FASHION: LADY GAGA FOR VERSACE SPRING/SUMMER 2014

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I’m sure most of you will have seen at least one of these pics of Lady Gaga for Versace floating around on your social media accounts this past weekend. The Italian fashion house have confirmed that Lady Gaga is the face of its Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, the first time that Lady Gaga has starred in any fashion advertising. Lady Gaga appears in a series of images shot in London by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, wearing pieces from the spring/summer 2014 ready-to-wear and accessories collections,including the new Palazzo bag, introduced at the Spring/Summer 2014 show.

In the images, Lady Gaga looks FIERCE ,reclining on luxurious furniture, with her long Versace platinum blonde locks. The campaign marks the latest stage of a continuing friendship between Donatella Versace and the artist. It began with Lady Gaga wearing archive Versace pieces in her video for Edge of Glory, with most recently Lady Gaga titling a track on her new Artpop album Donatella.

“I am honoured that my friend Lady Gaga is the face of our new Versace campaign. I wanted to capture her true beauty and spirit in images that are elegant and alluring. She is like family to me, the embodiment of the Versace DNA.” DV

CULTURE: SO EXCITED TO SEE YSL LE FILM

After reading Alicia Drake’s The Beautiful Fall (book about the rivalry between designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld) about 6 years ago, I have wanted to watch this movie; YSL Le Film! You know when you read a book and you visualise ab-solu-tely-ev-ery-thing that’s happening on the page? Yeah that!

The bits that I was most enamoured by were the bits about Mr YSL’s life (his trips to Marrakech, his nights in Studio 54, etc) now I know this is not The Beautiful Fall on screen, but it will be an exciting insight into Yves Saint Laurent’s life as a rising fashion designer. The film, due out in France early 2014, is heavily endorsed by Pierre Bergé (co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent’s fashion house, long term business partner, and Yves’s former life partner).

We get to watch (Pierre Niney as) him designing his most iconic pieces, defying the critics, and take a dip into his life behind closed doors.

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FASHION: H&M CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN IMAGES/VIDEO

Looks like a fun time doesn’t it? The H&M Christmas campaign features Christy Turlington, Cora Emmanuel, Liu Wen, and Doutzen Kroes; and was shot by Alexi Lubomirski. I love the sea of black, the very festive red, the sparkly embellishments and hint of animal print. I need to get that zebra print faux fur jacket, even if I only wear it on Christmas day it’ll be worth it! Check out the H&M Christmas campaign images below.H&M HOLIDAY 6

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FASHION: YOU’RE INVITED TO THE DOPE CHEF POP-UP LAUNCH AT BOXPARK

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Fearless street wear brand Dope Chef are inviting you to celebrate the launch of their pop-up store at Boxpark in Shoreditch. For the first time ever, both DXPE and NARX lines will inhabit the same space for a limited time only. While DXPE focuses on the unification of style and sport wear using athletic inspired silhouettes. NARX looks at exhibiting a unique sensibility and a realistic portrayal of fashion today. The two lines combined encompass the Ying and Yang philosophy which the brand always sets out to portray.

Designed using a stark and minimalist approach, Boxpark will be a hub for in- store exclusive products and events. See the invite below for details.

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We might see you there!