Storm In A Teacup

VICTORIA BECKHAM is not about to become a model scout after all, we can exclusively reveal.

Rumours that Beckham was in talks with her manager - and the man behind her fashion label - 19 Entertainment mogul Simon Fuller about opening a US branch of Storm Models, in which Fuller has a 51 per cent stake, started in the weekend papers and have spread across the web.

But they stop here. "There is absolutely no truth in the story regarding Victoria Beckham and Simon Fuller opening a modelling agency in New York," a spokesperson for Beckham told us this morning. "Victoria is concentrating all her efforts on her fashion line and her family."

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The Leggings

Fashion is a cycle and sometimes we combine the present and the past trends but mostly the season trends comes back and Leggings are one of them. Leggings are a type of fitted clothing covering the legs, which can be worn by both men and women.

Modern leggings are typically made from a blend of lycra, Spandex, nylon, cotton, or polyester blend, but they can also be made from wool, silk and other materials. Leggings are available in a multitude of colours and decorative designs. Honestly, I'm not a lover of leggings but I have to admit that once you know how to wear it right, it will look chic and you'll feel more confident and comfortable.

In the past, people wear leggings made of buckskin or wool for protection against cold and animal bites and later on it become a wear for exercise. But, originally leggings are a trend that surfaced in the 1950s and slowly faded away only to reappear in the 1980s. In the 21st century, the trend has again reappeared and can be spotted throughout Hollywood and on the runway. The great thing about leggings is you can dress them down, dress them up or just use them to lounge around in. No matter what you use them for, leggings are without a doubt a trendy clothing item and the release of the popular film Flashdance, to reach mainstream popularity!

Nowadays, leggings can be worn with anything, anywhere and for any occasion. Great for adding some funky to smarter clothes, or for glamming up a party outfit, they have grown to become an essential wardrobe staple. It is perfect for any daytime outfit by pairing it with a denim skirt. It can be worn fully exposed, in place of trousers, or partially covered by a garment such as a skirt , a large t-shirt or shorts, or fully covered by an outer garment, such as a full length skirt. Avoid using leggings as an alternative to trousers because it is not a trousers and never wear them with sweatshirt, short, or tight and waist length tops as you might end up looking half naked.
The best way to use leggings is by wearing it with with oversized, long sweaters, long blouses and shirt or knee length dresses most especially if you have a curvier hips or thighs. Alternatively, you can pair it a seductive heels, flat shoes like ballet flats or boots and you can play it with big and huge belt. Or if you want to be bold find an exotic fishnet leggings that are a wonderful way to tease. Certainly, you can get the flirtatious look without going overboard and pair the innocently sexy leggings with cute strapy dress and you’re sure to get more than a few appreciative glances.

These accessories provide a whole new level of versatility and should be part of every woman’s wardrobe. Weather you’re dressing up or dressing down, they’re perfect for your summer outfits.

Princess Diana: Eternal Fashion Icon & Style Influencer

Fashionable is an underrated word when you think of the charismatic princess of Wales. With breath taking looks and a spell bounding figure, Lady Diana had a picture perfect face and was a hit with photographers hopping around to capture her glimpses. She was the world leader of fashion and knew exactly how to dress according to the occasion diplomatically.

Her gowns had immense flairs and layering done with silk and sateen along with the detailing done with delicate embroideries, laces and stones.

With the passage of time, her outfits became simple yet sleek, with more emphases on her charismatic personality rather than her status of being the crowned princess of Great Britain.

The face that she could look sophisticated even in the simplest of attire made her very popular both in her personal and public life. Princess of Wales was undoubtedly one of the most influential fashion icons of all the times.

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Fashion’s Night Out

Vogue Magazine are coordinating fashion extravaganzas worldwide by saving the FASHION industry. American Vogue has joined with NYC & Company, and its international counterparts joined together to promote & re-ignite retail, restore consumer confidence, & getting the attention of people to buy again.

This celebration took place in New York America’s fashion capital, London United kingdom, Greece, Italy, Russia, France, Brazil, India, Spain, China, Germany, Japan and Taiwan.

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Fall/Winter 2009-2010 fashion trends

Time for F/W 2009 - 2010 shopping!

As people say, get the things you may need ready in good time, time you checked out the hottest looks for this coming fashion season.

Experts say this coming fall and winter will be all about strong silhouettes and sophisticated glamour. Decadent features are present in many F/W 2009-10 key looks and reflect the current economic situation.

However, 80s disco style and bold looks will anyway find their own place in your wardrobe if you want to follow the fashion tendencies in full. It’s like all about girl power! See what I mean.

Get the shoes. Go fancy
Footwear goes surreal this coming season. The more extravagance and crazy you look the better. Opt for dramatic designs and exaggerated heels. Hardware embellishment is really hot, too.

Puss-in-boots style makes its glorious comeback in fall 2009. Long boots win over stilettos.

Moreover, designers let you go further and try thigh-high black suede skinny leg boots, one of the hottest key looks for the winter. Channel the inner Catwoman, girl!

Fancy shoulders
Padded shoulders made the comeback in Spring/ Summer 2009 and the trend remains strong for fall and winter as well. Get bold exaggerated shoulders to get a genuinely In look for this cold season.

80s style

Thanks to Marc Jacobs and the like, a strong disco-diva vibe is back to our wardrobes. Vibrant colors, sequined skirts, leather jackets, graphic tees and large polka dots - you can find inspiration in old 80s music videos and films!

Chain it!

Let some classic beauty in your life. Chain bags that are influenced by the Chanel 2.55 bag are so in vogue for fall and winter 2009 - 2010. Chain strap bags can be worn as lovely clutches and across-body style. Just like with the heels, metal embellishment is really huge for bags, too.

Bold heavy accessories & jewelry


No need to restrain yourself from getting extra large with accessories. Go oversized with chains and studs and jewelry and dramatic silhouettes. Thinking huge chunky rings and cuffs and leather bracelets.

Bold but demure
Glitter is still really hot. Shimmering fabrics are so in for f/W 09-10. To somehow balance the look designers suggest combing sparkling with demure cuts.

Back to the 40sGo back to the retro look with French chic - cinched waists are present in both casual wear and outerwear. Get ready to see belted coats, skirts and trousers.

Masculine femininity

Female fashion gets mannish. A masculine tailored blazer becomes one of the season’s key pieces. Typical men’s fabrics like tweed enter a woman’s wardrobe in the form of shift dresses and jackets.

Zebra & leopard
Animal prints are still huge. Zebra and leopard prints stand out and dominate the print palette. The characteristic feature of all prints this coming season is that they’re statement - exaggerated and strong.

Capes

Forget about carefully tailored coats. Go free with capes. Designers advise to pair them with elegant shift gowns.

Knits
They’ll keep you warm and trendy during cold months. Make sure your knitted clothes are bold, big and shoulder-padded.

Leather gloves

Love this trend. Unlike other seasons, this time gloves can be absolutely different. Play with colors and shapes. Just make sure the gloves are leather, as this material is definitely a lead one this fall and winter.

Yeti-lookNo I’m not asking you to stop cutting hair and having a shower. Channel your inner wild with the Yeti-look coats also known as Chubby. Shaggy coats in vibrant colors - that must be hot! You’ll look drop dead gorgeous and trendy if pair them with thigh-high boots and swagger.


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Ferragamo menswear designer takes on womenswear

MILAN (Reuters Life!) – Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has said its menswear designer Massimiliano Giornetti will also take on women's ready-to-wear.

He succeeds Cristina Ortiz, who has worked with the Florence-based fashion house designing the womenswear collections for the last two years, the company said in a statement late on Tuesday.

Ortiz will display her last collection at the Milan September catwalk shows. Giornetti is working on the new womenswear collection for Autumn/Winter 2010.

Family-owned Ferragamo, for whom supermodel Claudia Schiffer has recently modeled, is known for its silk scarves, ties, shoes and bags.

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Scarlett Johansson Sizzles in Mango’s New Campaign

After sexy Penelope Cruz, Mango has found another sultry siren to represent them for Fall Winter 2009 ad campaign. Scarlett has been a popular choice fronting numerous brands, recent ad campaigns – include D&G Beauty and Moet & Chandon.
Conceptualized by Mango’s Creative Director and Board Member Damián Sánchez, the ad features Scarlett sultrier than ever, clad in a figure-hugging leather pencil skirt and a leopard print top, hair in glorious disarray. It was shot by renowned lensman Mario Sorrenti in a Los Angeles Studio.

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Milan beats out NYC as world’s fashion capital

Milan has ended New York's five-year reign as the world's top fashion city, while Hong Kong and Sao Paulo have sashayed into the top 10, according to an annual survey of top fashion cities.

The list was compiled by the Global Language Monitor, a U.S. based non-profit group that tracks the frequency of words and phrases in the media, on the Internet and throughout the blogosphere.

The world of fashion is dominated by five cities — New York, Rome, Paris, Milan and London — but New Ynrk had led the list for five consecutive years.

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Summer Fashion Style

Just because you mentally check out when summer starts, that doesn't mean you have to surrender your style. These clothes are breezy and effortlessly beautiful — kinda like how you feel right about now.

Cosmopolitan

Ralph Lauren model Ubah Hassan models the latest pre-fall fashion in red

Photo: KAREN COLLINS

At the age of five Ubah Hassan fled war-torn Somalia for Kenya with her father and brother. They became separated from her mother and sisters, who went to Ethiopia. After seven years apart they were reunited in Canada, where they set up home.

At 17 Hassan was talent-spotted by a photographer in Vancouver, and signed to Click Model Management in New York. Now, at 21, she is the face of Ralph Lauren’s s/s 09 campaign. She has also walked the runway for Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta and Betsey Johnson, and been photographed by Steven Meisel and Bruce Weber for Italian Vogue. She lives in New York.

Being 5ft 11½ is wonderful because when I walk into a club,I’m so tall that no men want to talk to me. I love that. I think, just don’t come near me. And I can’t dance if I’m not wearing heels.

A pivotal moment in my career was being shot by Steven Meisel for the black issue of Italian Vogue. The repercussions of that issue have been huge. It sold out everywhere and there were waiting-lists in lots of shops. I had no idea that people weren’t hiring black models. I thought the reason I wasn’t working so much was because I was new in New York and maybe I needed to dress differently or smile more. It’s sad that in 2009, after so many years of prejudice and war, some people are still seeing colour.

I get recognised by the oddest people. I was working in a studio recently and the food delivery guy stopped me and said, ‘Wait a minute, aren’t you the Ralph Lauren girl?’ Then the old Indian guy who I buy my coffee from every morning was really overexcited to see me one day. He’d collected all these newspaper cuttings of me. I was so shocked that they knew anything about fashion or Ralph Lauren.

I refuse to work for designers who treat models badly. That’s happened a few times. They think they can pick you apart at castings but I don’t respect people like that. I don’t have an ego about what I do or don’t do, but I have to believe in a brand before I work for them.

I have to pinch myself every day because life is unbelievable right now. Every time I have a bad day, I just stop and remember what my family and I have been through.

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Per Se unveils fall collection & expands into CT, NJ, & NY markets

Women rushing from the office to the beach and back again this summer will cherish knowing that - beginning today - they can make a one hour appointment with Per Se to get their fall wardrobe in order well in advance of the season! Per Se, a contemporary, upscale clothing line designed for busy, stylish women, has just unveiled its Fall 2009 collection in showrooms and trunk shows across the U.S.

The new collection will be shown by appointment only, from July 16th through September 17th, and can be previewed on the runway at http://www.persecollection.com/fall2009/runway

"This truly is my favorite Per Se collection, to date," said Bill Rondina, Founder, CEO and Chairman of The Connaught Group, the creators of Per Se. "The must-haves this season include glamorous capes, fifties-inspired dresses, and structured garments that are showcasing exposed zippers to embellish and accentuate the natural lines of a woman's body."

"Women will want to stock up on scads of skinny leggings, sweater dresses, double knits and loads of accessories. To kick it up a notch, we also recommend investing in a modern art-inspired piece this season. By wearing something Mondrian-inspired, featuring architecturally-shaped details, our clients are sure to look stylish, unique and ready."

In all, Per Se's designers have come up with over 250 unique pieces, ranging in size from 0 to 16, that work both separately and in unison to give women the most exciting wardrobes possible for their money. For a full listing of the Fall trends forecasted by Per Se's design team, along with images of the Fall collection, visit: http://www.persecollection.com/fall2009/looks

Through its direct sales business model, Per Se is able to offer women couture-quality clothing at extremely competitive prices not possible in stores. The line is sold four separate weeks a year, through private, one-on-one appointments in consultants' homes or in one of Per Se's showrooms in NYC, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Chicago, or Chevy Chase, MD. This business model is proving to be quite popular with high-profile women looking for smart ways to refresh their wardrobes. Indeed, executives from diverse corporations such as Bloomberg, General Electric, Sotheby's and JPMorgan Chase choose to shop with Per Se due to the quality wardrobes they achieve alongside the highly personalized service they enjoy with their Per Se wardrobe stylist.

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Heart Shape Jewelries

Show your love with heart-shaped jewelry. Heart jewelry is hopefully given from the heart with love. It is a symbol of caring, loving and friendship. True love is one of the most lifetime and endless themes throughout the history. We've read on books and watched on cimema the many kind of love story, such as the love story during the medieval times, like the love that Romeo and Juliet shared while their families warred, or the love that led Paris to steal Helen away to her beloved Troy. Those who are in the state of love always find a way to show their love to the one they love. They highly paid a tribute to love and marked it with something that signify how deep their feelings for their beloved by presenting them their heart through the symbol of --whether it is a card, a song, or jewelry. Most women love jewelry and maybe because jewelries are chic, sophisticated and seem to be great with lots of designer outfits.

What they Wore at the 2009 CFDA Awards

On June 16, 2009 the Council of Fashion Designers of America held their annual awards show at Lincoln Center in New York City. Most designers anxiously waited for the night to come. The night was not only for the designers- let's check out who's celebrities are wearing in full regalia & glam.

Hot Summer Trend: The Hottest Summer Jeans

Because ripped jeans make such a big statement this summer, summer fashion trends can't be missed. Keep the rest of your outfit simple. A basic tee, plain tank top, flirty top, a pair of heels, and flip flops, sneakers or gladiator sandals are the way to go. You can also wear a simple pair of flats.

Or you can go with your own look like your favorited actresses: Rihanna, Monica, Beyoncé, Jessica Alba & many more!

S/S 2009 Hottest Trends: Uber Short Shorts

There's nothing new on Wearing underwear as outerwear. Uber Short Shorts are a bona fide trend this summer. The catwalk is littered with Uber Short Shorts. Obviously, this trend is not for everyone. Well if you think you have a long and beautifful legs then nothing makes your legs look as fabulously long as a pair of Uber Short Shorts paired with a sky-high heels.MarniElie TahariDsquared2
There are already many celebrities have been seen wearing Uber short shorts like Vanessa Hudgens. She look very confident, sexy and sassy.

Celebrities Wearing Ralph Lauren

Every celebrities have their own choices in wearing their favorite designer clothing (vetements de marques) such as Ralph Lauren. Let's find out who's wearing Ralph Lauren.

Diane Kruger wearing Ralph Lauren
Blake Lively wearing Ralph Lauren
Charlize Theron wearing Ralph Lauren
Debra Messing wearing Ralph Lauren
Angelina Jolie Wearing Ralph Lauren