KATY & AMBER AGED TO PERFECTION?

KATY PERRY - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAYKaty Perry's latest single THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY is burning up the billboard charts.   The single puts the already mega platinum TEENAGE DREAM album into a stratosphere rarely orbited by albums these days!

The video for the single features the fresh faced Katy as a wellKATY PERRY to do Octogenarian reminiscing, as the title suggests, about the one that got away.   Some serious prosthetic makeup was needed to make the transformation believable.  Watch the video below.MULTI-PLATINUM TEENAGE DREAM

I couldn't help see the resemblance to a recent photo shoot that aged another famous beauty to 120 years old!  The fashion fantasy shoot in W Magazine saw super model AmberAMBER VALETTA - TRANSFORMED TO 120 - PH: STEVEN KLEIN Valetta as a science fiction fashion diva as she defies nature but respects fashion!   Valetta is one of the most photographedAMBER VALETTA SUPPORTING A GREAT CAUSE models in the world and has grown into a beautiful and talented actress in her own right.   Valetta is one of the few that seems to be able to navigate the waters of acting and modeling with ease. 

Music videos are often inspired by art and fashion when they create a world to bring songs to life.   Fashion shoots are a natural source of inspiration for videos, as magazines spend huge budgets to showcase the latest fashion creations from the most luxurious fashion houses in the world.

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FERRAGAMO FALL 2010 RTW PREVIEW

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO FALL 2010The arrival of hot and sticky Summer weather means one thing in the Fashion world- FALL TRUNK SHOWS!   That's right, the world of high fashion has a unique relationship with the calendar.   To be the first to reserve the hottest pieces from the Fall runways, you have to get to the stores when the weather is also HOT.    The more in demand the collection, the harder it is to find key pieces left in the stores come September or October!MASSIMILIANO GIORNETTI

This season the house of Ferragamo has seen a flurry of press accolades for the first RTW collection for women from designer Massimiliano Giornetti.    The fashion press were buzzing since it was announced that Mr. Giornetti would succeed Cristina Ortiz as the designer of Ferragamo Donna.   Having had such a strong following for his Ferragamo Uomo collections, editors and customers alike were waiting to see what his Ferragamo woman would look like.   

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO FALL 2010So who is she?   Mr. Giornetti gave his audience what they were dying to see.   Luxurious and sophisticated classics  with a modern twist!   The devil is in the details as they say - and Mr. Giornetti's were right on trend!   It was reported in the main stream press that one key editor was overheard leaving the runway show in Milan saying " Now THAT is what Ferragamo is supposed to look like".     What more can you say?  

The fashion magazines all agreed that Ferragamo was one of the hottest runway collections for Fall.   Flip through the June issues of Harper's Bazaar & W to see the first glimpse of Fall editorial.

*Please join me Friday June 25th in the New York Ferragamo Flagship boutique on 5th Avenue.   We will be previewing the Fall RTW collection, as well as key handbags - and of course SHOES!    Ferragamo is the designer that invented the concept of designer shoes - and 80 years later the house is still building on that legacy!   

To preview the collection on-line click - FERRAGAMO FALL.

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