Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Millie Mackintosh The Made In Chelsea star scores a hat trick of modelling campaigns

While you might have been able to make the choice between tuning into or tuning out of reality TV show Made in Chelsea , whether you can escape one of its key cast members is now out of your hands.Millie Mackintosh is famous as a cast member in E4 reality drama Made In Chelsea. She is the best friend of main character Caggie Dunlop. Mackintosh had a romance with fellow cast member Hugo Taylor in the first series. In-between filming series of Made In Chelsea, Millie works as a make up artist. 



Millie Mackintosh, the honey skinned brunette with a pout to rival Keira Knightley's, has been snapped up left, right and centre by brands wanting to cash in on MIC's success. The wealthy 22 year old, dubbed the "Quality Street heiress" her great grandfather and his brother invented the famous chocolates has been named the face of no less than three fashion and beauty brands in the past two weeks.

Today, fashion brand Lipsy released images of the trained make up artist as the face of their new 'VIP' line. Mackintosh is pictured posing in an elegant home amid plush carpets not far removed from her London reality, then. Additionally, skincare company Manuka Doctor recently confirmed her as their brand ambassador, a match apparently made in heaven as Miss Mackintosh needs a cleanser effective enough to rid of her of the heavy duty make up she wears in the show, which is currently wrapping up filming for its third series.

But the jewel in her modelling portfolio must be as the body um, we mean hair of course of Umberto Giannini's new Incredible Body range. Yes, you might have guessed what's coming next: taught Mackintosh plays The Incredible Body, parading her locks around with the assistance of a matching set of lingerie, and not much else. Her femme fatale role features online as a graphic online novel.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Dubai:Wife of the president of Chechnyas first lady unveils Islamic fashion

Chechnya's first lady, Medni Kadyrova, has displayed her Islamic fashion collection to a captivated audience in Dubai, faithful to the politics of her husband who has sought to impose Islamic dress codes in the Caucasus republic.
It is not uncommon to see royalty, political figures and other celebrities perched in the front row of fashion shows, but rarely do they also moonlight as the designer.

Playing both roles in Dubai this weekend was Medni Kadyrova, the wife of the president of Chechnya, who showed her new collection of haute couture pieces before a star-studded crowd including the Lebanese singer Najwa Karam and the Dubai-based designer Furne One.

Thirty of Kadyrova's gowns took to the catwalk under the label of Firdaws Fashion House, which, founded three years ago, scooped Grand Prix and Vice Grand Prix for Couturier of the Year 2011 in Moscow.

More than 20 veiled Chechen models paced the catwalk in a Dubai palace on Saturday evening, clad in silk and carefully embroidered muslin dresses that covered them from head to toe but also managed to outline their figures.

The show culminated in a display of wedding dresses.

Organised by the Firdaws (paradise in Arabic) fashion house, launched by Kadyrova three years ago, it was the first such show for the label outside Chechnya.

"With their beautiful eyes and their slender figures, they actually look like houris," said Omar, a Palestinian working at the show, referring to the virgin angels who, according to the Koran, await faithful Muslims in the afterlife.

"But our young women who wear revealing tops and short skirts, will they agree to dress like this?" he asked.

Firdaws was founded by Kadyrova in 2009 "to lead Chechen women towards a new way of life, full of harmony and serenity, based on the national Islamic traditions," according to a statement by the show's organisers.

"Dubai was chosen for the event because of the good relations between the two countries and between the Kadyrovs and the ruling family" in the emirate, said Zeina Habib, with the public relations agency who helped organise the show.

Dubai is considered "a fashion hub as well as being an Islamic country," she added.

"My designs are inspired by natural beauty and the grace of Arab women, to whom I dedicate my collection," Kadyrova said, adding that she hoped the show in Dubai would be "the first step towards the organisation of many others in the region."

Kadyrova is married to the Kremlin-backed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, a 35-year-old former Chechen rebel who took power in 2004 and has described Islamic law as superior "to the laws of the Russian federation."

A father of seven, Kadyrov has sought to impose Islamic values by encouraging women to wear headscarves and men to take multiple wives, even though traditions like polygamy are in conflict with Russian law.