It’s summer and that means on Fridays everyone should be sneaking out of work a little bit early to go on a weekend jaunt or grab a drink on a sunny rooftop. The fashion industry, which works really hard, also knows how to cut loose and play hard. In our new weekly column, called Summer Read more →
Janna Ryan, wife to newly named VP candidate Paul Ryan, might be taking a page from MObama’s book, choosing to wear a $70 Kohl’s dress this past weekend. {HuffPo}
Kristen Stewart’s absence from a recent Balenciaga Florabotanica video concerned many – had she been given the axe due to her fling with married director Rupert Sanders? No worries: unlike us, it appears Balenciaga doesn’t really care about the issue. {The Cut}
Tyra Banks has learned to make GIFs. This could be the best thing to happen to the internet. {BuzzFeed}
Dion Lee has won the Australian Woolmark Prize. {Fashionista Inbox}
Recently separated designer Vera Wang is now reportedly living with Olympic champion figure skater Evan Lysacek. {The Cut}
Here is the whole George Michael video starring Kate Moss. {HuffPo}
Anja Rubik and Mark Ronson are the new faces of Fendi’s new cologne, Fan di Fendi. {Design Scene}
The closing ceremonies for the London Olympics are shaping up to be quite a fashionable extravaganza. The Mirror is confirming that a band of British supermodels led by Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell will in fact be strutting their stuff in an ode to UK fashion during the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
But a big pay day, this is not: The models will reportedly each be paid a paltry £1 for their talents.
The second season of Project Runway All Stars just started shooting, and producers have had to deal with a special “challenge” of their own.
According to the Page Six, the latest installment of Lifetime’s reality series began filming early last month and was slated to have Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as its new host–that is, until she dropped out at the very last minute. Apparently, just three weeks before filming, the model/actress got the call to fly to Namibia to film the new Mad Max reboot, MM: Fury Road.
Beauty and fame often go hand-in-hand, so it makes sense that models and actresses seem to be forever trading places.
The latest model to make the jump to acting is Erin Wasson, who we got a first look at in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter today. And she’s following in the footsteps of some of acting’s biggest names, like Mila Jovovich and Cameron Diaz, who got their start as models. But while the model-turned-actress is certainly not a new breed, there seem to have been even more slashes emerging recently: Gemma Ward, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Brooklyn Decker, for instance, have all made the jump. And the new Mad Max movie (Mad Max: Fury Road) is almost cast entirely with models: former model Charlize Theron and more current ones Abbey Lee and Rosie Huntington Whitely are all set to star.
And while the model/actress transition is certainly not rare–it can be hard to pull off (see: Cindy Crawford in Fair Game).
Click through for our round-up of the most memorable models-turned-actresses.
When Amanda Brooks left the city for the farm, she had loads of fashion goodies that she couldn’t take with her. Fortunately for those of us still left in the city, she left the likes of Prada, Phillip Lim, and Chanel to the New York City Opera’s annual pop-up thrift shop. {NYPost}
Miley Cyrus is engaged to Gale Liam Hemsworth! The engagement ring, designed by Neil Lane and featuring a 3.5 karat diamond, cost a reported $100,000. {Hollywood Life}
Victoria Beckham is British and proud of it! She appears in a video for Britain’s GREAT campaign in which she discusses great British design and music and lets the world know that hottie husband David can’t dance. {Styleite}
Gisele took a trip to her homeland of Brazil for the Green Nation Fest. The supermodel planted trees wearing a baggy shirt, leading to further speculation that perhaps she’s growing more than just trees. {PopSugar}
Having modeled for Monsoon lingerie, Agent Provocateur and Victoria’s Secret, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley obviously knows a thing or two about lacy underthings. And now she’ll be putting her extensive knowledge to good use, designing a lingerie line for UK high street giant, Marks & Spencer, the Telegraph is reporting. The new collection will be a part Read more →
As much as we love to obsess over what celebrities wear down the Academy Awards’ hallowed red carpet, it can be almost more interesting to see what they wear to the after-parties–for a couple of reasons. For one, those who make an outfit change often put on something a little more daring. Second, the parties Read more →
LONDON–The Burberry show, which is the jewel in the crown of London fashion week, was held at a huge tent in Kensington Gardens, a fitting place to showcase such a quintessentially British brand. It’s also the slickest show around, and draws an always-impressive group of A-listers. Brand ambassadors Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Eddie Redmayne (sans Karlie–where Read more →