THE ONE ~ THE ONLY~ ANGELINA JOLIE

VANITY FAIR

Meet Andrej Pejic

Andrej for Jean Paul Gaultier

"With delicate features, pillowy lips, silky blond locks and zero trace of stubble, 18-year-old model Andrej Pejic’s androgynous looks have graced a slew of runways including those of John Galliano, Raf Simons, Paul Smith and Jean Paul Gaultier, who dressed him as a Betty Catroux look- alike in itsy-bitsy briefs. “I may as well push it to the limits,” he said backstage at Paul Smith on Sunday. “I wouldn’t dress this way if I didn’t have fun with it.”

MEGAN FOX ~ EMPORIO ARMANI

It's pretty obvious why Megan Fox is the new face of Emporio Armani Underwear.

Lloyd Simmonds in top spot at YSL........

Lloyd Simmonds (formally key artist at M.A.C.) was introduced as Yves Saint Laurent’s international makeup artist at the press presentation of the new Rouge Pur Couture lipstick line in Paris on June 23 2010.

GIA & SANDY LINTER FOR MAYBELLINE

"I did the makeup on this shoot. It was probably the 2nd time I worked with Gia.
xo Sandy"

Karl Lagerfeld the artist........

“I use Shu Uemura makeup for drawing, as they have the most beautiful color palette. Did you know that in the old days, children’s books were illustrated using makeup sticks?” asked the designer, Karl Lagerfeld.

I found this very interesting news.....a bit surprised he didn't mention Chanel.

Vintage Bianca Jagger

FABULOUS!

UNTOUCHED the photo book by Johnny Rosza

"In this never-before-seen collection of 160 untouched photographs of some of the biggest names in Hollywood before they were Hollywood-ized by plastic surgery and makeovers, luminary photographer Johnny Rosza offers intimate glimpses, capturing nearly 30 years of his work. Rosza has photographed for the likes of Vogue, the Sunday London Times, and Ritz. Just some of glamorous stars included in this collection include Muhammad Ali, Halle Berry, Daniel Day Lewis, and Winona Ryder."

Purchase here.

BELLE D'OPIUM by YVES SAINT LAURENT

It was quite a scene as Linda Morand and I arrived @ the Yves Saint Laurent party where they launched their new fragrance Belle D'Opium (inspired by a "modern floral oriental").

Held at the YSL Stage, the huge open space had been turned into a multi-room experience with holograms and a theater where guests were asked to take a seat in order to be fully immersed in the world of Opium.

We saw actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and singer Alexa Ray Joel grooving to the music that Alexandra Richards and Alexa Chung were spinning as the event's DJs.

The highlight for me was talking with fashion designer Jeremy Scott and his boyfriend.

CHANEL NO. 19

LARA STONE NEW FACE OF CALVIN KLEIN

Calvin Klein Inc. has just signed an exclusive deal with Lara Stone, making the 27-year-old model the face of Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans for fall.

It marks the first time in years the fashion house has chosen to use one model for three of its brands, and Stone will be exclusive to CKI for all apparel advertising and runway appearances for fall.

If fashion history is anything to go by, the contract could catapult Stone, who is already one of the most sought-after models, into the fashion stratosphere. The Dutch native with the trademark gap in her front teeth is following in the footsteps of Christy Turlington, Kate Moss and Natalia Vodianova, whose association with the American fashion brand was instrumental in their careers.

Vodianova was the most recent exclusive face, having worked for the house from spring 2003 to fall 2007.

Stone is no stranger to the company. She was an exclusive model in the spring 2007 Collection runway show, and was in the fall 2007 Calvin Klein Jeans and fall 2008 ck Calvin Klein Beauty campaign.

“I have a long history with the Calvin Klein brand, and so it was wonderful to work with the house again this year,” said Stone, who recently got married to British comedian David Walliams. “It’s like being part of a family.”

Iman: Not Just Another Pretty Face........

On Monday night at Lincoln Center, Iman will be on the biggest fashion stage of the year, the awards gala for the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She will be recognized as this year’s Fashion Icon, a special award that goes to “an individual whose signature style has had a profound influence on fashion,” according to the council. Iman chose her friend Isabella Rossellini to present the award.

The choice of Iman by the council’s board wasn’t obvious — it’s not as if she is known for her distinctive way of dressing, like the recent honorees Kate Moss (2005) and Sarah Jessica Parker (2004). But the decision seemed to have come almost spontaneously, according to Diane von Furstenberg, the group’s president: “Somebody, I don’t remember who it was, mentioned Iman’s name at the meeting, and everybody said ‘Wow.’ The vote was unanimous.”

The designer Michael Kors, who was at the meeting, said that Iman instantly clicked with the board because she is “an icon for our times.”

“It’s not just enough to say that she is beautiful or beautifully dressed, although that is a part of the equation,” Mr. Kors said. “Iman cuts across all ages and experiences. Today women are out there trying to juggle and to make sense of it all. You look at the way Iman looks, her success in business, her need to try new things and to have her own point of view and be a wife and mother — well, not many people have come full circle like that.”

DURING an interview at the Seventh Avenue office of her cosmetics company, where she works three days a week, Iman — 5 feet 9, 133 pounds and a fit size 6 — is soignée in flared denims, wedge peep-toes and a navy jacket over a white T-shirt. The walls are covered with images of herself by the likes of Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber and Helmut Newton, a testimony to her stellar career.

The fashion designers’ award, which came as a surprise to her, “does the ego good,” she admitted. Among the well-wishers was Alexander Wang, the hot young designer, who offered to dress Iman in something special. “I plan to take him up on that,” she said, chuckling.

She tells the well-documented story of how she arrived in New York in 1975, the daughter of a Somalian diplomat. She spoke five languages but had never worn makeup or high heels.

She credits the nurturing she got from designers, who gave her confidence in an era when model-muses were prized for their individuality — and their own ideas. “We were allowed to talk and to change things,” she said.

Designers like Yves Saint Laurent or Mr. Mugler expected her to speak up. “ ‘Do you like that? Would you wear it that way?’ ”she said. “You could be your own person. And nobody walked the same way on the runway.”

“Don’t get me wrong, there are great girls today,” she said, listing stars like Raquel Zimmermann, Coco Rocha and her namesake Chanel Iman. “But they have lost that role, of collaborating with the designers. There is not that relationship anymore.”

It’s an opinion shared by Mr. Kors, who recalled his first fashion show in 1984, when Iman restyled a shawl her way before she hit the catwalk and how much better it looked.

“No way would that happen today,” he said. “It’s hard for a 16-year-old model to have an opinion.”

After 14 years of modeling, Iman made what was a breakthrough move in 1994, starting her own cosmetics line, featuring impossible-to-find foundation shades for women of color. More than just the pretty face on the package, Iman was the brains behind what was inside those tubes and bottles. She knew what she was doing; for years, she’d been mixing her own formulations for makeup artists to use on her.

Today Iman Cosmetics is a $25-million-a-year business centered on $14.99 foundations in 4 formulations and 14 shades; the brand is among the top-selling foundations sold on Walgreens.com. “At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modeling, but my cosmetics line,” she said.

Read the rest of the New York Times article here.

Vintage Charles of the Ritz........

ARA GALLANT

A fascinating book edited by David Wills full of quotes by friends and admirers (including yours truly) with photos by Richard Avedon and Ara himself (see cover above). All beautifully woven together telling the story of one of the super star hair stylists of the fashion world. You can buy the book here.

"He was born Ira Gallantz in 1932 in the Bronx, but later changed his name to the more exotic-sounding Ara Gallant-and the life he led was indeed an exotic one. Gallant began his professional career in fashion as a hairdresser, working at Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York as one of the city's top colorists. In the mid-1960s, he was approached by Vogue and began to work exclusively on photo assignments, the first hair stylist to be paid to fulfill such a role. Gallant went on to work with many of the great fashion photographers of the period, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Bert Stern among them. Perhaps his most notable contribution as a stylist was the introduction of "flying hair," an effect he first used on an Avedon shoot with iconic model Twiggy in 1966, and which is still widely employed today. By the early 1970s, Gallant had begun shooting his own pictures, his first assignment being a set of celebrity portraits for Interview magazine. His work often juxtaposed classic Horst-like compositions with contemporary scenarios. In the early 1980s, Gallant moved to Los Angeles to pursue a directing career, which never happened; in 1990, he committed suicide in a Las Vegas hotel room. This new book tracing Gallant's life and career is edited by David Wills and features photographs by Richard Avedon plus a foreword by Anjelica Huston."

VOGUE CHINA BEAUTY

Model Sun Fei Fei in Vogue China Beauty ‘High Knots Classroom’.

LUXE LIPS BY TOM FORD

Who: Tom Ford

What: His new Private Blend Lip Color Collection, which consists of 12 “perfect” shades that range from Vanilla Suede (shown here) to Black Orchid, a naughty-looking deep plum.

Why: Sex in a stick best describes Ford’s lush, creamy and richly pigmented new lipsticks. Full of performance-enhancing ingredients like soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter and chamomilla flower oil, these lipsticks smell and feel as good as they look. And because this is after all Tom Ford we’re talking about, the packaging is as sublime as the product. Public touch-ups suddenly seem mandatory, not gauche.

How much: $45.

Where: Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue.

JACLYN SMITH photographed by MIKE RUIZ

Hair and makeup by Lorenzo.

Creative director David Frank Ray and Jaclyn Smith.

AVEDON HOME & STUDIO FOR SALE

Richard Avedon photographed Suzy Parker,
Evening Dress by Dior, August 1956



Read the entire New York Times story here.

Liu Wen, the newest face of Estee Lauder....

Great news!

ETERNAL MAGIC by ZOE SALDANA for AVON

Fresh on the heels of starring in Avatar, the highest grossing movie ever, Hollywood starlet Zoe Saldana invites you to to escape into a world of mystical fantasy and unlock the mystery of Eternal Magic, a romantic scent that embodies the power of true femininity.


“I'm very proud to be working with Avon and to be the face of Eternal Magic. It means so much to me to be associated with a company that shares my values and believes in empowering women,” Saldana says.


Inspired by the rare Princess Monaco Rose, the Floral Woody fragrance captivates with the following notes:
Top Notes: Sheer Violet, Sicilian Bergamot, Pink Peppercorn

Heart Notes: Princess Monaco Rose, Orris, Magnolia Leaves

Base Notes: Creamy Vanilla Warmth, Transparent Woods, Fluffy Cloud Accord

Kate Hudson New Face For Almay Cosmetics....

Almay signs Kate Hudson to new contract.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer

Proudly showing off her growing baby bump, supermodel Claudia Schiffer poses nude for the June cover of Vogue Germany. Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld shot the glowing mom in a pose that is nearly identical to Demi Moore's infamous 1991 Vanity Fair cover in which the actress posed in the buff at seven-months pregnant.

Schiffer, 39, who announced her pregnancy in January, is expecting a baby girl with husband, director Matthew Vaughn, in May. The couple are already parents to Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5.

Lena Horne has gone to her Cabin in the Sky......

Ms.Horne died Sunday, May 9, 2010, less than two months before her 93rd birthday, at the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She is also survived by her grandson, Teddy Jones and her grandaughter, Lena Jones. May she rest in peace.



Read about the details of her life here.

THOSE CHEEKBONES At Rootstein Display Mannequins in Chelsea. What do their looks say about us?

Very interesting, read this.

Julianne Moore's Makeup for Spring

We loved the retro 60s look on Ms Moore in Tom Ford's film A Single Man.