5th September, 2008
Rachel Bilson In Page Six Magazine
Page Six Magazine has a special style Issue out this week and gracing the cover is sexy actress Rachel Bilson.
In her interview with the mag she reveals her love for Coco Chanel and Hayden Christensen - and how she’s making it easy for copycats to steal her look in her new role as a designer.
The 27-year-old former star of The O.C. is recognized for her eclectic sense of style, which has also landed her in the crosshairs of the style police:
“I think it’s cool to be on the worst-dressed list. If people aren’t accepting, that’s OK. Bring it on, I don’t care!”
Her passion for style had led her to unveil a new clothing line, Edie Rose (named after her late grandmother), debuting on DKNY Jeans.
She admits she can’t sew, and says she:
“came with some pictures, a couple pieces of my own clothes and some ideas in my head. It’s simple with one pop of color, which is like me.”
Rachel credits her style to her mother, Janice, a spiritual adviser, adding:
”Vintage is her love, she has a great eye, which I think I’ve inherited from her.”
Up next for Rachel is an abstract film collection of New York City stories due out next February titled New York, I Love You, in which she co-stars with current boyfriend Hayden Christensen.
“I’m happy and that’s all that matters. I have someone really great. Someone who can make me laugh-that’s always what comes first. It’s the best to be able to really, like, truly laugh with someone like they’re your best friend, you know?”
As far as her ex-costar/ex-boyfriend Adam Brody?
“They say don’t date your co-star, but that’s who you’re around. If you’re in an office, and you see someone everyday and you click well, you’ll start dating. It’s the same thing.”
For more on Rachel Bilson, check out this week’s issue of Page Six Magazine, free inside the Sunday (September 7, 2008) edition of the New York Post and online on Monday at http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080831/.
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26th August, 2008
Remembering: Aaliyah is still one in a million
I turn on MTV and see Rihanna’s new video, “Disturbia.”
Its dark edginess has it at the top of the charts, and she reminds me of another pop star — Aaliyah. She had that same sweet but mysterious thing working for her, too.
Aaliyah should be my age. She should be releasing a new album. She should be here. But she’s not. Aaliyah died in a plane crash — Aug. 25, 2001, forever 22 years old.
And sometimes it feels like she’s been forgotten. It seems as though she was just famous enough to make headlines but not a big enough Hollywood star to be remembered after a year or two passed by.
I didn’t know her, but sometimes I miss her. She always came around at the perfect time, with just the right summer song.
When she died, I cried until my eyes were dry and sore. I was confused by my grief. I mean, really. Crying over a singer? But it felt like I’d lost a friend.
I know I’m not alone in this. Even though we don’t personally know them, entertainers connect with us through their work. And when they die, especially unexpectedly, we cry. Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, Tupac Shakur — each had his following, and each his mourners.
Through her music, I felt Aaliyah was singing the songs of my teenage years, tearing pages out of my lovesick diary. Turn me inside out/Make my heart speak/Don’t want no one else/You are all I need.
Her beats were bass-heavy, hard enough for guys to like. But Aaliyah’s love-laced lyrics represented for the ladies. She truly represented a marriage between hip-hop and R&B.
I’ve read Internet blogs that dis and doubt Aaliyah’s accomplishments. Some were confused when Fader gave her the coveted cover of the magazine’s icon issue earlier this year. She’d been discounted as one of R. Kelly’s young girls, a mediocre star with only posthumous success. Sure, she was no Madonna or Janet Jackson, but she does qualify as a young icon. Her influence and inspiration permeate today’s pop music and culture.
Long before it was the norm for R&B pop stars to close deals with clothing lines and cosmetics brands, Aaliyah was modeling for Tommy Hilfiger. Before her death, she was supposed to star in the “Matrix” sequels.
Timbaland, the acclaimed producer partly responsible for the mega-stardom of Justin Timberlake, worked with Aaliyah first. He called her his muse. Fans of Aaliyah quickly became admirers of Justin.
Pop tarts such as Ciara and Cassie not only borrow from Aaliyah’s fluid dance moves, but they use her modest and sexy style, too. Aaliyah never showed too much. Her style was half-tomboy, half-girly.
I see a lot of pop stars who have borrowed from her street-sweet style. I wonder where she would have taken her music, how much she would have grown by now.
We will never know, but we can still be comforted by her music — three albums and a dozen or so random singles.
That’s the awesome thing about celebrities: They have a never-ending lifeline through their movies, music and interviews. I can put on an old album such as “One in a Million” and still get lost in Aaliyah’s breathy, sugary voice.
In a way, I can just press “play,” and she becomes again unforgettable. At least to me.
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10th August, 2008
FROM STREET TO CHIC, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK
Beyoncé has released a new commercial showcasing the House of Dereon's fall 2008 collection, but according to NEWSWEEK women are not impressed with Beyoncé's style and style.
Tags: clothing line, commercial, hollywood, jennifer lopez, style
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7th August, 2008
Kate Moss To Take Her Fashion Line Topshop To China
Kate Moss is reportedly set to sign a million deal to take her style line to China.
The Supermodel struck a deal with U.K. retailer Topshop in 2006, which sees her design two clothing lines a year for the high street chain. The collection has subsequently been launched in the U.S. with the clothing line stocked at exclusive New York department store Barneys.
Now Moss is rumored to be on the verge of signing an agreement with Topshop owner Sir Philip Green which will see her designs go on sale in China. A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mail:
”For the Chinese teenager with an eye on Western styles, Kate Moss is pretty much the coolest person on the planet.
“Philip Green knows that only too well.”
Green reveals that talks are in progress for a Chinese launch, but the details have yet to be finalized. He says:
”Nothing has been confirmed yet.”
photo: WENN dailystab
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