Girls on Film

***Updated 8th November - Video launched today!

 

Five of the original supermodels — (from left to right) Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova and Yasmin Le Bon have teamed up with Yasmin's hubby Simon LeBon's band Duran Duran to star in the video for their new single, 'Girl Panic'. 
This shoot is chronicled in US Harper's Bazaar's December issue, which also features a slamming shot of the girls bedecked in Dolce and Gabbana on the cover.

The girls cumulatively have quite the pedigree in hanging with the band. Eva was married to Tico Torres from Bon Jovi, Naomi was engaged to Adam Clayton from U2, Helena dated Michael Hutchence and Cindy reportedly dated Jon Bon Jovi. Cindy, Naomi and Helena also appeared together in the famous 'Too Funky' video by George Michael (along with Christy Turlington and Tatjana Patitz). 

 

Simon Le Bon and Yasmin, then & now

Eva and Tico Torres

 Helena and Michael

 

Naomi and Adam 

 

 Cindy  C and John Bon Jovi

  I was obsessed with Duran Duran and these supermodel growing up.  Now in tehir 40's, they still look unbelievable! Duran Duran's keyboardist Nick Rhodes (played by Eva) says "Harper's had approached us about collaborating with the magazine on something really special when the new album came out. I’d had this crazy idea for a video for the song 'Girl Panic!', that looked fantastic on paper, but that I thought in reality would be impossible to pull off. The idea was to re-create a day in the life of the band, with five of the world’s greatest supermodels playing all of us. Lucy Yeomans (editor of Harper's Bazaar UK) loved the idea of doing a cover shoot within the video itself — and so it all began." Even in the behind the scenes pics the girls look fantastic.

 

 

Helena

Eva

 

  Cindy

 

 

 Yasmin

 

Naomi

Duran Duran were THE coolest band in the 80's. They always wore the best clothes and were extremely easy on the eye. 

 

Check out Duran Duran in The Reflex - this song used to send me into a frenzy of Simon LeBon worship. I aspired to be one of their back-up singers, all pouty in a poured-in black Herve Leger 80's Robert Palmer video-vixen style get-up. Most nonsensical lyrics ever and love the 'CGI' at the end. At the time, it was quite amazing.

2011 Angel Ball: Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell attended the '2011 Angel Ball' in New York.

The supermodel and her boyfriend Vladislav Doronim were honor at the event for raising over 7 million dollars for 'Fashion For Relief' charity work for Haiti.

She looks chic and fabulous in her black Alexander McQueen velvet trim ensemble. I loooove the harness belt to give it a little oomph.

I am also looooving her sleek bangs and black cut-out Alexander McQueen heels.

Kiss Me Kate - The Vogue Wedding Pics

Jamie and Kate wearing Tom Ford channel Mick and Bianca Jagger's

wedding pic the back of the Rolls

Finally! The fabulous pics of Kate Moss's wedding by Mario Testino in the September Issue of Vogue US.

Kate in Rodarte & Jamie in Lanvin and Charvet cotton shirt.

Kate and Lila Grace

Mr Moss, Kate and Lila

Lila helps Mum exit the Rolls

Flower girls (and page boys)

Bridesmaids and flower girls

Kate's boudoir

The garden party

Anita Pallenberg

Naomi Campbell & Marc Jacobs

Stella McCartney and daughter Reiley

Marianne Faithfull, Karen Elson and Nick Knight

Daphnee Guinness

Joséphine de la Baume and Mark Ronson

Lara Stone & David Walliams

Jack White & Philip Treacy

The champagne tower

Kelly Osbourne

Carine Roitfeld & Terry Richardson.

Kate & her matrons of honor Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Jess Hallett,

Kate, Rosemary Ferguson, Sadie Frost & Lucie de la Falaise

For more see Vogue US here

Dolce & Gabbana launch Animalier eyewear and look who's wearing it.

I get a bit concerned when I haven't heard anything about our home grown La Diva Campbell for a while as it means she's lying low and you just know the headlines are bound to blow real soon.


Alas, my concerns were allayed when I received the latest news from Dolce and Gabbana HQ about their fantabulous new Animalier eyewear collection.  I can see why they choose Ms Campbell.

Having become a

Model vs Actress - Who is 'on Vogue'?

Niki Taylor (below, in full 90's mode) has spoken out about the increasing numbers of fashion contracts & covers being swooped up be celebrities - mainly, actresses. When asked the question What changes in consciousness would you like to see in the fashion industry?", Niki replied to FutureClaw mag "Put models back on covers of magazines and in campaigns and let the movie stars do movies."

Niki was one of the supers back in the 90's. My favourite Niki Taylor shot is from UK Vogue (top of post). I had it on my wall circa 1992, she's wearing a Vivienne Westwood bustier outfit and is looking very Cindy C - people used to confuse the two of them. It's also great to see Cindy Crawford in the same mag! And to see the 90's supers featuring in the fashion glossies again - Amber Valetta, Kristin McMenamy, Naomi Campbell - and Kate Moss never left!

Niki sometimes modeled with her pretty younger sister, Krissy. Tragically, Krissy died in 1995, from an acute asthma attack stemming from cardiac arrhythmia.

6 Years later, Niki was involved a horrific car crash in 2001, resulting a coma for 6 weeks with injuries to her back, lungs and liver. It took 56 doctors to operate on her spine. This FutureClaw image is a nod to that surgery.
I can see where Niki's coming from - heavyweight fashions mags such as W, US Vogue and ELLE especially have been putting actresses on their covers for a long time now, and UK Vogue and ELLE has started to features actresses a lot more often, with Lily Allen, Demi Moore, Keira Knightly, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Carey Mulligan, Kate Hudson some of the latest, off the top of my head. And lately, it seems labels and fashion House campaigns feature actresses more often than not - Julianne Moore for Bulgari, Madonna and Scarlet Johannson for Dolce & Gabbana, Victoria Beckham and Sofia Coppola for Marc Jacobs, January Jones for Versace, Lily Allen for Chanel, Leighton Meester for Missoni...it goes on. Let actresses promote other products - like Scarlet's cool campaign for Moet & Chandon, below.

Personally, give me a model any day - we all know that 99% of actresses don't even choose their outfits, yet are lauded as fashion icons. It's duplicitous. At least, for the most part, models actually live and breath fashion, they have access to the best of the best and they innately style themselves to suit. Granted, they have the access to all of the labels - but they still don't need to pay a stylist to dress them in the morning. Look no further than at one of the most admired, imitated fashion icons of our generation for proof - Kate Moss. You can just see her pulling out a fur gilet and her Westwood boots after a night on the booze with the band.

Case in point - the Vogue UK edition with Emma Watson on the cover. A very wishy-washy, drab cover, yet inside is an A-Mazing Testino shoot, Star Girls- 'A Decade of Supermodels' - this Thread from The Fashionspot concurs. One of the model shots should have been the cover. I mean, just take a butcher's at these:

I understand that fashion houses think that getting celeb to front a line will bring in big bucks. But personally, I think let the models do their thing - actresses, stick to your own media!