V magazine

>> Perhaps influenced by the buzz around Mark Fast's Spring 2010 plus-size runway models and Glamour's plus-size editorial, V magazine is ringing in the new year and the new decade with a size issue for January 2010: "Big, little, pint-size, plus-size — every body is beautiful. And this issue is out to prove it," as V editor-in-chief Stephen Gan put it.

Models.com has an exclusive series of previews of the magazine — out on newsstands Jan. 14 — the first of which, "One Size Fits All," debuted today, with Jaquelyn Jablonski (left below) and plus-size model Crystal Renn (right below) in the exact same ensembles, with similar poses.  Bruce Weber and Karl Lagerfeld are also said to have contributed to the issue, with shoots ranging from fully clothed to nudes.

Alber Elbaz art directs Vogue Brazil's December '09 issue.

Anna Dello Russo travels with 90 outfits for Fashion Week. Here are some highlights.

V Magazine to devote January issue to plus-size models.

Alexander Wang adds gift-worthy items to his website, starting today.

Lily Cole and Lily Allen get in-touch with their inner design talents to support Elton John's AIDS foundation.

Naomi Campbell will act as guest editor for one of the Spring issues of Vogue Russia.

Heidi Klum, Rachel Zoe, and Amber Valletta fete Roland Mouret's new Net-a-Porter collection.

Natalie Portman rocks a pompadour for a stylized shoot in the Winter's V Magazine, which hits newsstands today. She made her directorial debut this year with New York, I Love You, but in this issue Natalie chats about Brothers, her first on-screen sex scene, and how she hopes to maintain her youthful appearance without going under the knife. Here's more:

• On why she waited to do a sex scene: "I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out. Also being a sexual object when you're a kid is really uncomfortable. After The Professional, I was already getting creepy letters. It's annoying because online bullsh*t interferes with what I want to do artistically. I'm not opposed to sexuality or nudity in a film, but I'm very opposed to pornography sites and you're pretty much giving them material if you do any of that. It's always a big dilemma for me."
• On keeping her personal life personal: "The formative time of my public image happened before there was Facebook, Twitter, all of those gossip sites. I had my own drunken nights and dating a million people, but there wasn't that attention then."
• On maintaining beauty: "You see people who were stars five years ago and already they're waning. As actresses approach 40, it starts becoming really, really difficult."
• On being successful: "To be successful you need the desire to be successful. Ambition can be a dirty word, but it's pretty much more important than anything."

Natalie Portman the current V magazine cover girl, shot by Mario Testino in London.

The son of Escada founder enters bid to bail out the company.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, formerly head of events at Vogue, has been named director of Lincoln Center fashion week.

Vogue.TV stylist, Louise Roe, on new ways to wear the classic snow boot.

Victoria's Secret announces Chanel Iman among the new angels.

Anna Wintour is appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities along with Sarah Jessica Parker and Edward Norton.

Source: WWD

Alexa Chung will grace the  pages of V magazine, issue #62.

Scott Schuman is working on a project with Burberry, photographing the classic trench coat on girlfriend Garance Dore in New York.

Gabriel Aubry will join Lara Stone in spring Louis Vuitton campaigns.

The British Fashion Council and British Vogue take a cue from the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund to launch the BFC Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, which award designers cash prized and a year of mentoring.

D.I.Y bloggers and how they fashion studded handbags, faux fur vests, and rhinestone encrusted bracelets.

First look at Georgia May Jagger's photo shoot for Rimmel.

Source: I Know What You Wore

• Naomi Campbell in V magazine issue #61 — Nitrolicious
• 70 years of Alhambra — The Daily Chic Report
• Snuggie to hold sexy fashion show during Fashion Week — The Cut
• Fashion channels the Steve McQueen mojo — WSJ
• Tom Binns falls down the rabbit hole — Fashionista
• Living doll: Kirsten Dunst — Teen Vogue blog
• Acne kicks off the Spring 2010 season in London — Style File
• Derek Lam may be having financial, management issues — Fashionologie
• Mulberry Bayswater — Purse Blog
• Bethann’s paradigm shift — Modelinia
• Totally surprising boot obsession — Lucky magazine

>> Kate Moss Leads September 2009 Cover Count at Five; Anna J., Sasha, and Jamie Bochert Score September 2009 Vogue Italia Covers— Not that we're counting, but Kate Moss still has the fashion editor vote for carrying a September issues — she's scored five major September 2009 covers now, Another Magazine, V, British Vogue, Vogue Russia, and W among them.  Anna Maria Jagodzinska and Sasha Pivovarova, meanwhile, remain Steven Meisel favorites: he photographed each of them  — plus Jamie Bochert — for the three Vogue Italia September 2009 covers, marking their second appearances this year on the front of Franca Sozzani's book: Anna's first was January, Sasha's May. [IMG Models Blog, Models.com]

Kate Moss let her hair down for a free-flowing photo shoot in September's V Magazine, which is out on Tuesday. The supermodel apparently lived in the gypsy community for two days while photographer Iain McKell shot the spread in Cornwall, England. This week Fab had a look at Kate's newest line for Topshop, which features some of the bohemian pieces she is known for. Kate already scored a trio of covers this month and it looks like she can add another glamorous shoot to the list as she expands her empire, which has more than a few celebrity fans.

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