Heather Marks, Anja Rubik & Tatiana Kovylina | David Lachapelle | Vogue Italia October 2001 | Shoes Portfolio

There is so much serendipity at AOC, that it’s unnerving at moments. I just responded to a reader comment on an older article discussing scientific discovery and human nature. The reader prompted me to post a group of three articles on women and religion on our new FP View, calling it Sunday Studies. I rather like this concept of fashionista reflections!

Besides rejecting science, the writer also rejects materialism — a topic that is near and dear to my heart, being a believer in conscientious consumption if not a total rejection of consumption, which creates billions of jobs worldwide.

Fast forward into an immediate Google Image search under a photographer’s name — Julia Kiecksee -- and I run first into this no- traffic blog, with an image composite ‘This Is The House That Doubt Built”.

Truly bizarre because Kiecksee — who we will flush out today in depth is my kind of woman photographer — and her work appears on a blog that is reflective about the relationship between women and materialism. Wow! Grab more French Roast.

On this same blog ‘if only’, there is a David Lachapelle January 2005 Vogue Italia editorial featuring Heather Marks, Anja Rubik and Tatiana Kovylina. Styled by Nicoletta Santoro, the editorial is ‘Shoes Portfolio’, although I barely noticed them.

Vogue Italia frequently prompts a larger discussion of fashion that creates controversy. See this month’s Stella Tennant | Steven Meisel | Vogue Italia Oct 2011 | ‘The Discipline of Fashion’.

The easy of connecting these dots gets at the heart and soul of Anne of Carvesville, a modern-day balancing act focused on the hearts and minds of Smart Sensuality people.

We share an interesting perspective on AOC mid-week, thanks to a post on the improvement of digital eyeballs at Vogue.com — which is a Modern values publication and website, whereas Vogue Italia is for Smart Sensuality types like us.

AOC|SN combined — with no marketing and only word of mouth support — are about 1/6 the size of Vogue.com in terms of monthly unique readers. BUT, on bounce rate, time on website and all critical thinking measures, we shine above Vogue.com — as we shine above most fashion websites.

Reality is that AOC is the Vogue Italia of fashion websites. I hadn’t thought of this idea until today, but it is a truism and a nice perspective on where we fit in the world of fashion and style blogging.

After the David Lachapelle Vogue Italia editorial, I share some of our most relevant statistical and analytical articles on fashion values types — Traditionals, Modern & Cultural Creatives — and my twist of the Smart Sensuality consumer, who is a hybrid blend of a disenchanted Modern with strong Cultural Creative values and a love of style and artistic, high quality design. Anne

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AOC articles about consumer values based on The Traditionals, Moderns and Cultural Creatives, with Anne’s hybrid mix called the Smart Sensuality person.