Nadine Ijewere
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Founder Cecilie Bahnsen [IG] and CEO Mie Marie Ejdrup have a clear vision of where the designer’s eponymous brand is going.
For this Pre-Fall 2026 collection of romantic femininity, Cecilie Bahnsen collaborated with photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG], creating a visual narrative focused on a romantic sisterhood and love of dressing up.
Supermodel and Chanel ambassador Liu Wen is styled by Audrey Hu in key pieces from her patron’s feminine fall 2025 collection. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the luxury fashion story for W Magazine China’s [IG] September 2025./ Makeup by Valentina Li; hair by Minghu Zhang
Humanism 101: Polo Ralph Lauren x Oak Bluffs: A Portrait of the American Dream
Writing about the Ralph Lauren Pre-Fall 2025 Campaign in early July, I noted that the Ralph Lauren name — and especially Polo Ralph Lauren — carries great symbolism and respect in the Black community.
Two Humanists: Cucinelli and Lauren
My retraction comes from this early July 2025 statement in this post:
No one articulates humanist values like Brunello Cucinelli, but Ralph is way up there delivering major marketing changes but without a visual bullhorn.
With the release of Polo Ralph Lauren’s new Oak BluffCollection, its second collaboration with Morehouse College and Spelman College and their research and archival teams, I’m ending the competition in my mind between the two designers, great brand builders and global good guys. They are equal in my mind as global humanists after today.
WSJ Magazine [IG] highlights ‘This Season’s 10 Most Dreamlike Couture Looks’, a collection of dresses made with the most advanced techniques from Alexander Vauthier, Armani Privé, Chanel Haute Couture, Dior Haute Couture, Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, Giambattista Valli Haute Couture, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture by Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Raul Mishra Couture, Schiaparelli Haute Couture, and Valentino Haute Couture.
Model Apolline Rocco Fohrer looks absoloutely lovely in these modern, elegant, grandly feminine images styled by Kate Phelan with photography by Nadine Ijewere [IG]. / Hair by Ali Pirzadeh; makeup by Min Kim
Models Akon Changkou and Nyakong Chan are styled by Luca Galasso in ‘La Marque du Maillot’. Nadine Ijewere [IG] is in the studio, capturing a sophisticated look at modern athleticism for Vogue France June-July 2024 ‘Olympics’ Issue.
Model Mila van Eeten goes to ‘Prep School’, styled by Victoire Simonney in Celine, Chanel, Hérmes, Isabel Marant, Maison Alaia and more. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is in the studio, capturing polished-girl style for WSJ Magazine [IG] Spring 2024./ Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Aurore Gibrien
Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures models Isla Gaskin and Rachael Carruthers in the second issue of System Beauty. Nathan Klein styles the story with makeup by Ammy Drammeh; hair by Ali Pirzadeh and manicure by Ama Quashie.
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WSJ Magazine’s Fall Women’s Fashion 2023 issue urges us to play fashion’s long game. This is our first look at the magazine under Sarah Ball, promoted to Editor-in-Chief in June from editor of the Style News section.
‘Flowy, Structural, Feathery: Fall Fashion Has Something for Everyone” delivers at WSJ. See product details on AOC’s comp link.
We head out to Spain’s Canary Islands, an archipelago of eight islands off the northwest coast of Africa. Rising model Tess Carter poses on volcanic soil, 100 kilometers west of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean.
Designer Ulla Johnson grew up in Manhattan but lived also ‘on the road’ as the daughter of archaelogists.
AOC immediately wants to know if Ulla traveled to the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa, a paleoanthropological site located about 50 km northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province.
How about the Lake Turkana region of today’s Kenya, where the Leakey family discovered Lucy. Better yet, has Ulla Johnson been to the Omo Valley? Her clothes suggest ‘yes’.
As a mother to Soren, now 17; Asher, 13; Agnes, 11 and a vizsla named Daphne, and wife to Zach Miner, Ulla Johnson has travelled her own road out of Brooklyn and now to the opening of new store in West Hollywood.
Vogue China’s [IG] May 2023 issue takes us back to ‘Dakar’ for a revisit of the scene of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art December show. Models Anok Yai and Mona Tougaard take the lead, joined by Ibrahim Kane, Kathia Ndong, Mame Sane and Sophia Makibdji.
Julia Sarr-Jamois styles the fashion story labels including Ahluwalia, Chanel, Chloé , Dolce & Gabbana, Duro Olowu, Dsquared2, Etro, Max Mara, Moschino, Proenza Schouler, Pucci, Rich Mnisi ,Sindiso Khumalo, Thebe Magugu, Tolu Coker and more in images by Nadine Ijewere [IG]./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures cultural creatives, art-inspired fashion at its hot-weather best for the April 2023 issue of American Vogue.
Models Akon Changkou, América González & Kai Newman step into the sunlight, styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in island-bliss beauty. ‘Eternal Sunshine’ is a fashion feast for hungry eyes./ Hair by Joey George; makeup by Yumi Lee
W Magazine [IG]embraces dopamine-dressing, hi-voltage, glamour in ‘Before Night Falls’ styled by Ola-Oluwa Ebiti. The model lineup includes Abény Nhial, Ling Chen, Nyagua Ruea, Xie Chaoyu and Yoonmi Sun.
London-born, Nigerian-Jamaican parentage photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is in the studio, capturing sleek silhouettes with some fabtabulous fashion froth on the side.
Models Maty Fall and Paloma Elsesser make a ‘Grand Entrance’ just in time for the holidays, styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois in big-volumes, glam sophistication. Photographer Nadine Ijewere is in the studio for British Vogue December 2022.
British Vogue’s October 2022 issue features models Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Imaan Hammam, Lucia De La Garza, Mila De La Garza and Sora Choi in ‘Nowstalgia’. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the sextet styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
AOC isn’t sure if photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is driving a Maybach Exelero or a Golden Bugatti Veyron in this new fashion story System Magazine X Schiaparelli F/W 2022. Maty Fall is ready for takeoff, oozing Black glamour in a 2022 version of Beale Street’s fashion club history.
Maty is still rising but her portfolio is solid. Time to fly, Ms. Maty Fall. Ijewere is driving this priceless fashion gem, but Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli gives her an abundance of modern-day riches, styled by Nell Kalonki.
WSJ Magazine goes to Sri Lanka with model Imaan Hammam in the ‘Best Dresses of the Summer’. The very top model, who is tight with Adut Akech and Palomma Elsesser, says about models of color in fashion: “I remember when I started, it was competitive,” pointing out that often only one model of color would get cast for any given job.
As for the headline about Imaan’s work in Africa — which really caught AOC’s eye — Hammam made one trip to Gambia in 2019 with a group called ‘She’s the First’. She hopes to go again in the future.
Now for the photography by Nadine Ijewere [IG] There are some spectacular shots in this fashion story. Several are gallery worthy and kudos to Nadine Ijewere.
Hammam agrees that this is no longer the case.
Top model Paloma Elsesser goes boldly into summer in ‘Yo, Paloma’, styled by Kate Phelan. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Espana April 2022.
Kate Phelan provides creative direction for the gorgeously-artistic fashion story ‘BODY, BEAUTY, BLOOM’, lensed by Nadine Ijewere for ROUGE FASHION BOOK 10. It’s fabulous.
Model Rebecca Longendyke is styled by Poppy Kain in luxe fabrics and big baubles in divine colors for ‘How Sweet It Is’. Photographer Nadine Ijewere is behind the lens for British Vogue February 2022./ Hair by Amidat Giwa; makeup by Hiromi Ueda
UK-born, raised in Jamaica, half Sri Lankan-half Jamaican model Shivaruby grace the pages of WSJ Magazine Fall Women’s Fashion 2021 issue. Stylist Kate Phelan chooses sleek, modern 50’s-inspired elegance with surface-embellished and textured fabrics.
Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the glittering glamour from Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and more in the romantic seaside town of Torquay on the southeast coast of England.
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