Tory Burch Glamour Visionary Woman of the Year Acceptance Speech, Holiday Campaign

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Anna Wintour and Tory Birch at 2019 Glamour Woman of the Year Awards

Tory Burch Holiday 2019 Campaign

Tina Barney Captures Amber, Fei Fei, Franci + Tory Burch Holiday 2019

Photographer Tina Barney captures models Amber Valletta, Fei Fei Sun, Franci Santos, Julia Betyakova and Nora Attal for Tory Burch Holiday 2019. If you’re not familiar with Tina Barney’s photography, ArtNet shares an introduction.

Tory Burch: Glamour Woman of the Year

“It’s amazing isn’t it, how difficult it can be for a woman or a girl to simply be ambitious?” “The Walking Dead’ and ‘Black Panther’ star Danai Gurira said as she presented designer Tory Burch with her 2019 Glamour Woman of the Year Visionary award on Monday, November 11. “To have her eye on the prize without apology. How many times do we diminish ourselves, our voices, our abilities, even our opportunities, to stay comfortably within the status quo? To not ruffle any feathers or draw attention unto ourselves? How much greatness has been lost through this pervasive type of oppression?”

She continued, “Tory is unapologetic with her brand. The bold way she adorns women with class, flair, and fun all at once, and with the way she is working to leave no woman or girl behind. To popularize feminine ambition. From the millions of dollars she invests in female entrepreneurs to her awareness campaigns, arming people with education on the grotesque gender gap that still exists in so many ways. Tory is a champion for change, using the fruits of her ambition to nurture and empower the ambition of others.”

In her acceptance speech, Tory Burch share a founding story that resonates deeply today. ““When I was first launching the company, I presented my business plan to a group of men; they were the investors. I told them I was going to build a business that focused on purpose. They very concretely said to never mention the words business and social responsibility in the same sentence,” Burch said in her speech. “Of course, that only furthered my resolve. What they called charity work, I called a business plan.” Read the rest of Tory Burch’s speech at Glamour Magazine.

Amber Valletta Poses in Prada, Lensed by Hyea W. Kang for Vogue Korea October 2019

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Amber Valletta Poses in Prada, Lensed by Hyea W. Kang for Vogue Korea October 2019

Supermodel Amber Valletta covers the October 2019 issue of Vogue Korea. Eunyoung Sohn styles Valletta in smart woman, architectural femininity lensed by Hyea W. Kang.

Stella McCartney Issues Dramatic Plea for Critical Sustainability Changes in Fashion Industry

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Amber Valletta, Chu Wong + Emma Laird Front Stella McCartney Fall 2019 by Johnny Dufort Stella McCartney Fall 2019 Ad Campaign

Stella McCartney’s Fall 2019 ad campaign features Amber Valletta, Chu Wong and Emma Laird lensed by Johnny Dufort./ Makeup by Thomas De Kluyver; hair by Gary Gill

Stella McCartney Open Letter on Sustainability Sept. 15, 2019

In advance of her Spring 2020 Women’s Ready-to-Wear show McCartney issued an industry letter published in London’s Sunday Times Style magazine. The designer known for her relentless work with the fashion industry around issues of sustainability is calling for immediate action in all sectors of garment manufacturing.

"The fashion industry is at a crossroads, and I believe that this is a moment for us to come together to achieve systemic, sustainable change in our industry. “

Designer Stella McCartney

McCartney is calling for a shift towards circularity and reuse of what we already have, helping to reduce the insatiable need for newness that has ravaged the planet in the last 20 years.

"The fashion industry is one of the most polluting and damaging industries in the world. Every single second, the equivalent of one rubbish truck of textiles is sent to landfill or burnt.

"The fashion industry accounts for more than a third of ocean microplastics, while textile dyeing is the second largest polluter of clean water globally. If nothing changes, by 2050 the fashion industry will be using up to a quarter of the world's carbon budget.

"This way of working is not sustainable. The world is crying out for change, and it is our responsibility to act now... The science is clear, and we need to do more than just incremental shifts; keeping business as usual is no longer an option."

As well as encouraging rental, resale and recycling of clothing, Stella wants companies to embrace new "tools" and "innovators" to create their garments.

As well as encouraging rental, resale and recycling of clothing, Stella wants companies to embrace new "tools" and "innovators" to create their garments.

"The Ellen MacArthur Foundation tells us that only 1% of textiles are recycled back into textiles each year -- this is simply unacceptable. Supporting innovators will help to drastically increase this number, but we need this shift now.

"Companies we work with, like Econyl and Evrnu, are enabling true textile-to-textile recycling. More brands could help these innovators scale, and governments should support their development.

"For decades the fashion industry has relied on the same 10 to 12 fibres to make almost all of our garments, and I believe that it is time for us to add some new tools to our toolbox. Incredible innovators like Bolt Threads are using cutting-edge technology and biology to develop new textiles and materials.

"They are reimagining what the building blocks of our industry could be, and we are working closely with them as they develop incredible mycelium-based 'leather', grown in a lab and not harming a single creature in the process.

"The production of leather, which can account for up to 10% of the commercial value of a cow, shares full responsibility for the same environmental hazards as the meat industry; most critically, it is a leading cause of climate change. I believe with these new technologies that we are on the brink of something very exciting."

New AOC Writing on Sustainability

Zoe Ghertner Captures Vogue US 'The Present Is Female': Designers Behind Fashion Revolution

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Zoe Ghertner Captures Vogue US 'The Present Is Female': Designers Behind Fashion Revolution

Sarah Mower is the first person voice behind Vogue’s August 2019 in-depth ‘The Present Is Female: The Designers Behind a Fashion Revolution.’

A FEMALE CULTURE runs far and wide across the landscape of 21st-century fashion. It’s there at the top of the canopy, in major Parisian houses; it pervades the uprising of young, self-made independents and generations of established entrepreneurs: a multifaceted critical mass of women steadily working to change an industry for the better. What’s remarkable is the way they talk about feeling, their agile ability to intuit the time we live in, and their quiet but steady turning of the fashion world toward the overthrow of bad and old institutional behaviors.

Amber Valletta's Fall Mood Is Lensed By Daniel Jackson For Sunday Times Style Magazine

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Amber Valletta's Fall Mood Is Lensed By Daniel Jackson For Sunday Times Style Magazine

Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Paul Cavaco in noble origins fall menswear looks lensed by Daniel Jackson for The Sunday Times Style Magazine UK June 23, 2019. / Hair by Teddy Charles; makeup by Romy Soleimani

Campbell Addy Eyes Alek, Amber, Gemma + Karen For WSJ Magazine May 2019

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Campbell Addy Eyes Alek, Amber, Gemma + Karen For WSJ Magazine May 2019

Rising star photographer Campbell Addy captures model quartet Alek Wek, Amber Valletta, Gemma Ward and Karen Elson in a neutral mood. Clare Richardson styles the old and new top women models in Max Mara, Givenchy, Dries Van Noten, and Nina Ricci for WSJ Magazine May 2019.

Amber Valletta Fronts Zara's 'Chasing the Light' Spring 2019 Nature Woman Campaign

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Amber Valletta Fronts Zara's 'Chasing the Light' Spring 2019 Nature Woman Campaign

Supermodel Amber Valletta is one of fashion’s loudest and consistently-articulate voices on sustainable fashion. AOC has taken the time to research any sustainable credentials behind Zara’s newest ‘Chasing the Light’ collection, and don’t that these beautiful all-white summer styles are part of Zara’s sustainable ‘Join Life’ project, currently estimated to be only 1.5-3% of sales. We wish ‘Chasing the Light’ had green credentials but can’t find any.

With Amber Valletta appearing as the nature-woman model, it’s easy to think the collection is sustainable, especially coming on the heels of last week’s release of H&M’s exciting Conscious Exclusive Collection. H&M actually used orange peels from the end of the juice production cycle for their Orange Fiber. If Valletta was also eating pineapple, I’d call foul. Piñatex, a leather alternative made from the cellulose fiber of pineapple leaves (which become waste after the fruit is harvested) is a key new fake leather product used in H&M’s 2019 Conscious Exclusive collection.

Amber Valletta Does A Slow, Sensual Burn, Lensed By Chris Colls For Lui Magazine Spring 2019 Issue

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Amber Valletta Does A Slow, Sensual Burn, Lensed By Chris Colls For Lui Magazine Spring 2019 Issue AOC Style Photos

Supermodel Amber Valletta simmers like a cat on a hot tin roof, styled by Dan Sablon in images by Chris Colls for Lui Magazine’s March-April-May 2019 issue.

Mert + Marcus Flash Amber, Candice, Carolina, Doutzen + Imaan In 'Just One World' For Vogue Italia

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Models Amber Valletta, Candice Swanepoel, Carolina Burgin, Doutzen Kroes and Imaan Hammam are styled by Ib Kamara in Vogue Italia’s March 2019 cover story. Photographers Mert & Marcus are behind the lens, producing the somewhat controversial story — given the April issue’s dedicated to the environment — ‘Just One World’.

Eye: Amber Valletta Wears Agnona's SS 2019 Vicuña Fabric Collection, Lensed By Ezra Petronio

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Eye: Amber Valletta Wears Agnona's SS 2019 Vicuña Fabric Collection, Lensed By Ezra Petronio

Supermodel Amber Valletta showcases key looks from Agnona’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection, lensed by Ezra Petronio.

Designer Simon Holloway dedicated the collection to artist American Joan Jonas, 82, previously honored in an exhibition at London’s Tate Modern. In this film, we see Jonas at work in New York.

Peru’s Vicuña Fabric Is Worth Its Weight In Gold

Key items in Agnona’s spring 2019 collection were made in vicuña, one of two wild South American camelids living in the high alpine areas of the Andes. Vicuña, along with the guanaco, is a relative of the llama. It’s believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, and it remains wild today.

Nearly hunted to extinction in the late 1980’s, the vicuña herds made a slow, steady comeback and are expanding today in the wild. Driven largely by their father’s adoration of the wool product, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana, the co-CEOs of Loro Piana, the Italian mill that was a part of the mid-century ‘Made in Italy’ movement and would eventually grow into one of the world’s largest producers of cashmere — and its biggest supplier of vicuña.

The fibers are collected using the chacu method of the Incas—a half-religious ceremony where the local community forms a human chain around the animals, slowly closing the circumference of their circle for shearing. An adult vicuna produces only about a pound of fiber a year, producing a cloth so fine it was considered to be cloth of gold, writes BofF.

For The Incas, Vicuñas Had Strong, Spiritual Powers

David Sims Flashes Longendyke, Valletta + Gainsbourg For Saint Laurent Spring 2019 Campaign

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American model Rebecca Leigh Longendyke ruled the spring 2019 runways, booking at least 43 shows according to Models.com. Longendyke joins model icon Amber Valletta and British-French actor-singer Charlotte Gainsbourg for Saint Laurent’s Spring 2019 campaign. Alastair McKimm styles the trio in rock star essentials lensed by David Sims.

Inez & Vinoodh Eye Christy, Amber, Kirsty, Kirsten, Malgosia, Stephanie & Maggie For Vogue Paris

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Inez & Vinoodh Eye Christy, Amber, Kirsty, Kirsten, Malgosia, Stephanie & Maggie For Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris' September 2018 issue continues its supermodel parade, presentingChristy Turlington, Amber Valletta, Kirsty Hume, Kirsten Owen, Malgosia Bela, Stephanie Seymour and Maggie Rizer. Aleksandra Woroniecka styles the iconic lineup for images by Inez & Vinoodh./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Dick Page

Peter Lindbergh Shoots Amber, Anna, Joan & Ashley In David Yurman Fall 2018 Campaign

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In his first campaign as Chief Creative Officer, Evan Yurman commissioned longtime David Yurman collaborators Peter Lindbergh, Alex White, and David Lipman for a campaign that captures the beauty in everyday moments of life.

Shot at the iconic GoldenEye Resort in Oracabessa, Jamaica, the campaign stars returning David Yurman model Amber Valletta, as well as Anna Ewers, Joan Smalls, and newcomers to the brand Ashley Graham, Meghan Roche, Florence Clapcott, and Cobi. The diverse group of seasoned and new models were chosen to reflect who the David Yurman client is at different stages in their lives in those everyday moments.

Amber Valletta and Peter Lindbergh were joined by Patti Hanson in the first David Yurman lifestyle campaign in 2001.

Amber Valletta Poses In Modern Essentials Lensed By Derek Kettela For ELLE Russia September 2018

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Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Ekaterina Mukhina in modern woman essentials lensed by Derek Kettela for ELLE Russia September 2018./ Hair by Teddy Charles; makeup by Rafael Pita

Amber Valletta Celebrates American Craft Lensed By Zoe Ghertner For Proenza Schouler FW 2018 Campaign

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Amber Valletta Celebrates American Craft Lensed By Zoe Ghertner For Proenza Schouler FW 2018 Campaign

Who better than fashion icon and supermodel Amber Valletta to front Porenza Schouler's FW 2018 campaign as it explores "the heritage of American craft through the lens of a voyager." Valletta is increasingly associated as a leaders among models of the American craft movement.

Shot by photographer Zoe Ghertner, the Proenza Schouler images captures "a surrealist American landscape, embracing the macramé, artisanal tie-dyed, and patchwork pieces of the collection and embodies the spirit of the outdoor freedom and wide open spaces."

Amber Valletta, Anna Ewers, Joan Smalls & Faretta Are Lensed By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Japan August 2018

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Amber Valletta, Anna Ewers, Joan Smalls & Faretta Are Lensed By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Japan August 2018

Top, top models Amber Valletta, Anna Ewers, and Joan Smalls are joined by rising model Faretta in Vogue Japan's August 2018 cover story. Luigi & Iango flash the cover girl quartet joined by Natalia Vodianova, in mostly menswear-inspired looks styled by Anna Dello Russo and Sabino Pantone. 

Amber Valletta Covers ELLE Spain June 2018, Lensed In Casual Tailoring By Nino Muñoz

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Timeless model icon Amber Valletta covers the June 2018 issue of ELLE Spain, styled by Inmaculada Jiménez. 

Photographer Nino Muñoz captures Amber wearing Mango, Levi's denim, Stella McCartney and more. 

Amber Valletta Simmers In 'Love So Soft', Lensed By Alexi Lubomirski For Elle US April 2018

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Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Samira Nasr in pastel, summer classics jackets, shirts and trousers for 'Love So Soft'. Photographer Alexi Lubomirski captures the romantic breeze for Elle US April 2018.

Sebastian Faena Flashes Amber Valletta In Princess Diana 'Sweet Heart' Tribute For Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018

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Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Julia Von Boehm in 'Sweet Heart', lensed by Sebastian Faena for Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018. Amber channels some of Princess Diana's most iconic looks in this 14-page tribute to her enduring style. / Hair by Teddy Charles; makeup by Seong Hee Park

Luigi & Iango Capture Amber Valletta & Philip Mayberry For Blumarine Spring/Summer 2018 Ad Campaign

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Model icon Amber Valletta & Philip Mayberry showcase Blumarine's Spring/Summer 2018 ad campaign, styled by Paul Cavaco. Photographers Luigi & Iango are behind the lens, creating hyper feminine images shot at the Harriman Estate near New York City./ Hair by Luigi Murenu; makeup by Yumi Lee