campaign featuring actors Elle Fanning, Rowan Blanchard, Raffey Cassidy and models  Adwoa Aboah, Kesewa Aboah, Georgia May Jagger, Ariel Nicholson, and Zoe Thaets. Alasdair McLellan is behind the lens with Katie Grand in charge of styling./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Lucia Pieroni; set design by Stefan Beckman

Adwoa Aboah Named One Of 10 Next Generation Leaders By TIME Magazine

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Adwoa Aboah Named One Of 10 Next Generation Leaders By TIME Magazine

Activist and model Adwoa Aboah is one of 10 rising activists, artists and athletes covering TIME Magazine as Next Generation Leaders, just another major achievement for a hard-working young woman with plenty of talent, a strong individualist bent, and a commitment to women and girls worldwide.

Growing up in London, Aboah, whose father is Ghanian, says she thought the fashion industry “had no room” for girls like her. Now she’s redefining what’s in vogue. “I put so many limitations on myself,” Adwoa says. “Now I set absolutely no boundaries.”  Reality is that Aboah was right about the fashion industry, but today she is a leader in change so pervasive, that I can't imagine turning back the clock to fashion models being primarily a white girls club. Of course, I never believed America would elect Donald Trump president either, so what do I know!!!

AOC has narrated Aboah's personal history multiple times. What we love the most about her is her activism and fierce feminism. TIME writes:

Cara Delevingne Wears Dior Confessional Dress & Purple Hair For Suffering, Royalty & Resurrection To Met Gala

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Cara Delevingne Wears Dior Confessional Dress & Purple Hair For Suffering, Royalty & Resurrection To Met Gala

The always relevant Cara Delevigne made bold beauty and gown choices for Monday night's Manhattan Met Gala's 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination'.  Allure notes that the actor and model's purple hair color is very relevant in the context of Catholicism. 

According to Delevingne's hair stylist Mara Foszak,  "violet is a symbolic color for Catholics; it's associated with mourning, the suffering of the crucifixion, royalty, and Christ's resurrection and sovereignty,"

Adwoa Aboah Heads To Ghana With Juergen Teller For Burberry Meetup With Aboah Clan Women

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Adwoa Aboah Heads To Ghana With Juergen Teller For Burberry Meetup With Aboah Clan Women AOC Eye

Model of the moment Adwoa Aboah heads to Ghana with Juergen Teller and friend British model Sonny Hall for the third part of her Burberry campaign. The first chapter was photographed in London, where Adwoa was born. The second part was shot in New York, where Adwoa lives now. And now the activist model is in Ghana, where her father, Charles Aboah, was raised. 

"I tried very hard not to be too emotional about this trip, but it’s so special for everyone to see where the story started. To be in Ghana means coming home. I’ve been able to bring close friends of mine here, and my grandma and my family have had a taste of what the other part of my life is like," Adwoa explained to British Vogue. 

Particularly smile-worthy is the image of Adwoa with her Ghanian relatives, including her grandmother Gladys Aboah, great-auntie Mary Asare, cousin Kensemaa Aboah and her auntie Tina (Ernestina Aboah), who also designed one-off outfits made from the Burberry Vintage check especially for the occasion. 

Inez & Vinoodh Flash Anja, Adwoa, Imaan, Liya + In 'Sleeping Beauties' For Vogue Paris April 2018

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Inez & Vinoodh Flash Anja, Adwoa, Imaan, Liya + In 'Sleeping Beauties' For Vogue Paris April 2018

Models Alma Jodorowsky, Rianne Van Rompaey, Anja Rubik, Adwoa Aboah, Imaan Hammam & Liya Kebede are styled by Emmanuelle Alt in 'Sleeping Beauties'. Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin flash the slumber party for Vogue Paris April 2018./ Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi

Adwoa Aboah Covers Allure Magazine's April 2018 Skin Issue, Lensed By Daniel Jackson

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Adwoa Aboah Covers Allure Magazine's April 2018 Skin Issue, Lensed By Daniel Jackson

Model of the moment Adwoa Aboah is styled by Beth Fenton in modern minimalism lingerie for 'Age of Adwoa'. Photographer Daniel Jackson is behind the lens for Allure Magazine's April 2018 'Skin' issue./ Hair by Esther Langham; makeup by Hannah Murray

Adwoa is interviewed by Brennan Kilbane about her nonprofit, Gurls Talk, an initiative that is the product of her own story -- one of healing, trauma, crazy success, and manic nosedives. Without a doubt, Adwoa Aboah is the star of a new era type of supermodel, a beautiful womanly color mix of brains and bravura who is in high demand as a model with beauty, heart and individuality.

As a teenager, Adwoa experimented heavily with drugs. Her addictions intensified as her career hit high-gear with her Italian Vogue cover. A few months earlier, the 'it girl' had attempted suicide.

Kilbane describes her subject as an "engaged, thoughtful, powerful woman" who makes her understand that solidarity is the antidote for the world we live in today. Adoah points to a tattoo on her wrists, a line from the poet Nayyirah Waheed’s book Nejma: “All the women. in me. are tired.” “I’m made up of many different women — my mum, sister, friends — who have all made me who I am. It reminds me that whatever I’m going through, there are lots of other women going through the same thing.”

Adwoa Aboah Channels Coco In Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Eyewear Spring 2018 Campaign

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Adwoa Aboah Channels Coco In Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Eyewear Spring 2018 Campaign

Rising model Adwoa Aboah is center stage in the 'she's got elegant glam' limelight, her white turban, pearls and camilla provide an iconic backdrop for Karl Lagerfeld's new Chanel Eyewear campaign.

Rianne Van Rompaey & Adwoa Aboah Are Lensed By Luca Guadagnino For W Magazine #2 2018

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Rianne van Rompaey & Adwoa Aboah Are Lensed By Luca Guadagnino For W Magazine #2 2018

Models Rianne Van Rompaey and Adwoa Aboah are styled by Sara Moonves as poignant, prairie girl princesses of the modern age. Photographer Luca Guadagnino captures the drained, empty gazes that speak loudly for W Magazine #2 2018./ Makeup by Dick Page; hair by Akki

Inez & Vinoodh Shoot A Lineup Of Fierce, Activist Model Portraits For i-D Spring 2018

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Inez & Vinoodh Shoot A Lineup Of Fierce, Activist Model Portraits For i-D Spring 2018

An all-star model lineup mixing icons and women on the move, brings together (in order) Doutzen Kroes, Anja Rubik, Adwoa Aboah, Christy Turlington, a pregnant Cameron Russell, Dara Allen, Hanne Gaby, Liya Kebede, Paloma Elsesser and Teddy Quinlivan, styled by Alasdair McKimm. Photographer duo Inez & Vinoodh are in the studio for I-D Magazine Spring 2018, the Radical Issue. All 10 voices are featured, so read on. 

Alasdair McLellan Eyes Elle, Adwoa, Cameron, Edie + At Arcosanti For Miu Miu's Spring 2018 Campaign

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Alasdair McLellan Eyes Elle, Adwoa, Cameron, Edie + At Arcosanti For Miu Miu's Spring 2018 Campaign

Arcosanti, born in 1970, continues to evolve as an experiential learning center, walk-through demonstration of how to pursue efficient 'lean' alternatives to urban sprawl. Conceived by Paolo Soleri'sconcept of compact city design, ARCOLOGY(ARChitecture and ecOLOGY) saves resources and improves quality of life for all.

Ever the thinker, Miuccia Prada launches Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2018 'Return to Arcosanti' ad campaign featuring actor Elle Fanning and top models Adwoa Aboah, Cameron Russell, Edie Campbell, Faith Lynch, Olivia Anakwe, Oumie Jammeh and Rianne Van Rompaey. Styled by Katie Grand with creative direction by Giovanni Bianco, photographer Alasdair McLellan captures this utopian future 70 miles north of Phoenix.

Led by the Cosanti Foundation Board of Directors, I note rather sadly that only one woman serves on this board of nine talented creatives envisioning our collective future. 

Adwoa Aboah & Julianne Moore Launch John Hardy 'Made for Legends' Campaign By Luigi & Iango

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Adwoa Aboah & Julianne Moore Launch John Hardy 'Made for Legends' Campaign By Luigi & Iango

Rising model Adwoa Aboah and actor Julianne Moore fronted John Hardy's Fall/Winter 2017 campaign, lensed by Luigi & Iango, with styling by Julia von Boehm./ Makeup by Gucci Westman; hair by Luigi Murenu

Artisan handcrafted jewelry brand John Hardy, founded in Bali in 1975, debuted 'Made for Legends in October 2017, as a new creative platform celebrating the personal power of femininity through the bold philosophy of wearing jewelry to express, to empower, and most of all, to honor the unstoppable potential of the self.

Those are lofty words but both Adwoa Aboah and Julianne Moore are activists as well as professionals practicing their crafts. 

For her first collection for John Hardy, designer Hollie Bonneville Barden, the first woman to take the house’s creative reigns, reimagined the classic Naga motif. Barden relocated to New York and Bali from London, where she was the creative director of De Beers.

Eye: Juergen Teller Captures Adwoa Aboah, Family & Friends For Burberry's Zeitgeist Images

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Juergen Teller Captures Adwoa Aboah, Family & Friends For Burberry's Zeitgeist Images

British model Adwoa Aboah skyrockets into another rung of fashion industry achievement, teaming up with photographer Juergen Teller in a new photo collaboration for Burberry. The images will drop throughout 2018 and feature Aboah together with her friends and family. In almost USA southern tradition, we meet Adwoa's including her cousins Alfie Husband, George Husband, Richard Theodore-Aboah and Kwame N’Dow, as well as Montell Martin and Mae Muller. The group occupies a park bench along Regent’s Canal in North London, wearing pieces from the brand's new collection, which will be available to buy from January.

Juergen Teller's work is popping up everywhere right now, with his trademark vision of scraping off glossy fashion veneer. Last night AOC featured The Cut's luxury jewelry and accessory baubles arranged in a first cousin of flower-arranging style Ikebana -- a look writer Stella Bugbee calls 'Freakebana'. 

Perhaps I'm spending way too much time watching 'The Crown' in the age of Trump -- against the backdrop of Charlottesville and Harvey Weinstein. Writing for T Magazine, Deborah Needleman spoke of Ikebana's contemporary appeal to “its direct and personal connection to nature, its awareness of and emphasis on decay in an era in which our own ecological and environmental ruin feels more vivid than ever.”

There is something quite deep going on here, in these new Burberry images, in the shakeup at British Vogue and the rise of Edward Enninful as editor-in-chief.