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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Carine Roitfeld covers The Edit
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"I am not a self-confident person” – seven words it is almost impossible to imagine Carine Roitfeld uttering and yet utter them she does, on the set of the NET-A-PORTER shoot. The style icon, uber-stylist and publishing powerhouse is apparently not as assured as she always seems. That she has put herself in the public eye at all, says Roitfeld, is down to two men: “Mario Testino convinced me to put my style on a picture and that gave me confidence. Then I met Tom Ford. I had worked on my own for ten years and I never felt that confident about my style. But Tom was like my stamp of approval. We had the same ideas of fashion and about what was sexy. I was his feminine side.”
Roitfeld’s work with both – the trio collaborated during Ford’s 14-year tenure at Gucci and later at Yves Saint Laurent, with Roitfeld acting as Ford’s “muse” – is enduring. The campaigns they created, and indeed Roitfeld’s shoots with Testino for Vogue Paris, are referenced – yet never emulated – time and time again.
Of course, there have been other influential fashion editors, other stylists who create aesthetics rather than just interpreting fashions, but still Roitfeld stands out. Few editors could leave the “gilded cage” of Vogue, as she described it, and set up an entirely new publishing brand, as she has done with CR Fashion Book. Even fewer with such success – the first edition, launched last September, sold out internationally.
But why? What is it about Roitfeld that sets her apart? “Carine is the ultimate woman’s crush,” explains The Edit’s Editor-in-Chief, Lucy Yeomans, who set Roitfeld the challenge of styling her own look for the new season, by taking pieces from her own wardrobe and mixing them with her picks from the NET-A-PORTER rails. “Not a girl’s crush: a woman’s crush.”
Which explains why, when it comes to Roitfeld, the details are the most important thing. Today, those details are as follows: Her breakfast is hearty – oatmeal, a banana, blueberries and a Starbucks tea. Her outfit is sleek and entirely black. “I like black because it is easy,” she explains, referring to her Balenciaga pants as “jogging” (French fashion slang for casual tracksuit bottoms). On her feet, she sports furry, aprés-ski-type Céline boots (the snowy New York weather necessitating practicality) and on top, the type of tight, wool sweater that ballet dancers favor when warming up at the barre.
In fact, a one-hour ballet lesson now kick-starts Roitfeld’s mornings each day. The exercise is “difficult” she says, but she swears by its physical benefits, which, as her signature body-con style regularly reveals, are clearly working.
Her slight, toned, irrefutably sensual frame is all the more attention-grabbing because she is 58 and also a grandmother. Nine months ago, Romy, her daughter Julia Restoin Roitfeld’s baby girl, arrived, which the “birth” theme of CR Fashion Book’s inaugural issue commemorated. Roitfeld cherishes Romy. Her insistence that she is to be known to her as “babushka”, Russian for “grandmother” or “old woman” – her beloved late father was Russian – made the New York gossip columns, so shocking seemed to be the idea of Roitfeld embracing such a mature role. “Aging – I don’t like it all,” she admits. “I don’t care about wrinkles, I don’t have many. [This is true. She swears by facials and month-long stints at Chiva-Som, the Thai health spa her friend Kate Moss recommended to her.] But my body gets tired. So I do ballet to compensate for the loss of strength.”
Indeed, dance is the theme of CR Fashion Book’s new issue, released this month, which accounts for today’s top-volume playing of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Roitfeld appears, camera-ready, to a fanfare of horns, prompting her to strike a series of graceful, balletic poses in a Saint Laurent djellaba. Swathed in voluminous dusky chiffon, she appears a regal black swan, heavy black kohl lining her sparkling green eyes.
Minutes later, that sharp, hawk-eyed gaze surveys the rails laden with new-season pieces as she contemplates her next look. Intently, she inspects the front, back and inside seams of each and every piece in the line-up, which runs the gamut from Altuzarra to her own Junya Watanabe. There’s never a negative comment or even a skeptical raising of her carefully arched eyebrows. “She’s a new designer,” she explains to a member of her entourage, who enquires about Alessandra Rich, after Roitfeld inspects a languid gown by the London red-carpet specialist. “Love!” she purrs, surveying a pretty pink Christopher Kane cocktail dress. (Roitfeld admits she mostly wears clothes by designers with whom she is friends.) “This is the pair I meant to buy!” she enthuses, placing her French-manicured hands upon Azzedine Alaïa bandage stilettos. “I love shoes,” she confesses. She favors Gianvito Rossi’s footwear because, she says, like Manolo Blahnik, he has mastered the skill for sculpting seductive stilettos, which are both “chic and comfortable”.
It was Testino, again, who prompted her to ditch her ballet flats and commandeer high heels. While the move helped to nstigate a new mode for the vertiginous decorative shoe, Roitfeld explains that, in truth, she gravitated to high heels for practicality and equality purposes: “Mario is so tall and I wanted to be tall working alongside him.”
Her style advice, as you would expect, is fearless. “Use what’s underneath – put it outside,” she instructs, assembling a Miu Miu look by placing a bra top over a sweater. “Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round, which is what I like to do,” she goes on. “That is one of my tricks.”
It is not true, though, that she makes all her fashion choices without interference. The last word on a Carine Roitfeld look customarily goes to her partner, Christian Restoin. “I always ask him what he thinks and he might tell me not to wear something like a sleeveless dress,” she says. A fashion entrepreneur, Restoin founded cult label Equipment – best known for introducing masculine work shirts into women’s wardrobes by interpreting them in soft, washed silk – in 1976.
After featuring the shirts in French ELLE, where Roitfeld first worked as a stylist, she met Restoin at a dinner party in 1983. “This is a classic,” she says proudly – even though Restoin has long since sold the company – buttoning up a black Equipment shirt over a slip dress by Carine Gilson. “I am not part of the ‘buy and throw away’ fashion generation,” she says. “I have a respect for quality. I like things which get better as they age.”
Of that, Carine Roitfeld is a true living example.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
Rihanna & Chris Brown Romance Is 'Unbreakable'
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Rihanna has spoken out about her controversial reconciliation with former flame Chris Brown, claiming that she has “very personal,” reasons for getting back together with him and now they are a couple once again their relationship is “unbreakable”.
The couple, who split in 2009 after the Don't Stop The Music singer brutally assault Rihanna, went public with their romance at the end of last year, following months of speculation they were getting back together. Despite the backlash against the romance, the 'Diamonds' star insists they're happy.
“We got a fresh start and I'm thankful for that,” she told Elle magazine.
"And right now that's what we want, a great friendship that's unbreakable. Now that we're adults we can do this right.”
When asked why she got back with the singer after what he had done to her she admitted it wasn't a snap decision.
“I have my own reasons, very very private reasons,” she said of taking Brown back. “Very personal. A lot of things. Bottom line is - I know him. I had a lot to think about and I had a lot of time to think about it. I was trying to do this for myself.”
Rihanna has been criticised as a bad role model for other women who've suffered domestic abuse, but claims the decision to get back with Chris was for herself, no-one else.
"I did not notice how many women were going through the same thing I was,” she revealed, “I didn't notice how many women were in a limbo of love, a dilemma. And with every aspect there was a different crowd of women who identified with different things."
She went on to insist getting back together wasn't a sign she'd “accepted,” his behaviour four years ago.
"No, I didn't 'accept' anything! I'm not accepting anything that's wrong! What's wrong is wrong, no matter who it's coming from and that's just that," she claimed.
At the first celeb event they attended as a couple, The Grammy Awards earlier this month, the star gave an emotional performance of her latest track 'Stay'.
Asked if it was influenced by Chris she revealed: "Stay is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever".
“You don't have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don't want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he (Chris Brown) is the one I have that kind of relationship with.”
While she maybe happy with Chris now, the star wouldn't admit that she's got marriage or baby plans for the couple.
"Shall I say this? I will probably have a kid," she added.
"(who'll be the father?) I can't tell you that. It's not my business. It's God's business."
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“We got a fresh start and I'm thankful for that,” she told Elle magazine.
"And right now that's what we want, a great friendship that's unbreakable. Now that we're adults we can do this right.”
When asked why she got back with the singer after what he had done to her she admitted it wasn't a snap decision.
“I have my own reasons, very very private reasons,” she said of taking Brown back. “Very personal. A lot of things. Bottom line is - I know him. I had a lot to think about and I had a lot of time to think about it. I was trying to do this for myself.”
Rihanna has been criticised as a bad role model for other women who've suffered domestic abuse, but claims the decision to get back with Chris was for herself, no-one else.
"I did not notice how many women were going through the same thing I was,” she revealed, “I didn't notice how many women were in a limbo of love, a dilemma. And with every aspect there was a different crowd of women who identified with different things."
She went on to insist getting back together wasn't a sign she'd “accepted,” his behaviour four years ago.
"No, I didn't 'accept' anything! I'm not accepting anything that's wrong! What's wrong is wrong, no matter who it's coming from and that's just that," she claimed.
At the first celeb event they attended as a couple, The Grammy Awards earlier this month, the star gave an emotional performance of her latest track 'Stay'.
Asked if it was influenced by Chris she revealed: "Stay is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever".
“You don't have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don't want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he (Chris Brown) is the one I have that kind of relationship with.”
While she maybe happy with Chris now, the star wouldn't admit that she's got marriage or baby plans for the couple.
"Shall I say this? I will probably have a kid," she added.
"(who'll be the father?) I can't tell you that. It's not my business. It's God's business."
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American Royalty Honey Boo boo set to take over the world
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The TLC reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is capturing the attention of audiences worldwide. The show recently premiered in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg in January. It also premiered across Asia-Pacific on Jan. 31 and in Poland on Feb. 13. Upcoming premieres are scheduled for Italy, Sweden and across Latin America in March.
The star of the show, Alana Thompson, began her rocket ride to stardom when she appeared on the fifth season premiere of Toddlers & Tiaras. The network TLC decided to give Honey Boo Boo and her entire family their very own show. The show was so popular that about 2.2 million viewers tuned in for the series premiere on Aug. 8.
The Thompson family lives in McIntyre, GA, which has a population of 650 people. Even with the fame, the family plans to live in the same house and Alana is still attending the same school. Mother June Shannon explained that it's important to keep the family grounded, even though they are getting recognized worldwide.
According to Honey Boo Boo's Facebook fan page, her latest business venture has been supporting the sale of Girl Scout cookies in her community. According to a Facebook post on Tuesday, the cookies are $3.50 + shipping. All boxes are autographed by the family and include autograph family photo.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Joan Rivers Refuses To Apologize! Rivers Slammed For Holocaust Joke About Heidi Klum
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Joan Rivers has never met a highly offensive joke she didn’t like!
With her razor sharp wit the comedienne has earned the wrath of the Anti-Defamation League after making a shocking Holocaust quip about Heidi Klum — but in true Joan style, she isn’t backing down or apologizing!
“The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens,” Joan joked about Heidi’s stunning Oscars night look where she wore a Julien Macdonald gold gown with a plunging neckline showing off her supermodel body.
The 79-year-old comedienne, who is Jewish, made the joke on her E! show Fashion Police during a segment about Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Academy Awards party — and the ADL was quick
to condemn her off-color quip.
“Of all people, Joan Rivers should know better. This remark is so vulgar and offensive to Jews and Holocaust survivors, and indeed to all Americans, that we cannot believe it made it to the airwaves,” Abraham Foxman said.
“There are certain things about the Holocaust that should be taboo. This is especially true for Jews, for whom the Holocaust is still a deeply painful memory.
“It is vulgar and offensive for anybody to use the death of six million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust to make a joke, but this is especially true for someone who is Jewish and who proudly and publicly wears her Jewishness on her sleeve.”
Joan has refused to apologize for the joke, releasing a statement to ABC News saying: “My husband lost the majority of his family at Auschwitz, and I can assure you that I have always made it a point to remind people of the Holocaust through humor.”
Rivers is known for her edgy, often offensive humor, and is usually non-apologetic — but she does sometimes censor herself– as RadarOnline.com previously reported , Joan told Howard Stern back in 2011 that she once ditched a joke about First Lady Michelle Obama from her stand-up routine – because she feared she’d be accused of racism.
Recalling the wisecrack, the comedy legend said: “We used to have Jackie O now we have Blackie O!”
Rivers said she wrote the joke in reference to Michelle’s fashionable dress sense and was comparing her to former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
“I thought it was a funny complimentary joke when she first came (to the White House),” Rivers told Stern.
“I think it’s an adorable joke… I thought it was a compliment!”
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Pregnant Kim Kardashian's Rep Breaks Silence on Baby's Gender
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There have been all kinds of rumors that Kim Kardashian is pregnant with a baby girl.
But on Wednesday E! News spoke with a rep for Kanye West's girlfriend, who would neither confirm nor deny the speculation surrounding Kimye's baby's gender. The rep did tell us, though: "When the time is right, she'll confirm it herself."
Kris Jenner's friend Kathie Lee Gifford had seemingly confirmed that Kim was pregnant with a girl on the Today show Tuesday, but on Wednesday the daytime host backtracked. She just "read it like everyone else did in the papers" and clarified that our favorite momager never told her the sex of the baby.
Kim misses Mason and Kanye, tweets sweet pics
Meaning? The magazines have a 50-50 chance at being right either way, but for 100 percent confirmation we'll have to wait until Kim is ready to tell us!
Somehow though, we don't think satisfying our kuriosity is Kim's top priority right now. She's been busy working on the Kardashian Kollection, glamming up Oscars parties, hitting the gym and, of kourse, spending time with her fam.
Speaking of which, the mom-to-be and her sister, Kourtney, spent some quality time together Wednesday in L.A. Kim looked kute and sexy, showing off her baby bump in a patterned dress. She also added some edge to her look with a hot leather jacket.
Now that is maternity fashion done right!
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mila Kunis in Marie Claire UK April 2013
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With her highly anticipated film "Oz The Great and Powerful" set to hit theaters next week (March 8), Mila Kunis garnered herself some added exposure by covering the April 2013 issue of Marie Claire UK.
Looking absolutely enchanting in white for the Craig McDean-shot front page, the 29-year-old actress opened up about everything from "That 70's Show" to her hectic Hollywood life.
During the interview, the "Black Swan" beauty chatted about moving on from television, and said, "When '70s ended I went on a mission to prove everybody wrong. I read for movies I would never do. I auditioned for everything, just to show I could do it. I needed to prove I was capable of doing things other than—forget comedy—other than a TV show."
She's definitely proved herself in Hollywood, and Mila accepts the changes that come with more esteem, explaining, "To say my life hasn't changed would be a lie. It has changed, I don't really know how. I can't complain, nor am I complaining, but I can't leave my house as freely as I used to. But I've also traveled a lot for work, so that's changed. I have been very lucky."
Although she's extremely talented and successful, the brunette beauty wants more from life. "I don't think I can do three-movies-a-year thing. It's too much. There comes a point in your life where you want to be... home."
"I want to explore other parts of this industry to see what aspects of it I can get myself into, so that I can.. work out of home maybe? Like producing. Then I can have, like, a life, in one location," she adds.
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