Resort 2023’s standout looks, captured by emerging photographer Sophie Meuresch on her friends
Arresting looks from the Resort 2023 collections, captured by Sophie Meuresch – shortlisted for the 2022 Dior Photography Award for Young Talents – on three friends in Leipzig, Germany
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As part of the January 2023 issue of Wallpaper* – a celebration of the rising stars shaking up the creative industries – we travelled to Leipzig to capture the Resort 2023 collections with emerging German photographer Sophie Meuresch at the city’s Academy of Fine Arts, one of the oldest art schools in the country.
Resort 2023 photographed by Sophie Meuresch
Aglaia wears jacket, £13,000; underwear, £710; earring, £660, all by Dior
Known for her precise and restrained portraits, Meuresch – herself a graduate of Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig – was shortlisted for the 2022 Dior Photography Award for Young Talents this past July. Themed ‘Face-to-Face’ and asking participants to directly address their subject through the camera lens, Meuresch’s entry captured her peers against oftentimes sparse backdrops. The resulting images were displayed as part of the Arles Photo Festival at Luma Arles, with most of the participants recent graduates of international art institutions.
This mode of seeing informs the series of images in Wallpaper* January 2023, whereby Resort 2023’s standout pieces – among them a studded leather waistcoat and sequin-embellished jeans from Gucci, vivid yellow shearling boots from Loewe, and JW Anderson’s crystal-covered wedge ‘Bumper’ sandals – are captured by Meuresch on three of her friends in a collection of arresting portraits, styled by Wallpaper* fashion director Jason Hughes.
Johanna wears dress, price on request, by Fendi. Tights, £29, by Falke
Esra wears bra, £1,200; skirt, £8,055, both by Chanel. Boots, £1,590, by Miu Miu
Aglaia wears dress, £4,600, by Valentino. Shoes, £550, by MM6 Maison Margiela
Aglaia wears dress, £4,600, by Valentino
Esra wears jacket, £2,950; shorts, £990; underwear, £230; boots, £1,590, all by Miu Miu
Aglaia wears dress, £4,550; boots, £895, both by Loewe
Esra wears jacket, £9,000, by Louis Vuitton
Aglaia wears waistcoat, £8,870; jeans, £8,870; shoes, £1,40, all by Gucci. Vest, £155, by Extreme Cashmere
Esra wears top, £345, by Max Mara
Esra wears dress, £390, by Missoni. Sneakers, £545, by JW Anderson
Johanna wears jacket, £1,490; shorts, £190, both by MM6 Maison Margiela. Bra, £51, by Baserange
Models: Johanna, Aglaia and Esra. Casting: Sophie Meuresch. Photography assistant: Johanna Baschke. Fashion assistant: Kris Bergfeldt.
A version of this story appears in the January 2023 ‘The Future Issue’ of Wallpaper*, available now in print, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News +. Subscribe to Wallpaper* today
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Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team in 2022. Having previously been the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 and 10 Men magazines, he has also contributed to titles including i-D, Dazed, 10 Magazine, Mr Porter’s The Journal and more, while also featuring in Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.
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