Archive for the ‘Gossip’ Category
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 12th, 2011
Elizabeth Olsen has revealed that her two biggest style inspirations are the actresses Diane Keaton and Katharine Hepburn.
Elizabeth, who is the younger sister of the famous Olsen twins, has recently been popping up on our style radar in a mixture of vintage-style maxis and European fashion. But it’s not her older sisters that she looks to for inspiration – it’s the icons of the silver screen.
She said: “I always love Diane Keaton and Katherine Hepburn. [Mary-Kate and Ashley always tell me] to always feel comfortable. Their advice is just like, kind of focus on your work and not let anything else come between you and what you want to do and who you are. We don’t actually talk about work much, but they’re just great people and supportive and inspiring and creative.”
For those who don’t know, Katharine Hepburn commandeered masculine dressing in her era and was one of the first women to publicly wear trousers as a fashion statement, while Diane Keaton is famous for her bohemian role as Woody Allen’s love in Annie Hall. Elizabeth has good taste.
Tags: 1940s, Celebrity Style, diane keaton, elizabeth olsen, Hollywood, katharine hepburn, masculine, movie star, Olsen twins, tailored, the Row
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip | 1 Comment »
Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on September 12th, 2011
The famous former model Agyness Deyn has revealed her reasons for leaving the fashion industry at the peak of her career.
Agyness, who was one of the most famous faces of the modelling world five years ago with her elfin looks and boyish crop, quit modelling because she felt like her career was taking over her life and her personality.
The gamine beauty said: “I think every single person, not just models, gets to a certain age and you’re like, ‘Who the f**k am I?’ I think with modelling, even though it was me and it wasn’t contrived, it got like other people were saying, ‘OK, that’s you.’ And I was like, ‘Is that me? That isn’t all of me.’ There’s so much more to a person. It was about two years ago when I stopped – I still did little bits, but I had to get off the train to really assess my life and what I wanted. I just suddenly couldn’t see where Agyness the model ended and where I started. It was so enmeshed and I was so busy that that’s all I was doing for ages. I lost my sense of self.”
Will we ever see Agyness return to the runway? She doesn’t think so as she plans to move into the acting world but will never say never to working on the catwalks again. The model confessed: “I don’t want to be like, ‘OK, now I’m an actress and I’m never going to model again’, because that would be crazy.”
Come back to us Agy, the catwalks of London miss you!
Tags: actress, Agyness Deyn, celebrity gossip, Henry Holland, modelling, supermodel
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models | No Comments »
Designers, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 8th, 2011
Well, the verdict is in – John Galliano has been found guilty in court today of making anti-Semitic remarks in a Paris cafe in February.
The sentencing is a little better than expected – there was a possibility of the troubled designer serving 6 months in prison, but instead is paying a fine of €17,500, less than the maximum penalty for racist remarks in France.
Since making anti-Jewish remarks on film in a Parisian cafe in February, Galliano has been sacked from his position of creative director at Christian Dior and dropped from his self-titled line as well. Many celebrities and important figures of the fashion industry have since cut ties with Galliano – the actress Natalie Portman, who is Jewish herself and previously has been the face of Dior perfume, said she was “deeply shocked and disgusted” by the remarks.
Basically, nobody knows what is going to happen to Galliano next. Will the industry ever forgive the designer for his prejudiced remarks? Only time will tell.
Tags: anti-semitic, Christian Dior, court trial, Fashion News, Haute Couture, jewish, John Galliano, Paris, racist
Posted in Designers, Fashion News, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on September 8th, 2011
Rosie Huntington-Whitely has spoken out about exactly what it takes to have a successful career in modelling.
Rosie, who’s probably every man in the world’s dream girl at the moment, is fast becoming one of our generation’s most loved models and a successful Hollywood actress with a leading role in the new Transformers movie. So it’s fair to say that Miss Rosie knows a thing or two about a successful modelling career.
Her advice to any aspiring young models? “It takes hard work, determination and the ability to pick yourself up and try again when things go wrong. I advise you to get a reputable team around you, too. And always trust your gut feeling.” In addition to Rosie’s recommendations, we also recommend swishy hair, a bee-sting pout and legs like a baby giraffe’s. That seems to be quite important too.
Rosie’s support “team” is her mum, who she attributes for her success and drive as a young model. She told Britain’s ELLE magazine: “My mother inspires me. She’s been the driving force behind me the whole way and I strive to make her proud. I’m always drawn to women who are strong, independent, individual, who have an air of mystery about them and who aren’t afraid of their sexuality.”
Tags: career, celebrity gossip, inspiration, modelling, premiere, rosie huntington whitely, supermodel, Transformers
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Designer Fashions, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 8th, 2011
The fashion designer Roland Mouret has revealed that he refuses to take a muse as inspiration for his designs, as he prefers to be inspired by a variety of different women at once.
His celebrity fans will be weeping into their designer hankies at this news. I bet Victoria Beckham and Kate Middleton are dying to take up permanent residence as a Roland Mouret muse, but the designer says this will never happen.
He told vogue.co.uk: “I design for any woman. I don’t like muses, if you have a muse you put someone on a pedestal. I prefer seeing women as they are, I design for women who enjoy being women.”
One woman he does take a lot of inspiration from, however, is the American Wallis Simpson for whom King Edward abdicated his throne so he could marry her in 1936. All very dramatic and romantic, no?
Mouret gushed about Wallis Simpson: “”Physically, she was very skinny – it was the person that was really attractive – her charisma; how beautiful and sad her life was. She was sexy in a painful way; a painful sexiness. The clothes she wore were austere, but sensual. It was the movement of her body that made her attractive – she was like a perfume, or the way a veil moves – like a ghost almost.”
Well Roland, if you ever change your mind about needing a muse, I can be available whenever you like. Just putting that out there..
Tags: celebrity gossip, Designers, fashion inspiration, gowns, Haute Couture, muse, roland mouret, wallis simpson
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Designer Fashions, Designers, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 8th, 2011
The actress Diane Kruger says that she likes to experiment with and change up her look a lot, because she hates how all the other women in Los Angeles look the same.
Diane, who’s previously been a Chanel muse and a model, obviously has had a lot of influence from her stints in the fashion industry.
The actress said: “I don’t have my own stylist. And I like to be a little different – in LA, everyone wears the same dresses.I think my background as a model helps, because I like experimenting and I’m not afraid of fashion or what other people think of me.”
She continued: “Sure, I’ve worn dresses people didn’t like, but I enjoy the expression of clothes. What you wear is one of the only things about yourself you can manipulate.” Testify!
Diane is one of our all-time favourite dressers so it’s good to hear her point of view on fashion. May you always be our red-carpet queen!
Tags: awards ceremony, celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, chanel, Diane Kruger, experimental, Karl Lagerfeld, Los Angeles
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip | 1 Comment »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 7th, 2011
Katie Price has slagged off Cheryl Cole’s sense of style in her new magazine, “Katie”. Excuse me while I split my sides laughing. Oh goodness, where do I even begin..
The failed fashion designer, model, novelist and singer has now turned her hand to running her own magazine “Katie” – which apparently includes bitchy commentary about other celebrities, and right now Cheryl Cole is in the firing line for that colour-blocked orange and purple outfit that she wore during her brief stint as a judge for the US X Factor.
Katie furiously (ghost)wrote about Cheryl’s admittedly bad fashion choices: “The whole thing is absolutely hideous. I don’t know who’s responsible for the outfit and the horrific hair but I hope Cheryl sacked them. It looks like she’s put on weight.” Madam Price, I am sorry but you are the last person who can talk about horrific hair.
The ex page three girl also slammed Cheryl’s bandmate Nicola Roberts for her fashion choices. “She always gets it wrong. She is trying to be unique but she doesn’t have the confidence to carry it off.” Katie, you can’t carry anything off.
The whole thing is a little bit ridiculous, and the only words that came to mind when I read this gossip was “Pot. Kettle. Black.” Am I right?
Tags: celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Cheryl Cole, criticism, Girls Aloud, Jordan, Katie Price, Nicola Roberts, page three
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on September 7th, 2011
The gap-toothed supermodel Georgia May Jagger has revealed that her superstar parents, Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger, have had a lot of influence over her fashion sense.
When it comes to inheriting vintage treasures from your parents, you’re not going to be in a much better position than Georgia, whose mum Jerry Hall was an iconic supermodel of the 70s and whose father was the frontman of the Rolling Stones.
She said: “I wear jeans every day. I like to wear them with T-shirts and boots, or when I go out with heels. I’ve inherited more of my mother’s style, I wear a lot of her clothes but my father also has a great sense of style. Mum gives me lots of stuff from her Studio 54 days, like sequined hot pants.” My mum gave me a jumper with Felix the Cat knitted on it, but whatever.
Georgia’s inherited love of style has obviously been a major influence over her career, as she’s just released her own collection of denim designs for Hudson jeans. But the model has one warning for us girls – when it comes to fashion, follow your own tastes instead of the trends. She said: “Wear what makes you feel fabulous, don’t just follow trends. Fashion is a great way to express yourself. It’s also been amazing to be given the opportunity to create my own collection with Hudson that show styles I really love.”
Tags: fashion sense, Georgia May Jagger, Hudson Jeans, Jerry Hall, mick jagger, Rock and Roll, Rolling Stones, style influence, supermodel
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip, Models | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 7th, 2011
The singer Adele has admitted that she’s dying to have Christopher Bailey, creative director of Burberry, style her for the next upcoming awards season.
Adele is already having a major fashion moment right now, having just made the cover of UK Vogue – but we think seeing the singer decked out in Burberry would be the icing on the cake. Apparently, they’re already planning a style collaboration. Oh, to be a celebrity…
The Someone Like You singer told Vogue: “I love old school. Chanel, Prada, you know. And Burberry, definitely. I’ve met Christopher Bailey a few times. He’s definitely going to dress me for the next lot of awards – if I’m nominated. I’ve always loved Burberry. I remember saving for three years to get my first bag before I got signed. Five hundred quid, I think it was, made of canvas with the logo like a satchel.”
Okay, now I’m just gonna put something out there. Burberry, if you get bored of styling Adele, I’d also like to be styled by you for awards season. I know I won’t be invited or anything – just something beautiful to wear while I watch it on TV, really… No? Oh, okay then.
Tags: Adele, Brit Awards, Burberry, celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Christopher Bailey, Designers, plus size, singer, someone like you, Vogue cover
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, dresses, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 6th, 2011
Not only does she look like the girl next door, but it’s obvious that Kate Bosworth was brought up with a sense of good manners as the actress has revealed she only likes to wear fashions designed by nice people.
The blonde beauty, who is often a familiar face at Fashion Week and is always impeccably dressed, spoke out about her particular process of choosing what – and who – to wear.
Kate said: “I’ve always seen fashion as embracing the individual, although yes, I understand that there are parts of the industry that aren’t so welcoming. But I look at the Proenza Schouler boys – they’re so kind and they make such brilliant designs. The Rodarte sisters, too. It may be idealistic, but I like to think that goodness rises to the top.”
And naturally, Madamoiselle Bosworth knows the fashion industry well, with a father who’s worked extensively in the Italian fashion industry, a close friendship with the fashion house Proenza Schouler and her own ecommerce site Jewelmint.
No mean fashion snobbery for this girl, then. Hear, hear! Listen up, designers – throw a hissy fit or start name-calling and this actress will never wear your designs again. You have been warned..
Tags: actress, celebrity gossip, Designers, Fashion News, fashion week, good manners, Kate Bosworth, Red Carpet
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, dresses, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 6th, 2011
The Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz finds it difficult to understand the fast pace and rapidly changing seasons of the fashion world, and believes that the strict and constant deadlines that designers have to meet is the reason that so many sartorialists succumb to stress.
Elbaz, who is much-loved for his work at French fashion house Lanvin, said: “I don’t understand this marathon of fashion. Today, designers are expected to produce work that is bigger, better, faster and – these days – cheaper. A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs, a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films, a writer just needs to write three great books. Now let’s look at designers – they produce six to eight shows a year, most designers have a 20-year-long career, so I need to create about 250 collections in that time. Not even Danielle Steel could write 250 books. You start to understand why some designers do strange things, why some designers talk to themselves, you have to find a way of dealing with it all.”
It’s no wonder that so many designers are rumoured to be screaming, difficult divas then. There should be a charity for them or something. On another note, not many designers compare themselves to Danielle Steel. It’s kinda cute.
Tags: "Alber Elbaz", Designers, dresses, fashion gossip, H&M, Haute Couture, Lanvin, Paris Fashion Week
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on September 5th, 2011
Alexa Chung says that 60s-style clothes flatter her slender figure best.
The model and TV presenter has a fondness for classic 60s fashion because it was a decade that favoured leggy, gamine girls such as Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy who have a similar figure to Alexa’s.
Alexa told Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “My ex-boyfriend [photographer David Titlow] showed me Antonioni’s 1966 film ‘Blow-Up’ in my late teens. I remember seeing Jane Birkin. And I couldn’t believe it. She even made just wearing a pair of tights look sexy. . . I think the 60s vibe suits my body type, which is skinny legs and a boyish frame. It’s the groupie vibe that I’m attracted to. They had these amazing love affairs, and both the men and the women were made amazing by them. The girls in the 60s were never overshadowed by the men they dated. You can talk about Jean Shrimpton without having to mention Bailey or Terence Stamp first.”
Alexa understandably tried to distance herself from her classic 60s dress sense because every teenage girl in the UK began copying her – oh, the perils of being a style icon! She said about the Alexa copycats: “I fell out of love with the 60s for a while. I think because I was so identified with it. It’s like Sienna Miller when she did boho, then suddenly stopped because she was like, ‘F**k. What else can I do, because I’ve done it?’ Everyone copied my sodding coat for a while too. It was my Harrods kid’s vintage one. Every girl suddenly had one and I was like, ‘Arrgh!’ I got really bored of smock dresses and loafers for a while. But I feel like I’m ready to fall in love all over again.”
Yeah, I feel like that whenever thousands of teenage girls suddenly start dressing like me too, Alexa. I totally feel your pain.
Tags: 1960s, Alexa Chung, Celebrity Style, chanel, Gossip, Harper's Bazaar, Jane Birkin, jean shrimpton, loafers, skinny, slim, smock dress, trendsetter, vintage
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip, Models | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 5th, 2011
The fashion designer Tom Ford has criticised Princess Beatrice’s now infamous hat that she wore to the Royal Wedding.
It’s always scary to have your wardrobe criticised, but having Tom Ford pass comment is scary – this is, after all, the man who’s fashion know-how intimidates even Victoria Beckham.
We all remember Princess Bea’s outfit for the royal wedding as it was hard to miss – the red-headed royal was largely slated for turning up to the nuptials in an eye-grabbing couture Phillip Treacy hat. Tom Ford commented on Bea’s headwear choice: “I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this, but at the royal wedding, one of the princesses wore a now-very-famous (or infamous), Philip Treacy hat – that hat wore her. Now, Isabella Blow, a woman those of us in fashion knew well – had she worn the same hat, it would have looked great. She would have worn the hat. She knew what she was about, what she wanted to express in fashion.”
Take note, Princesses – you have been warned by the main man in fashion himself. Leave the scary couture to the Isabella Blows of the fashion world!
Tags: "Kate Middleton", fashion designer, hat, Haute Couture, Millinery, phillip treacy, Princess Beatrice, royal wedding, Tom Ford, wardrobe critique, worst dressed
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Alexa Chung has said that she finds the term “It girl” flattering, not insulting.
The 27-year-old TV presenter and model said: “It made me uncomfortable at the beginning … I always thought of ‘It’ girls as daughters of rich patriarchs who like to freeload. Now I think it’s a very nice compliment but it applies to a moment in time. One day I’ll be an old lady showing my children photos, going, ‘Look, I used to matter.’ I’m just enjoying the moment.”
Alexa is one of our absolute best style icons that the UK has – her clever combinations of boyish androgyny and classic, beautiful couture and vintage has got every teenage girl across the country in a spin.
The phrase is normally a slightly snide reference to a rich, pretty “DADDY BOUGHT ME TEN PONIES” kind of girl that is famous for not doing anything. But we have to say that Alexa is more than just that.. after all, she’s masterminding her own television show! Plus without her we wouldn’t all have dip-dyed hair or brogues.
We absolutely can’t wait for her new 24 Hour Catwalk show to hit our television screens.
Tags: 24 hour catwalk, Alexa Chung, celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, chanel, couture, it girl, model, Paris Hilton, Project Runway
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip | No Comments »
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Kimberley Walsh says that her recent weight loss has given her the confidence to wear skinny jeans.
The Girls Aloud singer has always been one of the curvier, more womanly-shaped members of the girl group, but since losing 7lbs she feels a lot more comfortable to make daring fashion choices.
Kimberley revealed: “I’ve been doing a new workout programme for over a year now. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s changed my shape. I’ve lost maybe 7lbs – I put on a pair of jeans and think, ‘Oh! My legs didn’t look that shape before.’ That’s progress! It definitely opens things up a lot more. Now I’ve evened out my shape a bit, I’m getting slightly more daring. I’ve worn skinny jeans a few times, which I hadn’t done for a while.”
There is always the danger of getting “carrot legs” if you’re a curvy girl wearing skinny jeans, but to be honest we’ve never seen Kimberley look bad in a pair of jeans before. But congratulations to Kim on her new legs – now she can wear her Cheap Mondays til the cows come home.
Tags: Cheryl Cole, curvy, denim, Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh, legs, plus size, skinny jeans, weight loss
Posted in Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip | No Comments »
From:Pictures: 2012 British Soap Awards - Best dressed, Michelle Keegan, Jennifer Metcalf and more