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“The lush garden of Elizabeth Taylor’s former home” is the backdrop, though you’d think we might be entitled to see a little more of it. Instead this could be any hedge-lined rose garden. But the Beverly Hill mood does resonate throughout the shoot – especially with the strong play on retro florals that Francesa Burns styles into it.

Abbey Lee Kershaw is the ‘American Pop’ girl in pin-up silhouettes, retro prints and a colour palette straight out of the 1950s, posing against said gardens.

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Founded by Rei Kawakubo of Japanese label Commes des Garcons in 2004, Dover Street Market is more of a designer boutique slash art gallery than an actual market. It’s so-called because individual concessions, or ‘stalls,’ are spread over five floors, occasionally interspersed with art works you can buy. Cooler than Selfridges and edgier than Browns, but just as expensive, DSM is where rich arty types come to splash their cash, and where art students come to window shop.

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Cosmo cover girl Scarlett Johansson can do no wrong as far as the men are concerned, but she's getting lots of love from the ladies this week too, after sporting a gorgeous curly hairstyle.

New mom Beyonce Knowles made her first public appearance last night since giving birth to baby Blue Ivy last month. And she looked…amazing.

Michelle Williams is never one to fly under the beauty radar—her fierce pixie haircut is evidence of that.

Torniamo a parlare della favolosa piastra GHD, e parliamo dell’ultimissimo scatto della star Katy Perry, testimonial della marca di piastre più gettonata ed apprezzata dalle beauty addicted di tutto il mondo. Lo ammetto, io…

La Flebite è un processo infiammatorio che coinvolge la parete di una vena e che si manifesta in particolare nelle vene superficiali, soprattutto quelle degli arti inferiori. La sua insorgenza può essere acuta oppure lenta e con tendenza a permanere allo stato cronico. Se all’infiammazione si accompagna anche la presenza di un coagulo di sangue [...]

A look at the stunning new cover of The Last Magazine More...

British Vogue's new issue is filled with colorful images and interesting concepts More...

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Scents are fascinating things. They can be the olfactory manifestation of a single breed of flower, or of a whole garden of botanicals. They can evoke a particular mood (like Tom Ford’s Violet Blonde). Or they can be a place, bottled up and captured like the simultaneous memory of all the sights and sounds of a single day. That’s what Tom Ford’s Lavender Palm is. It’s a summer’s day in California, pressed into a bottle.

Putting on such a fragrance is the equivalent of an unusual form of teleportation. Spray. Close eyes. Breathe. You’re there. It’s the warmth of sun on your face, the elegance of silk on your skin, it’s grass and leaves crushed underfoot; it’s elegant, warm, and fresh.

While some have reservations about lavender as the top note of a fragrance – particularly one of Tom Ford’s Private Blends – the citrus notes of bergamot, lemon and lime blossom and the herby freshness of the clary sage keep this scent galaxies away from the kind of lavender blends you might find on your grandmother’s nightstand. Vetiver and cedar add a stable, woody base.

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If you’re the apotheosis of British eccentricity – the veritable King of quirky twists – you can’t just open up any old store. Ask anyone who’s ever wandered into a Paul Smith store in any city of the world, and they’ll tell you: it’s not your average clothing boutique. Each of Smith’s retail spaces is a feat of design as eclectic and creative as the man himself, with art-lined walls and antique furniture; perhaps you might even stumble upon a vintage bicycle or signature-striped Mini Cooper. You never really know. All you can know is that you’re just as likely to walk out with some household ornament, artwork or unusual piece of reading material as you are to walk out with a velvet blazer or pair of to-die-for leather brogues.

And so, having decided that it was time for Australia to have such a retail space, the question for Paul Smith was inevitably where? The brand have now announced that ever-important location. And it’s a good one.

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“Mental health remains a taboo subject for many,” explains photographer Rolf A. Jensen. A way of bringing those hidden grievances suffered silently by many to light, Jensen’s latest shoot visualizes the experience of compulsive disorders – in a fashion setting. The end result is a series of images you cannot shy away from. Illustrations by Aldous Massie infiltrate the shots more so than decorate them, like hallucinatory visions that creep their way into a troubled mind. Model Carina Velva acts out the experiences of claustrophobia, anger, paranoia, schizophrenia.

Dark and visually striking it may be, but it’s a case of using fashion and beauty not just for aesthetic value but as a tool for drawing attention to a deeper cause. “The goal is to focus on the suffering that people hide inside,” says Jensen, and to encourage “the necessary help, support, understanding that is needed.”

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Supermodel Adriana Lima looked fabulous in the Teleflora commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last night.

Sicuramente penserete con queste temperature glaciali, che non è il momento di scegliere il vostro costume per la prossima Estate 2012, ma posso assicurarvi che questi mesi passeranno in fretta e potreste trovarvi sprovvedute e senza il vostro costume da indossare per prendere la tanta amata tintarella.
Leggi il resto di Parah: Collezione costumi da bagno Estate 2012

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