British Supermodels at the Olympic Closing Ceremony 2012

I'm not sure about anyone else, but I greatly preferred the Olympic Closing Ceremony to the Opening Ceremony. That 'modern day love' scene with the guy and girl texting each other ruined it for me - wasn't it all a bit cheesy? The Closing Ceremony, however, was a thoroughly well done celebration of Britain's greatest successes and achievements. Reading the comments on last night's events, it is a shame that so many people seem to be baffled by the appearance of our finest model exports, which included Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole, Lily Donaldson (in Vivienne Westwood), Karen Elson, Stella Tennant, Jourdan Dunn (in Jonathan Saunders) and Georgia May Jagger (in Victoria Beckham). Each wore a stunning, Olympic gold dress designed by some of our most innovative designers such as Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Christopher Kane and, my favourite, Erdem. I still can't quite get over just how phenomenal Kate Moss looked. She was really working that stage like it was still the supermodel era of the 90s. 

L-R: Stella Tennant, Lily Cole, Karen Elson, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, David Gandy

The British Fashion Industry is one of the greatest contributors to the UK economy and our designers continually remain at the forefront of the industry with their cutting edge creations. I'm so glad that this was acknowledged on the world stage, but it's a shame that the value of the industry seems to be so vastly underestimated and lost on the majority. Admittedly, it didn't help that the credits for the designers were tuned out on the television streaming in order to comply with zero-branding rules. Similarly, although I quite liked the appearance of the billboards to a soundtrack of David Bowie's Fashion, I'm sure more could have been done to make this part a modern spectacle in accordance with how fashion has changed since the days when supermodels simply stormed down runways; amidst everything else that was going on, it's no wonder that this part seemed a little throwaway in comparison.

What did you think of last night's ceremony? Did you enjoy the fashion feature?

22 Inches

Love magazine decided to do a feature where they take some of the most successful supermodels of our time and get them to literally bare all, letting us know their measurements and their body hang ups (if they have any). I thought it would be worth a read, but I warn you, you just can't help but unfavourably compare your own measurements to those of the models. However, I was pretty disappointed by this supposed naked truth about just what the tape measure reads when it holds their waists, hips and boobs. Surprisingly, almost every single model has a 24" inch waist (which seemed a slight oddity to me), but more so was the fact that Lara Stone apparently has a 22 inch waist! 22 inches!!!!!! I just circled my tape measure to that and it encases my face, so either I have an abnormally large face or Lara Stone has an impossibly small waist. It seemed such a shame as she is singularly bringing a more well-rounded figure to the runway, yet come on! 34f boobs and a 22" waist, smaller than fellow narrow-waisted models, Kate and Natalia, I really don't believe it.


So the article seems much less interesting me as yet again, when models and celebrities claim they are going to  be open and honest about their bodies, they're almost always not.


On the upside though, there are some exceptionally beautiful shots of the models, in particular of Kate and Natalia. I'm not the biggest fan of Kate Moss (I know this is condemned as blasphemous to some of you readers!), but these photographs are infallibly stunning. And though, I don't believe an entirely honest account of their size, I feel they are at least portraying healthy sized models and not size zero. For that I guess, we could applaud. 

So what do you guys think about this article?
And who do you think had the best cover? I'm routing for Daria or Natalia, but you can have a look at all eight here.

Who had the best cover?
	Kate Moss
	Daria Werbowy
	Naomi Campbell
	Amber Valletta
	Kristen Mcmenamy
	Lara Stone
	Natalia Vodianova
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