Editorial Images: Elsa Hosk | Yu Tsai | Marie Claire Spain May 2011

One of my talents as a sensual trendmeister is a strong ability to go with the flow, while fighting for the issues that matter to me. For weeks I’ve been in public anguish over the fashion monasticism emerging in the new Vogue Paris.

Not a drip of honey drips off chins in this cleaned up fashion bible. For the most part, the first two issues are sensual straightjackets.

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Thankfully, my sensuality drama is over. For months I’ve written about the future impact of Brazil, Spain and the South American countries on expressions of sensuality. The Scandinavian countries are far more influential as well, moving us forward in trying to break down the schism between female sexuality and respectability.

Italy isn’t undergoing any sensual reformation that I detect. “Let go of it, Anne”, I told myself yesterday. C’est tout. Elsa Hosk, lensed by Yu Tsai for Marie Claire Spain’s May 2011 issue reminds me that sensuality is alive and well for nice girls, even if Vogue Paris is suffering a moment of ambivalence.

Read more about my ‘aha’ moment: Alexi Lubomirski & Andres Velencosco Segura | It’s Raining Men.

Marie Claire Spain has no headaches over natural sensuality. Editorial continues.