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Gallery, Models, Top Five
By Andrea Petrou on January 11th, 2012
Move over Miranda Kerr and Karlie Kloss, there’s a new model pack in town.
Whilst we adore you, it seems designers are slowly moving the bar, introducing younger, fresh faced ladies with a different look to showcase their creations.
This year it’s all about haughty, willowy gals such as Maja Salamon who was a hot face on the Balenciaga catwalk and Dempsey Stewart who captured the fashion world’s hearts at Louis Vuitton’s SS 2012 runway.
See our top five new faces in the gallery below.
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Tags: Balenciaga, Dempsey Stewart, Grace Bol, Louis Vuitton, Maja Salamon, Models, top five models of 2011 and 2012
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Designers, Models
By Andrea Petrou on December 21st, 2011
Gisele Bundchen has been confirmed as the new face of Givenchy.
The Brazilian supermodel appears in the latest campaign for the French fashion house, confirming months of rumours she was taking over from Mariacarla Boscono.
Gisele’s first ad is in “the expression of a love story between a surfer and a mermaid” and she stars alongside two male models (Chris Moore and Simone Nobili) in a gothic, beach-side spread with big, black surfboards.
Earlier this year, Gisele was named the world’s top earning model for the seventh year.
The 31-year-old beauty has topped the list, compiled by Forbes.com, since 2004, but this year saw her income increase by a huge $20 million to earn $45million over one year.
Proof of Gisele’s star status enhancing brands is easy to find, as after becoming the face of hair care brand Pantene in March 2010, the company’s sales went up by 40 per cent in Latin America.
Heidi Klum – who earned $20 million through her recent partnership with website Amazon.com and launching her own clothing line with sportswear brand New Balance – came second followed by Kate Moss in third.
Tags: Amy Pigliacamp, Gisele Bundchen, Givenchy, Mariacarla Boscono., model
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Celebrity gossip, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
Miranda Kerr has been working out for the past six months to get in shape for the upcoming Victoria’s Secret Fashion show.
The stunning model – who gave birth to son Flynn in January – admits she’s been exercising hard so she is in her best shape for the prestigious annual show, which takes place next month.
Miranda – has been chosen to wear this year’s $2.5 million ‘Fantasy Bra’ – told fashionista.com: “This is something I’ve always wanted to do. I do yoga. That’s something I consistently do as well as Pilates. So I’ve been doing that for the past six months. But I’ve been doing more squats because you gotta get that booty up – you really can’t hide anything when you’re up there on that runway – you’ve got cameras coming at you from every angle.”
The bra has 3,400 gems hand-stitched into the it and took more than 500 hours to make. The piece of lingerie contains diamonds, pearls, citrines and aquamarines and a tassel centrepiece comprised of two 8-carat white diamonds and two yellow 14-carat diamonds.
The 28-year-old beauty said after being chosen: “It’s such an honour to wear the bra! And it’s such a piece of artwork! It’s absolutely stunning – it kind of feels a little mermaid-like – but I can’t believe I’m wearing $2.5 million on my chest.”
Tags: baby figure, execise, gym, Miranda Kerr, post baby, running, Victoria's Secrets
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Calvin Klein signed Kate Moss for his iconic 1990s campaigns as a reaction to “distasteful” glamour.
The legendary designer was tired of the way women were trying to boost their assets and so chose the slender supermodel to front his collections as a statement against what had gone before her.
He said: “”The reason for Kate and this whole group of women I found that someone named ‘waifs’ was because before that, a lot of women were getting breast implants and doing things to their buttocks. It was getting out of control. I just found something so distasteful about all that.
“I wanted someone who was natural, always thin. I was looking for the complete opposite of that glamour type that came before Kate.”
Calvin, 69, is also known for his eponymous underwear line and while he wears his own garments, he is also willing to wear those created by rival designers in order to see how they compare with his own creations.
He told ‘Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis’: “My second wife Kelly worked with me in the design studio for a long period of time and she was greatly responsible for us doing underwear. I still wear it. And I wear other people’s underwear, too, because I want to check out the competition.”
Tags: 1990s campaigns, breast implants, Calvin Klein, Kate Moss, Models, waif
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Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 6th, 2011
Mario Testino “fought” for Gisele Bundchen.
The legendary photographer says he saw something special in the Brazilian supermodel as soon as he met her when she was a rising star even though others didn’t.
He told Grazia magazine: “When I started, Bruce Weber was the big star photographer, so all the models were the ones he liked; sporty and outdoorsy. I couldn’t find anyone, so I would go to the street looking for people who suited my aesthetic. When I met Gisele in New York, I liked her immediately. No one was using her. I fought for her.”
Although Mario, 56, is one of the world’s most sought-after snappers, he still worries it could all be taken away from him.
He said: “It wasn’t until this September that I felt I had finally arrived. I had six covers and 180 pages of editorial. For once, I felt I was accepted everywhere.
“But I still worry that nobody will call me for the next job.”
Tags: Gisele Bundchen, Mario Testino, modelling, red carpet style, supermodels
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Gallery, Models, Paris Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on October 5th, 2011
Modelling for Dior
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Tags: chanel, Dior, Lanvin, Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom, Paris Fashion Week, Stella McCartney, Viktor and Rolf
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Celebrity gossip, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 3rd, 2011
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has three personal trainers.
The British beauty – who is the face of Burberry Body – admits she needs to always be in the gym to maintain her trim physique, and has trainers in all three cities in which she works.
She said: “It takes lots and lots of hard work. I have three personal trainers – James Duigan in London, Jason Walsh in Los Angeles and my friend Justin in New York. That means there’s no excuse not to be in the gym wherever I go.”
In addition to a strict exercise regime, the 24-year-old model also controls what she eats, and tries to put few carbohydrates into her body.
She added to Britain’s Grazia magazine: “Everything starts with exercise. Then you want to look after yourself and put good food in your body.
“I have a really good response when I cut out carbs so that’s something I always do before a great event. I eat a high-protein diet and lots of greens.”
Tags: bikini, Body, Burberry, celebrity diet tips, diets, fitness, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
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Celebrity gossip, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 3rd, 2011
Kate Moss offered Mark Ronson’s mother fashion advice at his wedding earlier this month.
The musician married model Josephine de la Baume in France recently and his mum Anne Dexter-Jones revealed style icon Kate was insistent she wear her Saint Laurent bronze platform shoes at all time because they completed her look.
She told New York Magazine: “I was wearing Saint Laurent bronze platform shoes, and it was in the countryside, so it wasn’t a dance floor, and I kept kicking them off.
“And Kate Moss, sweetly, on many occasions that night, helped me put them on again to get up and down. She said to me, ‘Ann, you have got to put your shoes on. It finishes the outfit.’”
Kate wasn’t the fashion conscious person at the wedding, Mark wore a candy-striped three-piece suit and a white shirt while the bride was stunning in an ivory, off-the-shoulder Zac Posen gown embellished with pearls and a cropped veil.
Other guests included Mark’s clothes designer sister Charlotte Ronson, model Irina Lazareanu and pop-star turned designer Lily Allen.
Tags: fashion advice, Kate Moss, mark ronson, vintage, vintage wedding ideas, wedding
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Celebrity gossip, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on August 22nd, 2011
Daisy Lowe has revealed that her parents were a little less than thrilled when she modelled nude for Playboy magazine.
We’re quite surprised at Daisy’s ‘rents reaction, as we thought Pearl Lowe and Gavin Rossdale would be pretty liberal when it came to letting it all hang out. But Daisy said: “My gran was cool and said, ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it’. But mum and dad weren’t so impressed.”
Daisy herself was also a little daunted when the raunchy photoshoot hit the shelves, as it hadn’t really yet occurred to her that the whole world would be able to see the photos. She said: “When I did the shoot it was just me and the photographer. I didn’t think about the whole world seeing me naked. Everyone can see me.” But that’s how it works, Daisy!
However, Daisy’s had some support about her modelling for Playboy, as her boyfriend and Doctor Who star Matt Smith has been all for it. Matt told the Daily Star: “I was really proud of her. She looked amazing.”
All together now- aaaaawwww.
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Celebrity gossip, Footwear, Gossip, Models, shoes
By emilyborrett on August 18th, 2011
Gisele Bundchen, the world’s highest-paid supermodel, will apparently no longer wear heels on the catwalk because she isn’t used to them anymore, says designer Nicolas Ghesquiere. And apparently she isn’t the only one, either, as he claims more and more models are refusing to walk in ankle-breakers.
Nicolas told NY Magazine: “The idea was to have this crazy casting with Gisele Bundchen and Amber Valletta and Carolyn Murphy and they said no for high heels. They were not used to walking in heels anymore. Gisele was worried, she would not walk in my heels.”
Well, I suppose when you’re the highest earning model in the world you can choose to be a little picky about what you will and won’t do. But come on love, you’re Gisele!
Tags: catwalk, Footwear, Gisele Bundchen, Gossip, heels, runway, supermodel, Victoria's secret
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designers, Gossip, Models
By emilyborrett on August 18th, 2011
The designer Marc Jacobs has gushingly spoken out about his admiration for the supermodel Kate Moss, who closed his fetish-inspired Louis Vuitton runway show this season to much applause.
Marc puts Kate’s enduring success and popularity as a model down to her “unique” and “huge” presence – according to the designer there are not many models like Kate.
Jacobs told Vogue: “I mean Kate is, besides being physically beautiful and an incredibly charismatic and extraordinary personality, just very rare – if not totally unique. Kate can be just Kate, and the presence is just huge. She fills space, indoor and outdoor, studio space and pages, with such life. That energy really comes through in any and everything that she does.”
It sounds to us like Marc’s got a bit of a girl-crush on Kate, but can you blame him? This is one of our favourite friendships within the fashion industry.
Tags: catwalk, designer, Gossip, Kate Moss, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, model, supermodel
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