Getting dressed with Anna...

"When Carine Roitfeld invited me to the Vogue Paris 90th Anniversary party on 30th September in Paris, I was so thrilled, but when I knew it was a ball costume inspired by 'eyes wide shut', I was worried.

Why? Cause if Carine Roitfeld invites you to her party she expects to be surprised by your look.

All the guests are from creative environments, then are supposed to be creative even about themselves.

How to think of a dentist who hasn't the most white and beautiful teeth?"

Anna dello Russo's top 10 tips when dressing for Carine Roitfeld:

1. Carefull with the black outfits (it makes omologate effects).
2. Mask plus tuxedo? So obvious.
3. Don't go too literal. 'Eyes wide shut' is just a start point.
4. Don't rent the outfit (you'll smell like a dusty attic).
5. Don't go too far back with vintage.
6. Find your look in contemporary brands (Fashion is HINC et NUNC).
7. Headpieces is the key of the look. It needs your personal touch.
8. Shoes? Doesn't matter, nobody will note it.
9. Leave the couture to Carine. She will be the Queen of the party.
10. Go to Style.com and start your personal, creative, eccentric, surprising, unique, original, research.

The result?

A custom made Pucci gown designed especially for Anna, Gareth Pugh's extravagant feathered headpiece which both perfectly complimented her lace mask and white wig.

Street style photo blogger Tommy Ton of JAK + JIL, was invited to Anna's suite at the Ritz as she got ready for the Masquerade Ball celebrating Vogue Paris' 90th Anniversary.

This was the outcome...






AMAZING.

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GQ Street Style - New York Fashion Week

Tommy Ton hits the pavement for GQ to find the men who bring it in New York.












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Street Style Favourites - Milan Fashion Week

Next up, Tommy snaps the streets of Milan...










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Street Style Favourites - London Fashion Week

Everyone's favourite photoblogger Tommy Ton, is at it again capturing the latest street style throughout London Fashion Week.

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Erin Wasson

Showing a little love for Australian label Scanlan & Theodore at Alexander Wang's Spring 2011 RTW show in New York.

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Photo of the Week

photographed by Steven Meisel (1993)

Erin Wasson for Scanlan & Theodore

Leading Australian label, Scanlan & Theodore, rarely do things by the book. For one thing, they don’t advertise. For another, though their international fans include Mischa Barton and Carine Roitfeld, you can only kit yourself out in Scanlan & Theodore by visiting one of its nine stores down under.

Creative director, Gary Theodore (who launched the label along with Fiona Scanlan in 1987), has been described as Melbourne’s equivalent of Martin Margiela by the Australian press, because of his reluctance to be photographed or interviewed. For the brand's seasonal lookbooks he tends to collaborate with unusual and controversial artists, the latest of whom is Nan Goldin - a photographer whose images are famed for their visceral emotional impact, intimacy and unflinching honesty. “When you look at Nan’s work” he continues, “it’s simplistic at first glance but after a while the more you look the more you see, there’s a lot going on, emotionally.”

For their Spring/Summer 2010-11 campaign, Goldin captures Texan beauty Erin Wasson in a series of strikingly beautiful images. The rough-smooth beauty of the shoot neatly offsets the collection, which, according to Theodore, “plays on contradiction with a feeling of warm and cool, both in the colors and the fabrics.”

Shot in a mansion in Yonkers, New York, the campaign accentuates the unique individualism Goldin, Wasson and Scanlan & Theodore all share.

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Carine Roitfeld Interview

Three main myths about the French?
Arrogant, brusque and always dissatisfied.

The best way to express feelings?
To talk.

What hinders you in life?
Seasickness. It starts even before I step on deck.

Cat or Dog?
Neither!!!

The main quality of your man?
He still makes me doubt...

You are permitted one wish. Which one will it be?
To see my parents again.

The most important lesson your parents taught you?
To respect others.

The most important lesson you would like to give to your children?
To learn to be free.

What superhero quality would you like to have?
Eternal youth.

The name you were called when you were small?
My Father called me Kina - that is the name of a boy from a children's television show.

Describe yourself in three words.
Chic, chic, chic!

Source: I Want To Be A Roitfeld Image: Hedi Slimane
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Photo of the Week

Kate Moss photographed by Hedi Slimane

Oh so Coco...

Coco Rocha photographed by Craig McDean

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