Unhealthy models campaign targets fashion industry
Posted by Lucky on Mar 6, 2010
Magazines and ads that use emaciated models have long been cited as an exacerbating factor linked to the rise in eating disorders in recent years.
And while the fashion industry may often pay lip service to using models who are “naturally thin,” the debate isn’t helped when real cover models get a significant downsizing, courtesy of [...]
Emma Watson turns wild for photoshoot
Posted by Lucky on Feb 5, 2010
Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson showed a wilder side of herself in a recent photoshoot.
The 19-year-old star donned smudged eye make-up and smeared lipstick as she wore a collection of quirky couture in an eight page spread for the new issue of America’s Vs magazine, Daily Mail online reported.
The high fashion shoot features a very [...]
Bulgarian model in a top fashion show at Paris Fashion Week
Posted by Lucky on Jan 29, 2010
The supermodel from Visages fashion agency Tanya Ilieva took part in the unique fashion shows of the designers Alexis Mabille, Georges Hobeika and Dany Atrache at Paris Fashion Week, (January 24 – 28, 2010).
Special guests of the exclusive fashion show of the designer Alexis Mabille was the editor-in-chief of the fashion bible VOGUE Anna [...]
Laughing in the face of fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 16, 2010
Tomorrow the Golden Globes will mark the official beginning of the international 2010 fashion year. Unroll the red carpet and unpack your gowns! Bring on the paparazzi and magazine “people” pages!
Yet, in spite of the fact that various (non-fashion) people keep coming up to me and announcing they “feel in their bones [...]
Face of Africa models face tough test
Posted by Lucky on Jan 11, 2010
The Top 12 Face of Africa models face their toughest challenge yet on this week’s episode this Saturday at 19:00 CAT on M-Net as they are thrown into the deep end of a high-fashion magazine editorial shoot and film a music video with Nigerian superstar D’Banj.
The models are set to flaunt their [...]
V Mag plus size spread divides readers, is fashion ready for bigger models?
Posted by Lucky on Jan 7, 2010
A controversial new spread in V Magazine’s “size issue” is being hotly debated all over the internet, due to the lack of airbrushing and skimpy clothes featured in the shots.
Four genuinely plus-sized models (not the more average size 10 or 14 models one might see in a regular “curves” pictorial) are featured [...]
Lady Gaga’s Stylist: ‘There’s Way Too Much Celebrity In Fashion’
Posted by Lucky on Jan 6, 2010
Stylist Nicola Formichetti is the man who makes fashion-watchers go gaga for Lady Gaga. Formichetti divides his time between New York, London and Tokyo and works as London magazine Dazed and Confused creative director and Vogue Hommes Japan’s fashion director, and directs campaigns for Alexander McQueen, Uniqlo, and Dolce & Gabbana…but [...]
[Read More]Eunice Johnson Remembered For Linking Blacks, Fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 6, 2010
Eunice Johnson, the woman who brainstormed the name Ebony for the magazine that would become the most popular publication in black America, was remembered on NPR’s Tell Me More Tuesday.
Johnson, the widow of Ebony’s founder, John Johnson, died at age 93. Her death was announced by Johnson Publishing Co. Monday.
Besides [...]
Au naturale back in fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 5, 2010
TOOWOOMBA magazine editor Liz Hamilton hopes to see more “untouched” photographs gracing the pages of national fashion magazines.
However, she believes the much-hyped nude cover shot by Jennifer Hawkins will do more harm than good.
The February edition of Marie Claire magazine features photographs of the Australian supermodel both nude and “unphotoshopped”.
Ms Hawkins said [...]
Eunice Johnson, widow of Ebony founder who ran fashion show aimed at blacks, dies at 93
Posted by Lucky on Jan 4, 2010
Eunice Johnson, who ran Ebony Fashion Fair, dies
CHICAGO — Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands of traveling runway shows aimed at black audiences, has died. She was 93.
Johnson died Sunday of renal failure at her Chicago home, said Wendy Parks, a [...]
13-year-old blogger takes fashion world by surprise
Posted by Lucky on Jan 4, 2010
Target launched a collection by Rodarte in late December, which for die-hard fashion lovers is shopping nirvana. Now anyone can own a piece of the label’s sunshine-meets-goth aesthetic, with spidery lace sweaters and stockings, tulle blouses and slip dresses priced $9.99 to $79.99, instead of the four figures that Rodarte’s clothes [...]
[Read More]13-year-old blogger takes fashion world by surprise
Posted by Lucky on Jan 4, 2010
Target launched a collection by Rodarte in late December, which for die-hard fashion lovers is shopping nirvana. Now anyone can own a piece of the label’s sunshine-meets-goth aesthetic, with spidery lace sweaters and stockings, tulle blouses and slip dresses priced $9.99 to $79.99, instead of the four figures that Rodarte’s clothes [...]
[Read More]Exclusive: Scots magazine chief is at the centre of fashion world whirlwind
Posted by Lucky on Jan 3, 2010
SHE’S the woman who can make or break a designer and has VIP status at the top catwalk shows and the very best parties.
And as executive fashion editor of style bible Elle, Stacey Duguid can also boast a wardrobe to kill for.
It’s no wonder the 35-year-old, from Balerno, Midlothian, admits: “I love my [...]
Chicago Teen Fashion Blogging Sensation
Posted by Lucky on Dec 30, 2009
CHICAGO – A Chicago teen is making a big name for herself in the world of fashion. She’s even featured on today’s front page of the Tribune. Tavi Gevinson writes a blog called “Style Rookie.” She has an online following of more than 4-million readers. She analyzes designers and posts pictures of [...]
[Read More]Tavi Gevinson earns acclaim with Style Rookie fashion blog
Posted by Lucky on Dec 30, 2009
Tavi Gevinson sat in a west suburban cafe consuming cheese pizza, hot chocolate and a fruit roll-up — the type of meal you’d expect from a 13-year-old.
As she nibbled, a receptionist from her doctor’s office came over to say hello, while a waitress wondered aloud if she was related to another [...]
