While Elle UK has  chosen to put Boris Johnson the cover  . US Elle has gone in a a totally different route for September. Instead of shooting the  local mayo they chose to faeture a British Icon on the coverr.   Elle US has definitely triumphed over British Elle  in terms of their covers. I also love Posh's signature  pout it is magnifiique!

The subscribers cover is below

Continue Reading

Kate Moss's 1st and 28th British Vogue covers

Recently I posted about Kate Moss' 28th British Vogue cover. In the past 16 years she's had more than 2 years worth of covers. In 2000 she was on the cover of 4 British Vogues 12 covers. I cant think of any other  model that has had more covers of a particular magazine than her. In fact the only person to cover a magazine more than her is Oprah Winfrey. However , its okay for Oprah Winfrey to cover every issue of O Magazine because she owns it.

One reader of this blog,  got  especially peeved by Kate Moss' appearance on the cover of British Vogue's September 2009 issue. Benedict left the following comment on that blog posts.

Although, I dont agree with everything Benedict is saying he does make me raise the question.  Has British Vogue jumped the shark by placing Kate Moss on 28 covers? It is quite excessive , its not like there is a shortage of Supermodels.

  Apparently baby's are the new model accessory of 2009. Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima and Heidi Klum are all pregnant. Now Vogue has revealed that British Model of the Year, Jourdan Dunn is also pregnant.

Vogue posted an artcle titled "Expecting In Style: What The Pregnant Jourdan Should wear this fall?" thus announcing Jourdan's pregnancy to the world. Apparently the 19 year old is expecting her baby in December.

The Beckham’s are Britain’s most beloved couple. They are practically British Royalty. In fact they probably are way more popular than any  member of the royal family. The Emporio Armani youtube channel has posted behind the scenes footage of Emporio Armanis Autumn/Winter 2009-10 underwear campaign featuring David and Victoria Beckham. The steamy video  gives a sneak peak at how the sexy images were created.

Continue Reading

Anyone living in  London know that we are experiencing a major heatwave ( it was 32 degrees today). Its the sort of weather where you wanna jump straight in a pool or lounge around the house in your underwear because its just too damn hot to wear clothes. At work I even got sent a funny memo about steps to take during  a heatwave (although its hot there are many places  where it is hotter than this everyday) to ensure that you don't have a heat stroke, it also included  how to spot if one of your collegues is having a heat stroke.

In keeping with the hot weather I decided to post some images from Diesel's underwear line  Diesel Intimates.  The ads feature Brit model  Sam Way, who is no stranger to modeling underwear as he was recently the face and body of William Baker's BBoy underwear line.

The whole fashion world seems to be Emma Watson obsessed. Shes recently covered Flare, Crash, Teen Vogue and shot a campaign for Burberry.  Now shes adding the cover of Elle UK to her resume. The out fit is very  fierce but that frizzy hair  looks dreadful.  Thumbs up to the stylist , thumbs down to the hair stylist.

Could this be the first of the images for Madonnas campaign for  Louis Vuitton's Autumn Winter 2009 collection? Probably. More images will emerge over the next few weeks. This marks the second consecutive season that Madonna has bee the face of Louis Vuitton

IMAGES REMOVED BY REQUEST OF TOPSHOP

Here are the preview images of the  new Christopher Kane for Topshop collection . Its like a modern interpretation of the little black dress. Via: Nitrolicious

These images are from Neil Barrett's  Spring Summer 2010 collection. The show confirmed  a trend that I had noticed in the menswear hows in Milan.
Sleeves are so passe in Spring Summer 2010.
I swear in every menswear show i see  lots of sleeveless shirts. It seems arms are the big trend of 2010 menswear. It might be too late to get  nice toned set of guns for this Summer but there is still enough time to beef up by 2010. So before it gets too late I so need to hire a personal trainer!!!

As well as featuring lots of sleeveless shirts the Neil Barrett S/S 2010  collection had a very masculine feel with long shirts. Black white and earth tones were the main colours in the collection. The whole collection seems inspired by fencing from the cuts of the jackets to the knee  length pants. They are reminescent of fencing breeches and jackets.

Continue Reading

When I went to the River Island Press day I asked them to define the River Island man. They told me that River Island caters to various men and that they try to cater to the personal style of all men so they couldn't define the ir customers as conforming to a specific style aesthetic.  If I had to describe a River Island man in one word I would say 'dapper'. Looking at this lookbook  its easy to forget that River Island is a high street store. Definitely my favourite High street menswear collection  for Autumn Winter 2009.

Continue Reading

Life must be good  for Mischa Barton. Shes got a new show and now she is releasing a new line of bags.  Kpriss over at StyleFrizz definitely isn't a fan of the Mischa's new handbags

I actually think her bag collection is okay and its much better than her line of (overpriced) headbands. I really love the black bag with the fringing and I think the black and white animal print bag is also great. However I really don't like the  colourful embroidered bag as it looks really dated. Overall though the handbags are ok and the campaign for the bags is good.

Continue Reading

Last month I posted images from the River Island Autumn Winter 2009 lookbook. River Island is bang on trend this season. From the faux fur to the  fringing, River Island has ticked all of the right boxes . The outfit above even reminds me of Balmain. Overall its definitely a thumbs up for River Island

 British actor, Max Irons is the new face of Mango's HE Emerito Homini Autumn/Winter 2009/2010  menswear line.  He has previously modelled for Burberry but now he is headlining the Spanish retail giant. The campaign was photographed by  photographer, Francesco Carrozzi and the collection is in keeping with the current trend of military influenced menswear.

Check out the video below for a preview of the Mango menswear and womenswear fashion show for  Autumn/Winter 2009 

Once again Bruno has hi-jacked the cover of a major fashion magazine. This month he is on the cover of GQ and Marie Claire. On Marie Claire he shared the cover ith supermodel Alessandro Ambrossio.  Well on his GQ cover he opted to go it alone! He also opted to forego wearing clothes as he is completely nude on the cover. Brunomania is totally wild!!! What is next a cover Vogue??….ok that will never happen