July 2009

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

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"Mi viene un dubbio. Il governo italiano attuale non sarà fascista? Ma no, mi si risponderà: ha a capo un allegro libertino, che vara una legge garantista (per lui) dopo l’altra, e per presidente della Repubblica un anziano stalinista che sottoscrive tutto quanto. La “opposizione” parlamentare, poi, sulla linea dell’“avrebbero potuto” è totalmente concorde, si tratti di studenti facinorosi, di brigatisti in allenamento, di cellule islamiche non ancora attive, di indipendentisti sardi che non hanno ancora fatto un cazzo però potrebbero farlo.Ma il dubbio rimane." von hier

Birth Name: Catrinel Menghia (Top fashion models, sexy fashion model, Swimsuit models, Bikini models)Birth Date: October 1, 1985Nationality: Romanian ModelAssets: Sexy Eyes,Hot Figure Country: Romania Nickname: Katerine Height: 5'9" Vital Stats: 34-24-35 Hobbies: Working OutTop Fashion Model Catrinel MenghiaCatrinel Menghia is a Romanian supermodel.She was discovered at the age of 16 on the street by a local agent who took her to Bucharest to meet Liviu Ionescu of the MRA Agency. Six months later, her parents allowed Menghia to move to Bucharest and start an international modeling career.She participated in the Ford Model's Supermodel of the World Romania contest in November 2001, where she won the second runner-up prize. Menghia now lives in Milan, Italy. She has done campaigns for major fashion houses and is the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide. She was also one of the new faces in the 2006 South African Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and has appeared in FHM and Maxim. Top Fashion Model Catrinel Menghia

Name: Kelly Hu (Top fashion model, teen sexy model, teen miss USA, hot fashion model)Date of Birth: 13 February 1968Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USABirth Name: Kelly Ann HuHeight: 5' 5" (1.65 m)Measurements: 33A-23-34 (as Miss Teen USA 1985), 34B-24-34 (as Miss Hawaii USA 1993), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Top Fashion Model Kelly HuMini BiographyKelly is a fourth-generation American with Chinese-Filipino-Hawaiian and English ancestry. Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan and Italy for several months before deciding to relocate to L.A. and try her hand at show business. She got her break on TV's "Growing Pains" (1985) in 1987 and never looked back. Finished in the Top 6 at Miss USA 1993. First Asian American to be featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine. At the time of publication, Kelly Hu's cover was the biggest selling issue of Maxim in their history. Top Fashion Model Kelly Hu

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It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

A coalition of game publishers presents Congress with its proposal for the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a voluntary industry-wide standard for age ratings on videogames.

Hello Vogue world,
Today we are once again super excited and bouncing off the walls with glee as our casting begins for our seasonal line launch. We are bopping to this super groovy tune from our boys du jour - Golden Silvers - as recommended by our super cool show DJ, Hanna Hanra (visit www.thepixzine.co.uk and www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3jpX8scBXo).
These are some of our favourite girls in their favourite pieces from last season...
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR FAVOURITE GIRLS IN THE LATEST COLLECTION
Until next time, enjoy the sun!!! xxx

Every time we come to Paris I feel its gravitational pull gets stronger and stronger. As with retail in this uncertain world the primary sites are becoming more desirable (and expensive), as the secondary sites (Ledbury Road, you have been warned), become less so.
We have decided to concentrate our ex-London wholesale account, selling and international press presentations, in Paris next year and I think we have found a perfect home - it has one of the best views of the Eiffel Tower (literally through the Trocadero), one could imagine.
Talk about an iconic building - forever evokes romance, even when baked in bread.

J'adore Paris!

On the face of it I think I managed to combine two of the most perfect events happening in London last night: Jeff Koons' opening at the Serpentine (www.serpentinegallery.org) and Steely Dan at the Hammersmith Apollo (www.steelydan.com).

The two protagonists, Koons and Steely Dan's chief ringmaster Donald Fagen, are like two peas from the same New York City pod; they share the title of World's Most Pathological Perfectionists. Now, I consider myself pretty fussy about my craft - but these guys are legendary.
Even last night, Koons rejected the traditional Serpentine limited print so many times it had to be taxied to the show an hour late - and this of a drawing done it 2003!
The stories of Fagen are legion but to give an idea; on probably their most famous album Aja (just the 38 session musicians used), Bernard Purdie (the best drummer in the world at the time), after apparently getting take...

There is another great album out to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Island Records. They brought so many of the best artists to the UK - from Bob Marley to Paul Weller to Bryan Ferry - and they've put together a fantastic double CD box called Island Life. It's a great compilation including U2, Marley, Amy Winehouse, Roxy Music and much more.

We had our menswear show a week last Sunday - it went really well and we got great reviews for it. By now all the Michael Jackson tributes are a bit overblown but we just spontaneously decided to add Thriller to our finale music on the day, even though all the show music had been decided ages before. Then someone put it on youtube and it's had hundreds and hundreds of views. Watch the video here (scroll forward to the 3 minute mark): www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/video/id,7915

Couture is on at the moment, of course. Thank goodness it is still around. It is a very different industry to the days when Pauline and I used to go and see the shows - it was just 30 people. These days it's more like 1,000. Times they are a-changing - but it's fantastic that it is still going - that there is still a craft there that is still being celebrated.

My other obsession is going on at the moment of course, too. The Tour de France is on and on the first day my friend Bradley Wiggins (whose old bike is at my house in Italy - Pauline bought it for me last year), came 3rd which is great. Then for the next two days it was won by British rider Mark Cavendish who is also a mate of mine.

It's been a crazy week at Twenty8Twelve with seasonal line presentations and our look book shoot all rolled in to four crazy days...
Here's a sneeky peak at my favourite jacket from cruise spring/summer 2010, as modelled by the lovely Sienna and photographed by Angelo Pennetta...

Durante os últimos dias eu aproveitei que a Bel ainda estava aqui para fazer vários cursos. Temos passado muito tempo em frente ao computador. Fazemos tudo pelo computador, todo nosso trabalho, as pesquisas, os estudos, as estampas, todas as fichas, a parte administrativa… até a modelagem! Já era hora de exercitar outras áreas do cérebro… fazer coisas mais manuais, como a gente fazia na faculdade. Eu adoro estudar! Mas nessa época não dá tempo de fazer cursos mais demorados, então me inscrevi em 4 oficinas (cursos rápidos): Processos criativos: arte, moda e moulage; História de vida através do objeto/História do objeto através da vida; Patchwork a mão e Patchwork a máquina. Alguns têm mais a ver com a minha área, outros menos. Mas em todos eles eu aprendi muito. Aprendi com os professores e aprendi muito com os outros alunos, principalmente os de áreas mais diferentes da minha. O mais importante para quem trabalha com criação é estar sempre aprendendo coisas novas, e não ter preconceitos, para poder expandir os horizontes. Eu, minha equipe e nosso vestido Carambola na oficina de Moulage: Essa figurinha é a Miki, inventora de bonecas, sonhos e bolos! (É difícil de explicar… para entender clique

I had to take my car to hospital this week. I was too embarrassed to take a picture, so there isn't one, but I managed severely scrape one side of poor Nancy by reversing her diagonally into a pillar in the underground car park of my dad's flat in Mayfair. I blame Delta for my lack of sleep the night before, and not the fact that this is my first car that everyone warned me was probably a little too nice to be so!
She got literally wedged into the damn thing, so much so that I couldn't move forwards or backwards without scraping more and more paint off. I was meant to be taking my sister to the airport, but as I couldn't move she had to run off and get a taxi instead, leaving me alone in the underground car park feeling like a complete prat.
I told the man at the BMW garage that my sister had done it! Just couldn't bear the humiliation of him realising his preconceptions of tall blonde models might have some truth to them.
Anyway, Nancy's back on Saturday - I just hope my insurance company doesn't read this - they already charge me an extortionate amount of money, partly because I am considered "high profile" and apparently that means I hang out with footballers, whom if I was driving around and crashed, the insurers would have to cover the 'loss of inco...

I was back in NYC last week for a two-day shoot. Lyonel, my ex-"roomy", good friend, and beloved party companion, organized a fun night out. Ten of us ate at an old favourite restaurant of mine, an Italian called Macceleria, and then we checked out NYC's newest hottest club, the Jane Hotel Bar.
The rooms in the Jane hotel are all like luxury train cabins, and cost only $80 a night. I think it's a genius idea. It means that once again young artists and travellers can stay somewhere that's trendy without it costing a fortune.
The bar was amazing... hordes of über-keen new Yorkers overflowed onto the road outside as everyone tried their hardest to get past the doorman and enter into the beautiful high ceilinged, colonial style, titanic-esque warm and fruitful interior.

Inside, I looked around at the beautiful people; all the handsome men and the models and the rich bankers and the celebrities and the film producers - all there to see and be seen, to schmooze and network and make things happen - and I realized that, although great to visit, I have left that life behind me, and am quite ok about it! Bring me a pint and some oysters and my Notting Hill pals at the Cow any day of the week!
I am loving London, and very glad I made the decision to move bac...

In January I passed my driving test (sixth time lucky!) and celebrated by setting off the very next day to go on a road trip through Ecuador with my elder sister, Sarah.

We had a blast. We didn't plan a thing, and had no idea where we'd be staying each night. We wound our way through the enchanting Andes and up the coastline and both fell in love with the country for three weeks.
Back in London in February, I decided I should perhaps knuckle down to some real work again, and focused fully on the modelling. Bingo - I landed the Gucci campaign, shot in April, and lots of other work has followed since (thank you shining star).
So the last few months have been quite a whirlwind of fashion shoots. In May I think I was one of the first people to get swine flu. I was in Singapore for a two-day job when I came down with severe exhaustion, a terrible cough and bad headaches.
Job done, I flew back to London, arrived in the morning and went straight to see my doctor. She didn't test me for the disease - she's one of those proper old school "buck up" kind of doctors...
"Even if you do have it the test results won't be back for two weeks and by that time you'll be better anyway - do call me from Iceland though if you feel any worse - you might have pneumo...

This is the Twenty8Twelve hotline coming to you live from Ripongi Tokyo!!

It's been a crazy day. I landed at 9.30 and headed straight in to town with my old school friend Yumiko.

We cruised around checking out all the places where Twenty8Twelve is stocked - which was amazing!

Also saw some very inspiring young Japanese designer stores and I bought an awesome parka multi-fastened coat from Qojelly. Other designers worth keeping an eye out for were The Dress Co who worked wonders on old vintage linen and LAFORE'Hideakisakaguchi'.

Junya Watanabe is everywhere and I wanted it all...The Comme des Garcons shop was the highlight of the day because all the shop staff looked so incredible. It is worth a visit just to see what they are wearing - of course it is all Comme which helps.

After taking in the sights we headed back to the hotel and prepared for the awesome explosive night out that was Sienna's GI Joe world premiere.

It was something else with Paramount pulling out all the stops for a firework photocall.

My favourite part was the drive to the cinema. A few precious moments with my sis before she heads off again on the tour.

We saw a rainbow over the famous Rainbow Bridge and watched the sun setting over Tokyo...

I saw a preview of the Chanel movie a couple of weeks ago, as a guest of the lovely Celia Walden, and - surprise, surprise - the screening room was full of women!
It is a film about her life before she became a famous fashion designer, when she was a cabaret singer and a sort of "courtesan". What was really fantastic about it was the way they shot moments that influenced her greatly as a designer: the simplicity of black and white nuns' outfits in the orphanage where she grew up, the stripy Breton shirts from the trip with her lover to the seaside, the riding suits that she stole from her sugar daddy...all that became the basis of a classic Chanel look.

She was revolutionary and a bit of an anarchist. She wanted women to be free from the restraints of corsets, stripped bare from the prevalent abundance of frills and feathers and she found elegance in a sporty type of clothing. Dressed "comme le garcon" she was an unusual sight. In retrospective it seems strange that the label Chanel became the domain of bourgeois French women who are such a contrast to who she was in those early days.
She was portrayed on the sweet and innocent side but it was impossible to hide that she was a mix of contradictions. On one hand she lived from her lovers' fortunes, one of...

Somerset House - the spectacular neo-classical building - is to be the residency for London Fashion Week in September and for the next month Esquire has invited eighteen leading fashion designers to work with an artist and create a one-off man's suit.

The exhibition Esquire's Singular Suit included: a corduroy suit printed with graphics from Paul Smith and the artist Richard Woods; a suit made from oil-painted canvas that Louis Vuitton and Christian Schoeler had created (extraordinary); and the dinner suit accessorised with a huge netted ruff from John Galliano with a twenty-foot collage from Zanna - amazing.

It felt like the last party of the Summer Season as all anyone could talk about was the weather and getting away from it.

Topshop T and shoes,River Island SkirtThe last picture is for comical reasons ;)This is ultimate casual for me, I love my skirt! Otherwise a huuge wishlist is materialising at the minute from weeks ago I might add!All saints leather harnessKaren Millen Suede thigh high bootsTopshop cream crochet bodyChristopher Kane Mandrill TA White Shirt (lol)

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We pulled the address cleansing feature a few months ago to make it more robust; the dev team really knocked it out of the park!  In the video below I walk through one scenario just to give you an idea of what is coming, but in a nutshell the process has become very conversational and works through the many different scenarios that could apply when an address is incomplete.  In addition, we have made some nice changes to the Add New Household function in an effort to improve your experience.  As always, please let us know if we hit the mark or failed by commenting below.  Thanks again!

Add New Household + Address Cleansing from Fellowship Technologies on Vimeo.

Get the finished Counting on God click track video FREE at churchmediadesign.tv! We finish our series on click track videos by doing a some kenetic typography animation inside AE. We also find some cool new software for the mac and see why Brad is obessed with pop up book animations during our inspiration segment.

Dear Miss Manners:

All Saints jeansDiesel oversized TKG by Kurt Geiger bootsRiver Island bagBack into education is something I never thought I would do. I'm a hard working girl in business but with the recession it doesn't really offer a full time job. I hope to immigrate to Canada in 10 years and to me a good career is necessary. I've decided to study Midwifery and I start college in September. All very new and scary. I also need to pass my driving test which I got onto doing today. I have to re pass my theory test after it expired! I need to make a "to do" list in honesty.This outfit was for the cinema to see Harry Potter (very casual).I enjoyed the fact there wasn't a huge climax with lots of fighting at the end. It was almost eerie throughout the film. I was always scared of Bellatrix Lestrange in the book but Helena Bonham carter made her so eccentric and crazy! I loved her! I think I felt the same sense as her character on Sweeney Todd. Brilliant woman! I do separate the books and the films though, there is a lot "cut" out of the films so it ...

My lovely friend Camilla Morton took me to Hospital for a screening of Coco Before Chanel (there was a moment of panic on the cab driver's face when we gave him the address). The film is a must for fashionistas; it is lavish, sumptuous and very moving. Audrey Tautou as young Chanel is brilliant. After couture what could be more perfect?

Met my partner in crime, Judith Watt, in the car park. We finished dressing up - as it's impossible to drive in sequins and tulle; far too fragile. My dress had survived the Thirties, the least I can do is show it a little respect. It could get chilly later so dived into the back of the car and found a lace underskirt and coat. All layered up and ready to party we marched to the Gallery.

The Summer Party at the Serpentine is one of the great parties of the London season. Sponsored by Canvas TV, a new global television channel for the arts to be launched in 2010, this year the Pavilion is designed by the Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima and Rye Nishizawa of Sanaa. It was not just perfect for the party but a vision in architecture; its reflective aluminium canopy, sitting on tall pillars, winding it's way through the trees (some with tiny purple bulbs) in an ethereal way, embracing the lights. Apparently when it rains i...

Two pop legends, Brian Wilson and Peter Blake, hosted an evening at a private members club to launch That Lucky Old Sun; a collaboration of their art and music presented in a beautiful handcrafted box. Peter Blake's prints, quirky and fun as ever, were on display - my favourite; Mexican Girl.
Brian Wilson played a set, opening with California Girls and closing with Surfin' USA. The audience went mad. How appropriate when London is sizzling, we could have been on Venice Beach. I felt privileged to have been part of such an historic evening.

Arrived in Paris as the city woke up to the devastating news that Michael Jackson, the musical genius, had died. His music was everywhere blasting from shops, cars, cafés and in the Tuileries gardens groups of kids were moon-walking.

The invitation to John Galliano Homme was a series of beautiful postcards and the show predictably was miles away, but no one cares because it's part of the adventure. This time it was held at an abandoned pre-war swimming baths completely covered with graffiti - the runway the length of the empty pool.
The models stomped down a metal staircase in fabulous creations, Napoleon meets Laurence of Arabia meets Wilhelm von Gloeden. Flowing shirts slung around the hips, layers of belts, military silhouettes and a chiffon evening coat with jet-black embroidery - all to die for.

Spent Saturday doing the usual rounds Merci, Colette, lunch at Costes and couldn't resist going into their newly opened florist; the prettie...

Working in fashion makes you harder to please. My husband complains every birthday, and it's even more obvious then when buying something for myself. When you know what will be in store six months before it arrives, it takes a lot to move or surprise.
 
This, and a genetic tendency for pickiness, means that when I find something I like I swear loyalty. I buy trousers from one brand and T-shirts from another. I approach a new purchase like a budding romance. What gets my attention is when something is unique or jewel like, whether it is a pair of shoes, underwear, or stationery.
 
But maybe you don't need to be hugely picky or well informed to know a beautiful thing when you see it. Every time I wear my navy blue silk Vassilisa scarf, people want to know what...where...how.
 
There is something universally feminine about scarves. Like hats or gloves, once necessary - they are still a new idea for people under 60. They can be worn to cover the head, keep you warm, or cover you up.
 
You don't need to know anything about Central Saint Martin's designer Nadja Solovieva to love her Russian inspired prints, but breakfast with her at Claridge's has me convinced. Artist and designer, her sketches are on show until...

Diesel T ShirtAll Saints Bandeau dressTopshop ShoesI did a quick silly dress up with my new shoes! I really love them too much.. They are definitely certain occasions only due to being S&M style! Do you ever get that feeling where you open up your new clothing/accessory and immediately want another pair "just in case" something should fail with the ones you have?! A back up as it were. I need a back up of these!