Posts featuring stylist Nicola Knels

Ajak Deng Takes on Über-Dynamic Role of Grace Jones

Ajak Deng evolves as she takes on the über-dynamic role of Grace Jones in ‘Athletic Grace’ by Julia Noni for Vogue Germany, March 2019. Sinewy shapes & unbearably, longs limbs lend themselves to this body of pure grace. Ajak Deng gives us the flavor of Grace Jones without mimicking her. An ode of the highest order. Each image is exquisitely captured and artfully portray…

Take Me to the Barre I Say & There I'll do a Grande Jeté

Take Me to the Barre I Say and There I’ll do a Grande Jeté, Arabesque and Assemblé, Pirouette and Plain Plié. Your Pointed Shoes Will Take You There, Spinning through the Tour en l’air. Dance Evokes this Pas de Deux as a Tale of One Told with an Attitude of Tutu. 

Talent binds you to beauty as Sergei Polunin takes us on a ride through the outskirts of his mind. I see this ex…

Sora Choi Plays a Game of Facial Fantasy "Play it Loud"

Sora Choi engages in a game of facial fantasy in “Play it Loud” shot by Ben Hassett for Vogue Japan, March 2018. Drama is displayed in a variety of ways, exposed in the pageantry of passion. Artistry echos in the background leaving moody elements of anarchy to ache from below. What we see isn’t the whole picture, as the body delights in secrets being dictated from beneath. Nic

Explore the Dream "Fun of Fashion" Extreme ~ Fall 2017

Anna Cleveland, Birgit Kos & Yasmin Wijnaldum cover this high fashion extravaganza, by Giampaola Sgura for Vogue Germany, August 2017. All bets are off as this story captures the Chaos of Couture. This isn’t your grandma’s collective, rather, it’s a backwards view of forward fashion. Here we have it all. Provocative, powerful, artistic and real ~ we must crawl thro…

Grace Elizabeth Lets the Water Wash Over Her, Camilla Akrans

Grace Elizabeth floats free in “H20” by Camilla Akrans for Vogue Germany, January 2017. Drowning in her daydreams she floats upon the lake, as water wades around her in this transient sort of state. Akrans takes us on a ride through our mind’s eye, traveling inside our imagination until our thoughts are set free. “Because rain diminishes sunlight, it creates h…

Vanessa Moody 'Playing With Fire' by Camilla Åkrans

Vanessa Moody brings the heat in ‘Playing With Fire’ captured by Camilla Åkrans for Vogue Germany, February 2015. Flaming red fashion burns up the scene in this exquisite mix of Spring ’15 collections. From sizzle to see-thru, Nicola Knels sexes things up with an evocative array of sensual play. Avant-garde styles sink into the skin as haute couture wraps itself arou…

Anja Rubik Plays 91/2 Weeks 'Passion' Camilla Åkrans

Anja Rubik takes a trip to celluloid history in ‘Passion’ a story shot by Camilla Åkrans for Vogue Germany, August 2014. Rubik enacts a version of Kim Bassinger, in this inspired reenactment of 91/2 Weeks. A dip into the world of a doppelganger, this dares to pick up right where the neo-film lets off. Showing us how to seek both pain and pleasure, this powerful portrayal plays on …

Cotton-Candy, Scarlet-Daydreams Cherry Flavored Wine, I'm Waiting for that Moment 'til Your Lips Meet Mine. Shot by Camilla Åkrans.

Alena Blohm & Paris Roberts goes noir in ‘Im Juli Geliebtes Rot’ by Camilla Åkrans for Vogue Germany, July 2014. The art of oral fixation comes alive in this stunning showcase of eloquent excess. Each shot captures a unique sense of individualism, with a succulent story of sex and style. Fashion Editor, Nicola Knels, reigns the rapturous waves of temptation with dynamic …