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09
Nov
“I think it’s very sad that Gemma gave up on modeling. She’s a very beautiful woman and I think she could make a name for herself in the plus-size niche. You know, give Crystal Renn a run for her money. I would love to see curvier girls in fashion and Gemma Ward represents curvy women like no other.”
… and I stand by, 100%, what I said. Gemma is absolutely beautiful and I think (this is just my opinion; agree to disagree everyone) that she’s a perfect fit for plus-size (or any for that matter — I just want her to be THERE) modeling as opposed to the world of high fashion which we all know, let’s not be hypocrites here, require girls to fit a very rigorous and very specific standard.
I just it find puzzling how the media thought of it as an attack.
Lou Lou de la Falaise, the original muse that launched a thousand muses, once again is the source of inspiration for the House of YSL. (via YSL Cruise 2010 RTW - Couture Snob
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Nearly every one of his 35-pieces was based on the notion of the shell. Some of the references were obvious such as the mother-of-pearl necklaces and a silk chiffon dress (with cutout shoulders) done in a junonia shell print. Other tributes were more subtle and figured into the cut and drape of a skirt, such as the jade one seen right. It’s meant to embody a shell’s circular form and soft, rounded edges. (via Quick Hits - YSL 2010 Cruise Collection - StyleList
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There were any number of reasons that Bailey, the creative director of Burberry, might not wish a reporter to see his flat that day. It might be messy. Or, maybe, Bailey knew how it would look — how he would look — to have the hub of his private life presented as a kind of totem for his success at Burberry, which had just reported record profits of $167 million on sales of $1.2 billion.
He remains happiest in Yorkshire, among “the cows and trees” of his childhood or playing with his dog, George, a brown labrador. In 2005, his “situation changed from black to white” when his partner, Geert Cloet, brand director of Miu Miu, died of a brain tumour. “That experience puts everything in perspective. It makes you love life every day. It completely changed the way I approach everything. Life’s too short to be doing things that make you unhappy.