Top Model goes green

TV show: America's next top model
Photographer: Mike Rosenthal
Photo shoot creative director: Jay Manuel

After the selection of the models, cycle 9 started, apparently Tyra is making it green, and nature friendly, there for the models will be forbidden to smoke. And the 1st photo shoot had the anti-smoking theme, featuring two photos of every model one before glamorous smoking photo and other which presented reflection in the mirror of the model with smoking side effects. 1st one sent home was Mila (on the photo above , in losing hair from chemotherapy theme), a girl with Russian origin, seemingly opposite of everything Natasha was, even tho in some interviews circling round YouTube she didn't seem like 'Mila' on the show.

Photos from Anti-Smoking photo shoot: Heather and Saleisha: Secondhand Smoke; Lisa: Facial Tumor; Chantal: Tracheotomy; Sarah: Premature Aging; Jenah:Hair Loss from Chemotherapy; Ambreal: Lung Cancer; Janet: Burn Victim; Kimberly: Sunken Face; Bianca: Severe Gingivitis; Ebony: Collapsed Lung / Gas Mask.

Our fave is, Victoria: Stillborn Child, we will see how she'll do in the next shoots.

Images via : thefashionspot.com

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Take a virtual tour of London, and enjoy 360 panoramic photography

Photographer: Will Pearson
Website portfolio: www.willpearson.co.uk

Will Pearson takes mostly photos of London, and you can check out very interesting 360 degrees photos of London. Among all of the panoramic views, there is also a 360 virtual fashion shoot taken by Will, quite a unique thing.

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How should a MySpace Music page look?

Artist: Aleksandra Kovac
Designer: Zarko Davinic
Address: www.myspace.com/aleksandrakovc

Don't You just hate when artists have their MySpace page looking like a 12 year old made it? Why do you go to an artists MySpace, hardly ever to make friends with them? We go to check out news, tracks, bio, videos... what about You? Well Aleksandra Kovac an MTV music award winner from Serbia, has a perfect little myspace page, with everything you need to know about an artist. And yes we just have to show it off. (no its not an accident that it has some similarities with our layout). Check it out.

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D&G Spring Summer '08 Ready-To-Wear, Milan

Fashion Show: D&G Spring Summer '08
Models: Kasia Struss, Raquel Zimmermann, Anna Barsukova, Anja Rubik, Chanel Iman, Sasha Pivovarova, Coco Rocha, Vlada Roslyakova, Snejana Onopka, Natasha Poly...

From Milan Fashion week, quite a daring show, we saw too much bohemian, too 70s , almost no high heels, in fact even no shoes on some of the models, will it work? The soundtrack through out the whole almost 10 minutes long show was Rihannas Please Don't Stop The Music which samples Micheal Jacksons Wannabe Startin' Something... check out the video

image via thefashionspot.com
video via Trollo from YouTube

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Naomi Campbell and Marc Jacobs by Jean Paul Goude

Magazine: Bazaar US Sept.2007
Models: Naomi Campbell and Marc Jacobs
Photographer: Jean Paul Goude
Editorial title: "Marc On Top"

They first met in 1986 - Marc was 23, Naomi a baby of 16 - at a fitting for Marc's first fashion show. "I was with Cindy [Crawford] and Christy [Turlington]," Naomi reminds Marc, "and you offered me chocolates because I was hungry." Marc marvels, "She has the most amazing memory. She's got ears all over and eyes at the back of her head".

The text above and image are outtakes from "Marc On Top" editorial in Bazaar US September 2007 issue, featuring Naomi Campbell and Marc himself. They were photographed by Jean Paul Goude in Paris last June.

image via: the fashionspot.com

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Melanie, Roisin and Natalie on YouTube

Artist: Melanie C
Video: This Time

Melanie's next single in the UK, This Time, will be released on October 22nd. Available in two formats, enchanced CD and 7"vinyl, extra tracks will include Pro7 campaign theme We Love TO Entertain You and a previously unheard version of Understand, produced by Stephen Hague. And here's the #1 Most Viewed video on YouTube ATM with over 250 000 views in one day!

Artist: Róisín Murphy
Video: Let Me Know behind the scenes of the video shoot

The ever lovely Róisín Murphy share this video on her official YouTube channel, it's an exclusive look behind at the making of the video for 'Let Me Know' - Roisin's second single from the upcoming album, 'Overpowered'...

"Let Me Know" Single release - 8th October
"Overpowered" Album release - 15th October




Artist: Natalie Imbruglia
Video: "Glorious: The Singles 97-07" commercial

If you're familiar with Natalie Imbruglia's videography you will notice how much work went into this commercial, its nice when the label puts in some effort. Check it out!

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Wallpaper* , 3 in 1

Magazine: Wallpaper*

Isn't it amazing? Did u get all 3? We talked about it a while ago , Wallpaper edition made with 3 guest editors, made in 3 different publications with different covers is out there.

3 guest editors, 3 covers; Dieter Rams unveils his Ten Commandments on Design, Jeff Koons curates a pop homage to Led Zeppelin, Hedi Slimane designs 20 exclusive posters and much, much more...

Dieter Rams lays down the ten tenets of good design, photographed at his home in Kronberg. Hedi Slimane talks furniture, photography and the fit of his suits with Thomas Demand. Jeff Koons creates a 16-page artwork inspired by his passion for Led Zeppelin.

more at: www.wallpaper.com

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Björk & Bernhard Willhelm take fashion to the edge

Magazine: DAZED & Confused
Models: Björk and Bernhard Willhelm
Photographer: Carmen Freudenthal and Elle Verhagen.

A new interview and photos will be out in Dazed & Confused the october 2007 issue, where you can see Björk, the Wonderbrass girls a Bernhard Wilhelm frolicking about in the Icelandic wilderness, and B&B sit down with D&C to talk music and clothes. Interview by Katie Shillingford, hats by shoplifter , photos by Carmen Freudenthal and Elle Verhagen.

Click for editorial previews: Bjork.com preview, and Dazeddigital preview

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cK, Calvin Klein FW advertising campaign 07.08

Ad Campaign: cK Calvin Klein FW 07.08
Models: Raquel Zimmermann & Nico Derobertis
Photographer: David Sims
click for more ads: Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4.
credit: thefashionspot.com

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Natasha from Russia

Model: Natasha
Magazines: DC , Houston

Yes its Natasha from Russia, the follow up in the previous cycle of America's Next Top Model, seems like Natasha is getting some work in the modeling industry, thats Natasha as cover girl on DC and Houston Magazine. Looking good?

more of America's Next Top Model

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Jaslene, Elite 2nd set of polaroids

Model: Jaslene
Agency: Elite
Here is another set of Jaslene polaroids...

click for :
more Jaslene polaroids
more of America's next top model

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V42, Hit Parade

Magazine: V magazine, #42
Photographer: Terry Tsolis
Editorial: Hit Parade

Models: Hana Soukupova ; Heidi Verster, Patricia Schmid, Rachel Alexander, Jackson Vandeberg ; Leah de Wavrin, Sophie Vlaming ; Ekaterina Kashyntseva ; Eva Helene, Lindsay Ellingson ; Logan Feit, Romina Lanaro, Jarrod Branch ; Reid Prebenda, Behati Prinsloo ; Ana Mihajlovic ; Daiane Conterato, Cecilia Mendez ; Carmen Kass ; Elise Crombez ; Eugen Bauder, Lonneke Engel. Click here for the scans:

more at : www.Vmagazine.com
images credit: thefashionspot.com

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Eugen Bauder, Built Tough

Model: Eugen Bauder
Magazine: Flaunt
Photographer: Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca

This is from editorial "Built Tough" shot by photographer Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca, for the latest issue of Flaunt magazine, and model is the ever famous Eugen Bauder. click for the rest of editorial images: Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4, Picture 5, Picture 6, Picture 7, Picture 8, Picture 9.

images credit: niwde.blogspot.com

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cK Calvin Klein Beauty : Lara Stone by David Sims

Advert: Calvin Klein Beauty
Model: Lara Stone

This print advertising campaign, shot by David Sims in New York and featuring Dutch model Lara Stone, began appearing in fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazines this summer.

click for more ads: Ad 1, Ad 2

credit: thefashionspot.com

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Coco Rocha, model polaroids

Model: Coco Rocha
Stumbled upon these 2 years old polaroids of Coco, she was only 17... Rocha is represented by Elite Management.
Cocos official website: www.coco-rocha.com

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Roisin Murphy, Let Me Know

Artist: Róisín Murphy
Video: Let Me Know
Róisín Murphy releases her new single 'Let Me Know' on October 8th with the brand new album 'Overpowered' following on October 15th. Co-written and produced by Andy Cato of Groove Armada, and mixed by Dan Carey (Kylie, Sly & Robbie, CSS, Lily Allen), 'Let Me Know' is a huge, floor-filling monster of a tune. The track was inspired by Róisín's performance at legendary New York DJ Danny Krivit's 718 Sessions in 2006 and perfectly showcases Róisín's love of dance music coupled with a huge great melody.

'Let Me Know' features three brand new B-sides and some stunning mixes from both Andy Cato and Joey Negro. However this time they're spread across the formats rather than stuffed on to one bumper-CD.

www.roisinmurphy.com
myspace.com/roisinmurphy

check out the video:

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Justin DeWalt, if Dali had photoshop ...

Designer: Justin DeWalt
Portfolio: www.deadbeatt.com

If Salvador Dali had photoshop, I bet his art would look something like this. Justin DeWalt is an amazing new artist on the block, and to see how much with talent and probably lot of work you can achieve in graphic design, check out his web portfolio at www.deadbeatt.com. Heres the bio. taken of Justin's website:

"Justin DeWalt is a self-taught 19 year old graphic artist of Pennsylvania. With less than a year in the professional market under his wing, his career has really taken off. He began getting heavy into design in the summer of 2006, where many doors were opened for him. Justin is slowly but surely making a name for himself. He has had no "formal" training in design but is really taking this job for a ride. In the coming years he plans to expand his name and business and begin to market his other talents/skills as well. He's a artist to really look out for in the future."

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Natalie Imbruglia, Glorious The Singles 97-07

Artist: Natalie Imbruglia
Album: Glorious The Singles 97-07

Ten years after the release of Natalie Imbruglia's smash hit debut 'Left Of The Middle' comes this career spanning singles collection from the Australian singer. 'Glorious' contains all of Natalie's hits, ranging from the indie-tinged, angst-ridden early releases 'Torn' and 'Big Mistake' to the more recent pop gems 'Shiver' The album also features five brand new tracks, including the single 'Glorious'. On the same day, 10th of September, Natalie also releases a limited edition fan version of the album with DVD featuring all of Natalie's videos!
Artwork is followed with a stunning photo shoot, after a struggle between cover one, cover two, or no Natalie on the cover, being that Natalie herself didn't want her face to appear on the album cover, the image posted above came as a final choice. Do check out the 2nd cover that didn't quite made the cut, and the rest of the beautiful promo images including Glorious single cover.

Natalie promo pictures: picture 1, picture 2, picture 3, picture 4, album cover 2, 'Glorious' single cover

check out the amazing Glorious TV advert, collection preview and more...

www.natalieimbruglia.com
myspace.com/natalieimbruglia

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DOU, the artist

Artist: DOU, Oleg Duryagin
Form of expression: photography

Personally written biography: I was born in Moscow on 19th of August 1983. My mother was a painter, and I was spending a lot of time among the artists, though I was not particulary interested in their activities.I felt an urge for arts and creation some time ago, when I was working as a designer, which pushed me to study seriously the design. That's how I "bumped into" photography, and I had an idea to combine it with design.

Creation brings me an enormous pleasure, I became conscious of the fact that photography is something I always wanted to do. I am stubborn, ambitious and optimistic by nature, I like being different, and my work, I hope, reflects these features of my character.

online portfolio: douart.ru

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Siobhan Donaghy , "And This is Me"

Artist: Siobhan Donaghy
Album: Ghosts
Siobhan Donaghy is sitting on one of the defining pop albums of the year. It's a charismatic set that blends an obsession with Kate Bush and The Cocteau Twins with some inventive electronica and bright sonic trickery.
She's already a familiar face as one-third of the original endearingly sullen Sugababes line-up, although it's now seven years since the schoolgirls charted with Overload and six since Donaghy left the band. She quit - legend has it, by going to the bathroom one day and never returning - just after promotion for the band's first album had finished, but she'd been in the group for four years, having met her first manager at the age of twelve and joined the Sugababes when she was thirteen.
"People think I was only in the band for Eight Months," she says today, popping a grape in her mouth on the fifth floor of her new record label Parlophone. "It was a long old stint by the time I left." While the Sugababes' career is presently overshadowed by some peculiar song choices and a transformation into what Only Folls & Horses fans might refer to as the "Triggers Broom" of popular songstrel triodom, and fellow Sugababes alumnus Mutya Buena is pursuing a familiar R&B route, Siobhan's new album Ghosts captures an organic, fresh and eccentric approach to pop, the multi-layered theatrics of first single Don't Give It Up - written for a friend battling addiction-being typical of the album's anvatgarde sensibility.
Siobhan's beautifully styled new artwork - all muted greens and decomposing gothic backdrops with the inevitable taxidermised birds glued to foreheads - suggests that her Kate Bush obsession may overflowed into a withdrawn overly arty persona. In a reality, the London-born singer goes out dancing every weekend, gets drunk and buys cherryade from Tesco.
Ghosts is Siobhan's second solo record; her first, the undervalued Revolution In Me, a moodily titled but breezy-sounding debut, didn't exactly bother the charts when it was released with little fanfare four years ago, and Siobhan found herself without a home when label, London, cleared out three-quarters of its roster. Though she's now signed to Parlophone, a label well know for its (rather unfashionable) commitment to artist development, Siobhan refuses to be complacent. "I know that what happened with the first album can't happen again," she smiles. "I coped pretty well last time, but things become harder if you don't have a certain level of commercial success. I don't do this for fame, or even for the money, but on a practical level you want a nice budget to make your next record." For an artist specialising in a opulently produced, ethereal pop - think Madonna's best William Orbit moments - this is clearly a priority, but for the time being Ghosts looks dangerously close to raising the bar for British pop artistry. "It's left field,"she states, one decade into her career and still only 22 years old, "but it's a pop record. I think it will fit in rather well. Perhaps I'm biased."
taken from www.wordmagazine.co.uk

www.siobhandonaghy.com
myspace.com/siobhandonaghyparlophone

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L.A.M.B. Spring 2008 Ready-To-Wear

Designer: Gwen Stefani
Collection: L.A.M.B. Spring 2008 Ready-To-Wear

NEW YORK, September 5, 2007 – Gwen Stefani was back on the runway tonight after a two-year absence. She spent most of that time caring for a newborn and touring the world, but somewhere along the line she got serious about fashion, too. Her debut, for those with short memories, was nothing short of cacophonous—one part Orange County chola girl, another part Rasta, to the tune of The Sound of Music. This show was far more harmonious. Stefani's references are still rooted in sound, specifically the ska bands that were an early inspiration for her group No Doubt. But the collection, which looked like the sixties as seen by someone who grew up in the eighties, was altogether more wearable and on trend.

more pictures: picture 1, picture 2, picture 3, picture 4 , picture 5

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Björk by JPG, the whole editorial

Photographer: Jean-Paul Goude
Model: Björk

After previously posted Mixte magazine covers, here are the rest of the photos from Björk's shoot with Jean-Paule Goud. In a secret photo studio on south of France, the musician and the photographer, collaborated for the 1st time, and this wonderfull shoot is the result.

The rest of the photo shoot: Picture 1, Picture 2 (picture 2 is the untagged alternative Mixte magazine cover)

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Born to be Brad

Magazine: V
Cover model: Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is the cover boy of V magazines fall issue. In V49, photographer Mario Testino catches the many faces of Brad Pitt. V49 Fall 2007 is on newsstands everywhere September 7th.

www.vmagazine.com

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Róisín Murphy theater / website

Artist: Róisín Murphy
Website: www.roisinmurphy.com

The official Róisín Murphy website is finally fully launched, designed as a special online theater, now it finally got all of its sections, be sure to read the biography sections written by Roisin herself. Snatch the free "Modern Timing" exclusive MP3 gift from Roisin herself, if you didn't already, and if you have it, I've heard there is that collabo of Róisín and Calvin Harris online, the track is called "Off and On" I am sure its not hard to find.

In other Róisín news , shes been in MTVs EMA pre-nomination category for best INTER ACT, pre-nomination voting is still on, you can vote by clicking HERE.

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Hedi Slimane, new editor of Wallpaper* magazine

Magazine: Wallpaper

Is Hedi leaving fashion behind? Well not really, the man responsible for all things skinny in men's fashion, is teaming up with designers Dieter Reims and Jeff Koons, in a team of 3 guest editors for Wallpapers October issue. These three extraordinary talents have taken time out of their busy schedules to create 20 pages and a cover each. So that's three versions of the October issue, with three different Guest Editor sections, wrapped up in three unique covers.

So what can you expect? From Hedi Slimane: 10 of 20 exclusive posters by the fashion designer, plus a head to head with artist Thomas Demand. From product designer Dieter Rams: the Ten Commandments on Design – ten essential statements about the essence of design, plus a chat with designer Naoto Fukasawa. And from artist Jeff Koons: a spectacular 16-page homage to Led Zeppelin, plus a catch-up with his friend Stella McCartney. And if you were wondering where posters 11 to 20 by Slimane were, they can be found in both the Rams and the Koons issues.

more at www.wallpaper.com

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Björk by Jean Paul Goude on cover of Mixte, September 2007

Cover model : Björk

Magazine: Mixte

Björk is on the cover of "Mixte" magazines September issue, which is published with two different covers, main and alternative cover. Both covers feature Björk, photographed by Jean Paul Goude, shes wearing Dior Haute Couture Dress, and Claudia Leclerc necklace. (Main cover is posted as second image.)

www.bjork.com
credit the fashionspot.com

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Plasticgod, the self proclaimed 21st century Warhol

Designer: Plasticgod
Toy on the picture above: Ningyo

The internationally known Los Angeles resident Plasticgod took to drawing the minute he picked up a pencil at two years of age. He's sold works to an extensive list of 40 or more music and Academy Award winning movie celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Bruce Willis, Malcolm McDowell, Seth Green, and Japan's T.M.Revolution. PG has been exhibiting since 2001 and has shown extensively (over 100 shows) in galleries and art-related boutiques including a collaboration line with high-end jewelry company Minx. With press in international magazines such as Italian Vogue and Elle, as well as Entertainment Weekly, Sportswear, two covers for BPM and mentions in the New York and Los Angeles Times, it's no wonder he's been dubbed the "The 21st Century Warhol". His own twist on celebrity caricature comprises the popular "Heads" collection of over 700 pop and political icons. These icons are now taking form in the shape of 3-D toys with Super Rad Toys which notably in conjuction with Plasticgod supplied the exclusive Moonman toy for the 2007 MTV VMA's. Socially conscious, Plasticgod gives back! He's been involved in numerous charities raising money for Hurricane Katrina, tsunami relief, cancer research, animal rights, USC Special Olympics , human rights, children's fundraisers, and the list goes on. Plasticgod is definitely one to follow closely for years to come.

Official Website: www.plasticgod.com
Myspace: myspace.com/plastic
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/plasticvideo

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