Did Kanye West Just Get Played for Parler? Candice Owens' Husband George Farmer Is CEO
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Daria Werbowy Is A 'True Grit' Woman In Mikael Jansson's Porter Magazine No 10 Cover Story
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Renewed and Resized at AOC Oct. 29, 2022
Daria Werbowy Is A 'True Grit' Woman In Mikael Jansson's Porter Magazine No 10 Cover Story AOC Fashion Pre-2020
Top model Daria Werbowy is a ‘True Grit’ woman in this cover story for a generally-smashing Porter Magazine No. 10. Daria defies stereotypes about the female mind and skill set as she fixes cars, drives a tractor, chops wood and executes other traditionally male tasks as one sexy femme.
Read MoreTilda Swinton for Chanel in Harper's Bazaar Australia/NZ Nov. 2022 by Solve Sundsbo
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Writer Grace O’Neill says that “collaboration” is the word that comes up most often in her interview with Oscar-winning Tilda Swinton. The actor covers the November 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia and New Zealand.
Jerry Stafford styles Swinton in Chanel Haute Couture in ‘Down the Garden Path’, lensed by Sølve Sundsbø [IG] ./ Hair by Ali Pirzaden; makeup by Chiao Li Hsu
Read MoreChanel's Cruise 2023 Campaign, Shot in Monaco by Mikael Jansson with Loli and Vittoria
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French luxury powerhouse Chanel shares its Cruise 2023 campaign starring rising French model Loli Bahia and top model Vittoria Ceretti. Bahia first walked the fall 2020 Louis Vuitton show when she was still in high school.
The campaign, shot by Mikael Jansson [IG] pays tribute to Monaco and Karl Lagerdeld’s ties to the principality. Designer Virginie Viard highlights Monte Carlo’s cosmopolitan elegance, and glamour in her designs.
Coming on May 5 through July 16, 2023 ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’ will be on view — and the focus of — The Metropolitan Museum’s of Art’s Spring 2023 The Costume Institute Benefit [also known as The Met Gala®].
Read MoreGeorgia Fowler at Fiji's Nanuku by Nicole Bentley for Marie Claire Global
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Georgia Fowler speaks to her comfort level shooting with Nicole Bentley, and the creative synergy they experience because much trust exists between the two women. This is no surprise to Anne of Carversville because we’ve advocated for women photographers for over a decade.
There’s no guarantee about any trust-building relationship in the world of sexual identity and model/photographer. But few of us miss the days of highly-publicized, bad-boy photographer Terry Richardson running a digital diary in which young models — and older, too — dropped by his studio for sexy photos combined with snaps of Richardson’s sexual apparatus.
Read MoreRenewed: Carolyn Murphy By Steven Meisel For Vogue Italia November 2014
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Renewed and Resized Oct. 26, 2022
Carolyn Murphy Strikes 'A Connection' With Steven Meisel For Vogue Italia November 2014 AOC Fashion Pre-2020
Model Carolyn Murphy shimmers with sensual delight, lensed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia November 2014. Karl Templer chooses shoulder-baring elegance for ‘A Connection’ as Carolyn lights up the sparklers for a festive mood. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
Read More'Scandalous' Tinashe in Narcisse Magazine F/W 2022 Cover Story by Jason Kim
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Fresh off her Oct. 9 appearance with Aimee Mann and Paris Jackson at producer/songwriter Linda Perry’s West Hollywood fundraiser for Equalize Her, Tinashe [IG] takes us inside her Narcisse Magazine F/W 2022 cover story.
Photographer Jason Kim [IG] captures Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe — known by her first name only — who is not new to the music world. Rafael Linares styles the music talent, with creative direction by Azadeh Zoraghi.
Tinashe has been performing since she was about 11 years old. The most frequent descriptor AOC has read about Tinashe is that she is underrated. The talent did make the Forbes ‘30 Under 30- Music’ [2022] list.
Read MoreAdidas Terminates Relationship with Ye, AKA Kanye West, In a Costly Move for Sports Brand
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Adidas, the German sportswear giant had faced pressure from the public and its own employees to cut ties with Ye, who said on a podcast on Oct. 16: “I can say anti-Semitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me. Now what?”
Adidas said in a statement: “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”
“After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.”
Read MoreDior's Resort 2023 Cruise Show and Ad Campaign in Seville Makes Arnault a 21st Century Medici Name
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The New Medicis
My own takeaways from this extraordinary Dior Cruise 2023 show in Seville is the idea that LVMH, in particular, with its Arnault family really represents the 21st century House of Medici.
Dior is the leader of the pack, presenting a cruise 2023 show that celebrated flamenco artist Carmen Amaya, the first female flamenco dancer to wear men’s clothes, in the 1950s; and centuries of intellectual learning and advancement — much of it closed to women. Chiuri unleashes her history lessons always in her collectons.
The layers of cultural influence in the Dior show are staggering. But this visionary attitude is on display in many LVMH brands.
Their direct support of the artists and creative talent gives the Arnualt family enormous power. Given the alternatives, I am all for it, because the world of rich people is not going anywhere. AOC admits we try to influence this world.
Read More'The Devil Wears Barbour' in Sunday Times Style and the Call to Kant-Style Humanism
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It’s no exaggeration to say that luxury fashion has fallen in love with the countryside. The Sunday Times Style [IG] tells us to ‘Grab your Chanel wellies’ thanks to a fashion story featuring Ukrainian model Anastasia Netrebiuk.
Barbour does set the stage about this slow living, back to the land vision, humanistic-values, brand-integrity-rich clothing company — describing the ‘Barbour Way of Life’.
Creating Beauty As Purpose
Brunello Cucinelli’s landing page, a brand also featured in The Sunday Times Style fashion story, has a pre-entry message, one I was discussing this morning with my closest human friend: Kant’s philosophical observation that “Beauty is the symbol of the morally good”.
I’d say it’s very Ralph Lauren — especially now that Ralph Lauren is officially a cultural creative, and I’m loving him to death for it. But Barbour preceded Ralph by about 50 years.
Read More2 Moncler 1952 Fashion Story Lensed by Janneke van her Hagen for AnOther Magazine
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Veronica Leoni has been the Genius vision behind womenswear since 2018, adding her sophisticated design eye to the confines of the puffer-centric codes of Moncler. The adaptation required by the design-vision fence in which the Jil Sander and Philo-era Celine alum had to create was challenging at best.
She perservered and now celebrates the fact that the fall /winter 2022.23 collection contains her “favorite puffer ever”. In a word AOC must credit to Luke Leitch, Leoni’s silhouettes are typically ‘unlumpen’. Perfectly stated!
Much of the materials used in the fall /winter 2022.23 2 Moncler 2 1952 is Como-warehoused deadstock. Additionally, Moncler will go fur-free after the fall 2023 collection
All of these advancements and learnings with Moncler help Veronica Leoni advance her personal project QUIRA, a brand apart from Moncler, named after her grandmother, the seamstress Quirina.
Read MoreBalenciaga Deletes All References to Kanye West and Ye With Few Words but Bold Actions
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After removing all visible references to Ye, known to the world as Kanye West, from their own websites on Thursday — along with any products sold on third-party websites carrying an association beween Balenciaga and the rapper/creative marketer of all things Ye or Yeezy — Balenciaga has issued a statement Friday saying that the luxury label no longer has "any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist.”
On Oct. 17, the Kering-owned luxury label fashion giant announced that saying Kanye’s runway imagers was removed from Balenciaga’s Spring 2023 Paris fashion show and also from Vogue Runway, as well as the Balenciaga website.
Balenciaga’s severing of any association with Kanye West is due to his recent anti-Semitic statements and threatening behavior, as expressed on the podcast Drink Champs. Kanye has threatened to go death con 3 on Jews in recent days.
Additionally, West’s right-wing, conspiracy-theory assertion that George Floyd died of a drug overdose — and not because of the nine-minute, knee on his neck, no-mercy murder that the entire world watched live — was stated as a reason why Balenciaga has severed all connections to Kanye West, legally known as Ye.
Read MoreKanye West's [aka Ye] Refusal to Treat His Mental Illness Is No Excuse For His Anti-Semitism
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We Cannot Be Silent About Kanye West’s Anti-Semitism
Ari Emanuel is one of the Jews Kanye was wailing about yesterday in his grievance-centered, interview with Chris Cuomo.
Emanuel has called upon companies like Apple and Spotify, like Adidas who is currently reviewing their contractual relationship with West and other business partners who raise revenue off of Kanye West, to suspend their relationships.
“West is not just any person — he is a pop culture icon with millions of fans around the world,” Emanuel wrote in an op-ed for The Financial Times. “And among them are young people whose views are still being formed. This is why it is necessary for all of us to speak out. Hatred and anti-Semitism should have no place in our society, no matter how much money is at stake.”
Read MoreEtro's Kean and Veronica Etro Say Goodbye in Henrik Purienne Fall 2022 Campaign
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Where Heritage Is Proud, Celebrate It
The Fall 2022 campaign with models Mica Arganaraz and Sam Mallos, shot by photographer Henrik Purienne in Palm Springs, CA was described by the Etro family creatives as “our road to nowhere towards faraway worlds, sun-drenched as far as the eye can see, strong in the nomadic and curious spirit that has always pushed us forward, because it is never the destination that counts, but the journey itself”.
There’s a rich taspestry of Italian DNA roots at play in Etro in this moment, even if the brand is now majority-owned by LVMH-backed L Catterton. So goodbye to the Etro family and hello to Marco de Vincenzo.
Given the times we are living in and the storied history of the Etro brand, including the legendary timing of its birth [and a quick Google search] give that brand DNA a big hug. Note that I’ve also learned that brands have made conscious efforts to wipe Google clean of certain aspects of their history.
But you, dearest Etro with your magic-carpet ride, global-nomad, people-loving history, you have riches in 2022. Honor them, because you look good to go, Etro.
Read MoreBella Hadid Returns to Swarovski Holiday Campaign After Speaking Against Antisemitism
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Without naming her client, Bella did ruminate in a recent interview on the contained backlash she received this year about her new role as the Swarovski ambassador.
Bella’s pro-Palestinian, perceived as anti-Israeli posts on IG, created pushback by some Israeli jewelry stores and dealers against Swarovski.
Last week, Bella Hadid did not specifically call out Kanye West, but she noted on Instagram that it would be a “disservice” to herself and her loved ones if she did not “speak up.” She went on to specifically condemn antisemitism and the “things” that have been shared about it recently on “public platforms”.
“To allow any form of antisemitism to slip by, as desensitized as the world has become, it would be a disservice to my friends, the families I have grown up with, the people I love and work with, myself, and even the Palestinian cause as a whole,” she wrote.
She then emphasised that her Palestinian community does not stand for “hatred or violence,” adding that anti-Semitic social media posts “will never be okay”.
Read MoreJosh Shinner Honors Photographer Fay Godwin in 'Born to Rewild' for Harper's Bazaar Global
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AOC shares ‘Born to Rewild’ with model Heather Kemesky, who channels the spirit of Fay Godwin, photographed by Josh Shinner [IG].
Read More“This story was based on one of my favourite photographers, the often (and sadly) overlooked Fay Godwin. She was an incredible woman, stomping around the Scottish Highlands in her big coats and thick jumpers with her tripod and Hasselblad, taking landscape pictures that are every bit as brilliant as those of Ansel Adams and co. I urge you to take a trip down a discovery wormhole this weekend…”
Prada Launches Fully Recycled Eternal Gold Collection with Aura Blockchain Certification
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American poet, activist, Prada ambassador and UNICEF supporter Amanda Gorman; Dutch-Korean-Canadian singer, rapper and dancer Jeon Somi; and American actor and model Maya Hawke, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke star in Prada’s 2022 launch of Eternal Gold, representing the luxury brand’s first forray into fine jewelry.
In addition to being made from certified recycled gold, every piece of jewelry in the collection will be fully traceable, thanks to blockchain technology. Every purchase will be traceable by logging into the Aura Blockchain Consortium.
The Prada Eternal Gold collection is very modern a 100 percent recycled collection that pushes category boundaries. Amanda Gorman came to Prada’s attention, not because of her 2021 Inaugural Poem, but because of her environmental activism.
Read MoreSydney Sweeney Chills in ELLE US Hollywood Women Issue Lensed by Sharif Hamza
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ELLE US lines up major Hollywood female talent for its November 2022 issue. Sydney Sweeney Brings the Chill is our first focus, as writer Samuel Maude probes the private thoughts of Hollywood’s newest It Girl.
Next up? Marvel’s ‘Madame Web’. “I fought for the character,” Sweeney says of the role. “It’s been a really incredible journey that I’m very, very excited to be a part of.”
Sony has zipped lips on ‘Madame Web’s’ storyline. Dakota Johnson is in the lead role, with Celeste O'Connor, Emma Roberts and Isabela Merced also joining the cast with Sweeney..
Read MoreIndiana AG Rokita of 10-Year-Old Raped-Girl Forced-Birth-Fame Defends Kanye West's Anti-Semitism
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Indiana’s public news media WFYI reports that Attorney General Todd Rokita “came to the defense” of rapper Ye, known to the world by his former name of Kanye West. Roika wrote: “The constant hypocrisy from the media is at an all-time high. They have now gone after Kanye for his new fashion line, his independent thinking, & for having opposing thoughts from the norm of Hollywood.”
Here is the link to the article posted on MSNBC: No one should weep for Ye.
AOC notes that in an exclusively numerical overview, Jewish people have a much larger presence in Hollywood, as it relates to their percent of the total American population, about 2.4% of American adults.
Our current focus is AG Rokita defending Kanye West’s vitriolic anti-Semitism that was expressed before his recent social media posts. In new information that broke Oct. 12, JP Morgan bank told Kanye West that they would no longer be his banker, giving him a month to move his money out of the institution.
Read MoreJP Morgan Tells Kanye West to Find a New Banker By November 21, 2022
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