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Karl Lagerfeld unveiled Chanel Cruise 2013 collection in the gardens at the Palais de Versailles.

The show was held in the plush gardens of Le Palais de Versailles, which are never normally open to the public. Lagerfeld’s Chanel Cruise 2013 collection is featuring a whimsical mix of punk and Marie Antoinette inspired attires.

The mix started with the use of high- tech modern fabrics and traditional Chanel tweed in gold, pastel colors for outfits and hair with hues of lilac, grey, peach, pink and transformed into black and white on the end.

The collection is young and playful and features cheerful sequin-encrusted dresses, Chanel’s tweed jackets, the quilted bags, denim ensembles etc. The hairstylist Sam McKnight was the creator of the hairstyles who described them as “bob tops, wigs dyed grey pastel then’’ which is adding a androgyny style to the collection.

The show was watched from over 400 guests, including Vanessa Paradis, Tilda Swinton, designer Haider Ackermann , Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson.  The name Haider Ackerman has been buzzing around the press a lot lately.

In 2010, Karl Lagerfeld made an announcement that if somebody were to take over his position at Chanel he would want it to be Haider Ackerman. Asking Karl Lagerfeld if he still wants Haider Ackermann to take over Chanel, he answers:  “Not especially. It’s not his world I don’t think.”

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The latest editorial called ‘’Mad About Hue’’ for Flare Magazine for its May 2012 issue, it was shot by Max Abadian and styled by Elizabeth Cabral. The punk inspired hairdos were done by hairstylist Tony Masciangelo and featureing fashion pieces from designers like Versace, Miu Miu and Marni.

Tony Masciangelo is a Canadian hair and makeup artist. Tony is a regular contributor to magazines Flare, FASHION, Elle Canada, Glamour, and Vanity Fair, and to CityLine and Breakfast Television as a beauty expert.

He has worked with multiple celebrities including Hilary Duff, Pamela Anderson, Taylor Swift, and top models Daria Werbowy, Jessica Stam, Lara Stone, Coco Rocha, Tasha Tilberg, Heather Marks, Amanda Laine, Kelsey Van Mook and Tara Gill.

Born in Iran and raised in Germany, Max Abadian studied at Dawson’s Institute of Photography. A prestigious fashion and advertising photographer, he raises interest on an international scale. Max has an irresistible way of creating a captivating atmosphere. He seduces the eye with the unequivocal beauty of his work.

Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. It is owned by Rogers Communications. Flare magazine was created in 1979 and was the brainchild of Donna Scott, who was assigned by Maclean-Hunter management to two of its magazines, Teen Generation and Miss Chatelaine.

Flare promotes itself as “Canada’s Fashion magazine”. While cover stories often feature American or international stars, Flare otherwise focuses largely on Canadian content and its role in international art, fashion, and media.

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The Planet Blue and Foam Magazine are showcasing the latest Coachella lookbook. The lookbook is packed with festival inspiration and features the model Gillian Zinser.

Consider the climate, the Coachella catalog offers  boho styles that are popular during this festival. The lookbook features denim shorts, tank tops to billow, maxi dresses, floppy hats and a youthful and carefree feel.

The boho festival look, which owed much to the hippie styles that developed in the middle to late 1960s, became especially popular after Sienna Miller‘s appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2004.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is an annual event held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were founded with England’s Glastonbury and both are known for its unstable weather conditions.

Record-low temperatures, high winds and rain are not unusual, ponchos and hoodies replacing bikinis and body paint becomes a fashion accessories.

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Vogue Italia has created for the March 2012 editorial called ‘’Haute Mess’’. Haute Mess is a gif collection and was shot by fashion photographer Steven Meisel. The editorial features the models; Joan Smalls, Jessica Stam, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Lindsey Wixson, Daphne Groeneveld and Coco Rocha.

Joan Smalls was the cover girl of the issue. The Puerto Rican native found her start in the modeling world in 2007 when she left her homeland and moved to New York where she signed with Elite Model Management.

After being selected to walk exclusively for the Givenchy Spring 2010 couture show, Joan immediately became one of the most coveted catwalk models. She opens the spring 2011 Gianfranco Ferre, Gareth Pugh, and Gucci shows in Milan and Paris.

Steven Meisel is an American photographer; he is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian Vogue, and lately W (also published by Condé Nast).

Meisel has also shot campaigns for Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein (for whom his campaigns were very controversial). Meisel also photographers Prada’s campaign each season.

Abbey Lee Kershaw  also known as Abbey Lee, is an Australian fashion model. Following several years of success leading up to the 2011 fashion seasons, V magazine dubbed Kershaw a supermodel. Abbey Lee also was photographed for the latest Gucci campaign by Mert and Marcus.

Lindsey Wixson is an American fashion model. She is known for her unique looks, defined in part by her “bee-stung lips”, “rosebud pout” and gapped front teeth. John Galliano, Versace Vanitas, Miu Miu, Jill Stuart and Alexander McQueen have all booked her for campaigns.

Jessica Stam is a Canadian model. She is considered to be part of the crop of models described as “doll face.’’ She walked a total of 64 shows combined during the New York, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks.

Daphne Groeneveld is a 16 year-old Dutch model, she was discovered in Amsterdam when a woman randomly approached her about starting a career.

After just one year of modeling she has graced the cover of Vogue Paris with Tom Ford, walked in the Valentino, Chanel, and Dior Haute Couture shows in Paris, and received dancing lessons from Madonna for a Miu Miu ad campaign video.

Coco Rocha born as Mikhaila Rocha, is a Canadian fashion model. Since her debut, Rocha has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns including Versace, Balenciaga, Chanel, D&G, Dior and many others.

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Bezgraniz Couture is an annual international design competition for people with disabilities. There are eleven finalists who have fought against 80 Designers . German Fashion Designer Vivien Schlüter is one of the nominees who will participate at the upcoming fashion show on May 11^th in Moscow.

The purpose of the competition is to create comfortable, beautiful clothes and accessories for people with different needs, including for those with immobility and limitations caused by disabilities.

The competition invited designers and fashion houses from around the world, to express their creative efforts and ideas in a new direction. The Award attracts designers from many different countries among them they are  from USA, Germany, China, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Russia. This international award takes place once per year.

The talented fashion designer Vivien Schlüter is one of the finalists. Her nominated collection called ‘’Dress’n'Roll” is focused on simple lines and functional details.

Vivien Schlüter

All pieces are hand made from high quality materials and inspired by Vivien’s spontaneous impulse, from people and moments. Vivien, we wish you good luck!

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The Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) has been held from April 30 to May 4 in Sydney.

The event brings together the elite of Australia‘s growing fashion scene, with a selection of local designers who are getting the chance to present their collections before an international audience and potential buyers.

Many of these designers are all well-known throughout Australia as like Camilla Franks who is known for her colorful graphic prints or Camilla Freeman-Topper for modern silhouettes with her brother Marc, Dion Lee for his structured tailoring,

Rachel Gilbert for her luxury embellishments, We Are Handsome for its luxury swimwear collection,Ksubi is known for its jeans and Terry Biviano for her highly coveted shoe designs.

International guests at the fashion week were: Rumi Neely from Los Angeles, Natalie Joos from New York, Bryan Boy from Manila and Candice Lake and Kirsty Hathaway from London.

Fashion is becoming an important industry for Sydney and the state of NSW, employing some 66,000 people across design, manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing, and generating an income of around 7.5 billion U.S. dollars each year.

Almost 40 percent of Australia’s creative industries are based in Sydney or NSW with around 150,000 people in NSW directly employed in the sector, across film, music, design and fashion.

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Hats are back in trend and hitting the fashion scene! Whether oversized floppy toppers, berets, tight military chapeaus, cowboy hat trilbies, cloches and caps, there’s something for everyone.

Beanie

A beanie is also known as a tuque or knit cap, skully or stocking cap. Whatever you call it, a beanie is a popular choice in hats in the winter and is the easiest style to keep the trend for the winter 2012.There many kind of are the knitted beanies, which balance practicality with winter chic. Victoria Beckham presented at New York Fashion Week her own version of the popular beanie, the ones that David Beckham always wears.

Trilby Hat

While the Trilby hat was most popular in the 1960′s, it regained huge popularity the last few years. It can be weared by both men and women to capitalize that cool retro look. The hat’s name derives from the stage adaptation of George du Maurier’s 1894 novel Trilby; a hat of this style was worn in the first London production of the play, and promptly came to be called “a Trilby hat“.

Bucket Hat

A bucket hat, or fishing hat, is a soft cotton hat with a wide and downwards sloping brim which is worn by both men and women. The brim offers shade from the sun for the eyes and face. This hat is wonderful for warm weather and is most well known as being the cap worn by our favorite little buddy Gilligan.

Cowboy Hat

The cowboy hat is a fashionable and functional hat. Many men and women wear cowboy or western hats on a regular basis. Thanks to many designers the cowboy hat comes now in fresh updated styles, bold colors and modern shapes are available to choose from.

Fedora Hat

A fedora hat is a hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, diamond crowns, center dents, and others, and the positioning of pinches can vary if they are found at all. Fedora hats have been a huge trend over the past few seasons; especially they have been spotted by many celebrities. They are great way to shield your face and scalp from the sun, and add a little bit of androgynous look to any outfit.

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Arizona Muse is the Cover Girl for the Vogue China Editorial Desert Luxe for its May 2012 issue. The shots were made in the Sahara desert featuring Arizona Muse gracefully showing off a sleek asymmetrical darker bob and wearing fashion pieces from Balenciaga, Jil Sander, Lanvin, Donna Karan, Michael Kors and others.

The editorial was photographed by Josh Olins. Still based in London, his editorial clients also include, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, VogueNippon, Chinese Vogue, American Vogue, Vanity Fair, V and V Man. His recent commercial clients include, Aquascutum, Benetton, Giorgio Armani, H&M, Lancome, Levis, L’Oreal, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger and Topshop.

Arizona Muse is an American fashion model born in Tucson, Arizona and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Muse has appeared in editorials in French, American, Chinese, British, Korean, Spanish, and Italian Vogue, W, V, Numéro and Dazed & Confused.

Her sudden rise to success has been the feature of an article in American Vogue and had the March 2011 issue of Dazed & Confused dedicated to her.

Muse has appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue, (shot by Steven Meisel) and Numéro (shot by Karl Lagerfeld). She appeared in campaigns for Shiatzy Chen, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Jil Sander, Alberta Ferretti, Chloe, Prada, Isabel Marant, Fendi and Yves Saint Laurent.

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The Velour Magazine’s latest editorial called ‘Paste Together’, for the May 2012 issue, stars American model Mackenzie Drazan. The new luxury lifestyle and fashion magazine showcases a Gothic inspired editorial which captured by photographer Bjarne Jonasson.

The editorial combines Gothic with Victorian aesthetics. By mixing these two themes together, the images balances masculine and feminine elements beautifully and even dramatically.

Darkly elegant, Mackenzie Drazan wears checkered button-downs paired with structured couture frocks and a lacy Victorian shirt and layered spiked metallic jewelry and a dramatic hair and make-up. The fashion pieces are from designers such as: Alberta Ferretti, Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone and Just Cavalli.

Grace Koo the stylist of the editorial has lived in New York for the past 8 years. She started her career working as a fashion assistant for V Magazine and went on to assist stylists George Cortina and Marie-Amelie Sauve. She currently contributes to Teen Vogue and Vogue Japan.

American model Mackenzie Drazan Bay Area is an accomplished mode on a national level. With her freckled, blue blood beauty, Mackenzie is already stirring up interest in agencies in Europe and NY. Still very young, Mackenzie can make her entry into the international fashion scene at her own pace. She has now completed her amazing F/W 2012 season. A mark of 4 countries, 64 shows (8 opening and 3 closing) has kept her very busy.

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Charlotte Olympia shoe designs are synonymous with classic high heels and a modern silhouette.

Inspired by the allure of Hollywood glamour of old, Charlotte Olympiads leopard prints, fan detailing and eye-catching colours. Each shoe is handcrafted in the finest materials and finished with the brand’s famous gold spider web shoe sole.

Charlotte Olympia is a British fashion designer with Brazilian roots. She is the daughter of the former Brazilian model Andrea Dellal and lives in Holland Park in London.

While Charlotte Olympia studied at Cordwainers Fashion College, she started the process of setting up her label upon graduation. Throughout her degree, she worked at Giambattista Valli in Paris whenever she had time.

Charlotte Olympia SS-2012 ad campaign brings the ’40s pin-up back to life. In fashion, we see a lot of modern day pin-ups these days.

The campaign is photographed by Julia Kennedy, and features the blond bombshell which is modeled by Portia Freeman. Portia Freeman sports retro look that gives a sophisticated allure to the campaign.

Her celebrity fans are: Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Daphne Guinness, Beyoncé, Emma Watson, Peaches Geldof.

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