Jourdan Dunn, Best Model Of The Year At British Fashion Awards!

Look who won the Best Model Award!!! A black beautiful girl! Jourdan Dunn was named Best Model of the Year by the Brit Fashion Elite at the British Fashion Awards 2008.

If the world needed more confirmation that the catwalks have to spice some color to keep up with the reality, here’s one more! Jourdan, you go girl! Show them what you’re made of and may them feel ashamed for still throwing such white runways! Oh, btw, she won the title while Aggy was a runner up for the Best Model too! (photos via 1, 2)

After Vanessa Paradis and her starship spirited advertising campaign for Fall Winter 2008, Miu Miu has contracted none the other but the mother of world’s most entertaining tote (that’s Suri Cruise, who’s topping the gossip columns ahead Shiloh Jolie Pitt), Katie Holmes.

The rumor has it she has already been photographed for the campaign and the first look we were honored with was this one, taken November 20th and fresh from the Photoshop oven, served hot to my faithful readers today! So the huge gorgeous Hermès will be soon forgotten and Katie’s closet will be filled with Miu Miu! Do you think she’ll pump up the sales for MiuMiu next year? (photos via justjared, miumiu.com)

The Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Cover Girl Eniko Mihalik covers the beautiful issue of I-D magazine with a bejeweled wink and a Chanel purse.

Which is not necessarily bad if it wasn’t for the black nail lacquer, soooo last season! So last year, in fact! Photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Eniko looks pretty and casual, despite the sequined wink. Even if at first I had a “Daria” déjà vu, I’m beginning to get used to (and even to really enjoy) these twins-y models (remember Gemma Ward and Sasha Pivovarova?). How do you like this first 2009 cover ? (photo via tfs)

The word is spreading fast. That must be in compensation to those who didn’t appreciated the Comme des Garçons line for the Swedish fast fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz. (even if I can’t imagine who didn’t enjoyed at least one piece from the very special collection!)

The next in line for the Haute Street Fashion is Matthew Williamson. Of course speculations are running wild and imaginations are already burning with desire to know how the collection’s gonna look and when it will be released. For now just this – there will also be a men line from Matthew! And the collections are set to be released at the end of April and mid-May 2009! Let’s cross our fingers! I was really curious to know who’ll follow Rei (someone with a more avant-garde-ist touch than Williamson’s prêt a porter views), but with McQueen already pris chez Target I had no preference. What about you, who you would’ve preferred? (via wwd, photos via)

Who needs movies when you’ve got ad campaigns? Who needs models when you’ve got movie stars?

The latest celeb-turned-designer is our very own Heroes darling Hayden Panettiere, she who only had one skirt and one pair of peep toe pumps to wear not long ago! She came a long way, didn’t she? From cheerleader to Save the World soldier, Hayden promotes her own design clutch in her free time, chez Dooney & Bourke. Available in five colors with wild closure – a lion’s head plated in 24 karats gold (oh, yes, she predictably is a Leo), the clutch of Hayden’s dreams will be available from December 1st for $295. Would you pay that much for a Heroes bag? (via 1, 2)

Now that’s some news for the very fashionistas mothers out there! Marc Jacobs designed a stroller for Bugaboo! Designed is a way of putting it, since he only done the fabric details, and that’s the print, actually. So, what Marc did, in fact, was designing a fabric print for Bugaboo strollers!

And that explains the outcome! If he would’ve imagined his “love marc” print on the actual stroller, he would’ve realized the horror of a BLACK stroller! I’m not arguing the practical side of black, but black and little baby are an absolute no-go from my point of view. However, there were only 15 of the black MJ made, each for $1,500, for sale through the Marc Jacobs showroom. You can order them in advance or by phone but you have to know there are only three of them left! Looking at the Marc Jacobs Bugaboo stroller again, don’t you suddenly feel in love with Juicy Couture MacLaren stroller! (via)

If you can find Roberto Cavalli or Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons over at Hennes and Mauritz, what can you find over at Target?

Alexander McQueen! It’s a long time favorite of mine, ever since he was only l’enfant terrible des catwalks. Now, a confirmed successful designer, Alexander McQueen was contracted by Target to do an affordable fashion line. This Haute Street Fashion, as I like to call it, it was labeled McQ Alexander McQueen for Target and it used Liela Moss, a British music icon for muse. Scheduled for March 2009, the collection is mainly black & white palette, with gray, tan, and bright pink cobalt blue accents. The first pictures look amazing (even if I wish the red Christian Louboutin shoes would’ve been part of the McQ Alexander McQueen for Target collection too). Do you think this collection will be more convincing than H&M’s designer collection? (via wwd)

If Karl can have an exclusively designed iPod trunk case from Louis Vuitton, I don’t think it’s unnatural for Hermès to exclusively design a guitar case for Eric Clapton!

I’m actually a fan of Mr Slowhand’s music and I think this luxurious case for his guitar it really isn’t over-the-common-sense-top. What I don’t really understand is why he went for crocodile and not for normal, average leather. But that’s just me. I appreciate the healthy, simple things in life! Hermes designed this exclusive case for Eric Clapton’s Martin 00028EC acoustic, a guitar that’s also specially made for the performer. The interior of this $100,000 Hermès leather guitar case is made of blue velvet (and yes, for some reason, it’s for sale! I wonder if that’s a sign of switching over to Louis Vuitton… Could it be so?) (via)