Model Alice McGrath is styled by Erdem founder Erdem Moralıoğlu in ‘The Others’ [IG], a fashion story focused on the designer’s Fall 2024 collection. / Hair by Declan Sheils; makeup by Amy Conway

The images, also shot by the designer, appear in the June 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG]. In AOC’s opinion, they do not do justice to the exquisite collection that Erdem showcased beneath the Parthenon statues at the British Museum last February.

Erdem Moralioglu’s Fall 2024 tribute to Maria Callas is an extension of his preoccupation with historical women associated with culture and the arts.

The designer deserves his own permanent cultural space somewhere in the world, where the stories change with the collections. New art inspired by the Erdem theme could be sponsored for unknown talents. He could launch a fund that we contribute to — although I suppose it could become an albatross around his creative neck.

The result would be one of the more compelling visual narratives of women’s history at any cultural institution. Erdem rarely disappoints and most often he inspires and educates.

You can examine on Vogue Runway why this fashion story does not deliver the beauty of color, design and assembly breathing a quiet combustion in Erdem’s Fall 2024 collection. Maria Callas definitely prefers the runway images. ~ Anne