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/ Anne Enke
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Models Ajok Daing, Neelam Gill, Sherry Shi and Zak showcase the Body by Victoria 2026 [IG] campaign. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] captures the sleeping beauties styled by Priscilla Polley./ Designer Adam Selman; hair by Sonny Molina; makeup by Jezz Hill
Victoria’s Secret Very Sexy Spring 2026 Campaign and the Business of Feelings
Victoria’s Secret [IG] rolls out its Very Sexy Spring 2026 campaign with models Abby Champion, Ajok Daing and Celina Ralph.
Victoria’s Secret is doing a slow burn these days. Not a bonfire, mind you, but under CEO Hillary Super, Victoria’s Secret retains the title of the world’s biggest lingerie brand, holding about 20% of the American market, down from 30% a decade ago.
The key word here, my friends, is stability, positivity based on solid reasoning, leadership and results AND Super’s grasp of the importance of a range of emotions in selling lingerie to HER!!
A Dual Hyperbaric Chamber Meetup
The irrepressible, uber-talent Nicole Kidman rolls on with life, inviting Allure Magazine Summer 2025 to meet her for am atypical bodyshop tuneup.
There’s a reason why fashion story interviews typically happen separately from the fashion shoot. Can you imagine photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] getting a message that he will be shooting Nicole Kidman [IG] for the May 2025 issue of Allure Magazine’s beauty issue in a hyperbaric chamber in Nashville?
In NK’s case, her career just does not slow down. Ever since she wore the MiuMiu mini skirt, remaining oblivious to the morality-infused angst of younger women that Kidman should act her age, the red head with bangs staring back at us has been on fire.
Dior Beauty 'Visionary' Willow Smith on 21st Century Lip Glow and 'Big Feelings'
Dior Beauty [IG] ambassador Willow Smith [IG] joins the January 2025 campaign of cult-favorite Dior Addict Lip Glow. The new campaign is shot by Dan Beleiu [IG] and filmed by Valentin Herfray.
When Dior Beauty named Willow as an ambassador in March 2024, they described her as:
“one of the most visionary and daring young women of her generation”.
Willow describes herself as “the child who sings the ancient song”. Her latest sound is ‘Big Feelings’ from her May 2024 album ‘Empathogen’.
“It doesn’t sound as clean as a regular piano,” Smith notes about their use of a 1910 piano for ‘Big Feelings. “The wood sound adds to the snarly nature of the song—it’s like we’re going inside the mind, where everything is textured.”
If this isn’t the first Nike project for Dan Beleiu, AOC doesn’t know about the other ones — and I just looked. Beleiu’s sophisticated, modern, high-energy style is perfect for Nike.
With Dan’s IG always hopeless, AOC followed an Ian Salter set design link on IG, which is where we hit paydirt and a bigger understanding of the project.
The Nike Spring/Summer 2024 Campaign was styled by Mindy LeBrock with makeup by Rika Shimada. We also met key Nike execs in charge on the client end of the shoot.
Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] captures great summer images for the Missoni Eyewear [IG] Campaign. Models Ana Portela and Valeria Duldini bask in the kaleidoscope of Beleiu’s color-rich, modern eye. Styling by Lorenzo Poscocco with creative direction by Filippo Grazioli./ Hair by Lorenzo Barcella
Top talent Dua Lipa [IG], also identified as a 2024 TIME 100 artist, covers the May 2024 issue of ELLE US — The Music Issue. Writing her TIME 100 bio, music legend Patti Smith described her as a ‘Ringmaster’ who is “driven, independent, and possesses a desire for knowledge”.
Patti Wilson styles “the queen of the dance floor’ in images by Dan Beleiu. Suzy Exposito conducts the interview.
Dua Lipa’s 3rd studio album ‘Radical Optimism’ is out May 3, 2024.
My own radical optimism has been renewed with deliberateness in 2024 — not only in response to Donald Trump and the Republican War on Women — but in response to absolute binary thinking among progressives.
What in the world is radical optimism? AOC explains.
Top model Sasha Pivovarova takes a cover of T China Magazine’s [IG] March 2024 issue, as the focus of Dan Beleiu’s [IG] stylish interest in aerodynamics.
Edward Bowleg III styles Pivovarova in Bottega Veneta, Givenchy, Khaite NY, Maison Alaia, Miu Miu, Versace and more. / Makeup by Laura Stiassni; hair by E Williams
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Meet GEN V from V Magazine
GEN V is the renamed MINI V from V Magazine. and is AOC’s focus in this debut fashion story ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’.
In the words of Mathias Rosenzweig [Editor-in-Chief, GEN V]
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, maybe even sweeter.
So yes, MINI V has become GEN V.
Like, whatever. Things change.”
AOC fell down this rabbit hole, seeing the photographer credit for Dan Beleiu [IG]. ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’ is styled by Anna Trevelyan with luxe looks from ALAÏA, Benneton, Chanel, Ferragamo, GCDS, Gucci, Kim Shui, Marc Jacobs, Valentino and more. And we ended up getting an education on succubus chic.
Models Dara Gueye, Hedi Ben Tekaya and Jay Jang are styled by Marq Rise in select pieces from the Louis Vuitton Men Pre Fall 2024 collection.
Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens with set design by Sophear Van Froment and art direction by Lucie Matussiere. / Hair by Christian Eberhard; makeup by Adrien Pinault
Award-winning Chinese actor Dongyu Zhou covers the June 2023 issue of Vogue China, styled by Alvin Yu in images by Dan Beleiu [IG]./ Hair by Xuemeng Liu; makeup by Renzi Zhang
Supermodel Candice Swanepoel follows her Vogue Netherlands March 2023 cover story, joining the Carolina Herrera Eyewear family in a spring/summer 2023 campaign lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG] with styling by Alba Melendo./ Makeup by Manuela Pane, Paco Garrigues
British model Evie Harris is ‘Lost in the desert’, styled by Alba Melendo in sizzling, bodycon heroine fashion pieces. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is in desert-sand action for Vogue España February 2023.
Glaciers may be melting and fuel shortages growing in Europe over the war in Ukraine — and oh, yes, let’s not forget water shortages in many American ski resorts areas affecting the making of artificial snow.
Undaunted, Jimmy Choo puts on Icarus wings, determined to fly against the trends into financial success with a glamorous ski capsule collection for non-performance-oriented snow bunnies.
Model Adit Priscilla and photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] drop a few more images, styled by Alba Melendo into the August 2022 issue of Vogue Spain. The team delivered a modern-drama style statement in the July issue.
Model Adit Priscilla wows in the futurist fashion story ‘Delorean’, styled by Alba Melendo. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] flashes the lead accessory, the Glass Swipe Bag ,which is a collab between Coperni and Heven.
Vogue Espana delivers the fashion goods, as Beleiu refines an evolving photographic style that is recognizable as his own.
Fashion brand MANGO shares their printed elegance summer 2022 collection of limited-edition, special events dresses. Model Amrit is styled by Aritz Iriarte and Pili Álamo in the paisley-rich ‘Sunset Celebration’ story captured by photographer Dan Beleiu.
Alba Melendo Garcia styles Lexi Boling’s luxury designers fashion story ‘La Sirène’, lensed by Dan Beleiu for Numero Magazine March 2022 #229.
American fashion brand Carolina Herrera injects a big dose of dopamine dressing into their spring 2022 campaign. Alba Melendo styles models Amrit, Bomi Youn and Olivia Martin in brain-response-generating happy colors lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG]. Front and center bags include Herrera’s Charnela Insignia, Initials Insignia, Doma Insignia, Capazo bag, and Bimba Bag.
Model Ana Jorge flies in a spring 2022 fashion story from The Cut ‘Let’s Get High’ At Last. Optimism flows through the commentary by Cathy Horyn about spring fashion from Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Feben, Issey Miyake, Missoni, Peter Do, Proenza Schouler, Rick Owens and more styled by Jessica Willis./ Hair by Amidat; makeup by Lynski
Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens for The Cut. Simply stated, Dan is everywhere — and we love it.
Dan Beleiu [IG] is in the house, shooting Zara kiddos. They know a good photographer when they meet him. LOL It warms Anne’s heart. The lively entourage is styled by Eliza Conlon, with simple but charmingly effective set design by Georgina Pragnell.
Spanish film and television actress Milena Smit is styled by Alba Melendo in ‘Ciclon Milénico’. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Spain February 2022 cover story.
Milena Smit plays a young woman recovering from sexual assault in Spanish legend Pedro Almodóvar’s new film ‘Parallel Mothers’. In her role of Ana, Smit meets the film’s star Penelope Cruz, playing Janis, a chic photographer who is working relentlessly to excavate a mass grave in her family’s village. Believing that her great-grandfather may be buried in the grave, Janis contacts a forensic anthropologist, who leaves her pregnant.
Ramla Ali is a Somali professional boxer, model, author and racial equality activist. Ali is the first Somali boxer in history to compete at the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo, and the first female to become a professional boxer.
Called a “Cartier darling” in her ELLE April 2021 interview, ‘The Last One Standing’, Ramla Ali is now a Dior darling as well, styled by Chloe Grace Press in ‘Dior Vibe’. Photographer Dan Beleiu captures Ali with a set design by Iggy Njoya. / Makeup by Harold James
“Senza radici non crescono fiori”, without roots, no flower will grow, sings Turin-born Italian-Congolese artist Epoque in her latest single Cliché. Calling her sound “afrovibe”, “Janine Tshela Nzua [Epoqie] easily alternates Italian, French and Lingala [a Bantu language spoken in a large part of the Republic of the Congo and surrounding parts of Africa] with a consciousness dealing with important themes, from friendship to integration to the fight against discrimination, writes Dario Buzzacchi for the November issue of Vogue Italia.
Luca Galasso styles Epoque in J.W. Anderson, MSGM, Pomellato, Stella McCartney, Tiffany & Co, Versace and more in images by Dan Beleiu [IG] .
French Indian model Ashley Radjarame wears Hugo Boss on the November cover of Vogue Ukarine. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] captures Radjarame, styled by Marquet Lee in ‘Whimsical’./ Hair by Michal Bielecki; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Two AOC favorites (Yes, we have them) Shanelle Nyasiase covers the November issue of Numéro France. Nyasiase is in a blue and blue-black mood, styled by Alba Melendo in Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Coperni, Givenchy, Moschino, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Schiaparelli, Stella McCartney, Suot Studio jewelry, The Attico and more.
The African goddess meets up with photographer Dan Beleiu, who calls her ‘Bravest’ on his Instagram, sending me back into Shanelle’s history to see what I had forgotten. The answer is ‘nothing’ but I found a lovely interview by Innocent Ndlovu with the ‘Queen of the Butterflies’ on Industrie Africa. In the process of bringing myself up to date, I laughed out loud when Ndiovu asked Nyasiase:
Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] captures Gucci and Valentino model Mariam Eya in ‘‘Apto Para Todos Los Públicos’ [Suitable for all Audiences]. Alba Melendo styles the scorching heat Eya in modern, bodycon looks with plenty of curves for Vogue España August 2021. / Hair and makeup by Kate Mur
Model Estelle Chen appears in Vogue China’s July 2021 beauty supplement, styled by Alba Melendo. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is in the studio, with creative direction by Alex Slavycz./ Hair by Karim Belghiran; makeup by Tom Pecheux
New German-Eritrean model Betty Schupp makes a mighty-fine, major step into the limelight, styled Alba Melendo in Net-a-Porter X Loewe Paula’s Ibiza collection, lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG]. / Hair by Dushan Petrovich; makeup by Manu Kopp
Model Malgosia Bela is styled by Alice Lefans in bewitched looks from AZIZ, Chanel, Slim Barrett (jewelry), YSL by Anthony Vaccarello and more. Photographer Dan Beleiu captures the dark spirits for Numero Magazine 217, October 2020.
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