Archive for October 9th, 2009
The November issue of Harper’s Bazaar features its cover star, German supermodel Claudia Schiffer, as the muse to contemporary UK artists such as Jake and Dinos Chapman, the Turner Prize-winning artist, Keith Tyson, Marc Quinn, Jason Brooks, Gilian Wearing, Dexter Dalwood and Chris Bucklow. ‘Capturing Claudia’ sees the model immortalised as a seven headed golf course, as a ‘snow white’ character and as a film noir heroine from the Forties. The result is Claudia as you’ve never seen her before….
source: telegraph.co.uk
October 9th, 2009
The former supermodel and Baby Phat CEO stopped by high-end baby boutique Bel Bambini in L.A. last week to pick up some new wheels for Kenzo, her 3-month-old baby boy.
Kimora Lee Simmons left the store pushing Baby Jogger’s City Elite Stroller in black, $450, a fave among celebs like Halle Berry and Jonny Lee Miller. Now Kenzo, mom and dad Djimon Hounsou will be strolling in style!
source: celebrity-babies.com
October 9th, 2009
Ralph Lauren has been forced to apologise after digitally altering a picture of a slim model to make her look appallingly thin.
In the disturbing image for the fashion firm’s Blue Label range, Filippa Hamilton’s head actually appears to be wider than her waist.
Last night Ralph Lauren admitted that it was responsible for producing ‘a very distorted image of a woman’s body.’
The image of the 23-year-old Swedish-French model attracted widespread revulsion when it was reproduced on an Internet blog last month with the caption: ‘Dude, her head’s bigger than her pelvis.’
A spokesman for Ralph Lauren said: ‘For over 42 years, we have built a brand based on quality and integrity.
‘After further investigation, we have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman’s body.
‘We have addressed the problem and going forward will take every precaution to ensure that the calibre of our artwork represents our brand appropriately.’
Ralph Lauren’s initial reaction to the image being published on the website was very different.
The company accused the Boing Boing website, which highlights the web’s weird and wonderful sights, of copyright infringement when it reproduced the image.
Boing Boing, however, refused to remove the post, claiming that the image publication was: ‘classic fair use: a reproduction “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting.”‘
Co-editor Cory Doctorow wrote: ‘Instead of responding to their legal threat by suppressing our criticism of their marketing images, we’re gonna mock them.’
Other strategies were to include reproducing the ad with the original criticism, publishing Ralph Lauren’s legal threats and offering ‘nourishing soup and sandwiches to [their] models’.
The decision to alter the model’s picture to make her appear even thinner flies in the face of current industry thinking.
Only in June this year, British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman launched an attack on some of the world’s most famous designers for promoting tiny body shapes.
Ms Shulman accused designer labels of supplying such small sample sizes that magazines were forced to hire size zero models.
‘We have now reached the point where many of the sample sizes don’t comfortably fit even the established star models,’ she wrote.
Eating disorder charity Beat and model Erin O’Connor hailed Ms Shulman’s intervention as ‘a huge breakthrough.’
‘The fact that Alexandra Shulman with her enormous influence has opened this conversation means that it will have a huge impact,’ Miss O’Connor said.
source: dailymail.co.uk
October 9th, 2009
Next week a new series airs on E4 following Kate Moss‘ hairdresser and best friend James Brown as he sets up his first salon in London.
The salon opened in June, with the backing and support of Kate and her celebrity friends including Sadie Frost.This is the story of how it came about from design to launch night.
And while we’re sure you’ll love James’ endeavours to get his new venture off the ground, it’s all eyes on the notoriously quiet Kate Moss, who rarely speaks on camera or gives interviews.
But for her best friend James she opens up about everything from how she met him to their friendship and her career.
Just in time for the weekend we’ve got an exclusive clip of the show, so watch now as James and Kate reminisce about how and when they first met.
source: elleuk.com
October 9th, 2009
Designer and supermodel raise awareness for womens charity.
To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2010 Naomi Campbell has teamed up with Louis Vuitton to sell a bag to raise money for the White Ribbon Appeal.
Naomi, a huge supporter of ELLE’s favourite charity, chose the as-yet-to-be-named Louis Vuitton bag in Paris this week following Marc Jacobs’ catwalk show for the label.
‘I think it’s going to sell really well’, the supermodel told WWD this morning of the metallic leather tote embossed with the House’s signature monogram LV.
The bag will hit Louis Vuitton stores worldwide in March and will cost 1,900 Euros.
Start saving now!
source: elleuk.com
October 9th, 2009
As a Bond girl, she’s used to portraying the glamorous vixen in a world of Martini swiggers and the perfectly coiffed.
So it’s perhaps no surprise that Olga Kurylenko has been chosen as the new face of the famously sophisticated drink Campari.
The 29-year-old Ukrainian actress is the brand’s latest calendar girl following in the footsteps of actresses Jessica Alba, Salma Hayek and Eva Mendes to name but a few.
Olga, who will take over in 2010 from Alba, this year’s Campari Girl, shot the Italian brand’s 11th calendar, dubbed Campari Milano, in a stunning shoot in Milan.
She may have seemed an unlikely choice after the better-known celebrities who have fronted the campaign, but her supermodel looks fit well with the brand’s sophisticated image.
And she graces the calendar’s 12 months in ultra glamorous fashion.
‘Olga was a natural choice,’ said Campari CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz.
‘[She has] great charm, grace, elegance and sensuality that represents the perfect incarnation of the Campari brand.’
In the retro-themed shoot Olga, who came to some international fame as the character ‘Camille’ in the most recent James Bond film Quantum of Solace, poses confidently with a bottle of the famous red alcohol in her hands.
She is simultaneously gawped at by fellow models while standing in a luxurious old train carriage.
In another, just like Jessica Alba’s campaign, she looks airbrushed within an inch of her life – almost looking like a computer CGI model – as she wears a black leather top and black trousers in a bar with four chiselled male models.
‘It was a truly unique experience.
‘I was delighted and intrigued by Campari’s proposal: to play the Campari woman and interpret the essence of Red Passion,’ added the actress.
In keeping with its experimental approach to the arts, Campari chose the young up-and-coming Italian photographer Simone Nervi to immortalise Kurylenko.
source: dailymail.co.uk
October 9th, 2009
