U Repubblica Kirill 2026

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This editorial layout features model Kirill Karpenko in a two-panel portrait series photographed by Luis Alberto Rodriguez for U Repubblica. The left panel shows the model posing against a neutral grey studio background wearing a white long-sleeved top and white trousers. The right panel is a close-up portrait with dramatic low-key lighting, capturing the model in a striped red, white, and blue collared top. Art direction and styling are led by Giovanni Dario Laudicina, with hair by Ramona Eschbach, makeup by Aurore Gibrien, and set design by Rafael Medeiros under editor-in-chief Emanuele Farneti.