Vogue Portugal May 2024 Covers Announce an Exploration of Nature & Motherhood

Vogue Portugal May 2024 Covers Announce an Exploration of Nature & Motherhood

Mother-Nature, Gaia, Terra Mater, the “cult of the feminine” is center stage in the May 2024 issue of Vogue Portugal, writes Sofia Lucas.

The editorial issue overview opens with a quote from Aristotle:

“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous” - Aristotle

As educated women, we do not bow down to Aristotle, for clear and concise reasons.

There’s no record that Aristotle, the great philosopher and foundational contributor to Western civilization, saw significant value in women. He argued quite the opposite, and AOC contends that Aristotle was a creator of the misogyny and not merely reflecting his time in history.

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Casablanca Pre-Spring 2024 Campaign Goes for Monied, Athletic Elegance

Casablanca Pre-Spring 2024 Campaign Goes for Monied, Athletic Elegance

Charaf Tajer‘s pre-Spring 2024 Casablanca Campaign makes a sophisticated play for a monied, athletic elegance and varsity chic-inspired cafe-society crowd.

The romantic mood of the movie ‘Casablanca’ itself ebbs quietly through the campaign, signposts for a WWII cafe society crowd that embraced classic notions of honor, loyalty, friendship and duty in a 2024 global political climate that’s testing all those values — and turning them inside out.

Count Maggie Maurer in as a member of the Resistance, joined by Valentin Caron. Corentin Leroux [IG] photographs the campaign, with art direction by Rashid Barbiker and styling by Francesca Parise./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell; makeup by David Koppelaar

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Jacques Marie Mage 'Euphoria' Collection Campaign Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina

Jacques Marie Mage 'Euphoria' Collection Campaign Lensed by Elizaveta Porodina

New mother and good friend to photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG], model Maggie Maurer fronts the ‘Euphoria’ collection of eyewear from Los Angeles-based Jacques Marie Mage [IG]. Vittoria Cerciello styles the campaign with set design by Afra Zamara.

The artisan brand has an incredibly beautiful website with equally inspiring products that include eyeglasses as the lead product, supplemented with select jewelry pieces, gifts and home products.

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Schiaparelli Spring 2023 Women's Collection Is Too Fabulous for Words

Schiaparelli Spring 2023 Women's Collection Is Too Fabulous for Words

Totally intrigued with fabulousness but also wondering just how Schiaparelli’s creative director Daniel Roseberry could keep the magic moving, there is deep appreciation this evening for the Schiaparelli Spring Summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection. It is drop-dead distinctive, arty sophistication fit for alluring, drama-loving, statement-making women with confidence, super smarts and backbone.

Did we say timeless without being boring? Surreally understated? A celebration of the human form?

“The past three years we’ve been building this reputation, this language through the couture and the red carpet,” the designer said about his time at Schiaparelli. “The next three will be about building the business side of it too.”

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Maggie Maurer Maternal Muse to Elizaveta Porodina for Gaultier September 2022

Maggie Maurer Maternal Muse to Elizaveta Porodina for Gaultier September 2022

Top model Maggie Maurer [IG] is a frequent muse to stellar photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG]. The duo is at work here in a collaboration with Gaultier [IG] .

The images were shot in advance of the July 31, 2022 arrival of Maurer’s daughter Nora-Jane Joy Ghazaoui. Father Hicham Ghazaoui [IG] shares on his Instagram news that his baby girl is already a Yankees fan just like her mother and at only six days old.

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Maggie Maurer Is 'Queen of the Canyon' in Numéro France September 2021

Maggie Maurer Is 'Queen of the Canyon' in Numéro France September 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Maggie Maurer is styled by Samuel Francois in Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and more for ‘La Reine Du Canyon’, [Queen of the Canyon]. Photographer Lee Wei Swee [IG] is behind the lens for Numéro No.224 September, 2021./ Hair by Pierre Saint Sever; makeup by David Lenhardt