The nominees for the fifth annual Scottish Fashion Awards have been announced. VOGUE.com will once again be the headline sponsor for the event and it will take place on June 20 at the Glasgow Science Centre.

There aren't many surprises on the list of nominess but I would have liked to have seen Susan Boyle nominated for the Fashion Icon Award.  Yes, I'm still victim to Subo-mania. Shes' proved how you can go from a fashion zero to hero in such a short period of time. Im not the only person who loves Subo's style.  Richard Gray, (formerly of 10 Magazine) Online Editor of the Sunday Times Style Magazine said "she wears some lovely beads. And that hair: FIERCE!". That's a major endorsement in my books.

The full list of nominees is below.

Scottish Designer of the Year sponsored by VOGUE.COM

• Jonathan Saunders
• Graeme Black
• Christopher Kane
• Clare Waight Keller for Pringle of Scotland
• Pam Hogg

Icon – sponsored by Galaxy Radio (online public vote)

• George Lamb
• Karen Gillan
• Tilda Swinton
• Alex Gardner
• Simon Neil
• Isla Fisher
• Gerard Butler
• Sharleen Spiteri
• Paolo Nutini
• Amy MacDonald

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Vanity Fair recently subjected us to their cover featuring Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba , wearing nothing but their manties ( I'm sure there weren't many women complaining). Umbro is obviously  into equal opportunities because they have  realeased a video for the guys, as their campaign for the World Cup collection features the Wives and Girlfriends of Footballers. The wags in the campaign are Luli Fernandez, Susana Werner, Zaira Nara, Abbey Clancy, Charlene Suric, Alice Bregoli and Julia Gödicke. The represent Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, England, France, Italy and Germany respectively. They were all shot by British Photographer Rankin.
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Beyonce has just released the music video for her new single, “Why Don’t You Love Me?” and shes picking up right where Telephone left off. She is still sporting her Bettie Page, pinup-inspired look. Except this time  she is blonde and she is really pushing the retro pin-up style to the limit.

The video looks like it was shot on 8mm film straight from the 1960's. “Why Don’t You Love Me?”  shows Beyonce talking to her love interest while she is dressed to death  and emulating all of the iconic pin-up girls.

Liberty is back again with a brand new collaboration. This time  they have collaborated with London based designer,  Erdem Moralioglu to create a 10 piece collection in 2 classic Liberty prints ( Mabelle and Phoebe).

This comes just weeks after Erdem was announced as the winner of the British Fashion Council, Designer Fashion Fund, and received the top award of £200,000.

The pieces will be available in June and will retail from £325 to £995.

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Anna Wintour, editor of the American Vogue, recently auctioned  off a week at Vogue ( yes there are people willing to pay to work at Vogue) for a whopping £28,000 ($42,500). The proceeds from the auction  will benefit the RFK Center. The week will be specially tailored to the individual interests and skill set of the auction winner. The winner will also get to attend a fashion show during New York Fashion Week. DO you think a week of working at Vogue  is worth £28,000?.. because there's someone out there who does. Apparently just being near Anna Wintour will make you chic so maybe that was the buyers plan, to get some chic-ness by association.

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In the 80's models would get all the magazine covers now most fashion mags put actresses on their covers. Well now models not only have to compete with actresses and singers they also have to compete with fashion editors for covers.

Vogue editor, Anna Wintour has been named the first cover girl for Industrie Magazine. The magazine is about the culture of fashion and who better to feature on the cover than the Pope of fashion, Anna Wintour.

Industrie will be on newsstands from May 10th and will feature 196 pages of photography, from contributors that include Solve Sundsbo and  Camilla Akrans. As you know we love Anna  not only because shes the leader of the fashion world but also because shes British.

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Nowadays almost  every celebrity has a clothing line and if you don’t have a clothing line then you you pretty much aren’t a celebrity. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that singer, Pixie Lott would launch a new clothing line. She has teamed up with Lipsy to create two ranges, Pixie Party and Pixie Festival.

The Pixie Party line is made up of party frocks and sexy body-con dresses while Pixie Festival is a bohemian style collection that includes denim, vests and maxi-dresses.

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