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Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova, Cindy Crawford, and Yasmin Le Bon star in — and actually play the band — in the video for Duran Duran's new song, "Girl Panic!" The song is catchy, but the clip clocks in at nearly ten minutes thanks to long, interstitial scenes where Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, Roger Taylor, and John Taylor — the band — interviews "the band." In other scenes, Rhodes et. al. turn up as porters and room-service boys at the luxury hotel where "the band" is staying — and taking advantage of numerous willing, female groupies. It's no "Freedom," and sure it's pretty self-referential, but it's also fun. More »
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Victoria Beckham, who reportedly has a slipped disc, is under doctor's orders not to wear her customary high heels until her back gets better. That's what Posh would be punished with if she were an uppity mortal in a Greek myth who got on the wrong side of Aphrodite. [Daily Mail] More »
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Walter Iooss has spent the last 38 years traveling the world to shoot models in swimsuits for Sports Illustrated. Leaving aside Tyra and Paulina (and Kathy and Petra), Iooss's book Heaven includes some images of breathtaking beauty, including this. [VanityFair] More »
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American Vogue's "Age" issue features Christy Turlington. This must have been what Anna Wintour meant when she stated that an upcoming issue was tied to a supermodel. Larger pics, and a peek inside, after the jump. [Models.com] More »
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• Funny, this picture of Amy Winehouse looking "healthy and stylish" still looks off. British label PPQ is bringing the troubled singer's long-rumored fashion line to fruition — if you count PPQ "providing all materials and doing the design," as anything like having your own collection. [This is London]

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Of the five models appeared on the cover of 1990's Vogue, four of them became household names. The Guardian asks: why not the fifth? More »
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Ever heard of the Pirelli Calendar? Sure, Pirelli makes tires, but the company also produces a calendar, famous for its limited availability. You can see it online, but you can't buy it: It's not sold, only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important customers and celebrity VIPs. It's basically the world's only prestigious pin-up calendar, featuring "artistic" nude photography. This year, the calendar was shot in Botswana by Peter Beard, and the concept involves half-naked models draping themselves over elephants, dunking themselves in algae-covered watering holes, or, in the case of poor Isabeli Fontana, left, being tortured by posing with some sort of giant insect on her face. More »
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• I know this is why I go to the British Museum: to see a life-sized Kate Moss rendered in pure gold. "A solid gold sculpture of the model, thought to be the world's largest gold statue built since the time of ancient Egypt, was given its first showing yesterday." [Independent]
• Working to combat any taint of elitism, Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker are hosting a fashion show to raise funds for the Obama campaign. "The Sept. 9 shindig at the Charles Nolan Studio will feature designs from Beyoncé and Tina Knowles for House of Dereon, Diane Von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Juicy Couture, Narciso Rodriguez and Proenza Schouler, among others." [E]
• Meanwhile on the left coast, "Michelle Obama will get her chance to meet fashion and entertainment types in Los Angeles." Tom Ford is one of the hosts. [WWD]

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• Naomi Campbell has finally been charged for her April freakout at London's Heathrow airport. “Campbell is accused of three counts of assaulting a constable, one count of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and one count of using threatening, abusive words or behavior to cabin crew, according to reports.” Her court date is set for June 20th; does anyone think that maybe a stint in juvie could set her straight? [The Guardian]
• Christian Dior cosmetics spokesmodel Sharon Stone continues to pay for her ridiculous remarks regarding last week's earthquake in China: Dior is pulling all ads starring the Hollywood wackadoo "from all of the department stores and from all of China". Karma, baby! [NY Times]
• Andre Leon Talley is returning to the Savannah College of Art and Design to speak at the school's May 31 commencement ceremony. Think he'll wear the "floor-length red satin robe and silver crown accented with red 'rubies'" this time around? [Paris Parfait]

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"My first thought was, 'She's crazy.' She was absolutely out of her gourd to call me. I had to ask twice if she had the wrong number. I asked her if she knows I openly hate the modeling industry...Excuse me while I stuff myself...I have bitten the hand that feeds me more than once. Did they want that on the show?" That's Paulina Porizkova, looking frighteningly awesome as she eats duck ravioli, salmon tartare, canapes and caramel crepes — she has a thing for caramels — on Page Six Magazine and talks about talking shit on Top Model. More quotes after you click the pic. Related: I actually remember seeing Her Alibi and was not aware it was a "box-office flop." News you can't use, but! More »
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Fashion Week kicks off today, and thinking of runway shows tends to make us nostalgic for the heyday of The Supermodel. You know, back when the women walking in shows were drop dead gorgeous instead of dropping dead of anorexia. Anyway, besides Naomi Campbell and her violent streak, the most amusing character of the "Big Six" of supermodels is definitely Linda Evangelista. She's snooty, and her self-obsession is contagious, because the rest of the world was obsessed with her, too. Or at least, so she thought! In this House of Style segment, Linda discusses her charity work ("[I'll walk in one show] for free. Each season I choose a young, new designer to support"), her success ("I always wanted to be a model, but i never thought I'd become this"), and her fame ("I change my hair color and it gets headlines"). Clip above. More »
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• British Fashion Council head Harold Tillman wants to start a "Big Sister" program in which old skool supermodels mentor malnourished up-and-coming mannequins. Leading the way in this admirable new endeavor? Naomi Campbell. [Vogue UK]

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Supermodels are dead. Or at least that's what Claudia Schiffer thinks: "In order to become a supermodel one must be on all the covers all over the world at the same time so that people can recognize the girls. That is, for now, not possible... I can remember when I needed four bodyguards to get backstage from a Chanel show just to my car. And that wasn't only me. It just isn't like this any more." Will someone tell Claudia that it's time to leave the past behind? Please? [Daily Mail] More »
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• The supermodels of yore think they deserve film careers. Naomi Campbell would like to start doing comedies (in itself: comedic!) and Helena Christensen hopes to be the next Bond girl. [Vogue UK]

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• Eva Longoria had accessories designer Rafe Totengco make custom clutches for each of her bridesmaids for her Friday nuptials to Tony Parker, and then had the girls carry their gifts down the aisle. Uh, isn't it kinda awkward to have bridesmaids carry clutches down the aisle? And how could the bridesmaids adequately straighten Longoria's train and tend to her every idiotic need besaddled with a clutch? Um okay we're stopping now. [WWD, 1st item]

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Is there anyone whose love of women matches that of John Galliano channeling Christian Dior? [Um, Jack Nicholson? -Ed.] Galliano's Fall 2007 couture collection for the House of Dior's 60th anniversary — shown in Paris yesterday — was one long and winding love letter to the female form and the way it has been encased, contoured, and costumed throughout history. But the bounds of history (or art history, more accurately, as evidenced by the insertion of an occasional paintbrush or palette as accessory) were rendered a little topsy-turvy. Opening with Gisele Bundchen in an iconic, full-skirted Dior suit, the show proceeded like Dorothy over the rainbow, progressing from black-and-white to full-blown Technicolor and alluding to some of the masterworks of Western art, from Fragonard to Monet to Velasquez and everywhere in between. And oh yeah, the best of the best from the golden age of the supermodel showed up to stomp around, including Amber Valetta, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, Shalom Harlow, Stella Tennant, Erin O'Connor, and Linda Evangelista. Images of the glory that is Dior couture, after the jump. More »
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