Rising Photographer + Global Humanist Bibi Cornejo Borthwick Doesn't Buy Into 'Flawless'

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Rising Photographer + Global Humanist Bibi Cornejo Borthwick Doesn't Buy Into 'Flawless'

Two words pop up in most narratives around the photography of Bibi Cornejo Borthwick: ‘intimate’ and ‘revealing’. Borthwick doesn’t shoot digital, preferring film. Her visual lens is not one of perfection. A quick survey of the Brooklyn-based daughter of fashion designer Maria Cornejo and photographer Mark Borthwick creates a defining image, one that resonates deeply with AOC.

Borthwick’s fashion photography career has moved into high gear in recent months. In the last six months, she’s shot three major editorials for Vogue US — including ‘Personal Best’ for the February 2019 issue, Victoria Beckham for Vogue Australia’s November issue and ‘Coolest Stales’ for WSJ Magazine’s December/January issue.

The activist appeared on the new Dazed 100 list. What got our attention is the Dazed reference to her Bellies project, cofounded with NBA player Wilson Chandler, the unisex sneakers for kids help America’s kids. For every pair of shoes sold, Bellies “feeds a belly”, working to nourish inner city areas while educating communities on the importance of nutrition in a bid to eliminate child hunger in America.

Bibi Cornejo Borthwick Captures Carolyn, Gemma Caroline + In 'Personal Best' For Vogue US February 2019

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Models Blesnya Minher, Caroline Trentini, Carolyn Murphy, Fei Fei Sun, Gemma Ward, Liya Kebede, Nora Attal, Sara Grace Wallerstedt and Vittoria Ceretti are styled by Camilla Nickerson in graphic collage pattern and fabric mixes. Photographer Bibi Carnejo Borthwick captures ‘Personal Best’ for Vogue US February 2019./ Hair by Bob Recine; makeup by Dick Page

Cass Bird Captures Adut Akech In 'Best of Spring' For WSJ Magazine February 2019

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Cass Bird Captures Adut Akech In 'Best of Spring' For WSJ Magazine February 2019

Beloved, star model Adut Akech is on a roll so intense, we had all better get out of her way. George Cortina styles Adut in ‘Best of Spring’, shot in Brooklyn by Cass Bird for WSJ Magazine February 2019./ Makeup by Frank B; hair by Tamara McNaughton

Ashley Graham Sizzles In Swim Looks Lensed By Ben Watts In Swimsuits For All SS2019 Campaign

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Model Ashley Graham delivers her sensual, powerhouse self in a new collaboration with Swimsuits For All. Lensed by Ben Watts, Ashley models sexy black and white swimsuits with names like Boss, CEO and Icon, posing with a joyful self-confidence that money can’t buy.

Adut Akech In 'Get Ready' With Temptations Crowd Lensed By Nadine Ijewere For Vogue US February 2019

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Adut Akech In 'Get Ready' With Temptations Crowd Lensed By Nadine Ijewere For Vogue US February 2019

Rising superstar model (and ALWAYS a refugee model, she says) Adut Akech appears with the cast of ‘Aint Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations’, played by Ephraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, Jawan M. Jackson, James Harkness, and Derrick Baskin. 

Adut is lensed by Nadine Ijewere in ‘Get Ready’ with styling by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson for Vogue US February 2019./ Hair by Lacy Redway; makeup by Emi Kaneko.

Hailee Steinfeld Covers T Magazine Singapore In Images By Catherine Servel

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American actor Hailee Steinfeld covers the January 2019 issue of T Magazine Singapore, wearing a Fendi turtle neck and jacket and Bvlgari Fiorever necklace and ring. Tok Wei Lun & Oh Jing Ni style Hailee in Jil Sander, Balenciaga and more for images by Catherine Servel. / Hair by Danielle Priano; makeup by Carolina Gonzalez

Rihanna and LVMH Team UP With Potential To Create Dynamic, People-Centric, Global Luxury Brand

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USA-France ambassador Jane D. Hartley, Rihanna, Bernard Arnault, and his wife Hélène Mercier at Christian Dior SS 2016 fashion show.

Rihanna and LVMH Team UP With Potential To Create Dynamic, People-Centric, Global Luxury Brand

Vanessa Friedman asks for The New York Times: “Is Rihanna the Coco Chanel of the 21st century?” Can the multi-hyphenate talent, without an ounce of fashion training, launch a new powerhouse luxury brand?

Bernard Arnault, chief executive of LVMH, thinks so and is in serious talks with Rihanna about launching a new global Fenty brand. Friedman writes that execs at Fenty Beauty and LVMH corporate were astonished over the runaway success of Fenty Beauty, launched in a diverse array of skin tones and with a fan base of 6.3 million Instagram followers. Fenty Beauty was named one of TIME magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of 2017.

Robyn Rihanna Fenty IS a real, live heritage brand with a global reach. No ‘authentic’ story must be created around her image. Rihanna IS the story and she has created it — not with mood boards on Madison Avenues — but with her entire life.

Rihanna comes to the world of luxury brands having made them her canvas for a decade. Luxury fashion has brought her far beyond the limits of the music world. Styled by Mel Ottenberg since 2011, Rihanna has aligned herself with emerging designers and luxury brands like Lanvin and Givenchy. Rather than working with a luxury house exclusively, she used these same brands to suit her purposes.

In 2014, she was named fashion icon of the year at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, where she appeared in a sheer crystal-spangled Adam Selman dress and matching cap, a white fur wrap strategically draped around her body, setting off a so-called naked trend in red carpet dressing. The next year, at the Met Gala, she wore a giant yellow cape from the Chinese designer Guo Pei, and enshrined her skill at making an entrance.

Not mentioned in Friedman’s piece, but a key component in the forthcoming Rihanna/LVMH alliance is the social conscience of the new luxury brand. Here there is an opportunity to set a very high bar, and all my instincts say that Rihanna and Arnault understand well global politics and human suffering.

RIHANNA AT THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA 2018. Image DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

With governments in chaos worldwide, but Rihanna anchored deeply in the lives of everyday people, I fully expect a new paradigm to emerge with a Rihanna-led Fenty house that is an activist house, too. Rihanna is deeply embedded in the obligations that women leaders have assumed in creating real change in the world.

If LVMH is equally courageous and up to the task, we might see a new luxury brand DNA that moves beyond the rarified and exclusive vision of Coco Chanel to one that touches people in big and small ways worldwide. If anyone can jumpstart this new 21st century, luxury brand vision, it’s the combined prowess of Rihanna and LVMH’s Bernard Arnault.

Claire Foy One of Talents + Legends Lensed By Alasdair McLellan For WSJ Magazine February 2019

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English actor Claire Foy of ‘The Crown’ and ‘First Man’ — where she plays Janet Armstrong, the long suffering wife of Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong —checks into WSJ Magazine’s February 2019 Talents & Legends Issue. Francesca Burns styles Foy in 60’s-inspired looks from Calvin Klein, Chanel, Celine and more, lensed by Alasdair McLellan.

Gisele Bundchen + Tamino Front Missoni SS2019 Campaign Lensed By Harley Weir

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Gisele Bundchen + Tamino Front Missoni SS2019 Campaign Lensed By Harley Weir

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is joined by Belgian-Egyptian singer Tamino in Missoni’s Spring/Summer 2019 campaign, lensed by Harley Weir.

The campaign captures nomadic spirit of the collection, with protagonist representing traveler who transcend space and time.

“The Missoni Summer 2019 campaign is resplendent in the nocturnal lights of space, as the stars and planets transform into an ethereal background. Skies are as blue as a baroque theatre, with close-up and extended views of galactic, sandy and blazing destinations. Desert landscapes are animated by sand dunes and craters, painted by the reflections of stars which frame our two protagonists: top model Gisele Bündchen, historic testimonial for Missoni, and singer Tamino Amir Moharam Fouad, the latest sensation in the European alternative rock scene.

The two models reveal this season’s looks and pose as if they were dreamlike creatures emerging from the astral heavens. Dresses encrusted in ruffles and gossamer knitted mesh or iridescent ensembles in space-dyed lamé drape the body of a dancing Gisele.“

Alexandra Agoston Fires Up 'City Beach' In Chris Colls Images For ELLE US February 2019

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Model Alexandra Agoston lights a bonfire in the pages of ELLE US February 2019. Photographer Chris Colls captures Alexandra in take no prisoners poses for ‘City Beach’, styled by Ilona Hamer./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi

Marcin Tyszka Flashes Catherine McNeil In 'Spanish Dressing' For Harper's Bazaar US February 2019

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Marcin Tyszka Flashes Catherine McNeil In 'Spanish Dressing' For Harper's Bazaar US February 2019

Model Catherine McNeil is styled by Kerstin Schneider in ‘Spanish Dressing’, lensed by Marcin Tyszka for Harper’s Bazaar US February 2019./ Hair & makeup by Angel Tragacete

Adam Franzino Captures Sophia Ahrens In 'Summer & Leather' For ELLE Germany February 2019

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Model Sophia Ahrens is styled by Pia Leonie Knoll for ‘Summer & Leather’, lensed by Adam Franzino for ELLE Germany February 2019./ Hair by Tsuki; makeup by Campbell Richie

Ellen Von Unwerth Flashes Shirley Mallmann In Georgine's SS2019 Campaign In Porquerolles

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Model Shirley Mallmann channels the movie ‘Swept Away’, styled by Catherine Baba in posh Riviera glamour for Georgine’s Spring/Summer 2019 campaign. Few photographers can capture this girl’s style mood as well as Ellen Von Unwerth, who shoots Shirley on the French island of Porquerolles. / Makeup by Romero Jennings; hair by Sebastien Bascle

Vogue.com called Porquerolles the Nantucket of the Mediterranean in August 2018.

Esti van Balen + Jessica Luostarinen Are Free Spirits In Saskia Wilson Images For Marie Claire Australia

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Models Esti van Balen & Jessica Luostarinen are styled by Chloe Buttenshaw in charming, modest-maiden looks lensed by Saskia Wilson for Marie Claire Australia February 2018./ Hair by Daren Borthwick; makeup Isabella Schimid

Serena Williams Challenges Women To Make The First Move in Superbowl Ad | Dedicates Winning Australian Open Game 1 To Moms

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Serena Williams Challenges Women To Make The First Move in Superbowl Ad | Dedicates Winning Australian Open Game 1 To Moms

The GOAT won the first round of the Australian Open on Monday, besting Germany’s Tatjana Maria in a 49-minute match. Serena competed in a green Nike Jumpsuit, which she calls a ‘Serena-tard’. The stories of black fishnets are erroneous, as her tights were flesh-tone fishnets with all the circulation-boosting support that Williams needs to keep her safe from bloodclots.

In a piece of old news, the Women’s Tennis Association in December 2018 issued a ruling that makes Serena’s controversial black catsuit from the French Open appropriate attire.

Hiandra Martinez Is Lensed By Nico Bustos In 'Dress At All Costs' For Vogue Espana January 2019

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Model Hiandra Martinez channels modern retro glamour, styled by James Valeri in ‘Dress At All Costs’. Photographer Nico Bustos is behind the lens for Vogue Espana January 2019./ Hair by Sebastien Bascle; makeup by Celine Martin