Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky – A film by Jan Kounen

Paris, 1913. At the Theatre Des Champs-Elysées, Igor Stravinsky premieres his The Rite Of Spring. Coco Chanel attends the premiere and is mesmerized, but the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical: the enraged audience boos and jeers. A near riot ensues. Stravinsky is inconsolable. Seven years later, now rich, respected and successful, Coco Chanel meets Stravinsky again — a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution. The attraction between them is immediate and electric. Coco offers Stravinsky the use of her villa in Garches so that he will be able to work, and he moves in straight away, with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate, intense love affair between two creative giants begins…

Causin’ Controversy
Daria Werbowy and other top models including Sedene Blake, Ajak Deng, Salieu Jalloh and Oraine Barrett in Interview Magazine (May 2010) editorial “Let’s Get Lost“. Photographed by Mikael Jansson and styled by Karl Templar.

From Interview:
“Let’s get lost. The hour is late, the air is thick, and the evening is charged with a steamy sensuality. What works? Tone-on-tone swimsuits, slithers of silk, and plenty of skin, as flesh meets flesh, body meets soul, and Daria gets lost in the heat of the night.”

Some people are screaming racism et al (819 comments @ huffington post), but I’m just sayin’ gorgeous! Insanely beautiful photos.

On this month’s (Summer 2009) cover of FASHION Magazine, the 11 contenders for the newest Canada’s Next Top Model are all wearing special order Greta Constantine dresses and gowns – gorgeous!

Pick one up to see this worldly and insanely gorgeous Gabor Jurina photo spread (styled by Susie Sheffman) – with models Liisa Winkler and Yasmin Warsame.

In this month’s Toronto Life Magazine (May 2009), photographer Mark Zibert captures 20 of Toronto’s hottest names in the arts (theatre, performance, music…) completely enrobed in Canadian labels – in an awesome shoot at the AGO.

Styled by Judy Inc.’s Amy Lu and Alon Freeman, the fashion spread includes actress Seana McKenna in Andy The Anh, ballerina Bridgett Zehr in League of Lovers and Thieves and pianist Eve Egoyan in Nada. Full details and shopping info are listed.

Get the mag to see much better photos!
www.torontolife.com

In this month’s LouLou Magazine: SHOES!
12-pages of footwear highlighting 80+ pairs including the top 8 trends of the season including wedges, cut-out booties and architectural heels.

LOULOU also tracks the key TRENDS this spring 2009, including:
• cropped jackets • black and white • harem pants • sarouals

BONUS: a 28-page pull-out shopping guide for 14+ sizes featuring key trends and must-haves for spring.

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Launched in 2004, LOULOU is a Canadian (English and French versions) shopping magazine (kind of like LUCKY in the States), published by Rogers Publishing. It is page after page of things to buy and the best part is that it comes with complete purchasing info!

(photo from NOW)
Make sure to pick up your copy of this week’s NOW Magazine (or read online here >>) to see Irene and The Deadly Nightshades, ex-fashion student, eco-design team and glorified bike gang posing it up for the camera! They have an awesome new website complete with bios and blogs.

Also, news is DNS will be debuting a new Fall09 Collection at next month’s Alternative Arts and Fashion Week -FAT-. You go girls!

Surprised I haven’t come across this before – Naked Eye is “Canada’s new nationwide publication covering today’s pop culture. Through articles, interviews, and capsules, Naked Eye provides its readers the latest information on music, film, fashion, television, food, technology, celebrities, and sexual issues.” It is features, event pix, blog and tv!

Well, I finally got around to reading the list of the 14 Canadian fashion designers who’ll appear on the upcoming Project Runway Canada 2 – and by perusing the designer BIOs, this is sure to be an edgy competition!

Of the 14, almost all are formally trained and have many years of experience under their belts working on their own labels such as local boys Jason Meyers, and Sunny Fong (the only self-taught) or working for top brands such as Jeff MacKinnon, Danio Fragella, Jaclyn Murray and Genevieve Graham (who worked as creative director for Obaaki).

Some of the other contenders have their own smaller fashion brands: Christie Clayton “Carny Love”, Camille Prins “Dutch Blonde”, Kim Cathers “kdon”, and Margarita Voultsos “Proper Apparel”.

Other contenders include Ryerson grads Jessica Biffi and Adejoke Taiwo and Fanshawe top grad Brandon Dwyer.

At the end of 12 weeks, one winning designer gets a cover and feature spread in ELLE Canada, a professional portfolio photo shoot courtesy of L’Oréal Paris, a ‘Runway to Retail’ business mentorship with Winners, and $100, 000 to start their own fashion line!

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