Beauty is subjective. Not in a way where we don’t like the same hairstyle or purse. Rather, in the way that each individual interprets it as something different. Whether it’s physical, mental, metaphorical, hypothetical. Beauty is what the individual feels it needs to be.
Dress: Ives Saint Laurent, Earrings: Uncommon Matters, Shoes: Jil Sander
This editorial explores how beauty can be unperformed. It doesn’t need to beg to be seen, filtered, staged, or validated by its viewer. The personification of the term turns beauty itself into a metaphor. From botanical symbolism in movement to the physical human experience, these images explore true beauty as a reset. Though reset can often mean starting over or even anew, this is about reinforcing the self. Not through reinvention, but through return.
Top & Skirt: ALAÏA, Earring: Bygoldiie, Tights: Falke, Shoes: Jil Sander
Returning to the body without apology. Reinforcing beauty without effort.
“Much like people do. We carry a lot, endure a lot, and yet our beauty remains — especially in moments of rest, vulnerability, and unguarded presence.”
– Racheal Adewole,
Creative Director
Earrings: Stylist Own, Bra: Gilda & Pearl, Skirt: Entire Studios
In a culture addicted to angles, aesthetics, and algorithm-approved perfection, this editorial reframes the term as something soft yet unapologetic. Instead of centering a physical object, it centers a state of simply being. Loud in its effortlessness.
Beauty as being.
Credits:
Concept & Creative Direction – Racheal Adewole
Photography – Kornelia Konieczka
Producer – Lusanda Kori
Styling – Rhea Fey
Hair – Aminata Lindenau
Make Up – Kristina Griffato
Model – Anna Schwager
Floral Art Design – Stevie Sapiano / Pflanzkafka
Lighting & Digital Operator – Mia Conolly
Managing Editor – Jasmin Kraenzel
