Denisa Dvorakova | John Akehurst | Velvet December 2012 | 'The Lady of the Diamonds'

Model Denisa Dvorakova wears quiet diamonds, discreet ones —  comparatively speaking — in John Akehurst’s editorial for Velvet magazine’s december issue. Sabrina Vanotti styles the white and black editorial ‘La Signora Dei Diamanti Ama Il Minimal’.

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Diana Moldovan | John Akehurst | Velvet March 2012 | Il Fiore Delle Mille E Una Notte

In a welcome spring break from fashion-obsessive, retro feminity, John Akehurst snaps Diana Moldovan in the season’s same floral embroideries but against a mylar backdrop for Velvet’s March issue. Akehurst’s images remind us we’re living in the 21st century and most women have no interest in returning to an Ozzie and Harriet lifestyle. Sabrina Vanotti styles ‘Il Fiore Delle Mille E Una Notte’, a reminder that flowers are timeless. Unfortunately, so is religion’s war on women now playing in America.

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Cato van Ee | John Akehurst | 'Sono Malata di Jungle Fever' | Velvet July 2011

Cato van Ee is also camped out in the jungle, styled by Sabrina Vanotti for Velvet magazine’s July 2011 issue. John Akehurst hunts for the perfect portraits of Cato’s wild woman elegance in ‘Sono Malata di Jungle Fever’ .

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