Sam Edelman Ambassador Kylie Jenner Fronts 20th Anniversary Campaign by Chris Colls
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Guinevere van Seenus in Spring Collection for V Magazine #147 by Chris Colls
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Dutch-American top model Guinevere van Seenus is styled by Anna Trevelyan in ‘Show Face with Guinevere van Seenus’, a fashion story welcoming the arrival of spring collections.
Photographer Chris Colls [IG] is behind the lens, capturing van Seenus in Dior, Emporio Armani, Gucci, Isabel Marant, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Prada, Valentino, for V Magazine 147 [IG].
Read MoreMalgosia Bela's Tailored Glamour by Chris Colls for ELLE France February 2024
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The always bankable Malgosia Bela covers the February 2024 issue of ELLE France [IG], posing in tailored glamour — or is it just Malgosia herself — styled by Hortense Manga.
New York based — but Aussie born and raised — photographer Chris Colls [IG] is in the studio, capturing the many layers of Malgosia Bela’s being. It’s always obvious to me that Colls connects in a human way with the models he photographs. I love these Malgosia Bela images. ~ Anne
Read MoreMalika Louback Wears Pure Boys Club Style by Chris Colls in ELLE France August 31, 2023
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Model Malika Louback joins Gisele Bundchen as the second cover model for ELLE France’s August 31 issue. Both top-rung models dress for autumn days, with Gisele more casually than Malika.
Menswear influences make a strong appearance in Malika’s fashion story, also called by ELLE France the ever-popular “boyish look” in French fashion. Géraldine Saglio styles the shoot, with Chris Colls [IG] resuming his position behind the lens. / Hair by Odile Gilbert; makeup by Wendy Rowe
Read MoreGisele Bündchen Dresses for Fall Leaves in ELLE France August 31, 2023 by Chris Colls
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Uber superstar Gisele Bündchen covers ELLE France’s August 31, 2023 issue, cheering on the back-to-school crowd and their moms. Géraldine Saglio styles Bündchen in cozy, neutral-colors, fall essentials from must-have outdoors jackets to denim, bitty tops and biggie sweaters lensed by Chris Colls [IG]. / Makeup by Romy Soleimani; hair by Bob Recine
Read MoreImaan Hammam Is Haute in ELLE USA August 2023, Lensed by Chris Colls
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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.
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….”
Read MoreKendall Jenner, Alton Mason in Messika Diamond Vibes Campaign-1 by Chris Colls
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French jewelery brand Messika shares a hard-to-miss new ‘Messika Diamond Vibes 2023 Campaign’ starring ambassador Kendall Jenner and Messika’s new man Alton Mason.
The model and dancer closed out last September’s Paris runway show, sharing the spotlight with original super Naomi Campbell.
Messika believes in ‘everyday diamonds’, especially after spending extended time in America.
Founder and creative director Valerie Messika explains that she’s now heavily influenced by the “energy and confidence” she sees on America’s streets. Heading for California’s Palm Spring’s desert — in a red convertible— seems like a perfect expression of the founder’s current state of California Dreamin’.
Photographer Chris Colls [IG] returns to create the new Messika campaign, with styling by Helena Tejedor.
Read MoreEdita Vilkeviciute Simmers in a Sensual Fashion Story by Chris Colls for ELLE France July 14, 2022
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The always sensual, queen of summer Edita Vilkeviciute covers the July 14th issue of ELLE France, styled by Claire Dhelens in summer beach clothes from Carroll, Celine by Hedi Slimane, H&M, KKS, Le Passage, The Kooples, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more.
Photographer Chris Colls [IG] shares his gift for capturing sensual women — in a classic sense — reminding us that Edita herself and her physicality are high-value assets in why we love this fashion story. In a moment when we are under siege on every front of American politics and culture, the momentary visual getaway of ‘ON DE SENSUELLE’ is deeply appreciated.
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Greta Hofer Fronts Max Mara SS/2022 Digital Campaign Lensed by Chris Colls
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Model Greta Hofer is styled by Alexandra Carl in a Max Mara S/S 2022 Digital Campaign focused on relaxed, tailored elegance lensed by Chris Colls./ Hair by Cim Mahony; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
Read MoreIrina Shayk Wears Anine Bing Resort 2022 Collection, Lensed by Chris Colls
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Anine Bings’ namesake clothing brand is inspired by the fusion of Scandinavian heritage and American spirit. Founded in 2012 by Anine Bing, Chief Creative Officer, and Nicolai Bing, Chief Executive Officer, Anine Bing releases its first resort 2022 collection starring top model Irina Shayk.
Chris Colls [IG] is behind the lens, capturing the Riviera goddesses in Nice Côte D'azur.
Read MoreAnna Ewers at El Fenn in Marrakech by Chris Colls for ELLE US March 2022
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Top model Anna Ewers is in Marrakech, Morocco, wearing Chanel on the March 2022 digital cover of ELLE US. Chris Colls [IG] captures the renaissance woman Anna Ewers, who recently hiked from Tuscany to Rome, breaking through her quarantine boredom.
Read MoreAnja Rubik and Alexandra Agoston in Kenya by Chris Colls for ELLE France
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Anja Rubik and Alexandra Agoston in Kenya by Chris Colls for ELLE France Pt-1 AOC Fashion
ELLE France heads to Kenya in a special fashion examination of the simplicity and the intimacy of travel — the experience of becoming closer as humans is in itself an adventure, writes ELLE France. Supermodel Anja Rubik is center stage, joined by Alexandra Agoston with styling by Géraldine Saglio./ Hair by Marc Lopez; makeup by Wendy Rowe
Chris Colls [IG] is the photographer in charge, with the group staying at Lewa House [IG] , in the heart of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Because AOC is deeply embedded in elephant conservation and the history of Kenya in the Turkana basin [the exit point out of Africa by early humans] — with more than one of my muses from Kenya — we will write a separate fresh post on the land and its people. We’ve divided this fashion story into three parts.
Related: Anja Rubik at Kenya 's Lewa House by Chris Colls for ELLE France Pt-2
Anja Rubik, Alexandra Agoston in Kenya for ELLE France by Chris Colls Pt-3
Candice Swanepoel Fronts DL1961 X Recover™ High Performance Circular Jean
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Candice Swanepoel Fronts DL1961 X Recover™ High Performance Circular Jean AOC Fashion
Supermodel and uber-committed eco-activist businesswoman Candice Swanepoel, founder of sustainable lifestyle brand Tropic of C, is the perfect face of the new DL1961 denim capsule campaign. Chris Colls [IG] captured Irina in the fall 2021 campaign, and he returns to the studio with Candice in this just-dropped DL1961 five-piece capsule collection.
The denim brand has partnered with Recover™ to create “the first high-performance circular jean.” Using recycled water and solar energy, Recover breaks down old clothing and weaves it with eco-friendly tech fibers such as Tencel or Reprive (recycled polyester stretch fiber).
Running our usual greenwashing check before writing on eco-initiatives, AOC finds truth in the assertion that: “Recover™ is the lowest impact recycled cotton fiber in the world and is third party certified (OCS, GRS, Oekotex Standard 100). According to the Higg MSI, Recover™ fiber outperforms virgin equivalent fibers, conventional and organic cotton, across all 5 impact categories: Global warming, Eutrophication, Water scarcity, Fossil fuel depletion and Chemistry.”
Kendall Jenner Fronts 2022 Messika Jewelry Campaign Lensed by Chris Colls
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Kendall Jenner Fronts Spring 2022 Messika Jewelry Campaign AOC Jewelry News
Valerié Messika, founder of Messika, picked Kendall Jenner as the face of its new 2022 campaign. Photographer Chris Colls [IG] joins Messika and Jenner in St. Tropez the south of France.
“I wanted to illustrate a subtle alliance between grace and strength and capture an image of an alpha woman with a mysterious and hypnotic aura ; Kendall perfectly embodied that for me,” Valérie Messika explains.
Mayowa Nicholas Takes Flight in '60s Woman Style for ELLE US September 2021
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Nigerian born, rising star model Mayowa Nicholas the beginning of air travel in ‘Mayowa Nicholas Takes Flight’, an ELLE US fashion story channeling the retro chic style of ‘60s-influenced tailored silhouettes. and women on the move as part of the second wave of feminism.
Women’s wings spread as far as Afghanistan and Sudan, with a universal view of women escaping patriarchal influences and tribal customs. Images from these countries are incomprehensible to process mentally against today’s international political landscape.
Read MoreIrina Shayk Fronts DL1961 Sustainable Denim Fall 2021 Campaign by Chris Colls
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Top model Irina Shayk fronts sustainable denim brand DL1961’s Fall Winter 2021 campaign, lensed by Chris Colls. Alex White styles Shayk in the New York-based brand that promotes itself as “The most sustainable jeans on earth.”
In 2017, Sourcing Journal’s ‘Rivet’ published a series ‘Ladies of Denim’ with DL1961’s creative director Sarah Ahmed. Ahmed was bearing down on reducing water in 2017. This area of major accomplishment is front and center on the DL 1961 website, with its MAJOR focus on sustainability, where DL1961 reminds us that the average pair of jeans take about 1500 gallons of water to produce. Their jeans take less than 10 gallons.
Read MoreAdut Akech Electrifies in Fall 2021 Modern Luxury by Chris Colls ELLE US August
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Adut Akech Electrifies in Fall 2021 Modern Luxury by Chris Colls ELLE US AugustSupermodel Adut Akech is breathtaking, posting in vibrant, modern luxury clothes for the August 2021 issue of ELLE US. Photographer Chris Colls [IG] captures Adut, who just became a global ambassador for Estee Lauder, with styling by Alex White.
In her interview Adut Akech Is Electric Roxanne Fequiere refreshes memories about Adut’s journey out of South Sudan. We’ve told that story many times on AOC in the last four years, so head-on over to ELLE to read Adut’s story of roadside birth on on Christmas Day in 1999 — somewhere between South Sudan and the Kenyan refugee camp Kakuma.
The camp Kakuma, that has birthed several successful models, was her home, until Adelaide, Australia welcomed her, her mom and five siblings. Adut’s father died in the fighting in South Sudan, and her aunt was already living in Adelaide.
In Adut’s own words:
“I was born on the way to Kenya, and I haven’t been to Sudan since.
Adut’s fashion industry success is legendary by now. At a time when models of color are rising everywhere in fashion, Adut is a superstar. Her Estee Lauder appointment makes her platinum grade in the world of modeling and will absolutely affect her bank account, Adut is also a member of the new VS Collective, joining other high-credentialed women to do what, none of us knows. They are advisers.
In another of Adut’s famous stories touched in her ELLE interview, in the car ride from the Adelaide airport to her new home, the now supermodel turned to her mother and made a vow: “Now that we’re here, I’m going to get an education. I’m going to buy you a car and a house. I’m going to make something of myself.”
That life checklist is complete for Adut Akech, who tells us something more about her character when she says: “I will always be a refugee.”
To say that there’s whole lotta love for this young woman is an understatement. Hey, Adut, how about a ride in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two Unity 22? Now THAT would be memorable for a refugee model. You could raise money for your future project in [South] Sudan. ~ Anne
Read the interview and get info on all the incredible clothes at ELLE.
Yasmin Wijnaldum in Couture Lensed by Chris Colls for Vogue Germany
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Yasmin Wijnaldum in Couture Lensed by Chris Colls for Vogue Germany
Top model Yasmin Wijnaldum is styled by Nicola Knels in timeless couture designs lensed by Chris Colls [IG] for Vogue Germany July-August 2021./ Hair by Shay Ashual; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
The V Time Magazine Travels the World for Fall 2020's Best Coats by Chris Colls
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The V Time Magazine Travels the World for Fall 2020's Best Coats by Chris Colls
In this tediously-long year of challenge and heartache, June-July seems like forever ago. Fashion world was adjusting to lockdowns, mask-wearing, and the prospect of virtual fashion shows. Remote fashion shoots — where we had any fashion shoots — were increasingly common, as models took control of their own images and technological equipment.
Certain magazines went the extra mile in an effort to prove what was possible under difficult circumstances. Enter The V Time Machine. New York-based photographer Chris Colls, who quarantined in Soho, found a life-size, collapsible “studio” that was shipped around the world, with stops in Amsterdam, Greece’s Aegean Islands and Ibiza.
Aryeh Lappin styled fashion’s big-name faces Adesuwa Aighewi, Alexandra Agoston, Edita Vilkeviciute, Guinevere van Seenus, Parker van Noord, Malgosia Bela, Mayowa Nicholas and Yasmin Wijnaldum in fall coats from Celine by Hedi Slimane, Emporio Armani, Etro, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Salvatore Ferragamo and Tom Ford.
