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Save the date for Fashion Week Australia
Oct 18th
Australian Fashionisers can now pencil in a date for 2013′s Australian fashion week (MBFWA) with today’s announcement placing the event from the 8th to the 12th of April, nearly a month earlier then previous years. The announcement also confirms the move away from the event’s previous home at Circular Quay More >
Born to be a model: video
Oct 18th
There were all born to be models, but its Anja Konstantinova‘s pint-sized bombshell body that steals the show in this video for French Revue De Modes. Born To Be A Model was directed by Thierry Le Gouès for the magazine’s 21st issue, and features – alongside Australian Anja – Ashley Smith, More >
Faceless beauty stalks the pages of Schon
Oct 18th
Edgy, sexy, visually compelling. All adjectives that apply, unfailingly, to Pierre Dal Corso’s (pierredalcorso.com) work. His latest shoot strikes its magic into the pages of Schon Magazine’s 19th issue, with model Jessiann Gravel morphing from strong-featured beauty into anonymous mannequin depending on Emeline Piot’s styling.
If the mention of anonymity seems More >
Anja Rubik for Saint Laurent
Oct 18th
He dropped the Yves and kept the Saint Laurent, and debuted a spring collection that seemed to turn models into 1970s style icons.
And the first new campaign by Hedi Slimane for the brand has that Dandy-meets-rock’n’roll vibe in volumes, starring Anja Rubik in all black and white outfits against an opulent, More >
Arizona Muse puts on the boyish charm
Oct 18th
The word flawless springs to mind upon seeing this cover for the first time. That’s courtesy of Arizona Muse’s unblemished skin, the slicked hair with not a strand out of place, and the sharpness of her dandy-ish androgynous outfit. Vogue Russia kept the background, thankfully, plain white, taking nothing away from More >
Beauties in the bath
Oct 18th
When it comes to the colder months some photographers just sit and pine for sunshine. That however isn’t the case with Weronika Kosinska (weronikakosinska.com). When it gets cold Weronika takes her considerable photography talent inside into the warmth and what better way to escape the cold then to slip into More >
Victoria’s Secret fantasy bra released
Oct 18th
Victoria’s Secret’s annual ‘fantasy bra’ is either brilliantly luxurious or preposterously extravagant, depending on who you ask. But the thing it always is, without fail, is a successful marketing tactic. Who can resist having a peek at what a 2.5 million dollar bra could possibly look like?
This year it More >
Of Course Lindsay Lohan Is Voting For Mitt Romney [Video]
Oct 17th
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Even when you live in a snow globe full of vodka and cocaine, the job crisis weighs heavily on your mind, as proven by Lindsay Lohan last night when she went out to promote a ginseng drink in Los Angeles. When asked who she plans More >
Taking All Those iPhone Photos of Your Kid May Result In Their Crippling Self-Awareness [Kids These Days]
Oct 17th
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The ol’ Photo Booth portrait phase is a well-documented phenomenon for those of us who were in college within the last five years or so. Regrettably, in some cases, Duckface Was Made. And once in awhile, in awe of the sheer novelty (Sepia! Pop More >
Barbra Streisand Sang in Brooklyn Last Night and People Lost Their Minds [Video]
Oct 17th
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Last night, Barbra Streisand did a show at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn — her hometown — and it was a sold-out show with 19,000 folks in the seats. As the New York Times reports, she exclaimed, “I’ve come home at last!” It was More >
She’s Covered in Blood and Shit Is on Fire: The Carrie Trailer Is Here [Video]
Oct 17th
The film won’t hit theaters until March of 2013, but the trailer for the remake of Carrie — based on the 1974 novel by Stephen King — has arrived. Like the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma, this new version — starring Chloë Grace Moretz — features Carrie covered in More >
Everyone Pees, but Only Men Pee Crooked According to a New Book About Urine [Books]
Oct 17th
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We receive a near-constant stream public relations material, most it ignorable, some of it pertinent, and an even smaller percentage of it, on rare and delightful occasions, so goofily irrelevant that it’s worth sharing. Like this: Men Don’t Pee Straight: And Other Things You More >
Maxipad Company Replies to Man’s Facebook Rant with Awe-Inspiring Sarcasm [Video]
Oct 17th
Last week, a guy named Richard Neill posted a long, funny comment on UK maxipad maker Bodyform’s Facebook page about how the company had lied to him through their advertising campaigns over the years, leading him to believe that periods involved a lot of blue liquid, extreme sports, and fun More >
If It’s Not a Secret, It’s Not Safe: Girls, Boys and the Pleasure Paradox [Genderal Interest]
Oct 17th
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The expectation that young women should be “sexy, but not sexual” –- or the Paris Paradox — isn’t new. As the annual round of not-entirely-unjustified complaining about girls’ Halloween costumes begins once more, the most popular solution seems to be one of the least More >
First-Ever Abortion Clinic in Ireland to Open Next Week [Roe V World]
Oct 17th
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An abortion clinic is set to open in Belfast next week. It will be the first of its kind in all of Ireland, but extreme anti-abortion groups could shut the service down before it has even opened its doors.
An “outraged” Bernadette Smyth, founder of More >
Layering with turtlenecks: the menswear trick for fall
Oct 17th
Polo-neck, roll-neck, turtleneck. Whatever you choose to call it, a high-necked sweater is something many men imagine as a throw back to the 1970s; a clothing item doomed to unsavoury tones of orange that gets paired with bad safari jackets and flares. But it’s also the realm of many a More >
How to spot a supermodel amoung models: weekend read
Oct 17th
One male writer, uninitiated to the process of model castings, sat in on a September casting call session in Manhattan. He recorded his point of view for Time Magazine, discovering that beauty comes from all places but that not all models are quite created equal:
Image: Dan Nguyen for style.time.com
The turn More >
Reporting from Ghana fashion & design week: day 2
Oct 17th
Following a successful day one of Ghana Fashion & Design week, day 2 saw a flurry of textures, a myriad of prints and a menagerie of styles that were spring / summer perfect.
Opening Day two was Brigitte Merki and her “Zauberhaft” collection, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which More >
Naomi Campbell co-stars with a fluffy bunny
Oct 17th
Animal motifs may be finding their way onto our fall 2012 clothing, but the real things haven’t gone unnoticed. From Magdalena for Pani to Naomi Campbell for Harper’s Bazaar Russia, seems fashion is always partial to a fluffy bunny or two.
Naomi’s cover is for Harper’s Bazaar Russia’s November 2012 issue.
Written More >Havaianas get gumboots for their 50th birthday
Oct 17th
If you have a pair of flip-flops in your closet it’s very likely that they are Havaiainas, but with winter just around the corner it’s most likely exactly where they’ll stay. It looks like though the traditionally summer brand is not at all happy with this state of affairs and More >
How to: vintage rock-chic makeup
Oct 17th
There’s truly something about vintage that we all love. Over the years, the looks of yesterday have provided designers a great source of inspiration. The runways today are filled with decade inspired collections that are given contemporary twists to better suit the woman of today. Nowadays, vintage not only inspires More >
Liza and the Ghost
Oct 17th
There’s not a soul to be seen in Serge-Edouard’s (serge-edouard.com) latest shoot, bar for model Liza T. The unpopulated stretches of sand and empty structures give it the feeling of a beach after summer, when the chatter of holiday-goers voices have faded to echoes and footprints are washed away by More >
The pop of green
Oct 17th
Mixing the old and new always has really interesting results and this look is no exception. The white floral lace dress is a timeless piece of clothing and when paired with the white tights, it became an ode to the 1960s. Though it is easy to get lost and just More >
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, techno genius
Oct 17th
Drawing what is perhaps a tentative link beween Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Transformers, and how gadgets can improve your life, is the October 2012 issue of Elle Indonesia. Another familiar Dolce & Gabbana outfit, the shot is from the same series as her recent Elle UK cover.
Both were shot by David Vasiljevic.
Written More >From the woodlands: animal faces for fall
Oct 17th
You must have seen them by now: furry faces, peeping out from the forests of fall 2012 fashion. They’re in shop windows, emblazoned across bags, roaring out of t-shirts or innocently snuggled into the fronts of autumn knits. Everywhere you look, animal prints have taken over.
And yet this is not More >
Keira, Mia, Rooney, Scarlett: four actresses, four decades
Oct 17th
W Magazine’s latest cover story features not one but four leading ladies, each styled after a different decade. Keira Knightley, uncharacteristically bleached blonde, is the woman of the 2000s, Scarlett Johansson a punked up ’90s vixen, Mia Wasikowska embodies the glam ’80s and Rooney Mara the ’70s.
Though photographed by Steven More >
Obsession and fixation: weekend watch
Oct 17th
“Idée Fixe” is a wickedly sexy short film directed by Marcin Karski. The title translates to obsession and its a fitting one; the video enticing the viewer to be drawn into a fixation, an intensity, an obsession.
The haunting music, the lighting and the endless teasing of the model will keep you More >
The modern day Juliet wears noserings and floral underwear
Oct 17th
Wildfox view the ’90s as a kind of magic decade – or at least they pull the magic out of the best parts of it when they design their collections. Romeo + Juliet, the DiCaprio + Danes version of ’96, regularly tops the list of the brand’s inspirations (the Wildfox More >
Siren… of the silver screen
Oct 17th
It’s the last surviving Grand hotel in Australia. And though the threat of being swallowed up by the glassy coldness of modern development looms, it hasn’t yet given up its heritage Victorian charm or its nickname of The Duchess of Spring Street.
And that’s what makes The Hotel Windsor in Melbourne More >
Matched to the Chloe aesthetic
Oct 17th
You could guess which show this was photographed at from the outfit: the cool effortlessness of the jumpsuit cut, the 1970s inspired colour palette, even the easy ponytail all scream CHLOE.
The cross-body handbag is great for accessorising where jewellery is absent, keeping the whole look minimal without being bland.
The shot More >
How to: the messy half-up pompadour
Oct 17th
High neck blouses, brocade and nipped waist dresses were the focus in Karen Walker’s fall 2012 collection. To add contrast to the Victorian romance vibe from the clothes was the ’50s style pompadour hair that was given a modern and messy twist. The half-up half-down messy hairstyle may scream rock More >
Weekend beauty: Kaye Waterhouse by Josie Withers
Oct 17th
There are lingerie shoots that play to the boudoir side of the equation, and then there are those that capture a different kind of intimacy. The latter are often set in solitude, portraits of beauty that require no-one else’s approval or presence, just the comfort and confidence of being in More >
Fashgasm 15.10.2012
Oct 17th
Written by Daniel P Dykes.
Late one Oxford night Daniel P Dykes set about creating a fashion publication that would go someway to being an arbiter on fashion as it appeals to the emerging power generations: those who don’t remember a world without the Internet and for whom work plays second More >