Angelo Pennetta Captures Abby + Adut in 'Rock Stars' for Vogue US April 2020

Models Abby Champion and Adut Akech are styled by Alex Harrington in modern folkloric patterns with a dash of whimsy for ‘Rock Stars’. Photographer Angelo Pennetta is on location in Portugal for Vogue US April 2020./ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Petros Petrohilos

The fashion shoot takes place at Almendres Cromlech, ‘Portugal’s Stonehenge’, a certies of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens. Atlas Obscura writes: “Built over several different periods between 5000 and 4000 BCE, the Almendres Cromlech are the finest example of Neolithic structures on the Iberian Peninsula, though it remained undiscovered until 1966.”

As is common with such ancient sites, the purpose of Almendres Cromlech remains unknown. With the stones’ final repositioning to be in-line with celestial bodies, geometric patterns already found at Almendres Cromlech were strengthened further, making the intentionality of the stones’ presence and arrangement undoubtable, even if the deeper rationale and rituals contained therein remain a mystery.