Waiting for THE MET 2009 - the Costume Institute Gala

Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady

Stella McCartney and Kate Moss

Claudia Schiffer with Valentino

Every year this is the red-carpet event I expect the most, even more than the Oscars themselves!

This year is going to take place on Monday 4th of May (here we are!) and its theme has been set as "Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" and I strongly have the sensation it will be the most fashionable ever!

It wants to prove that models have always served as fashion designer muses along different eras, ispiring and embodying the trends of the seasons.

Marc Jacobs who will serve the night's honorary chair (together with Kate Moss, Justine Timberlake and Anna Wintour) said: "The idea of muses or models, whether it is someone you know or someone you have seen in an image, somoeone of your imagination or a creature of your own invention, is important to every designer and every collection".

When he was asked if there was in his opinion a representative model of the muse theme, he mentioned Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell but then he admitted that the best example of it was Kate Moss, saying that "the images of Kate Moss by Corinne Day and Juergen Teller changed fashion. That was a moment when we looked at beauty and glamour in a different way, and I think Kate still embodies the style and change of ideals and the way we now look at beauty and glamour and perfection and imperfection".

Marc Jacobs will also be dressing Madonna in Louis Vuitton. Calvin Klein will be clothing Halle Berry and Diane Kruger, the one I am truly waiting for, by Karl Lagerfeld.
Rachel Bilson will be dressed head to toe by Brian Atwood, while Jessica Stam will be in Rodarte, Lily in Narciso Rodriguez and Liya Kebede in Derek Lam.
Nobody knows yet who Claudia Schiffer will be dressed by, nor Christy Turlington or Eva Herzigova.
While waiting for the event to begin (can't wait!), I decided to post just some of my last year's fave outfits (the theme was "Superheroes"), courtesy of handbag.com

COSMOPOLITAN UK - APRIL 09

I usually don't buy Cosmopolitan as I found it speaks more about girlie things (as Glamour by the way) than about fashion but this time I really like this editorial (courtesy of bmodels.com) as it truly reflects my style and the pieces I always buy time over time: lace details and nude feminine items paired with black. I don't like the model so much (Nadejda Savcova), but she's quite a pretty and fresh face.

CHLOE' MULTI-STRAP PUMPS/WEDGES

Unfortunately I wasn't able to put my hands on these pair of "baby" shoes from Chloè 2007 collection (still looking for them in case you know somebody who wants to sell theirs!) and this other pair came out from its latest summer collection. It is not the same shoes obviously but it is pretty similar to my original lust. At least I got a second chance... Lucky me?
Let's see if I will finally have that kind in my walk-in (!?!?!?)

ERIN HEATHERTON - from Oysh summer collection

Just found out this image and I soon wanted to post as it reminds me of my Elite book in Milan and of the period when I used to (try to) model... merci bmodels.com!

BLONDES? WHY?

They are two of my favourite models of all times: Laetitia used to be my idea of being sexy with all those curves and her normal height and the raising star Magdalena Frackoviak is just the perfect incarnation of what beauty is now. What I always tought about them (and why I always liked them) was that their beauty came from being natural and fresh and now... what's that??? Both of them have become platinum blonde on the cover of a fashion magazine? Why? I hope that colour is just for the cover... please don't tell me they made it to stay :(