Archive for September, 2006

Lifestyle: ‘Top Model’ Gets Hairy

The locks were flowing and the insults flying in this action-packed second installment of my favorite guilty pleasure.
The first test of strength was the makeover when the requisite pretty girl cried about losing her hair, and then the girls were off to a multi-level makeup challenge in which they had to impress Cover Girl spokesperson […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 7

Who are these wannabe models? Who cast this crop of babies? This show was all about the hair and the contestants cried all the way to the bank. They are finally here and cannot hear the directions given to them to succeed. “I wish someone would have given me a makeover when […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Megan Morris - Second Model Voted Off On AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL

On Wednesday night, Megan Morris, a bartender from San Francisco, CA, was the second girl eliminated during hit reality TV series, AMERICA′S NEXT TOP MODEL. During judging, Nigel commented that Megan had a great body and bone structure, but that she didn′t bring that to her photograph, as it was the weakest of the bunch.
Our […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Skinny models a heavy topic in the fashion world

Waif-like models strutted down the catwalks at London Fashion Week events recently as the debate over whether models are too thin heated up around them.
The issue jumped into the limelight last week after organizers of Madrid’s Fashion Week banned models with a Body Mass Index - a ratio of height to weight - of less […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

H&M shares rise as profits beat forecasts

Hennes & Mauritz on Wednesday reported better than expected profits as it benefited from lower buying prices.
The Swedish fashion retailer, which recently enlisted Madonna to design a tracksuit as part of its autumn ranges, said sales for the third quarter excluding VAT grew by 11 per cent to SKr16.75bn ($2.28bn), while pre-tax profits grew by […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Desperate Hilton Sister Denied Entrance At Gucci Afterparty

Milan, Italy (BANG) - You can’t always get what you want but, somehow, oblivious Nicky thought otherwise. Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton made crisis calls in Milan on Wednesday after she couldn’t get into the Gucci after-show party.
The younger sister of “The Simple Life” star-turned-singer Paris Hilton was in town for the Milan fashion week modeling […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Italy Fashion: Gucci goes down memory lane at Milan

It is season of revivals in Milan with the fashion of the era gone by coming to the fore. Gucci has come out with the designs of 1960s which include silver and white A-line shifts and black, purple and orange mini-dresses as part of its spring/summer 2007 collection.
Frida Giannini has been courageous enough to break […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Fashion: Summer fashion from Italy is sizzling

Fashion followers got a wet welcome to Milan as chilly temperatures and persistent rainfall marked the opening day of the weeklong preview showings for spring-summer 2007.
Giorgio Armani, for one, is in a very good mood.
Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the front row guests at the Monday afternoon show in the ultramodern Armani headquarters.

Armani is just […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Fashion: Pete Doherty to design collection for Gio-Goi

Following in the footsteps of girlfriend Kate Moss, rocker Pete Doherty is going to design clothes for Gio-Goi, a trendy Manchester label. The deal comes just days after Moss signed a contract with Topshop to design a collection for them.
It is expected that Pete Doherty would be design and model a range of clothes for […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Versace adds glam to fashion week’s retro parade

Gone were the acid colors, gone were the clinging plastic trousers, as Versace feted its new, sober style with 1960s cream shift dresses and geometric prints.
Platinum-haired Donatella Versace hasn’t completely left behind her glamorama days — pop star Prince sat in a celebrity-studded front row, huddled in a cream-colored coat, and watched models strut past […]

Saturday, September 30th, 2006