Both Winslet and Bonham Carter are known for their red carpet style; whereas Kate skews more to the classic ideal of Hollywood glamour, Helena likes to pile on the crazy. And while St. John is trying to appeal to a younger customer, Marc continues to give less than two shits what anyone thinks.

Hence, Kate Winslet for St. John — classy, demure, grey jersey dress, acting  — and Helena Bonham Carter for Marc Jacobs — legs splayed at an awkward angle, pink sequins and scallops, quirk. Matches made in fashion heaven.

Now if only the two actresses could switch places in their respective ads à la Freak Friday. That would be truly heavnly. [WWD, Daily Telegraph, Fashionologie]

Winslet explains:

“They want to keep it looking like me and not have it look like me pretending to be a model wearing these clothes. I’m obviously not a model. I’m not the size of a model. I don’t have the face of a model or the shape of a model.”

This is the film queen’s first stint as the face of a fashion house having shilled for American Express and Lancôme in the past. However when the reporter told Kate that the St. John woman was known more for hot flashes than hot pants, she seemed “surprised”:

“To me, it’s fresher than that. It seems fresher than that because of the fabrics. They’re extremely delicate, extremely wearable and very flattering.”

Then she backhanded the reporter and stormed off the set only to realize it was Jersey at which point she began to hysterically cry. Little did she know someone was filming her with their camera phone and her performance is already being considered a huge Oscar frontrunner.[WWD]

Photo: Daily Beast

- Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales (I can’t get enough of these titles) is apparently also wearing McQueen this evening. [Twit Pic]

- Though now an official royal, the Duchess formerly known as Kate Middleton is not above doing her own make-up. [People]

- Apparently there are other news stories happening besides the greatest wedding of the past 30 years, such as January Jones is now a pregnant, unwed, and no one knows who the father is. And this day was going so elegantly. [Popeater]

- And in other Kate news, Kate Winslet is the new face of St. John. [The Cut]

- Finally, and wonderfully before I pass out from this royally exhausting day, Broadway legend and diva with a capital D, Patti Lupone will bringing her magnificent chops to the season finale of Glee, thus placing it in a very special realm of gay heretofore restricted to Sex and the City theme parties and the Interior Illusions Lounge from RuPaul’s Drag Race. [Playbill]

In fact, Blabbermouth revealed the collaboration is a pleasant surprise. With the help and vision of Gray, whose work has given St. John’s a high position luxury sportswear, the pair sent an array of day and night pieces down the runway with attentive details of fur trims, metallic leather, dangling chains, and strategically shredded and acid washed jeans that’s more ’80s hair metal banger gone mature than a bar hopping has-been looking to relive the good ‘ol days.

The marriage of headbangers and fashion is not an unfamiliar one, and Sixx is certainly not the only one to send his love for the art down the runway. Heavy metal icon and Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford released his line of t-shirts called Metal God Apparel, which combined the artwork of classic metal albums with the tacky graphic formatting of Affliction tees — a disappointment to his fans who expected bike chains and leather from the man who made it chic. Another unlikelyrocker-turned-designer is Gorgoroth’s Gaahl, frontman of the Norwegian black metal band, who is set to release a women’s line called Wynjo.

With the latter’s release being indefinite, and with Halford’s products looking, well, not so good, we’ll have to give the award to Sixx. Watch the video below to see his winning collection of casual wear:

image via Royal Underground

LINK LOVE:WATCH: Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx Debuts Clothing Line

St. John Spring 2010 Campaign

Photography:  Greg Kadel

Model: Karen Elson

LINK LOVE: NY Mag via WWD

Reported by WWD, St. John dropped Angie after her three year run as the brand’s spokesmodel.

“The campaign, using models who aren’t household names, departs from the black-and-white images of Jolie shot by Mario Testino under the direction of David Lipman. It consists of four color vignettes shot at night in New York City locations, including Times Square and Central Park. Each captures a specific color palette and group, from daywear to cocktail to evening. The ads (below) will launch in the August issue of Vanity Fair.”

“It was a great run we had with Mario Testino, David Lipman and, of course, Angelina Jolie,” chief executive officer Glenn McMahon said in an interview. “Three years is a long time to maintain any campaign, and we felt it was time to do something new and different. [The campaign] ties in nicely to our whole rebranding initiative.”