'Better Off Red' -- At least in Handbags -- for Vogue Scandinavia April 2022

'Better Off Red' -- At least in Handbags -- for Vogue Scandinavia April 2022 AOC Fashion

Still life photographer Gustav Almestål [IG], captures ‘Better off Red’ — a fashion reference to luxury handbags from Bulgari, Christian Louboutin, Loewe, Prada and Tod’s — and not a political statement in the pages of Vogue Scandinavia. Coincidentally, both Sweden and Finland are expected to join NATO as early as this summer.

The Guardian reports that Moscow has warned that the Nordic nations’ accession would “not bring stability” to Europe. After watching Russia’s reckless assault on Ukraine, and the extraordinary suffering of the Ukraine people broadcast daily around the globe with total clarity, “public support for Nato membership has almost doubled since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to about 50% in Sweden and 60% in Finland, multiple opinion polls suggest.”