Isabeli Fontana by Richard Bush as 'The Eco Warrior' in i-D Spring 2010

This gorgeously lush Isabeli Fontana editorial, lensed by Richard Bush and styled by Sarah Richardson for Spring 2010 i-D, is a superb example of New Eroticism and Smart Sensuality and is the opposite of Fashion Monasticism, which is much more cerebral, asexual and detached from nature and sensuality.

These Isabeli Fontana images embrace much of the editorial point of view at AOC, where our focus is female sexuality within the larger context of fashion, nature, religion, body image and other related topics in women’s lives.

Perhaps it’s no surprise that researchers are proving a much stronger mind-body-emotion connection among people who meditate and live closely aligned with nature than the more monastic ballet dancer, ‘Black Swan’ woman, who is often at war with her body in an attempt to dominate her physicality.