Anok Yai and Sister Alim Yai Are 'Close to You', by Dan Martensen for Vogue UK

Anok Yai and Sister Alim Yai Are 'Close to You', by Dan Martensen for Vogue UK

Anok Yai appears with her sister Alim Yai and nephew Zane in a short fashion story ‘Close To You’, styled by Max Ortega. Alim is Anok’s manager and a financial consultant by profession. Photographer Dan Martensen [IG] captures the family ties in British Vogue’s August 2023 issue. / Hair by Lacy Redway; makeup by Raoul Alejandre

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Binx Walton's Earth Goddess Boho Style for Vogue UK July 2023 by Dan Martensen

Binx Walton's Earth Goddess Boho Style for Vogue UK July 2023 by Dan Martensen

Models Binx Walton, Lucho Jacob, Sage Lopez and Yoli Letica are fully-attuned to their ‘Out of this World’ landscape, styled by Clare Richardson in boho summer fashion. Photographer Dan Martensen [IG] is behind the lens, as Binx creates earth goddess magic across the land in British Vogue July 2023./ Hair by David Harborow; makeup by Lisa Houghton

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Wild Romance Denim Nicola and Brooklyn Style for Vogue US Winter 2023

Wild Romance Denim Nicola and Brooklyn Style for Vogue US Winter 2023

The Winter 2023 issue of American Vogue [IG] declares a love affair with wide-leg jeans. Glam couple Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham front the fashion story and the 1970s vibe that inspired so many changes in American society.

Remember, we are in the dawning of ‘The Age of Aquarius’, so it makes sense. Speaking of wild romance terrain and wide-leg jeans “worth falling for,” Vogue is mum about married couple Peltz and Beckham’s intense friendship with Selena Gomez, called a ‘throuple’ by Selena. Media is eager to define the lifestyle of ‘Gopeltzham’.

If Brooklyn and Nicola hadn’t sold their home recently, moving into Selena’s Encino estate before Christmas, the big news would be that Peltz and Gomez have matching tatoos.

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Abby Champion & Patrick Schwarzenegger by Dan Martensen in Sylt for Vogue US

Abby Champion & Patrick Schwarzenegger by Dan Martensen in Sylt for Vogue US

Models and life partners Abby Champion & Patrick Schwarzenegger are styled by Tabitha Simmons in ‘Coming Clean’, a health and wellness fashion story. Photographer Dan Martensen [IG] is on location on the island of Sylt — where the legendary medispa Lanserhof [IG] opened a lavish new resort earlier this year. Sylt is a German island in the Frisian archipelago in the North Sea./ Hair by Cim Mahony; makeup by Lisa Houghton

Designed by German architect Christoph Ingenhoven, the resort is a wonder of sustainable materials, including stone, concrete, and untreated wood.

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Georgia Palmer by Dan Martensen for M Le Magazine du Monde Requires a Political Dictionary

Georgia Palmer by Dan Martensen for M Le Magazine du Monde Requires a Political Dictionary

Model Georgia Palmer suits up in the most literal interpretation of boys club life — the locker room. Max Ortega styles Palmer in sports authentic looks from Adidas, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, CDLM, Dior, Goom Heo, Louis Vuitton, Marni, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, and more.

Dan Martensen [IG] captures the retro vibe varsity sports story for M Le Magazine du Monde February 12, 2022. This is the second part of an ongoing fashion series at M magazine highlighting Anglo-Saxon outdoors sports. / Hair by Tina Outen; makeup by Maki Ryoke

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Polo Ralph Lauren 2021 Holiday Campaign Hugs Committed, Progressive Hearts

 Polo Ralph Lauren 2021 Holiday Campaign Hugs Committed, Progressive Hearts

The Polo Ralph Lauren 2021 Holiday Campaign reminds me that some of the best things in life are free — but not easy to assemble in one place. It’s damn difficult — sort of like telling the true story of America.

Ralph Lauren is on our Side: Don’t Blow it Ralph!

The top line takeaway — in case you are blind — is the concept of one global family with different but also shared values. Polo Ralph Lauren is for global citizens and the walls that we are trying to break through with all our might. That is one hell of a credential to be holding in your brand deck, so don’t screw it up, Ralph Lauren.

It may be a losing battle, frankly — crashing through these walls with all our might — but Polo Ralph Lauren is on our side — and not for the first time. We’ve been writing about Ralph Lauren’s best efforts for several years now.

AOC has criticized the Ralph Lauren brand a decade ago, but their pitch is near-perfect now.

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Anita Pozzo in Cozy Elegance Lensed by Dan Martensen for Harper's Bazaar US

Anita Pozzo in Cozy Elegance Lensed by Dan Martensen for Harper's Bazaar US

Anita Pozzo returns in back-to-back fashion stories (with a look back by us to look at her work) in ‘Easy Does It’, styled by Camille Bidault Waddington. Photographer Dan Martensen captures Pozzo for Harper’s Bazaar US October 2021./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell; makeup by Siddhartha Simone

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Paloma Elsesser Goes 'Up Country' by Dan Martensen in British Vogue October 2021

Paloma Elsesser Goes 'Up Country' by Dan Martensen in British Vogue October 2021

Rising model star Paloma Elsesser poses in ‘Up Country’, a sensual and bucolic country scene far away from the ordinary madness of fashion-industry life and pretension. Clare Richardson styles Paloma in fall luxury from top designers.

Photographer Dan Martensen [IG] photographs Elsesser and friends for British Vogue’s October 2021 issue. We zero in on the second image below, one of six blankets created by JW Anderson’s new collab with artists Dame Magdalene Odundo DBE and Mississippi-born, one-armed ceramicist Shawanda Corbett (only called-out because the artist promotes her gift).

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Anna Ewers Soaks Up Mediterranean Sea Sun in Massimo Dutti Swimwear 2021

Anna Ewers Soaks Up Mediterranean Sea Sun in Massimo Dutti Swimwear 2021

Global Spanish fashionbrand Massimo Dutti, owned by Inditex — also parent company of Zara — continues today’s discussion of online storytelling. Top model Anna Ewers is styled by Clare Richardson for the SS 2021 Massimo Dutti, Swimwear Collection [IG]. The latest story ‘Cahier De Voyage’ takes us to the Mediterranean in images lensed by Dan Martensen [IG]./ Hair by David Harborow; makeup by Sddhartha Simone.