First Look: Rebecca Taylor's Spring '09 Collection

With Fashion Week right around the corner, excitement over what the designers have in store for spring is boiling over. Rebecca Taylor's signature romantic, ultra-femme aesthetic has made her a favorite of celebrities and fashion-lovers alike. Her Spring 2009 collection stays true to her winning formula but introduces some new concepts that fans will definitely embrace with open arms. Inspired by the global traveler, flowers from her home garden, and ethnic prints with a feminine twist, this collection brings mixed tops and dresses, light weight cashmere cardigans, and versatile bohemian beaded pieces that will transition seamlessly from day to night. "The Rebecca Taylor girl for Spring 2009 is a bohemian world traveler," Rebecca describes, "she mixes her inherited couture pieces from her French actress mother with great finds gathered from exotic locations around the globe."

Saying I'm excited to see her innovative vision come to life on the runway is a MAJOR understatement!!

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Parker + Wintour To Host Obama Fashion Show

Actress and style icon Sarah Jessica Parker and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour are to host a fundraising fashion show for U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama during Fashion Week in New York City.

The catwalk show on 9 September at the Charles Nolan Studio will feature designs from fashion favourites Beyonce Knowles' House of Dereon, Diane Von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen.

It's the latest fashionable fundraiser Wintour has hosted for Obama - she teamed up with Calvin Klein in June to aid the Democrat's campaign.

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Alexa Chung: 'Frock Me'

Alexa Chung and designer Henry Holland are to front Frock Me, a fashion show for Superbox Productions and Channel 4.

The 45-minute magazine programme will focus on fashion and music and feature interviews with fashion icons and celebrities. Each week, style scout Gemma Caimey will visit a different UK city and challenge members of the public to create an outfit based on a particular theme, culminating in a studio 'Frock Off'.

Executive producer Jules Wilson said: "This is a dream first commission for Superbox and we're very excited to have the most wanted duo in fashion fronting the series."T4 head Jules Oldroyd added: "This is the first time that T4 has commissioned a fashion show and our aspiration is that each week we will celebrate the whole spectrum of fashion and inspire our audience to have more fun with what they wear."

Frock Me will air for a seven-week run on T4 begins at 11am on Sunday, 5 October.

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First Look: Lifetime's 'Coco Chanel' starring Shirley MacLaine - the trailer

Although it is unlikely to appear on our screens anytime soon, and despite receiving some pitiful reviews, I was still rather intrigued to see Shirley Maclaine play Coco Chanel in the Lifetime biopic creatively named, Coco Chanel. Now after seeing the 30-second trailer for the made-for-television movie, I can safely say - why did I bother?

Oh well... here's to the Audrey Tautou version(below), which will be overseen by Karl Lagerfeld and begins filming on the 15th September, for a 2009 release.

Upcoming biopic Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). It is not the ad campaign in which the French actress will soon front for Chanel's iconic No.5 fragrance. Directed by Anne Fontaine, Tautou plays a the young designer from her obscure childhood to her rise to the top.

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First Look: YSL's autumn/winter 2008 'Manifesto' starring Naomi Campbell

Yves Saint Laurent may sadly be no longer with us, but that doesn't mean that his legacy has to end. On September 6th, YSL designer Stefano Pilati will distribute over half a million of the label's 'Manifesto' to key fashion cities, including London. Also up for offer are 5,000 limited edition tote bags per capital. On the same day, a short behind-the-scenes film, starring Naomi Campbell for its autumn/winter '08 campaign, will debut on ysl.com. To tie you over in the meantime, a preview of that film can be watched above

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First Look: Kate Moss: Gold Sculpture

A first glimpse of the solid gold sculpture of Kate Moss has been revealed.

The statue is bound for an exhibition at the British Museum in October, and has been designed by Marc Quinn.

Valued at £1.5m, the statue is the latest in a series by Quinn, who has also created a likeness of the supermodel in plaster. Named Siren, the gold sculpture is believed to be the largest of its kind since ancient Egyptian times.

"I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment. But even Kate Moss doesn't live up to the image," said Quinn of his famous subject.

The sculpture will go on display at the British Museum from October 4th to January 25th as part of its 'Statuephilia' exhibition. It will also be the focus on a Channel 4 documentary The Sculpture Diaries to be screened in the autumn.

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Matches' Clearance Sale With Up To 80% Off

Matches have just cleared out their warehouses and have discovered many stylish treasures for us to purchase at between 50% and 80% discount.The best thing about the timing of this particular sale is that it is after payday. Yay.Finally you can get your hands on that Missoni dress, or Pierre Hardy strappy sandals you have been cruising all summer - if you are anything like me.

The sale takes place Friday and Saturday:
Friday 29th August: 12-8pm
Saturday 30 August: 10-5pm

Address:The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5AS

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Kate Moss: Velvet Hour: Fragrance

Kate Moss appears in this seductive advert for her new fragrance Velvet Hour.
She said: "It conjours up that special moment when night comes and envelops you in velvet."

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Shannen Doherty & Jennie Garth Cover Entertainment Weekly

Rumored rivals Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth locks arms on the new cover of Entertainment Weekly.

The reunited-at-last pair will dish on their rocky past, unlikely reunion and why the new show shocks even them! The cover feature with Shanne, 37, and Jennie, 36, will later appear on EW.com.

“There was almost a comfort in knowing that I was getting to work with somebody who had been on the original with me and gone through the same experiences,” Shannen recently told Radar. “Like, ‘Okay we’ve been through the war together already.’ I never even gave any thought to it being awkward. I know how much I’ve grown up since then. I would assume that she’s grown up the same amount.”

90210 premieres @ 8PM ET/PT on Tuesday, Sept. 2 on The CW. Hoping its airs in the UK!

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Vogue India September 2008: Priyanka Chopra

Surprise surprise (or rather not) Vogue India is back to it’s Bollywood covers, with Priyanka Chopra on the September 2008 issue. It certainly is an improvement from the last issue, and i quite like the edginess of the black Louis Vuitton dress (f/w 08 ) with the red font.
Im not too keen on the wig Priyanka is wearing….it just looks very wig-ish if you know what i mean, and her make-up could have been better, not her most gorgeous shot in my opinion!

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Lula Issue 7: Audrey Marnay

Model/actress/icon Audrey Marnay returns to the scene in the September issue of the uber-hip Lula. Shot by Ellen von Unwerth, the perpetually girlish Marnay sports flame red locks and loads of attitude as she maneuvers through spooky woodland scenery

There is another cover featuring Ali Micheal

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Lula Issue 7: Ali Micheal

Ali Micheal covers the September issue of the uber-hip Lula. Shot by Ellen von Unwerth. Audrey Marnay was shot in a loads of attitude as she maneuvers through spooky woodland scenery, Ali Micheal shot a sweet, soft, pretty cover and editorial.



Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

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Model.Live

Model.Live follows three girls as they strut runways in Paris, Milan, New York and London. The made-for-web series is a collaboration between Vogue and modeling agency IMG, sponsored by Express.com and aired on Bebo and Vogue.tv.
Austria Alcantara from the Dominican Republic, Madeleine Kragh from North Carolina and Cato van Ee from Amsterdam are the three up-and-coming models whose lives are chronicled from the moment they leave their hometown to their fashion week debuts.




The first episode of Model.Live premiered on Vogue.TV recently and the new episodes will run on Fridays for 12 weeks. After the show, viewers can interact with models and view their video diaries, blogs, photos and text messages.

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Project Catwalk dropped from Sky1

Sky1 has axed the Kelly Osbourne-fronted fashion series Project Catwalk and said it wants new "female-friendly" shows to replace it.

Project Catwalk, which aims to discover new fashion designers, was based on the US format Project Runway, fronted by supermodel Heidi Klum.

The show, made by Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine independent production company, follows a group of fashion designers as they compete against each other to win the competition.

Project Catwalk launched in the UK in January 2006, with Elizabeth Hurley as host and designer Ben de Lisi as fashion mentor.

However, Hurley was replaced by Osbourne for the second run last year, with the third series airing in January this year.

A Sky1 spokesman confirmed the show would not return.
"Project Catwalk was a great addition to Sky1's schedule," he said. "Kelly Osbourne, Ben de Lisi and the team have provided a fantastic platform for genuine talent, introducing the rising stars of fashion to the UK.

"We felt the series had come to a natural end and we're now looking for some new female-skewed formats for the 8pm slot to complement our success in the 9pm and 10pm hours."

The Sky1 controller, Richard Woolf, added: "We have done three seasons of Project Catwalk. I want to find other shows that will go in that slot. 8pm is a real opportunity. What we really need are some more female-friendly formatted shows."

The show pulled in just over 110,000 viewers for its last series in January. Last year's second run averaged around 300,000 viewers.

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Kate Moss for Bvlgari

Ph: Mert and Marcus for Bulgari F/W 08

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Purple Fall 2008: Kate Moss & Mario Sorrenti

The covers just keep on coming for Kate Moss at the moment, including this latest stint for Purple Fashion magazine,a bi-annually magazine, both photographed by and starring Mario Sorrenti. I am sure you will agree with me when I say that this shot of Sorrenti butt-naked, down on his knees clinging to Kate is both powerful and utterly intriguing, especially considering their history.

As Kate recently told Interview magazine: "I suppose when you're young a lot happens. I only went out with Mario [Sorrenti] for a year and a half, and so much happened, it felt like forever."
Meanwhile, I am loving her in this super-short, zipped Balmain dress... if only we could see the expression on her face!

Here's what to expect:

• Terry Richardson caught up with Dash Snow (along with his daughter, girlfriend, grandmother, and girlfriend’s mother) for a Best of the Season editorial.
• Meghan Collison in an entire spread dedicated to Benjamin Cho, styled by Natasha Royt and photographed by Hanna Liden.
• Richard Kern shot Harley Viera-Newton, Stella Madrid Schnabel, Mary Charteris, Z Berg, Theodora Dupree, Cécile Winckler, Vanessa Traina and Nathalie Love for a sweeping New York Girls editorial.
• Malgosia Bela styled by Anastasia Barbieri for a Glen Luchford fashion spread.
• Rinko Kikuchi stars in her own editorial shot by Chikashi Suzuki.
• Daphne Guinness styled by Heidi Bivens in a Paul Wetherell article.
• Richard Bush shot the hilarious and gorgeous Daisy Lowe, styled by the always brilliant Sarah Richardson.
• Hilary Rhoda models for Purple Beauty, photographed by Katja Rahlwes.
• Alasdair McLellan shot the Purple Fashion Men with Waris Ahluwalia.
• Trish Goff dons her nudie suit for Inez & Vinoodh’s Purple Naked.
• This issue’s three portraits are: Camilla Nickerson (self-styled and photographed by Mario Sorrenti), Mario Sorrenti (self portraits), and Lou Doillon.
• In the first episode of Terry Richardson’s Life Story, Terry photographs his mother (Annie Lomax).
• For a Vanessa Bruno editorial, Mark Borthwick shot Joanna Preiss, Léa Seydoux, Hélène Fillières, Mia Hansen-Love, Constance Verluca, Yelle and Bambou.
• Terry Richardson portraits the city of Los Angeles for Purple Travel.
• Camille Bidault Waddington styled Missy Rayder, Egle Tvirbutaite, Erin Heatherton, Denisa Dvorakova, Barbora Dvorakova, and Jen Messelier in Horst Diekgerdes’ Purple V-O-C-A-B-U-L-A-R-Y.
• Richard Prince is featured in the Purple Visual Essay.
• Supplements include Pigxtras by Harmony Korine and Purple Sexe: The Sensational Rocco Siffredi at Work in his European Film Studio of Thrills by Terry Richardson.

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Wallace and Gromit for Harvey Nichols

Wallace poses in a Paul Smith suit and Gromit sits with a Duchamp scarf and pair of Ray Ban 'Wayfarers.'
Zooey Deschanel, Agy Deyn, Irina Lazareanu, Vanessa Paradis; the fashion world is known for it's adopting of a different muse for each different season. However, while most muses can be linked by their quirky style, elfin features and statement look, Wallace & Gromit really stand out from the crowd.
That hasn't stopped Harvey Nichols from enlisting their modeling talent for their latest campaign and decked out in D&G shirts, Alexander McQueen suits, Paul Smith scarfs and Ray Ban Wafarers, I'm actually quite jealous!

The duo pose in an Alexander McQueen suit, Dolce and Gabbana shirt, Armani tie (Wallace) and Paul Smith scarf (Gromit.)
The Daily Mail quotes Arthur Sheriff, spokesman for Nick Parks' Aardman films, as saying that 'we were approached by Harvey Nichols because they wanted a worldwide icon from the Bristol area. We were immensely flattered. We think Wallace, Gromit and Lady Tottington look fantastic.' The reason for wanting a 'Bristol icon' is that Harvey Nichols is celebrating the opening of a new store in Bristol.

She wears a black draped dress by Alexander McQueen, fabulous red patent shoes by Christian Louboutin and a metallic bronze ‘Puffy’ bag by Zagliani

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Trend: Paisley

PPQ at Oli, Matthew Williamson at Browns, Mark & Spencers

Paisley is a trend that seems to have come out of nowhere. It fits in nicely with this Summer's Boho renaissance and has been included in collections by Matthew Williamson, Paul Smith and Paul & Joe.
The traditional Persian fabric adorns dresses this summer for the ultimate festival chic look. The great thing is, the darker paisley prints are perfect for Autumn too. Just team with black tights and a cardigan, or even a gilet if you fancy!
Below are some of the paisley print dresses currently available. I especially love the Matthew Williamson Paisley print dress(above center) (£695).

Paul & Joe at Net-a-porter,dress from My wardrobe, Matthew williamson at Browns, Matthew williamson at Net-a-porter

Just cavalli at Net-a-porter, Dorothy perkins, paul smith at My wardrobe, Peacock dress at Net-a-porter

mango, monsoon, next, new look

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Beyonce To Launch Jewellery Line?

It's no secret that Beyonce Knowles likes a bit of bling. She is rarely seen without a bit of sparkle so it seems that her next move makes a great deal of sense.

It has been suggested that Beyonce along with Mother Tina who are both big fans of Lorraine Schwartz are about to embark on a business project to produce affordable jewellery.

Deréon, the junior sportswear brand founded by the Knowles family is rumoured to have inked a deal with Carolee jewellery to create a fashion line for the brand. The line will be available from Spring 2009.

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Who Will Win British Designer of the Year?

Luella Bartley, Stella McCartney & Christopher Bailey
Christopher Kane, Gareth Pugh & Matthew Williamson

This week the date was confirmed for the British Fashion Council 2008 British Fashion Awards as 25th November. The awards will take place at Lawrence Hall in London's Westminster. Last year Stella McCartney took home British Designer of the Year and we're wondering who might steal her crown this season. Although the nominees are yet to be announced we've speculated over possible nominees.

Do you think that Stella will bag the award again, or will Christopher Bailey win it for a second time? Or will one of London's hot young designers snag it?

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Karl Lagerfeld: Teddy Bear: only at $1,500!

Leave it to Karl Lagerfeld to create a teddy bear that is imperious, lethally chic and yet totally endearing," trumpets the unwieldy September issue of W that came in the mail today. Only 2,500 of these limited-edition delights, which launch at Neiman Marcus next month, were made. We'd say it's a damn-fine likeness of Karl, save for the missing fingerless leather gloves. Each Karl bear costs $1,500, so start saving! Because before you know it, Christmas will be here and your child's empty stocking will be staring you in the face, begging for an alpaca teddy bear wearing sunglasses and "skinny lacquered jeans."

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Pete Wentz Dishes on His Passion for Fashion

Pete Wentz is one busy man these days — between becoming a dad with wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, working with his band Fall Out boy and his Clandestine clothing line, the rocker is not having a slow summer. But he took time out from DJing MTV and Sunkist’s end of summer bash on the rooftop of the London Hotel in West Hollywood to talk to PEOPLE about his passion for fashion.

While he’s not positive he’s going to make it to New York fashion week, he’s thinking about Paris and their avant-garde set.

“I’m always excited, there’s like certain designers that I always want to see. I think I might try and go in Paris, in the fall, actually, and see the stuff out there, but I don’t know if I’m going to make it. My top, top one that I’d like to see go down the runway is Victor & Rolf because it’s just so bananas, like the time the models went down and each was a mini fashion show, they all had speakers and lights on them, or the one where they were green screened. And then I really like Dior, because I feel like I can really wear a lot of their stuff.” And of course, Pete continues to support his hometown fashion scene in Chicago.

“It’s called Fashion Focus this fall and we’re going to be involved in that. We’re pretty excited about that because sometimes it’s nice to bring a little attention to in between the coasts, and I’m proud to be a mid-west kid.” Looks like there is no slowing down for this multi-tasker!

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Vogue Septmeber 2008 US: Editorial: On a Whim

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Vogue September 2008 US: Editorial: Noble Endeavor

EDITORIAL: Noble Endeavor (Alexander Mcqueen special)
MODEL: Sasha Pivovarova
PHOTOGRAPHER: David Sims
FASHION EDITOR: Grace Coddington

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Vogue September 2008 US: Editorial: 2-for-1 Special

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Vogue September 2008 US: Editorial: Self-Reflection

EDITORIAL: Self-Reflection
MODELS: Caroline Trentini, Jessica Stam, Isabeli Fontana, Catherine Mcneil & Anna Maria Jagodzinska
PHOTOGRAPHER: Steven Klein
FASHION EDITOR: Tonne Goodman

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