What's Haute Now: All That Shines In December That We're Talking About

Happy December! 

It seems like I've got to look across the Atlantic for a little style inspiration featuring a little diversity and this time it's Harper's Bazaar Russia that is serving up the glamour in a stunning editorial featuring Cabo Verde born model Raquel Pinto in their DEC 2012 issue photographed by Natalia Alaverdian.

Joan Smalls has snagged another cover and editorial and this time it's the DEC issue of Vogue Türkiye.


Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss grace the cover and appear in an editorial for Interview Russia № 12 DECEMBER 2012, photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot, along with Ataui Deng who is also featured in a gorgeous editorial photographed by Elle Muliarchyk.


Ataui Deng for Interview Russia.


We've just discovered this beautiful Dominican beauty named Diana Danelys De Los Santos, aka Amara "La Negra" Santos. 



This Reggaeton Queen is all over the place and already has an impressive fan base. I hope she doesn't change a thing about her once she becomes a household name because she is beautiful just the way she is.


The super talented and beautiful Esperanza Spalding rocked it a out in one fabulous editorial for Revista S Moda.


Up and coming model Lily Makam shines in KENZO's latest ad campaign.

The Model We Can't Get Enough Of: Philomena Kwao

This Ghanaian born beauty is absolutely stunning!!!


Expect to see more of this London based model.


Jimmy Choo Is A Visionary!


The Beautiful Jeneil Williams is fronting one badass campaign for Jimmy Choo Cruise 2013.

Domestic Visions:

Kerry Washington for Uptown Magazine Dec/January Issue pumping up the "Django" promotion machine.


Solange Knowles' new EP "True" is out, even though I like her song "Losing You" I'm still on the fence about whether I should buy the rest of her EP. For some reason I'm just not feeling it and I love my Euro-Dance tunes. Her album comes off as if she's all over the place and still hasn't found her grove. 

On another note, I actually broke down and contributed to increasing Rihanna's bottom line by purchasing her latest music offering. Silly me brought the unclean version, so I know I can't blast that with the kiddies in the car.


Tory Burch just discovered the beautiful Shea Rose (at least she featured her) and you should too! Folks are sleeping on these talented singers who are obscured by *clears throat* the obvious...above. I plan on writing a lengthy blog post on these musicians who are out there but aren't receiving the recognition and promotion they should because the media is simply stuck on who's popular. Blogger's, you do wield a certain amount of influence and collectively we can galvanize enough support for these artists who want to get their music out there to the masses.


Singer Shea Rose for Tory Burch.

So far December looks to be another promising month and I'm sure it will be one for many of you.

Grande Dame:Jeneil Williams for Elle Magazine September 2012 by Horst Diekgerdes

I stated in an earlier post about Elle Magazine's fabulous September issue which featured Solange at her lovely Brooklyn brownstone and Jeneil Williams in a spectacular fashion editorial. Here are more photos from her editorial featuring looks from Prada to Oscar de la Renta, and is photographed by Horst Diekgerdes.

I tried to wait to see if someone would post the editorial but models.com only posted three, so I took photos of the editorial from my own magazine. They're not the best, but you can see what you need to. I don't do digital issues (I tried) and nor do I tear up my magazines to scan them.

Stylist Lester Garcia's impeccable attention to detail created ensembles with just the right amount of accessories that didn't overpower anything that Jeneil wore. Jeneil's beautiful, richly hued skin created the perfect canvas for makeup artist Maki Riyoke to create jewel toned wisps of color on her flawless skin.

I love this one her in this trapeze dress from Oscar de la Renta F/W 2012.

The three photos above are from Models.com/Horst Diekgerdes.
All the rest were edited by Divalocity.

Solange Knowles For the September Issue of Elle Magazine and Madewell's F/W 2012 Campaign

The September issues are coming out and as usual, they're heavier than ever with several new ad campaigns, fall advertisements and editorials. I have yet to see Vogue's, but Elle Magazine didn't disappoint with stunning editorial's featuring Jeneil Williams and several other models and a cool editorial featuring Solange at her Brooklyn home. 

After posting these photos, I guarantee that the actual ones shot for the magazine will be posted right after these.


Solange's home certainly is a total reflection of her.
 

I must say Solange is literally on a roll, especially since she is the new face of Madewell's FW 2012-13 Ad Campign which has every one buzzing.

Looks like it will be a great collection so check it out at Madewell.com for more info.

Photo/video courtesy of Madewell.