Swarovski SS-2024 Campaign Drips With Sea Jewels Worn by Imaan, Irina, Karlie, Fei Fei, Abby

Swarovski SS-2024 Campaign Drips With Sea Jewels Worn by Imaan, Irina, Karlie, Fei Fei, Abby

Showstudio calls them “Steven Meisel’s Supermodel Sirens”, five women “dripping in crystals.” Top models Abby Champion, Fei Fei Sun, Imaan Hammam, Irina Shayk and Karlie Kloss join forces in the new S/S 2024 Swarovski [IG] campaign inspired by Venus, the Roman goddess of love.

In ancient Roman mythology, Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, emerged from the sea fully grown and adorned with exquisite jewelry. The myth tells of Venus being born from the foam created when the Titan Cronus castrated his father Uranus and threw his severed genitals into the sea. This act led to the sea producing the goddess of love and desire.

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Imaan Hammam for Zara Swimwear | Even Stone Age Humans Loved Swimming

Imaan Hammam for Zara Swimwear | Even Stone Age Humans Loved Swimming

Top model Imaan Hammam fronts the late February 2024 release of Zara Swimwear. The images remind us that spring is coming in to the northern hemisphere, and swimming is on our minds.

Some of the earliest examples of ancient swimmers include the frescoes in the Cave of Swimmers in Egypt, dating back to around 10,000 years ago.

These paintings in Egypt’s Al Wahat Al Dakhla Desert depict figures swimming in a naturalistic style, suggesting that swimming was already a part of human culture at that time.

Additionally, water holds immense symbolic significance in various global religions due to its powerful and transformative nature. In many belief systems, water is seen as a source of life and purification.

In Christianity, water plays a central role in rituals such as baptism, symbolizing spiritual purification, rebirth, and the washing away of sins. It is viewed as a medium through which believers are cleansed and enter into a new life of faith.

Read on about the role of water in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and indigenous cultures.

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Devyn, Doutzen, Imaan, Lily, Mayowa: New Body by Victoria 2024 Campaign

Devyn, Doutzen, Imaan, Lily, Mayowa: New Body by Victoria 2024 Campaign

Models Devyn Garcia, Doutzen Kroes, Imaan Hammam, Lily Aldridge and Mayowa Nicholas invite us into Victoria’s Secret 7.0, or whatever version we’on at this point. Anne is totally lost.

It’s great, though to see such a high-quality cast assembled on behalf of the new Body by Victoria 2024 Campaign.[IG] Photographer Mikael Jansson [IG] captures the quintet, styled by Camilla Nickerson. / Makeup by Mark Carrasquillo; hair by James Pecis

We don’t know the annual results for VS, which had another very tough year in revenue and profitability in 2023. Those results will become public on March 7, 2024.

It seemes that the global fashion show documentary did not fare particularly well, as VS chief executive Martin Waters said — speaking about a list of VS actions to reinvigorate the entire business, not only the renewed 2023 fashion show: “Despite everyone’s best endeavours, it’s not been enough to carry the day.”

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8 of Fashion's Biggest Names Honor Donna Karan Relaunch Lensed by Annie Leibovitz

8 of Fashion's Biggest Names Honor Donna Karan Relaunch Lensed by Annie Leibovitz

In 1992 American designer Donna Karan launched her campaign “In Women We Trust” shot by Peter Lindbergh. That fashion maverick statement about female leadership and competence was celebrated again today — not with America’s first woman president which we’ve all hoped for — but with photographer legend Annie Leibovitz gathering eight models so famous that they can go by their first names without confusion.

Featured in the Donna Karan revival campaign are Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, Cindy Crawford, Imaan Hammam, Karlie Kloss, Linda Evangelista, Liya Kebede and Shalom Harlow.

Photographer Leibovitz shot the campaign in a Brooklyn warehouse, with video by Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and styling by Jessica Diehl.

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Imaan Hammam Is Haute in ELLE USA August 2023, Lensed by Chris Colls

Imaan Hammam Is Haute in ELLE USA August 2023, Lensed by Chris Colls

Supermodel Imaan Hammam takes two covers for the August 2023 issue of ELLE USA. Imaan wears bralette and earrings from Fendi Couture above with a corset from New York Vintage. The second cover below features Imaan wearing an Armani Prive black gown with Van Cleef & Arpels necklace.

Leah Faye Cooper interviews Hammam in her Brooklyn apartment during Ramadan, explaining how 2023 is a year for her to connect more deeply with her Muslim faith. Imaan is not only fasting by day but also not working.

The very top model became an Estée Lauder Global Brand Ambassador in May, and she reports fainting on the set during Ramadan 2022. “They’d be having you doing so much on these shoots, girl. It’s like dancing, jumping around, running—and then there’s a room for TikTok, doing all these TikTok videos….”

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Imaan Hammam Covers Harper's Bazaar France May 2023 by Robin Galiegue

Imaan Hammam Covers Harper's Bazaar France May 2023 by Robin Galiegue

The fabulous Imaan Hammam [IG] covers the May 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar France [IG]. This is the third issue of a French edition of Harper’s Bazaar, led by the Prisma presse group, which acquired the licence for France.

Emmanuelle Alt [IG] styled Hammam in images lensed in a variation of black and white by Robin Galiegue [IG]. The former EIC of Vogue France is expected to have a more influential voice at the magazine, as her contractual obligations to Conde Nast expire.

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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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Victoria's Secret Bras, That's Our Thing 2023 Campaign Shot in Italy with Adut, Imaan, Jill

Victoria's Secret Bras, That's Our Thing 2023 Campaign Shot in Italy with Adut, Imaan, Jill

Adut Akech, Imaan Hammam, Candice Huffine, Devyn Garcia, Jill Kortleve, Paloma Elsesser, and Taylor Hill pose against the eternally sensual landscape of Italy in one half of the Victoria’s Secret Bras, That’s Our Thing 2023 campaign.

The campaign crosses the entire range of VS bras including the Very Sexy Bombshell Push-Up, Dream Angels Demi Bra, VS Bare Sexy Illusions Uplift Strapless Bra, and VS Bare Infinity Flex Full Coverage Bra.

Photographer Angelo Pennetta captures the true beauty of VS lingerie [IG] styled by Alex White.

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Victoria's Secret Valentine's Day 2023 Campaign with Adut, Bella, Imaan, Paloma, Valentina

Victoria's Secret Valentine's Day 2023 Campaign with Adut, Bella, Imaan, Paloma, Valentina

Top models Adut Akech, Bella Hadid, Candice Huffine, Devyn Garcia, Imaan Hammam, Jill Kortleve, Mayowa Nicholas, Paloma Elsesser, Taylor Hill, Valentina Sampaio star in Victoria’s Secret Valentine’s Day 2023 campaign.

Gabriella Karefa Johnson styles the shoot, with Camille Summers-Valli [IG] directing the 30-second 2023 V-Day Shop spot.

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Adut Akech, Gigi Hadid, He Cong, Imaan Hammam V139 Magazine by Adrienne Raquel

Adut Akech, Gigi Hadid, He Cong, Imaan Hammam V139 Magazine by Adrienne Raquel

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.

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Nadine Ijewere Flashes 'Nowstalgia' with Sora and Imaan for Vogue UK October 2022

Nadine Ijewere Flashes 'Nowstalgia' with Sora and Imaan for Vogue UK October 2022

British Vogue’s October 2022 issue features models Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Imaan Hammam, Lucia De La Garza, Mila De La Garza and Sora Choi in ‘Nowstalgia’. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the sextet styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.

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Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 Campaign with Imaan Hammam by Dexter Navy

Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 Campaign with Imaan Hammam by Dexter Navy

Amina Muaddi counts Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian as clients in her high-impact accessories corner. We last met Muaddi — beloved by stylist and Rihanna’s main fashion man Jahleel Weaver — in a summer 2020 Fenty collab Amina Muaddi Co-Designs Larger-Than-Life Shoes in Fenty Release 7-20 Campaign.

Weaver styles this Amina Muaddi Drop 2/22 campaign, starring Egyptian-paternal-heritage, top-tier model Imaan Hammam. Photographer Dexter Navy [IG] shot the stylish entourage in Cairo.

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Tiffany & Co Launches 'All Gender' Tiffany Lock Bracelets | 'No Rules. All Welcome'

Tiffany & Co Launches 'All Gender' Tiffany Lock Bracelets | 'No Rules. All Welcome'

Lock, a collection of bracelets that swivel open and snap into place, was released on Tiffany’s e-commerce site on Friday and will arrive in Tiffany stores worldwide in September.

“It’s all about unity, belonging, the universal bonds that tie us together forever—and the open-minded spirit of today’s generation,” says Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany’s executive vice president of product and communication.

Model Imaan Hammam and skateboarder Tyshawn Jones star in the ‘Lock’ campaign, lensed by Mario Sorrenti [IG].

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Imaan Hammam by Alique's Three Covers Vogue Mexico + Latin America July 2022

Imaan Hammam by Alique's Three Covers Vogue Mexico + Latin America July 2022

This fabulous, sensual fashion story with three different Imaan Hammam covers is sultry in the best sense of the word. Hammam does choose to project a sensual love of her mind and body. But as Vogue reminds us — and as AOC emphasizes in post after post — it’s Hammam’s work as an activist and role model that determines her ‘supermodel value’ in our eyes.

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Abby, Imaan, Mayowa, Paloma Put Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Summer on Blast

Abby, Imaan, Mayowa, Paloma Put Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Summer on Blast

Victoria’s Secret puts its Very Sexy summer 2022 lingerie and swimwear message on blast with models Abby Champion, Imaan Hammam, Mayowa Nicholas and Paloma Elsesser carrying the sexy women torch in the new ‘Hits of Summer 2022’ Campaign.

The VS Very Sexy message is ‘Let’s Talk About Lift, Baby”.

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Imaan Hammam on Her Heritage & Family for Harper's Bazaar US May 2022

Imaan Hammam on Her Heritage & Family for Harper's Bazaar US May 2022

Imaan Hammam wears a coral Chanel knit vest and shorts and Chanel high jewelry necklace as one of four model covers in the May 2022 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US. The color perfectly represents the Dutch beauty’s mood when she took a DNA test before leaving for Egypt in October, learning that she is 70 percent Egyptian.

Marika-Ella Ame styles the Dutch beauty in Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Gucci, Loewe, Saint Laurent, Sportmax, and more for images photographed by Renell Medrano.

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Fendace Drops May 12 Worldwide with Top Models Campaign by Steven Meisel

Fendace Drops May 12 Worldwide with Top Models Campaign by Steven Meisel

The highly-anticipated Fendace collection — a powerhouse, experiment between two great Italian fashion houses: Fendi and Versace — will drop on May 12, with a worldwide series of events and pop-ups.

The business synergy between these two iconic Italian brands is producing astonishing results — given that they are direct competitors owned by two mega-luxury fashion houses. LVMH is the majority stockholder in Fendi and Versace is owned by Capri Holdings.

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