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Marc Jacobs - www.nndb.com
London Fashion Week has drawn to a close with a bang, featuring the creations of the man regarded by many as the most influential American fashion designer today.
Marc Jacobs, who also was in London to open his first store in Britain, closed London Fashion Week with a show that featured wearable smocks, overcoats, breeches and berets from his younger "Marc" line.
Mariah Carey - www.blazinbeauties.com
Pop diva Mariah Carey has just been chosen as the newest face of Italian fashion house Pinko, following in the footsteps of supermodels Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson, and Eva Herzigova.
No details are available as of yet about how much the curvy singer’s deal with Pinko deal was worth, but a spokesperson for Pinko said "It's a very, very big deal."
This London Fashion Week is indeed a very controversial one, not only because of the raging debate about size zero models, but also because of the use of fur by Welsh designer Julien Macdonald for his autumn collection.
At a time when the slightest indication of use of fur on screen and onstage triggers cries of indignation from animal rights activists, Macdonald paraded models—including supermodel Naomi Campbell, who wore a fur trimmed coat—in creations relying heavily on fur. He even created an entire dress using animal fur, eliciting shocked and angry reactions from animal lovers.
And what does he have to say to them?
Continue reading 'Julien Macdonald’s Controversial Fur Designs'
Eliana Ramos - www.dailymail.co.uk
The younger sister of the Uruguayan model whose death sparked the ongoing size zero debate was found dead Tuesday in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Eliana Ramos, 18, was found dead at her grandparents' home in the Uruguayan capital on Tuesday, authorities said. Her sister Luisel, 22, died shortly after stepping down from a runway last Aug. 2 during a fashion show here. [Source]
Kate Moss Wax Figure - www.metro.co.uk
A wax figure of British supermodel Kate Moss was recently unveiled at Madame Tussaud’s waxwork museum in London, the latest high-profile celebrity to be featured in the world-famous museum.
On display at the A-list celebrity section of the world-famous museum is a wax figure of the style icon reclining on a couch in a New York-style apartment for a photo shoot.
Lily Cole - www.tvguide.com
Countless models are now in London for Fashion Week, among them British model Lily Cole. And she just stole the show while modeling for Danish design label Noir.
Not that she was wearing the best dress ever designed, although the sexy and shimmering gold dress Noir made her wear was simply stunning, but because the Lily Cole who glided down that catwalk was a grown woman, a far cry from the gaunt redheaded schoolgirl who took the fashion world by storm in 2003.
Jennifer Hudson -
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This is definitely Jennifer Hudson’s year.
The American Idol castoff is set to make history as she becomes the first African-American singer to grace the cover of Vogue.
The issue, which will hit newsstands on February 20, features Hudson in Carolina Herrera and J. Mendel gowns, with photography by legendary photgrapher Annie Leibovitz. It also has an accompanying article written by Vogue's Andre Leon Talley, where she talks about family, as well as her visits to the fitting rooms of such designers as Oscar de la Renta and Vera Wang.
Jennifer Hudson in Roberto Cavalli -www.people.com
London Fashion Week may be taking place thousands of miles away from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but with the bevy of beautiful gowns, dresses and suits paraded by the stars of the movie and music industry to the 49th Grammy Awards, it might as well be Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Oscar favorite Jennifer Hudson looked real good in a red Roberto Cavalli gown, which showed off her curves. So did Carrie Underwood, who was stunning in a Badgley Mischka Platinum gown. Other head-turners of the Grammys Red Carpet include Scarlett Johansson, multiple Grammy awardee Mary J. Blige and of course, Shakira, who was also in red, a Carolina Herrera creation.
Many models and celebrities look good even without makeup, but there are some who are really dependent on makeup to look really beautiful.
It cannot be denied that makeup plays an important role in making them look as glamorous as they do on magazine covers, on the catwalk or on the silver screen. And with good makeup artists weaving their magic on them before, during and after every shoot, these figures that we look up to often look the best that they can be.
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
London Fashion Week got off to a good start Sunday amid all the issues surrounding the decision of its organizers to use only “healthy-looking girls” aged over 16 in their shows.
Irish designer Paul Costelloe kicked off London Fashion Week, which has some 49 catwalk shows on its schedule, and will feature hundreds of exhibitors, with thousands of TV and radio crews, photographers, buyers and journalists expected to flock to the British capital.
