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Model Sam Rollinson is styled by Steven Doan in sci-fi images lensed by Olivier Yoan as ‘Future Invention’ for Vision China November 2018./ Makeup by Yin Lee
Model Bambi Northwood-Blyth is styled by Lenka Kermes in athletic looks lensed by Andreas Ortner for ELLE Czech November 2018./ Hair by Jan Molnar; makeup by Ivana Tokarska
Model Marte Mei van Haaster is styled by Karolina Gruszecka in a Louis Vuitton editorial lensed by Sonia Szóstak for Vogue Poland December 2018./ Makeup by Mayumi Oda; hair by David Delicourt
Adut Akech Says Even As Richest Model In The World: "I Will Still Be A Refugee. I Am A Refugee."
It’s been a phenomenal time for Adelaide, Australia’s rising star model Adut Akech. Launched as a Saint Laurent exclusive beginning in September 2016, she became the second black woman to ever close a Chanel fashion show, finding herself center stage with Karl Lagerfeld in the Chanel Haute Couture Fall 2018 presentation. In between these major fashion career milestones, Adut was center stage in Tim Walker’s 2018 Pirelli calendar, with its first all-black cast.
Now the former refugee finds herself on the cover of Vogue Australia’s December issue, in a feature about her life, her friends and family, even her school. Adut is also one of four models covering separate issues of British Vogue’s December issue.
Full stop. Back up Anne. Adut Akech corrects you, telling CNN:
AOC doesn’t care about Adut’s favorite makeup tips. Backstage snaps of Adut at a runway show are not our motivating life force. Her family life and history as a South Sudan refugee in Adelaide, Australia do get our attention, and Adut’s Vogue Australia December cover editorial adds rich soil to her personal global story.
Model Lexi Boling is styled by Francesca Rinciari in edgy Goth looks in holiday red. Photographer Drew Jarrett is behind the lens for S Moda El Pais December 2018./ Hair by Didier Malige; makeup by Frank B
How We Arrived At A $1 Billion Annual Price Tag To Save Africa’s Lions
By Luke Hunter, Chief Conservation Officer of Panthera, Research Associate, University of KwaZulu-Natal Research Fellow; originally published on The Conversation
A billion dollars. That’s approximately what it would cost, to save the African lion. That’s a billion dollars each year, every year into the foreseeable future.
The startling price tag comes from a calculation we did, starting with a new database we compiled of available funding in protected areas with lions. To our knowledge it’s the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of its kind.
Protected areas are the cornerstone of conservation yet we found that most of Africa’s extraordinary parks face grave funding shortfalls. Parks without funding often become protected in name only. Their staff, including the rangers and guards on the frontlines, simply cannot function without funds that pay for working equipment, rations, petrol and to keep the electricity running. Sometimes even salaries go unpaid.
Using the conservation needs of lions as a proxy for wildlife more generally, we compiled a dataset of funding in Africa’s protected areas with lions and estimated a minimum target for conserving the species and managing the areas effectively.
Model Iris Dubois is styled by Victoria Sekrier in ‘Baronin Betty’, lensed by Greta Ilieva for Numéro Berlin November 2018./ Hair by Alfie Sackett; makeup by Rebecca Wordingham
Kate Upton+Justin Verlander Celebrate First Year Of Married Magic With Baby Genevieve
Top model/talent Kate Upton and baseball star Justin Verlander have enjoyed a whirlwind first year of marriage, culminating in the birth of daughter Genevieve on Nov. 7.
Candice Swanepoel Is Ravishing In Her Tropic of C Resort 2019 Swimwear Campaign
Victoria’s Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel launched her swimsuit line Tropic of C earlier this year, calling it her third baby. Candice Swanepoel returns for Tropic of C’s resort 2019 campaign.
Shot on location by Jerome Duran at Utah’s Amangiri resort, the supermodel poses in high-rise bikini bottoms, bandeau tops as well as retro chic one-piece swimsuits. Previewing her resort collection, Candice said:
"It's been [in the works] for a couple of years; I was waiting for the right moment," Swanepoel explains at a recent press preview for her resort collection in New York. "It took me a while to find a team because you end up working very closely for a long time — I took a lot of meetings. And when Victoria's Secret stopped swim, I just went for it."
We note that Swanepoel’s VS contract presumably didn’t permit her to launch a competing swimwear line, as long as VS was in the business.
'See Know Evil' Documentary By Charles Curran Revisits Davide Sorrenti Story & Rise Of Heroin Chic
On May 20, 1997, Amy M. Spindler wrote for the New York Times about the fatal heroin overdose of the promising young photographer David Sorrenti, 20. Spindler questioned the degree of complicity the entire fashion industry embraced in the advancement of the trend known as ‘heroin chic’.
Unlike the music industry, which has rallied with interventions and programs to get musicians off drugs, or the film industry, where known users have been subjected to drug tests for insurance on movies, the fashion industry has done little to combat the problem among the young in its ranks. The only event mounted to commemorate Mr. Sorrenti's death was a photo exhibition in his memory, called the ''Art of Fashion Photography,'' at a Flatiron district studio during March fashion week in New York. The drugged-looking photos from Detour were on view at that show.
In May 1997, President Clinton denounced the American fashion industry for cynically abusing teenagers and helping spread heroin usage to a new and younger group of people. “Some fashion leaders are admitting flat-out that images projected in fashion photos in the last few years have made heroin addiction seem glamorous and sexy and cool," President Clinton stated. “And as some of the people in those images start to die now, it's become obvious that is not true. The glorification of heroin is not creative, it's destructive. It's not beautiful, it is ugly. And this is not about art, it's about life and death. And glorifying death is not good for any society.”
As his name implies, Davide Sorrenti came from a family of photographers including his mother Francesca, his older brother Mario and sister, Vanina — “the Corleones” of fashion photography according to Francesca. His girlfriend and muse at the time Jaime King had her own struggles with heroin use, writes Models.com.
A key reason for the Naples-born Sorrenti family coming to New York in the early 1980s was Davide’s painful blood condition, Cooley’s anemia. The disease required frequent blood transfusions and caused the young Sorrenti to look even younger than his age.
Last week Charlie Curran premiered his seven-year-in-the-making documentary “See Know Evil”, a film attempting to tell Davide’s story, at Manhattan’s SVA Theatre, A second screening was held Thursday night, November 15.
Model Tereza Maxova is styled by Maria Kohutik in images by Andreas Ortner for Harper’s Bazaar Czech December 2018./ Makeup by Hristina Georgievska; hair by Martin Tyl
Earlier this week, Ivy Park, the sporty brand owned by Beyonce and Sir Philip Green, the chairman of the conglomerate of Arcadia, that owns Topshop, released its Resort 2019 lookbook.
Behind the scenes, choppy waters threatened to capsize the business love boat, as Green was named as the man center stage in Britain’s newest high-profle #MeToo story. In spite of a court-ordered gag order, Lord Peter Hain, a member of Parliament, named Green in the House of Lords, saying felt it was his “duty under parliamentary privilege to name Philip Green as the individual in question given that the media have been subject to an injunction preventing publication of the full details of this story which is clearly in the public interest.” He also said the allegations were of a “serious and repeated” nature and he had them heard from someone “intimately involved in the case.” via The Cut.
The Telegraph has spent the past eight months investigating Green’s multiple accusations of sexual harassment, racially-based abuse, bullying, and misuse of non-disclosure agreements to hide his misdeeds.
Hours ago on Thursday Novembefr 15, Beyoncé’s Ivy Park became solely owned by her company Parkwood Entertainment, after she acquired Green’s 50 percent share of the label, launched with Green in 2016. The BBC reports have been that activists — including Equality Now — have been pressuring Beyoncé’s camp to divest from the partnership, pointing out her avowed allegiance to feminist principles.
“Beyoncé has put herself forward as a women’s rights activist. She and her team need to look closely at these allegations,” Equality Now’s Yasmeen Hassan told the BBC in October.
Another activist, Nimco Ali, said: "Beyoncé should say 'I don't want to work with Philip Green'."
Model Brynn Bonner is styled by Ulrike Iang in wild-child images by Nicola De Rosa for IO Donna November 2018.
Top model Saskia de Brauw is styled by Vanessa Reid in ‘On the Waterfront’, a collection of utilitarian separates layered for a spirited exploration of sand and sea. Saskia is on location in East Hampton, against the backdrop of Three Mile Harbor. Collier Schorr captures Saskia for The New York Times Style Magazine November 11, 2018 Travel Issue./ Hair by Ramona Eschbach; makeup by Francelle Daly
Rising model Sara Grace Wallerstedt launches tartan-inspired holiday spirit in the pages of A Magazine: Curated by Simone Rocha. Rocha is the daughter of Hong Kong-born, Dublin-based designer John Rocha. Business of Fashion writes: “Rocha’s tomboy-feminine collections have since gained much traction, particularly with renowned stockists like Dover Street Market in London and Ginza, Ikram in Chicago, 10 Corso Como in Milan and Seoul, and Colette in Paris. In August 2015 Simone opened her first store in London on Mount Street. The store interiors feature Simone’s signature furniture and hand-made sculptures. The following year she opened her first US store in Soho, New York.In February 2018 Simone presented her first collection during Milan Fashion Week as creative director for Moncler as part of the Genius Group.
Robbie Spencer styles Wallerstedt in more looks from Simone Rocha in images by Leslie Zhang.
Eye: Karly Loyce Fronts Khaite Resort 2019 Lensed By Hanna Tvelte
Model Karly Loyce is styled by Gabrielle Marceca for Khaite Resort 2019 lookbook, lensed by Hanna Tveite.
Parsons School of Design graduate Catherine Holstein founded Khaite in 2015 following a major endorsement from legendary Barneys New York buyer, Julie Gilhart, who picked up her junior thesis collection. After working with brands like Maiyet, Vera Wang, and GAP, Holstein launched Khaite, pronounced “Kate,” referencing the Greek word meaning "long, flowing hair.” The women's ready-to-wear collection finds confidence in contrast: of masculine and feminine, strength and softness, structure and fluidity, classic and modern. Each piece proposes a fresh balance of opposing elements while embodying a signature sensuality and ease. See more of the Khaite Resort 2019 Collection.
Frida Gustavsson covers the November-December 2018 issue of L’Officiel Netherlands. Frida is styled by Christopher Insulander in body con, sensual fashions from Prada, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Acne Studios and more, lensed by Damon Baker.
Model Julia Hagstrom is styled in poetic, virginal whites by Lisa Lindqwister. Johan Sandberg flashes ‘Varde Ljus’ (Let there be light) for ELLE Sweden December 2018./ Hair by Martina Senke; makeup by Regina Törnwall
Model Abby Champion is styled by Katerina Zolototrubova in ‘How is this going to reflect on you’. Photographer Cuneyt Akeroglu is behind the lens for Vogue Russia December 2018./ Hair by Nabil Harlow; makeup by Gregoris Pyrpylis
Model Jazmine Danielle Guillry celebrates the season’s top fragrances in unique images for ‘Curve’. British photographer Joss McKinley captures Jazmine’s sensual poses for Vogue Italia November 2018./ Makeup by Claire Bayley
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