Jac Jagaciak & Aylah Peterson in 'Flash Back' by Solve Sundsbo for V Magazine 150 Fall 2024
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Rebecca Leigh Longendyke Saddles Up in Texas for V Magazine 140 Sp Preview 2023
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American model Rebecca Leigh Longendyke takes her luxury-model, sassy-gal self to the Lone Star state, joining the boys club as a cowgirl at Saunders Ranch in Weatherford, Texas. V Magazine ponies up the cash for a fantastic fashion shoot styled by Gro Curtis for V140 Spring Preview 2023.
Photographer Blair Getz Mezibov [IG] captures wild west Texas style, just a 20 minutes’ drive from Dallas-Fort Worth. Did the team dine at Los Vaqueros? Or drink beer at Antebellum Ale House? I hope Longendyke kept a diary of her experiences in Weatherford,Texas, because this ‘Saddle Up’ fashion event was one terrific idea.
Read MoreGisele Bündchen Is 'One of a Kind' by Sølve Sundsbø for V Magazine 139 Winter 2022
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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is styled by Gro Curtis in ‘One of a Kind’, sparkling holiday elegance with plenty of swagger. Photographer Sølve Sundsbø [IG] captures Gisele for V Magazine’s Winter issue — presumably #139.
The newly divorced supermodel is “settling in” to the new chapter of her life, explaining through a source that she “has lived her own life for years while Tom played football so she is not afraid to do things by herself.”
Read MoreAdut Akech, Gigi Hadid, He Cong, Imaan Hammam V139 Magazine by Adrienne Raquel
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Adut’s five-year rise from a South Sudan, Australian Refugee to REAL supermodel status is well known by now. Being a Global Ambassador for Estee Lauder, announced in June 2021, goes a long way in wearing the real-deal supernodel crown.
Adut’s career was launched when she closed the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2018 show in Paris. Many young people in fashion — or outsiders with lots to say — think the industry only turned towards models of color post-George Floyd and the rise of BLM.
This is not true. Demands for change and the topic of racism in the fashion industry was much discussed and acted upon before the brutal murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
Read MoreQuinn Mora by Nathaniel Goldberg in 'Couture Gets Real' for V Magazine May 2021
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Model Quinn Mora is styled by Gro Curtis in ‘Couture Gets Real’, lensed by Nathaniel Goldberg for V Magazine May 2021./ Hair by Yann Turchi; makeup by Karim Rahman
Read MoreSolve Sundsbo Flashes V Man #45 'Face Off', Styled by Gro Curtis
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Solve Sundsbo Flashes V Man #45 'Face Off', Styled by Gro Curtis
AOC is starting to sound like a Gro Curtis-Solve Sundsbo fan girl. LOL. I ADORE this V Man #45 ‘Face Off’ fashion story because 1) we really see the clothes and styling but 2) there’s a whole lot of artistry going on that 3) probes ancient mythology and masks, making it culturally interesting and 4) with models — in this case Jean Augnet (aka Jean-Désiré) (IG) and Zack Tidswell (IG) — who know how to pose and move. Both models are also dancers. / Hair by Matt Mulhall
JA: “Sølve wanted us to break the lines to give some crazy movement! I danced to some disco, rap, r&b lots of variety in the music evoking plenty of emotions, like happiness and love for the movement.”
Jean Campbell Is Softly Hi-Voltage in 'Spring Awakening' for V Magazine #128
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Jean Campbell Is Softly Hi-Voltage in 'Spring Awakening' for V Magazine #128
Model Jean Campbell is styled by Gro Curtis in V Magazine’s ‘Spring Awakening’ , a photographic ode to “the drama, the vibrancy, and the grandiosity that defines the artistry of fashion.” V’s Fashion Director Curtis says: “" . . . it shows how resilient designers are in these turbulent times.”/ Makeup by Val Garland; hair by Kei Terada
As greater darkness descends over America, Curtis bangs the drum for creative redemption coming out of chaos, sharing words that inspire.
"Beauty lies in many characters woman can use to her advantage. She can be innocent but playful in Simone Rocha, strong and seductive in Giorgio Armani, etheric in Dior, romantic in Erdem, or simply strange and avant-garde in Rick Owens. They say it’s darkest just before the dawn. I do believe this issue and this story is our dawn after almost a year in the dark."
Photographer Solve Sundbo has a deeply-intellectual understanding of womanly, darkness into light image concepts, making the Curtis-Sundsbo-Campbell pairing a good jolt of fashion optimism for hopeful, concerned spirits. See all the ‘Spring Awakening’ fashion designer details in the upcoming V Magazine #128, shipping January 16th, 2020 at V Magazine.
