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.

 

Karolina Kurkova Is Cold-Weather Fuzzy By Gilles Bensimon For Elle Russia January 2018

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Karolina Kurkova Is Cold-Weather Fuzzy By Gilles Bensimon For Elle Russia January 2018

Top model Karolina Kurkova goes snow bunny in colorful, cold-weather fakery styled by Ekaterina Mukhina. Photographer Gilles Bensimon is behind the lens for Elle Russia January 2018./ Hair by Helene Bidart; makeup by Lloyd Simmonds

Gisele Fox & Sara Grace Wallerstedt Front 'Fit to Print' By Gregory Harris For Interview Magazine Dec./Jan 2017.18

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Gisele Fox & Sara Grace Wallerstedt Front 'Fit to Print' By Gregory Harris For Interview Magazine Dec./Jan 2017.18

Models Gisele Fox and Sara Grace Wallerstedt are styled by Elin Svahn in newsworthy patterns 'Fit To Print', lensed by Gregory Harris for Interview Magazine December/January 2017.18./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Sally Branka

Ajak Deng Blooms In 'Earthly Delights' Lensed By Ed Singleton For Elle UK December 2017

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Ajak Deng Blooms In 'Earthly Delights' Lensed By Ed Singleton For Elle UK December 2017

Model Ajak Deng is styled by Solange Franklin in sumptuous prints and a blooming paradise of 'Earthly Delights', lensed by Ed Singleton for Elle UK December 2017./ Makeup by Stoj; hair by Tetsuya Yamakata

Deng revealed recently that she auditioned for a role as a Bond Girl in the new James Bond film, but was rejected due to her 'good looks'. She was, alas, "too pretty".

Accused Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson Will Sell Team, As Sean Combs Launches Bid To Be First NFL Black Owner

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Accused Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson Will Sell Team, As Sean Combs Launches Bid To Be First NFL Black Owner

America's post-Weinstein sexual-harassment/sexual assault reckoning reached the NFL over the weekend, in a series of swift moves that culminated in Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardsonannouncing that he will sell his franchise at the end of the season.

“I believe that it is time to turn the franchise over to new ownership,” Richardson said. “Therefore, I will put the team up for sale at the conclusion of this NFL season. We will not begin the sale process, nor will we entertain any inquiries, until the very last game is played. I hope everyone in this organization, both on and off the field, will be firmly focused on just one mission: to play and win the Super Bowl.”

 

On Sunday rapper and music mogul Sean Combs, aka P Diddy, took to Twitter saying that he would like to buy the Panthers, promising to be "the best NFL owner that you can imagine". Diddy promised to consider hiring Colin Kaepernick, who launched the NFL's players feud with President Trump, and was at the center of NFL players taking a knee worldwide.

If Diddy were to own the Panthers by himself, he would become the league's first majority African-American owner. Our instincts say that the list of African American sports players who would join an ownership syndicate run by Diddy is huge. So he can raise the money.

Back that with a national social media campaign with Americans of every skin color supporting this bid, and Diddy's group would have the upper hand, leaving the NFL owners to fight sexual harassment allegations in the league, the Colin Kaepernick ongoing story and a Trumpian/post-Charlottesville mindset among progressives that would trash the NFL owners beyond belief if the league retained its white owners status. 

 

Craig McDean Captures Ruth, Selena, Jess PW & Kiki In Dior For AnOther Magazine A/W 2017.18

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Craig McDean Captures Ruth, Selena, Jess PW & Kiki In Dior For AnOther Magazine A/W 2017.18

Models Ruth Bell, Selena Forrest, Jess PW & Kiki Willems are styled by Katie Shillingford in Dior's fall collection, lensed by Craig McDean for AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2017.18./ Hair by Damien Boissinot; makeup by Val Garland; set design Jean-Michel Bertin

Paulo Vanier Captures Style Artistry In 'Todo Poder' For Elle Brazil December 2017

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Paulo Vanier Captures Style Artistry In 'Todo Poder' For Elle Brazil December 2017

Models Aisha Mbikila, Loïc Koutana, Maria Oliveira, Nabillah Sedar, Nérida Cocamáro and Woolmay Denson Pierre are styled by Lucas Boccalão and Anderson Rodriguez in 'Todo Poder' (All Powerful). Photographer Paulo Vainer is in the art studio for Elle Brazil December 2017./ Hair & makeup by Helder Rodrigues

Merkel & Macron Called King & Queen of Europe

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Merkel & Macron Called King & Queen of Europe

Euro News calls German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron the king and queen of Europe. 

Choreographed or not, the moment epitomised the unity and common purpose that the two leaders want to present, now that a British Prime Minister is no longer able to build alliances to challenge their countries' positions as the pre-eminent forces of the European Union.

It appears that Brexit has only driven them closer together. Not only do they finish each other's sentences, but they broke with tradition at the EU Summit, giving a joint press conference.

The German Chancellor has heaps of problems on her plate, including forming a government in limbo after the September elections. Leaders of Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Friday to enter talks on a new government led by Merkel conservative Union bloc (CDU). Merkel's earlier attempts to form a coalition with two smaller parties collapsed in November. What seems clear is that SPD is seeking an arrangement that will keep Merkel as Chancellor and thwart any possibilities that the German government will collapse. 

In France, Emmanuel Macron's popularity has recovered in what Politico Europe calls an 'unprecedented' bounceback. Fifty-two percent of respondents in a new poll are now satisfied with Macron's presidency, an increase of six points.

Codie Young Goes 'Bold Red' In Dennis Leupold Images For Vogue Taiwan December 2017

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Codie Young Goes 'Bold Red' In Dennis Leupold Images For Vogue Taiwan December 2017

Model Codie Young is styled by Melina Chen in 'Bold Red' femme-power looks from Balenciaga, Dior, Altuzarra and more. Photographer Dennis Leupold is behind the lens for Vogue Taiwan December 2017.

Maggie Maurer Shimmers, Flashed by Sølve Sundsbø For Numéro 'Stellaire' #189 Dec/Jan 2017.18

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Maggie Maurer Shimmers, Flashed by Sølve Sundsbø For Numéro 'Stellaire' #189 Dec/Jan 2017.18

Model Maggie Maurer continues photographer Sølve Sundsbø's solo-vision, silvery, shimmering fashion pages called 'Stellaire' for Numero #189 December/January 2017.18.

Willy Vanderperre Captures Saskia de Brauw In Vivianne Westwood's Heroic Looks For AnOther Magazine A/W 2017.18

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Willy Vanderperre Captures Saskia de Brauw In Vivianne Westwood's Heroic Looks For AnOther Magazine A/W 2017.18

Models Saskia de Brauw, Daan Duez, Henry Kitcher and Joseph Signoret are styled by Olivier Rizzoin 'Vivienne Westwood and (husband) Andreas Kronthaler: Clothes for Heroes'. Photographer Willy Vanderperre captures the edgy, goddess-inspired, regal looks for AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2017./ Hair by Tina Outen; makeup by Thomas de Kluyer

Marta Dyks Wears Lush White, Cold-Weather Knits Lensed By Marcin Kempski For Elle Poland January 2018

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Model Marta Dyks is styled by Karolina Limbach in lush, cabled white sweater knits for Perla Alp, lensed by Marcin Kempski for Elle Poland January 2018.

Olivier Rousteing's Balmain Army Marches Into Pre-Fall 2018 With Great Words For New Owners

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Balmain's Creative Director Olivier Rousteing introduced the luxury brand's Pre-Fall 2018 Collection. Digital artist and retoucher Pascal Dangin eyes the go-forward, strong-woman members of Rousteing's Balmain Army: Katrin Zakharova, Yvonne, Valery Kaufman, Aleyna FitzGerald and Katrin Thormann. /Makeup by Phophie Mathias; hair by Yoann Fernandez

“It’s hard for a designer after seven years to feel like there can be a new chapter,” admitted Rousteing, ever youthful (and talking about his new owners Mayhoola for Investments, and new CEO, Massimo Piombini) . “They’re making me feel that there’s a new story to tell.” But all this internal reinforcement wasn’t the only story behind such a dazzlingly Parisian collection. With his take on the French tricolor—that is, blue, silver, and red—the designer was seizing on the positive energy so palpable in the French capital right now. He electrified the motif as zigzag and chevron patterns so that the results registered equal parts patriotic and Ziggy Stardust. Dialed up, this David Bowie via Pierre Balmain vibe played out as fresh velvet versions of his maximalist rock star jackets, which he paired with embellished concert tees, and strass-studded velvet leggings, masculine trousers, or patent jeans. Dialed down, it was present in comparatively wearable Prince of Wales suiting and herringbone cotton tweeds. The heritage aspect was most apparent in the liberal use of a medallion referring to the maison crest created roughly a half-century ago. Consider the emblem an updated way for his Balmain army to signal their continued allegiance. via Vogue

Chantelle Dosser Flashes Flo Millar in 'Girl Crush' For Tatler UK January 2018

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Scottish newcomer Flo Millar is styled by Sophie Goodwin in 'Girl Crush', lensed by Chantelle Dosserfor Tatler UK January 2018./ Hair & makeup June Sawyer

Alison Brie Talks GLOW Nude Scenes, Lensed By Txema Yeste For The Edit December 14, 2017

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Alison Brie Talks GLOW Nude Scenes, Lensed By Txema Yeste For The Edit December 14, 2017

Actor Alison Brie was jumping for joy on Wednesday night's Jimmy Fallon show. The 34-year-old Community actor celebrated news of her Golden Globe nomination for her female wrestling Netflix show GLOW. 

Brie is styled here by Tracy Taylor in dark, romantic looks lensed by Txema Yeste for The Edit Magazine December 14, 2017. Brie is interviewed by Jennifer Dickinson for 'Best in Show. Looking back Alison Brie says she was very pleased with hos her nude scenes in GLOW were handled. 

Eye: Jessica Chastain Tells ES Magazine She Will No Longer Be Paid A Third Less Than Men, Praises Salma Hayek

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Jessica Chastain Tells ES Magazine She Will No Longer Be Paid A Third Less Than Men, Praises Salma Hayek

Actor Jessica Chastain covers the December 1, 2017 issue of London's Evening Standard ES Magazine. Styled by Nicky Yates in ruffled, ruched and pleated looks from Alessandra Rich, Gucci, Givenchy, Prada and more, the 'Molly's Game' star is lensed by Camilla Armbrust. 

Chastain's rep has confirmed that she is one of the growing list of female actors confirming that they will be wearing black to the 2018 Golden Globes, as a symbol of protest against harassment in Hollywood. There are murmurings that the all-black protest will continue throughout the awards season. In addition, the female actors say they will not discuss the typical "who are you wearing?" red-carpet question and will insist that questions be focused on activism and a range of societal and cultural topics heavy on women's rights in America and around the world. 

Charlottesville Car Killer James Alex Fields Jr. Charged With First Degree Murder

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Charlottesville Car Killer James Alex Fields Jr. Charged With First Degree Murder

Self-professed neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr., 20, has been charged with first-degree murder Thursday, after being jailed on lesser charges since the Aug. 12 for the death of Charlottesville protester Heather D. Heyer. 

Fields had been charged with second-degree murder, punishable by five to 40 years in prison. WaPo writes:

Authorities had initially said that 19 people were injured, in addition to Heyer, when Fields allegedly rammed his 2010 Dodge Challenger into another vehicle on purpose on a crowded street. But testimony at the preliminary hearing revealed that there were many more victims. Besides first-degree murder, Fields, who lived in Ohio before his arrest, is charged with eight counts of “aggravated malicious wounding,” meaning that at least eight of the 35 people who were hurt suffered what Virginia law describes as “permanent and significant physical impairment," writes the New York Times.