Carlos Nazario Named Editor-in-Chief of Wonderland
Wonderland has a new editor-in-chief, Carlos Nazario, who will oversee the London quarterly across print and digital, with his debut issue arriving in March for spring 2027. The New York-born stylist and fashion director, whose work has helped shape fashion’s visual language for nearly two decades, most recently served as contributing style director at Vogue and previously held positions as style director at large at Harper’s Bazaar and global fashion director at i-D. “Magazines introduced me to people, places and ideas that expanded my world and allowed me to dream. I want Wonderland to offer that same sense of discovery,” he said. He is the first editor named under Alastair McKimm, chief creative officer of parent company Visual Talent Group, and the two’s working relationship goes back more than a decade. “When it came to appointing an editor-in-chief for Wonderland, the immediate choice was Carlos,” McKimm said.
Pieter Mulier Will Debut at Versace With Couture
For the past decade, Atelier Versace has worked largely out of public view, making pieces for private clients and the red carpet without staging a dedicated couture show since July 2016. That changes in January, when Atelier Versace returns to the Paris haute couture calendar with Pieter Mulier‘s first collection for the house. Mulier, who officially started as chief creative officer on July 1, has already offered a preview; his first Atelier Versace design was seen on Nicole Kidman at the Los Angeles premiere of “Practical Magic 2” on Aug. 31. The couture show will be the first real look at Versace‘s new direction since Prada Group acquired the house last year. Patrizio Bertelli, the group’s chairman and executive director, has said the goal is “to continue Versace’s legacy celebrating and reinterpreting its bold and timeless aesthetic.” [WWD]
Bottega Veneta Is Back on Instagram
When Bottega Veneta walked away from social media in 2021, Kering chairman François-Henri Pinault explained that the brand was not disappearing from social networks but “merely using them differently.” The plan, as WWD reported, was to lean on ambassadors and fans, letting them speak for the brand rather than doing it itself. Now, timed to the house’s 60th anniversary, Bottega is speaking for itself again, starting with a single Instagram Story that said “Ciao.” After years of letting others do the talking, the house returned to Instagram with a new profile picture of a hand flipping a switch. [WWD]
Yohji Yamamoto to Receive the Outstanding Achievement Award
The British Fashion Council has named Yohji Yamamoto this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award, to be presented at The Fashion Awards on Nov. 30 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. In announcing the honor on Wednesday, the BFC pointed to his masterful tailoring and his radical reimagining of womenswear. “Few designers have changed the way we think about clothes as profoundly as Yamamoto,” said Laura Weir, the BFC’s chief executive. Sandra Choi will be honored the same night with a Special Recognition Award for her leadership of Jimmy Choo, where she is one of the industry’s longest-serving creative directors. [WWD]
Wilhelmina Introduces Timeless
Wilhelmina New York has launched Timeless, a new fashion division devoted to women who continue to inspire at every stage of life. “Beauty has no expiration date,” the agency wrote in announcing it. The division arrives as more brands are embracing age diversity in their casting. [Instagram]
White Belt Is Out Now
Jac Jagaciak was discovered at 13, went on to front campaigns for Chanel, Calvin Klein and Dior, and became a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2015. In 2024, she went looking for something that offered no shortcuts. “I chose jiu-jitsu as it felt like the most uncomfortable place to be,” she told Models.com. White Belt, directed by her husband, Branislav Jankic, follows the eight months she spent training under three-time world champion Gregor Gracie before her first Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament. The film is told in her own voice through unguarded interviews filmed on competition days, on the road and at immigration appointments. The 18-minute documentary premiered at the Tribeca Festival and is now out on YouTube. Jankic puts it best, “It’s about choosing to start from zero. To be nobody again.” Read our full conversation with Jac here.
Will the AI Backlash Bring More Personality to the Runway?
Personality over perfection. As robots took to the runways and AI-generated campaigns sparked backlash, casting took a decidedly more human turn. From Rachel Ojuromi at Chanel to August Barron’s Hollywood types, theatrical personas at Gucci and Tom Ford, and 99 models at Matières Fécales, designers picked character and emotion over blank stares. Models.com contributor Sophie Lou Wilson explores why, in the age of AI, unpredictability may be fashion’s newest luxury. Read the full story on PRONews here.
Evane Boulanger and Sara Caballero on Bringing Marbre y Formica to Life
By day, Evane Boulanger works in the new faces department at Elite Paris. By night, he makes films exploring identity. His latest short, MARBRE y formica, follows a woman playing chess with her younger self, inspired by a question Boulanger kept asking himself: Is the person I’ve become who I wanted to be? It stars Top 50 model Sara Caballero, who describes acting as a different kind of freedom, saying, “There’s nothing to sell, just emotions.” Models.com spoke with Boulanger and Caballero about collaborating on the film and their goals to explore filmmaking and acting beyond fashion. Read the interview here.
Hoyt Richards on Fashion’s Golden Era and the Road to Self-Discovery
The 1980s were a decade of decadence. Hair was big, shoulder pads even bigger, and the modern supermodel era was taking shape. As Cindy, Naomi, Christy, Linda, and Claudia became household names, male models were having their moment too, and few were bigger than Hoyt Richards. The Princeton graduate became one of fashion’s most recognizable faces, with his chiseled features, blond hair, and larger-than-life appeal embodying the era’s excess. This past June, HBO’s three-part docuseries Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult revealed a darker chapter of his life, tracing his involvement with the Eternal Values cult from age 16 to his eventual work as an actor and cult deprogrammer. Models.com sits down with Richards to revisit his years in front of the camera, the rise of the supermodel, and what the documentary left untold here.
MDC Selects: Meet the New Faces of the Week
Scouted in school corridors and shopping aisles, these new faces are making their way into the modeling industry. Meet them here.
Meet the Newest Additions to the Hot List
Thirteen models have joined the Models.com Hot List rankings, each earning their place with major international campaigns, magazine covers, and collaborations with some of fashion’s most celebrated photographers. Explore the full rankings here.
