We only hope that AOC has played a small role in advancing an expansion of fashion and style editorials willing to examine the roles of religion and sexuality in the totality of women’s lives. These editorials give us purpose beyond ‘Sex and the City’, considering the dramatically important role of fashion and style in our lives — like it or not.

Ralph Mecke turns his lens to Toni Garrn in ‘Darklands In Spring’, styled by Markus Ebner for Achtung Summer 2011. Given Gaga’s influence, style is exploring the macabre. Editorials like ‘Darklands in Spring’ resonate with all thinking people, regardless of politics, gender or sexual persuasion.