Posts Tagged ‘models’

  • Fashion Speaks Louder than words: Just ask Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
    Carla Bruni-Sarkozy may have given her first real speech yesterday, since touching down in the U.K on Wednesday, but it’s her outfits that have had the first and last diplomatic word.
    by Michele Obi at March 28th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
  • Model Profile: Toni Garrn
    It’s another fashion fairytale; gorgeous girl gets scooped up off the street and suddenly finds herself as part of a two-season runway exclusive with a main designer and the face of his new campaign. In this case the gorgeous girl is Toni Garrn of Hamburg and the main designer is Calvin Klein. Garrn had no modelling aspirations prior to her impromptu scouting encounter;...
    by Lindsay North at March 27th, 2008 at 08:03 am
  • Possible career change: Kate Moss buys a Black Cab!
    If you were rich and famous would you buy a black cab to run around in? According to the
    by Michele Obi at March 24th, 2008 at 10:03 am
  • Role Models: Naomi Campbell and Gavin Douglas praised by Prime Minister
    Supermodel, Naomi Campbell and designer, Gavin Douglas (winner of Fashion Fringe 2006) were among 50 black indviduals praised by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday night, at the launch of the Black Britannia photgraphic exhibition at London’s City Hall. The exhibition aims to “provide inspiration” to today’s generation of black Britons. On display...
    by Michele Obi at March 21st, 2008 at 07:03 am
  • Jessica Stam: More on how to walk like a model
    This time, model Jessica Stam
    by Michele Obi at March 20th, 2008 at 03:03 pm
  • How to: Walk like a Supermodel
    Models and their infamous walk has been subject to much ridicule over the years. The thing is, can we imagine them walking any other way? If you are in fact a fan of the “walk”, then check out the video above for tips. Apparently its all about, 1. Perfect posture 2. Rhythm and Timing 3. Attitude
    by Michele Obi at March 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am
  • Gisele on working with Lebron James…
    “He doesn’t really make you feel small, even though he is big,” she says in the magazine. “I think my leg is like the size of his shoe.” - Gisele Bündchen on working with Lebron James for the
    by Michele Obi at March 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
  • Lebron James and Gisele Bündchen do US Vogue
    The latest issue of US Vogue has hit newsstands and as we suspected it’s generating quite a buzz. For reasons unknown to us, editor, Anna Wintour opted to break Vogue’s unwritten rules for its annual shape issue and have not one but two models grace the cover, one of them being a man and a black man at that. Shot by Annie Lebowitz, professional Basketball player...
    by Michele Obi at March 14th, 2008 at 10:03 am
  • Claudia Schiffer’s got a new job!
    Claudia Schiffer will be joining the judging panel at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week. The supermodel will help to choose the winner of the £20,000 River Island Gold award. Schiffer follows in the footsteps of previous judges, Alber Elbaz, Artistic Director Lanvin, Stefano Pilati, Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent, Christopher Bailey, Creative Director Burberry...
    by Michele Obi at March 12th, 2008 at 02:03 pm
  • Opinions: Garments as Art
    It’s easy to criticize the fashion industry. Promoting eating disorders aside, the clothes are well beyond the price range of most people and it can be fairly pretentious (read an article in Vogue objectively). A lot of people don’t get just what is so appealing about watching a bunch of women with the curvature of a coat rack strut down a runway in impossibly...
    by Lindsay North at March 11th, 2008 at 04:03 am