Gray Sorrenti Flashes Anok, Hailey, Megan and Romeo for #YSL41 Denim Fall 2021

“My biggest regret is that I didn’t invent blue jeans; it’s the most spectacular, practical and casual piece of clothing that ever existed. They enclose personality, sex appeal and simplicity,” declared Yves Saint Laurent.

In a similar train of thought, Yves Saint Laurent told New York Magazine in November 1983:

“The most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.”

AOC is super-thrilled to see sexy making a comeback, although we did pass yesterday on a July editorial guaranteed to generate a lot of click-bait. The envelope-pushing, male photographer in question has done much better imagery technically, artistically and without such a purely male gaze on the model, reduced to body parts.

In the spirit of Saint Laurent — who loved women as total beings — Anok Yai, Hailey Bieber, Megan Miles and Romeo Beckham front the Fall 2021 #YSL41 denim campaign, lensed by Gray Sorrenti [IG].

AOC invested 10-15 minutes searching for information on the sustainability cred for the new denim collection. We came up empty. Not negative. Just empty. Anne