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We’re going a little bit sporty over here at ShinyStyle today. But as we all know sport and fashion do merge pretty well, especially if your a top sports brand like Nike, which has teamed up with one of our fave photographers Annie Leibovitz.
Together the pair have launched Nike’s 2011 Make Yourself movement to inspire and motivate women everywhere to achieve their goals and become the best ‘versions’ of themselves, whatever this may be: fit, proud, fast, healthy, strong or beautiful
The Make Yourself Team is a collection of elite female athletes who have reached the top of their professions and are passionate about making themselves the best they can possibly be.
Brought together by Nike from a variety of sports and different walks of life, they are authentic, charismatic and committed women who embody the Make Yourself philosophy – with hard work and dedication anyone can overcome obstacles to improve their lives and reach their goals.
The team features USA track and field Olympian Allyson Felix, Chinese tennis player Li Na, Algerian-French dancer Sofia Boutella, British hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton, Russian-born tennis star Maria Sharapova, USA goalkeeper Hope Solo and Australian surfer Laura Enever.
As part of the Make Yourself campaign, the team shares their inspirational life stories, fitness routines and goals to encourage women across the world to put a stake in the ground and start making themselves too.
The other day we were given a personal tour of the Passionata showroom to preview their 2011 Autumn-Winter collection, and we’ll happily admit that we’ve already put a couple of items on our wish list.
Modelled by Bar Refaeli – the ex of Leonardo DiCaprio – Passionata AW11 presents an exquisite new collection for the fall season, full of sensuality and glamour, paying homage to the pin-up girl.
“Flirtatious and full of cheerful energy, this winter, the pin-up wants eye-catching colours that will make her figure stand out: stormy blue, thunder blue-green or klein blue; sophisticated aubergine; frivolous pink, and poppy red transforming the pin-up into a bird of paradise.
Featuring contrasting lace and stripes with a slight twist of masculinity, Lovely Passio is an everyday line, the absolute favourite of neo-tomboys hoping to be effortlessly charming…
More couture-styled, with bird feather embroidered tulle and shoulder details that look like cute little wings, the pin-up is well aware that Birdy makes sexy rhyme with poetry.
Finally, she brings out the burlesque spirit with Charisma and So Smoking, two new retro-glam lines, one featuring high-waisted panties and a bandeau bra, and another a very British floral print combined with tulle.”
It’s going to be a hot winter…
Bride-to-be Lily Allen has taken time out from her wedding planning to launch her own Lucy in Disguise fashion line with her sister Sarah Owen.
The vintage inspired designs were launched in a full seaside style at Harvey Nichols on Wednesday 1 June.
Lily told Vogue.co.uk: “Sometimes with vintage clothes the femininity can get lost – the market didn’t feel quite perfect, so that’s what we’ve worked on. I’ve always been into vintage – before I became a pop star it was all I ever wore.”
Will we be seeing Lily sporting some of her own designs at her Glastonbury honeymoon later this summer?
See more of the collection at Vogue.co.uk
Supermodel Naomi said that she found the new Cadbury's campaign "insulting and hurtful"
Everyone knows that Naomi Campbell is one supermodel who’s never shied away from a confrontation, but this has to be one of her most unusual fights yet: the Croydon beauty may be about to declare legal war on Cadbury’s, the chocolate manufacturers.
Naomi is said to be righteously angry and upset about a new poster campaign that was launched last week with the strapline: “Move over, Naomi, there’s a new diva in town.”
The supermodel spoke to the Daily Mail about her feelings on the campaign. ”I am shocked. It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me but for all black women and black people…. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful.” Since making her feelings known to the media, it’s said that Naomi’s planning to fight the chocolate manufacturers in court.
The chocolate company seem pretty mortified and have already taken down the ad. In a statement made by the company a spokesperson said, “Cadbury takes its responsibility very seriously indeed and we would never produce any marketing activity we felt might cause offence to any section of society.”
Unfortunately, even a tadpole could work out the racist connotations of the ad, whether Cadbury’s had thought them through or not. I think I’m with Naomi on this one..
Even though she’s co-created her own clothing line, House of Dereon, with her mother, Beyonce Knowles has admitted she loves clothes by British designer Gareth Pugh because they make her waist look “teeny tiny.”
Now this sounds like something we have to look more into as we wouldn’t mind getting a smaller waist – or we could just have someone photoshop it like Grazia apparently did to Kate Middleton on their royal wedding issue…
Speaking to more! magazine Beyonce said: “I love Gareth Pugh, he’s amazing. His work is so different. The dramatic shoulder pads make your waist look teeny tiny and it’s very structured and graphic and modern. I think the contrast of his garments and my personality is really cool. And I get to dress up and be whatever I want.”
If you’re not sure what Beyonce is talking about, below is a collection of Gareth Pugh’s Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2011/2012 collection to feast your eyes on.
A model shows a creation by designer Gareth Pugh as part of his Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Princess Catherine looked gorge in her wedding dress, but this evening dress with a cute shrug was just as perfect OHN Stillwell/PA Wire/ Press Association
Victoria Beckham’s baby bump has racked up many inches in the press recently.
Some reports claim that the super skinny star is struggling with her fashion numbers because she doesn’t want to show off her bump, not only upsetting us – come on Vics make us all feel better – but also hubby David Beckham who wants his wife to show off her new figure.
Then there’s of course the rumours that Victoria was having major stresses about her Royal Wedding outfit, which in the end turned out to be a very simple yet striking baggy dress from her own collection, which did give a small outline of her bump.
However apart from the latter look, it seems Victoria is in fact trying to keep that bump at bay. From the moment the world found out about her pregnancy, the singer/designer has been spotted out in her skinny jeans but always relied on a trusty coat or scarf to help cover that bump. She’s also opted for long baggy tees in a bid to disguise it completely. View the gallery above and tell us if you agree by leaving your comments below.
Marchesa's sketch for their planned revamp of the legendary "Bunny Girl" costume
An unlikely marriage of two worlds is about to happen as luxury fashion house Marchesa, home to a million frills and jewels fit for a fashion princess, reveals their sketch of a one-off design of the iconic 70′s playboy bunny costume in honour of the new opening of a Playboy Club in London.
Designers Georgia Chapman and and Keren Craig are reinventing the classic bunny-girl one piece, but not as we know it – expect ruffles, jewels and (we hope) a solid-gold tail. (As I said – we hope.)
Georgia Chapman said of the label’s design for the Playboy franchise, “We’ve taken our inspiration from the original costume but added Marchesa’s signature details, such as hand draping and embroidery, while staying true to the Playboy Bunny’s classic corset silhouette. The result is a modern, yet feminine interpretation of this legendary look.”
Playboy was a suave gentleman’s lifestyle magazine back in the day (with some pretty nude bunnies thrown in for good measure) but in recent years the whole thing has become a bit, well, seedy. Can a magical sprinkling of fashion dust change the face of Playboy again? Forget the cheap pink satin and white fluffy mules of yesteryear – Hef’s girls are about to get a luxury makeover. We’re a little bit jealous, actually.
Robin Wright and Evan Rachel Wood have vowed never to wear corsets again after donning them for their new movie ‘The Conspirator’.
Robin, 45, and her 23-year-old co-star both struggled to get to grips with the costumes for the movie set during the Civil War as they filmed in 100 degree heat on location in Savannah, Georgia.
Robin said: “I will never put on a corset again. I vow to never wear one again. That was the toughest part of the role, wearing that in the 100-degree heat on the set.”
Evan added: “Having to walk around with your own gravitational pull was insane. I don’t know how women did that. Robin and I kept talking about that the whole time. Even sitting down becomes an event.”
Evan also struggled with the lack of make-up as she admits she “can’t leave the house without mascara” although her less than glam on-screen look did help her to get into character.
She is quoted as telling People magazine: “It’s part of the territory. Playing a historical person, it helps. I didn’t think I looked anything like the [character] until they put the eyebrows on me, and the hair. It’s kind of eerie.”
One of Christian Louboutin's sketches for the collaboration
Hold on to your Phillip Treacy hats, designer lovers, because there’s an exciting new collaboration on the horizon: queen of the knitted jumper, Bella Freud, is hooking up with the daddy of footwear, Christian Louboutin, to create a range of fetish-inspired knitwear. Freud will incorporate Louboutin’s shoe sketches into the designs, resulting in what we hope is going to be a cool and exciting dream collaboration.
There couldn’t be a better shoe designer for Bella to choose for the project, as Christian Louboutin is literally the daddy of high heels. Favoured by the young and old alike, the socialites and the high-profile actresses, a pair of Louboutins is standard issue in Fashion 101.
Freud said of the legendary footwear designer, who she has known for over twenty years: “”I have often admired his drawings and I wanted to use some to put on my knitwear. I love the way a drawing comes to life when it is reinterpreted in another medium. On a knit it you get the sense of someone having actually drawn it, rather than it being a computer generated image.” We really can’t wait until this range is up for grabs in mid July.
Keep your eyes peeled for this luxe collection when it finally hits the shops: we predict there will be a scrum.
Girl-about-town and impossibly rich heiress of the Hilton hotel nest-egg, Paris Hilton, has found herself in a bit of a sticky situation with the law – and all because she forgot to give back about $60,000 worth of jewellery that was borrowed for an event. Don’t worry Paris, we’ve all done it – except with library books, not diamonds.
The cheesed-off jewellers in question are the Italian company Diamani, who lent Paris the jewels all the way back in 2007. Apparently ever since Paris has been trying to sneakily avoid giving the jewels back, ignoring letters and requests from Diamani to have the loaned items back. We would have thought that Paris is so rich that she doesn’t actually need to steal jewellery, but you know, whatever – maybe she’s just been having a bit of a Winona Ryder moment. She must be a bit worried at the moment, as the jeweller’s have pulled out the big guns and filed a lawsuit against her yesterday.
As we all know, this isn’t the heiress’ first scrape with the long arm of the law, most recently recieving a one-year suspended sentence for possession of cocaine. Come on Paris, we’ve all seen photos of you in that orange jumpsuit and it didn’t suit you one bit – it’s not going to suit you now either. Sort it out girl!
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