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July 15th, 2008


Jennifer Hudson has changed a lot from the curly haired girl with the big voice on American Idol, both physically and professionally.

The Oscar winning actress worked with music heavyweights for her self-titled debut album including Ne-Yo, Timbaland, John Legend, Akon, Tricky and R. Kelly.

No doubt a lot of money was spent on these guys expertise, so Jennifer cut costs by wearing a sexy $36 dress from American Apparel on the cover of her album.

The mini dress has a striped glittered top half, which helps her sparkle like the star she is.

The actress has been working hard on toning her figure, whilst maintaining her sexy curves. On the cover we see that the hard work has paid off as she accentuates her now tiny waist with a large waist belt.

OK photoshop might have had something to do with this, but I would like to give her the benefit of the doubt.

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July 15th, 2008


Charlize Theron UK Elle magazine’s August 2008 edition was first on the newsstands with her wearing a beautiful wool dress from Louis Vuitton Fall 2008 collection.

The actress oozed sex appeal on the cover as she talks to Elle about love, marriage and the pursuit of happiness.

Kate Moss wears the same dress as Charlize on the cover of US Vogue’s August 2008 edition, but from her pose you get to see more of the dress.

The supermodel also wears a stunning diamond necklace, but appears to have aged 50 years and is almost unrecognizable.

I will guess that Anna wouldn’t be please about this dress duplication.

Without a single hesitation I will give this win to Charlize.


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July 15th, 2008

“The Dark Knight” Premiere, New York

A very svelte Maggie Gyllenhaal looked very elegant in a black custom-made Dries Van Noten Fall 2008 strapless gown with a bright floral print on the bodice and skirt.

She accessorized with tear drop earrings and a gold bracelet.

Her elegance was completely with a neat updo.

Blake Lively showed off her well toned long legs in a black satin Vena Cava playsuit with a plunging neckline.

The Gossip Girl actress opted against jewelry, maybe because the embellishments on her ensemble had enough to make her stand out. She completed her look with gold pointy pumps.

Lauren Conrad wore a nude sheath Dolce & Gabbana bustier dress with a black overlay.

Lauren accessorized with black Christian Louboutin peep-toes, a bracelets and her ‘Lauren’ name tag ring, which she has worn on several occasions.

Mariska Hargitay looks beautiful, as she always does, wearing a two tone, slate and brown satin Derek Lam Spring 2008 dress,with a beaded pair of strappy sandals.

Longchamp 60th Anniversary Celebration, New York

Who else other than Diane Kruger, Chloe Sevigny and maybe Christina Ricci could pull off this nautical look so well?

Diane looks très chic in her Chanel hat, cropped stripped top and black Grey Ant high-waisted black pants.

Leighton Meester opted for this very sexy black body-hugging sheath BCBG Max Azria dress with an embellished neckline, which she wore with her black and white Dior heels.

Julianne Moore colour coordinates her black with a gold platformed YSL strappy heels, with her black silk Isabel Marant Fall 2008 dress with gold stones embroidered into the material.

My supermodel girl crush Coco Rocha, graced the red carpet in this navy blue Chanel Resort 2008 dress with Christian Louboutin for Roland Mouret platformed heels.

This girl has fierceness oozing from every pore.

*sighs*

Actresses Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri, look more like sisters than mother and daughter.

Susan opted for a navy blue plunge-neck dress and a gold tote, whist Eva wore a silver dress with black peep-toes.

Fox All-Star Party At The Pier, LA

Glenn Close always looks elegant.

The 5 time Academy nominated actress looked very youthful in her strapless Ralph Lauren Spring 2008 floral dress with a bright pink cardigan.

I adore pencil LBD’s, and Olivia Wilde is supremely chic. I love how she opted for nude heels, instead of a black heels.

Emily Deschanel goes very casual, with a black top, black pants and a stripey blazer.

Sarah Wayne wears a playfully sexy Diane von Furstenberg Pre-Fall 2008 dress. This unique dress has a blush pink silk bodice and slate wool body.

2008 VH1 Rock Honors: The Who, LA

Mila Kunis rarely smile on the red carpet, but she does sparkle in this silver Stella McCartney Resort 2009 sequined sheath dress.

“Heroes Season 2″ Press Conference, Japan

Heroes actress Eriko Tamura wore a very colourful strapless Ralph Lauren Spring 2008 dress with the signature Polo Match logo incorporated into the design.

She completes her look with Givenchy peep-toes.

Intermix’s 3rd Annual “VH1 Rock Honors” VIP Party, LA

Lauren Conrad decided not to wear one of her own design, but instead opted for a LBD from the Olsen’s Elizabeth & James collection.

This fringed dress is very much suits Lauren’s style, so I will forgive her not supporting her own collection on this occasion.

Dania Ramirez wore a strapless sweetheart necklined Jay Godfrey lemon sherbet dress with a black belt and multi-colour heels.

Lauren Bosworth wore the same Jay Godfrey dress in fushica, also with a black belt and black Christian Louboutin Very Noeud slingbacks.

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July 15th, 2008


We do not get Project Runway in the UK, instead we have our own version Project Catwalk.

Despite that I will be fully up to speed with the who, the what and the who got kicked off thanks to blogs and YouTube.

Heidi Klum reprises her role, as host for the popular show in its 5th season, which returns on Bravo, Wednesday, July 16 at 9pm ET/PT.

You can find out about the new designers at BravoTV.com

Guest judges include Rachel Zoe, Diane von Furstenberg, Sandra Bernhard, Brooke Shields, LL Cool J, Cynthia Rowley, RuPaul, Francisco Costa and Olympic speed-skating champion Apolo Ohno.

I will be checking out RuPaul and Rachel Zoe’s appearances on YouTube for sure.

For the group photo supermodel Heidi Klum wore a fushica Alexander McQueen belted dress with a black pair of Christian Louboutin For Roland Mouret Pre-Fall 2008 platform heels.

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July 15th, 2008


I know a lot of you think that the Vogue Italia All Black Issue was a token gesture, because these beautiful women of colour should be in the pages of such magazines as much as their Caucasian counterparts. Well the good news is, maybe on the back of this issue, two of the stars of that now famous issue have their own campaigns.

New kid on the block, 19 year old Dominican Arlenis Pena, who has been modeling for 4 months, is rumoured to be the new face of Lancôme and 19 year old Londoner, Jourdan Dunn, who was scouted in Primark, is now the face of Topshop’s Fall campaign, along with American model Karlie Kloss, and Canadians Kori Richardson and Amanda Laine.

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Condé Nast is printing an extra 10,000 copies of the all-black Italian Vogue issue to meet the unprecedentedly demand for the issue, so good news all round.

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July 15th, 2008


When Cameron Diaz arrived at the Women In Film’s 2008 Crystal Lucy Awards, she ditched her laid back casual style, for this Ladies Who Lunch look.

The actress wore a white satin organza strapless Oscar de la Renta Resort 2009 dress with white and coral embroidery. She completed her sophisticated look with a red pashmina and red satin heels.

Jennifer Lopez and designer Oscar de la Renta were on set for an Elle magazine shoot in New York yesterday.

The mother of twins looked fabulous in the same strapless dress and Oscar de la Renta cream patent shoes also from the Resort 2009 collection.

Although this look is very unexpected for Cameron, I prefer the dress on her to Jennifer.

Jennifer tan lines turn me off, but I am sure they will be edited out before the magazine hits the stands.


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July 14th, 2008


The red carpet did not set my world on fire this weekend, so thank god for Lucy Liu who injected some much needed glamour at the Kung Fu Panda Japan premiere today.

The petite actress is wearing an ivory Bill Blass Fall 2008 dress with ruffles cascading down the collar and the front of the dress.

My only bug-bear is the Zac Posen black belt. I understand that without the belt Lucy may have got lost in the large ruffles, so the belt gives her a nice shape, but I loved the belt-less dress on the runway.

I adore her champagne strappy Jimmy Choo sandals.

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