Avon

We mentioned earlier this month that Bond girl Gemma Arterton was forced to pass on a campaign with Rimmel because of contractual commitments with Avon. Well now we can reveal exactly what those commitments are...

The stunning actress is fronting the newest fragrance campaign from Avon - Bond Girl 007 - a partnership with James Bond entertainment, and what is said to be the biggest global fragrance launch of the year.

Due to launch in October to coincide with the release of the latest Bond blockbuster, Quantum of Solace, Arterton will appear in print and television advertising, as well as on the cover of Avon's brochure. Samples will also be available a select movie theatres worldwide to promote the perfume.

"I am proud to be a part of the Bond girl legacy and Avon's Bond Girl 007 fragrance embodies the qualities of what a Bond girl represents - it's sexy, empowering and iconic," said Arterton.

With Reese Witherspoon in their Tv ads & Patrick Dempsey fronting their newest men's fragrance, I'd say that it's shaping up to be a pretty good year for Avon.

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs swung by this fair city yesterday, to give a talk at Central Saint Martins. So of course, chaos ensued.
According to Vogue.com, tickets apparently had sold out within 45 minutes, queues of hopefuls snaked around the block just in case there were any returns and fanatical fans attempted to break in backstage while he spoke. Oh what I would have given to have seen all that goin' down!
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Those who turned up to hear him speak (and that included names such as Giles Deacon, Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders) heard tales of him taking his early designs to Vogue's Andre Leon Talley when he was just starting out; how he hired a certain Tom Ford to be his design assistant; and his initial fear at taking the design helm at Louis Vuitton. Fascinating stuff. You can read more at Vogue.com.

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Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen relaunches ad campaign starring Alice Gibb

Alexander McQueen appears to be going from strength-to-strength at the moment, with a new boutique in New York, and Sarah Jessica Parker wearing one of his designs to the SATC: the movie première.
The British designer has also announced that he will relaunch his memorable ad campaigns for his main collection this autumn.
FWD reports that he has recruited fellow Brit Alice Gibb to front the campaign. The 17-year-old model opened his spring/summer '08 show (pictured left) and will appear in the first McQueen campaign since 2003. For the last few seasons, the designer has focussed on advertising for his younger line, McQ.

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Chloë Sevigny

After all the hype surrounding her début collection for Opening Ceremony, it looks like Chloë Sevigny may be about to do it all over again, with a new menswear range on the cards.

Word on the street is that the Big Love actress is planning on collaborating with the US label again on a range for guys, that will also be available in girl versions.

"Not only did I want to do something for the guys in my life, but a lot of my girlfriends prefer to wear men's stuff," Sevigny told Style File.

"I think what they like about men's clothes is the fit. So I don't want to change that. It'll be a new challenge."

The female versions will not have any different tailoring, they will simply be available in smaller sizes. Sevigny also revealed that had it not been for the writer's strike, which left her in New York for fourth months, there might have been been a follow-up collection much sooner.

"If I had known that I [was going to have] that time off, I probably would have thought about doing another collection. But I'm really looking forward to doing something completely different, too," she added.

Personally, I am predicting rockabilly style blazers, punk-influenced t-shirts and perhaps some flannel shirts. Can't wait!

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Sunglasses from ASOS

Sometimes it is too late to hop on the bandwagon...
These are for the kind of person who thinks Razorlight are the greatest band in the world, reads FHM and thinks that Kanye West geezer has some great tunes. If you've ever wanted to look out of touch with pop culture, then you can get these shutter shades from ASOS.

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Ugly Betty

There are three things we have learnt from this video of Naomi Campbell on the set of Ugly Betty, where she plays in the company softball game between Mode and Elle:
1. She really does not liked to be called a supermodel.

2. She really knows her balls.

3. She needs a brain.
Enjoy! x
P.S. Listen out for the tip-off from Noames that her "girls" - Linda, Christy, Cindy, Claudia, Stephanie - have some stuff coming out together in the next few months. I wonder who she could be referring to?

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Audrey Tautou Channels Chanel

Audrey Tautou, the French gamine, is best known as Tom Hanks side-kick in The Da Vinci Code or for roaming the streets of Montmartre in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film Amélie. While Amélie was a whimsical portrayal of modern Paris life, Tautou’s new role will depict a far different portrait of Paris. Tautou will be making a turn as the infamous Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in a new biopic of the fashion icon’s life and love affairs before she became a designer- Coco avant Chanel.


French director Anne Fontaine told Le Film Francais movie journal about the project: ''I wanted to follow the interior path of this young woman who was poor, without education, but who had an uncommon personality that was ahead of her time.” The film is scheduled to be released in 2009

Fittingly, Chanel has confirmed that Tautou has been appointed their new brand ambassador. She is slated to be the new face of Chanel No. 5 perfume; replacing Nicole Kidman and teaming up again with Amélie director Jeunet to create a new short film/ advertisement due out early next year.

In her first appearance after the announcement of her new gig, Tautou attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala dressed in Chanel Haute Couture. I imagine that we will be seeing her at events in little else for some time, and must admit that I am quite jealous!

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow appears on the June 2008 cover of V Magazine. Here’ what the 35-year-old actress had to say:

On why she decided to do Iron Man: “Well, it has a really good cast-Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, and Terrence Howard. That’s why I did it. Essentially I hadn’t worked for a long time because I really liked being a mommy at home.”

On what it means for a director to be good with actors: “There is an underlying belief in you, so you feel safe. And because there’s an underlying respect, you feel you can try things. James [Favreau] was like: I don’t want any walls between you and the camera. I want the real deal all the time. It felt like I was able to explore a different way of acting in this movie. I feel like since I’ve had my kids I’ve become very economical in how I get to where I’m going.”

On how she knows Prince Charles. The first time I met him was at a Royal premiere-Legends of the Fall-so it was with Brad Pitt and I was 22. It was all very heady-being Brad Pitt’s girlfriend, which was lovely, and then meeting Prince Charles. At some point soon after that I was asked to get involved in the Prince’s Trust. I wouldn’t say I know him, but I’ve met him on a number of occasions. I admire him.

On whether or not she will have more kids: “I don’t know. I go back and forth. I can’t bear the idea of not having another one, but I also can’t bear the idea of being pregnant again. I’m so bad at it. I was sick the whole time. We’ll see. It changes from day to day. If it’s meant to be it will happen.”

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