Vogue USA 09.2021

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Last Look Hermès watch CREATIVE PRODUCER, NATALIE CHOY FROM RARE PHENOMENON. Where modern timepieces are concerned, few are as immediately recognizable as Hermès’s Heure H—though this variation on the theme, with an alligator strap to match its malachite dial and a rose-gold case set with diamonds, is worth going green with envy over. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALEX BLACK 350 SEPTEMBER 2021 VOGUE.COM

SET DESIGN, PEYTON FULFORD. Chloé bag Creative director Gabriela Hearst has brought back the maison’s Edith bag—which also happens to be the first luxury handbag she ever carried—but this time it’s cut in buffalo leather and features fringe made of recycled cashmere. While it speaks volumes about Hearst’s dedication to sustainability and craft, it’s also the kind of statement bag you can’t tear your eyes away from. PHOTOGRAPHED BY PEYTON FULFORD 351

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Last Look Louis Vuitton boot, $2,060 Nicolas Ghesquière’s fall collection for Louis Vuitton looked ahead to the new season by looking rather far back, conjuring ancient Greece and Rome in the clothes and classic—if somewhat less remote—silhouettes in these color-blocked, wedge-heeled boots, which play on biker-jacket motifs with their studs, snaps, and mix of textures. PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVEY ADESIDA PROP STYLIST: EMILY SCHUBERT; PRODUCTION: IZZY COHEN @ FRESH PRODUCE. 354 SEPTEMBER 2021 VOGUE.COM

CREATIVE PRODUCER, NATALIE CHOY FROM RARE PHENOMENON. Tiffany & Co. necklace This choker from the Jean Schlumberger archives at Tiffany & Co. features tear-shaped moonstones that evoke glossy drops of morning dew in the garden, turquoise that transports the eye to Caribbean waters, and 18k yellow gold to ring everything like bent bamboo. It’s part fine jewelry, part glorious ode to Mother Nature. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALEX BLACK 355

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Last Look Libertine hat ($1,150) and Bvlgari brooches PROP STYLIST: EMILY SCHUBERT; PRODUCTION: IZZY COHEN @ FRESH PRODUCE. How to add even more oomph to Libertine’s already striking hand-quilted floppy hat? When in doubt, reach for sky-high jewelry: These emerald-and-diamond brooches from Bvlgari make for a glamorously bohemian way to put a pin in it. PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVEY ADESIDA 358 SEPTEMBER 2021 VOGUE.COM

CREATIVE PRODUCER, NATALIE CHOY FROM RARE PHENOMENON. Prada glove, $950 Butterflies aren’t included in the purchase of these stretchy, knit, and dazzling elbow-length Prada gloves—but there is a clever zip pouch at the front that’s just the right size for, say, a pair of earrings. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALEX BLACK 359

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Last Look CREATIVE PRODUCER, NATALIE CHOY FROM RARE PHENOMENON. Van Cleef & Arpels earrings Van Cleef’s Sous les Étoiles collection takes its cues from the cosmos: While these earrings are sculpted from pear-shaped green tourmalines, spessartite garnets, black opals, black spinels, and diamonds (in a white-gold-and-platinum setting), both their geometric wonder and their cosmic effect reach far out into the stars—and beyond. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALEX BLACK 362

PROP STYLIST: EMILY SCHUBERT; PRODUCTION: IZZY COHEN @ FRESH PRODUCE. Dolce & Gabbana coat and hat ($945) A blend of wools, tweed, and brocade elevates the wholesome, homespun whimsy of this patchwork coat (don’t overlook the artfully mismatched buttons!) and bucket hat from Dolce & Gabbana. Just imagine the storied Italian house as your crafty but exceptionally well-heeled nonna. PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVEY ADESIDA VOGUE.COM SEPTEMBER 2021 363

Last Look Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello earrings, $1,890 CREATIVE PRODUCER, NATALIE CHOY FROM RARE PHENOMENON. Evoking the heady reds, cool azures, and glittering golds of Byzantine mosaics—the kind that still cover the walls of some ancient churches in Ravenna—these earrings from Saint Laurent combine brass, glass, and strass (rhinestones) into a rosette form reminiscent of a cathedral’s stained-glass windows. The only reasonable thing to call them, really, is divine. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALEX BLACK 364 SEPTEMBER 2021 VOGUE.COM

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Last Look Gucci boots, $2,100 SET DESIGN, PEYTON FULFORD. Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele continues to mine the house’s equestrian heritage, with these boots—crafted with black, white, and honey-colored leather—merely the most recent (and the most fun) iteration of his yeehaw agenda. PHOTOGRAPHED BY PEYTON FULFORD 368 SEPTEMBER 2021 VOGUE.COM

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