Women Fashion Models and Designer

Glasgow is getting ready for its close-up at a four-day festival of fashion as several emerging fashion designers will get the opportunity to showcase their talents along with the top high-street collections at Fashion Week 2007. The city will be home to an annual four-day event which will bring together top designers, high-street collections and unknown fashion designers in a mix of catwalk shows, workshops, and seminars at the end of March in George Square.
George Square will be style central for the showcase event, with a marquee for the glamour runway shows, and a big-screen for the public to watch interviews and behind-the-scenes action.

The week, to be held annually, re-affirms the city’s reputation as “Scotland with Style”. Its director, Yemi Adegite, said: “We took inspiration from local fashion weeks such as São Paulo in Brazil which have been very successful.” Read more!

Actress and model, Sienna Miller is planning on launching her very own fashion label with her big designer-sister Savannah Miller. They plan to launch an 80 piece ready-to-wear fashion collection called ‘Twenty8Twelve’, based on Sienna’s birthday of December 28th, for fall 2007. Sienna clarified that she has always loved fashion, and Savannah got a first in design at Saint Martins and further thought to pursue it together, but happened organically. According to The Bosh, the notoriously private Savannah said of their new project: “People wanted us to put the line in our names, but we wanted it to be more abstract.”

Is Sienna Miller trying to pick a fight with Victoria Beckham? She further explained that she is not about to become a brand, but people are willing to invest in the business, as my sister is an incredible designer, and it’s a great opportunity for me to work with her. Read more!

Tom Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes seemed to be a good socializing ground for celebrities, with some even talking business. Hollywood diva Jennifer Lopez befriended Victoria Beckham at the ceremony and decided to put their pretty heads together and churn out a sexy range of clothes on a business venture.
Jennifer Lopez who already run her own fashion label Sweetface is said to be very “excited” about the prospect of working with the former Spice Girl, “Jennifer thought Victoria was a real character and very much hopes they can stay friends now they have met. They talked about the film industry and then their shared love -fashion. Jennifer thinks the pair could be capable of developing a seriously sexy range.” She also asked Victoria, whose fashion line is called Rock and Republic, for script writing tips - even though Victoria has very little movie experience. Read more!

Over the past couple of years, seems Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan’s years of hard work trying to make the transition from tacky teenager to fashion icon has finally has paid off in the form of a highly-coveted ad campaign. She started the process by ditching her Britney Spears stage show worthy ensembles and enlisting celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe to assemble a closet full of Marchesa and Marc Jacobs.
She has been selected as the face of Miuccia Prada’s Miu Miu line, following in the footsteps of Rachel Evan Wood, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore and Chloe Sevigny. Lindsay posed for the brand’s Spring 2007 ads in London during the weekend. WWD reports that Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott were the photographers.

During the program she was supposed to be hosting, Lohan stumbled on steps, flubbed her lines and abandoned her emcee role early in the show.

Here we list the most searched keyword for 2006 halloween costumes taken from various leading source on internet.

National Retail Federation reported 20 Top Halloween Costumes below:
1. Princess
2. Pirate
3. Witch
4. Spider-Man
5. Superman
6. Disney princess (Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, Snow White) Read more!

Helena Bonham Carter, the ‘Big Fish’ actress – who is renowned for her unconventional clothing – has admitted she will never be as stylish as other Hollywood actresses. She also described herself as the ‘Antichrist of fashion’ by starting her own unique fashion trend and she doesn’t care what other people may think of it.
Helena is quoted by Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper as saying: “I am so not Mrs Style. I am not Sienna Miller or whoever. I’m the Antichrist of fashion.”

This 40-year-old actress who regularly attends awards ceremonies dressed in outlandish Victorian dresses - has responded to the critics who slam her style by launching her own fashion line. To send out a defiant message to those who knock her sense of style, The line, designed by Samantha Cole, is called the Pantaloonies and will feature Victorian-style camisoles, capes and bloomers, with a modern twist. Read more!

Irene Galitzine, the Russian-Italy’s “fashion princess” who created the ‘palazzo pajama’ and changed the way women dressed at home, whose gowns clothed Jacqueline Kennedy, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn, died on Friday, Ansa news agency said. She was 88. The Russian aristocrat died in her sleep in her house in the Italian capital shortly before dawn, said her long-time assistant and spokeswoman Angela Savarese. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Descended from Russian nobility who fled after the 1917 revolution, the former fashion model set up shop in the 1940s, she shot to fame in 1960 when she launched a flowing silk pant outfit, quickly dubbed the ‘palazzo pajama’ by Diana Vreeland, the then influential editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar. Read more!

What were you doing in the decade of power suits and power hair, overdone makeup and jewelry, tasseled socks and silver-adorned leather boots?

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you weren’t around in the decade of excess… the ’80s!
Funny thing, while I was living in that time, I was fascinated with the fact that every other decade had defining fashion styles… the ’50s had poodle skirts and bobby socks, the ’60s had hippy chic, the ’70s had sparkly disco shirts and leisure suits, and the ’80s… had nothing. At least that’s how it felt at the time!
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Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has vowed she will never sing again and has laughed off reports linking her to a career in Hollywood. Instead, Posh Spice will be launching herself into her fashion career; after already designed a range of jeans for Rock & Republic and host fashion TV Show, she now wants to create and entire clothing line.
She said, “I’m done with music and I’m never going to act. That’s in the past. I was an okay singer and an okay dancer, and I had to work at it.
“Fashion is what I love. I’ve dreamed of doing my own clothing line from even before I was a Spice Girl. Now I’m able to do what I love and I’ve found I’m really good at it. Read more!

To all Halifax fashionistas, prepare yourself, CBC Television is holding a national search for a new Fashion File host and auditions will be held in Halifax on Sept. 27. Fashion File: Host Hunt” will travel across the country testing hopefuls on their knowledge of fashion and style to replace longtime host Tim Blanks, who is leaving the show as the voice of the influential show after 17 years. Ten finalists will then be flown to Toronto to compete for this dream job.

They are looking for knowledgeable and stylish individuals who can write for TV and print. It’s best to read all the contest details before auditioning. If you can’t make the auditions you can mail in your application. Read more!

Inspired by subjects as varied as icon Mother Teresa to the sunflower and 160 buyers, 75 designers responding, India’s top designers are readying to showcase their spring-summer lines at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) that kicks off Wednesday, the first time two such shows will be hosted in a year in keeping with international practices.
We are not trying to spring surprises every time we host a fashion week,” says Rathi Vinay Jha, Director-General of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), about India’s largest fashion bonanza. “Our main aim is to enhance the business potential with each event.”

Coming close on the heels of the fall-winter edition in April, the Aug 30-Sep 3 event marks a quantum leap forward for Indian fashion as it is the first time the country will be hosting two shows a year in line with international practices. Read more!

In the latest step by department stores to team up with high-end fashion designers, mid-brow retailer Kohl’s Corp. announced Thursday a union with Vera Wang beginning in the fall of 2007, known for her $10,000 wedding gowns, to create a new fashion and lifestyle brand. The Very Vera by Vera Wang brand is licensed by a subsidiary of Vera Wang Group to Kohl’s under an exclusive long-term agreement. Terms weren’t disclosed.
Wang told reporters on a conference call that “it has troubled” her for quite a while not to be able to offer her designs to all women.
“We have been quite elitist in terms of price points,” she said.

To be known as Very Vera, items such as sportswear, intimate apparel, leather handbags, accessories, jewelry, footwear, linens and towels will be sold exclusively in all Kohl`s stores and on Kohls.com, the companies said Thursday in a statement. Read more!

THE rock singer Bryan Ferry has been unveiled as the latest famous face to promote Marks and Spencer’s menswear range. The retailer is hoping the Roxy Music frontman will boost sales of its Autograph clothing range. Ferry said: “Marks & Spencer is a great British brand and I’m very happy to be associated with it.”
Bryan Ferry is no stranger to the fashion world himself, having collaborated for many years with fashion designer Antony Price - famous for his shop on London’s Kings Road.
Marks & Spencer marketing executive director Steven Sharp said: “He’s a real British style icon and looks amazing in the Autograph range. What man wouldn’t want to look as cool as Bryan Ferry?”

The Roxy Music singer was photographed by legendary snapper David Bailey for the High Street store’s autumn campaign, which will be called ‘Autograph’. The adverts will appear across the country from September. Read more!

Kate Moss stole the show when she attended the wedding of Primal Scream front man Bobby Gillespie and his new fashion stylist wife Katy England, at the weekend, even if Miss Moss wears a bin bag, she’s still likely to look hot. She arrived wearing an all white outfit of tiny shorts and matching jacket accessorised and a matching jacket with her former partner Jefferson Hack and their daughter Lila Grace, stiletto heels and a white hat.
Although no bride wants to be upstaged on their big day, if you are friends with a style icon like Kate Moss it’s got to be expected. The glamorous covergirl is best mates with the couple and arrived to read a poem at the wedding at their request. Read more!

Sportswear giant Reebok have signed a multi-million dollar deal with Scarlett Johansson to help create their Scarlett ‘Hearts’ Rbk range - a new “high-end signature line of retro-chic footwear and clothing”. “Reebok has a rich heritage in developing and designing cutting-edge women’s product which makes them an ideal company to partner with to launch Scarlett ‘Hearts’ Rbk,” the 21-year-old actress said in a statement. “I am very enthusiastic about working with Reebok to design this line.”

The clothes and shoes, which the company describes as being for the “multi-dimensional woman” will debut in high-end department stores and boutiques next spring. “This is so surprising. I never expected all this,” Johansson said of the large number of employees on hand for her Reebok visit. Read more!