Posts with tag competition

As Kristen reported, Victoria Beckham isn't showing her dVb collection on the runway this year at Fashion Week. Instead, viewings will be by appointment only. Many speculated that Posh didn't want to deal with negative criticism so she was going to keep things under wraps, but new reports say the real reason behind her no show is fear of Katie Holmes!

Maybe you're not a designer, but you have the magic touch when it comes to putting together an outfit. And perhaps you are also very into ethical style, reworking vintage into something new, or finding the newest organic styles? If you're also over 16 and in England, you should totally enter the BBC Thread's Style Search Competition.

Four finalists get to go to London Fashion Week in September, and the winner gets to work with a stylist on a runway show. All you have to do is upload a digital photo of an outfit that you styled, and hope that the eco-fabulous experts think you're the best.

Well, there's a little more to it than that. If you're interested, check out the criteria and rules. But hurry! Deadline for entries is coming up fast: August 26, 2008.

Sure, the Victoria Secret fashion show has all of those supermodels, but it's sort of sanitized sexiness. Plus you know that everything in the show will eventually turn up a mall near you, piled on a table next to a pyramid of "Pink-scented" lotion.

If you want creativity and adventure in your underwear, you have to check out the new Triumph Inspiration Awards. An international design competition for students, this year the theme was Female Fascination. Designers from 31 countries participated and the judges included supermodel Helena Christensen, Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf, and noted sexy photographer Ellen von Unwerth.

Damn you, Miss U.S.A.! You just ruined our country's chances at world domination -- in pageants. Beautiful Crystle Stewart had an unlucky break when she stumbled and then proceeded to eat stage at the Miss Universe pageant held tonight in Vietnam.

Are you one of those people who is always customizing her bags? Do you doodle design ideas and imagine how cool it would be to see someone walk down the street wearing something you dreamed up? Are you just waiting for your chance to be the next big name in bags?

Well, if you're really that good, Coach might produce your design. Plus give you other prizes!

Coach is sponsoring a contest where you take one of their "iconic" totes, and create your own design. All you have to do is download the template and start designing. You may use the Coach logo, the signature "C" pattern, or the striped "legacy" pattern, or come up with something completely unique. It's up to you.

A new BBC show is ready to challenge the fashion world's notions about marketable beauty. Britain's Missing Top Model, like American's Next Top Model and the ilk, brings together several beauties and puts them through a series of competitions where they have to use real life modeling "skills." The winner is awarded with an exclusive photo spread in Marie Claire, and presumably lasting fame and fortune.

The twist? These models all have some form of disability.

Gah. As much as we hate Heather Mills and would rather stick pins in our eyes than give her credit, perhaps all of her gawking around on Dancing With The Stars did some good.

Usually we encourage ladies to keep their bra straps -- not to mention their bra cups -- well covered. But in this case, we are asking you to do the opposite. Even the rules of decorum can be lifted for a good cause.

Shows about models are a dime a dozen these days. Most programs either follow models/agencies scripted reality style, or they pit the models against each other in a competition format. Of the latter, America's Next Top Model is probably the best; VH1's new show America's Most Smartest Model is probably the worst.

AMSM's premise is simple: you take a dozen models from around the world then send them through mildly rigorous tests of modeling skill and intelligence to see who can last until the end. The show is sort of like Beauty and the Geek -- except there aren't any geeks, which is unfortunate because geeks make for great TV. (Are you listening to me TV-executives???)

The saving grace of AMSM is, of course, the wonderfully talented Ben Stein. He's witty, dry, smart and completely unimpressed by anyone, including the blond sitting next to him, who's technically the star of the show. Funny, I don't even remember her name...

Save for the Ph.D candidate Daniel, none of the models jump off the screen as particularly intelligent. Oddly enough, only a few pop seem especially good-looking (the Ruski Andre B. and Angela). I have to conclude that instead of being about brainy beauties, America's Most Smartest Model is actually about functionally-illiterate uglies.

But did I mention the show stars Ben Stein?