Justin Bieber shows off his good looks on Billboard magazine cover

　　Justin Bieber shows off his good looks on Billboard magazine cover. 17-year-old teen pop star Justin Bieber is sporting a casual yet stylish look on mag’s cover with his hands in pockets.

　　Check out some excerpts from his interview with mag:
On giving back to his hometown: “I remember growing up not having a lot, especially around Christmastime. We had to get stuff from the food bank, so one of the charities we’re helping out is the food bank in my town. I want every one of my fans to feel like they’re helping out the world in some way. And being the one to influence them to do that, that’s something positive I can do with what God’s given me.”
On re-recording Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You: “Yes, that was high. But I grinded it out and we got it down.”

Madonna, Lola Launch 'Material Girl' Model Search

　　
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So you wanna be a Material Girl? Here’s your chance.
Madonna and her daughter Lola Leon will be searching the U.S. for the Material Girl models next month. A celebrity-driven panel of judges, led by Kelly Osbourne, will scour the country for the next Material Girls to model in the Spring 2012 ad campaign.
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Remember the first model for the youth-centric line was none other than Gossip Girl star turned punk rocker Taylor Momsen. So you have some pretty high platforms to fill. Not to mention shredded black stockings.
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Casting calls will be held at five of Macy’s flagship locations in the U.S., launching Wednesday, (Nov. 2) at Macy’s Herald Square in New York, then going to Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles and will end on Nov 21 for online voting
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The ten finalists with the highest votes (OMG, this is so Dressing With the Stars) will be flown to New York City to be judged by Madonna and Lola. Oh, and please remember that Madonna definitely does not like hydrangeas. For a reminder -- and more tips about developing the required je ne sais quoi to win this contest -- watch this video.
The chosen “Lucky Stars” (see how cleverly they're working in Madonna's classic '80s songs?) winners’ ads will appear in glossy fashion magazines, a digital and outdoor campaign and in-store Macy’s marketing. Plus there's $5,000 cash prize. No word on a discount on clothes though.
Watch the video ad for the search for Material Girl models below:

The Twilight Saga

　　And so … the worldwide promo machine for the upcoming sequel film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has officially gotten underway this weekend with the film’s first movie premiere. Robert Pattinson and Ashley Greene were both on hand in Paris, France this weekend for the first (of many) premieres for Breaking Dawn. Gone was R. Pattz‘s recent bushy beard and in its place was left a stubbly goatee. It’s that time again … time for Twilight to start taking over the world again.

　　She’s so classically lovely that one might say Ashley Greene is almost preternaturally beautiful. The 24-year-old starlet sported a gorgeous, ethereal glow at the French premiere of the fourth Twilight Saga film, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, in Paris yesterday. The actress wore a tailored blue Givenchy dress that showed off her curves … Although his love, co-star Kristen Stewart, wasn’t present, Robert Pattinson also showed off a much improved look that the one he sported two days ago. His beard may have been patchy, but the 25-year-old Brit’s trimmed facial hair was much preferable to the werewolf-like beard he displayed when arriving at LAX on Friday. He looked gorgeous and dapper in a slim-fitting charcoal Dolce&Gabbana suit over a striped shirt, though in typical sloppy Pattinson fashion, his shoelaces were untied on the red carpet. Ashley and Rob played vampire siblings Alice and Edward Cullen in the Twilight series films. Of her on-screen brother’s bumbling interview style, the brunette beauty recently joked to Allure magazine: ‘Oh, Rob. He’s very endearing, but you’ve seen his interviews. He’s like, Ah, I don’t know… Oh, God.’ However, Rob seemed anything but awkward as he mugged for cameras and took photographs with fans gathered at the Cinema Gaumont Capucine. The fourth film in the series is set to open in both the USA and the UK on November 18.
I guess I haven’t been paying much attention but, yeah, we are just about a month away from the release of Breaking Dawn in theaters. It’s funny, it seemed like the first part of the final installment of the Twilight film franchise was many, many months away (late November seemed like a long way off) … and now, it’s practically here. I suspect we’ll be seeing other premieres all around the world with various castmembers showing up here and there. It’s Twilight time again, are y’all ready?

Ashley Greene Covers BlackBook

　　Ashley Greene graces cover page of BlackBook magazine’s November 2011 issue. The 24-year-old actress is looking dramatic on cover wearing interesting metallic dress with her hair worn down.

　　Check out some excerpts from Ashley’s interview:
On dating rumors: “I’m dating everyone! My brother lives in LA and won’t even walk outside a restaurant with me. He’s like, ‘I don’t want to be romantically linked to you.’”
On past jobs: “I worked at the dry cleaner across from my school, I worked accounts payable for a company, I did hosting, I worked at a bowling alley, I worked at a boutique. I worked at a hotel, I worked at a restaurant, I did modeling, I worked everywhere. And I didn’t get fired!”
On having a tough dad: “My dad used to be in the Marines, so no one is going to give him flack. At 14, I was being a little brat, I thought I knew everything, and my dad was like, ‘I own your bed, your TV, everything.’ There was a lot of discipline, and with what I’m doing now, I’m glad for it.”
On her dad: “My dad used to be in the Marines, so no one is going to give him flack. At 14, I was being a little brat, I thought I knew everything, and my dad was like, ‘I own your bed, your TV, everything.’ There was a lot of discipline, and with what I’m doing now, I’m glad for it.
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Magazine cover character

　　
f 　　When Cheryl Cole arrived at the Glamour magazine Awards in central London, she looked skinnier than ever with her gigantic hair and extremely revealing low-cut lingerie-style outfit. Cheryl Cole was there to accept Woman of the Year prize, which was selected by the fashion magazine's readers.
Her slender body was overstated by her thriving mane of hair which had been swept up onto one side of her face. Which not only gave it a high fashioned look, but also added a lot of volume to her hair!
She was clothed in a specifically designed Julien Macdonald dress with an elegant touch and was presented with her award by a very popular actor Jason Lewis!
So what do you think about this gown? Is it a hit or a miss?

WSJ. Fashion Magazine

　 WSJ. Magazine editor Deborah Needleman is ripping a page out of the Richard Beckman playbook: On Oct. 27, WSJ. Magazine will host its first awards ceremony at MoMa to honor so-called Innovators of the Year. Awards are being given out in diverse and somewhat incongruous categories:

fashion, art, food, philanthropy, design, technology and architecture. But, Needleman said, that’s done by design.
“The business side was, like, ‘Is there something you’d like to do?’ And it kind of made sense,” she said. “Of course everybody has an awards ceremony and I was never more aware of than I am right this minute producing one, how many there are out there, but innovation is sort of — I hate this word — the DNA of the magazine. Everything we do in the magazine is about influence, creativity and innovation.
“We’re not a straight-up fashion magazine, we’re not a straight-up business magazine,” she continued. “I feel like making a magazine is a bit like making a community — and our community is made up of art, fashion, food, philanthropy, design, architecture, and those are the natural categories for the event.”
At the ceremony, Marc Jacobs will present Katie Grand the award for fashion innovator of the year. Marina Abramovic will accept the award for Ai Weiwei — the Chinese artist imprisoned and subsequently released by the Chinese government who was recently named by ArtReview as the most powerful artist in the world — for best art innovator. Jonathan Safran Foer will present the food innovator award to — wait for it — Chipotle founder Steve Ells. Other winners include Elon Musk (technology), Joris Laarman (design) and Bjarke Ingels (architecture). Bill Gates and Warren Buffett got the philanthropy award, but will not be at the ceremony.
WSJ’s Innovators issue comes out Oct. 29.
In other WSJ news, the magazine’s deputy editor, Michael Caruso, is leaving after arriving just four months ago to become editor in chief of Smithsonian Magazine.
“He brought good stories and writers to the magazine, and he is an excellent editor,” said Needleman. “And I’m happy he’s got this new opportunity to run his own show.”
Needleman said she’s not sure if she’s going to hire a replacement. Since Ruth Altchek was promoted to editor of Off Duty in the late summer, Needleman has been spending most of her time with the monthly magazine.

JENNIFER ANISTON HONORED AT ELLE’S 18TH yearly females IN HOLLYWOOD TRIBUTE

　　
　　Hollywood’s loveliest ladies stepped out in full force on Monday night (October 17) for ELLE’s 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute held at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.
Looking sexier than ever in a silver mini dress, Jennifer Aniston was among the stars who was honored at the star-studded gala.
The annual event is held by the fashion magazine to pay tribute to women’s achievements in films.
As well as the 42-year-old actress, Michelle Pfeiffer, Evan Rachel Wood, Viola Davis, Naomi Watts and Freida Pinto were also be recognized.
Singer Barbra Streisand was presented with the L’Oréal Paris Legend Award, while the younger sister of famous twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Elizabeth, received the Calvin Klein Collection Emerging Star Spotlight Award.
Elle‘s editor-in-chief Robbie Myers says, “As has long been our tradition, this year we honour an extraordinary group of women who continue to redefine what is possible in Hollywood. From icons to stars to emerging talent, we are thrilled to celebrate their contribution to understanding what it means to be a woman in the wider world.”

The beautiful white dress magazine

　　I've always thought lace wedding dresses were romantic, but they've always seemed a little too old-fashioned for my taste.

　　View the full Carolina Herrera Fall 2012 collection on Brides.com.
But this lacy-looking Carolina Herrera wedding dress is positively modern! I know it's not exactly lace, but the fabric—which is probably either laser- or die-cut—definitely looks positively doily-esque! And I love it!
Would you wear a wedding dress made with this modern interpretation of lace?
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Plain yan of a fashion magazine

　　
　　European fashion magazines are better than their American counterparts because they're less focused on the star quality of their cover stars (every celebrity is promoting something) and more concerned with what they should be: fashion. And they're easily mockable, as Jezebel points out. The covers of European fashion magazines are more interesting, too. Take the concept of the main editorial in the April issue of French Elle: stars without makeup. Can you really imagine Anna Wintour approving of that editorial, nevertheless placing it on the cover?

The publishing industry is thanking its various gods- luck

　　
　　The publishing industry is thanking its various gods- luck, tenacity, and savvy- for the recent news that ad pages are finally back on an upward swing. According to the Publishers Information Bureau, ad pages are up 2.5% for the last quarter. Out of the fashion magazines, Vogue finished in first, up 10% from last year.
During the dark days of 2008-2009, the industry endured a life-altering seismic shift as ad pages dropped severely due to the recession. The loss of profit set off a torrent of lay-offs and magazine closings. Staffs of 200 were whittled to twenty, and unemployment offices- especially in New York- filled with down-trodden writers, editors, and administrative staff from once powerful publications. With the burgeoning online industry, many said print was dead. However, now it looks like the worst is most likely over; this most recent report signifies the fourth straight quarter that ad pages have increased, solidifying this as a true trend.

Vogue magazine is arguably the best known fashion magazine in the world.

　　
　　Vogue magazine is arguably the best known fashion magazine in the world. Madonna paid homage to it in her 1990 song ‘Vogue’. It has even been parodied in the book and film The Devil Wears Prada, and most recently in the television series Ugly Betty. However, as magazine circulation figures have suffered as a result of the new media boom, the magazine has looked increasingly to its website to sustain and increase readership.
The main Vogue websites are the American and British ones, although most of the international editions of the magazine also have their own unique Vogue website. Looking at the British website (www.vogue.com) it is easy to see why Vogue is staying ahead of the competition, as there are many good uses of new media forms on the website. The design of the website is classic and appears to use the same style guide as the magazine. The content includes a brilliant search engine, which allows the user to look through all of the past covers, models, designers and catwalks. The news section is kept very up to date, which is particularly important as fashion is constantly changing. The website contains pretty standard content that you would expect such as news and features, but also has its own Vogue TV which shows regularly updated video’s about the latest fashion news and catwalk shows.
I think that use of the Vogue TV is particularly relevant as not only does the print publication have to deal with the threat of rival magazines but also from television channels such as Fashion TV. Therefore by creating their own TV channel/ video clips, they are keeping the users interest in their website and magazine and pretending them from looking else where for that kind of media content. It’s a clever way of combing the different mediums to keep the audiences attention. The video’s can also be downloaded on to your iPod / MP3 player as pod casts. The only problem with Vogue TV is that it has a design flaw in that you can’t switch it off from the home page or turn the volume down, and so if you don’t want to watch the same video over and over again while browsing the home page, there isn’t much you can do.
Other uses of new media features on the website include competitions, blogs, a forum, and an online clothes shop. The blogs by the fashion experts are regularly updated but don’t allow for comments, which is something that would probably allow greater interactivity if that option was available. However, site users' do get to interact with the content of the website through a blog, and there is an option to subscribe to a daily newsletter which keeps users update with the Vogue even if they don’t regularly check the site. The clothes shop adds another element where the website can make more money by linking trends featured in the magazine and online to clothes that they sell to encourage sales and further profits. You can also buy copies of the print magazine and subscriptions to it online which links the site back the original publication. Overall I think the UK version of online Vogue is up to date with the developments in new media, however, there could be more interactivity with the user, giving them more freedom to comment perhaps on stories and the videos.
In comparison to the US Vogue website, the British site makes greater use of new media to promote the magazine as well as the brand itself. The US Vogue site has recently been merged with the W magazine to form style.com, almost as a separate entity to the print publications rather than a complimentary site to the magazine. The Vogue section of style.com makes better use of forums than its British counterpart, as it is more interactive, separated into sections where as the British forum is more of a comment box. The US Vogue website also features model diaries and a model search, however, I think the content on the British Vogue site is more detailed, up to date and in keeping with the magazine content.

Gossip Girls Blake Lively And Taylor Momsen hold Vogue fe

　　I don’t watch TV. Not because I wouldn’t, normally, but mostly because I have no time to do so. Instead, I keep up with everything using that wonderful tool called Internet.
Every now and then I get swept off by some smashing TV hit (24h, Prison Break, Heroes, The Office) but that’s about it. So, naturally, Gossip Girl frenzy is slightly beyond my understanding. We have a family friend who’d completely stuck on Gossip Girl, but not us. No-oh!

　　I had to use Youtube to get my Gossip Girl slice? If anything like that falls in the hands of a regular GG fan, I must look overdosed with ignorance.
But Vogue And Page Six Magazine, both highly respectable publications decided to make my Gossip culture.
I can understand Page Six, it’s gossip-ish after all. But Vogue? (more after the jump)
While young Taylor Momsen covers Page Six Magazine being 15 years old and talking about fashion (and other things), Blake Lively covers Vogue February. While browsing scenes with Blake Lively as Serena from Gossip Girl, I couldn’t understand why and how she got this amazing Vogue cover. Normally I could protest about not seeing a model on a fashion magazine cover. Now it seems I should be happy with a worthy actress or famous face.

　　As far as the explanation for giving Blake a Vogue cover (coming from Vogue’s spokesman, Patrick O’Connell), I’ll just leave it for you to comment:
“She’s the girl of the moment who also has a hit show that people watch as much for the fashion as for the show itself.”