Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Takes Paris in Harper's Bazaar Australia June/July 2024 Issue

Supermodel, businesswoman, mom to Jack and Isabella, and darling to Jason Statham — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley covers the June/July 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia/New Zealand. In the spirit of the Olympics, Rosie is fronting ‘The Paris Issue’.

Teanne Vickers styles the former Victoria’s Secret Angel in an abundance of Saint Laurent super femme luxury with backup from Dolce & Gabbana, Sportmax, Maison Valentino and more.

Named a Tiffany ambassador earlier in 2023, Huntington-Whiteley wears Tiffany jewelry throughout the fashion story lensed by Darren McDonald [IG] in and around the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris. / Hair by Christian Wood; makeup by Harold James

The sensual superwoman is clearly very proud of her Tiffany relationship, telling Patty Huntington in the interview ‘A Beautiful Life’:

“They have the best ambassadors out of all the brands and so to be part of that posse is very special,” she notes of her Tiffany & Co. cohort, which includes Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Zoë Kravitz, Florence Pugh and K-Pop stars Roseanne ‘Rosé’ Park from BLACKPINK and Park Ji-min from BTS. She [Rosie] joined several of them on the red carpet in Tokyo on April 12 for the unveiling of the brand’s Tiffany Wonder exhibition, which runs until June 23 at the Tokyo Node gallery in the Toranomon Hills Station Tower.

Letting Go of Mom Guilt

Huntington-Whitely reflects on being a young girl watching her mum go through the metamorphosis of dressing up, an act of transformation into this very glamorous woman, visually different from the woman at the stove in the family kitchen. Her observation is one for all mothers with children to consider:

I try and remind myself of that with my kids when I get ready and go out and feel really guilty — that I actually really liked seeing my mum go out and do things and it made me really proud and excited. There’s something special about seeing your mum’s identity shift.

Rosie’s World of Creatives

Many interviews are about feelings or a strict rehash of the star’s timeline of events and achievements. In the case of Rosie, we learn — not for ther first time — how Statham opened her eyes to the world of art and interiors, including London interior designer Rose Uniack, who has created homes for the Huntington Whiteley-Stathams in LA and London.

Huntington-Whiteley says she was surveying their London home and realized that 98 per cent of the art is by female creatives, designers and artists. She then proceeds to share a very co-ed list of names:

“People like Charlotte Perriand, an amazing furniture designer, [painter] Agnes Martin, [textile artist] Simone Prouvé, I love Rachel Whiteread’s work, Louise Bourgeois, there’s an amazing artist and sculptor called Alicja Kwade, and then on the men’s side of things, [sculptor] Anish Kapoor, [architect] Vincent Van Duysen, [woodworker, architect and furniture maker] George Nakashima, [Belgian interior designer and art curator] Axel Vervoordt.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Business Success

Rosie marked her 10-years anniversary with M&S in 2022. The relationship continues to the present and has been so successful that in 2018, M&S sold a piece from her collections every 30 seconds.

Marks & Spencer reported that in the year ending March 31, 2024, the company was in the strongest financial health since 1997. Business reports from May 22, four days ago, indicated that M&S has experienced a 58% turnaround in profits and announced its first dividend since 2019.

M&S has struggled plenty in recent years and this is great financial news that most anlysts believe is not over yet.

One assumes that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has gained some insights into the perils of retailing at M&S, given her financial stakes in selling products at this retail institution.

For Huntington-Whitely, One Business Door Closes and Another Opens

Today Harper’s interview is current, except for Rosie’s new business relationship.

In a moment of serendipidity, AOC announced the upcoming launch of Rosie’s beauty content and eCommerce site called Rose Inc in a 2018 story for the same Harper’s Bazaar Australia/New Zealand, in a fashion story also lensed by Darren McDonald.

Rose Inc. was followed in 2021, with the multi-hyphenate’s own clean beauty line by the same name. Her products were sold to retailers including Sephora, Britain’s Space NK and Australia’s Mecca.

Last August 2023, Rosie’s joint venture partner, Californian biotech company Amyris Inc, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leading to the sale of its assets.

In December, Hong Kong-based asset management firm AA Investments (HK) Ltd acquired Rose Inc. for US$2.5million ($3.7 million). About three weeks ago Huntington- Whiteley announced in an Instagram post that she was no longer affiliated with her namesake brand.

Rosie Joins The Equity Studio

As that door closed — I’m sure with some Rosie Huntington-Whiteley heartbreak, a new door opened. Whenever one loses her name in a business failure, it’s a tough reality to swallow.

AOC shared on May 15, the announcement that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has joined The Equity Studio, as a full partner with Anna Sweeting. The Equity Studio will invest in growth-stage consumer companies in the early to mid stages of development in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe.

This is a move similar to Kim Kardashian’s formation of SKKY Partners in summer 2022, joining forces with longtime Carlyle Group consumer head Jay Sammons. Fashion industry powerhouse Dame Angela Ahrendts of Burberry and Apple fame is now with SKKY Partners.

One of these days, the little people on social media will stop calling out these talented businesswomen models and influencers as brainless creatures with inherited status.

Business investors take Kim Kardashian very seriously today, and there’s no reason for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley not to experience similar success in this new venture called The Equity Studio.

Fingers crossed, Rosie. Onward with your head held high. ~ Anne