Gallery: red carpet glamour at the Valentino premiere party

The fashion legend that is Valentino Garavani can definitely pull in a crowd. The Venice Film Festival after party for the premiere of the new film 'Valentino: The Last Emperor' pulled in a host of A-list names including Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Hurley, Claire Danes and Diane Kruger. They all looked fabulous (mainly in Valentino, natch) and we've got the pics!

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Kate Moss Tops Glamour Magazine’s Best-Dressed List

Kate Moss is back at the top of Glamour magazine’s annual best-dressed women list.

“Kate’s back with a vengeance,” Jo Elvin, editor of Glamour, told Reuters. “Her maverick approach to fashion is an inspiration and shows us all how to be a little more daring and experimental.”

The British supermodel bested 2007’s best dressed, Aussie pop star, Kylie Minogue, who took a fashion nose-dive, tumbling all the way down to 19th.

Following Moss in second place, is fellow Brit, Sienna Miller, followed by Scarlett Johansson, Rachel Bilson and Jennifer Aniston, who rounded out the top five coming in third, fourth and fifth places, respectively.

On the worst-dressed side, pop princess, and recent sitcom starlet, Britney Spears took home the not-so-distinguished honors. In a case of fans loving and hating a celeb’s fashion choices, Victoria Beckham was voted ninth worst dressed, but also named tenth best dressed.

Glamour magazine’s top 10 best-dressed:

1 - Kate Moss

2 - Sienna Miller

3 - Scarlett Johansson

4 - Rachel Bilson

5 - Jennifer Aniston

6 - Alexa Chung

7 - Reese Witherspoon

8 - Jessica Alba

9 - Keira Knightley

10 - Victoria Beckham

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The Death of Hollywood Glamour?

The Town's Most Glam Season May Be Scrapped Because of the Strike

Well, it's award show season again. Or is it?
The Writers Guild of America's strike, which has forced the cancellation of the Golden Globes and threatens the beloved Oscars, has put a big fat dent in this normally joyous season of guilty pleasure TV.

The Globes will be given out at a closed-door ceremony, but no red carpet or show will be televised for the fans. What fun is that? Do we really care who won? Or does our enjoyment come from the sadistic critiquing of stars' fashion choices?

To paraphrase (and butcher, frankly) the old "if a tree falls in the forest" saying, if an actor wins an award but we can't praise her gown, has she really won? And to pull out another tried-and-true adage, isn't this show business? Shouldn't the show go on?

Now, I don't purport to know the business of Hollywood. I know the business of fashion and trashin', and trust me when I tell you the fashion houses and tabloid rags are taking a major hit.

Without the pictures of primped, posing stars, the Hollywood shutterbugs will have to keep chasing the usual suspects to Starbucks, courtrooms or rehab in order to earn a living. And designers of jewels, shoes and glamorous gowns and tuxes will have to find a new way to hype and promote their couture creations.

Normally, an event like the Golden Globes is a hornet's nest of hairspray and high-end frocks with stars shamelessly pandering to the press for attention and approval for the look they didn't create or probably even pay for. The reality is that most of those on the red-hot red carpet have not personally spent a penny of their own overinflated salary (that's what the studios are for) on their looks. In fact, they haven't even spent much time pulling it all together. Typically, we're talking about a simple speed dial call to the publicist and we stylists are off and running to serve our prestigious clientele.

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Jennifer Garner goes floorlength and strapless at the Glamour Awards

Typical - you wait for one actress called Jennifer to wear a strapless dress at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, and then two come along at once.

But while Jennifer Connolly looked frankly fabulous in a dazzling, short dress, I'm really not sure about Jennifer Garner's choice for the same event.

Is it because it looks like a summer maxi-dress, and I'm feeling vicariously cold as I look at her on this chilly autumn day? Is it because it looks like something Margo from The Good Life would wear? Either way, I'm afraid it's a thumbs down, Jen. Sorry. I know you just won 'Woman of the Year', but you can't have everything.

Jennifer Connelly shines at the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Awards

We do love an awards ceremony over at OSOYOU. Celebrities, gorgeous togs and plenty of after party gossip – what’s not to love, eh?

The Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Awards in New York may have missed out on the goss stakes (unless you include Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck refusing to walk the red carpet together to avoid attention – yeah, that worked!) but it certainly had the celebs and fabulous frocks, our favourite being Jennifer Connelly in this pretty turquoise dress.

The strapless prom style frock, which perfectly compliments her raven hair, is worthy of our own Party Dresses Stylefile, a bonus being that it also has pockets! So, not only would you look fabulous in it, you could keep your hands warm and keep some change for the cab fare home in them too - result! Pity we can’t keep a cutie like your husband Paul Bettany in those pockets as well Jennifer. Ah well, a girl can dream.

Luckily you don't have to dream too much to achieve Jennifer's effortless style. A trip to a list of this red carpet outfit over at OSOYOU.com will get you look like the stunning Oscar winner in no time.

The Essence of Glamour

By DZIREENA MAHADZIR

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The largest Dior regional fashion presentation was held in Korea last week and Starmag was there to celebrate 1940s glam, the gorgeous celebrities and of course, the label’s Fall-Winter 2007/08 Ready-to-Wear collection.

SEATED in the front row right at the end of the catwalk, the Malaysian press had the best seats in the house for a close-up view of Dior’s Fall-Winter 2007/08 collection and of actress Maggie Q, who walked right in front of us prior to the show to strike a pose at the end of the runway.
She was wearing something black and slinky, looked perfectly glamorous and had gotten the Hollywood-tan-and-highlighted-hair look down pat.


Also seen on the catwalk (and during the fabulous dinner after) was Chinese supermodel Du Juan, the first Asian model to be featured on the cover of French Vogue magazine. She has been a catwalk darling since her debut at the Spring-Summer 2006 Haute Couture shows in Paris last year.

Still, despite all the celebrity appeal, the real “star” of this show was none other than Dior’s newest fashion collection, presented in Seoul’s Papertainer Museum, an environmentally friendly structure constructed from recycled shipping containers and large tubes of paper rolls.

Speaking of structure and construction, there was plenty of that, not only on the catwalk but also on the guests. The dress code was “40s Glam”, but it was ignored in favour of shapes, texture and structured pieces which ranged from cocktail dresses, two-piece ensembles and lots of skirts and jackets. The guests themselves made for an interesting fashion parade, and as expected, there were those who turned in up in their pick of the new collection.


If you thought designer John Galliano was fantastically flamboyant with his Madame Butterfly collection for the Spring-Summer 2006 Haute Couture collection, for the Fall-Winter Ready-To-Wear line, he interpreted 40s chic with his usual aplomb but retained the Japanese-feel with beautiful origami influences in the form of intricate draping and folding. (The gigantic chair was there as it was during the Couture show, making the models look all the more doll-like in contrast.)

The models tottered about on sky high platforms, trying their best to carefully make their way to the end of the runway without toppling over. In fact, the shoes threatened to eclipse the clothes as the audience tried not to wince each time a girl stumbled, and several did. One even tumbled to her knees at the finale and had to be helped up.

Still, Galliano, with his extraordinarily glamorous collection, made you yearn for the days when the stars looked like stars, and managed to steer our focus to the fabulousness of his creations despite the insanity of his shoes!


The clothes had been flown in from Paris and came in an amazing array of colours ranging from fuchsia and purple to electric blue. It was one gorgeous moment after another, as furs, feathers and folds literally flounced down the runway.

Sleek skirt suits, jackets with pleated details, tiered, ruffled and narrow skirts, delicate embroidery, dresses that hugged the frame and python jackets... they were all part of the new look. But what caught the eye most was the beautiful draping and folds found on dresses, skirts and coats.

How could one not marvel at the mastery of the origami-like folds of an absolutely beautiful orange gown with petal-like furls at the skirt? Or on a pistachio green strapless tiered dress, or on a matte gold, belted one with slightly puffed short sleeves that were pleated to cross the neck leaving the shoulders bare?

When Du Juan sashayed down the catwalk, did an about turn and struck a pose in a gorgeous pale pink, off-one-shoulder gown sprinkled with beautiful beading and the skirt falling in folds down the side in a trailing hem, it certainly was a fashion “moment”. If you’ve ever wanted to be the essence of glamour, then you have to look no further for your cue.

Celebrity Watch: Victoria Beckham at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London

Hot off an appearance at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Victoria Beckham jetted off to her native soil to pick up an award for herself at the Glamour Women of the Year awards.

The former Spice Girl was given the award for her successful efforts in making the Beckham name a visible brand. Whatever critics may say about her fashion sense and waifish look, noone can deny her acumen as a businesswoman. She’s truly found her niche in that regard.
Popping Out

We wish we could say the same about her sense of style, judging from the outfit she chose to receive her award in, designed by Karl Lagerfeld for French design house Chanel. David’s other half made her entrance (and exit) dressed in a super-tight black bustier, cropped white jacket, fingerless motorcycle gloves and black hot pants, topped off by a pair of four-inch heels.

Granted, most mothers-of-three wouldn’t be able to fit into such a slim ensemble. But I think most mothers wouldn’t want to!! It somewhat conjures up the image of the late Princess Diana with the short blonde hair and the cropped jacket, crossed with a young rock star, who enjoys flashing her expensive pair of implants. Only Diana was way classier. And she would have never opted for black hot pants and heels, it just wasn’t in her.

Somehow Victoria can’t seem to get through a day (or an event) without showing off her symmetrical assets. And while we know the figure is real, even if the rack isn’t, we’d love to see her wearing a dress that shows actual fabric and not a fainting spell waiting to happen. I mean, who would hold up the mirror for David when he’s preening his own hair? Who else would loan him her underwear, which she’s confessed to doing? We truly hope for everyone’s sake one of her boobs does not decide to do a runner and try to escape for a breath of fresh air or, at the very least, some time away from the cameras.

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Why Green Glamour Matters

2006 was a hot year for the environment. And when I say hot, I mean hot like “Nicole Ritchie Poses on ‘Green Carpet’ With Prius,” not hot like “Warmest Year in Recorded

History” (although, with ’06 average temperatures 2.2 degrees above the 20th century mean, that’s also technically true). Ever since Al Gore first inconvenienced a roomful of slide-show-goers, the masses have been red hot and bothered for all things green. And nowhere is environmentalism’s newfound cachet more evident than in the meteoric rise of eco fashion. “People are more conscious today of what they’re wearing, why they’re wearing it and how it affects the environment,” trumpeted The New York Times. “To ignore such issues is just not sexy today.”Hear that, climate change nay-sayers (and other nefarious conventional-synthetics-wearing-folk)? Just in case sparing innocent farmers and little birdies from pesticide exposure wasn’t enough to convince you, The New York Times says you are not sexy! Now let that heady combination of guilt and fear of ridicule settle in for a moment… Okay, excellent! Ready to do some worldchanging? Even if you think fashion is capitalism at its most superficial, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate its eco-incarnate. The outcome of the environmental movement might not rest on what brand of denim you’re wearing — but that doesn’t mean it can’t help. Like Mark Twain said, “clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Or consider the words of WLT writer Lou Bendrick, who delivered a Carson Kressley-style bitch slap to fashion-averse greenies in her piece “Queer Eye For the Green Guy,” all the way back in April of ’05. “I know it’s repugnant to suggest that we focus on sartorial matters while trying to save our steamy, doomed planet, but the other team is running up the score. Image consultants are working around the clock to ensure that next-generation oil barons keep their pudgy bottoms in the seat of power. These consultants know that even the simplest tactics can produce enormous results. If you don’t believe me, slap a cowboy hat on your head and pepper your speech with folksy malapropisms, and see if you can sell a war.”Simran Sethi — the face of Treehugger TV, Oprah and Martha’s chosen green guru, and the host of The Green, a new eco lifestyle show debuting next month on the Sundance Channel — ranks eco fashion at the top of her list of the most exciting green ideas out there. As she tells us in this issue, it’s a key point of entry to bring newbies into the fold. “Eco fashion is a strong indication of the way environmentalism is changing and evolving,” says Simran. “Before, people felt like they had to make a compromise; if you want to be green, you’re going to have to suffer. Eco fashion and architecture are helping people understand: things can still be stylish and have a modern aesthetic — and be sustainable.”If you’re wondering where to find the most cutting edge green design in LA, check out our shopping guide on page 62, or join us on the eve of Saturday, March 3rd, at the WLT -sponsored launch of a new eco lifestyle store in Venice. Owner Deborah Guyer Greene aims to turn the corner of Abbot Kinney and Venice Blvd. into a green lifestyle hub — first with her enviro-inspired epOxybOx art gallery, and now with the new epOxyGreen, featuring the latest in organic décor and apparel, alt-powered transport, and people and planet-friendly furniture and building materials. If you miss the party, head down to the epOxy campus on Sunday, March 4th for the Sustainable Marketplace, a showcase of local green vendors and community sustainability workshops every first and third Sunday of the month. (For more info, visit epoxybox.com or call 310.862.4242).And if you go, be sure to stop by the WLT booth and say hi. I’ll be the one in the ten-gallon hat, spouting folksy malapropisms, trying to sell a new way of living. —Eliza Thomas, Editor in Chief