Plus size who?

Yesterday evening I did my usual catching up with the upcoming international magazines. This is kind of an odd hobby of mine because I hate seeing editorials before I have them on paper before me but I am very keen on knowing what's going on in the industry. After spending the longest time looking at what Vogue Italia have done for November (amazing editorials and very neat cover!) I came across the latest Harper's Bazaar US. Christina Hendricks covers their November issue looking stunning in a red Michael Kors. The shoot inside, by Terry Richardson, is quite commercial but still very him —aka: raunchy. But the thing that caught my attention wasn't so much Richardson's recurring themes but what people were saying about them. In short, some people called out the stylist alleging Hendrick's curves make it hard for her to look good in something. It baffles me how we still have to read and hear such things in this day and age. As an avid Mad Men spectator I can honestly say I find Christina just as attractive and beautiful as January Jones. Not to mention it is ever so refreshing to see a curvaceous, real, woman covering a top fashion magazine. I could turn this post into an essay but I have no intention of boring anyone. I do, however, encourage all of you to read the story that accompanies the shoot. (And, for the record, I did love her at the Emmys!)

The video from the shoot is even more stunning than the final result. There is something so suggestive and clever about her eyes!

I'm off.

Emmys 2010 revisited: Mad Men wins (in style)

I simply couldn't help myself. Not only Mad Men rocks my world with their costume design but their starts weaken my knees when they slip into designerwear for the red carpet. This picture of January Jones (in Atelier Versace), Elisabeth Moss (in Donna Karan) and Christina Hendricks (in Zac Posen) literally gives me butterflies. To me, it's the picture equivalent of being in love wearing custom-made Tom Ford, Louboutin lounge shoes and drinking a £1000 bourbon while Ella Fitzgerald sings for me in my Chelsea townhouse. Picture that if you can.

I'm off.

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Emmys 2010: Mad Women

I watched the Emmys for the first time last night. I had never payed much attention to them because the attendees and red carpet were never out of the ordinary like, say, the Globes or the Oscars. Until Mad Men and True Blood started getting nominated, that is. The fact that such good quality and edgy shows spread through the different categories means a lot of their starts will step on the red carpet doing their best not to go unnoticed. The Academy wasn't especially generous to either Mad Men or True Blood last night but their actors completely outshone the Emmy winners. January Jones, in Versace Atelier, was my favourite. She looked like the bionic queen of mermaids wrapped in the Italian metallic scales. I thought it was a very clever choice. The front showed a bit of legs but there was a train and the top was classic in lines but sexy and unexpected in construction.

Many of the other attending ladies looked remarkably good for this kind of event. Christina Hendricks (the other Mad Woman) rocked her custom made Zac Posen. The dress would've looked quite bland had it not been for the toddlers that fought inside it (as someone geniusly referred to the twins on twitter, email me for credit). And the great hairdo. Heidi Klum was one of the very few women who went for s short dress. The combination of her super short, super tight Marchesa and her statement necklace was spot-on sexy. Rose Byrne was unknown to me until last night when I had to know who was the lady in the amazing Gucci dress. It was both simple and intricate enough to look elegant and still make a statement. White (Kate Beckinsale would've been so proud) was also the colour of Kim Kardashian's Marchesa dress. I don't usually pick her out for her style but she did look like a modern day Cleopatra with the Egyptian-inspired neckline and the tied-back hair.

At first I loved Anna Paquin in McQueen. Don't get me wrong, I adore the dress, but it feels like the bottom of the skirt didn't really suit the wearer. It was a winner choice but only from the waist up. And last, Claire Danes in Armani Privé (surprise surprise). I thought she looked very chic, very old Hollywood glamour and was definitely one of the best dressed but then again it wasn't anything I hadn't seen on Anne Hathaway before.
Who did you love the most?
I'm off.

PS. Lea Michelle - biggest disappointment of the night in her matrony Oscar de la Renta.

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