Sunday, 16 December 2012

Chanel No.5 AD... Mocked and Criticized!!


Joe Wright, the director of the Chanel No.5 adverts starring Brad Pitt, has admitted that even he didn't understand the dialogue in the much-mocked ad.


Brad Pitt's Chanel No.5 advert seems to be an endless source of entertainment and bafflement, even now, two months after it was first unveiled.

We've had the spoofs and Brad's veiled admission that he isn't a huge fan of the finished product, now the ad's director, Joe Wright, has admitted that he wasn't entirely sure what Pitt's dialogue actually meant.
One of Pitt's many spoofers, Saturday Night Live cast member Taran Killam, told The New York Times' Vulture section that when he met Wright recently the highly-respected director was "very gracious [about the spoofs], and he said, 'I didn't actually know what they were about either,' because it's just his job to show up, and he's given the copy."

Here's what the dialogue says:

"It's not a journey. Every journey ends, but we go on. The world turns and we turn with it. Plans disappear, dreams take over, but wherever I go, there you are: my luck; my fate; my fortune. Chanel No.5, inevitable."


Dolce & Gabbana in Trouble


An Italian judge has refused a plea by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's lawyer to dismiss the €420 million tax evasion case against the designers.


A judge has rejected a plea by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's lawyer to throw out the tax evasion trial against the designers and several of their business associates. Instead, judge Antonella Brambilla ruled that the trial will go ahead, starting on January 30, with two further hearings scheduled for February, reports WWD .

The Italian design duo are accused of evading €420 million in tax when they sold their two brands, Dolce & Gabbana and D&G, to their own Luxembourg-based company, Gado Srl.

Kristen Stewart.. A hit or a miss??

Where do we begin, to tell the story of this $#%$^ dress... Well the legs are a show-off of course, but the dress?? Hmmm....


Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Who's teaming up with Louis Vuitton??


Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the duo who designed the London 2012 Olympic torch, have collaborated with Louis Vuitton to create a unique, eco-friendly bell lamp suitable for the most fashionable of travellers.


Award-winning industrial designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, better known as BarberOsgerby, are one of 11 design studios to have fashioned one-off pieces for the storied French fashion house's Objets Nomades collection. The collection consists of 16 contemporary interiors objects that could also be taken travelling by their stylish owner.


The Olympic torch creators chose to reimagine a classic bell lamp, forming it of Venetian Murano glass and giving it the ability to recharge by sunlight. Their method, they say, was "reductive, hence the simplicity of form."

"We began with the idea, then the function," Edward Barber said. "First came an exploration of the technological possibilities to ensure that the lamp was both portable and sustainable. Ease of carriage and the way the lamp's solar and lighting technology work informed the shape."

Carolina Herrera: 'I can get ready in 10 minutes'


Elegance is a state of mind, says Carolina Herrera. It certainly worked for her business, which is now a billion-dollar global empire.


Like Valentino, who recently shared his dismay over the sartorial disarray in which Brits arrive at the theatre nowadays, Caroline Herrera is not unreservedly won over by modern dress codes. Growing up in Caracas in the Fifties and Sixties had its challenges, but Kim Kardashian's fashion sense wasn't one of them.

"Everyone was very, very chic. You either went to Paris for your clothes or you had them made in Caracas. I would like women to feel they could be glamorous and elegant," muses Herrera, from the far side of her cream and black office, high above the disappointing exhibits disporting themselves down on the pavements of Manhattan's somewhat scruffy Garment District. "Unfortunately there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy', and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready." Herrera's uniform - big skirts, tailored shirts, mannish trousers - is so honed that she claims she can get ready for the grandest do in 10 minutes. "But women don't want to be called elegant now," she reflects, "because they connect it with old-fashioned. But elegance is not old‑fashioned."

Harvey Nichols' 'Love Thyself' beauty campaign attracts complaints


The retailer's 'Love Thyself' beauty campaign has prompted complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority for its "overly sexual depiction of women."

Harvey Nichols' 'Love Thyself' beauty campaign has attracted complaints to the ASA

Harvey Nichols has a knack for an eye-catching, if not wholly appropriate, fashion campaign. Its summer sales ad featured a model with a wet patch on her nether regions and the tagline: "Try to contain your excitement", which drew 105 complaints and prompted an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (verdict: not guilty of anything other than bad taste).

Now the ad for its beauty shop is rubbing people up the wrong way. Beauty Bazaar's "Love Thyself" campaign, which sees girls snogging their mirror image, has racked up 15 complaints since the store opened in Liverpool last month. "[Complainants] say the ads are offensive and potentially harmful, [ they] believe the imagery is overly sexual in its depiction of women," the ASA said.

What do you think??

WATCH: Victoria's Secret Angels sing 'Deck The Halls'


Watch Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel and friends butcher a Christmas carol in Victoria's Secret Angel style.


Christmas is a special time of year: family, friends, gifts, food, carols, and…err…singing lingerie models.


Ok, it's not exactly traditional, family-friendly fun but what's not to like about our favourite Victoria's Secret Angels donning festive-themed underwear and singing 'Deck The Halls' (badly) as they go about their Christmas business?
Loooool!!!! Marry Watching!!!

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