Jean Paul Gaultier Pays Homage to Amy Winehouse At Paris Couture Week

Jean Paul Gaultier paid tribute to the late Amy Winehouse with a dramatic Spring/Summer 12 Couture show in Paris, last night. The designer used the troubled singer – who died in July last year, as the muse for his latest collection for Paris Haute Couture Week.  A whole host Amy-a-likes strutted down the runway to a rendition of Rehab, sporting low-cut shirts and sequinned pencil skirts with baseball jackets, and puffball dresses. In place of the singer’s trademark headscarves and corsages, models wore veils and puffed on cigarettes. And in Amy’s signature style, each look was completed with cat-winged black eyeliner, a beauty spot, and enormous beehives that in a variety of colours, from bright gum pink…

Chanel Shines At Paris Haute Couture Week

Chanel raised the bar on jetset elegance, displaying a stunning Spring/Summer 2012 collection at Paris Haute Couture Week. Karl Lagerfield and his House Of Chanel, built an actual jet, complete with pre-show beverage carts, inside Paris‘ Grand Palais, which took 5 days to create! The collection itself showed off  a variety blue coloured tones, in keeping with the aircraft theme. The main focus was on cocktail and full-blown evening dresses. Whether they were short-sleeved, slim tweed dresses, just above the knee, block-coloured and with rouleau necklines, they were all but beautiful paired with mid court or strappy heels! See the Chanel Couture collection below:   (Photos:Chanel)

Dior Dazzles At Paris Haute Couture Week

Christian Dior followed the sexy and colourful Versace show by putting out a beautiful black and white, filmic Haute Couture collection. Forgetting the John Galliano troubled past year, acting creative director Bill Gaytten showed off a class act by getting the Dior name back on track. He had the Christian Dior quote he used at the top of the show notes hand-embroidered in organza on to the skirts of several dresses. ”Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity,” it read. Dior presented an X-ray vision of the fashion house’s history, with a 1950s-themed collection in luminous layers of  sheer silk crepe silhouettes with nipped waists — in shades of beige, aubergine, red, black and white. The…

Versace Opens Paris Haute Couture Week

  After a long eight year wait, Versace made a triumphant return and kicked off Paris Haute Couture Week with a bang! In a glittering Grecian-themed show, Donatella did not disappoint, and put out a full on glamourous extravaganza! Orange, yellow, green, gold and silver were the overall stand out colours from the show, whlist sculptural shoulders and modern spacey aesthetics were the dominant theme for the collection. American Vogue Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour and actresses Cameron Diaz and Diane Kruger all turned up to support Donatella and the collection. We are obsessed with this Versace Couture collection! Donatella and the House of Versace are genius’!  Roll on the next shows! The Versace Haute Couture Collection:    What do you think of the Versace Haute Couture Collection?…

Danish Wakeel’s ‘Draped Modern Kouroi’

Danish Wakeel‘s ‘Draped Modern Kouroi’, as the name suggests is a collection exclusively for men. It is his first wearable collection scheduled to be showcased during London Fashion Week in February 2012. Danish says that he has been intrigued by the concept of drapes, which in the contemporary era were associated with womenswear, however, traditionally worn by the men in form of togas, frock coats, kilts, dhotis, sarongs and caftans. In his ‘Draped Modern Kouroi’, Danish has juxtaposed formal wear with occasion wear and that is the dominant theme. He says that he “created new solutions through the hybrid of clothing genres”. The collection fuses street style with traditional British tailoring and influence of music…

London Fashion Week Networking September 2011

Adam Danyal, London Fashion Models and Superstar Magazine presented a fantastic evening in September, celebrating the opening of London Fashion Week, by hosting their second London Fashion Networking Event in 2011 exclusively for the fashion and beauty industry. Held at the ultra exclusive Aura Mayfair, it made way for a glamorous and fabulous night of fashion, fun and ofcourse networking. The star-studded guestlist  included over 150 models, 10 of which were Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model finalists, over a hundred designers, make-up artists, fashionistas, bloggers, music artists including Rnb star Talay Riley, stylists and professional photographers all shooting away in live photo shoots at the event. Fashionistas mixed with designers, model scouts met bloggers…

Casablanca Fashion Week – Trends And Highlights 2011

Superstar Magazine attended Casablanca Fashion Week this May in Morocco. Unlike any other fashion week, CFW combines all seasons in one and invites talented Moroccan designers all around the globe to showcase their spectacular designs and celebrate the advance in Moroccan Fashion. Homeland to none another than ZARA, Superstar was eager to learn more about the Moroccan garments and the concepts behind the bold cuts, intricate designs and vibrant colours. Here are Superstar’s Top Trends & Highlights from Casablanca Fashion Week, experimental give a go’s and as an extra special treat international interviews with the designers from Amsterdam and Tangier… Read on! THE YOUNG STYLISTS: Multi-coloured Firework style mini-skirts, crop jackets and elegant peachy coral…

Top Ten Catwalk Fails

Epic catwalk fails, from charity fashion show models to A-List celebrities, falling on the catwalk. No one is spared from the embarrassment of falling in front of a crowd of spectators, no matter how much experience they have! Presented by Superstar Magazine’s ‘The Teen Showbiz Journalist’, Eve-Yasmine, the compilation presents ‘Top Ten Catwalk Fails’. A must watch!

Trends and Highlights – Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2011

Paris Fashion Week is undoubtedly one of if not the most respected fashion week in the world. Superstar Magazine brings you exclusive trends report from this year’s Fall/Winter 2011 shows. Trends, highlights and smashing captures by London Fashion Models resident fashion, runway and editorial photographer Simon Ackerman. Below is a selection of some of our favourite designers! Want to know what’s hot next season according to Superstar Magazine? Then read on… Elie Saab – Paris Fashion Week FW11 Elie Saab is already rapidly making a name for himself worldwide. He is known for dressing the likes of Katy Perry, Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry amongst many other A-listers. After seeing yet another extravagant collection showcased…

London Fashion Week coverage at London Fashion Models

Superstar Magazine‘s sister website London Fashion Models covered the whole of the London Fashion Week. The EXCLUSIVE coverage of the AW11 season by the fashion, editorial and runway photographer Simon Ackerman can be found in the FASHION WEEK section at London Fashion Models, including EXCLUSIVE backstage coverage! Click HERE to see the London Fashion Week coverage at London Fashion Models. London Fashion Week coverage at London Fashion Models