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Milla Jovovich and Lou Doillon for Isabel Marant x H & M collection

September 25, 2013 by The CoF

Following its previous successful collaborations with fashion houses such as Versace, Marni and Maison Martin Margiela, Stella McCartney, the Swedish retailer H & M is ready to bring you the much waited collection with French designer Isabel Marant. When the news invaded the internet last spring everybody was boiling with excitement ant impatience. At least I was because who doesn’t love the style of Isabel Marant? ‘I am creating something real, that women want to wear in their everyday lives, […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Accessories, Alek Wek, Footwear, H & M, Isabel Marant, Isabel Marant x H & M, Iselin Steiro, Lou Doillon, Milla Jovovich, Shopping

Miranda Kerr, Helena Christensen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Alek Wek and Isabeli Fontana by Peter Lindbergh for The Pirelli Calendar 2014

Preview : The Pirelli Calendar 2014

August 16, 2013 by The CoF

The Pirelli Calendar celebrates half century and celebrates this important milestone with a five-star edition. Six supermodels are the protagonists of the 2014 edition immortalized by Peter Lindbergh (who had already signed the calendars of the 1996 and 2002) and Patrick Demarchelier (author of the shots of the calendars of 2005 and 2008). Miranda Kerr, Helena Christensen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Alek Wek and Isabeli Fontana are the stars of The Pirelli Calendar 2014 edition that will be distributed in November. Related articles Preview of Patrick Demarchelier and […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: Alek Wek, Alessandra Ambrosio, Helena Christensen, Isabeli Fontana, Miranda Kerr, Models, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Photography, Pirelli Calendar

Melissa Magazine’s Fashion Double Take

December 27, 2012 by The CoF

SEEING DOUBLE: Melissa magazine’s more fashion-minded readers might do a double take when the 2013 summer edition of Plastic Dreams lands in their mailboxes. The lead fashion story, “A Colorful Dream,” looks strikingly similar to one that ran on the cover of W Korea in March. Alek Wek is on the cover of Melissa’s Brazilian edition, but a fashion flashback can be found on the back cover, which features seven models in rainbow-colored wigs splayed about on a pastel-colored set. The […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Alek Wek, Brazil, Cyndi Lauper, Fashion, Korea, March, Melissa, Pastel

Philip Treacy: Head Master

December 7, 2012 by The CoF

By Julia Neel When invitations to Philip Treacy’s show arrived prior to London Fashion Week, most people asked, “Why?”—why had the milliner decided to stage a runway show at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, and why now?“I had kind of a lot to say,” the milliner points out. “I love African girls, and I love Michael Jackson—he’s the ultimate African-American entertainer. The show was also based loosely on the contrast between white women who come into my shop, try on a […]

Categories: Design, People • Tags: Alek Wek, Design, Isabella Blow, Lady Gaga, LONDON, London Fashion Week, Michael Jackson, People, Philip Treacy, Royal Courts of Justice