fromme-toyou:

Like a movie set in 1940s China, behind the smoke filled doors of what would seem the Forbidden City walked an army of models in brocades, velvet, satin and lace imagined for fall and inspired by Chinese icons by none other than Mr. Jason Wu…

tallgirltales:

2012 SAG Awards | Best Dressed #6

Viola Davis in Marchesa (custom). Gorgeous.

THESE SHOES!! I already have a plain pair of black suede platform booties, but these make me want to get another. 

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Braids are wonderful. You can have so many different ways of styling them, that they are almost like an additional accessory to your outfit. This particular braid is one of my favorites, it’s so simple and yet so elegant. Everyone should try it!

billyrood:

Upsetting to read about so many deaths and suicides from models in the fashion industry via Sara Ziff’s Model Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that provides a platform for models and leaders in the fashion industry to organize to radically improve the conditions under which models work.

18-year-old Uruguayan model Eliana Ramos died of anorexia just six months after her model sister Luisel Ramos, 22, suffered a heart attack after stepping off a runway. In 2009, 20-year-old Korean supermodel Daul Kim, who walked in runway shows for the likes of Chanel, hanged herself in her Paris apartment just weeks after writing a blog entry that she was “mad depressed and overworked.” Last year, one day before Milan Fashion Week, 22-year-old French model Tom Nicon threw himself to his death from his Milan apartment, as did 26-year old Canadian model Hayley Kohle, and 20-year-old Russian Vogue cover girl Ruslana Korshunova, who leapt from her ninth-floor apartment in New York’s Financial District. Lucy Gordon, formerly the face of Cover Girl, hanged herself in her Paris apartment, and 24-year-old American male model Ambrose Olsen, whose work included campaigns for Hugo Boss and Louis Vuitton, hanged himself in New York. This tragic slew of deaths cannot be blamed on the industry alone, but suggest that models deserve healthier standards and need more support.

The Model Alliance is part of a growing movement worldwide to combat this exploitation.

For this reason, I have established the Model Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, with the assistance of fellow models and the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School. Our goal is to work with progressive modeling agencies to give models in the U.S. a voice in their workplace and organize to improve their basic working conditions in what is now an almost entirely unregulated industry. How the industry treats its models influences the ideal presented in the magazines, and these images have a powerful, far-reaching effect on women in general.

from Sara Ziff founder of Model Alliance

It has been pretty dreary around here the past couple of days. After a while, I just got really tired of putting on attractive clothes, especially since nobody important was going to see me. I know that you’re never supposed to waste a day when putting on clothes, and to always look your best, but I was just not feeling it today. So instead I wore my bearpaws (fake uggs), and I have no shame! I even wore a sweatshirt. I looked so good! I think the only good thing about my outfit was that my sweatshirt is a neon greenish yellow so I stood out against the grey. Judge away if you want, long hair don’t care. 

Just realized how big this sweatshirt looks on me, it’s definitely motivation to go to the gym.

Enjoy.

Each dress was so special and important (because it is one of a kind), and we only had a short time to shoot each one before it had to go elsewhere to be worn or shot by someone else. This meant the shoot had a real momentum. And the jewellery to match each dress came with its own security guards. - Emma Watson on her 2008 Italian Vogue photo shoot.

I adore her.

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childrenescape:

rick x

I really admire his dedication. I remember when I first saw his tattoo transformation and I became mesmerized by it all. It’s weird, you would think that will all of the tattoos it would be really unappealing, but it just works for him. 

Also, I love this photo and his outfit. 

This is an absolute must read. Everyone listed is so talented.