Keira’s IN!
June 18, 2008
Yesterday, i reported that Emma Watson, Hermione Granger in Harry Potter, has replaced Keira Knightley as the face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle Perfume. It turns out that the news isn’t true. Yup. Chanel Reps has come out to say that Watson has not replaced Knightley and the gamine pirate star will continue to be the face of the perfume line.
So, there you have it. Now you know first hand that the news is false!
Changing Chanel
June 17, 2008
It seems that Keira Knightley has been replaced as the face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle perfume. Emma Watson, of Harry Potter fame, has reportedly signed a $6 million contract with Chanel and will therefore be fronting the Chanel perfume line come this fall. On the other end of the spectrum, Knightley has recently been fending off anorexia rumours once again.
Ah well, celebrities VS celebrities. if the anorexia rumours are true, she is therefore hungry and out of job. Life must be a f**kin’ bitch for Keira Knightley now!
Editor’s note: I‘d really like to apologize for the lack of posts recently. I’ve been terribly busy with this project i’m working on. It’s going to be hot! So haute, it’s Mayy-Juh! I’ll tell you more once i’ve completed at least 70% of things! in the meantime, stay tuned and much love for the continued support!
starlight, starbright – first Moss i see tonight!
June 4, 2008
Whoever said that fashion has no heart? Supermodel Kate Moss teamed up with Starlight Children’s Foundation recently to launch her very own special charity tee for her latest collection for Topshop. These fabulous tees, designed by Moss herself, will benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation focussing on terminally and seriously ill children.
The Supermodel-turned-fashion mogul has set her hopes high in raising £75,000 for the organization which will enable Starlight to grant an additional wish for a sick or terminally ill child every week over the coming year. How fabulous!
Apparently, Moss is not the only one with a heart. Socialite and recent mother, Nicole Richie, has also pledged her support for Charity. The It Girl was seen wearing a charity tank top for Signorelli’s Angel Collection to benefit the Children’s Health Fund.
The Signorelli’s Angel Collection tanks are available in The USA in major stores like Fred Segal & Kitson while Moss’ tees will be available in Topshops across England this Friday.
news & photo credit: Vogue, UK
RIP: Yves Saint Laurent
June 2, 2008
The fashion world mourns the death of what is probably the most iconic designers in the industry – Yves Saint Laurent. Saint Laurent, 71, died Sunday night at his Paris home after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.
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Born on Aug. 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria, Saint Laurent first emerged as a promising designer at age 17, winning first prize in a contest sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat for a cocktail dress design.
A year later, in 1954, he enrolled at the Chambre Syndicale school of haute couture lasting only for three months in the school. He was then introduced to Christian Dior, then regarded as the greatest creator of his day, and Dior was so impressed with Saint Laurent’s talent that he hired him on the spot.
When Dior died suddenly in 1957, Saint Laurent was named head of the House of Dior at age 21. In 1962, Saint Laurent opened his own haute couture fashion house with partner, Pierre Berge.
In a remarkable five-decade career, Saint Laurent empowered a generation of women; his ground-breaking brainwave of putting women in masculine yet chic tuxedoes was a defining moment in fashion. Saint Laurent’s designs celebrated the growing empowerment of women and their increasing sexual liberation, dressing them in thigh-high leather boots, see-through blouses and his legendary black tuxedos, or “le smoking” as the French referred to them. Saint Laurent was also the first designer to use black models, in another example of his path-breaking role in fashion. He was also the first designer to put women in safari jackets and Beatnik looks, items that seem so familiar now, but when first displayed on his catwalks scandalized the general public.
We will forever remember this true icon and the fashion world has definitely lost one of its most celebrated and legendary icons of the 20th century.
news source: The Associated Press
photo credit: google images
