Archive for August 3rd, 2008
More than 20 years after taking the modelling world by storm, Canadian Linda Evangelista has signed up to be the new face of Prada.
Still beautiful at the age of 43, Linda, who once declared she “didn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000″, will front the Italian fashion house’s autumn/winter collection.
And the mother-of one is not the only original supermodel still very much in vogue.
Starring in the latest Yves Saint Laurent campaign is British beauty Naomi Campbell, 38, while Christy Turlington, who is one year older, is the most recent face of fashion brand Escada.
Baby of the group is German blonde Claudia Schiffer. At 37, she is modelling for Italian label Salvator Ferragamo.
“Time makes them more interesting,” said Chanel’s iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld. “They are, and stay, irreplaceable.”
source: hellomagazine.com
August 3rd, 2008
Having helped to make Agyness Deyn the UK’s next big model, Lancashire-born designer Henry Holland, pictured below with Agyness, is discovering the downside of having a famous friend.
The 24-year-old creator of the House of Holland label is staging his second catwalk show at London Fashion Week next month and is hoping that Agyness, 25, will be modelling his latest collection.
‘Agy has just bought a place in Manhattan and is spending more time there than in London,’ Henry told me at an Audi-hosted lunch at Glorious Goodwood.
‘I really miss her. We’ve known each other since we were 12.
‘Now Agyness is hugely successful and I’m so pleased for her. I just hope I can get her to fly back for my show.’
source: dailymail.co.uk
August 3rd, 2008
Love has turned sour for local supermodel Tanya Fourie, who claims that her Italian ex-lover, soccer star Nicola Caricola, stole millions from her Swiss bank account.
Caricola used to play for Turin club Juventus, billed as the most successful team in the history of Italian football.
Fourie, from Durbanville in Cape Town, has graced magazine covers and catwalks around the world.
She was 20 years old when she gave birth to the couple’s first child, Sean, in 1993.
The glamorous pair moved into a converted 17th century stable block in Genoa, Italy, and their second child, Luca, was born eight years later.
But their relationship hit the rocks amid allegations that Caricola was dealing in cocaine.
This week, Fourie filed papers at the Cape High Court in which she accuses Caricola of theft.
In her affidavit, the model, who lives in the luxurious Welgedacht security estate in Cape Town, says Caricola withdrew more than R2-million — in euros — from her bank account between March 2003 and November 2005, without her knowledge or consent. He allegedly made 16 withdrawals.
She is claiming the money, interest and legal costs.
Caricola, who has a home in Tokai, Cape Town, is disputing the claim.
The case will be heard later this month.
source: thetimes.co.za
August 3rd, 2008
Kate Moss certainly isn’t pining over the absence of on-off boyfriend Jamie Hince on her holiday in Spain this weekend.
Latest pictures from her holiday in Formentera this weekend show the supermodel frolicking with a group of tanned, topless men aboard a yacht moored just off the Spanish holiday island.
The group were kept entertained as they soaked up the sun with a continuous supply of cigarettes and alcohol.
The break on the Spanish island, which is a stone’s throw from Ibiza follows a break in the party hotspot with friend and colleague Philip Green, where Kate was seen enjoying dinner with the Topshop tycoon and his daughter.
It appears to have been one long holiday for Moss, who preceded her Spanish break with a holiday aboard a $20 million yacht in Sardinia.
It is thought that the break with best friend Davinia Taylor and her husband Dave, was to take the model’s mind off her troubles with Kills rocker Hince.
The couple’s on-off status has been especially rocky of late following a break-up in early July. The pair appeared to have rekindled their romance last week, when they were spotted hand-in-hand during a shopping trip to Selfridges.
source: dailymail.co.uk
August 3rd, 2008
Supermodel Karolina Kurkova graces the September 2008 cover of GQ magazine with her fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels.
Pictured from left to right are Adriana Lima, 27, Karolina Kurkova, 24, Heidi Klum, 35, Alessandra Ambrosio, 27, and Izabel Goulart, 24.
Kurkova is looking as fit and fabulous as ever, just two months after Brazilian press bashed her for being “too fat” to walk the runway at the Cia Maritima show during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in June.
When Kurkova strutted the catwalk in a bikini looking like she had gained a couple of pounds, a local newspaper blasted the leggy 5′11″ Czech supermodel for having back fat and cellulite on her butt.
Following the incident, journalists and bloggers around the world went on a rampage, trashing the thought that anyone in their right mind could call Kurkova “fat.” But just as we predicted, she’s back in top form for her latest magazine photoshoot, which also features Sports Illustrated cover girl Marisa Miller, 30 (not pictured).
Karolina, who is one of the highest paid models in the world, kept a low profile following the “fat” attacks and and quietly got back in killer shape. Kurkova is a highly sought-after professional model, and now we know why. When your paycheck fluctuates with your weight, you won’t stay out of shape for long.
source: theimproper.com
August 3rd, 2008
