Tyler Mitchell's Three Beauties -- Anok, Awar, Mona on Jekyll Island, Ga -- in Vogue Magazine AOC Fashion

Top models Anok Yai, Awar Odhiang and Mona Tougaard surely had a deeply emotional experience, working with stylist Camilla Nickerson in this ancient roots fashion story for Vogue. TFS has posted it from Vogue Germany’s March 2025 issue as ‘Neue Poesie’.

AOC has been everywhere else to understand if it’s a Vogue Global focus — which this exquisite, artistic creation certainly should be — shot by Tyler Mitchell [IG] in Jekyll Island, Georgia. / Hair by Jawara; makeup by Fara Homidi

I know that AOC spins people in three different directions at the same time, but it can’t be avoided.

Key Points About Jekyll Island

1] the human and ecological history of Jekyll Island, which now dates back to 2500 BC and the indigenous Native American tribes, predominantly the Guale people who lived there; 2] the arrival of the Europeans and slavery on the island; 3] the rise on Jekyll Island of an aristocratic cafe society getaway culture in the 1920s that parallels the same rise in Europe; 4] Jekyll Island welcomed not only the Charleston Renaissance [SC American] artists, but Harlem Renaissance artists as well. I haven’t yet verified European artists sailing to Jekyll Island.

The Charleston and Harlem Renaissance artists were functioning and mixing with the Bloomsbury artists discussed in Sunday’s post about Kim Jones at Charleston Trust in the UK.

5] As most cafe society operated in Europe and in America, they welcomed artists from painters to musicians and treated them with respect. That does not mean there weren’t bad scenes and obnoxious, hateful, white people. But more progressive-minded people welcomed artists like Tyler Mitchell into their social circles on Jekyll Island. In fact, historians say that cafe society began in New York City and moved on to London and Paris.

We’re working on an in-depth history of Jekyll Island, which will be posted separately and linked from here. And we’ll do a separate short post on Tyler’s Gagosian show and any other new info about this increasingly influential young photographer.

In summary, there’s a set of three articles all triggered by Tyler’s fantastic Vogue photoshoot and by tomorrow AOC will surely have two more ideas tomorrow. This work is truly inspiring, Tyler. ~ Anne