Valeria Lukyanova

Meet Valeria Lukyanova, 27, famous internet celebrity in Russia, desperately (or successfully) erasing herself during last 7 years to be like someone else. She was born on August 23, 1985.

Valeria Lukyanova's doll-like features and looks have left critics speculating on the authenticity of her claims. Her highly unusual plastic face and body proportions have also sparked concerns and questions as to how she managed to get that sweeping Barbie look.

The Ukrainian has reportedly undergone plastic surgery as well as used everyday cosmetics to transform herself into a real-life Barbie. In a spoof video released in Jezebel.com, an animated Valeria is shown going to a plastic surgeon's office to attain her figure, and the flawless complexion is the result of putty.
Here are some photos that Valeria Lukyanova taken before she becoming a real-life Barbie:

In 2003, researchers found that if Barbie were a life-size woman, her measurements would be 32-17-28. Dr. Athony LaBruna, the director of Manhattan Plastic Surgery explained in detail as to what all needs to be done to transform a living human body to look like a plastic Barbie doll.

LaBruna speaking at ABC’s Good Morning America’s segment Tuesday said, “A women needs to get breast enhancements to be a 38DD and cut some ribs out" to get an 18" waist, make the hips wider and change her face. Of course, the woman would have to go blonde like Barbie.”

 Valeria Lukyanova’s before and after make-up looks:

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Yuri `SNSD` in Fashion King

Yuri shows her beautiful S-line at the Fashion King drama press conference on March 14th.

Various pictures of Yuri acting out a playful refrigerator CF are making the rounds. Yuri recently took on the role of fashion designer “Choi Anna” in the SBS drama “Fashion King”.

Recently, during a filming for “Fashion King” held at a building in Seoul, Yuri was filming a scene in which she was to take a drink out of a refrigerator. When she was given a break, her playful side appeared, and she acted out a refrigerator CF for the staff members who were tired from their work on the drama.

When the staff members saw Yuri’s playful CF, they reacted by saying, “As expected, Yuri is pretty doing anything,” and, “She’ll get a refrigerator CF contract soon.”

After making her first appearance on the second episode of “Fashion King” in a scene where she met her ex-boyfriend, Yuri left a strong impression with only three minutes of screentime and made a successful drama debut.

Yuri also broke the hearts of many male fans when she was shown in a kiss scene with Jaehyuk (played by actor Lee Jehoon) in the preview of the third episode, which will air on March 26th.

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Art Fashion Photography with Richard Phibbs

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Boot Camp is a military trend-inspired fashion editorial shot by photographer Richard Phibbs and published in Sport&Style supplement of L'Equipe French magazine. Staring male topmodels Chad White, Kerry Degman, Ryan Bertroche, Mike Derr as well as up-and-coming star Jenry B. from Request Model Management the photo editorial has a vintage - WW II history archive aura interrupted only by images of very modern looking women.

Canadian born Richard Phibbs is a gifted portrait and fashion photographer, has done covers for Vanity Fair, GQ, Paper Magazine, has a passion for depicting sports life but also social realities. Check his website for more info on his great work.

Magazine: L'Équipe - Sport & Style

Editorial: "Boot Camp"

Models: Chad White, Kerry Degman, Mike Derr, Ryan Bertroche, Jenry B.

Photographer: Richard Phibbs

Stylist: Luciano Neves

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Men`s Fashion

Today, men have changed in such a fashion as women. On the occasions in advancing the males once was happy with the use of the best men’s clothing basics. Now is the change in pattern for men to watch as a model for girls. Men’s fashion is not just shirts and pants. Men’s is much more than the clothes easier. Men’s includes hairstyles fashion, clothes, shoes, etc. girls and men’s fashion is to make an apace each years. Not definitive fashion for long. The popularity of has grown for some reason last 20 years.

There are many men who watch fashion. Everyone should know about fashion. This article is for people who know about fashion for men. This article will provide some recommendations on men’s fashion.

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Mode 2012

Do you like wearing fashionable clothes? There are many people like wearing the fashionable clothes or others in order to make them look up to date with fashion. Every year, the fashion trends always changes. In 2012, we need to know about the fashion trends 2011. The fashion trends in 2011 may be different from the fashion trends in2011. Because of that, you need to know about the fashion trends 2012 when the 2012 comes. It is better for you to know the fashion trends 2012 if you do not want to become out to date with fashion.


 
Do you like looks fashionable? If you want to looks fashionable, it is very important for you to know about the fashion trends every year. All of people that do not want to be called out to date with the fashion should know about the fashion trends every year. Do you want to know about the fashion trends 2012? These days, you are able to get the information about the fashion trends 2012 easily because there are some sources that provide the information about the fashion trends every year. You may be able to get that information in the internet, magazines, and other fashion sources.


New York Road to Fashion 2012

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Megan Fox Fashion 2012

The sultry and sexy Megan Fox features around the latest problem of Cosmopolitan. The twenty-5 year old actress discusses her bad girl image, and just how she would like to alter might therefore is choosing for additional comedy roles. She wears a nude pleated dress around the cover having a plunging neck-line, and pairs the appearance with wavy locks, rosy cheekbones, and smoky eyes.

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How to Choose The Best Wedding Dress

For a woman, the wedding day is among the most significant event of all her life. Since being a little girl we have dreamed about how perfect the day would be, how beautiful we would look. While planning for the wedding ceremony, choosing a perfect wedding dress is one of the most exciting parts. Our relatives or trusted friends can accompany us to help us choose what looks best for us.
Selecting a wedding dress is ever a difficult matter for all young brides. Brides always take it into consideration of which color and which style making them become more radiant in the wedding day. Below are the most effective tips to help young brides choose the best wedding dresses for the significant day of their life.



Best for body shapes

It is so necessary and important to choose a dress helping you feel most comfortable and confident. Therefore, finding a dress that you like and that flatters your body type is a big matter. Ensure you can sit, walk, bend and lift your arms with no problem. For hour-glass shaped bodies, it is essential to balance the bottom and top-half of the body. It means you should avoid the A-lines or strapless-necked dresses. However, for a petite and slim bride, avoid simple and straight dresses; mermaid-shaped dresses may best suit for you.


Best for wedding styles

Choose a wedding gown according to the wedding environment. In particular, formal weddings: elegant long gown in colors of ivory, white or cream with a chain and gloves; casual weddings: a hip short dress or a two-piece dress; semi-formal weddings: a wedding dress brushing the floor with no train.


Best for skin tone

Another way that a bride can enhance her own appearance is by choosing the right wedding gown color. There are lots of options to get a wedding dress flattering your skin tone. White, ivory and cream colors always suits all skin tones. Besides, you can be more creative with some pastel shades suiting your skin most. Lilac or light pinks also make you outstanding in your wedding day. Avoid bold colors for a full-shaped bodies.


Best fabric and material for a wedding dress

There are the gauzier silks like chiffon, tulle, and organza are best used for wedding dress cutting because their transparency and lightweight. Make your choice according to the time of the year where you are getting married. In winter, a chiffon dress does not make you shiver. In summer, a brocade dress help you feel comfortable.

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Art of Fashion Photography

For a fashion photographer, every opportunity to shoot means finding the perfect clothing, the ideal background, and the right mix of light and color. Whether shooting for print ads and magazines or as part of a personal appreciation for fashion, every photographer seeks the ideal inspiration. Here are 30 remarkable fashion photography shots to help offer you the inspiration you need to get the best photos of your own.


Simon Paris


D`Art


David Urbanke

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Designers Create Fashionable Easter Bunnies 2012

After last year’s successful Easter egg commission, in which designers elaborately decorated Easter eggs that echoed their brand’s aesthetic, Vogue decided to, once again, ask some of our favorite designers to customize Easter bunnies for the holiday.

According to Vogue, Mulberry dressed up its coveted Bayswater bag in a tail, paws, and bunny ears, while Prabal Gurung decorated an adorable white bunny in a silk-and-wool flower-printed dress.

Model Sasha Pivovarova, The Webster’s Laure Heriard Dubreuil, and jewelry designer Nektar de Stagni also participated. Pivovarova dressed her floppy-eared bunny in a sparkly gold dress, flower hairpiece and polka-dot flats, while Dubreuil and de Stagni adorned chocolate Ladurée bunnies with colorful and dainty jewelry pieces.

Bronson Van Wyck, Nicholas Kirkwood, Joseph Altuzarra, Peter Pilotto, Lulu Frost, Billy Reid, Suno, Dick Page, Opening Ceremony, Bob Recine, Peter Som, Monique Péan, George Esquivel, Dylan Lauren and Christopher Raeburn were some of the participating designers, models and makeup artists.

“[...] each submission so authentically represented the personality of its creator that labels, which were sometimes cleverly attached to hindquarters, weren’t even necessary,” Vogue said of this year’s Easter bunny commission. “As for the colorful confections that were good enough to eat, inedible materials affixed to them kept us from nibbling. That, and they had to be returned to their owners.”

We couldn’t help but fall in love with every single one of the bunnies. The customized projects presented by each of the designers were both unique and creative. Now, if only we could have purchased one of them…

Check out more photos of the Vogue commissioned Easter bunnies below.
    

    

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SAIC Fashion Show 2012

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago will host its annual Fashion Show and Exhibition on May 1st and 2nd in the recently opened Sage Studios for Fashion Design and the School's new exhibition space, both on the 7th floor of the historic Sullivan Center, 33 S. State Street.

Produced independently by its students and faculty, the SAIC Fashion Show continues its seventy-five-year tradition of showcasing innovative undergraduate student fashion collections, ranging from the elegant to the ready-to-wear, and from the conceptual to the socially engaging. SAIC's Fashion Design program is uniquely situated within the diverse structure of an arts school. "Creativity is high at SAIC because our students find inspiration in traditional fashion design, as well as other studio arts-painting, sculpture, architecture, film, ceramics, and video production to name a few," says department chair Nick Cave. "Students freely pursue experimentation for a unique point of view in concept design, cloth manipulation, and hands-on accessory and garment construction."

Renovation of the Fashion studios in the historic Sullivan Center was made possible by a generous gift from Board Member and SAIC parent Melissa Sage Fadim, a supporter of the Fashion Design department for twenty years. The new 25,000 sq. ft. studio space houses dedicated 24-hour secure access to traditional and advanced technology fabrication facilities; the Fashion Resource Center, one of the country's few hands-on collections of late-twentieth and twenty-first century designer garments; and a unique shoe, millinery, and accessories laboratory. "We believe that the special mix of hands-on-making and technology in art and design at SAIC nurtures designers who will change the direction of fashion and style in the 21st century," adds School president Tony Jones.

The success of the School's undergraduate program in Fashion Design and SAIC's cross-disciplinary approach to education is reflected in a list of alumni that includes such notable designers as Halston, Cynthia Rowley, Laurence Steele, J. Morgan Puett, Eunwha Kim, Maria Pinto, Gary Graham, and Matthew Ames. SAIC graduates hold senior design positions in firms as varied as Yeolee, Jones New York, Levis, Nike, Charles Chang Lima, and Tommy Hilfiger, and design for Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, Zac Posen, Betsey Johnson, Triple5Soul, and Moschino. Upon graduating many have chosen to intern for international houses such as Victor & Rolf, Alexander McQueen, Wendy & Jim, Castelbajac, Zac Posen, Threeasfour, or William Ivey Long, or to launch their own fashion lines.

To honor the efforts of the School's young designers judges award a number of scholarships and grants to talented students, including the prestigious Sage Foundation Scholarship, a full tuition scholarship of merit awarded annually to a student in their junior year. To build upon this tradition of recognizing the accomplishments of talented fashion students, the School's Fashion Committee is hosting a special preview event for the Fashion Show on May 1 to benefit student scholarships.

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