Twiggy

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Two fashion icons, Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss, posed together at the British Fashion Awards in London tonight. They were both decked out in dramatic black ensembles — who's noir look are you feeling more? Fab UK is keeping us updated on the night's big winners, which include Miss Moss. Kate and Victoria share some career highlights, including modeling and designing, though Kate really has her eye on something Posh has already conquered — the music business. Kate brought Jamie to the event while Posh was without David who was tending to family business after their dinner celebrating Victoria's Harper's cover last night.

More photos of the British Fashion Awards, so read more

It should go without saying that the desire to look your best in a photograph is innate, but to what extent does a little retouching here and softening there constitute as too much? That's just what members of the British Parliament are asking, particularly after a heavily retouched image of Twiggy, the face of Olay Definity, surfaced. Interestingly, the majority of you said you do or would Photoshop yourself to look better. However, when it comes to widely distributed ads, the question of what's real and what's not becomes fuzzy.

Find out more about the debate.

Long gone are days when models became washed up before their 30th birthdays. Take "the big six" of the '90s, for instance, whose varied careers have withstood the test of time. Also take note of Twiggy, the waifish model who became the face of the '60s while still in her teenage years. And now, the iconic model, who turns 60 in a few short months, is back in action.

After first appearing in Olay ads in the mid-1980s, Twiggy, née Lesley Hornby, is slated to be the face of Olay Definity, an antiaging skincare line. "I am delighted to be fronting the new advertising campaign for Olay Definity. Like many women. I trust Olay to meet my specific skincare needs," she said. I only hope I look as ageless as Twiggy when my big 6-0 drops by.

>> Hints at the 2009 Costume Institute Gala theme have been swirling since May — first, it was thought to be an ode to Marc Jacobs, and then an ode to fashion muses.  Now that the official announcement has come out, we learn that both subjects are involved, just not quite in the way that was originally thought: the May 4 gala rings in "The Model as Muse," with Marc Jacobs as honorary chair, and Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, and Justin Timberlake as co-chairs.

The accompanying exhibit, which runs May 6 to Aug. 9, will explore the evolution of models and "their roles in projecting and sometimes inspiring the fashion of their respective eras," with special focus on one of the first publicly known models, Marion Morehouse; the first supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives; fifties mannequins Suzy Parker, Dovima, Sunny Harnett, and Dorian Leigh; sixties icons Jean Shrimpton, Moffitt, Twiggy, and Veruschka; Seventies faces Jerry Hall, Iman, and Janice Dickinson; the supermodel trinity of Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell; Nineties “It” girls Kate Moss, Amber Valletta, Nadja Auermann, and Shalom Harlow; and more recently, Gisele Bundchen.

As Harold Koda, curator of the Costume Institute, explained: "We look at the power of clothing, fashion photography and the model to project the look of an era. With a mere gesture, or the line of her body, a truly stellar model can sum up the attitude of her time, creating an alluring synergy between herself and the clothing to communicate a designer’s message to the wider world."

Seventy haute couture and ready-to-wear looks, plus photography, runway images, and video footage of models, rock stars, socialites and actresses who set the tone for each era will emphasize the theme, but most exciting of all — think of all the models who will be representing at the gala.
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