ModelSpy: Natalia Vodianova

Leighton Meester on the cover of Allure

Here's a glimpse of my favorite Gossip Girl Leighton Meester on the cover of January's Allure magazine.  Rumour has it that the acctress has been chosen as the new face of Missoni.  Missoni or not, it's a transparent Louis mac that Leighton is rocking and looking good indeed! Additionally Blake Lively a.k.a. Serena Van Der Woodsen is rumoured to be the new face of Chanel handbags campaign.  I really hope that's true because she would be a perfect muse for Karl and would also make me forget about the puffy monstrosity (Coco Cocoon bag) campaign.

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Perfect white [turquoise] Christmas

Oh no, please... I don't really want anything this Christmas...

It's Jimmy Choo's Birthday!

Traditionally, 15 year anniversaries are celebrated by gifting CRYSTAL which was the main inspiration behind this capsule collection.  The campaign looks so festive, absolutely perfect for Christmas! Visit the website to see the full collection.  Shoe fetish? Us? No way.

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Givenchy Spring 2011 Campaign

Here is a first glimpse of Givenchy's Spring 2011 campaign that is guaranteed to be the most talked about for months to come.  Givenchy's creative director Riccardo Tisci decided to stay true to his last season's unconventional choice of models (transsexual model Lea T.) and cast an albino model Stephen Thompson to front the Spring campaign alongside Daphne Groeneveld.  People who happen to be more cynical than yours truly may say that it's a clever marketing move by the fashion house, but I'd like to believe that such campaigns will change our concept of what beauty is.  I'm not going to bore you with my stance on aesthetics but the first thing that came in my mind was a song by my beloved Gwen Stefani that goes something like: "Beauty is beauty whether it's black or white, yellow or green, baby you know what I mean?  What if Picasso only used one colour?"  Expect to see the campaign in the nearest issues of Vogue.

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British Fashion Awards 2010

The fashion crowd has taken over London's Savoy Theater last night for the British Fashion Awards 2010.  I picked out my top three best-dressed women of the evening.  No surprise, Victoria Beckham has not disappointed once again wearing one of her designs from the S/S 2011 collection.  Naomi Campbell chose to pay tribute to the late Alexander McQueen and Claudia Schiffer chose an asymmetric dress by Mary Kantranzou.

And the winners are.........

BFC Outstanding Achievement in Fashion - Alexander McQueen (obviously)
Accessory Designer - Nicholas Kirkwood (not surprised at all)
Model Of The Year - Lara Stone
Menswear Designer - E. Tautz
Emerging Talent Award, Ready-to-wear - Meadham Kirchhoff
Emerging Talent Award, Accessories - Husam El Odeh
Special Recognition - Naomi Campbell
Digital Innovation - Burberry
British Style - Alexa Chung (No comment)
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator - Nicola Formichetti
Designer Brand - Mulberry (Mmmmmm Alexa...)
Designer Of The Year - Phoebe Philo for Céline

 

(Images lifted from www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Marc Jacobs Skate Decks