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Runway to real life

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by Jenni Dawes
Nov 20 2009 11:33AM

The S/S 10 makeup looks have infiltrated celeb-land, with Beyonce and Mary-Kate spotted working a two-tone lip a la Rodarte and Ashley giving the pastel streaks from Proenza Schouler a whirl.

Question is: do they pull it off? And, more importantly, is it safe to copy-cat their real-life interpretations? We asked makeup artist Stoj Bulic for her “love it or leave it?” opinion.

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Aggy
If anyone can pull this off, it's Aggy. What makes the look great is her beautiful polished skin and neutral lip. And that cute haircut. To take this look to the streets, add a little black liner along the bottom lash line and do mini individual lashes instead.

Beyonce
I love Beyonce, but this lip has to go back to the hood! The eye is great, wear it with a nude lip and a groomed brow on a night out.

Mary-Kate
The Olsen girls I love, but I really don't think Mary-Kate can pull this lip off. Tone down the outfit when you want to whirl out the berry lip. BUT she is an Olsen, so she can do what she wants, really.

Ashley
I like her hair; it's one of the trends in international magazines. Ashley can pull it off because it’s done in a subtle way.

Leighton
Leighton!! NO, NO, NO. If the eyes were toned down and the lip colour tweaked a bit, it might work. The skin needs to be more dewy and radiant. That hair is not working for this look. This just made her look 50.

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New Moon review

Entertain me

by Erin Miller
Nov 18 2009 5:59PM

The wait is finally over as Edward, Bella and Jacob return to the screens in the much anticipated Twilight sequel, New Moon.

And it won’t disappoint Twihard fans.

The romantic love triangle angst between Bella (Kristen Stewart), Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) smoulders as Bella grows closer to Jacob after Edward leaves town in an attempt to protect her.

With Edward gone, Jacob gets a chance to grow closer to the heartbroken Bella and the two bond as they fix up motorbikes – watch out for a memorable shot when Jacob whips off his shirt to help an injured Bella.

It’s a definite improvement on the first movie, as the action is cranked up with plenty of fight scenes featuring buff shirtless men as Jacob and his friends discover their werewolf background and the Cullens visit the Volturi in Italy.

Worth the wait.

Top: Edward and Bella get hot in New Moon. Bottom: Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson at the world premiere of New Moon in Los Angeles this week. Images: Getty.

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US fashion's next big thing is...

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by Ana Almeida
Nov 18 2009 3:38PM

Sophie Theallet took out the major honours at this year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, collecting US$200,000 and a year’s mentoring from a fashion industry heavyweight. Never heard of her? Well, First Lady Michelle Obama has, having worn Theallet on several occasions this year. Past winners, including Alexander Wang in 2009 and Proenza Schouler in 2008, have become household names.

Click here for more red-carpet from the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

French-born Theallet, who trained under master courtier, Azzedine Alaia and launched her own line in spring 2005, accepted her award from Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz saying: “Thank you for making my American dreams come true.” Elbaz had brought along friend Nicole Kidman to introduce him and help present the winners. Kidman – who revealed that the first Lanvin dress she was offered to wear “looked like a sack, but when I out it on, it was art” – hit the mark with a flowing tiered cream gown and black ballet flats.

Also showing their support for young talent were designers Jason Wu, Alexander Wang and Diane Von Furstenberg, with Alexa Chung, Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szohr and a multitude of models joining in the revelry.

Make sure you pick up next week’s issue of Grazia magazine, on sale November 23, for all the behind-the-scenes news from the party

Top: Sophie Theallet accepts her award from Alber Elbaz and Nicole Kidman at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. Bottom: Michelle Obama in Sophie Theallet eariler this year and a look from Sophie Theallet S/S 09. Images: Getty.

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Lindsay’s Mouawad jewellery collection “not happening”

Shoes with news

by Ana Almeida
Nov 18 2009 12:48PM

Lindsay Lohan’s dream of adding a jewellery collection to her fashion dossier – which already includes a post as artistic adviser at Emanuel Ungaro and leggings line 6126 – seems to be just that at the moment, with jewellery designer Pascal Mouawad denying the starlet’s claim that they were collaborating.

Mouawad, who has helped Nicole Richie and Heidi Klum release their jewellery ranges, bluntly (and embarrassingly for LiLo) stated in an email to WWD that although he had had talks with Lindsay about a possible collection, “that is not happening”.

Looks like Lindsay spoke too soon…

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Daphne Guinness walks red carpet in McQueen’s crazy shoes

Shoes with news

by Ana Almeida
Nov 16 2009 12:18PM

Lady GaGa was the first to wear a pair of Alexander McQueen’s Alien shoes in her Bad Romance music video, but in it we only saw her reclining, sitting or standing still in them. Daphne Guinness, however, has upped the ante by being the first to wear the 10-inch monsters on the red carpet. Dressed in head-to-toe McQueen, the British heiress and couture fan co-hosted last night’s Nars Cosmetics 15th anniversary party with Marc Jacobs in New York. From all reports, she managed to walk the red carpet and make it inside to the soiree – proving that walking in the gravity-defying shoes is, at least, possible.

But if you want to try them out for yourself, word from McQueen’s camp is the shoes are not going to be included in the S/S 10 range, but that they “are considering organising a charity auction as the best way to offer them to the public”, who are apparently looking “to buy them as art pieces”, according to a spokesperson who spoke to UK Grazia. Only serious shoes fetishists need apply!

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Kristen: It's been the most intense time of my life

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by Amy Waller
Nov 16 2009 9:53AM

As Twilight fever reaches a peak with the release of New Moon this week, we meet the most famous girl in the world.

She’s been to six countries in 14 days – and it’s not over yet for Kristen Stewart. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, hundreds of teenage fans invaded the Grand Hyatt hotel where she was staying – with two teenage girls even swimming across the pool to get close to her.

The usually sedate city of Paris erupted into Twilight-mania and a new round of speculation about her rumoured romance with co-star Robert Pattinson after they were spotted holding hands.

But the 19-year-old is finally coming to terms with stardom, emerging from her shy teenage years to become the bona fide star of the next decade.

In the past 12 months she’s also been anointed one of the world’s most in demand cover girls.

With two more Twilight films to come, she is also branching out into more eclectic roles, playing rocker Joan Jett in The Runaways and a man in K-11, about a segregated unit in the Los Angeles County Jail which houses gay and transsexual inmates. And she is in talks to make An American Girl, a movie about a girl who joins the Marines to escape her small town.

Talking to Grazia, Kristen says that after struggling to cope with the attention focused on her after the first Twilight film, she’s finally coming to grips with her new life.

“I think I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable with talking about myself,” she says. “That always intimidated me so much that I minced every word. I couldn’t finish a sentence because I was so concerned about how it was going to sound.

“As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture that came out, that’s when I became so much happier and it was so much easier to deal with. I’ve grown into being able to not care as much.”

She describes tabloid rumours about her life and the are-they, aren’t-they stories about her and Robert as “a ridiculous show” and a soap opera, but has now found a way to enjoy the mania around her.

“There’s already a lot of stuff where I have to say, ‘OK, Kristen, be here. Experience it. Make sure that this isn’t another fleeting situation that you’re going to barely remember.’

“You have to force yourself to sort of be present, but I feel I can choose moments that I want to remember and I have to focus on remembering the cool moments. I’ve had the coolest two years and I’m so lucky.”

Shooting New Moon, she says, was a maturing process for both her and her character Bella.

“I had a really good time on this movie. It was really intense, just because of the nature of the story, it goes in a completely different direction."

Buy Grazia magazine on sale now for the full story.

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Young Talent Time

First in, best dressed

by Glynis Traill-Nash
Nov 13 2009 3:10PM

Grazia loves to celebrate fresh new talent, so off we trotted to the Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards on Wednesday night to see who would take home the perspex trophies. Of course, we were paying particularly close attention to the fashion category, with three of our favourite labels vying for the prize: Gary Bigeni, Arnsdorf and Romance Was Born.

But it was RWB designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, on their third attempt, who were called to the podium. The Sydney duo were clearly thrilled with their prize of $10,000 in cash and the same amount in flights, plus a year-long mentorship with Nicky and Simone Zimmermann. “I love the Zimmermann girls,” Anna said over a celebratory drink following the announcement. And Anna knows all too well that on top of RWB’s exuberant creativity, it’s time for them to knuckle down and concentrate on the other side of things: “It’s business time!”

We must also mention the winner of the photography category – doll-faced 17-year-old Nirrimi Hakanson. Nirrimi is set on a career as a fashion photographer and to her delight will be mentored by NY-based Australian fash photographer Tim Richardson. From the look of her photos already, we should be seeing her work on the pages of Grazia any time now.

Top: Romance Was Born’s Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales with Simone and Nicky Zimmermann.
Bottom: A photograph by Nirrimi Hakanson.


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Lindsay's Ungaro collaboration dropped by retailers

Shoes with news

by Ana Almeida
Nov 13 2009 11:53AM

Emanuel Ungaro, the man who built up the label before he sold it to an American investment company in 2005, has lashed out at the brand’s choice of Lindsay Lohan as designer and muse.

"I am furious but I can't do anything about it,” said Ungaro during a press conference at a film festival in Lisbon, Portugal. He said his former house “is in the process of losing its soul”.

And it seems the fashion industry agrees. If the scathing reviews of the S/S 10 collection weren’t already enough to worry about, now Neiman Marcus and Net-A-Porter, the brand’s major retailers outside of the Emanuel Ungaro stores, are dropping the label from their new season rosters.

Lohan, who also “designs” a leggings line, has acting (and partying) to keep her busy if she is dropped by the struggling French house, but what next for Ungaro?

Lindsay Lohan out on the town; head designer Estrella Archs and Lindsay

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Lara Stone is dating David Walliams?!

Celebrity tracker

by Ana Almeida
Nov 12 2009 10:21AM

Dutch supermodel and Louis Vuitton’s latest campaign star, Lara Stone, revealed a lot in her recent interview with British Vogue. But it seems she’s willing to admit to a stint in rehab earlier this year for alcoholism but not that she’s been dating 38-year-old Little Britain star David Walliams for the past two months.

Walliams “is completely smitten” with the 25-year-old model, a source told The Sun newspaper. “He has gradually started introducing her to his closest friends after a couple of months taking her out for dinner and charming her.”

Walliams has previously dated models Lauren Budd and Australian Emily Scott, plus Patsy Kensit and Abi Titmuss.

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A Chronicles Of Never feast

Grazia parties

by Peter Simon Phillips
Nov 11 2009 5:34PM

Climbing three flights of stairs, the Grazia fashion team arrive in the same room where, just days earlier, we’d viewed Gareth Moody’s A/W collection for Chronicles Of Never. We were ready for a drink – and we got a whole lot more.

Bloody Marys and glasses of Moet greeted us on arrival and the clothes from the showing had been hoisted up onto the roof. Deli-esque hunks of meat, rustic bread loaves and vintage top hats set the scene on long wooden tables. We were in for a feast! Bon appetit indeed!

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Reminiscent of the dinner sequence in the noir film The Cook The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, decadent food arrived at our table in mounds, courtesy of North Bondi Italian’s Maurice Terzini. Chicken, lamb, pork, huge spuds and asparagus…For the vegetarians among us? Lettuces were cut into quarters and stuffed with mushrooms.

As we ate and chatted under the hanging clothes, violinist Naomi Random and pianist David Lane played. This didn’t feel like a Surry Hills showroom any more, we’d been transported to another world.

Gareth had managed to throw a perfect intimate thankyou dinner like no other. It felt as raw and authentic as his clothes do.

Images: Rupert Tapper.

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