What a gift Vogue Arabia has given to the world — this exquisitely beautiful fashion story in the March 2023 issue. My senses are in total overload and my heart is filled with gratitude to all the creative talent and energy assembled here.

The art collage of model Abuk Adier with Art Factory Studio [their website] posing with paintings by Rashid Al Khalifa [link] raises my pulse with expectations. The artist is interviewed on Vogue Arabia. Currently, he is the chairman of the National Council of the Arts and is honorary chairman of the Bahrain Arts Society.

Add the flowers . . . oh my goddess the flowers and the fashion prints, the backgrounds that are paintings and I am losing my mind. It’s as if the people of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley were jettisoned into the 21st century.

Fashion editor Natalie Westernoff works with stylist Amine Jreissati, and photographer Sam Rawadi [IG] brings all of this beauty to life in images. Sam Allison is producer on the project./ Hair and makeup by Ivana Osypyshyna

This is just such a gorgeous gift to the world, and I love how Vogue Arabia weaves art into the fashion narrative. We’re seeing more of that at Global Vogue as well. But Vogue Arabia has a fantastic mission of educating readers about their world, and I appreciate the strategy tremendously. These images are burned into my brain, they are so intoxicating. ~ Anne