Mary Alice Stephenson wears a lot of hats!  Her Facebook followers are in the five figures, she is a media go-to for her red carpet commentating and heart-filled fashion segments, a world renown stylist who has styled for icons such as Avedon, Hiro, Demarchelier, Lindbergh and Richardson as well as serving as a brand ambassador and spokesperson for many Fortune 500 brands.   Oh, and we can’t forget to mention how cool it is that she and Barbie are talking fashion in her “dream” closet for BarbieWow.com next week, while still making time to be the national fashion ambassador for the Make a Wish Foundation.  She gives her time and love for fashion to many charitable organizations all while being a single mom.  She’s our new hero and we think soon to be yours, too!

As a fashion consultant, you get to do something different every day- which days are you favorite?

Every day is different and I love it that way!  It’s such a mix — from red carpet commentating to consulting behind the scenes for Fortune 500 companies, to creative directing, to styling editorial shoots with top photographers. Each week it’s high fashion to mass fashion, it keeps me happy to be in both worlds!  I can reach so many real women all over the world via social media, my followers love that they can get a look into the real world of fashion and learn how they can apply that glamour to their lives in a realistic way.  One day I’m shooting for a European Vogue, doing a fashion segment for the Nate Berkus show or styling a supermodel for Estee Lauder and the next day I could be helping real women get their glam on in a mall in middle America!

Who are young designers that we should be looking to for the future of fashion?

I just had lunch with the talented designers of Cushnie et Ochs, I try to support as many up and coming designers as possible.  I know how tough this business can be and how much support they need to make it.   I love Flora and Alexa from Ohne Titel, Juan Carlos Obando, Joseph Altruzara, Christian Cota, Suno, Frank Tell….  There is so much talent out there right now.  I try to shoot their clothes, or get them on the red carpet as well as talk about their clothes in the media to help get their point of view out to mass America.  The American public needs to know there are more options than just the big brands that can afford to advertise.  It’s still a struggle, for example, there were a wide range of luxury brands seen on the Golden Globe red carpet but where were Erdem, Prabal Gurung, Thakoon, Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler?  I was happy to see Givenchy, Nina Ricci and Jason Wu, though —  so that is some progress!

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Sorrenti is actually the first Italian to photograph the Pirelli Calendar, whose past lensmen have included Herb Ritts (1994, 1999), Richard Avedon (1995, 1997), Bruce Weber (1998, 2003), Annie Leibovitz (2000), Mario Testino (2001), Peter Lindbergh (1996, 2002), Patrick Demarchelier (2005, 2008), Mert and Marcus (2006), Inez and Vinoodh (2007), Terry Richardson (2010) and last year, Karl Lagerfeld.

For the shoot in Corsica, Sorrenti chose mostly women with whom he had previously worked, including supermodel among supermodels Kate Moss, whom the photographer has known for some 20 years — the two worked together on the iconic Calvin Klein “Obsession” campaign when Sorrenti was just 21 and Moss was practically still in diapers. In the “Making of ” short film that preceded a Q&A with Sorrenti, he remarked that he “couldn’t do this without her.”

Check out all 25 images from the 2012 Pirelli Calendar, featuring Saskia de Brauw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Margareth Madè, Lara Stone, Guinevere Van Seenus, Malgosia Bela, Milla Jovovich, Fontana,  Smalls,Poly and Moss.

Do you know who invented Rihanna’s iconic haircut, “The Firefly”? Patrick Melville, renowned specialist in high fashion chic and red carpet glamour, did. This really comes as no surprise if one considers his track record. Patrick got his training in London while working for British Vogue and, from there, he went on to have his work immortalized by the lenses of Patrick Demarchelier, Gilles Bensimon, and Kurt Marcus (among others) for the pages of W, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and many more. Success is a stressful thing, but instead of taking a spa-cation, in 2007 Patrick opened The Patrick Melville Salon and Spa at The Sports Club/LA, the internationally reputed sports and fitness complex at Rockefeller Center. His sleek venue quickly became a top beauty destination, as it features all the amenities of a world-class spa—from luxury manicure and pedicures, to acupuncture as well as organic body and hair treatments—along with superb hair cutting and a full-service color bar. So if you were looking for a place to get your do done for those upcoming festivities, this would be it. Should you be unable to make the trip to Rockefeller Center, however, then check out these five practical holiday hairstyles from Patrick.

For more great NYFW pics hop on over to Guaty Galleries on Lookbooks! And we recently convinced Richard to whore himself out via  Twitter and Tumblr, so make sure to follow him @RichardGuaty and guatygalleries.tumblr.com, respectively.

I mean, it’s got to be better than this. And for more kickass photos such as this, visit The Guaty Galleries featuring photos from fashion photographer and certified hottie Richard Guaty.

The Editor-in-Chic

What you’re thinking: I’ve got places to go, people to fire, careers to kill and not enough time to worry about getting my goddamn photo taken. But as a fashion professional, I’m never caught with my palazzo pants down so take your goddamn pic and get outta my goddamn way, trash.

What you’re doing: Spotting the photog out of the corner of your eye while pretending not to see him and stomping by in a controlled rush to be properly preserved.

Tom Murray, president and CEO of Calvin Klein explains the Lara factor thusly:

“Lara Stone is one of the world’s top models and her distinct look and sex appeal resonates with our consumers and has synergized our branded lifestyle advertising campaigns around the world.”

I guess everyone loves big boobs and a gap tooth — I can at least get on board with one of those things.

Naked Glamour is designed to make women look sexier than they do naked, featuring “luxurious fabrics with a hint of shine, subtly contrasted by feminine matte trims” and four bra styles: “Contour with Lace Trim,” “Convertible Lace Plunge,” “Push Up” and the imaginatively-titled “Add a Size.”

Click through for images from Stone’s print campaign and to watch her writhe about somewhat seductively in the Naked Glamour commercial. [WWD]

*Oprah.

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Ben Hill

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- Grace Coddington‘s 70th birthday was a who’s who of fashion royalty, with a guest list including Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Naomi Campbell, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Annie Leibovitz,  Helmut Lang, André Leon Talley, Liya Kebede, Karen Elson, Stefano Pilati, Hamish Bowles, Karlie Kloss, Nicolas Ghesquière, Bruce Weber, Patrick Demarchelier, Vera Wang, Edward Enninful, Riccardo Tisci, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez from Proenza Schouler and Laura and Kate Mulleavy from Rodarte. Twas clearly a magical night, as evidenced by this photo of Anna having what appears to be…a good time:

There but for the Grace of Coddington go I. [Styleite]

- Another image has “leaked” from Beyoncé‘s video shoot — either B has awful security or we’re just the pawns in her little chess game of pop supremacy…either way I couldn’t care less because she’s wearing Alexander McQueen. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]

Emmanuelle Alt © Garance Doré

Emmanuelle Alt is writing her own ticket for VOGUE Paris. I was not expecting a fundamental change in the Editorial Direction being that she has been the Fashion Director of the magazine for over ten years and collaborating with Carine Roitfeld. Thus the assumption that there would be little change from the status quo. However, the April 2011 issue of VOGUE Paris gives a clear new direction; bye bye porno chic, provocation, unjustified nudity, welcome softness, lifestyle, casual clothing. Emmanuelle’s approach is more consensual and obviously more commercial, which the fashion customer might find more accessible.

I want to show in French Vogue more and more a lot of clothes … It’s a different point of view, but nobody gave me a mission to change it or make it more commercial. she stressed in her WWD’s interview

Her vision of fashion is also conditioned by the choice of photographer she has decided to collaborate with and thus don’t expect any radical changes in those she has already worked with.

I want to keep the quality, the photographers we work with—David Sims, Mert and Marcus, Mario Testino, and Bruce Weber. I don’t think there should be radical changes. The magazine should still be chic and sophisticated. VOGUE.com interview

There has been one huge surprise however… The Return of Hans Feurer in VOGUE Paris is great news and a welcome change.

Hans Feurer ©DR

Hans Feurer’s style is easily recognizable:

• Outdoor shoots, long lenses, grainy film aspect, blurred background, sharp on the model (bokeh effect), sunrise or sunset light and often with the introduction of back light and flare.

This style was in “VOGUE” in the 70′s and 80′s and has come back in to fashion since certain internet bloggers started to photograph street fashion a few years ago. The styling often associated with his photography is ethnic, tribal in wildly natural spaces. However, he can express himself in a more urban environment as he did recently in French VOGUE with Supermodel Anja Rubik.

Anja Rubik by Hans Feurer for VOGUE Paris - April 2011

Feurer, a highly renowned fashion photographer in the 70s and 80s, is Swiss born and studied photography in London. In the ’60s, he became a photographer for British Vogue, Vogue Paris, US Vogue, Marie Claire, French Elle… He photographed most of the major supermodels from Claudia Schiffer to Laetitia Casta with Yasmeen Ghauri, Christy Turlington… He launched Amber Valletta in French Elle Magazine.

Who do you dream to photograph?

- I had the chance to work with the most beautiful women in the world from Pat Cleveland, Christy Turlington to Stephanie Seymour… Kate Moss is the only one that I haven’t photographed. Excerpt of his interview in the Contributor Section of French VOGUE April 2011.

I would add “so Far”… , but I have the feeling that with his statement in the Contributor Section of the magazine, this omission will be repaired quickly enough.

Some of his archives

In the early 60′s, he was assisted by French Photographer Patrick Demarchelier. Hans Feurer is also renowned for his collaboration with Kenzo for several of their Ad Campaigns in the 70′s and 80′s and was well known for his shooting of lingerie and swimsuits in a beach environment. In 1974, he directed the famous Pirelli Calendar.

Over the past few years Hans Feurer is back on track with magazines the likes of Numéro, I-D and VOGUE China, etc…

I really appreciate the fact that Emmanuelle Alt went for the original “Real Deal” photographer rather than one of the numerous copies amongst the younger fashion photographers emulating his and Eddy Kohli‘s style.

DIM Advertising © Eddy Kohli

Watch more photos from Hans Feurer in VOGUE Paris – April 2011

Here is the video of the 2005 edition of the International Fashion Photography Festival in Cannes, France with interviews of Hans Feurer, Jean-Daniel Lorieux, Benjamin Kanarek, amongst others.

Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic

Shot by Patrick Demarchelier and styled by Tabitha Simmons, Vogue recycled this very theme from an editorial nearly 2 years ago, also shot by Demarchelier.

It was cloying then and it’s cloying now, unless you’re into that sort of thing; you know, love, companionship, not dying alone, blah-blah-blah. Where’s my cocktail? V-Day’s approaching and I need a buffer from reality.

As for the clothes, besides Bonnie in Burberry, I’m literally in a coma from boredom. Pull the plug.

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Lookbooks.com Co- Founder Manny Serrano, was able to catch this great action shot of photographer Patrick Demarchelier shooting the beauty. I’m surprised everyone and there mother were not trying to get into the shot. (I totally would if I wasn’t ridiculously jaded.)

A talented designer, he will never know the joys of childbirth.

The Cavalli clan shot by Patrick Demarchelier

Roberto adds, “My first child was born nine months, 10 days after the wedding. For me, I would expect to have 10! I never understand why God give the possibility to have children just to woman.”

Personally, I just can’t picture Roberto with a baby bump.

If I had a nickel for every single time I saw an editorial featuring a half-naked Kate moss clad in a shaggy fur coat, I would have bought a Chanel 2.55 handbag many moons ago. Needless to say, the concept of the shoot was slightly unoriginal. I understand that the concept for this particular photo set was not overly risky due to the fact that it is the cover editorial. In contrast, the other editorials featured, particularly “And God Created Woman” featuring Guinevere van Seenus (click here for photos), really drew me in. Superstar stylist, Lucinda Chambers, took many hints from the Prada, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs A/W RTW shows through the means of sky-high beehives and headbands, past-the-knee wool skirts, ladylike corsets and 1950s inspired knits.

It has been a long time since the American Vogue made me go “WOW!”. It’s just not what it used to be! To top it, Halle is sporting an unflattering bob wig that is eerily reminiscent of Catherine Zeta Jones’ character in Chicago and a yawn-inducing wardrobe. I’m also really upset about the fact that the vast majority of Western fashion magazines feature celebrities on the cover simply to sell more issues. In particular, I was shocked to find that Halle Berry was going to be the cover girl for this issue. When was the last time she starred in a successful film or accomplished something great? Something tells me that Anna Wintour was looking for newsworthy buzz to surround Vogue (Halle Berry is the first African American woman to cover a Vogue September issue since 1989). All in all, the issue seems like it is going to be incredibly disappointing.

VOGUE NIPPON

Things began to perk up when I flipped through the editorials of Vogue issues from further east. In this particular one, Constance is decked out in a killer mix of A/W 2010 RTW Hermes, Stella McCartney and Michael Kors (whose fur/camel pieces are my favorite items in all of the autumn/winter collections, I might add). You can never go wrong with Constance Jablonski! To me, she’s the epitome of fresh-faced beauty.

VOGUE AUSTRALIA

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Jacobs on the runway, 1985.

Out and about in Paris, 1990.

Shot by Patrick Demarchelier for Bazaar, 1993.

With Naomi Campbell, 1998.

Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola, 2005.

After his fall 2007 show.

In New York’s SoHo, 2009.

Marc Jacobs, photographed by Nan Goldin

Jacobs’s view from the top. Grooming: Fabiola Arancibia using Forever Makeup; set design: Andy Harman. Photographed at the Royal Terrace Suite at the Plaza Hotel.

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Anabela Belikova, Erin Wasson, Jacques Naude, Lauren Hutton, Julia Stegner, Mark Vanderloo, Ryan Heavyside, Daria Werbowy, Sasha Pivovarova and Lara Stone all star in the Summer 2010 H&M campaign shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Video after the jump…

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Total hair envy! Not only are these images incredible, the hair is breathtaking! Shot by Patrick Demarchelier with hair styling by Luigi Murenu.

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Carine Roitfeld lends her eye to Patrick Demarchelier to shoot this Eastern inspired spread for Vogue Homme International.

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New mom Gisele Bündchen is saving forests and rivers and empowering troubled teens with her natural beauty line. Joan Juliet Buck talks to the übermodel about her eco interests and life with Tom Brady.

Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.

Coast of Utopia

1. Gisele Bündchen, at her house in Costa Rica, in a Bottega Veneta corseted bustier top and cream cotton-silk shorts with plum sash.

Spirit Rider

2. The model on horseback, in a Hervé Léger by Max Azria taupe bandage swimsuit top. Alexander Wang tan-and-red
striped silk shorts with draped pockets. Quoddy for J.Crew suede moccasins.

Earthly Paradise

3. Gisele, with her dog Lua, striking a pose in Costa Rica, where she visits every year with husband Tom Brady. Ivory Bottega Veneta cotton-crepe jumpsuit and black sash.

Infinity and Beyond

4. Gisele—diving into her pool high above the Pacific—wearing a chartreuse Eres string bikini top and bottom.

All in the Family

5. Vida the Yorkie and Lua with Gisele, photographed here in an Emilio Pucci silk-and-cotton Henley bodysuit and Roberto Cavalli cotton mosaic-print shorts. Lanvin sandals.

In this story: fashion editor: Tonne Goodman; hair, Garren for Garren New York Salon; makeup, Yumi for Laura Mercier at Frank Reps.

Life Force

6. With newborn Benjamin Rein Brady in a Marc Jacobs cardigan and boy shorts.

Divine Transformation

7. The supermodel, seven months pregnant, in a sheer Chloé cream mousseline plissé dress with raw-edge trim.

(vogue.com)

Absolutely gorgeous! Of course she doesn’t look as though she’s had a baby……I wouldn’t expect that of her!

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Son of famed photog Patrick Demarchelier, Victor has shot for likes of Paris Vogue and Interview Magazine. He works side by side with his father in their Chelsea studio. “It helps and it hurts at the same time,” Victor says of his famous father, “but it’s nothing to be ashamed of. And not just because he’s my dad, but because he’s one of my favorite photographers.”

Read more about Patrick on Style File

Kate Moss gets caught in a threesome in the pages of Harper’s Bazaar’s March issue.

On why she doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer: “I’m not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I’ve never been to design school. I can’t sketch. I can’t cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf.”

On this shoot for Harper’s Bazaar: “It was with Peter [Lindbergh], and it was so much fun. He was absolutely hilarious. Peter is old-school. There aren’t many around like him anymore who really know how to take pictures. There’s him and Patrick [Demarchelier]. He really knows, and he makes it look so easy. I’ve known him since I was 18 and worked with him for Bazaar. He’s into older women, and as I get older, it gets better. He’s not into little girls. Now that I’m older, we really talk and hang out. It’s great to catch up, to grow up and be able to talk to people who used to see you as a little kid.”

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Photography by Patrick Demarchelier, Isabeli Fontana shows off the LV Cruise collection.

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Before Gaga, there was Gisele, pantless for the August 2000 issue of Numéro, shot by Patrick Demarchelier.

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“I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn’t mean being pretty.” -Diane Kruger

Famed fashion photog and frequent French Vogue contributor Patrick Demarchelier shot actress Diane Kruger for French Vogue Oct 09. Styled by Vogue Paris Editor-in-Chief Carine Roitfeld, Diane goes from fresh-faced blond to a black lace clad minx…and it’s ultra fabulous. I am sooooo loving this lace trend.

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“My dog, Puffy. The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn’t pose. He isn’t aware of the camera.” -Patrick Demarchelier’s answer to the question “Your favorite portrait?” asked by Time Magazine for “10 Questions For Patrick Demarchelier

Cameron Russell, Du Juan, Lakshmi Menon, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Bianca Balti and Constance Jablonski are the 6 stars of a beauty editorial titled “Making Waves” in Allure Magazine’s October 09 issue. Shot by legendary photography phenom Patrick Demarchelier, the photos are FIERCE. The hairstyles (the real stars of the editorial) and makeup are reminiscent of the 80s. One of the beauties sporting loose curls reminds me of the “The Breck Girl” while another has Jessica Rabbit-esque waves. The makeup is bold and bright, just how I like it. Overall a fabulous spread…

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We drove by Bryant Park yesterday, and were surprised to see that the tents have already been built. We found out today that this is because Patrick Demarchelier will be shooting 100 models wearing Fashion’s Night Out tees on the steps of the Bryant Park tents on September 9. So excited for fashion week!

Gisele looks super cute and not pregnant in this issue of Vogue India, shot by Patrick Demarchelier.

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Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier

Model: Iris Strubegger

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Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier

Model: Catherine McNeil

GALLERY: FASHION PORN: “Femme Fatale” Vogue Germany August 2009

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Catherine McNeil shows off her amazing body and multiple tattoo’s in this leggy editorial. Get your fill of Madonna references (fingerless gloves and corset cone bras) on Cult.

GALLERY: Catherine McNeil for Vogue Germany

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Accessory overload hits the cover of the June 09 issue of Aussie Vogue, shot by Patrick Demarchelier.

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Another feature in the Models Issue of Vogue May 2009 is “Meet the Boyfriends.”

Pretty straightforward — Patrick Demarchelier photographed six top models with their boyfriends: Doutzen Kroes, Chanel Iman, Arlenis Sosa, Julia Stegner, Caroline Trentini, and Anna Jagodzinska.

Cutest part: Caroline is dating the photographer’s son! And even though she’s clearly posing, this shot is my favorite because it seems the most authentic and least modelly.

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In one of the most interesting shoots I’ve seen in awhile, Yrme Stiekema poses for Patrick Demarchelier in a monochromatic, farmer’s daughter historic world. Elaborate dresses and suits complement barnyard animals and clogs that are sole-deep in hay. A large wheel of cheese and and bucket of milk (the contents of which are strategically dripping from Stiekema’s mouth) round out the props for the shoot styled by the talented Carine Roitfeld. Props to designing a shoot that isn’t even remotely close to anything I’ve seen yet this season.

GALLERY: Ymre Stiekema Shot by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue Paris

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I didn’t know Penélope Cruz was a fashion icon, but here she is, looking great in Balmain on the cover of the April 2009 issue of Spanish Vogue.

Patrick Demarchelier shot the spread, which is pretty casual (it co-stars a dog!) but celebrates her recent Academy Award win.

GALLERY: Penelope Cruz for Spanish Vogue, April 2009.

Shot by Patrick Demarchelier for the April 2009 issue of Vogue UK, Claudia Schiffer is still going strong at 38.

The cover isn’t that interesting (April = Spring = pink!), but this shot is hot. Schiffer is wearing a Lowew pilot cap and ripped Balmain jeans.

I am obsessed with this spread in the March issue of Vogue UK. Aggy Deyn looks amazing in acidic colors and red lipstick. Her hair looks fabulous, and she can do no wrong in these outfits. I always think Aggy is soooo overrated, but she definitely lived up to her name in this spread. I don’t know if Demarchelier or the stylist is responsible, but it was a magnificent 3-team effort here.

Thanks to Korey Lartigue-Webb for the photos.

R.J. Cutler’s documentary on Anna Wintour and her mad dash to produce the September 2007 issue of Vogue hits Sundance this week. It’s instant nostalgia for the good days of fashion.

“My observation with the creativity in the hallways and offices is that Vogue is like the mist. You don’t think it’s raining and all of a sudden you’re soaking wet,” says Cutler on his experiences.

Designers set to have a major role in the documentary include Thakoon Panichgul, Oscar de la Renta, Patrick Demarchelier, Karl Lagerfeld, Nicolas Ghesquière, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stefano Pilati, Phillip Lim and Isabel Toledo, among others.

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