Javier de Miguel for FHM Collections
David Gandy for L’Officiel Hommes Korea
Tyson Ballou in Dolce&Gabbana for GQ Style Russia Spring Summer 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wonder what else you have missed out on by simply making a quick Judgement
What an anointed voice!! I thank God for allowing the world to hear this beautiful voice. Through his trials and tribulations, he sings a Prayer.
Today, let's celebrate the divinity in everyone and let LOVE prevail.
The 90-Year-Old Face of MAC
It's no secret that Hollywood puts a premium on youth and beauty. While it's not hard to see why fresh faces like Emma Stone and Lily Collins are emulated around the world, isn't it unrealistic to stay a twenty-something forever? What woman really looks like Cindy Crawford or Jennifer Aniston in their 40s?
And isn't there something a bit more graceful in the way Meryl Streep has aged as opposed to say, Nicole Kidman?
The Today show featured a segment today on the recent changing attitudes towards aging and beauty led by the likes of Diane Keaton and Ellen DeGeneres, and featured none other than Iris Apfel, MAC's 90-year-old spokeswoman!
"We have had an insane love affair with youth," says Apfel, the legendary interior designer/fashion icon who's launched her own textile firm and worked at the White House for nine presidents. "Youth is beautiful and wonderful, but there's a lot more. Life doesn't stop when you're 30."
And clearly, MAC's gutsy move more than paid off -- their highly anticipated Iris Apfel collection, which included richly colored lipsticks as an homage to Iris's own signature bright red lip, sold out within days.
"I think it's pitiful that people lie about their age," Iris tells Today. "What's wrong with getting old? I think if you're lucky enough to get old, you should celebrate it."
Hmmm ... hope Demi Moore is listening.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Model Alliance Working To Pass The Freelancer Payment Protection Act
Since announcing its launch back in 2010,the Model Alliance has moved swiftly to establish fair labor standards for the modeling industry, a place where glamour and fame often obscure poor working conditions.
The group's latest effort is The FreelancerPayment Protection Act, a law already passed in the New York State Assembly but still under review in the state Senate. The law, founder Sara Ziff explains on ModelAlliance.org, would protect models and other freelancers in New York by allowing them to file complaints against clients that won't pay up.
If the complaint is upheld after an investigation by the New York State Department of Labor, the client can be forced to pay everything owed to the model plus interest and lawyer's fees.
Getting paid fairly and on time is just one of the many labor issues Model Alliance is trying to bring to light. "The idea of models organizing may seem frivolous or, worse, downright funny - models are certainly not the people you picture when you think of child labor or bad working conditions," former model Jenna Sauers told Reuters. But since its February 2012 launch, the Alliance has already identified several areas in need of critical examination and improvement.
One hot topic is the payment of models in "trade" (clothing) instead of money. "Many top designers pay their models in clothes -- not cash. This doesn't have to be the case,"Ziff told Reuters. One of those top designers being Marc Jacobs, who made headlines when one of his models blogged about getting paid with just a single outfit for dozens of hours worked for his Fall 2012 show.
Those wildly long hours are also a focus of the Model Alliance. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) included in its newly released guidelines that models under the age of 18 should not work past midnight. Yet Marc Jacobs kept his one of his 17-year-old model working till 4:30am. He, along with other designers, continue to flout the CFDA by hiring models under the age of 16, the suggested age limit.
Also included in the Model Alliance's agenda is addressing drug exposure, eating disorders and sexual harassment in the business. A new study included the following findings:
- Almost 80% of models say they've been exposed to drugs on the job, with 50% saying they've been exposed to cocaine.
- 28% of models say they've felt pressured to have sex with someone at work.
- 29% say they've experienced unwanted sexual harassment.
Now, in addition to age limits, fair payment, reasonable hours and protection against drugs and sexual harassment, the Model Alliance is taking on the deadbeat clients. Ziff is asking for 5,000 supporters to sign letters to New York Senator Dean Skelos to get the Freelancer Payment Protection Act passed by its June deadline.
Tyson Beckford: I Helped My Girlfriend Tone Up, Become A Real Model
Tyson Beckford isn't the top male model on our radar these days (that distinction goes to Baptiste Giabiconi, who's been running around town with one bright-haired pop star). But his new gig as a judge on "Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model" has seemingly earned him the respect of Brits, who interviewed him for the London Evening Standard.
So what else has the 41-year-old male model been up to these days? The Evening Standard finds that he's been spending time with Victoria's Secret model Shanina Shaik, whom he met while filming the reality TV show "Make Me A Supermodel."And it sounds like Tyson has been busy doing just that:
‘When I found her she was a regular girl. I helped place her with the right people, get her teeth cleaned, her body toned up,’ he says, framing himself as the Henry Higgins of fashion. ‘Everything changed and now everyone wants a piece of her. I hear people say, “You can do better than Tyson.” I’m like, “Really? Really?! I created her!”?’
As the Telegraph notes, Shanina may be less than pleased to learn she was Tyson's fixer-upper. But her boyfriend bills himself as a supermodel with plenty of worldly experience:
'As a supermodel I go with the other supers round the world: Dubai one day, Paris the next. There’s partying. I’ll wake up in a hotel room and there are people all over the floor and I’m like, “Is this really happening?” One time in Miami I woke up in the bathtub.’Working with female supers continues to be a rush. ‘I play second fiddle to them, but that’s fine. Linda’s great, and Elle, Naomi -- though I’ve seen her dark side. They all like to have fun.’
Must all be research for his role as boyfriend-cum-supermodel instructor
Claudia Schiffer Guess Campaign Marks Brand's 30th Anniversary
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged," Nelson Mandela wrote once, "to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
Unless you're Claudia Schiffer, of course, and returning to the brand that launched your name several decades ago proves just how much you've stayed the same.
The German supermodel will be revisiting her famous black and white ads for Guess?, shooting a series of similar spots in honor of the brand's 30th anniversary. Just as she did in her six campaigns shot between 1989 and 1991, Schiffer will be posing for photographer Ellen von Unwerth.
"[Schiffer] was a turning point of Guess, she was a turning point of Ellen’s career, Guess was a turning point of a life for Claudia,” Guess CEO Paul Marciano toldWomen's Wear Daily. In 1989, Schiffer had only recently been discovered and Guess as a company was only about eight years old.
But Ellen's photographs, particularly one showing Claudia with upswept hair wearing nothing but a black lace bustier, made everyone take notice. At the time, she was just around 19 years old.
Now Claudia, 41, is a married mother of three who spends more time behind the scenes designing knitwear than modeling. And yet in front of the camera, she doesn't seem to have aged at all since 1989. If not for the "30 Sexy years!" scrawled across the new ads, we wouldn't be able to tell which were the vintage spots and which were shot this year.
See both new and old (1989!) pics below. Seriously, how does she do it?
PHOTOS:
Beautiful Joan Smalls star continues to climb. One can't open a magazine without seeing Joan in at least one advertisement
Vogue Australia Cover May 2012
Vogue Italia Cover March 2012
Estee Lauder S/S 2012 Campaign
Chanel - S/S 2012
Lacoste - S/S 2012
David Yurman - S/S 2012
Pop Magazine Cover S/S 2012
Love Magazine - March 2012
American Vogue - March 2012
Harper's Bazaar - March 2012
GQ Magazine - Feb. 2012
Liya Kebede - L'Oreal Paris - S/S 2012 Campaign & April 2012 American Vogue Editorial
Country of origin: Ethiopia
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Liya moved to Paris at the age of 18. Her modeling career took off as a year later she debuted at the spring Ralph Lauren and BCBG Max Azria shows, and was also personally selected by Tom Ford for an exclusive contract for the Gucci Fall/Winter 2000 fashion show.
She gained still more attention as the entire May 2002 edition of Paris Vogue was dedicated to her.
Kebede has been seen on the covers of Italian, Japanese, American, French and Spanish Vogue, V, Flair, i-D and Time's Style & Design, and has been featured in ad campaigns including those for Gap, Yves Saint-Laurent, Victoria's Secret, Emanuel Ungaro, Tommy Hilfiger, Revlon, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada and Louis Vuitton.
In 2003, she made history becoming the first ever black model to represent cosmetic company Estee Lauder.
She is also an activist, serving as the Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health for the World Health Organization.
She has two children with husband Kassy Kebede.
Jourdan Dunn - Burberry Beauty S/S 2012 Campaign
Birth Date: August 3, 1990
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Monday, March 26, 2012
NEW YORK FASHION CALENDAR
Tuesday MAR 27
- 6PM "Building Your Brand In The Digital Age"Ted Moudis Associates 79 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016Featuring: Edward Kim, Social Media Consultant; Ashley Terrill, Linkedin; and Christine Delucchi, Delucchi Plus Strategic Communications
- 7PM FIAF presents Fashion Talks 2012: Stefano PilatiFIAF—Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street
Wednesday MAR 28
- 7PM Ivanka Trump at Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor 424 Fifth AvenueLord & Taylor will host Ivanka Trump for the launch of her new ready-to-wear collection
Thursday MAR 29
- 9AM Bespoken Sample Sale50 East 57th StreetMarch 29- March 31, 9:00AM to 7:00PM
- 6PM Yigal Azrouel for Cut25 Pop-Up ShopSaks
- 7PM FIAF presents Fashion Talks 2012: Dries Van NotenFIAF—Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street
Monday APR 2
- 12AM Jay Godfrey Store Opening810 Washington Street
Thursday APR 5
- 7PM East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2012 New York International Auto ShowJacob K. Javits Center: 11th Avenue at 35th Street
Saturday APR 7
- 7PM DEPESHA Private Tour of MFIT's IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA Exhibit + VIP Dinner in Support of the Hermitage Museum Foundation's "Art from America" ProjectMuseum at FIT & MPD restaurant
Monday APR 9
- 10AM Onassis Men's Sample Sale375 Fifth AveApril 9- April 13 10am-7pm
Thursday APR 12
- 7PM 15th Annual ASPCA Bergh Ball The Plaza HotelThis year’s black-tie ball Fetching will honor Simon Cowell and will be emceed by popular designer Isaac Mizrahi
Wednesday APR 18
- 7PM GMHC 30th Anniversary DinnerGotham HallHonoring: Duane Reade – Corporate Leadership in support of AIDS WALK NY Tim Sweeney – President & CEO of the Gill Foundation receiving the Judith Peabody Humanitarian Award.
Thursday APR 19
- 6PM Mercy College Annual Trustees' Scholarship DinnerThe Plaza, 768 Fifth AvenueHonoree Faith Hope Consolo,Chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman's Retail Group, invites you to join her at Mercy College Annual Trustees' Scholarship Dinner!
Friday APR 20
- 12AM Lounge Soho Opening200 Greenwich Avenue
Wednesday APR 25
- 7PM The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s 5th Annual Spring Ball sponsored by GucciThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Temple of Dendur
Thursday APR 26
- 6PM Pratt Institute Annual Student Runway ShowCenter548 at 548 West 22nd StreetFern Mallis to be Presented with Fashion Industry Lifetime Award by Calvin Klein and to be Celebrated at a Cocktail Benefit Directly Following the Runway Show
Kate Hudson Takes a Break for Ann Taylor
Tom Munro
We hope Kate Hudson doesn't wrinkle her dress in the new ad campaign for Ann Taylor, photographed by Tom Munro. According to Elle, this is the first time she's been seen in a campaign since a certain Tommy Hilfiger moment in the nineties. (Does anybody recall this?) Why now? She tells Elle that she has a little time off, and it was "one of those things when they ask and the time is right." There we have it! Hudson follows Ann Taylor alums Demi Moore, Katie Holmes, and Naomi Watts.
Cavalli's All Stars
Steven Meisel
Look how young Naomi looks in Cavalli's Spring/Summer campaign! Steven Meisel shot Ms. Campbell with Karen Elson, Kristen McMeanmy and Daphne Groenveld at Pier 59 in New York. Clever casting, non? We'll let their press release explain this shot of Naomi: "For the image shot for the Florence bag, the new "It" bag of the Maison, Naomi's face is lit up with a sweet and attractive smile, enhancing her indisputable beauty and charisma."
Transgender Miss Universe Canada Finalist Jenna Talackova Disqualified From Competition
She may look every bit the part of a beauty queen, but Jenna Talackova has lost her chance for the crown because she was born a biological male.
The 23-year-old Miss Universe Canada finalist was disqualified from the competition after it was discovered she had undergone sexual reassignment surgery, reports CTV.
National director of Miss Universe Canada Denis Davila told the Toronto Star that while they consider Talackova to be a "real girl," Miss Universe rules stipulate that contestants must be a “naturally born female.”
Davila also told the Star that Talackova indicated on her registration form that she was born female. Talackova was disqualified the same day she revealed she was in fact born a male.
According to a statement from Miss Universe Canada, Talackova was disqualified because "she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form. We do, however, respect her goals, determination and wish her the best."
In a 2010 interview, Talackova said she knew she was a female at age 4 and began hormone therapy at age 14. She underwent reassignment surgery at 19.
Talackova told CTV she's "not giving up" and is consulting a lawyer. In the mean time, Miss Universe Canada has removed all photos of the Vancouver resident from their website and another woman has taken her spot.
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