Model Felice Noordhoff covers the September 2023 issue of Vogue Netherlands, styled by Michael Philouze under fashion director Linda Gumus Gerritsen.

Photographers Luigi & Iango [IG] capture Felice in this all Chanel fashion story. These gorgeous images of Felice, supported by Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana in a second story, are criticized by some as being advertorials.

Felice Nordhoff in Dolce & Gabbana for Vogue Netherlands September 2023 by Luigi & Iango AOC Fashion

AOC doesn’t agree — that they deserve criticism.

If print media is so broke that they can no longer afford to hire top talent on a regular basis, then these elegant and artistic fashion stories from Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel are fine with me.

AOC really appreciates Vogue Netherlands taking this route, with maybe more partners.

We live in a digital world and it doesn’t really matter so much about the original print publisher today — or if are even written in English. The images travel online and reach people who love Felice, Chanel, Dolce Gabbana, and Luigi & Iango.

AOC hits translator every day, to read and communicate non-English messaging.

What happens to online images is more important than the original print distribution network. Kim Kardashian’s Skims has written that new script in gold.

As fashion media moves to sell product and be more like a Net-a-Porter or MatchesFashion, the marketing budgets of brands are the only entities who can keep high-level creativity alive in print media. The degree that customers even care about print media in fashion is another discussion.

Luigi & Iango ‘Unveiled’ Show in Milan

Believe it or not, this is the first solo exhibion of the work of the Italian Luigi Murenu and his Swiss partner Iango Henzi.

in advance of their upcoming ‘Unveiled’ show at Palazzo Reale in Milan from September 22th to November 26th, 2023.

My grateful comments to these two creatives Luigi & Iango — who give me enormous political energy to fight misogyny — are expressed in the Dolce & Gabbana fashion story link above.