Felice Nova Noordhoff in 'Night Moves' by Ezra Petronio for ELLE US September 2023

Felice Nova Noordhoff in 'Night Moves' by Ezra Petronio for ELLE US September 2023

Model Felice Nova Noordhoff appears yet again Sunday, styled by Anastasia Barbieri in ‘Night Moves’. Photographer Ezra Petronio [IG] captures the sensual evening mood for ELLE US September 2023./ Hair by Stéphane Lancien; makeup by Marion Robine

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Gucci Fine Jewelry 'Link to Love' 2023 Androgynous Stackable Collection

Gucci Fine Jewelry 'Link to Love' 2023 Androgynous Stackable Collection

Italian luxury brand Gucci unveils its latest fine jewelry 'Link to Love' campaign with a focus on self-expression and individualism but through connection. 

The ‘Link to Love’ collection’s signature octagonal shape channels religious symbolism worldwide. Octagrams formed from overlapping squares often emphasize duality: yin and yang, male and female, spiritual and material, while having a major place in global religions from Christianity to Hindualism, including also a significant place in Jewish mysticism.

This symbolism seems particularly relevent to Gucci’s embrace of a modern, androgynous, sleek design in the ‘Link to Love’ campaign. AOC just discovered major ties to the earliest deities — a transition period between goddesses were worshipped exclusively and patriarchy where God is male and women got the boot.

For example, Old Kingdom Egyptians recognized a group of eight deities, four male and four female, with the female bearing feminine forms of the male names: Nu, Nanet, Amun, Amunet, Kuk, Kauket, Huh, and Hauhet.

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Massimo Dutti Limited Edition Collection of Chic, Elevated Basics Is Worth a Look

Massimo Dutti Limited Edition Collection of Chic, Elevated Basics Is Worth a Look

The Case for Elevated Basics

The fashion trends term describing the Spring 2023 Massimo Dutti Limited Edition collection is ‘elevated basics’. Every fashion-aware person self-defines their own vision of ‘elevated basics’, but Massimo Dutti’s 2023 vision is one of sophisticated, chic simplicity and clarity.

The new campaign highlights models Ella Mccutcheon, Imaan Hammam, Tara Halliwell and Yilan Hua in images by Ezra Petronio [IG].

The vision is not a boring one, but more of a timeless, body-aware, polished, sensual approach in black and cream.

Skirts are longer for seekers of elevated basics, silhouettes are fluid. AOC asks if the long column of a dress is a modern woman’s caftan.

Note that caftans are showing up in men’s collections also, but the narrow, sleeveless column dress remains a typically female choice, except in the LGBTQIA+ community.

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