Mid Week Self Pic

The Sexiest Model Alive

Isn't Jon Jon a beauty? What a lucky tiger.

Sexiest Man Alive?

PEOPLE Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" 2012 is Channing Tatum, 32. He's fat. I know people like to pretend otherwise but I have to be honest on my own blog - Mr Tatum is fat!

Why isn't it Prince Harry? Or Matthew Goode? Or even Justin Bieber? It isn't convincing at all.

The Cod is Everywhere!

Grace Coddington is appearing everywhere and nowhere as charmingly as she does here, on the iD cover. Promoting her new book, Grace: A Memoir, The Cod dishes the dirt on Anna Wintour in a few revealing moments:
Every so often I have lunch with Anna at her request. These days, though, I get worked up beforehand, usually thinking, 'This is finally the time she'll say, "You're getting on a bit. You're looking tired. I think you should take it easy,"' as a prelude to gently asking me to step down. In fact, the last time we went out, I dared to say, 'I thought you were going to tell me to leave.' At which point Anna laughed and said, 'No, as long as I'm here, you will be, too.' 

"I think (the Ben Stiller shot by Annie Leibovitz for a couture story in Paris) was decided upon, really, because Anna had a crush on Ben. She gets these occasional crushes - Ben, Puff Daddy, Roger Federer."

"In the end I think Anna gave up on my styling covers since I'm not good with famous people. We used to use the occasional model, but the sales difference was so marked between them and celebrities that it's now 100 per cent pop and movie stars. Fashion is just a part of what the magazine stands for today, which may be hard on old-timers like myself but is definitely the modern way. I'm grateful to have lived through the 10 years or so I did at American Vogue when fashion was the most important element."

Great Scot

Yes, let the wailing begin, but remember it could have been worse. Scottish designer Christopher Kane has reportedly been appointed as the creative director of Balenciaga. Though the news has not been officially confirmed by either Mr Kane or Balenciaga, it is widely reported that Mr Kane will replace Nicolas Ghesquière, who helmed the brand for the past 15 years to much acclaim before his departure was announced two weeks ago. News of Mr Kane’s hiring isn’t entirely unexpected as he was was on PPR’s short list of designers up for the job alongside Mary Katrantzou, J W Anderson, Thomas Tait, Joseph Altuzarra and Alexander Wang. I told you it could have been worse. 

A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Mr Kane established his brand before 2006 when he went on to collaborate at Versace, helping to reestablish the brand’s lower-priced Versus label. As yet, no word about whether he will entirely leave his post at Versace, where he's sorely needed.

Lion Queen for Vogue Russia

Grrr...!
Poor Linda: There's no end to the indignities that can befall her - she should only work with Steven Meisel! I don't think comedy was intended by Aunty Karla, who shot this. What is she wearing???

He Said She Said

"I have so much respect for John Galliano's technical skill and the fantasy, it's just something that I don't find relevant now, especially when it restricts a woman, because in every other area they have so much freedom." - Raf Simons

Anne Hathaway by Anne Leibovitz

It's a little strange isn't it, this Vogue December cover? 
It certainly doesn't look very festive, despite the jewel colours. Anne Hathaway not only looks decidedly matured for someone just turned 30, she looks positively stricken. In the story, she says she was “obsessed” with losing weight for her role in the upcoming film version of Les Miserables. To shed 25 pounds from her already skinny frame, Ms Hathaway tells Vogue she started with a cleanse, and then spent two weeks eating nothing but dried oatmeal paste: “I had to be obsessive about it — the idea was to look near death.” 
She does look that way on the cover. But while Ms Hathaway doesn’t plan on staying extra thin, she is set on keeping a variation of the short hairstyle she wears in the movie, even though it requires her to get haircuts every three weeks.

But let's get to the business of how awful this cover is: Ms Hathaway looks tired, in pain, unhappy. Her spaniel eyes look like they are drooping and about to slide off her cheeks. It isn't friendly or positive, just disagreeable. Also, conceptually, it's not very different from her previous Vogue cover, with the same rich strapless gown and jewel tones!

Of Eye Shadow and Politics

You may think that there's nothing behind Karl Lagerfeld's sunglasses except powdered ponytails and Beloved Baptiste, but Aunty Karla surprised me by whipping out his Shu Eumura eyeshadows for this sketch to commemorate President Obama's  second term in the White House. A little clicking later yielded more unusual subjects like the portrait of Steve Jobs. Of course there were the usual ones of Chanel, I liked that one where Chanel is talking about the mini - obviously, Chanel is a mouthpiece for Aunty Karla's own thoughts by now - Lagerfeld is Chanel!  

SLUT!

Let's all pray (to the fashion gods) that this controversy never dies down!

Robert Pattinson wore Gucci

Robert Pattinson wore a Gucci  micro houndstooth, two button suit, shirt and tie. Pat Pat is looking impossibly dapper and dry browed isn't he? At the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2 premiere in LA Live in on November 12.