Filed under: elle magazine, fashion, other blogs/sources | Tags: elle uk; natalie portman;
natalie portman is featured in the febuary issue of Elle UK and she looks simply gorgeous. i hate that sophisticated magazines (and by sophisticated, i mean magazines that serve a higher purpose than celebrities without makeup and this omgz! teen talk that so many magazines are falling prey to) are focused on celebs but at least mags like Elle (and her international sister editions) are featuring actresses with talent, a brain and that reflect an traditional ideology of what it means to be a performer and a woman. These women are not flash-in-the-pan crap actors. They are not featured in OK! or any brand of American trash mags.
And the interview/writing skills of the Elle staff members are admirable and (aside from the giddy writer that interviewed Alec Baldwin a couple of months ago) intelligent. They don’t go all “OMGZ! NATALIE!” in gaudy font and they don’t harass about diet routines or drama…they treat the celebrity interview like any other journalistic piece–with respect.
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Filed under: elle magazine, fashion, shoes | Tags: elle italia; liya kebede; fashion; fashion editorials; elle magaine
new year. new approach to design, femininity, and accessories.
liya kebede, elle italia. the third image is my favorite because of it’s tiny glimpse of a rollerblade underneath her gown. art with a surprise. to me, this is what fashion editorials should accomplish. it should be more than the dress, the price, the model; rather, it should be artistic all the way around—what do i look at first, the model, the dress, the shoes, the background, etc? Hidden surprises would keep readers guessing/assuming/analyzing and make fashion a more approachable yet continually stylized art form.
Filed under: commentary, elle magazine, fashion, harper's bazaar magazine | Tags: commentary; fashion; elle magazine; fashion journalism; harper's bazaar magazine; new york magazine; tavi
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Tavi, the 13 year old who stormed the blog world with her weird outlook on fashion. I’m not a fan of “let’s throw every pattern together” and call it fashion and just because a young girl picks up a couple of fashion magazines and looks at pictures of runway shows online doesn’t mean she’s a fashion journalist. 
i know the same good be said about me, but i’m not applying to elle or bazaar. (more…)
Filed under: elle magazine, first look | Tags: britney spears; elle magazine; first look
plain and simple, she looks great. great concept from elle—birdcage (her dad’s conservatorship), her boys ‘freeing’ her. plus, those shoes! that dress!
all photos taken from elle.com
