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Rising star: Introducing Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn, originally uploaded by dallabills89.

Agyness Deyn (born Laura Hollins[1] on 16 February 1983[2]) is an English model. She is currently starring in the Burberry and Giorgio Armani campaigns.

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Rising star: Agyness Deyn, her Bio

Agyness Deyn, originally uploaded by dallabills89.

Agyness Deyn is from Littleborough in Greater Manchester. She is the second of three children. Her mother Lorraine is a nurse. She attended All Saints RC High School and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Sixth Form in Waterfoot, Rossendale. Deyn's working life started serving cod, chips and mushy peas part-time at 17, which she did in Stubbins. In 1999, she won the Rossendale Free Press "Face of '99" competition, aged just 16. [3]. She left home for London, working in a burger joint during the day and a bar at night but she admits: “I tried to make cocktails but it didn’t quite work.”[4] During this time she says she was also at college in Hull, studying drama and music. Aged 18, she was spotted by a photographer and snapped up by Models 1 model agency.

Rising star: Agyness Deyn & Jackson Pollis 2

Agyness Deyn & Jackson Pollis 2, originally uploaded by Ingrid Almazán.

One of her regular customers in the chip shop was Henry Holland, designer and creator of the House of Holland rhyming slogan T-shirts. She is now the face of the company. Deyn has appeared on Vogue Italia, twice - the November 2006 issue and the September 2007 issue. Both covers were photographed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel.

In the May 2007 issue of American Vogue, she was featured on the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Jessica Stam, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels.

Rising star: That Agyness Deyn look

Agyness Deyn, originally uploaded by dallabills89.

She was on the cover of June 2007 issue of UK Vogue. Deyn was also on the cover of the Observer Woman supplement in September 2007.

Deyn has been called the new Kate Moss.

Deyn has appeared in advertisments for Blugirl by Blumarine, Burberry, Cacharel, John Galliano, Gianfranco Ferrè, Giorgio Armani, Mulberry, Paul Smith, and Vivienne Westwood.

Deyn won the "Model of the Year" award at the British Fashion Awards 2007.

Rising star: Agyness Deyn on the cover of Italian Vogue, November 2006.

Agyness Deyn on the cover of Italian Vogue, November 2006., originally uploaded by Ingrid Almazán.

Despite in interviews claiming to be 22 years of age, her listing on the Companies House website, under the name Laura Hollins, shows her birthdate as February 16, 1983, not as February 16, 1986, as she, her associates and internet databases claim. Throughout 2007, Deyn's mother, Lorraine, has been questioned in various publications and tabloids about her daughter's age, but in response has said that she has been advised not to comment on the issue.

Of Glamour & Style: Tilda Swinton wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in "Michael Clayton"

Tilda Swinton, originally uploaded by amartz n VA.

2008 Oscars - Show Highlights
Tilda Swinton wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in "Michael Clayton" during the 80th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 24, 2008.

Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an Academy Award- and BAFTA- winning and Golden Globe-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.

Of Glamour & Style: Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton.jpg, originally uploaded by EIFF.

Early life

Swinton was born in London. Her mother, Judith Balfour (née Killen), was Australian, and her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, KCVO, is Scottish.[1][2][3][4] The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the ninth century.[4] Swinton attended West Heath Girls' School (the same class as Diana, Princess of Wales), and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, she graduated from New Hall at Cambridge University with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. She has two Honorary Doctorates: One from Napier University in Edinburgh, received in August 2006 and one from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow, received July 2006.

Of glamour & Style: Tilda Swinton returning to Venice 15 years after "Orlando"

Ms.Tilda Swinton returning to Venice 15 years after "Orlando" with Mr.George Clooney in tow., originally uploaded by BEAT NIK.

Career

Swinton worked with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a career in film in the mid-1980s. Her early film work included several film roles for director Derek Jarman, notably War Requiem (1989) playing a nurse opposite Sir Laurence Olivier as an old soldier. Swinton also played the title role in Orlando, Sally Potter's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf.

Swinton gained great artistic acclaim for a period in 1995 when she developed a performance/installation art piece in which as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London, she was on display to the public for a week, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case, as a piece of performance art. The piece is often erroneously credited to Cornelia Parker, whom Swinton invited to collaborate for the installation in London. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at the Museo Barracco in Rome. She also appeared in the music video for Orbital's "The Box".

Recent years have seen Swinton move towards more mainstream projects, including the leading role in the well-reviewed American film The Deep End (2001), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She appeared as the scheming archangel Gabriel in Constantine with Keanu Reeves, as a supporting character in films such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Swinton has also appeared in the British films The Statement (2003) and Young Adam (2004), and sat on the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2005, Swinton's performance as the sinister, seductive villainess, the White Witch Jadis, in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe garnered critical praise as did her portrayal of Audrey Cobb in the Mike Mills film adaptation of the novel Thumbsucker.

Swinton's performance as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton also drew favorable reviews, for which she earned her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After winning a BAFTA award in the same category at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, Swinton won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards, the film's sole win.

Of glamour & style: Tilda Swinton On the Red Carpet

Tilda Swinton On the Red Carpet, originally uploaded by jacquiscloset.

Personal life

Swinton lives in Nairn, in the Highland area of Scotland, with Scottish painter John Byrne, the father of her twins, Xavier and Honor. She has recently been in the news for her relationship with Sandro Kopp,[8] a New Zealand[9] painter, while continuing her live-in relationship with Byrne platonically; her new relationship has Byrne's blessing. In August 2006 she opened the new Screen Academy Scotland production centre in Edinburgh.

Julieta y los lametones going crazy

Juliette and the Licks., originally uploaded by ilaria_magliocchetti_lombi.

aka Juliette & the Licks, playing their game the hard way in Barcelona

Miss Aniela self chasing herself

The chase, originally uploaded by Miss Aniela.

Interview with Jessica Joffe

Seen on NYMag.com

Name: Jessica Joffe

Age: 25

Job: "I write, mostly." Also: Girl about town, model, new face of Uniqlo jeans.

Neighborhood: West Village

Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Patrick Bateman.

What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?
Any afternoon at Economy Candy.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Worry and make tea. In reverse order.

Where do you get your coffee?
My kitchen.

What's the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Several rats, enormous; one dove, white; and cabs, yellow.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
If there are special skills involved, always.

What's your drink?
Tea, Yorkshire.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
Often enough.

What's your favorite medication?
Why pick favourites?

What's hanging above your sofa?
My imaginary collection of Saul Steinberg watercolours and one de Kooning Woman.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
You can never spend too much money on a good haircut. It renders the other stuff redundant.

When's bedtime?
Between midnight and 5 a.m.

Brunch: pro or con?
Excuses to eat, whatever time of day, should never be considered a con.

What's your thread count?
That's none of your business.

What do you hate most about living in New York?
Nothing.

What's your brand of jeans?
Raven, Earnest Sewn.

When's the last time you drove a car?
I don't.

Who should be the next president?
Knight Landesman, Art Forum's impresario.

Times, Post, or Daily News?
None of the above. Artsandlettersdaily.com.

Yankees or Mets?
Sorry?!

What makes someone a New Yorker?
Complete disregard for traffic signals and a sort of ruthless ambition that might also be interpreted as intelligence.

"Corren" by Macaco

Macaco is a musical band from Barcelona, created in 1997.

The members, from different countries such as Brazil, Cameroun, Venezuela and Spain, give to its music a mixed color, with electro accents of Latin music and rumba.

They mostly sing in Spanish, but also in Portuguese, French, English and Italian.

Calvin Harris in B&W

Calvin Harris, originally uploaded by soundxposure.

45 years of Valentino at the Ara Pacis

Valentino, the made-in-Italy guru, says that he “leaves the party when it’s still full” and claims he still has many projects in store regarding new talented designers and the history of fashion.

If you’re ever in Rome, you can see the Ara Pacis, one of Valentino’s greatest models. The king of fashion, who once bewitched a young Jackie with his ultra-feminine dresses, celebrates his 45-year career in a historical location that was once used to celebrate victories.

Ara Pacis dressed by ValentinoMannequins dressed as vestal virgins and illuminated by an Augustan aura wait at the entrance of Richard Meier’s renovated airy space, where they stand out against the steel, glass and travertine in a tableau staged by Antonio Monfreda and Patrick Kinmonth.

With its pharoanic opening celebrations for the Valentino Days, the Ara Pacis Museum is presenting a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the master, which can be visited in the evenings until 28 October 2007.

Now, all that’s left to us is to follow his tracks, which are obviously marked by his quintessential red. Valentino fans mustn’t miss out on the monumental book “Valentino, a Great Italian Story“. A true cultural investment, especially as it’s a limited edition.

A Xmas message from Gunther

"Lost", trailer for the new season

Heidi Klum goes nuts

Who's Javiera Sarratea?

Is she just a nice smile?

Is she pink on green?

An attitude?

A jumper?

... or the ultimate T- Shirt designer?