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The Naked Truth

When I came across this picture I was moved for a couple reasons. My first reaction was am I seeing what I think I'm seeing? Are my eyes deceiving me or is she completely naked? Upon enlarging the picture my mind was reassured of what my eyes were viewing; the model in the picture is completely naked. Then I let out a laugh that would have scared anyone within earshot of my genuinely maniacal howl. What I realized in my second thought was something that most people wouldn't this picture is deeper than your mind would first conceive. 

There is a Chanel bag covering the head of the model and she is in heels however that is all she is wearing. So rather than explain what I think about this picture I'll ask you this: when you buy high priced, high fashion articles of clothing what are you really buying into?

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Flashback Vogue

Sessilee Lopez

Vogue Italia 2008

This picture of Sessilee makes my day every time I look at it. I love everything about this picture for the most part because of the era in women's fashion that she is portraying and largely due to the intensity in her eyes. This is very early hollywood and it is amazing, I can honestly never get tired of looking at this.  I think the emotion in her facial expression really sold this picture.

(Trust me I've been looking at it for weeks now.)

Vogue Italia 2009

Just one year later Ms. Lopez is back in the pages of Vogue and still looking just as intense as she was in her prior appearance. The inspiration for the look is a bit different in this issue but the fact that she looks amazing is the common denominator.

P.S. The shoes are sick; don't take them off.

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Intensity

Photographer

Jason Eric Hardwick

Stylist

Joshua Liebman

A friend of mine once said "I'm reading a fashion magazine and all of the models are naked. How is it fashion if they are all naked?" I guess it's cool as long as it's artistic besides this last shot is serious.

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Megan Fox on Esquire

First GQ magazine couldn't get enough of her, now she graces the cover of Esquire magazine; Megan Fox and 10 pages on "The Woman of Summer 09". After seeing Transformers I believe every man fell in love with Fox and if not then you might find the sequel a bit more convincing. I must admit, she is it.

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Esquire: Megan Fox "Good Morning"

There is a reason why Esquire is a gentleman's magazine.

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And God Created Gisele

How does the world’s most successful supermodel—darling of the cameras, advertisers, and tabloids, and worth an estimated $150 million—make her life even more fabulous?

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Zac Efron Covers GQ

“It was the worst possible thing you could do in high school. Kids who are in musical theater tend to be self-confident in a quirky kind of way, and when kids who are really self-conscious see somebody doing that kind of thing, they try to bring them down. I used to do random things, man. When I was a kid? I dyed my hair silver, to look like Sisqó in the ‘Thong Song’ video. I just didn’t give a f—. I didn’t care.”

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Japan Fashion Week

There was a point in time when Japanese fashion wasn't respected enough to earn them a fashion week, well I believe it is safe to say that time is long gone. Not only do they have their own fashion week but they are making good use of it to display just how different they really are. The look seen above is one of my favorite's from a collection that is anything but ordinary. The name of the line is Né-net, to see more from this collection click here

To get a first hand look at exactly how Japan Fashion Week is going with Black Book: 

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Everyone's Talking About It

What did Rolling Stones expect when they employed Terry Richardson to do a photo shoot with the Gossip Girls? Two things for sure one thing for certain, they got their monies worth, the shots look amazing and giving Terry such beautiful subjects to shoot is like turning a lion loose in midtown.

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Nicole Richie Covers BlackBook Magazine

Richie looks incredible on the cover. The stylist took huge risk with these looks but for the most part it paid off. Most people that are talking are saying that it is borrowing from Lady GaGa's style (you be the judge) but at the end of the day if that is all that they can say then job well done.

It does speak in volumes when your fans say something like that on your behalf.

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Kim & Reggie GQ Photo Shoot

This photo shoot came out good. I must admit I was a bit surprised when I first heard that GQ was going to do a shoot with them because on the relationship list their relationship is very under-rated. It's to the point where you know about it but you don't always remember and when your an A-Lister that is a good thing.

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Sessilee Lopez Covers Latina Magazine

  What makes Sessilee such a good model?

Versatility 

In my personal opinion one of the attributes that Ms. Lopez possesses that makes her a good model is the fact that she looks great in any haircut. In some shows dating back to 2006 her hair was shorter, in between then and now it grew and she cut it again, for this photo shoot it's short but considering that caesars for women are prominent I can't say that it is really short. Regardless of what length, style or color her hair is she always looks good and that is a desirable trait in a model. 

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Beyonce Covers Vogue?!?!?

I shouldn't be surprised by this move but for some reason I am. I can't really wrap my brain around why this hasn't registered in my brain yet. From the early days of Destiny's Child up until this point and time Beyonce has really transformed her career, her image and has really grown into a beautiful woman. I see this Vogue cover as so much more than just a magazine cover. I see this as solidification to the fact that she is here, the same message that she was trying to convey through her last album I Am. Bravo to the Vogue staff on hand for this photo shoot, they did a great job with capturing B.

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Ben Affleck on Esquire

This is a really cool cover because it's like he was just being himself. It's like the photographer said: Give me something and this is what they got, luckily this works out in everyones favor. The magazine got a good cover shot and Mr. Affleck didn't have to compromise his comfort zone. Aside from the cover the magazine itself has some really good content this month so you might want to check that out.

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Can You Move to This?

Can you walk to the beat? Well I mean you could walk to the beat but who needs to walk to anyone else's beat when you design like this? You are viewing John Galliano Fall 09 Collection as was seen in Paris. This is the most standoffish collection that I have seen this season. I say that because it simply stands out from the line, not that other collections don't but this one does so much so that it is right in my face I can smell the scents of the material and make up mixture. No one is doing anything like this right now, other designers may have similar elements but the way that everything is put together is incredible. Not to mention this is still only READY TO WEAR! 

I told you since NY Fashion Week that we were on the dawn of a new age and now we get more supporting details. We are entering a time when designers will put more effort into the RTW pieces that they design, end result: more elaborate pieces that you can just walk into a shop and purchase off of a rack.

I am a big fan of the theme as well. This is inspired by a time in history where everyone dressed better. Men wore three pieces to brunch and women wore big decedent gowns. There was a distinct separation between the classes and mixing was unheard of. A shoemaker could never eat with a lord but when you design your gowns this well I'm sure that Galliano would have had no trouble holding council with anyone.

Ladies are you getting more bang for your buck?

HELL YEA!

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Chanel F/W 09 Collection

I am a fan of the craftsmanship of Karl Lagerfeld for all the right reasons. I believe that he is a well respected and much appreciated designer but there are people that just like Chanel and KL himself because they are following the hype. When you get something just because of the hype behind it I think you lose a bit of appreciation for it. To look at a legendary line like Chanel and only see something that your friend has and you want too is distasteful. When you see a woman in the street with a Chanel bag know that she is carrying her belongings in a piece of heritage. This new collection from Lagerfeld for Chanel is not to be ignored, overlooked or taken lightly. In this particular collection I like the direction that Karl has taken us. It's always good to see when a designer can take a fashion house with it's roots planted deep (meaning it's old), modernize it and tweak it without sacrificing the image of the house.

This unique spandex piece was a chance that paid off in my personal opinion.

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Justin Timberlake covers GQ Magazine

“Nobody dressed like my dad,” Timberlake says. “When he worked at the bank, he looked like Richard Gere in Gigolo. And he would do it all the night before, laying out the suit he’d wear the next day. Even on weekends, if he had to go into the office, he’d wear a trouser pant with a V-neck sweater and tie. And I was like, I want to dress like that! He was just so cool.

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Milan: DSquared Fall 09

Hey hun! I'm going out for a while.

Where are you going today?

Just going to grab a cup of coffee and the Times.

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