When Patti Wilson is free to excel with a decent budget — like we are seeing in this ELLE US [IG] September 2023 fashion story ‘Body Shop’ — Wilson’s stylist DNA shifts into high gear. Boom. We have a fantastic, mechanical set design by Griffin Stoddard. Check. The beauty team is makeup by Yumi Lee and Evanie Frausto on hair. Check

We have models South Sudanese Diana Achan and Houston, Texas Margot Whitley ready to pose. Let’s roll. Put Italian photographers Stefano Colombini and Alberto Albanese, now in London and ka Scandebergs [IG] behind the lens. All systems are go for a fashion story take-off.