Top models Suvi Koponen and Cara Taylor are styled by Ali & Aniko in a walk-in closet full of fall 2023 boss-lady menswear. Photographer Tina Tyrell [IG] writes that the September 2023 Vogue Poland fashion story is named ‘Basic Instinct’ — and appropriately so.

In a March 2023 article from the American Psychological Association, yet another conversation confirms what is already a well-known fact about women in business.

When more women are empowered to lead, everyone benefits. Decades of studies show women leaders help increase productivity, enhance collaboration, inspire organizational dedication, and improve fairness.
Despite these benefits, only 10% of Fortune 500 companies are led by women.

We have in our ranks a stunning example of female leadership, with Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri honored in New York City last night. WWD presented her with its John B. Fairchild top honor for her work at Valentino as co-creative director with Pierpaolo Piccioli.

Installed at Dior since 2016, AOC wrote last night the unknown fact to us of her tripling Dior revenues in less than 7 years. LVMH rarely discusses individual brands. Of course she has her critics, but with that kind of performance, accompanied by her stellar work with global artisans and willingness to travel the road from India to Mexico in back-to-back 2023, no further affirmation is needed.

With Delphine Arnault now in the business lead at Christian Dior, I simply can’t imagine where these two uber-talented women are going together.

I do have one strong hunch, however, of where they will serve as advisers. If I’m right, they will help to revamp an entire sector of high-end retailing to create a brand that addresses so many of the progressive social values we all hold dear, while inventing new concepts in brand-customer relationships.

It’s not unusual for AOC to be out on our own limb — and I’ve written what we’re expecting last summer. So often with AOC, no one else has picked up this thread of possibility, so I’m just watching.

If I’m wrong, though, I will tell you. As for MGC and DA at Dior, J’adore. ~ Anne