“Keep your electric eye on me, babe,” David Bowie sang on the track “Moonage Daydream,” now a classic tune from his foundational 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The album launched a new chapter of Bowie’s career centered on Ziggy Stardust, a red-haired, bisexual alien glam rockstar sent to save Earth from a pending apocalypse. Ziggy’s look instantly became culturally indelible, and remains so even today, just like Bowie’s work.

Indeed, this September marks the release of The Shel Talmy Recordings, a new compilation of works Bowie made in 1965 with the famed producer; as well as a UK tour of archival memorabilia from the artist’s collection sponsored by the Victoria & Albert Museum that kicks off this November. Bowie, a longtime friend and collaborator of V since the inception of our publication, created a style and sonic language that’s endlessly inspirational.

This fall, it’s personified by new model of the moment Letícia Hall, photographed by Jack Bridgland and styled by Davey Sutton–exciting voices igniting the industry–as they channel Ziggy’s androgyny and avant-garde aesthetic. In flashes of bright red and spirited 1970s insouciance, it’s the embodiment of “I’ll be a rock ‘n’ rollin’ bitch for you,” as Bowie himself would say. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

This story appears in the pages of V162, our upcoming Fall 2026 issue. Get a one-year subscription to V now at shop.vmagazine.com!

Photography Jack Bridgland (SN37 Agency)

Fashion Davey Sutton (A-Frame Agency)

Model Letícia Hall (IMG)

Creative Director / Editor-in-Chief Stephen Gan

Makeup Terry Barber (David Artists) using MAC Cosmetics

Hair Brady Lea (A-Frame Agency) using Hair by Sam McKnight

Manicure Jessica Ciesco using Dior Manicure Collection, Le Baume, & Dior Vernis #999

Cinematographer Charlie Blunden (CB Studios)

Fashion Market Editor Copelyn Bengel

Production Designer Joe Munro (Art Department UK)

Digital Technician Tom North

Photo Assistant Ryan Hackett

Styling Assistant Emilia Zentner

Executive Production Aleisha Digby

Production Smera Kumar

Location Camelford House