As well as the Mercury Music Awards, last night every smooth tuxedo’d hair gelled male celebrity in the world was present for the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London. GQ may be a magazine for men written by men, but last night at the awards it was all about the girls in attendance, who outshone the boys by miles.
The very adorable Emma Watson made an appearance to remind us exactly why she’s one of our favourite fashion icons in a full-skirted tartan dress (yes, I know it sounds disgusting but in reality it wasn’t) and a patent biker jacket and it worked so, so well. Meanwhile, the beautiful Miss Lara Stone looked leggy and bronzed in a bright tangerine mini to show off her post-summer golden glow.
The Agent Provocateur model Daisy Lowe showed up with boyfriend Matt Smith on her arm looking incredibly dramatic and gothic in a floor-length lace fishtail gown with chocolately dark hair and red lipstick. Also favouring black dresses were Pixie Lott in a one-shouldered silk cocktail dress, Jameela Jamil wore a black gown with a long chiffon train and Kylie Minogue went for an uber-sexy look in a fitted corset dress.
We’re glad to say that Leona Lewis has FINALLY stopped trying to reinvent herself as the Lady Gaga of R&B in ridiculous outfits, and yesterday looked really pretty and girl-next-door-ish in a white fringed maxi dress with scarlet lips and a red clutch purse.
Check out who wore what to the GQ Men of the Year Awards in the gallery above.
It’s been quite a big week for plus-sized beauties everywhere, as the UK singer Adele has just become the face of Vogue UK’S October issue. The singer, who’s been attacked and slated for her voluptuous figure in the past must have just proved any haters wrong because the photographs are absolutely stunning. Could the notoriously fattist fashion industry be slowly changing it’s tune?
As someone who spent the majority of their teens being overweight, seeing real women in the fashion industry and in the media is something that is very important to me – with childhood eating disorders and body issues at an all-time high, it is more important than ever that young girls should grow up to see beautiful, relatable and healthy women as role models.
Today at ShinyStyle we’re celebrating some of the fashion and celebrity world’s sexiest and fun-loving curvy women, who wholeheartedly embrace fashion and have fashion embrace them back. From the bootylicious Amazonian jiggle of Beyonce, who completely controls and commands her audience when she performs in curve-hugging dramatic stage costumes, to Gossip singer Beth Ditto stomping the runways of Jean-Paul Gaultier, there are already some women out there promoting the idea of self-love and healthy body image. There just aren’t enough of them yet.
Unfortunuately, some of our curvy beauty idols have succumbed themselves to the pressure of dieting to fit into a starvation-happy culture. Who could forget Sophie Dahl’s transformation from the lusciously curvy, china-doll purring pussycat that used to own the catwalks to the stick-thin woman she is now, all eyes and cheekbones? You could say that it’s her prerogative to weigh whatever she wants – and of course, it is. But the fact that even a supermodel who once lived off her curves can buckle under the pressure of the media’s ideal is scary, and shows us that we need these healthy role models more than ever.
To see which curvy icons are in our gallery, check it out above.
Someone is going to get into a lot of trouble for this. Yes you did read it right, Vogue Italia has just ruin a gallery of images where it features ‘ Slave earrings.‘ I don’t think there’s any real need for Shiny Style to say a great deal – just read those comments.
Like this one…
Are you SERIOUS? I hope that you get truly humiliated for this worldwide vogue. This is disgraceful. You should be ashamed. Since when does an african design for earrings become a “slave” design.
As of Monday lunchtime the feature was still on the site. Hope it gets removed very soon.
Kate Moss shows us why she’s one of the most successful models of this era with this stunning shoot for Hapers Bazaar.
Posing in seductive, cleavage-revealing lingerie, Moss gets into bed with two guys before confessing she doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer: “I’m not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I’ve never been to design school. I can’t sketch. I can’t cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf,” she told the magazine
We’ll be buying the magazine so we can keep that quote next to us while we’re unsuccessfully trying to draw out our dream dress, and we’re sure many men will be sneaking this issue off the shelf too.
Many of us have a fashion icon that we look up to in some way or other. Sometimes its lusting over their hair, sometimes we want their eyes (not literally) and other times we wish we had their figures.
Love Magazine obviously agrees with us because for its third bi-annual edition its created eight different covers each showing a different model, who are claimed to represent our ideal of beauty in the fashion industry.
The models shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott include Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lara Stone, Jeneil Williams, Amber Valletta, Daria Werbowy, Kristen Mcmenamy and Natalia Vodianova.
Katie Grand, editor-in-chief at Love, told Vogue: “For this issue of LOVE, we took eight women who are generally acknowledged as the most beautiful in the world, got them to show off their bodies – widely regarded as the most perfect in the world – and photographed them all in exactly the same position for the cover.
“We did this to show how much they differed physically from one another, which is why we also printed their measurements.”
It seems that fashion magazines are finally taking note of our need to see a real woman on fashion spreads and on covers.
After a huge positive response to the nude photo of plus-size model Lizzie Miller in the September issue of American Glamour, the magazine will apparently feature “a slew of large, nude models” in its November’s issue.
We hope this filters through to the UK versions but we wonder if we’ll still be bombarded with features like “lose weight, fee great” alongside these.
It actually reminds me of a time when, after reading one magazine article on a girl’s fight with anorexia, I turned the page to be presented with an advert for Adios. Oh dear.
Tell us what you think. Is Lizzie is the kind of model you would like to see gracing the magazine pages? Vote below.
Check out Lindsay Lohan’s latest cover for Vogue España‘s August issue. The actress has surprised many, myself included, when she decided to don a Marilyn Monroe platinum wig again to channel the screen icon for the glossy shoot. After her previous disaster, when she recreated Monroe’s “The Last Sitting” for NY Magazine, you can’t help but wonder why?
No doubt she’ll cop even more flack for this latest effort, although having now seen the finished results I’m not quite so dark on her. For example, the image (above, right) where she is dressed in Thierry Mugler is actually quite fierce. Almost Gaga-inspired.
We are used to seeing her donning her Sixties retro full-skirted frocks and Stepford Wife pearls for Mad Men, but the real-life January Jones is anything but. The actress is Elle‘s August ’09 cover girl as shot by Mariano Vivanco. Check out the video above for a behind-the-scenes look at her shoot – and keep your eyes peeled for an appearance by Donatella Versace! Click play on video above to watch.
American Vogue has broken its run of celebrities on their covers by featuring Christy Turlington on its August issue. The supermodel was photographed by Steven Klein flashing more than a bit of leg in a lilac halterneck gown. But nstead of the usual high fashion editorial inside, Christy is captured on location in Guatemala while on location shooting No Woman, No Cry, her documentary on motherhood in third world nations.
Screen queen Kate Winslet has landed herself another glossy cover, this time for US Harper’s Bazaar’s August ’09 issue. The Oscar-winning actress was photographed by Peter Lindbergh suspended on a tower with New York acting as the stunning backdrop. For the shoot, she dons Burberry, Michael Kors, and Yves Saint Laurent. I just love that white floaty Ralph Lauren dress on her (above right) don’t you?
It is another nod to Madonna, with a hint of Gwen Stefani in this latest cover for V magazine, starring Cameron Diaz. The actress steps out of comfort-zone for an edgy photo-shoot taken by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Reminiscent of Madge’s iconic True Blue phase, Cam experiments with short peroxide hair, fake tattoos and cone bra fashioned out of gaffer tape.
Andre Leon Talley once said that she should be a model, and ended up recruiting her for a national TV spot. Although it resulted in her falling on her backside in front of millions of morning show viewers, Whitney Port certainly has what it takes to step onto the runway.
For months you have heard us banging on about The September Issue, the Anna Wintour/Vogue documentary that has whipped fashion followers into a frenzy. Now, the official trailer for the “frockumentary” has hit the net, ahead of the film’s September 11 release in the U.S. Click play on video above to watch.
The trend to employ famous faces as magazine interns continues with the news that Chanel Iman is now working at Teen Vogue.
Last week the model tweeted about her internship at the mag, saying: “U will never guess what i’ve been doing for the last couple of hours. Havin’ a blast interning at Teen Vogue!! Setup there [sic] closet like its mine”.
Also: “Teen Vogue just got a little taste of Chanel Iman flavor in the House!!! Hey lol Teen Vogue rocks!!!”
Sounds like she is having fun.
Chanel is the latest in a string of celebs to hit the glossy intern trail. Bruce Willis’s daughter, Tallulah Belle, recently worked at Harper’s Bazaar, while Sean Avery interned at Vogue.
Click here to see Emma Watson on the latest issue of Teen Vogue.
Emma Watson is on fire at the moment! Not the least of her accomplishments is the August ’09 cover of Teen Vogue. The Harry Potter starlet is having a bumper month with a new campaign for Burberry and a rumored fashion range for UNICEF. For her latest high-fashion stint, she models a variety of designs including a puffy-shouldered plum blouse and floral skirt by Dolce & Gabbana (above).
To see a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot, click on…
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