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Amanda Wellsh Wears Rich Patterns In Laurie Bartley Images For Elle US October 2017
Model Amanda Wellsh goes 'Into The Woods', styled by Vanessa Chow in pattern-rich, artisan-inspired designs. Photographer Laurie Bartley is behind the lens, capturing Amanda at the gorgeous Harriman Estate called Arden for Elle US October 2017.
Soo Joo Park Gets Raw In McQueen, Lensed By Peter Ash Lee For New York Magazine September 2017
Top model 'Soo Joo Park Gets Raw in McQueen', styled by Rebecca Ramsey in September 2017 images by Peter Ash Lee./ Hair by Neil Grupp; makeup by Yuki Hayashi
A slick new 'The Cut' from New York Magazine features Soo Joo Park in a series called 'Extremes', exploring the outer edges of style. Writing of Alexander McQueen's Fall 2017 collection, we learn that creative director Sarah Burton "was inspired by the enduring “Cloutie tree” tradition of Cornwall, England, where pilgrims make wishes by tying rags to trees. She translated the ancient practice into a collection full of painstakingly hand-sewn embroidery, elaborately tailored leather pieces, and a wild pagan spirit — a perfect match for Park. "
The October 2017 issue of Vogue US goes 'Full English' with a model and talent cast that includes late night host James Corden, Sienna Miller, Welsh actor Luke Evans, English rugby player Chris Robshaw, actors Bertie Carvel and Dominic Cooper, Jean Campbell, Nora Attal, Edie Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Lara Stone, and Suki Waterhouse. The Brit gaggle is styled by Sara Moonves and Michael Philouze for images by Mario Testino./ Hair by Odie Gilbert; makeup by Charlotte Tilbury
James Corden issued a statement on Monday that he was 'disappointed' in himself after kissing former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on the cheek at an Emmys after party. Twitter went ballistic over Spicer's appearance at the awards show as an attempt to normalize the Trump administration. Corden's kiss on Spicer's cheek only stirred the brew. Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
The 'Unstoppable' Priyanka Chopra Covers Vogue India September 2017, Lensed By An Le
Actor and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra covers the September 2017 issue of Vogue India, lensed by An Le. Stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania chooses glam looks from Nina Ricci, Dolce & Gabbana, The Blonds, Michael Kors Collection and more.
Chopra's 'Quantico' will return for a third season after a 2017 timeout for a critical redesign.
Scottish designer Jonathan Saunders has been chief creative officer of America's iconic Diane von Furstenberg or DVF since May 2016. In short order, Saunders injected modern color, clashing prints and expert draping techniques that pay homage to the original Smart Sensuality image of the brand.
These changes came into view in DVF's Fall 2017 ad campaign, an homage to New York City and all its people. Lensed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch and styled by Camille Bidault-Wadddington, with art direction by Jonny Lu, the campaign features Luna Bijl, Yoon Young Bae, Angok Mayen, and Cara Taylor amongst real New Yorkers in Harlem, Tompkins Square Park, and Liberty Island. "The people that the girls interacted with were kids that were dancing in the streets in Harlem and these beautiful boys, who we met on a bench in Tompkins Square Park, all these real people in New York that symbolize to me what is so brilliant about this city," Saunders told Refinery 29.
"New York is this brand’s home. Yes, it’s international, yes, travel is so important to this brand, but New York is its home," he says. Not to mention, "New York has always been an inspiration to me," Saunders continues. "I’ve always been inspired by the time in New York in the ‘70s where Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, all these incredibly cool, incredibly creative people made such beautiful and extensive bodies of work within this city."
Charlee Fraser Channels No Frills Fashion By Alique For Vogue Germany October 2017
Aussie indiginous-heritage model Charlee Fraser is styled by Nicola Knels in Georgia O'Keeffe -inspired images, lensed by Alique for Vogue Germany October 2017. / Hair by Chi Wong; makeup by Benjamin Puckey
Black Barbie Duckie Thot Stuns In Paola Kudacki Images For Paper Magazine Fall 2017
Rising model Duckie Thot gives a meaty interview to Michael Cuby in the Fall 2017 Beautiful People issue of Paper Magazine. Duckie covers the issue in stellar images by Paola Kudacki, ones that pay homage to the Australian-Sudanese model's stunning doll-like features now maximized in styling by Jason Rembert. Duckie herself has embraced what Twitter calls her Black Barbie features.
Cuby walks where angels dare not tread . . . a man's description of an always-articulate black woman's beauty:
Duckie's skin color is a large part of the reason her name has slowly (but, no doubt, surely) become a mainstay for the fashion set. It's a warm, mocha chocolate that's impossibly smooth and even-toned, and its dark hue is striking in a way that has made her simultaneously adored by casting agents looking for something radically different to the white industry norm and uplifted by the onlooking people of color observing -- and celebrating -- her increasingly rapid success.
Speaking of being a Black Barbie, Duckie responds: "Barbie is this perfect thing that walks around and I'm definitely not perfect. . . . "I'm so happy that people say that about me, because it basically is a lovely thing to be introduced to the world as this Black Barbie. I will take the title."
Eye: Absolut's Big Bang Ad, Copper NYFW Caddy Cab & Water For People Philanthropy
Epic' is an overused word in modern vocabs, but Absolut's new commercial from BBH London delivers an epic, about 14 billion years of Earth and humanity history lesson in 60-seconds flat. AdWeek writes:
Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (who won three straight Oscars for cinematography between 2013 and 2015, for Gravity, Birdman and The Revenant), directed the spot, which opens in black space, except for a pulsating white dot, primed to explode and set the universe—and everything it would encompass—in motion.
“It all started one night,” says a woman’s voiceover at the outset. “A night that felt like it had been night for eternity. When, right out of the darkness, BOOM! An idea. The mother of all ideas.”
A Defiant Emmy Awards Show Finds Backbone For Women From Handmaids To Victims Of Domestic Abuse
No more listening to talking heads make their Emmy Awards predictions. Boy did those guys screw up . . . and they were mostly guys, if I think about it. Perhaps they got it wrong, because as Joanna Robinson writes for Vanity Fair: "the Emmys raised a surprising middle finger to the patriarchy."
On the same Sunday that America's asshat president was Tweeting a meme of him driving a golf ball into Hillary Clinton, knocking her down as she boarded a plane, it was revenge of The Handmaid's Tale in LA on Sunday evening. Yes, 'Big Little Lies' was expected to take home some statues, but no one predicted that the evening would become a fierce of women's rights under total threat by the Trump administration.
The night was anti-Trump and the Saturday Night Live wins were not as pro-women as anti-Trump, even if Kate McKinnondid wear a white pantsuit and thank Hillary Clinton.
Leave it to Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton to go off-script, bringing the sassy tone of their '9 to 5' movie to the stage in Los Angeles. “Back in 1980, in that movie, we refused to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot,” Fonda said. “In 2017, we still refuse to be controlled by a sexist, hypocritical, lying, egotistical bigot,” Tomlin chimed in to massive cheers from a liberal audience totally Trumped out. The night's first standing ovation for feminism was in the house.
Then came the night's big surprise, and it wasn't big wins for 'This Is Us', the predictable family drama.
Thanassis Krikis Captures Claire De Regge In Fall Elegance For Elle Poland October 2017
Model Claire De Regge is styled by Ina Lekiewicz in sophisticated fall neutrals. Photographer Thanassis Krikiscaptures the fashion looks seaside for Harper's Bazaar Poland October 2017./ Hair by Pablo Kuemin; makeup by Hara Papanikolsou
Kerryn Paasia Is 'Almost French' In Christopher Ferguson Images For Elle Australia September 2017
Photographer Christopher Ferguson captures model Kerryn Paasila in 'Almost French', styled by Rachel Wayman for Elle Australia September 2017./ Makeup by Molly Warkentin; hair by Michele McQuillan
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Jackie Nickerson Captures Grace Bol For AnOther Magazine Fall/Winter 2017
South Sudanese, Kansas-City raised model Grace Bol is lensed by Jackie Nickerson, with superb styling in AnOther Magazine Fall/Winter 2017.
Barbara Podzimkova & Lake Malawi Cover Harper's Bazaar Czech, Lensed By Andreas Ortner
Models Barbara Podzimkova and Lake Malawi are styled by Jana Kapounova in Andreas Ortner images for Harper's Bazaar Czech October 2017./ Hair by Martin Tyl; makeup by Hristina Georgievska
Birgit Kos Enjoys Red Woman 'Room Service' By David Sims For Vogue Paris October 2017
Rising Dutch model Birgit Kos smolders as the lady in red, styled by Emmanuelle Alt. Photographer David Sims flashes the sensual elegance as 'Room Service' for Vogue Paris October 2017.
Kaia Gerber Is Edgy Bohemian In Lachlan Bailey Images For Vogue UK October 2017
Rising model Kaia Gerber is styled by Clare Richardson in Force of Nature'. Lachlan Bailey is behind the lens for Vogue UK October 2017./ Hair by Shay Ashual; makeup by Mark Carrasquillo
Kaia Gerber, now 16, walked the NYFW runway at Calvin Klein Collection, Coach, Alexander Wang, Fenty x Puma and Marc Jacobs, where she closed the show. Supermodel Cindy Crawford spoke about Kaia and son Presley Gerber'sblossoming careers to Vanity Fair in April. The Crawford/Gerber family has moved on to Europe for more hard work and Saturday's Burberry show.
Photographer Marco Van Rijt Explores Gender Duality For Numero #186 September 2017
Models Linda Helena , Wallette Watson, Archer & Skylar Penn are styled by Paul Sinclaire in Dualité, lensed by Marco Van Rijt for Numero #186 September 2017. / Hair by Sabrina Szinay; makeup by Gitte
Ulrikke Hoyer Is Global Traveler Lensed By Charlotte Wales In Vogue Paris October 2017
Photographer Charlotte Wales flashes 'La Mode Aux Trousses' starring Ulrikke Høyer in ready-to-go clothes styled by Charlotte Collet in Vogue Paris October 2017./ Hair by Christian Eberhard; makeup by Petros Petrohilos
Ulrikke Hoyer is the young model sent home from the Louis Vuitton cruise show in Tokyo for being too fat -- somewhat bloated -- after her flight. Hoyer went public, making her protest a significant catalyst in the mutual decision of LVMH and Kering to declare new standards in model sizing, ones more in line with the great supers of the '90s. None of them would fit in today's model runway clothes.
Under Emmanuelle Alt, Vogue Paris has become fashion milktoast. The staging of Ulrikke's new editorial is surely anchored in visual coincidence, but it does carry a rare VP message. Perhaps VP was consulted about the upcoming changes on model sizing from LVMH and Kering.
Hilary Rhoda Channels Dance Moves In Robert Hamada Images For T Magazine Singapore
Top model Hilary Rhoda strikes dance-inspired poses in slightly-aloof but smoldering black and white images captured by Robert Hamada. The brunette beauty is styled by Carrie Weidner in Jil Sander, Kenzo, Prada, Chanel and more for T Magazine Singapore.
Three Ex-Google Women File Pay Gap Lawsuit In California, Inviting Class Action Status
Three former Google female employees filed a lawsuit in San Francisco on Thursday, claiming that Google systematically pays women less money and fails to promotes qualified women as frequently as men. The women hope to make their case a class action one, representing all women who have worked at Google since 2013, writes an in-depth analysis of the case and the plaintiffs in Wiredmagazine.
Google is also the subject of a US Department of Labor investigation into potential pay policies that discriminate against women, writes Wired. Preliminary analyses showed large gaps; confirmed anecdotally in data compiled by female Google employees who insist they are paid less than men in most job categories, according to the New York Times.
A spreadsheet, obtained by The New York Times, contains salary and bonus information for 2017 that was shared by about 1,200 United States Google employees, or about 2 percent of the company’s global work force.
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Luigi & Iango Capture Vittoria Ceretti In Monastic Fashion For Vogue Italia September 2017
Top model Vittoria Ceretti extends the theme of Vogue Italia's September 2017 homage to all matters Italian, with strong ecclesiastical references to the Vatican and the foundations of Christianity. Patrick Mackie styles Vittoria in monastic, fluid looks lensed by Luigi & Iango. / Creative director Giovanni Bianco; makeup by Yumi Lee
The sensual, sexual, conflicting undertones of religion in modern life and women's history are prevalent in the September 2017 issue of Vogue Italia. The magazine's willingness to explore political and cultural themes in its pages continues after the death of beloved editor Franca Sozzani. We are thankful for the continued pov.
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