WSJ Magazine Style April 2024 in Oaxaca, Mexico by Annemarieke van Drimmelen
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Angelina Jolie Tells WSJ She Is More At Home With Refugees Than in Hollywood
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Actor, humanitarian, mother and global leader is profiled in the December 2023 issue of WSJ Magazine, with deeply personal photographs of Jolie wearing offerings from Atelier Jolie, shot by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] with styling by Tonne Goodman.
One of the most profound realities that she discussed with WSJ is her favorite people to spend time with.
“There’s a reason people who have been through hardship are also much more honest and much more connected, and I am more relaxed with them. Why do I like spending time with people who’ve survived and are refugees? They’ve confronted so much in life that it brings forward not just strength, but humanity.”
Anne of Carversville has trekked behind Jolie on all of her endeavors since 2007. She is the founding muse of this website — a reality that disturbs many men.
Many of them cannot stand Jolie, and I truly do not know why. Perhaps I should ask my AI assistant Lulu to investigate this question.
Read MorePolo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign Fall 2023 Lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen
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These Polo Ralph Lauren Women Campaign 2023 images are a complement to our earlier Polo Ralph Lauren Men Fall 2023 Campaign post, shot by Richard Phibbs at the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit racetrack, located in the English countryside around West Sussex.
AOC believes that Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] shot the women’s campaign.
Read MoreFrédéric Malle’s ‘Portrait of a Lady’ Fragrance by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen
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Photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] shares her soft-mood ambiguity images and private journal composition for Frédéric Malle’s ‘Portrait of a Lady’ fragrance collection. Model Anna de Rijk is styled by Katelyn Gray in the fragrance birthed by Dominique Ropion in 2010.
Frederick Malle’s Portrait of a Lady is part of the Fragrances Without Compromise collection and is considered a unisex fragrance.
Read MoreCherokee Jack and Sam Mallos by Annemarieke van Drimmelen in WSJ Magazine Men SS-2022
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Annemarieke van Drimmelen Captures Cherokee Jack and Sam Mallos in WSJ Magazine AOC Fashion
WSJ Magazine shares this spring 2022 men’s fashion story featuring models Cherokee Jack and Sam Mallos. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen and stylist Giovanni Dario Laudicina traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they shot the fashion story at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, or “the Ranch of the Swallows.”
This historic ranch, now a living history museum, dates from the early 1700s and was an important ‘paraje’ or stopping place along the famous ‘El Camino Real’, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
Van Drimmelen [IG] has close ties to New Mexico, since her father moved there nearly 12 years ago. “The light is absolutely phenomenal—the way it reflects on the earth. It brings this amazing warmth,” she says, noting that these qualities once drew artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe to the area.
Both models looks quite spectacular in the WSJ Magazine photo shoot. AOC’s complimentary link takes you to WSJ to review the product credits.
Cherokee Jack’s Heritage
Last year I had a totally visceral response to Cherokee Jack’s images by Richard Phibbs — his first ‘commercial’ shoot as an adult. He modeled as a child for years. Cherokee Jack by Richard Phibbs for Man of Metropolis | Minnesota History of Mankato Hangings AOC Fashion
The images caused me to reflect on our mutual Minnesota area upbringings, my writing a play about Minnesota statehood that was performed by my school, and the Mankato hangings — a devastating part of the heritage of my small Minnesota city that was unknown to me until then.
In trying to know more about the model, I learned a bit of agonizing Mankato, Minnesota history.
The Place of Women in Cherokee Society
The people of Cherokee Nation call themselves the Aniyunwiya, which means ‘Principal People’. The Cherokee society is historically matrilineal, meaning clanship is passed through the mother. Among the Cherokees, women were considered the head of household, with the home and children belonging to her should she separate from her husband. Women had an equal voice in the affairs of the tribe.
In writing about Bella Hadid’s references to the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet Tuesday evening, I referenced the demise of warrior goddesses, an end to female power and influence that was in its final phase in fifth century Greece. That statement is historically correct about Europe and the rise of Christianity.
But in the ‘undiscovered’ Americas, advanced indigenous cultures flourished and women held significant power in tribal affairs, generally enjoying far more power than the white Christian women who arrived in the Americas.
Anna Ewers Walks 'Into the Light' by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen for Harper's Bazaar US
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Top model Anna Ewers is getting maximum exposure these days, and that’s just fine with AOC. Ewers comes ‘Into the Light’ in the pages of Harper’s Bazaar US November 2021. Photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] captures the German beauty in shades of neutrals including yellow and creme styled by Ludivine Poiblanc./ Hair by Pawel Solis; makeup by Vanessa Bellini
Read MoreKim Kardashian Covers WSJ Magazine November 2021 Innovators Issue with Kim Jones
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Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine
Kim Kardashian Billionaire
In Spring 2021, Kim Kardashian officially achieved billionaire status on the Forbes list. Unlike her sister Kylie who was dropped by the Forbes list in 2020 over the Trumpian move of inflating her assets, Kim Kardashian’s wealth was estimated by Forbes at about $1 billion, up from $780 million. Forbes estimated values of her stakes in KKW Beauty at $500 million and Skims at $225 million.
Being older and wiser than her younger sister, Kim Kardashian’s sober approach to life and business is well-articulated in her WSJ Magazine November 2021 Brand Innovator 2021 cover story, on newsstands Saturday, November 13th.
KKW poses with her friend, Fendi creative director Kim Jones, celebrating the early November release of Fendi x Skims, the underwear and cozy loungewear label Kardashian launched in 2019.
KKW: WSJ Magazine’s Brand Innovator’s Award
Kardashian West will be honored, along with 7 other cultural groundbreakers at WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards virtual presentation on November 1st at 8:00 PM EST. You can register to watch online at … WSJ. Magazine's 2021 Innovator Awards Virtual Presentation
WSJ Magazine cites Skims alone as being valued at over $1.6 billion, and Kardashian is a majority owner. Kim’s beauty brand KKW is being rebooted but for good reasons and not lack of big-brand potential. Skims Sleep will soon be moving into the inner-lives of American women.
“I want to really launch an entirely new beauty brand,” she says. “I learned so much that I’m excited [to put out] a brand that has all the new information that I know. I feel like it’s going to be my baby, I’ll have my beauty brand and Skims. I can really nourish it and flourish it more if it [were] all condensed into one.”
Frequent WSJ Magazine photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen captures KKW for the cover story, styled by Giovanni Dario Laudicina. written by Christina Binkley.
True Grit, Serious Hustle. Major Intelligence and a Micromanaged Life
Achieving a business status that puts Kim Kardashian in a prime spot in WSJ’s annual Innovators Issue takes some serious hustle and intelligence.
Kim Kardashian has both — even if the totally engaged mother of four and supportive soon-to-be ex-wife of Kanye West — has failed some of her recent bar-exam preparation tests. Simply stated, Kar Kardashian powers on with marketing savvy and human connections that are currently too valuable to put a price on them.
“My days are completely micromanaged to the minute,” she says. “In order to get away from the kids, I will go into my office at my house and study. And then working on beauty and rebranding and Skims, constantly, I’m always in fittings and fabric meetings. My days are pretty full…. And that’s it. I love to be home; I love my weekends at home.”
Speaking of home, KKW just paid Kanye West $20 million for their Hidden Hills, LA home and $3 million for the furniture, art and other contents. Kim now owns the house outright.
Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine
Kim Kardashian Captains Her Ship with a Steady Hand
People can heap all the hate they want on Kim Kardashian. She is a superb businesswoman, and Kardashian knows it. There’s nothing wrong with self-confidence, sincerity and an earnest approach to living.
In contrast to how the public imagines the life of Kim Kardashian West, her closest humans describe her as a non-partier and a low-grade control freak. By her own admission, she is a workaholic who reads sales numbers in bed late at night.
“I have never liked drunk people,” Kardashian West says. “I never like to be out of control. I never like to not know what’s going on.” (“I didn’t go [away] to college because of [the partying],” she says.)
Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine
Kim Kardashian: Someday Matriarch
She now weighs in on most of the family’s deals jointly with Kris Jenner. “If there’s a deal, it’s always my mom, me and our attorney talking it over,” Kardashian West says.
The expectation is that Kim Kardashian will take over the reins, when Kris, 66, one day retires. “We’ve talked about it. I would assemble a team of people to take over,” Kardashian West says. “I hope it doesn’t happen for a really long time, because I’m really busy.”
The possibility that KKW will lead a Kardashian-Jenner conglomerate empire built around the fashion, cosmetic, liquor and media enterprises that her family has launched over the past decade is a real one.
Images: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine
WWJ Magazine references the fact that the rebound fortunes of Victoria’s Secret; the pulsating growth of Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty lingerie [with indirect backing from LVMH] and now Skims soaring puts a lot of pressure on the already-stressed VS. There’s no doubt that both Rihanna and Kim Kardashian know how to play hardball, even if they do it grace and a smile on their faces.
Kate Moss modeled in recent Skims campaign images. A special Skims pop-up opened in Paris in time for Paris Fashion Week this September at the famous Galeries Lafayette department store. Skims is sold by retailers such as Nordstrom, Ssense and Net-a-Porter. “The inclusive sizing, sharp price point and comfort are just a few reasons why the brand has been so successful,” says Lea Cranfield, Net-a-Porter’s chief buying and merchandising officer, by email.
Rihanna hasn’t weighed in on this trifecta undergarments competition, but KKW reminds us that her grandmother only retired in her early 80s. “I think I’ll always feel good when I’m working,” Kardashian predicts.
“I don’t see me floating on a yacht.”
In fact, Kim Kardashian’s life plan has her as a member of the California bar, and she currently studies about four hours a day to achieve this goal. “Hopefully one day I can start a law firm where we can help people pro bono and hire people who were formerly incarcerated,” she says of her longer-term goals.
Kim’s goal is no act, in spite of the heat she’s taken for working with former president Donald Trump on prison reform. KKW marches to her own drum with four kids and a big family in tow. One wonders what Kanye West actually thinks of his uber-talented wife. R-E-S-P-E-C-T would be appropriate.
Malika Louback, Quentin Demeester by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen for WSJ Magazine
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Malika Louback, Quentin Demeester by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen for WSJ Magazine AOC Fashion
Model Malika Louback offers casting support to Quentin Demeester in ‘Heat Wave’, styled by Geraldine Saglio. Photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen [IG] is behind the lens for WSJ Magazine Men’s Fall 2021 Fashion Issue./ Hair by Tomohiro Ohashi; makeup by Chistelle Cocquet
The inspiration behind the fashion shoot includes 1970s sportswear, the colors used by artist Henri Matisse and the style of actor Steve McQueen. Saglio describes the portfolio as “a mix of classic meeting a cool street world.” The team arrived at Hippodrome des Arcades, just outside of Paris.
Van Drimmlen was eager to discover the aging elements of the shuttered racetrack, telling WSJ Magazine: “Those kinds of things I love as a photographer—just discovering these things that magically are so beautiful instead of trying to re-create that yourself. It’s just trying to have an eye for the things that are already there.”
Edita Vilkeviciute by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Zara Home Summer Bliss 2021
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Edita Vilkeviciute by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Zara Home Summer Bliss 2021
Top model Edita Vilkeviciute poses in at ease summer essentials for Zara Home’s Summer Bliss 2021 trend guide. Edita poses at her new “good energy” home in Ibiza, lensed by Annemarieke van Drimmelen [IG].
Zara Home is a freestanding website combining fashion essentials with the Spanish brand’s homewear pieces that include pillows, decorative bowls, terracotta plates and the perfect morning coffee mug.
Annemarieke van Drimmelen's 'The Female Gaze' Focus for Zara Lingerie
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Annemarieke van Drimmelen's 'The Female Gaze' Focus for Zara Lingerie
ZARA’s new lingerie collection launched at the end of October, as a collection of elegant must-haves priced for higher-income shoppers. The Spanish retailer’s first intimates collection launched with more than 125 pieces, including bras, bodysuits, panties and elegant innerwear.
Prices began at $17.90 for panties and $199 for a silk pajama top.
“A parallel femininity is explored through a more ‘everyday’ approach, designed with the intent of being worn from morning through night,” the company said in a press release.
What did stand out in Zara’s lingerie collection launch is their ‘The Female Gaze’ approach to photography, starring models Edita Vilkeviciute, Karly Loyce and Sara Blomqvist. Ludivine Poiblanc styled the campaign with creative direction by Fabien Baron. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmlen is behind the lens.
Annemarieke van Drimmelen Captures 'Sentimentale' For Vogue Italia October 2018
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Annemarieke van Drimmelen Captures 'Sentimentale' For Vogue Italia October 2018
Models Tessa Bruinsma, Bo Fausser, and Roos van Elk are styled by Alex Harrington in ‘Sentimentale’. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen is behind the lens for Vogue Italia October 2018./ Hair by Irena Ruben; makeup by Kathinka Gernant
Saskia de Brauw Fronts 'Force of Nature' By Annemarieke van Drimmelen For WSJ Magazine June 2017
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Saskia de Brauw Fronts 'Force of Nature' By Annemarieke van Drimmelen For WSJ Magazine June 2017
Top model Saskia de Brauw is styled in fall looks, as stylist Melanie Ward reminds us that fall fashion is upon us. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen is behind the lens in 'Force of Nature' for WSJ Magazine June 2017./ Hair by James Pecis; makeup by Dick Page
Ruby Aldridge In 'Light Motiv' By Annemarie van Drimmelen For Vogue Netherlands December
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Model Ruby Aldridge squares off in Annemarie van Drimmelen’s cloth coat editorial for Vogue Netherlands December. Stylist Dimphy Den Otter chooses modern geometry checks and blocks for ‘Light Motiv’./ Hair by Wesley O’Meara; makeup by Stevie Huynh
