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The New LOEWE Finds Bold Color and a Bit of Sensuality in Pre-Fall 2026 Campaign
The campaign includes actors Eva Victor, Isla Johnson and Levon Hawke and entertainer Seydou Sarr, lensed in a LOEWE return by Talia Chetrit.
AOC just spent time going back through LOEWE under Jonathan Anderson. When you do that exercise on Models.com, the differences between Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, creators of the New LOEWE, and Anderson’s old LOEWE are startling.
Not only is color a major element in New LOEWE, there is a simmering sensual undercurrent at LOEWE not seen since Jonathan Anderson created those visually dazzling anthurium dresses and tops in the Spring/Summer 2023 Collection.
Prada Is Poised for VIC Brainiac Status and The Prada Days of Summer 2026 Campaign
Liu Wen joins Prada ambassadors Bella Hadid, Damson Idris and Louis Partridge in fronting the growing trend of ‘urban beaches’ in global cities worldwide. David Sims [IG] photographs the campaign with creative direction by Ferdinando Verderi.
AOC doubts that Prada is prompting an intellectual discussion on ‘cool roofs’ as a highly-effective way to reduce summer heat and energy consumption. But if any luxury brand wants to advocate for that inquiry, Mrs. Prada and Prada co-creative director Raf Simons are at the head of the pack.
Miuccia Prada ‘Titan’
Miuccia Prada was first on the global TIME 100 list in 2005; she returned to the list in 2025, recognized as a ‘Titan’ for influencing fashion, identity and culture. Anne is optimistic that finally we have found a word — ‘titan’ — that fashion and culture writers are using sparingly and only for those who deserve the title by accomplishment and not hype. Fantastic!
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Sophie Dahl Channels Marilyn Monroe for Harper's Bazaar UK
This Marilyn story serves as an advertorial for a collection of beauty products launched by Lisa Eldridge [IG] in collaboration with the estate of Marilyn Monroe.
In these images Sophie Dahl channels Marilyn Monroe in Amagansett in the summer of 1957. The private location inspired photographer Sam Shaw to take some of the most relaxed and natural images of Marilyn ever recorded.
Dahl is styled by Miranda Almond in images by Agata Pospieszynska [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar UK [IG] July-August 2026 ./ Hair by Sam McKnight; makeup by Lisa Eldridge
Marilyn’s Deepest Desire
Anne of Carversville has always tried to be sensitive to one of Marilyn’s deepest desires — to be taken seriously as an intellectual person. This desire was a source of ridicule by men who found the vision of Marilyn Monroe as an intellectual to be absurd. Marilyn was aware of the ridicule and it pained her deeply.
Miranda Kerr in All Her Glory Talks Family Values with Marie Claire Australia
Miranda Kerr needs no introduction. The founder of KORA Organics and mother of four sons — three with now husband Evan Spiegel and one with ex-husband Orlando Bloom— dons a strawberry blonde wig for her Marie Claire Australia [IG] April 2026 cover story. It’s a perfect color for this fashion in an issue devoted to Women in their Power!
It’s a WIG, people; calm down.
Julianna Alabado styles Kerr in images by Greg Swales [IG], who shot Kerr in Los Angeles, her primary residence.
The Aussie beauty and famous Victoria’s Secret model self-funded the ‘clean’ brand with her own earnings,. Kerr is a testament to the reality of Victoria’s Secret models being uniquely well-paid in its glory days.
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Laufey Covers Vogue Portugal's May 2026 'Heart & Reason' Story with Talk of Jazz
Laufey takes a cover of Vogue Portugal’s [IG] May 2026 ‘Heart & Reason’ issue, highlighting the balancing act between emotion and logic. Loizos Sofokleous styles the shoot, with photography by Élio Nogueira [IG] shot in Lisbon.
Cultural Fusion Is the Heart of Jazz
Unlike Western jazz hubs where audiences tend to skew older, Downbeat Magazine notes that the jazz audience in China is overwhelmingly young. The result is a highly curious, tech-savvy fanbase that aligns perfectly with Laufe’s core listeners worldwide.
Jazz is a key unifier in the emerging, global New Humanism movement. Anne uses the term New Humanism, to distinguish it from humanism in Europe, which was Eurocentric and — in spite of its philosophical values — managed to embrace the global slave trade.
As we speak, France has finally abolished its Code Noir laws, which defined human beings of color as property that could be transferred wherever an owner chose to send him/her or sell them.
Karol G Covers Playboy Spring 2026 in 'Woman on Top by Gray Sorrenti
The relaunch of Playboy [IG] magazine as a high-end print quarterly features Colombian superstar Karol G as its Spring 2026 cover star. Photographed by Gray Sorrenti [IG], this relaunch issue marks a significant shift in the brand's creative direction under new editor-in-chief Phillip Picardi. It will hit newsstands on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
Karol G is interviewed by Paola Ramos, with emphasis her special moment tonight, as the first Latina headliner at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, known as Coachella.
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Pooja Mor appeared in the September 2025, premier issue of Numéro New York [IG] in this Bvlgari [IG] fashion story. Lensed by Emma Louise Swanson [IG], Pooja was styled by Numéro New York fashion director Alexander Fisher, with creative direction by Olivia Windisch./ Makeup by Dotti; hair by Brent Lawler
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