27 year-old Alyssa Sutherland, a former face of Nars, Bvlgari, Chanel Cosmetics - and one of 10 cover stars edition of Madison magazine in Australia, has just launched ad campaign for Calvin Klein’s new collection for yoga Performance and her own “webisode” series.

The row is a new hip line of spandex yoga outfits.

It is a derisive catchphrase, as the performance of yoga is actually based on little or no movement.

These black and white photos of model Alyssa Sutherland in various yoga poses were taken by photograph Nathaniel Goldberg for ad agency Full Contact.

The model is a big yoga fan and she says it demands great strength, focus and balance to master yoga.

Industry press say the new campaign could bring US$50-100K.

Although the model has worked for Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Moschino, Yves Saint Laurent and, more recently, Calvin Klein. Sutherland also says she is looking to making the transition into acting.

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Popular American designer Marc Jacobs has cast his Collection and Marc by Marc Jacobs campaigns.

All are very interested in the designer’s new Marc by Marc Jacobs face for Spring/Summer 2009, “trendy girl about town” British model Daisy Lowe.

I think she looks adorable,” Jacobs told WWD.

Now, Lowe is not your typical stick-thin model, but is known for her curves”.

Lowe is just 19 years old. She has shot for many of editing spreads for fashion magazines like Italian Vogue and i-D, but her advertising work is more limited.

She’s posed for ads for lingerie compaigns Chanel, Burberry, Ben Sherman and Whistles, Converse, Agent Provocateur and French Connection, but never a high-fashion designer like Jacobs.

She told:

Modeling is a cool outlet for me to express myself, and fashion has always fascinated me. I love that fashion crosses into my other passions - music and art.”

We hope that work with one of the industry’s most significant fashion designers will make her even more popular than she is now.

Victoria Beckham is out at Jacobs, but she is the new face of Emporio Armani lingerie line.

We realize she’s not actually curvy and is likely thinner than us “normal” ladies. But she’s also not starving, so in fashion land, that’s curvy.

Raquel Zimmermann will star in Jacobs’s women’s Collection campaign for spring 2009, and pretty-boy  Ryan McGinley will star in the men’s Collection campaign.

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The blonde supermodel Claudia Schiffer truly returned to take lead roles in the fashion industry.

Naomi Cambell was a star in the Yves Saint Laurent’s autumn/winter 2008-9 campaign. But Claudia Schiffer replaced Naomi in YSL spring/summer 2009 ad campaign and became new face of the brand.

Schiffer’s starring in campaigns for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, and Salvatore Ferragamo this season.

The YSL campaign was photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadib in LA last month, reports WWD

In November 2008 Claudia Schiffer also did a beautiful photoshoot for Italian Vogue.

More pictures from Italian Vogue November 2008

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A little black dress is a classic. It was originally made popular in the 1920s by the fashion designer Coco Chanel to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable and accessible to the widest market possible.

The “little black dress” is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a “rule of fashion” that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. For instance, you can wear it with a jacket and pumps for daytime business with sparkly jewelry and accessories for evening.

The style of the dress ideally should be as simple as possible. But, of course, any variations are possible to flatter your body type.

We have made a little survey on this dress style and presented ten models of little black dresses that surely deserve our attention.

№1 Little black dress by Victoria’s Secret

This dress is sophisticated by day and sultry by night. Very elegant and looks just perfect. The dress gathered bust with silk charmeuse detail. It’s cross-over, draped front.

№2 La Femme

The dress has a black halter top that allows seeing the beautiful back of the wearer. When accessorized with nice jewelry looks perfect at evening meetings or parties.

Dramatic detail adorns smooth, fluid jersey for comfort with just the right amount of cling-and bling. Sweetheart neckline and rhinestone straps. Ruching in front and back. Slim fit. Back zip. Made domestically of imported polyester/spandex.

№3 Matte jersey rhinestone dress

The dress is ideal for evening wear. Dramatic detail adorns smooth, fluid jersey for comfort with just the right amount of cling-and bling. Sweetheart neckline and rhinestone straps look very feminine.

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Tights have always been used to complement ladies’ outfits.

Now they are no more an accessory, they are a solo fashion trend. And you put them on to brighten up your looks and make yourself more noticeable rather than just to match your dress.

There are classical styles that are always popular. For example, herring-bone pattern, check, stripe, floral and geometrical décor.

Evening pantyhose have a metallic gloss, ornamented with spangles or patterns. Tights for everyday use have to be elegant and monotone.

And, of course, black tights, that are fashionable all year round. Just scroll through winter collections by Anna Sui, Oscar De La Renta, Chanel or Emma Cook and you will certainly see black tights with slight glossy effect.

From Left: Mara Hoffman, Moschino, Alexander McQueen black tights

However, the basic trend of tights fashion for this season is unusual combination and mix of colours and styles.

Bright colours. This autumn and winter tights of these tints are must-have items of your wardrobe. You can find them in Ioannis Dimitrousis and Richard Nicoll’s collections.

Bright opaque pantyhose are presented by Basso & Brooke, Eley Kishimoto, Pucci, John Galliano, Jasper Conran, Moschino and Sonia Rykiel.

From Left: Jean Paul Gautier, John Galliano, Anna Sui, Chloe tight

The most trendy colours are: bright violet, blue, green, pink, yellow and even orange.

From left: Zac Posen, Sonia Rykiel, Chris Benz, Gucci

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Beyonce for InStyle magazine November 2008

US InStyle magazine presents issue with Beyonce on November 2008 cover. Beyonce talks about style and fashion.

Must-Have Accessory:

I’m not dressed unless I have earrings on, like big hoops. I’ve always worn big earrings. Off the red carpet, I don’t really feel comfortable with many rings and bracelets on. I love earrings though.”

Obsession with Chanel:

I am obsessed with vintage Chanel jewelry. I once bought all the Chanel pieces that were on display at an antiques store in New York.

Favorite Designers:

Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier are two designers I love right now. Their clothes are feminine, sexy and modern. I just went to the Giuseppe Zanotti showroom, and he had the most spectacular shoes. It was like being in a candy store—I was obsessed with every shoe! Right now, I love anything with a high platform.”

Style Icons:

Charlize Theron is always beautiful and feminine. I love her couture looks and dramatic silhouette. Halle Berry is elegant and sophisticated. I love that in the seventies Cher and Diana Ross looked like superstars and never played it safe. When they were onstage, they gave you drama—and I love drama.”

Pre-Superstar Style:

Growing up, I was a tomboy. I refused to carry a purse and wouldn’t wear a dress. That was the eighties and it was all about the hip-hop influence—baggy jeans and big shirts. [Her mother, Tina Knowles] hated it! But then I started singing and ended up watching all of the footage of the Supremes and Tina Turner. And I thought to myself, ‘They’re so beautiful. I want to be like them.’”

Off-Camera Style:

I’m a lot more conservative in my personal life. But even when I’m dressed down, I wear a nice shirt, nice jeans and stilettos. Even when I go on vacation, where no one’s going to see me, I enjoy picking out new clothes, bathing suits and accessories. I do it for myself because I enjoy fashion. It makes me feel like me.”

Latest Look:

I was going to do the shorter hair [for her new album] that I had when I performed with Tina Turner at the Grammys earlier this year, which I loved. But I’ve decided to wear my hair straight instead. I’ve had so many different hairstyles, and I don’t want this project to be about my hair. With my makeup, I was doing a lot of liquid liner before. Now I’m into a gold smoky eye and natural-tone lip.”

Nicole Kidman for Australian InStyle November 2008

Nicole Kidman is a super cover girl in November 2008. She does US Elle magazine and now you can see the cover of Australian InStyle magazine with her interview and great photoshoot.

The cover picture is new but the pictures inside are from the Australian Harper’s Bazaar magazine from earlier this year.

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British young actress Emma Watson, who plays the character of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, does the cover of the November issue of Canadian magazine, Flare.

This fashion magazine published a short interview with  Watson, where she talks about the Harry Potter films, her relationship with co-stars, her future, a few more details about her most challenging scenes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is due for release in July 2009.

I had to cry for the first time when Hermione watches Ron kiss Lavender. It was difficult to bring up all that emotion and hurt in front of a full crew, and not just once, but over and over again from different angles.”

Emma Watson said she wants to take a break from her acting career to concentrate on her education. Inside the magazine she talks about the years she spent on the set filming the Harry Potter series.

I wanted everything to be so perfect. I would work so hard to memorize my lines and the scene; we would have to stop shooting because I was mouthing Rupert [Grint]’s and Dan [Radcliffe]’s lines at the same time. That’s something I had to get over.

In June 2008, Emma Watson signed a contract, reported to be worth £3 million, to advertise with Chanel, a prominent French fashion house.

She will become the public face of Coco Mademoiselle, replacing Keira Knightley of one of the label’s perfumes.

Emma will star in the animated film The Tale of Despereaux, released in December 2008.

She will voice the character of Princess Pea in the film, a children’s comedy which also stars Matthew Broderick and Tracey Ullman.

Once she said about fashion :

I love fashion. I think it’s so important, because it’s how you show yourself to the world.

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Kirsten Dunst is 26 y.o. She is perfect on the October 2008 cover of Harper’s Bazaar.

She can be seen next playing a celebrity journalist in the movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, out October 3.

The movie is based on the hit memoir by a British writer who goes to work for Vanity Fair.

From her interview:

On her future, about children:

I can’t wait to have kids one day. I want to have kids and a farm with lots of animals on a lake.”

A place in the sun.

• Jumpsuit, $1,800, and belt, $395, Yves Saint Laurent.
• Necklace, price upon request, DeBeers.
• Shoes, $920, Bottega Veneta.
• Vintage umbrella, $204, Bella Umbrella.

Dunst talks about seeking treatment for depression at Utah’s Cirque Lodge:

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you’re performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who’s dependent on other people’s approval. If I’d trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I’ve got it… I don’t want to go into too much detail because I give a quote and the it’s blogged about for the rest of my life on the Internet.”

Made in the shade.

• Cardigan, $1,410, polo, $1,130, skirt, price upon request, and belt, $290, Bill Blass.
• Bracelet, price upon request, Chanel Fine Jewelry.
• Shoes, $920, Bottega Veneta.

On the Beatrice Inn being a favorite New York hangout:

They keep people out who will write stuff and blog about it. But I’m not going to go there if what I do is written about. I’m very aware. I’m like an eagle eye. I’m not free as a bird (when I’m there) but I love to dance. And I literally have gone up to people and said, ‘Did you just take my picture?’ I have to protect myself.”

Afternoon with dogs

• Dress, Dolce & Gabbana.
• Necklace, price upon request, Van Cleef & Arpels.
• Pumps, $660, Christian Louboutin.

And rumors like the one linking her to Mac guy and Drew Barrymore ex Justin Long:

[They] are the funniest thing on planet Earth. I don’t know him from Adam. I met him once and he and his friend were kind enough to walk me home. I’ve never seen him since.”

Blue dress

• Dress, $1,998, and belt, $525, Ralph Lauren Collection.
• Bracelets, $3,800 - $5,200, Bulgari.
• Scarf, Chanel.

The great outdoors.

• Dress, $7,890, and booties, $1,295, Chanel.
• Ring, $24,300, Van Cleef & Arpels.

Listen, I’m happy single or not single,” Kirsten says with authority and a twinkle in her eye.

Everyone has to get to the point where they love themselves. Now I love me, so I’m okay.”

Read full Kirsten Dunst’s interview on Harper’s Bazaar

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Fall/Winter 2008 designer collections have presented us with some new tendencies. One of the ever new trends is, of course, classic. Classic never gets old. Designers can rediscover it every new season and it will anyway look totally irresistible and beautiful. Details add new chic and charm but generally don’t radically change the tendencies.

So classic style hits the balance between extravagance and casual style, it might be a starting point for some designers and a stumbling block for others. Classic makes you follow its rules but is at the same time flexible enough to absorb brand new tendencies. So, shortly, classic never gets old.

So as for main autumn/winter 2008-2009 tendencies, they were presented during Milan, London and Paris Fashion Weeks earlier this year, and the tendencies surely include classic style with retro chic and charm of the ‘60s.

Chanel is fabulous as always. Classic hues – gray, white, black, lavender and blue – were presented in short skirts, long jackets with fringing, voluminous sleeves, pleated and corrugated folds, voluminous sweaters.

Traditional Chanel accessories like cameos, flower brooches, gloves, and belts were seen on the catwalk alongside this season’s new must-have, chains.

Dior catwalk show brought us back to early ‘60s – short sleeves, voluminous skirts, trapezium shape dresses along with cute and stylish hats, sunglasses, gloves and handbags that truly revived the spirit of the ‘60s.

The fashion house used satin, chiffon, silk, shantung to create the designs. Dior’s collection is more colorful than that of Chanel.

One could see pistachio green, crimson, turquoise blue, and purple outfits on the runway. The collection was really feminine and really retro, which was undoubtedly one of its advantages. We just loved the hats.

Valentino’s consummate mastery to create high fashion has always been praised. This fall the fashion house sticks to the 1960s classic using bright colors and elegant feminine style. Pastel pink, coffee-colored, blue, radiant white, different shades of gray stressed the styles but at the same time didn’t distract attention from the designs.

Models were sporting tulip dresses, see-through small collar elegant blouses, bell shaped sleeveless silk gowns, dresses and skirts with asymmetric fasteners, lots of ruches and big bows.

Some of the dresses and suits were decorated with really big