Supermodel Elle Macpherson cast in CW’s Beautiful Life
Above: Elle Macpherson in one of her earlier roles, in the 2001 mini-series A Girl Thing, with Kate Capshaw. Supermodel Elle Macpherson will play the head of a modelling agency and a former 1980s model in the pilot of the CW’s new drama, Beautiful Life. Macpherson will have a recurring role in the new […]
Top model Jodie Kidd kicks off Fiat’s EcoDrive
Last year, we said the Fiat 500 would be the Car to Be Seen in—and this year, more people are getting on board the popular retro-styled subcompact car. After celebrating Barbie’s 50th anniversary with a pink 500 last week (below), Fiat has announced that British top model Jodie Kidd was the first Briton to […]
Heidi Klum appears with Barbie’s life-size New Beetle Cabriolet
Photo: Volkswagen of America/Lisa Rose With Barbie’s 50th birthday, Volkswagen has created a life-size version of her New Beetle Cabriolet, in bright pink, pictured here with supermodel Heidi Klum. The life-size pink Malibu Barbie New Beetle convertible made its début at Barbie’s Malibu Dream House exclusive birthday celebration, celebrating Mattel’s iconic doll’s 50th anniversary. […]
Bar Rafaeli and other celebs judge Hurley’s youth design competition
Youth brand Hurley held a fashion design competition for high schoolers last night, and Bar Rafaeli—this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model—Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, Robert Buckley of Lipstick Jungle and Frankie Delgado of MTV’s Bromance and The Hills were called on to judge at […]
Supermodel Elle Macpherson donates $50k Aspen watch to non-profits
Swiss-based watch company, Aspen, introduced its Aspen One luxury timepiece, earlier this month. The launch took place at the Aspen Mountain Club, where supermodel Elle Macpherson was presented with the diamond version of the One, retailing at US$49,900 (the standard, limited-edition version is a “mere” US$38,900). Macpherson chose to donate her watch to two non-profit […]
Claudia Schiffer next with beauty line?
Yet another supermodel might be launching a cosmetics’ range: Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid says Claudia Schiffer is planning a line for the summer, to sell alongside a jewellery range that bears her name. Both Cindy Crawford and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer’s supermodel contemporaries from the 1980s and 1990s, have beauty ranges that they endorse. […]
E! says Karolína Kurková is world’s sexiest woman
Above: Karolína Kurková in La Perla, as featured in Lucire in 2001. E! Entertainment Television has named Karolína Kurková as the world’s sexiest woman for 2008. Model Bar Rafaeli and actress Angelina Jolie took second and third places. Rounding off the top 10 were Gisèle Bündchen, Scarlett Johansson, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Penélope […]
Fabulous sexagenarians: Jaclyn Smith, Olivia Newton-John
There’s a lot of talk about supermodels such as Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer continuing to model and scoring new campaigns, not to mention Vogue Paris’s new Cindy Crawford shoot, but the media haven’t really noticed celebrities in their 60s contributing to the Zeitgeist this year. On TV screens in many countries is Olivia […]
Claudia Schiffer to front YSL’s spring ’09 campaign
We’re hearing that Claudia Schiffer will replace Naomi Campbell for Yves Saint Laurent’s spring–summer 2009 campaign. Schiffer has also shot for Dolce & Gabbana and Salvatore Ferragamo for that season. Women’s Wear Daily reports that the YSL campaign was photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadib. Other media will no doubt seize upon […]
Adriana Lima dons Victoria’s Secret’s 3,575 black-diamond bra
Jeweller Martin Katz, who specializes in rare gems, has created a $5 million brassière for Victoria’s Secret, called the Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra. Unveiled earlier this week, and modelled by Adriana Lima, the bra features 3,575 black diamonds, 117 certified 1 ct round diamonds and 34 rubies. There is a total of 3,900 […]
