The duchess of Cambridge has stepped out in one of her best looks yet! She wore a stunning jenny packham teal gown and looks every bit a royal!!! The gowns highlighted and most fab feature is the lace crystal embroidered back which is very regal! This look is one of the most acclaimed of hers second only to her sarah burton wedding gown. Thankfully there are more fabulous kate looks to come as summer party season has begun and kates on the top of everyones list!
Paul's Valentine Natalie Portman has teamed up with Johnny Depp for Paul McCartney's self-directed new music video, My Valentine. The actors feature in a simple black and white video, gesturing and lip-syncing McCartney's lyrics to the mellow track, which is taken from his recent album, Kisses on the Bottom. The video was unveiled at a private event on Friday evening in the LA store of daughter Stella McCartney, where guests included Miranda Kerrand Orlando Bloom, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin as well as Reese Witherspoon, Gwen Stefani, Kristen Stewart and Zooey Deschanel. Jaeger sold! Jaeger has been sold for almost £20 million to Better Capital, a Guernsey-based investment company. Better Capital said in a statement today that it had acquired, "all of the secured debt and a 90 per cent stake in Jaeger Group Limited… The aggregate cost of the acquisition was £19.5 million, the substantial majority of which was in respect of the acquisition of the secured debt with the remainder in respect of the equity stake." The British label - which saw profits fall more than 60 per cent from £2.22 million to £772,000 in 2011 - was acquired by British Fashion Council chairman Harold Tillman in 2002, but the retail mogul admitted in January that the label had not been immune to a difficult year for the UK high street. Diana the muse Princess Diana, is responsible for two of the footwear world's most iconic designs - or so says Christian Louboutin. The legendary designer created his first pair of shoes, the Love style, after being inspired by the late royal. "It was 1992 and I was looking at this picture of Princess Diana taken while her husband was giving a speech. She looked so sad and bored, I thought: 'what would bring a smile to her face?'" he said. He added that Diana also gave him the idea for cleavage shoes - styles that expose the top of a woman's toes. Diors Future Dior president and chief executive Sidney Toledanohas spoken for the first about Raf Simons'appointment as artistic director at the label. "It's a very exciting time," Toledano told WWD. "I always said that the right person would come along when all the stars aligned and that's exactly what happened last week. Simons has already begun to lay out his vision for where he can take Dior in the future and I think we are all very excited by that vision." Angies engaged!!!! Angelina Joile and Brad Pitt are engaged, the jeweller who designed Jolie's ring has confirmed this evening. Robert Procop worked closely with Pitt in creating the piece, which Jolie wore for the first time last night at a private view of the new Chinese Art collection at the LA County Museum. "Yes, it's confirmed," Pitt's manager, Cynthia Pett-Dante, told The Hollywood Reporter. "It is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy. There's no date set at this time. Brad designed the ring." Brides Week NEW YORK played host to the latest designer wedding dresses this weekend as Bridal Week once again came to the city The biggest names in bridal - including Vera Wang, Marchesa, Jenny Packham, Monique Lhuillier, Reem Acra(pictured), and Alfred Angelo - showed their spring/summer 2013 collections over the weekend, with Oscar de la Renta set to take to the catwalk today as the Week comes to a close. Oscars new home Oscar De La Renta is opening his first shop in London and, after a three-year search for the perfect location, is set to move in to hairdresser Nicky Clarke's Mount Street flagship.
Clarke, who has occupied the unit for more than 20 years, will move just along the road to 11 Carlos Place - next to Roland Mouret and Jenny Packham's stores, and just opposite the Connaught Hotel - in a deal said to be worth more than half a million pounds. Both Clarke and his landlord have refused to confirm whether he was paid the reported £500,000 premium to move, but his ex-wife and business partner Lesley Clarke said all parties are happy with the move. Winslet bares all Kate Winslet admits to being slightly embarrassed about her nude scenes inTitanic. The actress attended the premiere of the film's 3D version in London last night and said she wasn't looking forward to watching the famous scenes where she poses for a nude portrait. "I'm not going to look," she said ahead of the film's relaunch last night. "I'll be in the bar by that point." She went onto describe how watching the film would be "weird". Claudias return! Cladia Schiffer is returning to the brand that created one of her most iconic images, denim brand Guess, as the face of its 30th Anniversary Collection. Inspired by Guess pieces worn by famous Guess girls over the past three decades, the 15-piece collection features - amongst other pieces - wide-neck T-shirts bearing images of Line Gost and Anna Nicole Smith; jeans with a cut-off waistband originally modelled by Adriana Lima; and a sleeveless monochrome gingham top worn by Eva Herzigova. "Guess will always have a soft spot in my heart, and I'm excited that 23 years later we can still work together so successfully," Schiffer - who appeared in six campaigns between 1989 to 1991 Supermodel envy Candice Swanepoel would like to follow fellow Angel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley into acting, but feels she has a disadvantage compared to her English counterpart: her South African accent. "I have thought about it," she told May's issue ofGQ. "But it's different when you're speaking; it's harder for me." Jenny wants another kate. Having dressed almost every famous Kate you can think of - from the Duchess of Cambridge, to Kate Beckinsale, to Kate Winslet (who sported another of her dresses at last night's Titanicpremiere in London) - designer Jenny Packhamstill has one in her sights. "Cate Blanchett - she's the one we haven't dressed!" she laughed. "The new collection is inspired by Film Noir - by the heroines in particular; the femme fatale - and she'd look perfect in it. Especially this silver backless dress." Frustenbabies The tiniest DVF wrap dresses you have ever seen were flying off the rails on Oxford Street this morning, as Diane von Furstenberg's Gap collection went on sale nationwide. Customers on Oxford Street waited in an orderly manner to be allowed access at 8.30am - most on route to work and without children to slow their shopping progress. A few, we suspect, may not even havechildren - as the bigger sizes of shoes and dresses, priced from just £20, seemed to be selling particularly well. Dorino remembered DORINO DELLA VALLE - Tod's founder and father of current CEO and chairman Diego Della Valle and his brother, vice-chairman Andrea - has died at the age of 87. He passed away at Casette d'Ete, the small Italian town where the luxury label is based.
"He was a lovely man, very reserved and of few words, but you could see in his eyes how proud he was of his work and of his sons' endeavours," Armando Branchini, deputy chairman of Milan consultancy InterCorporate, told WWD "He didn't consider himself an entrepreneur, but a shoemaker." Della Valle lent his name to the label he established in the Forties, which he and his sons later renamed Tod's. Private services will be held to remember Della Valle on Thursday. Look of the day
Look of the day today is a glamourous michael kors evening look. Its timeless elegance mixed with american sportswear and a little sex appeal. It has a beautiful movement and shimmer to the look and would be perfect for any red carpet or evening event! Accessory of the day
Accessory of the day is also an evening piece its is a very understated elegant valentino pump with a chic and simple silhouette and just the perfect amount of embellished crystals it would make any cocktail dress or gown that extra little bit special with its fabulous understated glamour look. The perfect evening shoe for fall!!! Look of the moment
Look of the moment is a glamourous red carpet jenny packham gown worn beautifully by kate winslet and she looks fabulous and very cinematic on that red carpet. The dress does wonders for her figure in its draping it is also made that little bit more glamourous thanks to the beautiful crystals!
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