Elizabeth Banks To Play Tinkerbell





It seems Tinkerbell has been campaigning for her own starring vehicle for some time now. Not content with taking a back seat to Peter Pan and Captain Hook the little pixie/fairy hybrid is ready to take centre stage in a new romantic comedy simply titled Tink.

Taking the role will be Elizabeth Banks, which I have to admit, is pretty solid casting. The actress isn’t only starring but is also responsible for getting the project off the ground with the help of her production company Brownstone Productions that she owns with her husband.

There is one major problem. Also on producing duties is a man called McG! Whenever this name is mentioned in terms of cinema massive alarm bells begin to ring. Lets face it. His name isn’t exactly synonymous with quality is it?

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Sonam Kapoor apologises to Shobhaa De






Mumbai: Shobhaa De did not like Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor’s recent release and she made sure that she spoke her heart out.

This, however, did not go down too well with the film-maker Punit Malhotra who on Twitter posted remarks saying the acclaimed author wasn’t getting too much action and because of this she was venting out her angst on his movie.

This tirade against Shobhaa also saw Sonam get drawn into it as she was evidently upset that Shobhaa was ripping apart a film that has given her the biggest box office success to date.

What followed were a series of remarks and counter remarks. But the latest twist to the tale is that Sonam has publicly apologised to the author.

“Mrs De I owe you an apology for getting personal. I’m ashamed for my momentary lapse in judgement. And apologetic. Every writer and journalist and audience is entitled to their opinion and I respect that,” she wrote on Twitter.

Sources close to the actor reveals, “It takes guts to apologise on a public platform and Sonam has been getting a lot of adulation for her act. It was all heat of the moment. Sonam didn’t mean to get personal with Shobhaa. She is someone who loves language and literature and she holds Shobhaa in high esteem. Moreover, Shobhaa is older to her and she feels she hasn’t been respectful towards her. She wants to undo the bad blood that this fiasco has already caused. Thus, the apology. This matter will be put to rest now for sure.”

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Sex ban slapped on malaria-hit Cheryl Cole






London: Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has been banned by doctors from having sex.
The frail Girls Aloud singer survived a horror spell in intensive care and finally returned to her Surrey home on Wednesday.

Cheryl with her mother Joan Callaghan and dancer friend Derek Hough had a good laugh when she found out that her high blood pressure meant that she had to keep away from alcohol and sex.

"Cheryl managed to summon enough energy for a giggle when she was given the news about a sex ban. It's the last thing on her mind right now," The Sun quoted asource as saying.

"She has also been told to avoid alcohol for the coming weeks," the source added.

Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas lead singer Will.I.Am has been sending Cheryl huge bouquets and also been calling Joan and Derek to get her health updates.

"Will has been phoning Joan and Derek non-stop to find out how Cheryl is," said a source.

"He's also sent the most beautiful bunches of flowers. He's been desperate to see her but she hasn't been up to having visitors. As soon as Joan said she was a lot better, he wasted no time arranging a visit," the source added

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Michael Jackson had a secret son with mystery women in Vegas?


London: A boy brought up by legendary pop star Michael Jackson and his family is rumoured to be his secret son, according to insiders.

Donte Williams Jackson may be the son of the King of Pop and a mystery woman he had a brief fling with.

The Jackson family has raised the 18-year-old boy since he was a toddler and he still lives with Jackson's 80-year-old mother Katherine.

Alejandra Oaziaza, who has four kids by Jacko's brothers Randy and Jermaine, mainly looked after Donte.

Earlier it was thought that Donte was the son of Alejandra and Randy, before she left him for Jermaine.

But he can't be their biological son as he was born just eight months after their previous child.

It is now being speculated that Donte is the son of Jackson from an affair in Las Vegas in the 1990s.

"Michael was always very close to Donte. We're not even sure if Donte knows who his parents are. He's one of the nicest kids you could possibly meet,"

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Gwyneth Paltrow gets 'fuzzy nap zones' in her penthouse


NEW YORK: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly got "fuzzy nap zones" designed in her 5 million dollars Tribeca penthouse by interior masters at Roman and Williams.


According to RealEstalker.com, Paltrow's fuzzy nap zone rooms are lush pastel sanctuaries, complete with fuzzy rugs, soft lighting, plenty of plush day beds, and a swinging pillow-covered couch.

Apparently, the entire 4,400 square-foot space has the same peaceful pastel feel.

The kitchen boasts purple pastel banquettes with white dining tables, crisp white window treatments, and muted white cabinets.

On the decorators' website, they describe working on the decor project for "an actress, her musician husband, and their children", reports the New York Daily News.

"Designing and coordinating all interior architecture and custom decoration of the project with sheer energy and completely rule of everything mundane. With light use of mouldings, glassy paint and fuzzy nap zones they embedded this Tribeca apartment with gravitas, care and lllluuuuxury making it suitable for both entertaining and for the needs of a young family," they said on the website.

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Rihanna - Rehab - Good Girl Gone Bad Album

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Rihanna "Cry"

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Rihanna - Hate that I love you (feat. Bisbal)

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Rihanna "Russian Roulette" Music Video & SNL Performance

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Rihanna - Unfaithful

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Rihanna - We Ride

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Rihanna - Hate That I Love You ft. Ne-Yo

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Rihanna - Pon de Replay

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Rihanna - Disturbia

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Rihanna - Music Of The Sun [Music Video]

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Rihanna - Rehab ft. Justin Timberlake

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Rihanna - Hard ft. Jeezy

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Rihanna - Take A Bow

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Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

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Rihanna - Whipping My Hair

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Rihanna - Rude Boy

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Christina Milian - Say I ft. Young Jeezy

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Christina Milian - Dip It Low

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Christina Milian-When you look at me[special version] lyrics

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Christina Milian- Gimme More

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Christina Milian - It Hurts When

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Christina Milian I'm Sorry

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Romeo - It's All Gravy feat. Christina Milian

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Christina Milian feat Joe Budden - Whatever You Want

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Christina Milian ~ 7 Days

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Christina Milian - A Girl Like Me

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Christina Milian - You Make Me Laugh

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Christina Milian ~ Thank You

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Rihanna - Umbrella ft. Jay-Z

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Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

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Akon - Oh Africa 2010 for CAN 2010 **hot**

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Akon ft Keri Hilson - Oh Africa + Lyrics & Download (World Cup 2010)

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Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)

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DJ KHALED, AKON & TI "We Takin' Over"

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Akon - Locked Up ft. Styles P

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Akon - I Wanna Love You ft. Snoop Dogg

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Dangerous ft. Akon

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The Chipmunks: Smack That by Akon feat. Eminem

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Anglomania Delivered (By Way Of L.A.)


Echt English designs, bought in L.A., shipped to wherever, Dubuque to Detroit: another victory for the age of the Internet. It’s getting easier every day to get the product you want wherever you may be, and today is no exception. Kristen Lee and Brady Cunningham’s path-breaking Los Angeles boutique, TenOverSix, is the latest to join Farfetch.com, which ships the best of their stock all over. That means Vivienne Westwood’s grungy-cool Anglomania totes (pictured), not to mention bags by New York’s Alexander Wang, vintage-style swimsuits from Australia’s Lover, jewelry by L.A.’s Made Her Think, and more. The world is flat, and getting flatter—bully!
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Grafitti tote, $261, and Teddy Bear tote, $266, available at www.farfetch.com.

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Lanvin’s Bauble Man; Sir Paul, Balletomane; Stephen Jones To Take The Screen; And More…

Loved the toothy jewels Alber Elbaz sent down the runway at Lanvin (pictured)? Meet the man behind them: 33-year-old jewelry phenom Elie Top. [Hint Mag]

“Buy It Now,” wherever: eBay launches an iPhone app for its fashion sales. (That sound you’re hearing is our checking accounts precipitously depleting.) [WWD]

A new exhibition of Paul Smith’s photographs of dancers from London’s Royal Ballet, now on view in Smith’s Tokyo store, will make its way to London in September. Royal Ballet principal Steven McRae, who stars in Smith’s Japanese ad campaign, explained the partnership simply: “Fashion and ballet go together as well as gin and tonic.” Bottoms up! [WWD]

Milliner Stephen Jones is set to make his film debut in Madonna’s latest film, W.E., about the life of King Edward VIII and his American-born wife, Wallis Simpson. A multi-talent! Our hat’s off to you, sir. [Vogue U.K.]

And a moment of silence, please, for the late, great Gianni Versace; the designer was killed 13 years ago today outside of his home in Miami. [Racked]

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Anglomania Delivered (By Way Of L.A.)


Echt English designs, bought in L.A., shipped to wherever, Dubuque to Detroit: another victory for the age of the Internet. It’s getting easier every day to get the product you want wherever you may be, and today is no exception. Kristen Lee and Brady Cunningham’s path-breaking Los Angeles boutique, TenOverSix, is the latest to join Farfetch.com, which ships the best of their stock all over. That means Vivienne Westwood’s grungy-cool Anglomania totes (pictured), not to mention bags by New York’s Alexander Wang, vintage-style swimsuits from Australia’s Lover, jewelry by L.A.’s Made Her Think, and more. The world is flat, and getting flatter—bully!
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Grafitti tote, $261, and Teddy Bear tote, $266, available at www.farfetch.com.

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Lanvin’s Bauble Man; Sir Paul, Balletomane; Stephen Jones To Take The Screen; And More…

Loved the toothy jewels Alber Elbaz sent down the runway at Lanvin (pictured)? Meet the man behind them: 33-year-old jewelry phenom Elie Top. [Hint Mag]

“Buy It Now,” wherever: eBay launches an iPhone app for its fashion sales. (That sound you’re hearing is our checking accounts precipitously depleting.) [WWD]

A new exhibition of Paul Smith’s photographs of dancers from London’s Royal Ballet, now on view in Smith’s Tokyo store, will make its way to London in September. Royal Ballet principal Steven McRae, who stars in Smith’s Japanese ad campaign, explained the partnership simply: “Fashion and ballet go together as well as gin and tonic.” Bottoms up! [WWD]

Milliner Stephen Jones is set to make his film debut in Madonna’s latest film, W.E., about the life of King Edward VIII and his American-born wife, Wallis Simpson. A multi-talent! Our hat’s off to you, sir. [Vogue U.K.]

And a moment of silence, please, for the late, great Gianni Versace; the designer was killed 13 years ago today outside of his home in Miami. [Racked]

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She’s Got The Beat

This weekend, the Siren Festival hits Coney Island, bringing with it hipsters by the drove (well, those who haven’t carpooled their way to the other hipster music fest of record, Pitchfork in Chicago). Here in New York, Ilirjana Alushaj (pictured, front) and her band, Apache Beat, whose first album arrives this October, will be taking the stage—dressed, no doubt, better than just about anybody else.

Style cred? Yeah, she’s got that. Alushaj name-checks designers such as Suno and Ashish when talking about her love of print, and she recently rocked a Camilla Stærk dress at a concert. “I’m into clothes that are innovative yet realistic,” she says. “No Gaga gun bras for me, I’m afraid.” Bonus style points for founding and editing The Pop Manifesto, her online mag, which mainly focuses on music but occasionally dips a toe into designer waters, too. The magazine pre-dates the two-year-old Apache Beat, and Alushaj says that the band is in some ways an extension of that project. “I guess I felt like another way of showing my love for music was by making it,” she notes. “And I think you see my taste in both, obviously. The bands I choose to write about reflect my taste, and the sound of Apache Beat reflects my taste, too.” Alushaj describes said sound as “psychedelic tribal rock,” but you can judge that for yourself, since the band is debuting the album version of its song “Tropics” here.


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Daphne And Daisy Welcome Acne To Wobo

At his new four-story space in Mayfair’s “Wobo” (that’s West of Bond Street), Acne’s Jonny Johansson tells Style.com why he chose upscale Mayfair rather than edgy Shoreditch for his first retail shop in London: “Space has always been more important than location. We looked at so many places and knew this was the right one because of its history—we knew we could add our own contemporary twist to it. It was big, raw and challenging.” Fortune favors the brave, but the process wasn’t without its ups and downs. “Let me tell you, halfway through I was regretting it,” Johansson adds with a chuckle.

But no regrets last night, when the London scene descended—despite the searing heat, which kept many hovering outside—to see the shop. Daphne Guinness (in a nail-covered Gareth Pugh suit, sharp enough that she was scratching fellow partygoers as they jostled by, below), Daisy Lowe (above, with Johansson and Jaime Winstone), Henry Holland, Alexander Dellal, Anouck Lepère, and Lulu Kennedy all dropped by for a peek at the multilevel space.

Wobo is the neighborhood of choice these days for any designer of repute, and Acne’s neighbors include Marc Jacobs, Rick Owens, Stella McCartney, DVF, Charlotte Olympia, and, of course, Rei Kawakubo’s iconic Dover Street Market, right down the block. “I find Dover Street Market utterly amazing and inspirational—I am trying not to think about being so close to such a legend.” His own legend may well be in the making.

Photos: Courtesy of Acne

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She’s Got The Beat

This weekend, the Siren Festival hits Coney Island, bringing with it hipsters by the drove (well, those who haven’t carpooled their way to the other hipster music fest of record, Pitchfork in Chicago). Here in New York, Ilirjana Alushaj (pictured, front) and her band, Apache Beat, whose first album arrives this October, will be taking the stage—dressed, no doubt, better than just about anybody else.

Style cred? Yeah, she’s got that. Alushaj name-checks designers such as Suno and Ashish when talking about her love of print, and she recently rocked a Camilla Stærk dress at a concert. “I’m into clothes that are innovative yet realistic,” she says. “No Gaga gun bras for me, I’m afraid.” Bonus style points for founding and editing The Pop Manifesto, her online mag, which mainly focuses on music but occasionally dips a toe into designer waters, too. The magazine pre-dates the two-year-old Apache Beat, and Alushaj says that the band is in some ways an extension of that project. “I guess I felt like another way of showing my love for music was by making it,” she notes. “And I think you see my taste in both, obviously. The bands I choose to write about reflect my taste, and the sound of Apache Beat reflects my taste, too.” Alushaj describes said sound as “psychedelic tribal rock,” but you can judge that for yourself, since the band is debuting the album version of its song “Tropics” here.


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Daphne And Daisy Welcome Acne To Wobo

At his new four-story space in Mayfair’s “Wobo” (that’s West of Bond Street), Acne’s Jonny Johansson tells Style.com why he chose upscale Mayfair rather than edgy Shoreditch for his first retail shop in London: “Space has always been more important than location. We looked at so many places and knew this was the right one because of its history—we knew we could add our own contemporary twist to it. It was big, raw and challenging.” Fortune favors the brave, but the process wasn’t without its ups and downs. “Let me tell you, halfway through I was regretting it,” Johansson adds with a chuckle.

But no regrets last night, when the London scene descended—despite the searing heat, which kept many hovering outside—to see the shop. Daphne Guinness (in a nail-covered Gareth Pugh suit, sharp enough that she was scratching fellow partygoers as they jostled by, below), Daisy Lowe (above, with Johansson and Jaime Winstone), Henry Holland, Alexander Dellal, Anouck Lepère, and Lulu Kennedy all dropped by for a peek at the multilevel space.

Wobo is the neighborhood of choice these days for any designer of repute, and Acne’s neighbors include Marc Jacobs, Rick Owens, Stella McCartney, DVF, Charlotte Olympia, and, of course, Rei Kawakubo’s iconic Dover Street Market, right down the block. “I find Dover Street Market utterly amazing and inspirational—I am trying not to think about being so close to such a legend.” His own legend may well be in the making.

Photos: Courtesy of Acne

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David Guetta - Sexy Chick (Featuring Akon)

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The Word From Amsterdam:
“Not Everything Has To Be Wearable”

Holland may have taken a blow in a certain soccer tournament of late, but there was no talk of runners-up at the gala opening of Amsterdam International Fashion Week, which kicked off Wednesday night with two radically different visions from Dutch design houses, albeit united by a shared aquatic sensibility.

First down the runway was a wearable, nautical-influenced collection from sister-sister duo Spijkers en Spijkers, whose Breton-striped shifts and Delft-hued, galleon-print maxi dresses struck a chord—not least with Amsterdam’s front-row boat owners.

Arguably less suitable for canal-side weekending were the uncompromising creations of Iris van Herpen, whose collection featured plasticized droplets cascading off garments and the sort of leather ribcage lattices that could spell tan-line disaster (pictured). Van Herpen’s headline appearance in Amsterdam represents something of a coup for organizers; having trained under the late Alexander McQueen, the Dutch designer is used to showing at London fashion week. But she treated her hometown to a ten-look preview demonstrating, as she told Style.com, that “not everything has to be wearable.”

Jean-Paul Paula, the fashion director of Amsterdam’s online MycroMag (and occasional walker in van Herpen’s womenswear shows), was glad to see the return of challenging fashion. For him, this collection signified a welcome return to a time when, as he put it, “Amsterdam was for renegades, much less conservative than what it has become lately. I know people are all too eager to make the comparison, but, like McQueen, Iris really does create her own universe.”

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All The Hiss, None Of The Boo

Taking in the various Resort shows, I noticed a trend I’ve been seeing more and more of over the past few months: python. But not the real stuff—there was that, too, of course, but I’m talking python prints, which give the luxe look at cut cost (though in the case of Lanvin et al., that’s all relative, of course). Those prints even let Stella McCartney, fashion’s loudest animal activist, get in on the style without skinning a soul. The print seems to have a particular hold on summer dressing: Both Michael Kors and Lanvin offered python swimwear, and Alber Elbaz even created an entire ensemble to go with it—a long dress that’d be a perfect cover-up, plus a matching nylon bag and carry-on. Click here for our roundup of serpentine chic, from Stella’s day dresses to Tumi’s wheeled luggage.

PLUS: For more Resort trends, check out our roundup of the top trends of Resort ‘11.

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Barcelona Fashion Week: Cutting-Edge, International, Grandma-Inspired

Barcelona 080 fashion week is a bit of an oddity among the European fashion fests. The city has a long tradition of style—it’s famous for espadrilles, which even the Barcelona police used to wear—but classic looks aren’t part of the runway offerings here. The 13 Catalan designers who showed over the past three days each took different directions, but all bypassed the traditional suiting and classic womenswear. For its Spring ‘11 session, 080 Barcelona awarded €10,000 prizes to two local talents: Manuel Bolaño’s women’s collection, A Little About Me (pictured), was, he says, “inspired by my grandmother at her house in a country town.” Judging by the billowy jumpsuits, crochet lace body stockings, and layered skirts in rubber or metallic brocade, Gran was one very forward-thinking woman. In menswear, Catalonia’s rising star, Juan Antonio Ávalos, showed a collection called Tropical Knight, full of vivid color combinations such as red and pink. He managed to juxtapose medieval elements like coats of arms with seventies Cali surf-and-skate styles.

In addition to local talent, 080 Barcelona invited five rising stars from across the world to show here this season: India’s Manish Arora, Greece’s Yiorgos Eleftheriades, and three designers from South Korea: Juun.J, Songzio, and Lee Jean Youn, who won last year’s Mango Fashion Awards. “I’ve got two days here after this show, and that’s my summer vacation,” said Juun.J, who titled his Spring menswear collection “Flap” because the airy pieces make him think of birds’ wings. Eleftheriades took the occasion to show his draped women’s looks alongside a selection of his new menswear. And Arora managed to party till dawn every night and still wow the crowd with his Art Deco kaleidoscope pieces dripping with Indian beading and embroidery.

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The Word From Amsterdam:
“Not Everything Has To Be Wearable”

Holland may have taken a blow in a certain soccer tournament of late, but there was no talk of runners-up at the gala opening of Amsterdam International Fashion Week, which kicked off Wednesday night with two radically different visions from Dutch design houses, albeit united by a shared aquatic sensibility.

First down the runway was a wearable, nautical-influenced collection from sister-sister duo Spijkers en Spijkers, whose Breton-striped shifts and Delft-hued, galleon-print maxi dresses struck a chord—not least with Amsterdam’s front-row boat owners.

Arguably less suitable for canal-side weekending were the uncompromising creations of Iris van Herpen, whose collection featured plasticized droplets cascading off garments and the sort of leather ribcage lattices that could spell tan-line disaster (pictured). Van Herpen’s headline appearance in Amsterdam represents something of a coup for organizers; having trained under the late Alexander McQueen, the Dutch designer is used to showing at London fashion week. But she treated her hometown to a ten-look preview demonstrating, as she told Style.com, that “not everything has to be wearable.”

Jean-Paul Paula, the fashion director of Amsterdam’s online MycroMag (and occasional walker in van Herpen’s womenswear shows), was glad to see the return of challenging fashion. For him, this collection signified a welcome return to a time when, as he put it, “Amsterdam was for renegades, much less conservative than what it has become lately. I know people are all too eager to make the comparison, but, like McQueen, Iris really does create her own universe.”

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All The Hiss, None Of The Boo

Taking in the various Resort shows, I noticed a trend I’ve been seeing more and more of over the past few months: python. But not the real stuff—there was that, too, of course, but I’m talking python prints, which give the luxe look at cut cost (though in the case of Lanvin et al., that’s all relative, of course). Those prints even let Stella McCartney, fashion’s loudest animal activist, get in on the style without skinning a soul. The print seems to have a particular hold on summer dressing: Both Michael Kors and Lanvin offered python swimwear, and Alber Elbaz even created an entire ensemble to go with it—a long dress that’d be a perfect cover-up, plus a matching nylon bag and carry-on. Click here for our roundup of serpentine chic, from Stella’s day dresses to Tumi’s wheeled luggage.

PLUS: For more Resort trends, check out our roundup of the top trends of Resort ‘11.

Read more...

Barcelona Fashion Week: Cutting-Edge, International, Grandma-Inspired

Barcelona 080 fashion week is a bit of an oddity among the European fashion fests. The city has a long tradition of style—it’s famous for espadrilles, which even the Barcelona police used to wear—but classic looks aren’t part of the runway offerings here. The 13 Catalan designers who showed over the past three days each took different directions, but all bypassed the traditional suiting and classic womenswear. For its Spring ‘11 session, 080 Barcelona awarded €10,000 prizes to two local talents: Manuel Bolaño’s women’s collection, A Little About Me (pictured), was, he says, “inspired by my grandmother at her house in a country town.” Judging by the billowy jumpsuits, crochet lace body stockings, and layered skirts in rubber or metallic brocade, Gran was one very forward-thinking woman. In menswear, Catalonia’s rising star, Juan Antonio Ávalos, showed a collection called Tropical Knight, full of vivid color combinations such as red and pink. He managed to juxtapose medieval elements like coats of arms with seventies Cali surf-and-skate styles.

In addition to local talent, 080 Barcelona invited five rising stars from across the world to show here this season: India’s Manish Arora, Greece’s Yiorgos Eleftheriades, and three designers from South Korea: Juun.J, Songzio, and Lee Jean Youn, who won last year’s Mango Fashion Awards. “I’ve got two days here after this show, and that’s my summer vacation,” said Juun.J, who titled his Spring menswear collection “Flap” because the airy pieces make him think of birds’ wings. Eleftheriades took the occasion to show his draped women’s looks alongside a selection of his new menswear. And Arora managed to party till dawn every night and still wow the crowd with his Art Deco kaleidoscope pieces dripping with Indian beading and embroidery.

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Akon - Lonely

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Strange But True: Gypsies Are Teaching Angela Lindvall The Accordion

Steven Meisel’s jazz-themed campaign for Prada’s new Swing sunglasses allowed Angela Lindvall to indulge in some very satisfying make-believe. “I always had this secret desire to be a piano bar singer, and I kind of got to live out my fantasy through this Prada campaign,” Lindvall said last night at the launch party at storied New York lounge Joe’s Pub, where the evening’s main act was resurgent punk pioneer Nina Hagen.

Although Lindvall hails from Kansas City, home of musical wizards Charlie Parker and Count Basie, she never learned an instrument. But thanks to some “gypsy musician friends,” she’s recently grown fond of the accordion. Her tutors are known as the Petrojvic Blasting Company. “My friend picked them up on the street and brought them to our house. They’re from Tennessee,” Lindvall explained. “They’re good guys. They’re very happy if you make them Hungarian goulash—they’ll play music for you all night.” And, apparently, teach a supermodel basic squeezebox.

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Strange But True: Gypsies Are Teaching Angela Lindvall The Accordion

Steven Meisel’s jazz-themed campaign for Prada’s new Swing sunglasses allowed Angela Lindvall to indulge in some very satisfying make-believe. “I always had this secret desire to be a piano bar singer, and I kind of got to live out my fantasy through this Prada campaign,” Lindvall said last night at the launch party at storied New York lounge Joe’s Pub, where the evening’s main act was resurgent punk pioneer Nina Hagen.

Although Lindvall hails from Kansas City, home of musical wizards Charlie Parker and Count Basie, she never learned an instrument. But thanks to some “gypsy musician friends,” she’s recently grown fond of the accordion. Her tutors are known as the Petrojvic Blasting Company. “My friend picked them up on the street and brought them to our house. They’re from Tennessee,” Lindvall explained. “They’re good guys. They’re very happy if you make them Hungarian goulash—they’ll play music for you all night.” And, apparently, teach a supermodel basic squeezebox.

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