Quando vi o comercial dos novos perfumes DG me bateu um déjà vu total: primeiro que a trilha sonora é Freedom 90′, do álbum Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 do George Michael. O videoclipe dessa música mostra vários supermodels do final dos anos 80, começo dos 90 dublando a música: Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford, John Pearson, Mario Sorrenti, Peter Formby.

Campanha Anthology – Dolce & Gabbana

Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lZRaCLSTrU

E segundo porque o comercial mostra um monde supermodels – tá, meia dúzia: Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova e Naomi Campbell e mais três caras que desconheço, quase no mesmo clima do clipe.

Freedom 90′ – George Michael

Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWSgqFGjRA

Ê, Dona Naomi, hein? Vinte anos depois e ainda pode tirar a roupa na frente das câmeras de novo.

Topshop makes your Christmas wishes come true this year: The high street giant’s latest venture, Dress Me Up, allows shoppers to steal a star’s style for a day by hiring dresses from their wardrobe.

Launching today, Dress Me Up will be in Topshop’s flagship Oxford Street store until December 6th for you to try things on for size before its official launch on 7th December, running through until the 23rd.

During the hire period, you can grab Kate Moss’ beaded Lanvin dress, Freida Pinto’s pale yellow Burberry Prorsum number, Scarlett Johansson’s Nanette Lepore animal print mini, Peaches Geldof’s floral floor-length Dolce & Gabbana gown, Dita Von Teese’s blue evening dress by Jayson Brundson, and one of Nicola Robert’s bespoke costumes from the latest Girls Aloud tour, among a rialfull of others. Names also signed up to the initiative include Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Erin O’Connor, Sophie Dahl and ELLE’s very own Olivia Palermo.

But that’s not the best part: Hiring a dress costs a mere £40. And, if after wearing your favourite dress you can’t bare to see it go, you’ve got the chance to own it forever as it falls into auction, with proceeds going to Age Concern and Help the Aged.

“Having worked with Topshop for so long, we didn’t think twice about donating our dress. It’s such a great cause, especially at this time of year,” Emma Cook told Vogue UK. “The combination of being able to help support Age Concern and Help the Aged and the chance for someone to wear our dress that wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford to, is such a fantastic concept.”

Which dress would you borrow if you were in the UK? Let me know @twitter.com/HauteCouturista

Photos: Mario Testino

Vouge UK, October 2009

The SEXY list…

1. Amanda LePore
2. Miami…South Beach
3. Naomi Campbell
4. Gold and Diamond Plated Mercedes, Lamborghini’s and Bentley’s
5. Leighton Meester “Somebody to Love”
6. Shakira “Did it Again”
7. Pierre Fitch…Gay Porn Star
8. Celebrity Sex Tapes
9. Bow Ties
10. Excessive Faux Fur
11. Christian Louboutin
12. Couture Hats
13. Vivienne Westwood
14. Enormous Gucci Purses
15. Fingerpainting
16. The first snow in the city
17. The Kindle II
18. The Guerlain $62,000 Lipstick
19. Diamond Lighter Necklace
20. The Smart Coffee Maker
21. The Dubai First Master Card…The most exclusive credit card in the world
22. Vintage Love Beads
23. “Snuff” by Chuck Palahniuk
24. “Tricks” by Ellen Hopkins
25. The Defaming of a beauty queen…The tragedy of Carrie Prejean
26. Porn Star/Lingerie Designer Tera Patrick
27. Genius Club Kid/Murderer Michael Alig

Eyes Open…We’re Watching!!!

There’s something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.
Stefan Kanfer

artist: Peter Nidzgorski, source: this isn’t happiness, tumblr via ffffound

photography: Steven Klein, source: Calvin Klein Underwear ad 2009, models:Eva Mendes & Jamie Dornan

photography: Elle Arden, Source: Black and White Zebra with Black Background

source: google, model: James Dean

source: Friends of Type via ffffound

source: k (1 of 11) en Flickr: ¡Intercambio de fotos!

source: google

photography: Ansel Adams, location: Grand Tetons, Wyoming

model: my grandaddy

source: google

source: google, model: Jimi Hendrix

photography: silja Magg, source: Women Management, model: Katarina Ivanovska

photography: Heidi Slimane, source: FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world

source: Hubble’s Black and White View of the Universe

source: google

photography: Peter Lindbergh, souce: Numero

source: Ampersanderson via ffffound

photography: Ansel Adams

photography: Allan Rostron

Source: High Society (1956), model: Grace Kelly

photography: David Byun, source: W Korea April 2009, stylist: Yahaira Familia

source: Japanese Numero April 2008

photography: Hugh Morton 1982, model: Jim Braddock  UNC vs Villanova

model: Ray Charles

models: Kennedy family

source: google

source: v-mag model: Naomi Campbell

source: NY daily news, model: Jesse Owens at 36′ Berlin olympics

source: google

photography: Mario Testino, source: German Vogue June 08

photography: Mario Testino, model: Naomi Campbell

photography: Otto Rogge, source: Ocean, Ottophoto

photography: Karim Sadli model: Abbey Lee

source: Beatles

photography: Robert Longos source: “Men in the Cities” series – 1980s via Ryan’s Facebook,

source: Boston Ballet

photography: Raffee, source: Kid in the Park via Raffee

source: Bright Idea Brilliantly Delivered on the Behance Network via ffffound

model: Filippa Hamilton

source: shuttle launch

source: Sand Dunes, Izismile

source: Ralph Waldo Emerson via 30+ Pieces of Inspiring, Funny and Interesting Advice – My Modern Metropolis

Naomi Campbell
DT; October 2009
Photographer: Ellen Von Unwerth

inside Nov. 09 British Vogue

The new Kate Moss is Brazilian.  The first time I spotted her was in Nylon’s October 2007 issue, featured as a rising star.  Alice Dellal’s wild hair cut and foreign features caught my eye.  I also noticed Dellal was not as leggy as the average editorial model.  Still, the camera captured a strong presence and spirit.

I came across Dellal again in this month’s British Vogue. She has graced the pages of other magazines including Dazed & Confused, French Vogue, and L’Officiel. At only 5′5”, the Brazilian rebel has been deemed the new Kate Moss.   This title is fitting as Dellal has been seen out on the town with questionable company partaking in questionable activities not unlike Moss did in her youth.  Last year she replaced Moss as the new face of Agent Provocateur. Dellal’s style is also similar to the 90’s grunge of Kate Moss.  She champions cut off denim, floral minidresses, and chunky shoes.

Dellal is currently London’s it girl.  The boss of Britain’s fashion scene, i-D magazine, has shot 12 different covers, each featuring one of the “Best British Models.”  Dellal will make her official British debut with her cover.  The 12 models also include legends Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Twiggy as well as newcomers Agyness Deynand Jourdan Dunn.

Dellal was famous before she was famous.  Her mother is Brazilian model Andrea Dellal and her father is a millionaire and bodyguard to the stars.  Her friends include Pixie Geldof and Daisy Lowe, two of my favorite British models/socialites.  The three recently left Select Model Management to sign with Next.  It’s rumored Select was not a fan of the girls’ hard partying. But girls will be girls.  One of the biggest perks of fashion modeling is the social scene.

What I love most about this girl is her personal style.  The way people dress in their down time speaks mountains about a person.  Dellal pulls off the fierce haircut, combat boots, and leather details on the daily.  “I like my style. If people don’t like my hair, then they don’t have to book me,”  Dellal said on Vogue.com.  But it looks like that hair cut will be landing her a cover sometime soon.

“When I was seven, I caught my reflection in a spoon and though, ’Wow! I‘m ridiculously good-looking.‘”- Dellal in Nylon, Oct. 07

• Alice Dellal Bio [Modelina]

Apparently a panda and a gorilla had wild monkey-bear sex during a one night stand in Italy to produce the bastard offspring that was shaved to make Naomi Campbell’s ridiculous Dolce & Gabbana fur coat.

Once upon a time this supermodel used to be a spokesperson for PETA. Back in 1994 she posed nekkid in one of their anti-fur campaigns, but as you can see from this picture, her memory is nearly as short as her temper. I guess hypocrisy is the new black, eh?

Spotted @ Daily Mail

Valentino The Last Emperor had its premiere last night in NY, and supermodel Naomi Campbell was present, along with her billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin. These two have been inseparable, ever since they met at the Cannes film festival back in May 2008. Cute.

Love the coat… fit for a billionaire’s girlfriend I guess!

Naomi Campbell is championing a search (in conjunction with the creative initiative Talenthouse) to find the world’s next great Fashion Photographer.  Naomi is calling for submissions to the competition, in a once in a lifetime chance to shoot the supermodel herself and be featured in a top Fashion magazine.  To enter, submit your best photograph to Talenthouse under the theme of ‘Glamour”.  The deadline is the 5th February 2010.

Competition is sure to be fierce so get those entries in and good luck!

“People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live… [We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.” - Albert Einstein’s letter to Otto Juliusburger

Bassman, Frank, Demarchelier, Weber, & Leibovitz

THE OLDEST 28-YEAR-OLD IN THE WORLD

I still don’t have a Twitter. I joined Facebook earlier this year, after being constantly bombarded by the electronic Facebook invites of my college mates from art school, I finally gave in. Sometimes, updating status, replying to messages, wall tags and photo comments are something I do to keep me company while retouching some of the images I took in Photoshop, in between photo shoots, waiting for my flight, waiting for my luggage, waiting for a friend in a coffee shop, just finished reading a book or done my research for my novel, Facebook somehow sneaked in to my routines, should I be worried? For all my growing readers and followers out there, I appreciate your emails and support, I  attended a worldwide blogger’s 2-day conference over the weekend to upgrade myself and literally everyone (about 200 bloggers, web developers, writers, coders) has a Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, together with their website and other contact details in their business cards or their blogs, I feel prehistoric, the oldest 28-year-old in the world who don’t Twit and a Facebook amateur compared to my niece who have used Facebook and Twitter since birth, now I’m worried.

MR. IRVING PENN 92

My favorite feature in Facebook is the “top five” list of everything you can think of, top five movies, top five sandwiches, top five Britney song, top five Sarah Palin books (although she has only one, hopefully), of course I don’t want to be left out by the other cool kids, so I made a couple of list of my own, like the hit “Top 5 Famous Dead People I Would Like To Invite For Dinner”– James Dean, Charles Darwin, Jesus Christ, Adolf Hitler, and Albert Einstein (I’m definitely sure 3 of them are vegetarian and I definitely got a lot of fb comments for that), and after browsing The New York Magazine in LAX, Aug 16, ‘09 interview of the famed photographer Annie Leibovitz (59 yrs. old), “Photography is not something you retire from, Photographers live to a very old age and work until the end.” (Lartigue lived to be 92, Steichen 93, and Cartier-Bresson 94.)  “Irving Penn is going to be 92 next month, and he’s still working.” Leibovitz said. I quickly made another “top 5″ last September 13 at 5:53 am (it’s still somewhere on my facebook wall), “The World’s Oldest Living Iconic Photographers” where Mr. Irving Penn topped the list at 92, shortly after a month (October 7),  Ms. Lillian Bassman (92) took Mr. Penn’s spot at the top 5.

FIVE LEGENDARY LIVING LENSMEN

It’s a youth-obsessed industry, a working fashion model’s age brackets from 14 to 21 and less than 1% of them work up to their 40’s (Claudia Schiffer 39, Christy Turlington 40, Naomi Campbell 39, and Kate Moss 35), but great photographers get to last twice or more than any great supermodel’s career in a lifetime which is fascinating and inspiring for a “late twenties” photographer like me, their career’s longevity and their resilience are something that a lot of “top” fashion photographers in their 30s or 40s at the moment can only dream of. It would be interesting to know if any of the five legendary living lensmen and women Twits or have Facebook “top fives” of their own. Two caucasian women, three caucasian men, two immigrants, three american-born, one photojournalist, one portrait photographer, two fashion/celebrity photographers, one fashion/art photographer, three have started with Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, and all based in the east coast, four in new york, one in miami, here are the updated list of “The World’s Oldest Living Iconic Photographers” still working today.

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Lillian Bassman (92)

A painter and an American fashion photographer, born in Brooklyn (1917) to a jewish immigrant parents from Russia (1905).

Bassman’s work as a fashion photographer started at Junior Bazaar (1940s) and Harper’s Bazaar (1950 -1965), by the 70s she abandoned fashion photography to work on her own photo projects, resulting to 40 years of life’s work (films and prints) thrashed, some salvaged hundred images re-appeared and her work was re-appreciated in the 90s. Her photography style is the high contrast, grainy finish, and geometric camera angles of her subjects.

In an industry ruled by “White Men (gay or straight)”**, Bassman is now one of the last two “great women” standing. And that is still an understatement for me.

**a future article you’ll find here in Dangerously Naive.

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Robert Frank (84)

An important American art/photojournalist, born in Zurich, Switzerland (1924) to a wealthy Jewish family.

Mr. Frank emigrated to the United States in 1947 and like Ms. Bassman started as a fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar. He travelled to South America and Europe after the brief stint with the magazine, and like Ms. Bassman worked on his more personal works, and came back in the 1950’s to NYC for a group exhibition in MOMA and then moved to Paris. His frustrations with the control of the editors over his work colored his fashion magazine experience, nonetheless he moved back to New York, 3 years after the exhibition and worked as a freelance photojournalist and completely abandoning fashion photography altogether.

In 1958, “The Americans” was published, his widely celebrated photographic book cemented his position in the history of American photography.

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Patrick Demarchelier (65)

A French fashion photographer, born in 1943 to a modest family and started as a wedding photographer at the age of seventeen.

Like Mr. Frank, Mr. Demarchelier emigrated to New York (1975), Elle, Marie Claire and 20 Ans Magazine was the first stints he had as a fashion photographer after working as a freelance photographer/ assistants to such greats as Cartier-Bresson. He later worked for Harper’s Bazaar (like Mr. Frank and Ms. Bassman) and Vogue (1992-present). Demarchelier also is behind several blue chip campaigns including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Celine, TAG Heuer, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Lacoste, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, and became a household name after the 2006’s Meryl Streep film The Devil Wears Prada with the lines- “Did Demarchelier confirm?”, and “I have Patrick!”.

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Bruce Weber (63)

An American fashion/celebrity photographer, born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1946).

Mr. Weber’s first fashion photography work appeared in GQ magazine in the late 1970’s, shot Bloomingdales catalogs in 1978, Calvin Klein Campaigns in the late 1980s to early 1990s, introducing him to the American households. His photograph of supermalemodel Marcus Schenkenberg nude in the shower, catapulted him to celebrity status. Then later working with fellow celebrities like him, Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, Chet Baker, Chris Isaak, Harry Connick Jr., Jackson Browne and virtually all the stars in the hollywood’s walk of fame, the dead and the living. Today, he is behind the countless ad campaigns such as Calvin Klein, Pirelli, Revlon, Gianni Versace, Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch and unlike Mr. Robert Frank, Mr. Weber embraced the fashion industry and worked with virtually all the top fashion and celebrity magazines existing in the world today.

Mr. Weber’s work are mostly in black and white and homoerotic. (A House is Not a Home and Bear Pond to name a few of his numerous homoerotic nude photobooks).

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Annie Leibovitz (59)

An American portrait photographer, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (1949) to a modern dance instructor mother, and a lieutenant colonel father (US Air Force).

She took her first pictures in the Philippines while studying college, and to be with her family, after her father was stationed there during the Vietnam war. Ms. Leibovitz returned to the US in 1970 and started a career as a staff photogrpaher for Rolling Stone magazine, then in 1973 became its chief photographer (for 10 years) and helped defined the look of the magazine with her celebrity portraits of Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and like Mr. Weber the rest of the names in Hollywood’s walk of fame and virtually every celebrity that are in the headlines today, from President Obama to Miley Cyrus (for Vanity Fair Magazine).

Ms. Leibovitz’s signature style is the close collaboration to her subjects and on her earlier works are the more orange/yellow hue tint to the present work’s blue-ish purple hue. – Navo

Related Entry: http://naiveboy.com/2009/10/08/thank-you-mr-penn/

For most models modeling is just a job; a chance to see the world, an escape from a hardscrabble life, an avenue to more fulfilling pursuits. The glamour ends when the lights go down. For Naomi Campbell modeling is a way of life. Naomi’s got a reputation as a bitch and a diva, and not for nothing. It seems that every few months she’s in the papers for attacking or insulting someone. When she was finally convicted of assault, she showed up to do her community service wearing stilletos. A few years ago I read that her fees have grown so extortionate that not even her friend Donatella Versace wants to book her. She may be a drama queen. She may be someone you don’t want as an enemy. But do models come any more fabulous? Remember what I was saying earlier about the cult of personality and the importance of image? Naomi knows very well what her image is, and she lives it to the hilt. She knows what the world expects and she plays up that persona. Her job is to be a glamorous, dangerous, beautiful diva 24/7. Who else lives her job like that?

(clockwise: Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Yasmeen Ghauri, Stephanie Seymour)

Hace mucho tiempo había probado un ingenioso producto que logró eliminar en cuestión de un día las espinillas de mi rostro. Revisando el baúl de objetos “de largo tiempo sin usar” me he  reencontrado con esta maravilla.

The Pimple Healer de Mario Badescu es un tratamiento contra el acné, que no sólo seca los brotes de espinillas, se encarga de no dejar manchas. Es de fácil uso: sólo tienes que introducir un hisopo en el frasco, hasta tocar el ácido salicílico que reposa en el fondo de calamina.

Haz la prueba y pincha en el portal de Mario Badescu para que conozcas más esta maravilla y déjanos saber qué tal te fue. Tiene un costo de US17.00 más envío.

Sobre Mario Badescu

Este es un fabuloso spa ubicado en la calle 52 de Manhatan, NY ya tiene en el mercado desde 1967. Posee una completa línea de productos con ingredientes naturales para áreas específicas del cuerpo como las manos el rostro, ojos,  y el resto.

Su local ha sido visitado por celebridades como Naomi Campbell, Charlize Theron, Liv Tyler.

One of the top most and highly famous supermodel, Naomi Campbell has a big and pure heart for charities. Who will know the one who being admired for her great looks has a golden heart?

She donated one of her Hermes handbag in pale green alligator skin, which costs $31,500 or 21, 000 euros to the White Ribbon alliance for Safe Motherhood. This charity promotes safe motherhood worldwide and fights against deaths in pregnancy, which takes away more than half a million women a year. The auction takes place on November 10, 2009 and had been estimated at between 12, 000 to 15, 000 euros.

rtcuria , a French auctioneers sold this Birkin bag, which was named after British-born celebrity, singer and actress Jane Birkin , who sold her own for $ 108,000 or 74,000 euros in 2007.

I was really impressed to Naomi for her golden heart that she gave her most treasured bag freely to human rights group.

François Nars released his book: 15×15 at a party in New York City last week. Nars as a beauty company has turned 15; and thus he has released his third photo book on its anniversary. The photo book is available for only thirty days after its release. It features all of Nars fabulous friends from photos of Olivier Theyskens to pictures of inspiration by the likes of Naomi Campbell. The party was November 12th at Superstudio, and upon arrival with Nars was Daphne Guinness to claim the spot as first to wear an entire spring ensemble of McQueen (as predicted). Marc Jacobs wore a skirt, which is one of the many personal statements he does best, and Amanda Lepore was decked out in crystals with Louboutin shoes. Other guests included Lorenzo Martone with Marc, Lisa Marie Smith, Amber Valletta, and Erin Fetherston.

Pictures: by Mike Coppola (Getty Images North America)

Volvemos con nuestra sección de videos con participación de profesionales del cine y de la moda. Hoy la selección es un monográfico sobre el desaparecido Michael Jackson. “El rey del pop” nos dejó muchos videos en los que ponía una especial dedicación. Algunos eran pequeños cortometrajes, películas sintetizadas en 4 minutos, como el primero de esta serie, Liberian Girl. El último single de su álbum BAD se promocionó con una filmación en la que aparecen muchos amigos de Hollywood del cantante. la nómina es extensa: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Carl Weathers, Dan Aykroyd, John Travolta, Steve Guttenberg….

Uno de los últimos que grabó fue You Rock My World en 2001.  Basado en una historia escrita por él mismo y por Paul Hunter, podemos ver en pantalla a actores de la talla de Marlon Brando, Mickey Rourke, Michael Madsen, Chris Tucker, Billy Drago y a la actriz y coreógrafa Kishaya Dudley, que interpreta a la chica que origina toda la trama.

En 1991 John Landis (Granujas a todo ritmo, El príncipe de Zamunda) dirigió un de los más famosos de Jacko, Black or White. Las “celebrities” que hacen acto de presencia son el niño de moda en aquella época por la saga Sólo en Casa, Macaulay Kulkin, en el papel de padres el bonachón Norm de la serie de TV Cheers (George Wendt) y Tess Harper, la modelo Tyra Banks y la artista musical y actriz Cree Summer. Como curiosidad decir que en la canción participa tocando la guitarra Slash de Guns & Roses, y que el riff suena parecido al Hurt So Good de John Cougar Mellencamp.

Perteneciente también al disco Dangerous, In The Closet se proyectó un año más tarde que Black or White. Como respuesta a las dudas sobre su orientación sexual, Michael escribió este “Dentro del armario” en el que hablaba de una relación oculta entre un hombre y una mujer. Para rodar la historia se acompañó de la modelo Naomi Campbell, que despliega sus movimientos más sensuales a lo largo del video. Aunque los coros de la canción se acreditaron a una “Mystery Girl” luego se supo que fueron obra de la princesa Estefanía de Mónaco.

Να και κάτι εκτός πολιτικής που δεν συνηθίζουμε σε αυτό το site.

Συλλάβανε τον Mike Tyson στο Λος Άντζελες επειδή επιτέθηκε σε δημοσιογράφο. Μάλλον έχει βάλλει στοίχημα με την Ναόμη στο ποιός θα συλληφθεί τις περισσότερες φορές.

Δείτε το βίντεο εδώ.

Ξανατσιμπήσανε τον Μάικ Τάισον (Mike Tyson).