Irina Shayk Covers i-D Magazine Summer 2023, Lensed by Drew Vickers in Joshua Tree AOC Fashion

Top model Irina Shayk assumes her fierce woman “these boots are made for walking” persona in the desert sands of Joshua Tree, California. Shayk’s is one of multiple covers for i-D magazine’s Summer 2023 issue [IG].

Alastair McKimm styles Irina in an all Ann Demeulemeester fashion story from Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s first collection for the label. Drew Vickers [IG] is behind the lens to capture the fleeting moment of the young designer’s relationship with the label.

‘It girls ‘appeared to love the first collection, with Hunter Schafer wearing the show’s opening look, a long bias-cut white silk skirt and a singular extra long feather delicately covering the breasts, to the recent Vanity Fair Oscars Party./ Hair by Esther Langham; makeup by Yadim

“It’s my way of saying that after this first step I’ll be spreading my wings and then be able to express myself,” De Saint Sernin told Vogue’s Nicole Phelps of the Oscars party look.

Two months after his first show and after six months working in his position, Ludovic de Saint Sernin was out of a job at Ann Demeulemeester. Did he spread his wings like Icarus and fly too close to the sun?

Neither the young designer or Claudio Antonioli, who bought the Demeulemeester label in 2020 [and is close with Ann Demeulemeester, the woman] released a statement about the designer’s dismissal.