Imaan Hammam in Fendi Couture by Chris Colls ELLE USA August 2023

Imaan Hammam Is Haute in ELLE USA August 2023, Lensed by Chris Colls AOC Fashion

Supermodel Imaan Hammam takes two covers for the August 2023 issue of ELLE USA. Imaan wears bralette and earrings from Fendi Couture above with a corset from New York Vintage. The second cover below features Imaan wearing an Armani Prive black gown with Van Cleef & Arpels necklace.

Photographer Chris Colls [IG] is in the studio, while Alex White chooses glamorous, couture looks from Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture, Chanel, Dior, Miss Sohee, Schiaparelli, Valentino and more./ Hair by Hos Hounkpatin; makeup by Frank B

Imaan Hammam in Armani Prive by Chris Colls ELLE USA August 2023

Estée Lauder and Ramadan Reflections

Leah Faye Cooper interviews Hammam in her Brooklyn apartment during Ramadan, explaining how 2023 is a year for her to connect more deeply with her Muslim faith. Imaan is not only fasting by day but also not working.

The very top model became an Estée Lauder Global Brand Ambassador in May, and she reports fainting on the set during Ramadan 2022. “They’d be having you doing so much on these shoots, girl. It’s like dancing, jumping around, running—and then there’s a room for TikTok, doing all these TikTok videos….”

“This dream to be an Estée woman was always kind of in the back of my mind,” she says. “I was like, ‘If you’re an Estée woman, that’s it, you’ve done it. Done; mic drop.’” Being the brand’s first Afro-Arab ambassador makes the contract especially meaningful. “[This is] the representation that we need,” she says, “and it’s just awesome.”

Imaan Hammam in [Left} dress, gloves by Causse; ankle boots by Massaro, Chanel Haute Couture; [right] swimsuitm Dior Haute Couture; earrings Cartier by Chris Colls ELLE USA August 2023

Related: Writer Cooper references a photograph of Imaan Hammam by Hassan Hajjaj in her apartment. We don’t know which one it is, but presumably it comes from this October 2020 feature for Vanity Fair magazine. LOVE Hassan Hajjaj!!

Imaan Hammam by Hassan Hajjaj for Vanity Fair US | Interview by Safy-Hallan Farah AOC Fashion