Adriana Lima Named Schutz Global Ambassador In Novel NYC Ad Campaign & Soho Pop-Up Store

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Brazilian footwear brand Schutz kicks off a new summer 2018 campaign with a bang, announcing Adriana Lima as its new brand ambassador and opening its New York pop-up store at 121 Prince Street. The shop is outfitted with cutting edge technological capabilities like RFID mirrors and a sneaker customization station. 

The Brazilian brand tapped Adriana Lima — who was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil — for its new “Because” campaign, which is inspired by Brazil's South American heritage as well as strong women who follow their gut instincts.

“To be part of Schutz’s new campaign is very personal as I’ve been a fan of the brand from a young age,” the 36-year-old Victoria’s Secret Angel shared. “I am proud to represent the confidence, charisma and independence for which Brazil is so known.”

Ajak Deng Wears Utilitarian Classic, Sporty Looks Lensed By Eric Josjo For ELLE Sweden June 2018

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Model Ajak Deng is styled by Lisa Lindqwister in glamping-ready looks lensed by Eric Josjo for ELLE Sweden June 2018./ Hair & makeup by Sara Denman

Gilles Bensimon Flashes A Bold Daniela Braga For ELLE Italy June 2018

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Gilles Bensimon Flashes A Bold Daniela Braga For ELLE Italy June 2018 AOC Jewelry News

Model Daniela Braga is styled by Alberto Zanoletti in neon colors and bold accessories from Maison Margiela, Fenty x, Puma, Gucci and more. Photographer Gilles Bensimon is behind the lens for ELLE Italy June 2018.

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:

Laetitia Casta Is Sultry Vixen Lensed By Jean-Baptiste Mondino For Madame Figaro May 18, 2018

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French icon Laetitia Casta is styled by Barbara Loison in images by Jean-Baptiste Mondino for 'Extreme Luxe' cover story in Madame Figaro May 18, 2018./ Hair by Valentin Mordacq; makeup by Gregoris

Dean Isidro Captures Alena Blohm In 'The Summer Of Cuba' For Grazia Italy May 2018

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Dean Isidro Captures Alena Blohm In 'The Summer Of Cuba' For Grazia Italy May 2018

Model Alena Blohm and photographer Dean Isidro deliver part 2 of their Cuban experience, this time with softer, slower and more lanquid, steamy styling by Michele Bagnara for Grazia Italy May 2018.

Grace Coddington To Host Sept Debut 'Face to Grace' On IMG's Made to Measure, M2M.tv

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Grace Coddington To Host Sept Debut 'Face to Grace' On IMG's Made to Measure, M2M.tv

Legendary stylist and former in-house creative director, now creative director at large, of American Vogue Grace Coddington will host a new interview show. 'Face to Grace', a six-episode series of talks with fashion industry heavyweights like Nicolas Ghesquière and actor Ansel Elgort will debut in September on IMG's streaming network Made to Measure, aka M2m.tv. 

Coddington will host the show in the restaurant Mr. Chow on 57th street in Manhattan, owned by the stylist's ex-husband.

Agata Pospieszynska Flashes Molly Smith In Rough Elegance For Vogue Poland June 2018

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Model Molly Smith is styled by Daniela Agnelli in rough elegance looks lensed by Agata Pospieszynska for Vogue Poland June 2018./ Hair & makeup by Emil Zed

Level Up Inspires Men To Send Snaps To London Sun's Annual Best 'Bust In Britain' Competition

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Level Up Inspires Men To Send Snaps To London Sun's Annual Best 'Bust In Britain' Competition

Level Up, a feminist organization in Great Britain created in 2017 and led by Carys Afoko, has a clever response to the Sun's annual 'Bust in Britain' competition: no marches; no rants; no lectures. Reading the Sun ground rules and realizing there are no gender restrictions, Afoko had a light bulb moment. 

“It is such an old-fashioned idea of beauty they are promoting. They say they are looking for the best breasts. But actually what they mean is - if you’re skinny, if you’re white, if you’re young and if you’ve got big boobs. Then you’re beautiful,” says Afoko. “Let’s bring the Sun’s competition into the 21st century.”

By encouraging men and non-binary people to take snaps for the competition and getting worldwide press in the process, Afoko hopes that a man might actually win in 2018. It is interesting that many of the men struggled with taking a “sexy” selfie, Afoko says. “They got very self conscious and felt exposed. It took a few conversations to get them to do it. We were seeing men feel like they are an object, like women do.” 

Ellen Von Unwerth's 'Ladyland' London Exhibit Inspires A Decade Of Her Archives At AOC

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Photographer Ellen Von Unwerth has not veered ever away from her style of capturing multidimensional women through a lens of unbridled sexuality, sensuality and freshness. EVY's women are free spirits today, just as Claudia Schiffer revealed in her landmark 1990 Guess campaign. 

EVU's understanding of women is on display as part of her first London retrospective, 'Ladyland', on view at the Opera Gallery. 

Having been a model herself, von Unwerth was fed up, not so much with the proverbial male gaze, but with her own lack of creative freedom and self-expression. 

“I’ve always loved to portray women who are strong, who are playful, who are self-assured, and who really own their sexuality, which is why I love working with Claudia, and Naomi, and all those girls,” she explains. “But then something I always come back to is fragility. I look for that in the women I shoot, too. I don’t want to objectify women, or cast them only in this ‘sexy’ light. I want to see every side of them. There are so many sides to women. That’s why some of my best shots come when the girls think the camera has stopped rolling, you’re seeing something different to what they give you when they know they're being watched, a vulnerability.”

'Frida's Parlour' Opens In London Until June 16, 2018, Landmark Frida Kahlo Exhibition At V&A Follows

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If you just happen to be dropping into London this weekend -- or anytime between May 19-June 16, 2018 take a stroll over to 141 Ebury Street and Frida's Parlour. 

Launched to coincide with Belgravia in Bloom, a week-long floral festival held across the district, as well as with the V&A’s landmark Frida Kahlo exhibition, the Parlour will serve as a social space throughout the day, with free entry for all visitors. During the evenings, the venue will play host to a series of hands-on evening workshops inspired by Kahlo’s unique style (booking essential here). Try your hand at floral embroidery with Lora Avedian, mix a Mexican cocktail with the Cubitt House team or craft your own jewellery with Luminaire Arts. 

Bowing to the need for a selfie, visitors can snap away inside the Wallpaper Room. The first 50 guests will receive a limited-edition tote bag designed by the artist Zabou, whose mural depicting the artist can be seen in Belgravia’s Eccleston Yards. via Town & Country UK

We're looking for the specific Zabou mentioned, but in fact Zabou has enjoyed a love affair with Frida Kahlo for some time. In these images, Zabou teams up with Mexican yarn artist Villana for some great Frida street art.

Kaia Gerber Shows Off Three New Omega's Trésor Watches, Tells Fans To Make Her Earn Being A Supermodel

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Kaia Gerber Shows Off Three New Omega's Trésor Watches, Tells Fans To Make Her Earn Being A Supermodel

Fast-rising model Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford,  recently introduced three new models for Omega's Trésor timepiece collection. Kaia joined her family at a September 2017 'Her Time' event in Paris, for her debut as an official Omega ambassador, and now she is hard at work for the brand. SCMP features the new collection. 

Crawford has raised a smart daughter, as Kaia dismisses the claim that she is a supermodel in an interview at the Berlin event with Marie Claire UK. The very idea of Kaia achieving supermodel status takes grade inflation to an entirely new level, yet media calls every model today a supermodel.  You get a magazine cover, you're now a supermodel. Kaia says that's wrong.

Cindy Crawford & Kaia Gerber Archives @ AOC

Romana Umrianova Is Pure Earth Goddess In 'Sulla Terra' By Kostas Avgoulis For Grazia Italy

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Model Romana Umrianova is an earth goddess, styled by Anna Sgura in warm, sierra, mica-inflused looks from Saint Laurent, Tory Burch, Fendi and more. Photographer Kostas Avgoulis captures Romana's feminine looks against the beauty of nature's terrain in 'Sulla Terra' for Grazia Italy, April 19 2018. 

Karmen Pedaru Looks To Fall In 'Neutral Ground' Lensed By Marcin Tyszka For Harper's Bazaar US

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Top model Karmen Pedaru is styled by Kerstin Schneider in 'Neutral Ground', lensed by Marcin Tyszka for Harper's Bazaar US June/July 2018./ Hair & makeup by Miguel Angel Tragacete

David Sims Captures Fran, Birgit, Grace & Mayowa In 'Call of the Wild' For Vogue US June 2018

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David Sims Captures Fran, Birgit, Grace & Mayowa In 'Call of the Wile' For Vogue US June 2018

Models Fran Summers, Birgit Kos, Grace Elizabeth and Mayowa Nicholas are styled by Camilla Nickerson in 'Call of the Wild', lensed by David Sims for Vogue US June 2018./ Makeup by Lucia Pieroni; hair by Duffy

Hailey Baldwin Splashes In St. Lucia Lensed By Michael Sanders For ELLE Italia June 2018

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Hailey Baldwin Splashes In St. Lucia Lensed By Michael Sanders For ELLE Italia June 2018

Hailey Baldwin enjoys warm Caribbean waters, making a sexy splash near the Coconut Bay Beach Resort in St. Lucia.  ELLE Italia's senior fashion editor Benedetta Dell'Orto (Zineroni) styles Hailey in Chanel, Emporio Armani, Valentino and more for images by Michael Sanders in the June 2018 issue.  

Marti Noxon Unleashes Female Fury In June 4 'Dietland' Debut On AMC | Aisha Tyler Will Host Companion Talk Show 'Unapologetic'

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The Atlantic asks a key question, 50 years after women across America hit the streets, protesting in the second wave of an international women's movement: Is Television Ready for Angry Women?

Marti Noxon, 53, is not new to Hollywood or television. She has written, produced, and directed TV shows and films for more than two decades. Perhaps Hollywood has caught up with her and the voices in her head that propel her forward. In a Time's Up, post-Harvey Weinstein LA world of mostly white male popular culture

'Dietland' is one of two projects Marti Noxon has in her pipeline, and 'Sharp Objects' is the other.

When Noxon showed an early episode of 'Dietland' to a male friend, he was both impressed, and appalled at "how prescient it was". “Of course I didn’t.” Noxon responded. “But I’ve been alive.”

"The past two decades have seen an unparalleled explosion of creativity in TV, beginning with 'The Sopranos' and 'The Wire', running through 'Breaking Bad' and 'Mad Men', and ending up with the zillions of shows currently being made for streaming networks and premium cable", writes Sophie Gilbert . "In prestige TV, men could be adulterers, drug dealers, murderers, gangsters, even serial killers, and still be sympathetic anchors for popular dramas. But the same wasn’t true for women, until recently."

Jean Campbell Is Lensed By Daniel Jackson In 'Avant Garden' For Allure US June 2018

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Model Jean Campbell is in full-floral hairpiece regalia, styled by Jaime Kay Waxman. Daniel Jackson is behind the lens, flashing 'Avant Garden' for Allure US June 2018./ Hair by Bob Recine; makeup by Kanako Takase