Vogue Paris Rebrands As Vogue France
Head of editorial content Eugénie Trochu, announced on Tuesday that Vogue Paris would no longer go by its citified moniker, and was expanding to represent the entire country as Vogue France. Trochu said on the change and ideological shift, “The freedom. The freedom to dress as you like, to think differently, to put all the colors on your nails, your hair, your cheeks… To proclaim loud and clear your identity, to celebrate your differences. The very first issue of Vogue France will pay tribute to and celebrate individuality. A passport to be oneself, to assert oneself and to ignore clichés.” The upcoming issue launching on Nov 4th is set to embody this new direction as Conde Nast continues to set terms for its consolidation efforts. The magazine’s former editor-in-chief Emmanuelle Alt exited the title this past summer and was replaced by Trochu who reports to European editorial director, Edward Enninful.
ArtPartner Collaborates With the United Nations Climate Change Conference With #CreateCOP26 Competition
In 2019, president of Art Partner Amber Testino started #CreateCOP25 an artistic-based competition running adjacent to the UN Climate Change Conference that could increase collective awareness around the event. The agency has been committed to finding creative and necessary climate initiatives through its sustainability sector and has brought in the brightest artistic talents to judge over the competition like Han Feng, Tyler Mitchell, Ferdinando Verderi, and more. The #CreateCOP26 competition kicked off earlier this year with applicants between ages 14-30 from 54 countries submitting work that shares their view on the climate crisis. Winners included Camila Jaber for the top prize of $10,000, with runners-up Hikima Mahamuda and Breech Asher Harani both claiming $5,000 each, and Samuel Pineda Manzano, Jessica Angela O’Neill, Mehrdad Vahed, Charlotte Greenwood, Mingsheng Ni, and Oscar Crabb all awarded $2,000 each. Their projects, along with 20 applicants awarded honorable mentions, will be featured on ArtPartner’s website from October 25 through November 12, 2021, and on their Instagram.
Anna Wintour Biography “Unputdownable” Is In The Works
Amy Odell, former Cosmo and The Cut editor broke the news that she is indeed writing Anna Wintour’s biography that is set to release in May 2022. Odell said, “I am beyond excited to share what I’ve been working on: I wrote a biography of Anna Wintour. It is the product of interviews with more than 250 people. I can’t wait to share more about the book and reporting process as the publication date nears.” [The Daily Front Row]
TikTok 2021 BFC Fashion Awards Takeover
TikTok is sponsoring the 2021 BFC Fashion Awards this November, a different type of format and content creation for the traditional award show. So far, The British Fashion Council has mentioned Daniel Lee, Demna Gvasalia, Jonathan Anderson, Kim Jones, as well as duo Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons as nominees for the Designer of the Year Award. For the BFC Foundation Award, dedicated to emerging talents, Bethany Williams, LVMH Prize-winner Nensi Dojaka, Priya Ahluwalia, Richard Quinn, and Bianca Saunders are a few of the nominees. The event is also set to spotlight 15 Leaders of Change across three divisions: environment, people, and creativity. [WWD]
Is Jacquemus Tapping Into Beauty?
French designer and millennial/Gen Z loved luxury brand, Jacquemus is apparently creating a beauty brand. Sources say that the Salon-de-Provence-born designer has snagged a partnership with Puig, the Spanish fragrance and fashion luxury house, and plans to reveal his beauty project early next year. [Vogue]
The Claw Agency Creates The Olz App
The Claw Paris founders Benoit Guinot, Chris Lucas and Guillaume Proust like many others started creative pursuits during quarantine. Keeping in mind that one of the biggest challenges for a model agency is to constantly find new faces, they decided to start their own mother agency and app THE.Ølz in September of last year with Matthew Allen, mixing digital scouting and management. The model discovery app is a tool for aspiring models to send in their submissions and for budding model scouts to send their model discoveries through the app with an incentivized reward system. Scouts will be rewarded 300 euros if a model is signed to their mother agency, and after 5 models are signed, the reward goes up to 500 per model. Once a model is signed, the team places them according to their profile, in the agency that suits them best. The.Ølz team has so far worked with Premium Paris, Squad Management, Elite Milan, Next LA/Miami, Uno Models, Brooks Amsterdam, M Management, and Bananas Models to place various models.
Ali Latif Launches Music Video for His New Single
Model and musician Ali Latif dropped his new music video for his single “Bad Reputation”. Latif spoke about his passion for music on Models.com’s IG live last year in May with Caroline de Maigret.
