Lady Gaga Has Been Predicted To Fail

Behind the meteoric rise of Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in real life), she has always been predicted to fail by loved ones.


Standing in all her "gaga-ness" in the April issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, Lady Gaga shares how she has been predicted to fail by her former boyfriend and her friends.

"I ate sh*t for so long, being told I didn't fit the mold and that I was 'too pop' or 'too theater'... I've always been delusionally ambitious to the point where people don't understand me."

"I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I'd fail. I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f*cking deli without hearing or seeing me."

"My friends joke that I'm dead until I get onstage. I'm dead right now as you're speaking to me."

Endowed with musical talents, Lady Gaga started her music career by performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. She later signed with an imprint of Interscope Records where she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists. Her vocal abilities caught the interest of Akon who signed him up to his own label Kon Live Distribution. She released her debut album, The Fame, on August 19, 2008. The rest was history.

Lady Gaga owed her success to the support of the gay community. She had difficulty getting radio airplay early in her career but managed to continue with the help of her loyal fans.

"The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them. It's not an easy thing to create a fanbase," she was once quoted as saying.

Anna Wintour Joins Magazine's Hall Of Fame

Anna Wintour, the most distinguished magazine editor of Vogue and the real-life inspiration for Meryl Streep's role in the flick The Devil Wears Prada, is elected to the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. She will be honored at the National Magazine Awards on April 22.


Anna Wintour is one of the most powerful people in the fashion industry today. Her reign at Vogue since 1988 has paved the way for the success of many models and celebrities. She has established Vogue as the standard-bearer of today's high-fashion glossy magazines and with it, she determines who will become the next "it" girl in fashion.

"Throughout her career, Anna Wintour has exemplified the highest standards of taste, in both journalism and fashion. She has defined style for a generation of magazine readers and come to epitomize the essential qualities of editorial leadership," said Sid Holt, ASME's chief executive.

Just like fictional Miranda Priestly in the 2003 bestselling roman à clef The Devil Wears Prada, Anna Wintour is a fashion editor highly-acclaimed for her eye to fashion trends but with an intimidating, aloof, and demanding personality that often alienates associates. Her critics call her "Nuclear Wintour."

But her contribution in the world of fashion is widely praised. As a fashion industry power broker, she uses her influence to favor young fashion designers, many of whom are now brand names like John Galiano and Marc Jacobs. With her signature pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, she has also become a fashion icon frequently seen sitting in the front row of many fashion shows.

As the newest addition to the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame, Anna Wintour will join previous honorees and magazine icons like Martha Stewart, Tina Brown, and Hugh Hefner.

Claudia Schiffer Is 2010 "Model of the Year"

Model mom Claudia Schiffer, who's now expecting her third child, was named "Model of the Year" at the 2010 ELLE Style Awards.


Pregnancy did not stop the 39 years old German-born supermodel from looking fabulous. She received the award on Monday (February 22) in London wearing a loose fitting black jersey dress by Emma Cook, Miu Miu heeled booties and an Alexander McQueen clutch.

As this year's "Model of the Year," Claudia Schiffer has spoken about the biggest issue confronting the fashion industry today: "Should there be a ban on size zero models, following reports of many underweight models suffering from eating disorder problems?"

"No I don't think so, because I think models have always been thin, ever since I can look back anyway - I've never... no I don't think there has ever a moment where it's been any different.

"The most important thing is that they are healthy. There will always be an exception somewhere, within any profession, whether it's acting or singing. There will always be that one person that is unhealthy and doesn't eat anything and God knows what else they do.

"I mean, you should be able to spot that, if you are a company or a designer you should be able to say this one particular person is not healthy and maybe we shouldn't use her. But in general I think, you can be thin and be healthy, you can be bigger and be healthy as well, you know. It just depends."

As for her maternity style, the supermodel shares her tip through People's Celebrity Baby Blog:

"I'm not the sort of person who likes to wear tight clothes when I'm pregnant, but I'm not a fan of maternity dresses either, so my advice would be to get things a few sizes bigger and have them tailored to fit."

For her pregnancy beauty routine, Claudia Schiffer swears by a mixture of oils and creams for her ever-expanding belly and organic foods for maintaining her healthy glow.

"I do like to put a lot of cream on my tummy, as long it's natural. I think it really works to help stretch marks and make the skin really nice and soft. I use several! Balance Me oil is really good, Mama Mio has a thick buttery cream which is amazing and I also use this French organic oil too — I alternate them.

"During my first pregnancy, I started to eat organically and healthily because that was the first time I actually thought about what I was putting in my body. I'm still doing that today and I'm also just taking it easy, not working out too much, just enjoying this time in my life."


Claudia Schiffer has reached the peak of her supermodel status in the 1990s. She has been a Chanel muse and Karl Lagerfeld's personal favorite. She is one of the world's most successful models, appearing on over 500 magazine covers and an estimated net worth of $55m (£38m) by Forbes.

She is married to director/producer Matthew Vaughn and a mother to son Caspar, 7, and daughter Clementine, 5. She is expecting her third child in May.

Lindsay Lohan Opens Up On Drug & Alcohol Addiction

"Partying so hard simply isn't worth it. Life is worth living and there is so much to do and experience, it's wonderful." - Lindsay Lohan

Dubbed as "Hollywood's Wild Child" Lindsay Lohan is no doubt one of the most controversial actress of her generation. Barely 23 years old, her life has already been well-documented through the eyes of the scrutinizing media which particularly follows her family troubles, drug and alcohol addiction, wild partying, and bisexual love affair with Samantha Ronson.

The world sighed at the fate of this once adorable child star who grow up to become one of the most beautiful actress in Hollywood. If not for her drug and alcohol addiction, career might have become brighter for her.

Lindsay Lohan recently did an interview with The Sun. If this wild child is indeed telling the truth, redemption has finally come for her. Who knows if she will rise up to become one of Hollywood's greatest actress in say, 10 years? After all, she's barely 23...


"When my father was going public, that's when I hit rock bottom. I abused substances too much and it wasn't the answer to my problems. People need to know that. I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine and mind-altering substances. Now I'm in a place where I don't need to use anything and I can feel emotions because I choose to. I learnt from my mistakes and I'm now healthy and happier. I never want to be close to losing everything I worked for and aspired to have my whole life. Mind-altering substances are so dangerous. If I can teach others, especially teens, by sharing my experiences, then that's what I will continue to do. I've made some dreadful mistakes but learned from them - that has probably saved my life."


"I went to rehab three times. The first time I checked myself in because I had taken Ambien. It's a sleeping aid but it makes you hallucinate. I'd run a bath and fallen asleep on the floor and the bath had overflowed. When I woke up I was so scared, I called my therapist and said, 'Can I just go somewhere for a month? I'm around bad people and I need to take care of myself'. I was terrified, so I put myself in. There was a point when I didn't know how to say 'No' and I was trying to please everyone. I was doing pop and making films. I was young and thought I could go out, have fun, then go on set and record. I ran myself down and I lost track of who I was."

Lindsay Lohan has pleaded guilty to cocaine use and driving under the influence in 2007. She has been jailed for a day and has been ordered to complete an alcohol education program.

Now, Lindsay Lohan still booze but she says it's not for masking troubles anymore but for "social obligations." She has recently hosted a Haiti fundraiser event in London.

"I'm allowed to drink now but I know my limits. There are certain situations where I have obligations. There's no reason to (drink) because I don't want to feel like s*it in the morning. The thing is, at the times I was going out a lot and being seen everywhere, I would have been in college. My brother, who is 18, and his friends go out to bars and stuff till whatever time. That's what you do in college. Mine was all in the public eye so it was magnified that much more.

"I've now learned my boundaries and I've been very good with cleaning house with people who I know didn't have my best intentions at heart. A lot of people in LA are very self destructive.

"Partying so hard simply isn't worth it. Life is worth living and there is so much to do and experience, it's wonderful."

Heathy Curves Back On The Runway

The decrease of "beanpoles" on the latest runway shows was noticeable. New York and London Fashion Weeks have featured more normal-sized women catwalking this year.


Though IMG vice-president Fern Mallis did not attend the CFDA's panel discussion on fashion industry and body image the day before New York Fashion Week, she was glad to notice healthier models on the runway.

"I was here at the Tents, but I haven't seen so many scary-looking girls this time," she commented during the Naeem Khan show.

"I was just at a show sitting with the husband of a designer who said a girl came in for a fitting and her legs looked like poles, and they said, 'No.' It was great at Calvin's show to see some of the old girls back, like Stella Tennant and Kristen McMenamy, and Michael Kors had Frankie Rayder. They're gorgeous girls. They weren't beanpoles, they're still gorgeous."

The same trend was also noticeable at the London Fashion Week. Even Kate Moss walked the Fashion for Relief runway with more body fats. Supermodel Naomi Campbell also welcomed the arrival of many normal-sized women on the catwalks, as well as the plus-size models. She was quoted as saying:

"I think the bigger the better. I don't comment on size, I think if someone is beautiful then they should do what they want to do."

Fashion designer Borun Aksu also noted after his show that larger, healthier models appear to have made a breakthrough on the catwalks:

"Over the last couple of seasons they have become more noticeable. You also notice that these are girls who look healthy and happy."

Mark Fast's runway show has featured four plus-size models led by Crystal Renn, size-16 and one of the most famous plus-size models today.

Meanwhile, giant high street retail store Debenhams has started replacing some of its size ten mannequins with plus size models more suited to the average British woman's size 14-16.

"The average British woman is a size 14 to 16 and it's important that the woman on the street is able to walk into a shop and feel comfortable with the choice available," said Sarah Travers who runs Europe's largest plus-size modeling agency.

Kate Moss Is Teens' Role Model

Despite being accused of influencing teenagers to become skinny, despite the cocaine addiction that she has struggled years before, and despite the drama surrounding her love life —

Kate Moss is the top role model for teens, especially for those who want to be famous!


In a poll conducted by website Intotheblue.co.uk earlier this month, 68% of the 1,032 16-year-olds have chosen the British supermodel as their role model. The same survey has also showed that more than half of the teenagers do not want a career — they just want to be famous.

Asked "What would you like to do for your career?", 54 percent of the teenagers have answered "Become a celebrity."

Kate Moss obviously tops the survey because of her fame. She has become brand name in the fashion industry today. Not only does she maintains a prestigious modeling career even in her mid-30s, her resume has also expanded by launching a highly successful clothing line with U.K. retailer Topshop, marketing a range of perfumes, getting deals to design collection of handbags and fashion accessories for luxury design houses, a fashion stylist, and an occasional singer, writer, and actress.

Who would have thought that this woman will rise up to become the celebrated "Kate Moss"? She has not even dream of being a model in her younger years. She still can't quite believe it, even now. She still thinks she's blagging it a bit, but nobody's cottoned on yet.

"I'm still having a wonderful time modeling. In career terms, things have never been better," the supermodel admits in her latest interview with Britain's Grazia magazine.

Recalling how she decided to give modeling a try, Kate Moss shares:

"I was only 14, so I hadn't got around to thinking about what I wanted to do. I had this lovely geography teacher, and I asked her whether she thought I should give modeling a try, and she said, 'Kate, just give it a go. If it doesn't work out, you can always go to college.'"

But contrary to the teenagers who look up to Kate Moss because of her fame, the supermodel does not like popularity. She values modeling as a career, not as a mere tool to become famous.

"Modeling has given me insights and experience that I can now use in other ways. Sometimes, I don't like (the fame), but then I've got to deal with it, so I do. You know, I just wanted to be good at my job, I never wanted to be famous, but that happens to come with it."

Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato Interns At Teen Vogue

Teen actor Mark Indelicato from the Ugly Betty series will intern at Teen Vogue after his TV gig ends this spring.


Life is imitating art for this fabulous 15-year-old actor as he brings the Ugly Betty scene into the real-life world of fashion. The TV series which stars America Fererra focuses on the lives of employees at the fictional fashion magazine Mode.

Mark Delicato says he would love the camera follow his life as an intern at the teen fashion magazine.

"I want to have a reality show about it. My boss said he's determined to make me cry. He said it makes good TV."

When Ugly Betty wraps up its fourth and final season this spring, the teen actor's internship at Teen Vogue will be his new spring gig.

Although he will miss his co-stars from the comedy series, the teen actor looks up to the future full of optimism.

"I think we'll all go to bigger and better things, and it'll be perfect — everything is going to be fabulous."

Mark Indelicato is a native of Philadelphia. He is of Puerto Rican and Italian ancestry. He plays one of the three regulars on Ugly Betty with Philadelphia ties along with Ana Ortiz who plays his mother Hilda and Becki Newton, the receptionist at Mode.

Aside from being a TV actor, Mark Delicato is also a student at New York's prestigious Professional Performing Arts School.

Size 4 Coco Rocha Asks "How Skinny Is Too Skinny?"

Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha is apparently a young achiever. Aside from rising to the top of the fashion modeling industry, she has also launched the clothing line Rococo.


Now 21, Coco Rocha is a proud size 4 and she admits she is not in demand for the shows anymore. But she does not care either.

"I don't do nudes, I don't do semi-nudes, I don't do cigarette shots. It took me a long time in the business to realize I didn't have to do everything people told me I should if I wanted a career."

Walking in Diane Von Furstenberg's fall show at the recent New York Fashion Week, Coco Rocha holds her head up high against fashion designers and fashion people who continues to abhor "fat" in fashion.

"Everybody knows that, in general, a basketball player needs to be tall and a fashion model needs to be skinny, but how skinny is too skinny?"

The young supermodel who once worked for the likes of Steven Meisel, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Dior, Prada, and Louis Vuitton admits:

"I'm not in demand for the shows anymore. I've been told to lose weight when I was really skinny. You know what, I've stopped caring. If I want a hamburger, I'm going to have one. No 21-year-old should be worrying about whether she fits a sample size."

Coco Rocha also sees the problem in hiring runway models who are just 14 and 15 years olds and have not yet hit puberty - the type of models who "will add non-negotiable curves to their rail-thin frames."

"Girls are told they're not skinny enough, or they hear, 'She's old, she's boring, we've had her, she's not tiny anymore.' A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls. And the latest crop of models is not made up of adults or even sort-of adults. They are children. Point closed."

All-Star Fashion Show For Haiti

Naomi Campbell's organized fashion show for the benefit of Haiti earthquake victims did not disappoint. Aside from raising funds, Fashion for Relief also featured an all-star casts including supermodels, celebrities, and fashion designers.


Supermodels Helena Christensen, Daphne Guinness, Natasha Poly, Karen Elson, Angela Lindvall, Sasha Pivovarova, Heidi Mount, Selita Ebanks, and Alek Wek all came in to support the cause.

Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson also took a spin in a black gown with gold beading after doing an opening speech about charities.

Celebrities like Kelly Osbourne, Donna Karan, Diane von Furstenberg, Georgina Chapman, Alan Cumming, Maggie Rizer, and even the infamous Chris Brown also walked the runway wearing "To Haiti With Love" shirts.


British supermodel Agyness Deyn who rarely walks the runway anymore took a tumble twice in her Burberry's. But at least we learned a runway trick from her. Agyness Deyn's smile when she tumbled on the catwalk was very lovely so that it lessened the focus on her fall.

Fashion for Relief also made a tribute to Alexander McQueen. Daphne Guinness wore a veil and one-off silver jumpsuit created by the fashion designer while the other supermodels wore designs from Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 collection, including the impossibly high heels.

All 92 looks from the show will be sold on Net-a-Porter.com from March 15 that will support CARE's efforts in Haiti. The show's sponsor American Express said that 950 tickets ($100-$150 each) were sold out within three days.

Comedian Tina Fey Models For Vogue

"I don't look at models who are crazy skinny and think I want to look like that, because a lot of them are gigantic, with giant hands and feet."

Tina Fey's impersonation of former presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems an easier work than doing photo shoot for Vogue. Still, her awesomeness is impossible to impinge on.

The star of 30 Rock lands the magazine gig with clear intention — talking about her fashion style evolution and not on being a "cow."

So what is fashion for Tina Fey?

"People will say, 'Oh, fashion magazines are so bad, they're giving girls a negative message' — but we're also the fattest country in the world, so it's not like we're all looking at fashion magazines and not eating. Maybe it just starts a shame cycle: I'm never going to look like that model, so… Chicken McNuggets it is!

"And conversely, I don't look at models who are crazy skinny and think I want to look like that, because a lot of them are gigantic, with giant hands and feet. Also, my dad is an artist — a painter by hobby — and I constantly would see realistic nudes. Because we were raised around art and went to museums and the women I grew up around were curvy... There wasn't this value on skinny, skinny, skinny. Curvy was clearly meant to be the winner. I go up and down a few pounds with a relative amount of kindness to myself. And I have a daughter, and I don't want her to waste her time on all of that."

Indeed, Tina Fey is not a fashion model but a comedic actor. And so she succumbs to the awkwardness of photo shoots.

"At one point I was posing for (Mario Testino), and he was talking from behind the camera and he was like, 'You have to fliiiirt, darleeeng. You have to bee-leeve you are wuuuurthy to be on the cover.' And then at one point he said very quietly, 'Lift your chin, darling. You are not eighteen.' I was like, 'You probably say that to all the 23-year-olds.'"

Not everyone is happy with her Vogue cover though. Some hate the idea of the seemingly contented and relieved-in-her-average-look Tina Fey submitting herself to the power of Anna Wintour.

"These women are hilarious, smart, talented AND feminists — need I remind them... Why do they feel they have to cave in to the pressures of the beauty industry despite their massive talent and star capital that got them where they are today?" says one critic who, upon seeing Tina Fey on the glossy magazine cover, declares the international sad day for women.

Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide!

Following the endless success of his fashion shows and creative designs, a news just broke out yesterday morning that Alexander McQueen killed himself. He was found dead at his flat in London, believed to have hung himself!


The fashion industry mourned the loss of the fashion designer who was looked upon as one of the greatest talent of his generation. Vogue editor Anna Wintour has issued a statement on his passing while other designers, editors, and models expressed their shock and sadness on Twitter.

Known for his Gothic sensibility and razor-sharp tailoring, Alexander McQueen's creations have always been dramatic, out-of-this-world, experimental and modern. His ability to envision what's next in fashion was rewarded with critical and financial success.

But beneath the genius craftsmanship, Alexander McQueen's life was sometimes gloomy and bizarre. Two of the closest women in his life have already died - his mother passed just last week while his mentor Isabella Blow died in 2007 from suicide. (Devastated by his mentor's death, the mourning fashion designer once told Isabella's husband that he'd been to his psychic who comforted him by saying that Isabella was doing just fine in the afterlife and was spending time with her fantastic cannibal grandmother.)


As the rest of the fashion world grieved for Alexander McQueen, editor of the New York Times style magazine Stefano Tonchi also pointed out that the fashion industry itself might be as responsible for the tragedy as any of McQueen's personal travails:

"I think it is just the tip of the iceberg. We all know that this is a very critical moment in fashion, and that basically he is the first victim of what is a conflict between creativity and business. Today to be a fashion designer, you have to be a superman or superwoman. You have to have nerves of steel. You have to be so strong. And if you are a little bit weak, if you have psychological problems or weakness, you end up like him.

"Do you remember how many people were getting killed by the job? The Marilyn Monroes, the James Deans. It was the same kind of self-destruction complex that brings you to kill yourself or do something so stupid as suicide.

"We cannot look at the poor Alexander McQueen, abused child or abuser of substance. I think you have to put it in a larger context in terms of the fashion system. He's just one of the little cogs that got squeezed."


The Alexander McQueen store in the Meatpacking District has been closed until Saturday. A white shade was drawn over the 14th Street windows, where mourners with roses have gathered.

The fashion designer's friends, family, and millions of admirers all over the world have just lost Lee Alexander McQueen — a great talent who has always been known to take the rapidly changing medium in stride, find inspiration in the tumult of technology, and create so much beauty in the midst of so much sadness.

Abbey Lee Kershaw: Hippy Model (With Million-Dollar Bank Account)

"An elite performer is always put under some sort of extreme pressure that the rest of society can argue and might not quite understand."

Dubbed as the "Hippy Model (with the million-dollar bank account)," rising fashion icon Abbey Lee Kershaw graces Australian television show Today Tonight and talks about the "crazy, fast life" she lives in and the controversies surrounding crazy shoes and being thin.

Now at 22, she is ranked at the top 10 models of the world, hitting the US catwalks and turning heads wherever she goes. The fashion industry loves her cool, fresh-girl image - "so laid-back, so relaxed but at the same time so fashion perfect."

"I don't know if I have a plan B. I'm just waiting for plan A to get bigger," Abbey Lee Kershaw says of her rising modeling career.

"It's crazy. It's a very fast life. I generally spent most of the time on planes, at airports, in studios, at shows - like all over the place. It's very fast. It's always something going on. You'll never really got the time to do your washing a little and... breathe."

But aside from her hippy image, Abbey Lee Kershaw's popularity has also been ironically boosted by catwalk disasters. She has tore a knee ligament when she fell in Rodarte's spring 2009 show because of the super-high heels. She has also fainted at the Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2009 Runway from the combination of the tight corset she wore and her high heels.

"Hopefully (the shoes are) going to come back down soon, because health and safety regulations have to come into play at some point," she says laughing.

Speaking of health, Abbey Lee Kershaw replies with an analogy when asked about what she feels of the pressures at the top of the industry for staying thin:

"That's like asking a bodybuilder how they feel about the pressures to be incredibly muscly. An elite performer is always put under some sort of extreme pressure that the rest of society can argue and might not quite understand."

Having her biggest season in barely two years, Abbey Lee Kershaw is seen as one those "really good models" in the industry that clients intend to keep for the long run.

Anne Hathaway: Beauty Is About Finding Balance

Gorgeous and radiant, all that doe-eyed Anne Hathaway sees of herself are weird features. She thinks she's not very pretty but it's not as important as authenticity.


Blooming like a spring flower in the March cover of InStyle magazine (to hit stands this Friday), Anne Hathaway shares:

"I think I've got really weird features. I have very large features on a very small head. But, you know, I'm not going to beat myself up. It's my face. I'm not very pretty. But that's OK because I do know that I look like myself, and I think at the end of the day, as nice as pretty is, authenticity is more important."

Beauty for this 27-year-old actress is striving for equilibrium. She maintains her figure by working out to balance her curves with tone. For her personal style, she embraces the tomboy-by-day, glamazon-by-night approach.

"If I don't work out at all, I have too much curve and no tone — which is not OK. It's about finding balance.

"In the evening it would never occur to me to go out in motorcycle boots like this (referring to the black Burberry pair she wears during the interview). I love going out in high heels and dressing up and glamming it up, and having there be a distinction between what happened throughout the day and the evening."

Anne Hathaway also finds style inspiration in the Hollywood icons who she believes to demonstrate "innovation and originality" and this includes Marc Jacobs (her all-time favorite designer), Tilda Swinton, Selma Blair, Natalie Portman, Gwen Stefani, and Lady Gaga.

"I like people who are true to themselves," she says.

Donatella Versace Wants Personality For Models To Be Super Again

Donatella Versace is not a believer in the natural look. She thinks it's time models should be super again. But amidst the sea of faceless models today, the Italian fashion designer cries, "There is not enough ego!"


"Now is a bad moment. Now we need something. We need a special personality. We need to feed the egos of these girls. Somebody like Kristen (McMenamy) who had a huge ego. Beautiful...," Donattela Versace says.

She misses the time when supermodels really become "supermodels" and recalls one occasion when her late brother Gianni Versace produced an autumn/winter show in 1991 that has become an era-defining moment in fashion.

"That moment when my brother put on the runway Christy, Linda, Cindy and Naomi together – they sang Freedom, and George Michael was in the audience – that was an iconic moment of fashion. That moment was when supermodels really became supermodels. It was the print girls' move to the runway, and that was something that felt new too – the print girls were not usually catwalk girls."

It was Donatella Versace who encouraged her brother to use attention-grabbing print girls for his show, contradicting the fashion industry's trend of staying away from notorious girls for fear that they might overshadow the clothes.

"It was a time when designers were afraid of models with fame. They were afraid that the clothes would be overtaken by the fame of the models. I said to Gianni, 'Do not be afraid like everybody else, because it is just stupid. Fame on fame means more fame! It does not take away anything; it adds.' It gave personality to the clothes, it gave things an edge that a runway show needs, otherwise it can be so borrring."

Being a hater of all things "borrring," Donatella Versace goes on to say that she does not like the neutral, pretentious look of models today.

"There is an idea of neutrality in models now. Little make-up, no expression, like a robot... That is very stupid. It is almost as if the models have to have the appearance of something serious, to give an intellectual base, but they themselves are rarely like that. And the roots of fashion are essentially fun. It is something that women wear to make themselves feel better, that shouldn't be forgotten. When you take the joy out of fashion, it is not fashion any more. If you are going to be very clever, too clever, be a scientist. I am not a scientist."

For Donatella Versace, what today's fashion models are lacking are personality. She remembers the time when the fashion industry was full of fun, crazy girls like the catfighting Linda Evangelista and Kristen McMemenamy, Amber Valetta, and the cigarette-puffing tiny girl - Kate Moss. These crazy girls have turned out to be iconic models.


"It was never about changing the girls, it was about defining who they were. I always respected the personality," Donnatella Versace explains.

"You should never be afraid in fashion. In this economic situation the worst thing you can be is afraid. You need to do something special, not safe."


The complete fashion manifest of Donnatella Versace is presented in the LOVE magazine's The Fashion Icons issue, out tomorrow.

15-Year-Old Lindsey Wixson For Miu Miu

This is not a marionette. This is the 15-year-old girl from Wichita, Lindsey Wixson, who's currently fronting the spring 2010 campaign for Miu Miu.


Lindsey Wixson was only 12 years old when she decided to become a model and went to as many castings as she possibly could. Though supportive of her chosen career, her parents thought that it was just a phase she would eventually grow out. But the interesting doll-like features of this teenager was noticed by Steven Meisel. From a video that she posted on the web, she was hand-selected by the famous photographer for an Italian Vogue shoot. Shortly after, she bagged the highly coveted exclusives at Prada and Miu Miu for the Spring 2010 shows. Then she became the face of Miu Miu's spring 2010 campaign. At the young age of 15, this high school sophomore has finally made her childhood dreams come true.

In a short interview provided by W magazine, the teen model graciously shared her story:

What did your parents say when you told them you wanted to model?
"My mom was like, 'are you sure you want to do this?' She didn't know what was going on. Luckily, I had an older sister and so my parents were like, 'Teenagers go through phases and it's going to be okay.' They really have stood behind me the entire way."

So after doing a few smaller shows in New York; how did you open Prada?
"Well, I don't really know! I think it had a lot to do with the Italian Vogue buzz. I was very, very, very lucky."

What was it like meeting Miuccia?
"It was great — and intimidating. You see her accomplishments and see why where she's gotten to be where she is. She knows what she wants. I aspire to be like her."

How does it feel to be the face of Miu Miu?
"I was so excited. I mean, knowing that they don't normally have a one-girl campaign, I was just shocked. It was really nice because rather than being just one actress or one celebrity, it was just me! I really love the brand. I remember clearly seeing the Kirsten Dunst 2008 campaign in all the fashion magazines and how it was all about Miu Miu."

We heard that on the set of the W "Run of Show" story you asked for a bra when wearing a see through top. A lot of other models wouldn't have done that.
"I'm 15 and even though I freaked a little, I know for a fact that my mom would freak ten times as much. I just couldn't be flashing everyone out there."

How have the boys at school responded to your career?
"I think they're more interested. Before a lot of guys were intimidated, but now they're just like, 'Hey, how you doing?'"

Are you dating anyone right now?
"I'm not. I think it be really horrible since I'm always traveling. I would just have to up and leave for a month and then come back and be like, 'Hey! I had to kiss a boy in a shoot! I'm sorry! Haha!'"


A press release about the Miu Miu spring campaign calls Lindsey Wixson the "embodiment of a free-spirit on the cusp of womanhood." We say she's really very, very lucky. And yeah, those legs will totally go the distance!

Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Haiti Is Open To Public!

Naomi Campbell continues her charity efforts through her fashion expertise. She now sets the stage for a series of fashion shows to benefit the victims of Haitian earthquake. Unlike typical runway shows, the event will be open to the public.


For the coming New York Fashion Week, Naomi Campbell will be participating with an entourage of famous celebrities and fashion designers at the Bryant Park Tents on February 12 at 7 p.m.

The show will feature looks that the supermodel has personally solicited from fashion designers to be worn by celebrities at the runway event. The dresses will then be auctioned to raise more funds on Net-a-Porter.com starting next month.

Not only will the upcoming fashion show in New York (and another one which will be staged in London) raise funds for Haitians, the event will also provide rare opportunity for the public to see the Bryant Park tents in person. Naomi Campbell adds:

"It's not your typical runway show. Having the public be in the audience is much more fun. They are the ones who are not usually allowed in the shows."

Naomi Campbell has been active with charity fashion shows since 2005 under the name Fashion for Relief. Her efforts have helped raise funds through auctions benefiting tragedies like Hurricane Katrina and the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

"It's the world that I am in. Fashion is what I know and what I have loved for 25 years. It's great that you are seeing actors coming together and singers coming together, but this is our way of coming together and giving a contribution."


For those who are interested to attend, tickets can be bought for $100 or $150 through Ticketmaster.com and will go on sale first to American Express cardholders today, February 5. The ticket sales alone are expected to raise $100,000 for the charities connected to Fashion for Relief.

Sandra Bullock Warns Meryl Streep: "I'm Gonna Take You Down"

Both Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep received the award for Best Actress at the recent Critics Choice Awards. They even shared a kiss to celebrate the winning.


Determined to rise up to Meryl Streep's level, 45-year-old Sandra Bullock says:

"With Meryl, when this whole thing started, I left her a voice mail going, 'You've got to watch your back. I'm gonna cut you. I'm gonna take you down. And then she sent me dead orchids and told me to die, so I sent her a case of liquor and told her to toast to white trash."

Apparently, Sandra Bullock's revelation to the Associated Press was just one of the elaborate cat-fights that she's been staging with Meryl Streep since the award season started.

The two just vowed Golden Globe Awards for their latest film projects. Sandra Bullock's performance in The Blind Side has been favored by award-giving bodies. Albeit widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era, Meryl Streep has not won an Oscar's award for best actress since the 1980s film Sophie's Choice.

Now that they're both eyeing the best actress award at the Oscar's, lots of bitchiness may follow, all in good fun.

Weird Runway Hairs At Rome Fashion Week

Rome Fashion Week featured runway models with hair sculptures yesterday at Lorenzo Riva fashion show.


The former Balenciaga designer paid homage to the 1970s heyday of actresses such as Monica Vitti with a collection that includes feminine skirt suits, gowns with big bows at the waist and lots of large, black-and-white patterns.

But the Lorenzo Riva fashion show was not memorable because of the dresses but because of the attention-grabbing runway hairs, which were actually hats.

One hair hat looked like a weeping willow tree:

Another hair hat was shaped like a flower pot:

Glamour supposed that these hair hats were meant as geometric artist statements that provide balance to the clothes.

For designer Lorenzo Riva, the hairstyles were just one element of his fashion show that calls for the return of elegance to Rome:

"Haute Couture must stay here. Now if only one 'big name' designer would return to Rome, the other Italian stylists would come home too."

Fashion Icons Love These Eight Naked Supermodels

Love magazine puts eight naked supermodels on eight different covers of its third bi-annual edition. The "Fashion Icons" issue shows how different these supermodels' measurements are.


Standing naked on the covers in the same pose (legs wide apart and both arms raised to reveal the armpit), the eight supermodels are chosen because they "represent the ideal of beauty in fashion today."

The eight (8) supermodels who come in various sizes are:

1. Kate Moss
2. Daria Werbowy
3. Jeneil Williams
4. Amber Valletta
5. Natalia Vodianova
6. Naomi Campbell
7. Lara Stone
8. Kristen McMenamy

Love editor Katie Grand explains:

"For this issue of LOVE, we took eight women who are generally acknowledged as the most beautiful in the world, got them to show off their bodies - widely regarded as the most perfect in the world - and photographed them all in exactly the same position for the cover. We did this to show how much they differed physically from one another, which is why we also printed their measurements.

"The point is that 'perfection' is not fixed, timeless or transcendent. It varies, as the measurements of our cover girls show."

These eight ideal beauties may come in different sizes and colors, but note that they do not represent all women (no plus-sized, Hispanic, Asian or Middle Eastern). They all have great legs, they stand tall at a minimum height of 5'6.5", they are essentially flawless and yes, they are the "supermodels."

The eight Love covers are photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot and will go on sale in one week's time - Monday February 8 - priced £5.

Now which of these supermodels will make the highest profit for the magazine? That could hint us the most-sought-after beauty today, from the point of view of readers.

52nd Grammy Awards Cheer Taylor Swift And Beyonce

Surprised as usual, Taylor Swift received her "Album of the Year" and three other Grammy trophies on Sunday. Diva as usual, Beyoncé reigned the night for making Grammy history with six awards.



Taylor Swift's Fearless album received the night's top prize as "Album of the Year." It also won "Best Country Album." Her song White Horse also won "Best Country Song" and "Best Female Country Vocal." Earlier during the show, she performed her song Today Was A Fairytale. "I did not see it coming tonight. This was a beautiful, beautiful surprise," she would tell reporters later.

Beyoncé made a historic night by winning the most awards by a female artist in one night. The Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) anthem was hailed as "Song of the Year" and gave the singer "Best Female R&B Vocal" and "Best R&B Song" wins. Her At Last song also won "Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance" while I Am... Sasha Fierce won "Best R&B Contemporary Album." After winning "Best Female Pop Vocal for Halo, Beyoncé commented "This has been such an amazing night for me and I'd love to thank the Grammy's."

Aside from various amazing performances, Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige also sang a rousing rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its big Grammy wins, the song lent its voice to Haiti. The performance would be available via iTunes with funds going to earthquake relief.

2010 Grammy Awards Winners Complete List:

Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Record of the Year: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon
Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé
New Artist: Zac Brown Band

POP

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, “Halo”
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Jason Mraz, “Make It Mine”
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden, Michael Bublé
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”
Pop Instrumental Performance: Bela Fleck, “Throw Down Your Heart”
Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones

R&B

Female R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Male R&B Vocal Performance: Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, “Blame It”
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, “At Last”
R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé
R&B Album: Blacksummers’ Night, Maxwell
Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé

RAP

Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Crack a Bottle,” Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
Rap Song: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Rap Album: Relapse, Eminem
Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Urban/Alternative Performance: India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore, “Pearls”

COUNTRY

Country Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Female Country Vocal Performance: Taylor Swift, “White Horse”
Male Country Vocal Performance: Keith Urban, “Sweet Thing”
Country Song: “White Horse,” Taylor Swift
Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So,” Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Lady Antebellum, “I Run to You”
Country Instrumental Performance: “Producer’s Medley,” Steve Wariner

ROCK

Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen, “Working on a Dream”
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Rock Song: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon
Hard Rock Performance: AC/DC, “War Machine”
Metal Performance: Judas Priest, “Dissident Aggressor”
Rock Instrumental Performance: Jeff Beck, “A Day in the Life”

DANCE

Dance Recording: “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga
Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame, Lady Gaga

TRADITIONAL/ALTERNATIVE/WORLD

Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
Americana Album: Electric Dirt, Levon Helm
Bluegrass Album: The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin
Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band
Traditional Folk Album: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III
Contemporary Folk Album: Townes, Steve Earle
Hawaiian Music Album: Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists
Native American Music Album: Spirit Wind North, Bill Miller
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Lay Your Burden Down, Buckwheat
Zydeco Reggae Album: Mind Control - Acoustic, Stephen Marley
Traditional World Music Album: Douga Mansa, Mamadou Diabate
Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck
New Age Album: Prayer for Compassion, David Darling

VISUAL MEDIA

Short Form Music Video: “Boom Boom Pow,” The Black Eyed Peas
Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love - All Together Now,” Various Artists
Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling): Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox
Musical Show Album: West Side Story
Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire
Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Up, Michael Giacchino
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Jai Ho” (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash
Instrumental Composition: Married Life (from Up), Michael Giacchino
Instrumental Arrangement: “West Side Story Medley,” Bill Cunliffe

GOSPEL

Gospel Performance: “Wait on the Lord,” Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Gospel Song: “God in Me,” Mary Mary featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard
Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Live Revelations, Third Day
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Power of One, Israel Houghton
Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Jason Crabb, Jason Crabb
Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, Various Artists
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Audience of One, Heather Headley

LATIN

Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estación
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo, Calle 13
Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos, Luis Enrique
Regional Mexican Album: Necesito De Ti, Vicente Fernández
Tejano Album: Borders y Bailes, Los Texmaniacs
Norteño Album: Tu Noche Con… Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte
Banda Album: Tu Esclavo y Amo, Lupillo Rivera

JAZZ

Contemporary Jazz Album: 75, Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate
Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, Kurt Elling
Improvised Jazz Solo: “Dancin’ 4 Chicken,” Terence Blanchard, soloist
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Five Piece Band - Live, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés

CLASSICAL

Engineered Album, Classical: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony
Producer of the Year, Classical: Steven Epstein
Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Orchestral Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Opera Recording: Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus
Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus
Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Philharmonia Orchestra Instrumental
Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Journey to the New World, Sharon Isbin
Chamber Music Performance: Intimate Letters, Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance: Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion, Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre of Voices
Classical Vocal Performance: Renée Fleming, Verismo Arias
Classical Contemporary Composition: Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto, Jennifer Higdon
Classical Crossover Album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-Yo Ma
Surround Sound Album: Transmigration, Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

CHILDREN

Musical Album for Children: Family Time, Ziggy Marley Spoken
Word Album for Children: Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs, Buck Howdy

OTHER

Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, Stephen Colbert
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “Quiet Nights,” Diana Krall
Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, David Byrne and Brian Eno
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963–1972), Neil Young
Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), Louis Armstrong
Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967), Little Walter
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Ellipse, Imogen Heap
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Brendan O’Brien
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “When Love Takes Over” (Electro Extended Remix), David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland