Zoey Grossman Captures Gemma Ward In Sixties Looks For Numero Tokyo #124 March 2019

Model Gemma Ward is styled by Heathermary Jackson in ‘Gemma in Bloom’, a compilation of sixties shapes lensed by Zoey Grossman for Numero Tokyo #124 Self-Liberation issue March 2019./ Hair by Jenny Kim; makeup by Morgan Martini

Cara Delevingne Lends Strong Gaze + Nude Body To Balmain Spring 2019 Campaign

Cara Delevingne Lends Strong Gaze + Nude Body To Balmain Spring 2019 Campaign

Top talent and activist Cara Delevingne channels a 1993 Janet Jackson image for Rolling Stone image in French luxury house Balmain’s new Spring 2019 campaign, lensed by Berlin-based photographer Dan Beleiu. ‘Iconic,’ Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing said about Jackson's vintage image, which he shared on Instagram a day before his own 2019 spring campaign release. 

Delevingne poses nude in images deliberately chosen by Rousteing to promote racial reconciliation. “The campaign shows the reunion of two skin tones, one black — or mixed race — and one white." Preaching the authenticity message, Rousteing saied:

“We’re going back to basics: I wanted something pure and transparent”.

Rousteing said Delevingne's look — including her signature thick eyebrows — was even more captivating stripped down and she didn't need to sport any of his clothing.

Stella Maxwell Drowns In Self Love In 'Me, Myself and I' By Branislav Simoncik For Vogue Portugal February 2019

Top model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Stella Maxwell is styled by Claudia Barros in ‘Me, Myself and I’. Photographer Branislav Simoncik is behind the lens making art house, provocative photos for Vogue Portugal February 2019.

Mert & Marcus Capture 'Joie de Vivre' Natalia, Stella, Fran, Liya, Sora + In Vogue UK March 2019

Models Fran Summers, Jamie Bochert, Liya Kebede, Natalia Vodianova, Rianne van Rompaey, Sara Grace Wallerstedt, Sora Choi, Stella Tennant, Veronika Kunz and Vittoria Ceretti are styled by Benjamin Bruno in ‘Joie de Vivre. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott capture the visual extravaganza for Vogue UK March 2019./ Makeup by Peter Philips; hair by Paul Hanlon

Olivier Yoan Flashes 'The Bright Side' Of Humanity For SCMP Style February 2019

Olivier Yoan Flashes 'The Bright Side' Of Humanity For SCMP Style February 2019

Models Amarachi Ironkwe, Edge Lheureux and Natasha Luwedde are styled by Hannah Beck in ‘The Bright Side’. Photographer Olivier Yoan captures the primal statement about modern humanity’s origins for SCMP Style South China Morning Post February 2019. / Makeup by Yin Lee

New Study Confirms Communities of Color Are Hardest Hit By Growing Wealth Inequality

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New Study Confirms Communities of Color Are Hardest Hit By Growing Wealth Inequality

By Chuck Collins, a director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies. Originally published on Yes! Magazine.

The story of the growing inequality in the United States has many dimensions.

There is the overarching story of the last four decades of polarizing income, wealth, and opportunity. But the many ways these inequalities manifest depend on people’s gender, race, age, immigration status, and other experience.

One piece of the story is to understand how 40 years of public policies have worsened the racial wealth divide and enriched the top 1 percent.

Wealth is where the past shows up in the present, both in terms of historical advantages and barriers. Measures of wealth—what you own minus what you owe—reflect the multigenerational story of White supremacy in asset-building.

For example, the median White family now has 41 times more wealth than the median Black family and 22 times more wealth than the median Latino family. These are among our findings in “Dreams Deferred,” a new study on the racial wealth divide that I co-authored for the Institute for Policy Studies.

Overall, inequality has grown as wages for almost half of all U.S. workers have been flatlined since the late 1970s. Meanwhile, expenses for housing, health care, and other basic needs have risen. This has touched people of all races, fueling some of the discontent of both regressive and progressive populism.

Glen Luchford Flashes Old Hollywood Glamour + High Spirits For Gucci Spring Summer 2019 Campaign

Glen Luchford Flashes Old Hollywood Glamour + High Spirits For Gucci Spring Summer 2019 Campaign

Glen Luchford captures Gucci’s latest Spring Summer 2019 campaign, channeling the early days of celebrity culture and the golden age of the Hollywood musical.

In imagery that recalls the technicolour, on-screen theatricality of the song and dance numbers made famous by talented performers, this campaign delivers maximum glitz and glamour. Colourful sets with grand stages and staircases alternate with more surreal dream sequence backdrops. The mood is playful, knowing and evokes the joyful outlook of the famous musical films of the 40s and 50s. In another set of photographs, Gucci mimics the highly stylised black and white publicity stills created by the studios at the time to promote their stars as perfect role models. A variety of characters from Gucci’s musical are given the silver screen treatment and shot in black and white with dramatic lighting in the style of the many famous movie star portraits in the 30s and 40s. Like those of the period, these pictures exude cool, elegant glamour. – from Gucci

Photographer Harley Weir Visualizes Charlotte Knowles' Brand DNA For 1 Granary 'The Void' Issue

Harley Weir captures talent Amilia Suarez-Pumariega de Nieves wearing the brand Charlotte Knowles for 1 Granary’s ‘The Void’ issue. Georgia Pendlebury styles Amilia in the “British brand that isn’t heritage”, but rather an exploration of female sensuality that isn’t sexual, and a ready-to-wear collection with the sentiments of underwear that is never just underwear. Read on at 1 Granary.

Antonia Petkovic Calls Out Key Spring 2019 Trends, Lensed By Carla Guler For Harper's Bazaar US

Model Antonina Petkovic is styled by Tennille Yamashita in ‘10 Trends To Go All In for 2019’. Carla Guler captures Antonia riding the rails in New York for Harper’s Bazaar US FEbruary 2019./ Makeup by Moani Lee; hair by Linh Nguyen

Bella Hadid + Luna, Mayowa, Sohyun Are Free Spirits By David Sims For Michael by Michael Kors SS 2019

Top model Bella Hadid headlines MICHAEL by Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2019 Campaign, joined by Luna Bijl, Mayowa Nicholas, Sohyun Jung and the boy crew including Timo BaumannDon Lee, Piero Mendez, and Zhengyang Zhang. Photographer David Sims is in the studio, flashing an exhuberant display of butterflies-birds do camoflage, worn by models setting the 24/7, adventure-loving Michael Kors pace.

Joan Smalls Is Lensed By Zeb Daemen In Dior + More For Emirates Woman January 2019

Top model Joan Smalls covers Emirates Woman, styled by Carmel Gill in relaxed, mostly-minimal looks except for Dior’s white lace dress. Photographer Zeb Daemen is behind the lens for the January 2019 issue.


Benny Horne Captures Giedre Dukauskaite In Cuba For Zimmermann Spring 2019 Campaign

Model Giedre Dukauskaite poses for Zimmermann’s Spring 2019 campaign, styled by Romy Frydmann in feminine prints and silhouettes. Photographer Benny Horne takes the Australian brand team to Havana for the retro, romantic images. / Hair by Renya Xydis; makeup by Jodie Boland

Drew Jarrett Captures Musician Arsun Sorrenti For RUSSH February 2019 'Paradising' Issue

Drew Jarrett Captures Musician Arsun Sorrenti For RUSSH February 2019 'Paradising' Issue

Photographer Drew Jarrett captures musician Arsun Sorrenti for the February 2019 ‘Paradising’ issue of RUSSH magazine. The son of Mario Sorrenti and Mary Frey, Arsun was interviewed a few months ago in i-D Magazine. Check out Arsun’s music, which packs a powerful resonance in these times.