Claudia Schiffer strikes sexy pose for World Cup hosts

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer unveiled a patriotic poster of herself wrapped naked in her national flag as part of a publicity campaign for Germany. Her picture appears under the banner ‘Invest in Germany Boys’ and will be displayed at London’s Bank underground station during the tournament. Claudia, who lives in Britain, urged her fellow Germans to wave their national flag at the World Cup in the same way millions of English people will be displaying the Cross of St George. She said: ‘In England everyone waves the English flag, on t-shirts, on posters framed at home. This does not exist in Germany at all,’.
The supermodel said Germans were aware of their country’s history but added: ‘Today we are much more cosmopolitan. We have changed and grown into a positive nation with a great positive, democratic development. ‘I hope within Germany we can make it cool that we can wear a German flag and not be embarrassed about it.’ Claudia said she was keen to convince the English and the rest of the World that Germany was ‘fun and cool.’
After unveiling the poster at the German embassy in London, Schiffer said she had been influenced by Brigitte Bardot being photographed with the French flag which had given France a ‘feminine accent.’ Claudia is the face of a campaign to use the World Cup to rebrand Germany’s image. Germany is being promoted as the ‘Land of Ideas’ - a phrase coined by President Horst Koehler - and a cosmopolitan, innovative, modern country. The campaign is aimed at other countries, including Britain, to promote business investment and tourism in Germany.

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They say… CFDA Awards 2006 were tedious

Hollywood and fashion go together like Paris Hilton and Greek heirs. So it’s no surprise that some of Tinseltown’s big names turned out Monday night for the 2006 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Fashion Awards, held at the New York Public Library and hosted by Entourage star Jeremy Piven.
Janet Jackson showed off her toned arms and slimmed-down figure in a red Bill Blass gown as she joined other celebrities and a who’s who of Seventh Avenue to fete fashion’s favorite clothiers. Style darling Marc Jacobs - his clothes worn by everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Selma Blair - was up for women’s wear designer of the year honors, vying with Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler for the coveted prize.

Some of the evening’s highlights:

• Lohan, who stars in A Prairie Home Companion, in theaters Friday, walked the red carpet with Karl Lagerfeld in Chanel. She said preparing for the fashion awards wasn’t difficult.
• “You just get dressed and go for it,” Lohan said, adding that it didn’t take long to get ready “because I got spray-tanned.”
• The actress and designer wore fingerless gloves when they presented the award for accessory designer of the year to Tom Binns .
• Heidi Klum wore a layered gown by J. Mendel. Her singer husband Seal “hasn’t seen me yet, but he’ll say, ‘Perfect choice.’ He likes when my hair is up.”
• Sandra Oh wore Peter Som and was accompanied by the designer. How did she pull together her look for the evening? “I roll out of bed, and I look like this,” the Grey’s Anatomy star joked. Her tip: “My fashion rule of thumb is to travel lightly with Peter Som.”
• Chloe Sevigny wore Proenza Schouler and said it took her an hour to dress for the show. “I always leave an ample amount of time to get ready. I don’t want to be stressed.”
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler wore a strapless printed number by Monique Lhuillier. “I’m a big dress girl,” the actress said. As for her fashion tip: “I’ve learned to know what looks good on me. I’m sort of getting over the whole leggings thing.”

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