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1. The Stride What you're thinking: I'm on my way to werq, get out of my way -- oh, look a camera -- I'm giving -- now I'm walking away. What you're doing: Walking slow enough to get in frame and making sure your legs are spread wide enough apart for a dynamic shot.

2. The Editorial Jump What you're thinking: You know I feel so great right now I'm just going to fly everywhere I go today, while still looking relatively motionless. Oh, look a unicorn...gorjuss. What you're doing: Squatting before jumping and giving face at the apex of your jump.

3. The Pensive Jut What you're thinking: I'm deep in thought -- about what, who cares? But I'm looking at the solution to all my problems way off in the distance...and it just winked at me. What you're doing: Hand on hip, other hand at an opposing but complimentary angle with one leg  straight and the other slightly bent.

4. In Repose What you're thinking: Ugh, it's sooooo hard being this glamorous, but I've got to keep it together. Waiter, where's my goddamn cocktail? Oh, there it is...with a Vicodin chaser. Quelle surprise. What you're doing: Staggering your legs, framing your face with your arms, sucking everything in and finding your light.

5. The Stroll What you're thinking: Oh, look! I'm walking again! This is becoming a habit. I'm going about my way, but for some reason everyone around me keeps dying of envy...and I. Love it. What you're doing: Catwalking towards the camera slowly either giving full face to the camera or feigning distraction.

6. The Broken-Down Doll What you're thinking: I haven't eaten in 4 weeks, my coke dealer isn't picking up his phone and if someone doesn't pour something alcoholic in, on or near me, I'm literally going to die. But I look great, right? What you're doing: Weird angles, lots of slouching, while still showing the garment.

7. The Wistful Coo What you're thinking: I'm caught in a violent hurricane of couture but my inner calm -- brought on by years of yoga and a small army of morally-suspect pharmacists -- keeps me the smizing eye of the storm. What you're doing: A slight hunch, a graceful hand and an expression that says you might not really know where you are.

8. The Dynamic Sit What you're thinking: Yes, this is sitting but you know what this isn't: Super Bowl Sunday. So I'm not lounging back with a bowl of goddamn nachos in my lap. Pardon me while I throw this leg up and concentrate on being effortless. What you're doing: Hunching, creating angles with your legs and space with your arms.

9. The Couture Hunch What you're thinking: I'm so thin that to prevent my ribs from caving in on themselves I have to hold them in place. I may have dropped a lung while in mid-hunch, but I dare you to tell from my face. What you're doing: Arms akimbo, you hunch until you're basically doubling over and sucking in everything while splaying your legs out at awkward angles.

10. The Dynamic Stand What you're thinking: Here I am, world! Take a good long look because I just officially shut shit down and own every one of you. You're welcome. What you're doing: Once again, arms akimbo, but a strong stance that is at once seductive and powerful.

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- Vogue lopped off a few of Lila Grace Moss (Kate Moss‘ daughter)’s fingers in their September issue in a case of bad and badly observed Photoshop. I guess Anna is human after all. What a day of disappointments. [Styleite]

- In other Brit Kate news, Kate Winslet has joined forces with fellow Oscar winners, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz to form the “British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League,” an informal group of acting superheroines fighting against Hollywood’s pressure to go under the knife. In other news, Demi Moore has formed the “Legion of the Evil and Ageless.”  [Telegraph]

Riccardo Tisci’s muse Mariacarla Boscono joins an all-stars cast of models including Naomi Campbell, Kristen McMenamy and Natalia Vodianova in this fierce fall 2011 campaign for Givenchy shot by Mert & Marcus. The upside to that many supermodels at one photoshoot is that you don’t have to spend any of the budget on the catering.

- Karl Lagerfeld responded in his typical thoughtful and sensitive manner when asked about Christophe Decarnin‘s departure from Balmain: ”Forget about it! This was a job done by a fashion editor. I don’t even know the name of the man who did it, so don’t ask me about that.” [Fashionologie]

- Britney Spears caused a minor riot when she made a surprise appearance at raptress Nicki Minaj‘s after party this weekend, causing six fans to reportedly hyperventilate and pass out from exhaustion dehydration excitement. The two femme fatales will tour this summer and recently collaborated on a remix of  future Song of the Summer,”Till the World Ends” with dumpster diver cum popstar Ke$ha. [MTV]

- 18-year-old Scots Guard Cameron Reilly should have been more guarded over his Facebook. The palace guard has been banned from the wedding march after lashing out online against Kate Middleton, calling her a “stupid, stuck up cow,” a “posh bitch” and asking who “gives a fuck about her?” after the future Princess apparently slighted him. Aww, someone’s got a crush! And someone needs to be put on 24-hour surveillance! [Daily Mail]

- Though she claims she never thought much about pursuing acting, after being tapped to host the ck one -sponsored MTV Push event, Lara Stone says she would “definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure — I would make a great evil Bond girl!” Now casting, Chesty Von Gaptooth for the next 007 flick. [WWD]

- Sir Elton John has confirmed that Lady Gaga is indeed the godmother to his newborn son Zachary, thus ensuring the gayest kid this side of Chaz Bono. [Daily Mail]

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The campaign stars Givenchy regulars Mariacarla Boscono, Iris Strubegger, Natasha Poly, Daphne Groeneveld along with Jonathan Marquez, Pablo Otero and current It boy, Stephen Thompson.

Noticeably absent, however, is Tisci muse Lea T. I miss that stunning tranny, but these ads are already an early contender for my favorite campaign this year.

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Racked‘s “very well-placed” sources, claim:

[T]he magazine’s parent company was unhappy with all the bad press surrounding Roitfeld’s alleged pay-for-play scandals…demanding huge sums of money for extracurricular consulting gigs and the enormous, public embarrassment of being banned from Balenciaga last season for abusing her position at Vogue. In the latter case, Roitfeld allegedly borrowed Balenciaga preview pieces and sent them to her client, Max Mara, to copy…”

Then there’s that other scandal with ANDAM winner Hakaan:

“An angry anonymous letter, which was circulated among French media this week, asked “how a Turkish designer out of nowhere books Natalia Vodianova, Maria Carla Boscono, Lara Stone or Natasha Poly for his show—models asking €15.000 min per show, and who aren’t really famous for their charity!”

Roitfeld also made an unprecedented move by showing up to Hakaan’s first show with Kate Moss in tow. And then there’s that other scandal involving LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, who “allegedly threatened Conde Nast International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse with the removal of all LVMH ads from the next issue of” French Vogue after the last issue (edited by Tom Ford) apparently didn’t contain enough LVMH ad credits and exercised “poor taste” in this editorial.

As for rumors that Carine will be working with Ford on his new womenswear line, Ford recently told the New York Times Cathy Horyn:

“Carine and I have no plans to work together at the moment, and it is nothing that we have even discussed, but of course I think she is brilliant and we are close friends so who knows about the future.”

Well, I guess Heidi Klum‘s been right all along. In fashion one day you’re Anna Wintour and the next, you’re …Carine Roitfeld. It will be interesting to see how this story unfolds, who will succeed Carine (Emmanuelle Alt is apparently not an option) and where Carine lands, besides inevitably on her stilettoed feet.

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The campaign will feature Thompson and the models in overlapping exposure, giving the translucence of the model’s skin and Givenchy’s clothes a further ghostly effect.

In an interview with WWD, Riccardo Tisci explained that he felt albinos are “very near [his] world” and that the idea for the campaign as well as his latest collection was inspired by “an alabaster Roman bust atop a stretch of leopard-print fabric.”

Yeah, that sounds about right:

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It’s fashion, after all, where’s a thin film of gossamer and tulle keeps the alleged “real world” separate from the candy-colored disco world of our collective imaginations.

Hence realness is realized with a cover featuring  a gorgeous ballet star (he’s not a model so it counts, right?) and apparently only half of Mariacarla Boscono.

Seriously, she’s twelve feet tall, where is the rest of her?

The divine Clement Chabernaud and ethereal Mariacarla Boscono are haunting and beautiful in Paolo Roversi’s shoot for W. My fears over W ‘s direction following Stefano Tonchi’s assent to the editorship are beginning to be assuaged. I mean, all I need is a gorgeous priest and I’m happy.

Mariacarla is one of the most in demand models right now. This Italian brunette looks fantastic, no matter what she is wearing.

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Model Mariacarla Boscono graces the cover of the latest Italian themed issue of MUSE magazine shot by Terry Richardson.

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Natalia Vodianova & Mariacarla Boscono and tribal prints all in one campaign!? Does it get any better than this!? No. No, it does not.

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Mariacarla Boscono was shot by fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø and styled by Anastasia Barbieri. Mariacarla wears dresses by Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander, Valentino, D&G, Chanel, and Jean Paul Gaultier.

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D & G F/W ad campaign. So many models, so many great looks. Can you spy Jesus?

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Photographer: Mario Testino

Models: Sara Blomqvist, Hanna Rundlof, Katie Fogarty, Stephanie Rad, Raghild, Edita Vilkeviciute, Mariacarla Boscono, and Heidi Mount

GALLERY: AD-DICT: Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2009 Campaign

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GALLERY: SPREAD UM: Mariacarla Boscono and Alana Zimmer for Wallpaper Magazine, July 2009

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Besides the cameo from those horrible pajamas Dolce & Gabbana walked down the runway at their spring 2009 show, I really love this series of ads. Models Mariacarla Boscono, Caroline Trentini and Karlie Kloss perfect the lush scene shot by Steven Klein. Pajama vomit aside, the clothing looks absolutely phenomenal; the boys knew what they were doing while creating these silhouettes. The best part about this is the hot, tattooed, badass of a camera woman in the background. I love that her randomness creates the perfect balance throughout this campaign.

GALLERY: Dolce & Gabbana S/S 09 Shot by Steven Klein

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When supermodel Mariacarla Boscono models for photographer Camilla Akrans, you know something great is going to come from it. This spread for the March issue of Vogue Nippon has luxurious Italian palazzo written all over it. All of her dresses say something different, from conservative beauty to disco superstar. I think these two should work together more often; the results are fantastic.

Thanks to Korey Lartigue-Webb for the photos.

Just like that girls, just do those squat thrust, 1 and 2 and 1 and 2.  Shake what Madonna gave ya. Extend, YEAH!!! COME ON GIRLS!!! YOU”VE GOT FOUR WEEKS TILL FASHION WEEK and YOU’RE ALL LOOKING LIKE A TOTAL GEMMAS!!!

The new Givenchy ads have hit the glossies starring Ana Claudia, Lakshmi, Lara & Mariacarla. It was shot by Inez & Vinoodh. It reminds me of what a work out at Gwyenth Paltrow’s gym might look like. 

            This ad from the D&G spring 09 campaign looks a little too clean and perfect. But I think it kinda works. The stark contrast of the heavy metal jewelry and black fabrics against Mariacarla Boscono’s bloodless skin tone evokes an eerie feeling. The sunglasses look Photoshopped on her face, however, which makes the aesthetic a little awkward. I’m curious to see what photographer Steven Klein did with the other photos for this campaign. 

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