buyers focus on 'the world's oldest photo'

A 200-year-old faded picture of a leaf, stylish shots of glamorous fashion models, an array of long-lost freak-show snaps - all could make big money at next week's photography sales in New York, where more than 1,000 lots convey the enormous diversity of taste for which this market now caters.

Irving Penn, Mouth for L'Oréal, New York
Sophisticated: Mouth for L’Oréal (1986) by Irving Penn

The most intriguing is the picture of the leaf. Bought in London in 1984 for about £6,000, it was thought by the buyer, New York dealer Hans P Kraus, to be a photogenic drawing (an image traced by solar rays of an object placed on light-sensitive paper) of c.1839 by William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the founding fathers of photography. As such it would now be worth between £50,000 and £75,000, according to Sotheby's photography expert Denise Bethel.

But independent scholar Dr Larry J Schaaf, who has written the sale catalogue entry, thinks it might have been made more than 20 years earlier, possibly by Thomas Wedgwood, a member of the Wedgwood china family, who first started experimenting with primitive forms of photography in the 1790s. This would make it the oldest photograph in existence.

No examples of Wedgwood's photographs are known to have survived, so this, says Bethel, might be "one of the most important discoveries in the history of photography". As such, she adds, "the sky could be the limit" in terms of prices, so no price guide has been given. The record for a photograph was set two years ago when Edward Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight (1904) sold for £1.4m.

The leaf picture is part of the sale of the Quillan collection, formed by an investment group during the late Eighties to "represent photography's achievements from its beginnings to the near present". Especially strong on 19th-century photographs, it also includes rare experimental 20th-century works and just touches on celebrity pictures with Richard Avedon's understated 1957 portrait of Marilyn Monroe (£35,000 to £50,000).

source:www.telegraph.co.uk




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Claudia Schiffer Like a Sexy Beast

PHOTO: Claudia Schiffer Like a Sexy Beast

Lagerfeld’s muse Claudia Schiffer made an editorial for GQ magazine for April. In order to make add a drop of passion and sexy games to the situation, Claudia Schiffer was joined by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who you surely remember from the popular series “3rd Rock from the Sun”.

The 37-year-old supermodel and mother of two children prepared a juicy editorial in underwear, showing that years did not have effect on her. The German model is presently in New York with Karl Lagerfeld where she is shooting a campaign for the French fashion company Chanel, catwalkqueen reports.



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Nude photos of "The Hills" star leaked


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This week, nude photos of The Hills star Audrina Partridge were leaked onto the Internet. She told TMZ via her rep: "I took these photos years ago when I was just out of high school and beginning to model. I was young and very trusting of others and I didn’t know to protect myself. It is a lesson learned, for myself, and hopefully for the young girls who look up to me.”

Girl took some nekkid photos. Normally, this wouldn't case any whoopdedo, except she's on a very popular television show which opens her up for public ridicule. People make mistakes, and really -- taking nude photos isn't the worst offense in the world.

However, what befuddles me, is why would a young girl take off her clothes for some sketchy dude? There is a process to taking nude photos, and it goes something like this:

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Mass Appeal: A 'Model' Student

In today’s society, it seems like the norm is fast becoming, “make money first, and go to school second,” and who can blame people for having that way of thinking? If you look at some of the most richest and most powerful people in the world, the majority of them took a college sabbatical and never thought twice about their actions.

Taking that roll of the dice will either pay off with you attaining your goals, or put you in a deeper hole—there’s no middle ground. But in this fast-paced world filled with individuals who’s only purpose in life is to attain the automatic fortune that they’ve read or heard about so often; you can still count on some people pulling all-night’ers in the library, and registering for classes in the fall—and one of them is resident Ohio beauty, CiCi Santarelli.

If you’re wondering why her last name sounds like it’s from Italian origin, it’s because she’s the product of an Italian mother and an African-American father. This “model student” (literally) already possesses her Cosmetology License, and attends Kent State University majoring in Fashion Merchandising.

Featured in countless campaigns, one would think that it would be virtually impossible to for her to grace photo lenses with her 5’6” 125lb frame, and measurements that equal out to be 36-26-37. But the 19-year-old still manages to pile up portfolios, and bat those patented brown eyes in study halls all around campus. it comes to someone

The sexiest models to watch this year!

Sheetal Menon:-

Model Sheetal Menon will kickstart her film career in Pavan Kaul's thriller, Bhram. The cast also includes Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Simone Singh and Chetan Hansraj.

Sheetal has been a Kingfisher calendar gal, appeared in music videos and also done quite a few advertisements. In Bhram, she plays a struggling model, who falls in love with a suave.




Sheetal Mallar

Sheetal has been a known and successful face in the modelling world since she won the Femina Look of the Year in 1994.

Yet, the supermodel has not tried her hand in the movies until Yogendra Singh's Kabhi Bhi Kabhi Bhi came along. Apparently, she was just not interested earlier. Looks like she's finally changed her mind.










Sonal Chauhan

Paired opposite Emraan Hashmi, Sonal replaced Esha Deol in Kunal Deshmukh's Jannat.

A model and an ex-Miss India beauty pageant contestant, Sonal was crowned the Miss World Tourism 2005 in Malaysia.

Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Jannat will be Sonal's first big screen experience. (source:rediff.com)

entrepreneur (played by Dino).

Thomas Beatie, a married man who used to be a woman, is pregnant with a baby girl

Thomas Beatie

A married man who used to be a woman says that he is pregnant and will give birth to a baby girl in July.

“How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible,” wrote Thomas Beatie, 34, from the Pacific North West of the United States, in the latest issue of the gay magazine The Advocate.

“Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am.”

Mr Beatie was born female, named Tracy Lagondino, but had gender reassignment surgery and is now legally male and married to a woman.

He decided to carry a baby for his wife, Nancy, because she had a hysterectomy years ago. He was able to get pregnant because he kept his female organs when he switched genders.

“Sterilisation is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights,” he writes. “Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire but a human desire.” The couple, who have been together for ten years, run a custom screenprinting business in Bend, Oregon, where neighbours do not know that Mr Beatie was once a woman.

Source:timesonline.co.uk

Rod Stewart pants: are you panting for a pair?


Rod Stewart pants

It is not a requirement of rock stars that they dress well. Unlike the Hollywood world of supersized handbags and Rachel Zoe-inspired ensembles, a musician can get away with - even gain kudos for - tattoos, mismatched outfits and beehive hairdos. If the rock star in question is Rod Stewart he can sport spandex and leopard-print leggings and still manage to pull Penny Lancaster.

Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that the 63-year-old icon of anti-fashion has his own clothing range. Intrepid reporters for The Independent and the Daily Express have trawled the merchandise section of Stewart's official website to reveal T-shirts, tracksuits, babies' bibs and the “official panties” - which bear the singer's name, love-hearts and his hit-song slogan Isn't it Romantic?

What better way to emulate your favourite rock star than to wear his name emblazoned across your crotch, after all?

Oddly, the pants, which appear in the sale section at £2.50, do not specify whether they are for a man or a woman. They are, however, available only in a large size.

The baby's bib will appeal to Stewart fans who wish to pass on their musical taste to their offspring, bearing the lyrics “You're in my heart, you're in my soul”. Stewart's pride in his Scottish heritage is also evident throughout the range: the zip-up tracksuit tops, which sell for £35, feature the lion rampant, while his T-shirts are flecked with tartan and Argyle checks.

Stewart may have joined the ranks of other celebrities-cum-fashion designers such as Victoria Beckham, Justin Timberlake and the rapper Eminem, but he will have to solicit the advice of his daughter, 28-year-old Kimberly, who has her own fashion label - Pinky Star Fish - if he hopes to make it. The shiny black pants, which look rather unsupportive and uncomfortable, were described by the stylist and fashion journalist Caroline Phipps-Urch as “hideous”.

Source:timesonline.co.uk


French first lady's nude auction



A nude portrait of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni is to go under the hammer.
Carla Bruni will go under the hammer in New York next month, according to auctioneers Christie's.

It was taken in 1993, when Bruni was one of the world's top fashion models.

It is expected to fetch $3,000 to $4,000 when it is sold in New York on April 10, according to the Christie's web site.
Ms Bruni, the first non-French first lady of France arrives in Britain today and is likely to attract as much, if not more, attention than her husband during the couple's state visit.

The Italian-born supermodel, now a pop singer, has seemed less starry-eyed than her husband about their whirlwind, high-profile romance and marriage.

President Nicolas Sarkozy fell for her when they met only last November at a dinner party arranged to provide some distraction for the new incumbent of the Elysee Palace whose wife had divorced him.

The surprise was the overtly public nature of the romance, with the couple courting, and wooing the media, during a cosy weekend at Disneyland Paris.

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Donna Karan's fall collection during New York Fashion Week.











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The Carrot Some Vegans Deplore


TWO things that you can find a lot of in Portland, Ore., are vegans and strip clubs. Johnny Diablo decided to open a business to combine both. At his Casa Diablo Gentlemen’s Club, soy protein replaces beef in the tacos and chimichangas; the dancers wear pleather, not leather. Many are vegans or vegetarians themselves.

But Portland is also home to a lot of young feminists, and some are not happy with Mr. Diablo’s venture. Since he opened the strip club last month, their complaints have been “all over the Internet,” he said. “One of them came in here once. I could tell she had an attitude right when she came in. She was all hostile.”

Mr. Diablo isn’t concerned with the “feminazis,” as he calls them. As a vegan himself, he says he hasn’t worn or eaten animal products in 24 years and is worried about cruelty to animals. “My sole purpose in this universe is to save every possible creature from pain and suffering,” he said.

Source:www.nytimes.com

Sexy Dresses for Hot Days

The smell of spring is in the air. After rich winter clothing many are impatient to finally free their bodies. Those whose wardrobes are not filled with little, thin summer items will be forced to go shopping.

For this summer, renowned international designers agreed unanimously over one item: dresses withstyle.com-.- prints. Designers found the inspiration for the prints in abstract and cubism paintings or blooming meadows. Femininity comes first. We recommend even those who always wear trousers to try long dresses or silky, one-piece overalls launched by Miuccia Prada and Cavalli, and which seem so gentle and feminine as dresses do.

Dress as art

All those girls who want to be noticed will turn on the alarm on a piece of fabric and turn it into a small sculpture. This dress is also called ‘the item that wears you’. That was the entire Balenciagi collection whose dresses looked like body armour. Basso & Brooke and Dolce & Gabbana played with abstract prints, spicing them up with frills and volume. Giles took his inspiration from asphalt, the city and modern art, as well as in nature, layering collages and forming new volume. John Galliano brought an air of theatre costumes of the old Hollywood and turned a woman into a seductive Lolita. The mythological world of nymphs was Prada’s view with Greek gods transforming all the forces of nature into beautiful dresses.

Come des Garcons as usual suggested dresses with shifts in construction and seem unadjusted, punk-like for this world. Choose eveningwear as the moment of transformation into a piece of art, until then leave your pumpkin in the wardrobe.

Dresses for the pure and innocent, as well as not so pure and innocent

The coming warm days, apart from the sun and the red-hot asphalt, announce romantic little dresses in which girls will introduce an air of nature into grey cities. Flaunting designs of silky fabrics that reveal little, but outline a lot, present a cult of innocence and purity, unrealistic dreamers walking the urban world – between dream and the real world. In his collection for spring/summer Roberto Cavalli placed his animal print on the background and presented impressionistic goddesses in floral dresses that outline the feminine silhouette. Junya Watanabe, Stella McCartney, Etro, Marc Jacobs, Blumarine and Matthew Williamson also brought the cult flower children to the catwalks. The medicinal white monotony was transformed into ethno-embroidery and floral prints and the most important role have ethereal natural fabrics such as cotton, gauze, silk and muslin that allow the skin to breathe.Anna Sui - spring 2008 collection

Rock me baby

Tight, short and sexy is the suggestion of rare designers for the coming sunny days. It seems that the high degree of urbanism instinctively forced artists to contemplate the old saying: if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain. So designers transformed nature into their design and enriched urban metropolises with fashion. But, Miu Miu, Diesel, Clare Tough, Anna Sui, Castelbajac and Heatherette are the rare ones who stayed faithful to sexy little dresses that cling tight to the body and say: Rock me baby.

Sometimes fashion is here to wake up femininity and the little dress is an item of clothing that will remind a woman that she is still a woman.(Source:Javno.com)

Sexy Lingerie Warms Up Ski Track

PHOTO: Sexy Lingerie Warms Up Ski Track

Reuters-.--.-The ski track Faraya on a mountain in Lebanon not far from Beirut, so called eastern Paris, is one of the targets of jet sets which was built on example of European ski tracks. In order to warm up the guests of the Ski and Fashion Festival, the famous brand of underwear and swimming costumes K-Lynn traditionally held its fashion show.

The brand, whose idea was born in Texas, and founded twenty years ago in Beirut, presented its philosophy of high quality women’s underwear at an affordable price on example of the American giant Victoria’s Secret. Sexy, feminine and trendy lingerie on the models’ body were spiced up by wings they bore on their back.

A leopard pattern with black laces, black-pink laces along with an halter and a line of wedding lingerie made every young girl sexy in white like in a crazy Las Vegas show.

Nigella gets a trainer to lick her into shape

Art collector Charles Saatchi is a fraction of the man he used to be after losing nearly four stone on a new vegetarian diet.

Now his glamorous wife Nigella Lawson, 48, is following suit after piling on the pounds.'


Nigella Lawson

The domestic goddess, who admits to a weakness for calorific treats, has embarked on an intense exercise regime in a bid to lose weight.

Source:dailymail.co.uk

Tica London Online Beachwear Shop

Tica London Online Beachwear Shop

Rain may be falling outside, but this does not mean that we can not start planning our summer outfit. Tica London, an online shop of summer accessories and beachwear, is a good place to start from.

They are supplied with important pieces for summer (who can spend holidays without a pair of fuchsia thongs?). This fashion shop is three years old and offers the insolent and vital style of Brazil.

But it is not reserved to girls only. Along with practical cover-ups, on trend swimwear and beauty products, there you can also find a selection of colourful men’s beach attire.


Triumph Inspiration Award for Young Designers

Triumph Inspiration Award for Young Designers

Triumph International one of the world leading brand of underwear, is organising a special event in order to give young talented fashion designers a rare chance to become world famous.

In the quest for new trends, Triumph has launched the Triumph Inspiration Award. Forty two -.-extranet.triumph-international.dk-.-students from prestigious design schools from 30 countries will take part in a competition where they will have to create the best underwear collection, under the motto “Female Fascination”.

The given motto has the function to stimulate the imagination of these young designers. The participants will have the unique chance to compete at a global level and will be exposed to international media, popular design companies and respectable judges.

The winner from each country will continue in the great final to be held in Beijing on July 28, 2008. There an international commission of experts will give a mark to their design. The winner will receive a money award for an amount of 15 thousand euros. Triumph’s design team will modulate the winner’s collection and launch it as a limited collection, fibre2fashion.com reports.


World Record: Smallest bikini (covering vital parts)

The smallest bikini we have found so far is this model from . There are smaller models available, but they don't cover the vital parts and so we don't consider them true bikinis

Smallest Bikini

Sex Cats of Bollywood


Koena Mitra:-


The latest item girl after Shilpa Shetty and Urmila Matondkar who took Bollywood by storm is Koena Mitra, who tops the list of catty actresses. This dusky beauty always applies tons of kohl around her almond-coloured eyes. Be it the Khullam Khulla track from Road or the Dil Mein Baji Guitar from Apna Sapna Money Money, it is Koena’s cat eyes that go on to make a really strong statement and set her apart from other bombshells in the industry.



Kareena Kapoor:-


A far cry from other star actresses, Kareena Kapoor is one helluva cat-eyed beauty. Gifted with sharp hazel eyes, Bebo never fails to charm us with her expressive eyes. In films like Refugee and Dev, her crystal clear eyes gave away the innocence of her character.

Otherwise, her well-outlined eyes add a tinge of playfulness and mischief to her glam characters. The spell her eyes cast was unbreakable when Kareena turned Kannagi in the historic Asoka.



Tanushree Dutta:-


Another Miss India winner, Tanushree belongs to the bandwagon of dusky Bong beauties. Armed with looks that can kill, her on-screen persona only gets magnified with that pair of dark intense eyes.

Her male audiences admit that Tanushree’s sultry look make them sing ‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’. A sizzling hottie in Chocolate, Ms Dutta’s cattyness was at its peak in the hit track – Pyar Ka Signal – from Bhagambhag.



Can Criss Angel Make Lindsay Lohan Naked Photos, Calum Best Disappear?

While surfers search all over the World Wide Web for the photos that Calum Best reportedly took of a bare backed and full frontal Lindsay Lohan it looks like she was taking a look at Criss Angel. She may need a little magic to get rid of what may be a bigger scandal than the Vanessa Minnillo pics.

Can Criss Angel Make Lindsay Lohan Naked Photos, Calum Best Disappear?

An anonymous sender just blasted the picture to "That Other Blog." They've censored it down to give it a PG-13 rating They as, "Is this Lindsay?" The buzz overnight was that according to a supposedly real between the dude that runs Celeb slam.com and Lindsay Lohan, someone allegedly hacked into her computer and stole some pictures that Calum Best had taken of her that show lots of skin.

To add to Lindsay's woes fresh out of rehab, Girls Talkin' Smack report that she was with the Las Vegas illusionsist this weekend.

More: "You would think with all the bad press Criss Angel has been getting after his little romp with Cameron Diaz, that he would try and stay out of the headlines for while. Not so. This weekend he was seen partying at Pure Nightclub with Lindsay Lohan and the camera’s even caught one blurry photo of him going back to her suite. I’m sure they just went up to play Yahtzee though."


Pristine punk, vintage glamour on display as Fashion Week winds down



It was curtains inside the white tents at L'Oreal Fashion Week which wrapped runway shows on Day 4 at Nathan Phillips Square transitioning from contemporary casual wear ,'20s and '50s-era vintage glamour to edgy, stylized outerwear comprising leather, nylon and wool pieces for men and women.

Just like the previous Fashion Week last October, designer power couple Joseph Mimran and Kimberley Newport-Mimran bookended the week with their collections.

While Mimran's Joe Fresh Style line evoked equestrian, Newport-Mimran, the creative force behind Pink Tartan, forges an altogether different path towards the rock club rather than the races with her collection of punk-inspired pieces shown Thursday.

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Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion


Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

Femininity, chic, provocation and passion emanates the newest collection of designer Sofia Borisova for 2008/2009 is full of life, spirit and endless pleasure. It represents the balance between beauty and comfort, elegance and sex appeal. Inspired from the magic of tender fabrics, the designer combines them with fine laces, hand bordered with Swarovski crystals.

Designer Sofia Borisova takes as a starting point for the creation of the models in collection ALLEGRA the desire of every woman to dream and create memories. The collection has two themes - formal and bridal outfits.

The dresses from the formal line are sheer - made of natiral expensive silk, bordered all over with stones. They bring charming serenity and spirit with the blending shades from light pink to red, from light gray to black, in lilac, green, passionate red - rose-amour and the colour espresso. The models are in various lengths. The waistline varies arounf the waist - in the trendy raised retro-height, classic or low. Sofia Borisova accentuates on the deeply cut neckline and bare backs. Romantic in the spirit of the brand is brought by ribbons with brooches and buckles, made by Swarovski crystals.

In the wedding theme the dresses are in the modern for the season shades of cappuccino, light gold, beige and ecru. Made by fine silk shantung, the models are with spectacular patterns of stays with sheer skirts with crimps, fine tulle and laces, Swarovski crystals from the latest collection of Ungaro, Sophie Hallette and Solstiss.

For collection ALLEGRA Sofia Borisova says: “Every client is special for me, that is why every dress is individual and unique.”

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika FashionFemininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of   Romantika Fashion

The collection was recently presented on a fashino show in Sofia. Special guest of the show was Andrew Isalt - Executive director of Mori Lee by Madeline Gardner New York who arrived from the USA the same day to honour Sofia Borisova.

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion


Femininity, temper and endless pleasure in the new collection of Romantika Fashion

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