Elle Macpherson Covers ELLE Spain July 2025 as Style Awards 2025 by Xavi Gordo as Style Awards

Elle Macpherson Covers ELLE Spain July 2025 as Style Awards 2025 by Xavi Gordo as Style Awards

Elle Macpherson has delivered infectious attitude to the pages of ELLE magazine’s global editions for 43 years. Looking at these vivacious images of ‘The Body’ for ELLE Spain’s [IG] July 2025 issue, it’s difficult to believe Macpherson is age 61.

The top model has practiced healthy living for many years now, but she’s also revealed in recent books and interviews, that the Aussie beauty controlled her weight with a 10-year cocaine addiction.

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LVMH's Michael Burke, New Chairman and CEO of its Americas Division Steps Into the Frenzy

LVMH's Michael Burke, New Chairman and CEO of its Americas Division Steps Into the Frenzy

LVMH's Michael Burke, New Chairman and CEO of its Americas Division Steps Into the Frenzy

It may be LVMH’s newly-named chairman and chief executive of its Americas division Michael Burke, who first introduced the term ‘hodgepodge’ to the popular press and select financial analysts’ LVMH lexicon.

Anne will explain, but first the latest news.

The Burke appointment comes at a critical moment when the luxury sector is haunted by waning demand and US President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, often daily, tariffs landscape.

LVMH also appointed Burke as nonexecutive chairman of Tiffany’s board of directors. He retains his 2024 appointment as Chairman and CEO of LVMH Fashion Group.

In June and July 2025, AOC has been obsessed with the word ‘hodgepodge’ being bandied about by select financial analysts, with the tangential support of several fashion journalists. Their focus is a lack of branding clarity around Louis Vuitton in particular.

Referring last evening to the issue, I set off again this morning, trying to document the original source of the word. The person may be none other than Michael Burke.

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High Jewelry 'Exquisitively Served' by Peter Langer for Harper's Bazaar US May 2025

High Jewelry 'Exquisitively Served' by Peter Langer for Harper's Bazaar US May 2025

High Jewelry was ‘Exquisitely Served’ in the ‘best’ dining rooms and fine table settings in the May 2025 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US [IG]. Photographer Peter Langer [IG] captured the glittering events and fresh designs styled by Miguel Alberto Enamorado with set design by Emilia Margulies.

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Naomi Campbell Taps Humanity's Origins in Dazed Magazine 'Celebration' Issue 2025

Naomi Campbell Taps Humanity's Origins in Dazed Magazine 'Celebration' Issue 2025

Supermodel Naomi Campbell takes one cover of Dazed Magazine’s [IG] Summer 2025 issue, the last one under the editorial vision of IB Kamara, who also photographs Naomi.

The glorious Naomi Campbell channels humanity’s oldest African origins and self-adornment using beads, shells and hair collages made of twigs, real flowers, leaves and even stones and butterflies that honor the deep ties between humans and nature.

Transit In and Out of Africa Was Not a One-Way Ticket

No discovery has unseated the region of Lake Turkana, which includes the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia and the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, as the route humans took out of Africa into the Levant.

AOC readers understand the attempts by white nationalists to press the case for a superior group of humans who came from the north, eventually reaching the Levant themselves. Anne has a personal mission to follow this argument very closely.

Out of Africa and into Bronze Age Canaan

After sharing critical new DNA info on Africans carrying Neanderthal DNA at much higher levels than previously tested [blowing out the white men from the north theory], AOC moves to recent DNA analysis that proves as high as 30% shared DNA between Palestinian and Jewish men with ancestors living together as Bronze Age Canaanites.

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Prada Balm in Banana Yellow Celebrates the 'Days of Summer' Campaign 2025

Prada Balm in Banana Yellow Celebrates the 'Days of Summer' Campaign 2025

Prada Balm in Banana Yellow Celebrates the 'Days of Summer' Campaign 2025

AOC returns to Prada’s ‘Days of Summer’ marketing campaign, where the Prada pink gozzo is moored beside the Prada Capri boutique, in Via Roma 2, until July 13th.

Prada Beauty Lip Balms in Macaron Colors

This Prada campaign is being executed with such colors of comprehensive precision that Prada Beauty lipstick glosses are the mouth-enticing colors of French macarons. Scratch that. I mean Italian Macaron colors.

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Goldman Sachs Adds LVMH to European Conviction Buy List, Ignoring Analysts and Fashion Writers

Goldman Sachs Adds LVMH to European Conviction Buy List, Ignoring Analysts and Fashion Writers

Goldman Sachs Adds LVMH to European Conviction Buy List

My case for LVMH got a big boost Monday, July 7th with Goldman Sach’s decision to add LVMH to its European Conviction Buy list. Goldman’s Louise Singlehurst recommends investors "look through Q2 softness and Buy into LVMH" as a clear winner in the next luxury upcycle, noting asymmetric risk reward with potential upside of 69% versus 5% downside.

The Goldman analysis also mentioned that the steep selloff of LVMH shares borders on being irrational. This was welcome news after the June 22, deeply-personal, Bloomberg supplied hit piece on LVMH published on BoF.

I then read — again from HSBC, the same financial institution that financed all of Donald J. Trump’s bankruptcy business messes, when no other bank would — that the current Louis Vuitton brand strategy is a “hodgepodge”. Seriously!

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Sheila Bawar Covers Sunday Times Style July 6 in Hot Girl Images by Giampaolo Sgura

Sheila Bawar Covers Sunday Times Style July 6 in Hot Girl Images by Giampaolo Sgura

Brazilian model Sheila Bawar covers the July 6, 2025 issue of Sunday Times Style [IG], wearing Gucci on the cover. Stylist Verity Parker advises on what to pack for pool party nights. Her list includes Adriana Degreas, Brunello Cucinelli, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Jade Swim, Max Mara, Paul Smith, Sara Cristina, Taller Marmo and more, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura [IG]./ Makeup by Karin Borromeo; hair by Ezio Diaferia

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Anok Yai Chills in Paris Hotel Luxury and High Jewelry for Vogue France June 2025

Anok Yai Chills in Paris Hotel Luxury and High Jewelry for Vogue France June 2025

Supermodel Anok Yai is not only one of the most big-impression models of her generation. Anok, now 27, is climbing the Mount Rushmore of fashion world into potential legendary status, alongside the greats.

Today, we see Anok Yai dripping in luxury in a fashion story ‘Précieuse Anok’ for Vogue France [IG] July 2025 issue.

Alastair McKimm styles the shoot with images by Carin Backoff [IG]. / Makeup by Yadim; hair by Ryan Mitchell

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Tyler Mitchell Shoots Ralph Lauren Pre-Fall 2025 Campaign | AOC Talks Values

Tyler Mitchell Shoots Ralph Lauren Pre-Fall 2025 Campaign | AOC Talks Values

Tyler Mitchell Shoots Ralph Lauren Pre-Fall 2025 Campaign | AOC Talks Values

We’re living in a moment of small victories,and surely photographer Tyler Mitchell [IG] feels great pride — and his family even moreso — over Mitchell shooting the Ralph Lauren [IG] Pre-Fall 2025 Campaign. Ralph Lauren carries great symbolism and respect in the Black community.

Ralph Lauren 2024/25 Business Results

The top leadership got big raises coming off an excellent 2024 performance that resulted in a 16.8 percent increase in the stock price for the year ending March 31. Since March 31, the stock has risen another 20 percent.

Like Hermès, Brunello Cucinelli, and Prada, Ralph Lauren’s Asia business is very strong. In China Ralph Lauren saw 20 percent growth in China in their 4th quarter ending March 2025.

Louvet has definite opinions about why the business is strong in China:

It’s important to keep in mind that Ralph founded this company on values that are pretty universal: optimism, authenticity, timelessness, elegance, family. Those are globally relevant and are resonating wherever we play, including markets where you might be concerned about anti-American sentiment.

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Apolline Rocco Fohrer's Lovely Couture Dazzle for WSJ Magazine June 2025 by Nadine Ijewere

Apolline Rocco Fohrer's Lovely Couture Dazzle for WSJ Magazine June 2025 by Nadine Ijewere

WSJ Magazine [IG] highlights ‘This Season’s 10 Most Dreamlike Couture Looks’, a collection of dresses made with the most advanced techniques from Alexander Vauthier, Armani Privé, Chanel Haute Couture, Dior Haute Couture, Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, Giambattista Valli Haute Couture, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture by Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Raul Mishra Couture, Schiaparelli Haute Couture, and Valentino Haute Couture.

Model Apolline Rocco Fohrer looks absoloutely lovely in these modern, elegant, grandly feminine images styled by Kate Phelan with photography by Nadine Ijewere [IG]. / Hair by Ali Pirzadeh; makeup by Min Kim

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Birgit Kos at Fairmont Golden Prague Wears Brutalist Style with Sensual Twists

Birgit Kos at Fairmont Golden Prague Wears Brutalist Style with Sensual Twists

Top model Birgit Kos wears a bold, modern, red-column Gucci dress on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Czech’s July 2025 issue. The photo shoot takes place at the highly-anticipated renovation of the 320-room Fairmont Golden Prague, situated on the scenic Vltava River.

The brutualist architecture has been preserved throughout — and inspires Annie Hertikova’s styling of the fashion shoot, lensed by Branislav Simoncik [IG]./ Hair by Mirka Mysicka; makeup by Adriana Bartosova

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Giedre Dukauskaite in 'Go West' by Boo George for Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2025

Giedre Dukauskaite in 'Go West' by Boo George for Harper's Bazaar UK July-August 2025

Model Giedre Dukauskaite headlines ‘Go West’, a city slickers vision of western style fashioned by Miranda Almond using Celine by Hedi Slimane, Etro, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy, Gucci, Loro Piana, MiuMiu, Prada, Simone Rocha, Sportmax, Stella McCartney, Valentino and more.

Photographer Boo George [IG] is behind the lens on Beara Peninsula, located in southwest Ireland for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] July-August 2025./ Makeup by Florrie White; hair by Hiroshi Matsushita

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Charlotte Gainsbourg for W Magazine Korea Vol.7 'Women In Motion' by Peter Ash Lee

Charlotte Gainsbourg for W Magazine Korea Vol.7 'Women In Motion' by Peter Ash Lee

Charlotte Gainsbourg for W Magazine Korea Vol.7 'Women In Motion' by Peter Ash Lee

Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a cover of W Magazine Korea [IG] Vol.7 July 2025 ‘Women In Motion’ issue. Peter Ash Lee [IG] captures the actor wearing Saint Laurent throughout the fashion story, styled by Shin Kim, with creative direction by Nat Canguilhem, who also collaborated with Nicolas Salet aka ne3ko on last week’s Saint Laurent SS2026 mens show in Paris. / Hair by Yuji Okuda; Yusaku Nakahara

The Saint Laurent talent shares that making the documentary ‘Jane by Charlotte’ about her mother Jane Birkin became a very complex endeavor.

The problem is that I started without knowing what I wanted. That must have been dissatisfied with mom. Because I was too vague. Mom must have thought I would make a documentary about her professional life and work. I didn't want to make something that would have already been made about my mother, and I wanted a much more personal story. So my mother was uncomfortable with my approach at first, and eventually stopped working for about 2 years. In the meantime, I came to understand what I really wanted to do.

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Nora Attal Covers Vogue Greece July-August 2025 in Chios by Hordur Ingason

Nora Attal Covers Vogue Greece July-August 2025 in Chios by Hordur Ingason

The July-August issue of Vogue Greece [IG] pays tribute to the Greek summer, through powerful imagery, memorable stories, and landscapes of true beauty.

Top model Nora Attal traveled to the eastern Aegean isle of Chios, Greece’s fifth-largest island, where she was photographed by Hördur Ingason [IG]

Sadly, in recent days, Chios has been devastated by wildfires on five fronts. Two of the five fires have already been attributed to known [arrested] humans.

Nicholas Georgiou joined Attal and Ingason in two fashion stories for this issue, with beauty team Stelios Chondros on hair and Athina Karakitsou on makeup.

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Louis Vuitton and Vogue Netherlands Send Love to LA with Yasmin Wijnaldum

Louis Vuitton and Vogue Netherlands Send Love to LA with Yasmin Wijnaldum

Vogue Netherlands [IG] July-August issue celebrates Summer in the City with Dutch top model Yasmin Wijnaldum landing in the City of Angels.

Linda Gümüs Gerritsen packs a suitcase full of Louis Vuitton fashion love notes from Provence to Los Angeles [who needs the love!!!!] captured by Rasmus Weng Karlsen [IG]. / Hair by Magdalena Loza; makeup by Magdalena Loza

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Ella Mccutcheon in Paris for Vogue Mexico July 2025 by Inez and Vinoodh

Ella Mccutcheon in Paris for Vogue Mexico July 2025 by Inez and Vinoodh

Model Ella McCutcheon tours Paris on a skateboard, In Vogue’s Mexico [IG] July 2025 issue. Valentina Collado styles the Australian beauty in Calvin Klein, Chanel, Chloe, Saint Laurent and more in Inez and Vinooth’s [IG] visual tribute to Generation Z.

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Sharon Stone Is Modern Goddess with Ancient Roots in Vogue Adria June 2025

Sharon Stone Is Modern Goddess with Ancient Roots in Vogue Adria June 2025

Sharon Stone Is Modern Goddess with Ancient Roots in Vogue Adria June 2025

Actor, activist, humanist and hardcore ballbreaker Sharon Stone is the cover star of Vogue Adria [IG] June 2025. Stone is joined by models Gabriel Aubry and Adam Senn in a provocative fashion story styled by Paris Libby.

Photographer Branislav Simoncik [IG] captures the visual narrative that reminds us of 90s Gianni Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and even Valentino. It intrigues me to review French luxury brands and Italian brands historically on this idea.

In its simplest form, Sharon Stone is a glass half full person. And she is the consummate ballbreaker.

Right wingers insist that ballbreakers are narcissistic women consumed with our own self-image and self-contained universe. In fact, ballbreakers are more likely to be exactly the opposite.

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