Issue no. 2

SUMMER SKINS STREET CHIC

FASHION WARMING MRS. JONES

ANDRES SARDA

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SEX & THE CITY 2 LADY GAGA

EDITOR’S

LETTER

Dear Readers, It’s that time of year again, time to strip back those layers and retire your bulky winter coats. With the wet season behind you it’s quite possible that you’re due for a summer style overhaul.

Entering a new season is just as exciting as it is terrifying. The possibilities are endless and it’s often quite daunting to decide where to look first. Luckily enough, we’re about to take you on a journey of inspiration, a journey through the looking glass of Summer 2010 fashion and lifestyle.

This issue, IN Magazine will whisk you away to a surreal world, a world where high-fashion and sensuality tap into your deepest empathies. We delve into the power and virility of the homme with endless Summer Skins to the insides of the Pop royalty Lady Gaga psychotically genius creative hub, where fashion and philosophy roll hand in hand.

For all the Sex and the City 2 buffs, we’ve got the behind the scenes scoop on everything from the overblown fashion budget to costume considerations in line with Middle Eastern social mores.

For all the beachcombers, we’ve got you covered with the latest in swimwear, with everything from bold embellished bikini’s to cut-out monokini’s. For design fanatics, world-renowned industrial designer Phillipe Starck reveals his latest collection. And, for health buffs IN’s resident naturopath will teach you how stay trim and energized for summer.

Glamor is an edge. An edge is subversion. Subversion is pushing the limits. And IN is all of the above. We at IN, deliver a magazine which celebrates beauty, gives issues of social import a platform, uncovers talent and basks in the light of all things fashion.

IN is your fashion bible. So, lets put our hands together and pray for a sassy summer.

We’ve got it all covered!

Ahmed R. Abou Naja

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IN.COVER

IN.ICON

ANDRES SARDA 40

ALEXANDER THE GREAT 100 STREET CHIC 138 SUMMER SKINS 148 SUGAR & SPICE 178

MICHAEL CINCO 50

ADIDAS ORGINAL 192

THE SECRET MUSE 16

IN.MRS JONES

FASHION’S ANARCHIST PRINCESS 28 IN.SUMMER

IN.FASHION

IN.SPORTS

IN.THE CLOSET

IN.DESIGN

WITH H&M 60 IN.FOCUS

SEX AND THE CITY 2 88

PHILIPPE STARCK 204 IN.MUSIC

LADY GAGA 210

IN.COVER THE SECRET MUSE

FASHION WARMING

THE SECRET MUSE IS A SECTION IN EVERY ISSUE DEDICATED TO A SERIOUS CAUSE IMPACTING THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW WORLD CITIZEN’S. HERE WE SPOTLIGHT ISSUES OF SOCIAL CONCERN WITH A TOUCH OF STYLE. Let’s begin to turn the key to a story once locked and bound. Our secret muse’s cause will take flight within the passages of a conscious mind. For she is a revolutionary, cast as the lead glamoress in a story set within a story. She is the spark of a charge toward a more enlightened world.

With the curl of her finger, she will lead you toward roads concealed beneath the undergrowth.

Follow and consider, if you will. For she will unveil the secret world of a special cause. She is the iconic shepherdess of mind, body and soul. This is the Secret Muse, our intrepid darling of fashion, with a cause.

HER SECRET? ALL WILL REVEAL ITSELF AT THE TURN OF THE FINAL PAGE. FOR NOW, OPEN YOUR EYES TO AN IRREPRESSIBLE TRUTH BURSTING FROM THE SEAMS OF HAUTE COUTURE. The stage is set…

Our secret muse, poised.

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S ’ N O I H S T A F S I H C R A AN CESS N I R P

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Fee Doran is much more than just the Essex lass who masterminded the Mrs Jones label. Known for her off-the-wall creations and larger than life persona, she is the design world’s anarchist princess.

For Doran, it all started in the 1990’s at the Portobello Market in Essex. Portobello was a creative hub for design enthusiasts.

Stylists trawled the markets looking for undiscovered treasures and bourgeoning designers showcased their designs. It was at Portobello, the Doran felt free to push the creative boundaries.

Doran recalls this period of her education as a young designer with a sense of reverence. For her, it was a wonderful melting pot designers and artists. It also gave her the opportunity to learn about what sells. The chance that a passing popstar or two just might take a fancy to one of her outfits was an added bonus. In fact, it was at Portobello that she got her major break, “A young posh lady came to my little crazy market stall of madness and colour and exclaimed how much she loved my stuff and how I must go to her and her boyfriends pad in Kings Road to make them both outfits. I agreed, sighing heavily at the burden of going round posh peoples houses to take requests,” recalls Doran.

“Lucky I did though. I had no idea whose home I was in, I met the bird, then met the boyfriend, who although was terribly posh, was such a wonderful character. He showed me the most inspiring books and was intrigued with my tales of sellotaping my gerbil to a record player. Needless to say, we hit it off.”

Fee Doran’s chance encounter with the ‘posh lady’s’ intriguing boyfriend turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. “He asked me what I could see him in (clothing wise). I replied, after a few more glasses of wine, saying I could really see him wearing a little pink mod suit. He loved the idea. It turned out to be Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran!”

For Fee Doran it was a whirlwind, one minute she was a market girl and the next minute she was a stylist and designer for one of the world’s most famous bands.

It was around this time that Fee started DJ-ing. ‘The High Priestess’, as she became known, was born and Fee, as she describes, was “peking duck”, living the most wonderful life. “I think this was my most inspiring time. I’d go out by night in ‘High Priestess’ mode, adorning a purple hooded robe, got to play at the most fun places and got paid for it and by day I’d make crazy outfits for my friends in bands. It didn’t pay, but was such a buzz seeing my creations come to life onstage.”

It was around this time that Fee teamed up with Giles Deacon and they created Doran Deacon. “It was a wonderful collaboration, the lovable geek and the disco dolly. We created some amazing creations that were ahead of their time but with no money or structure sadly we went our separate ways. Giles onto bigger and better whilst I took a sharp turn and decided to try and settle down with a family.”

Her departure from design didn’t last very long. The spare room in her new home was turned into a studio over night. With her newborn baby resting on her lap, she returned to her old faithful sewing machine and created a white hooded catsuit. The suit took on a persona of it’s own and became iconic after popstar Kylie Minogue wore it in her music video. “I was reborn again. I was no longer the disco diva, ‘High Priestess’ loon that entertained the troops til the early hours. I was a mum, a wife and a fashion designer.” Fee Doran became ‘Mrs Jones’.

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FASHION’S MAGNUM OPUS

MICHAEL CINCO

Michael Cinco’s is the epitome of style. Ever the micromanager, he oversees just about everything - from scouting textile stores the world over for the right fabric, to fussing over embroidered detailing, to casting striking models for his runways.

Cinco is an artist of great caliber, one who knows the rag trade business like the back of his hand “My creative assistants, fashion stylists, cloth technicians switch off their cells at night in fear that I will call them at any time till early morning to discuss something. I actually dreamed designs, wake up in the middle of the night and need to sketch them right then and there! That’s the kind of involvement I have with my work and I suppose people are able to sense this when they see my clothes... always in the impalpable dreams!”, revealed Cinco.

Modesty is not Cinco’s strongest virtue, and why would it be given the quality of his work. Like any trendsetter, Cinco’s ensembles have evoked strong reactions within the fashion industry. His natural flair for design has led to a truly inspired body of work - from ‘Old Hollywood Glam, to the ‘Impalpable Dream, and the ‘Harajuku’ look.

Cinco is not a slave to trends, this suave purveyor of style favors classic ensembles with a dash of flamboyance Cinco’s aesthetic merger of East and West has given this designer his own platform.

His success at Miami Fashion Week last year, held in Florida, USA, should be credited in part to his fearless concepts and bold statements. He struck the right balance between the East and the West with the collection, ‘Magnum Opus’. The collection offered what you’d expect from a couture line, but with more wearability.

Cinco’s garments were nothing short of elegant pieces, lavishly embellished with the most intricate embroidery.. “Whatever I dreamed and aspire, I put my heart and soul into every piece of it, understanding and absorbing the essence of skills and craftsmanship,” he said.

His knack for design can be traced back to his formative years, growing up in the Philippines. Cinco passed the time appreciating the landscapes of the countryside.

Growing up in rural Philippines shaped his sense of his freedom and creativity.

From the Philippine countryside to the catwalks of the world, just how did he get into fashion? Cinco shared, “Fashion designing is naturally the culmination of that childlike wonderment. I was a state scholar in one of the most reputed schools in Manila. I studied fashion design and was trained by the best fashion designers who were truly supportive of my artistic endeavors. They nurtured me and honed me to spread my wings and soar.” Cinco continued his studies at the Saint Martins School of Fashion and Arts in London.

In Dubai, Michael Cinco’s atelier is based at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. His shop is abuzz with artisans - from embroiderers to seamstresses and technicians - and they all have one common imperative, and that is, to make elegant gowns fit for royalties, divas and socialites. Together, they are designing season after season of fashion’s magnum opus.

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A NEW SILHOUETTE

KHALID AL QASIMI

The directional lifestyle label of Qasimi entered the fashion industry upon it’s debut of Autumn/Winter 2008 collection. The label evolved as the brainchild of Khalid Al Qasimi.

Growing up in the northern part of the Arab Emirates, in Sharjah, Khalid was exposed to a lifestyle influenced by the glamour and sophistication of the Middle East. He was introduced to the luxuries of life during the formative years. The Al Qasimi family would travel the world, introducing their children to a world beyond their homeland. After being awarded an art scholarship at the age of 9 Khalid arrived in the United Kingdom. He attended the University College London for Hispanic Studies and French Literature. Upon graduating in 2001 he decided to follow his passion of architecture and enrolled into the Architectural Association. After a 3 month trip to South America, Khalid decided to embark on a journey to build a luxury lifestyle brand. To build the foundation necessary, Khalid entered the notable Central St. Martins in fashion design and the rest is history.Â

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QASIMI A TIMELINE FEBRUARY 2008 Qasimi launched it’s debut men’s and womenswear collection at London Fashion Week. The collection was noted for it’s advanced tailoring and bold avant-garde shapes, presenting structured pieces including tailored tuxedos with bold box pleating and jackets with elongated conceptual lapel drapes.

SEPTEMBER 2008 Qasimi introduced their Spring/Summer 2009 collection with a jaunt of fresh offerings. The men’s and womenswear collection included highlights, such as, hand embroidered silk gala garments, white suede and the slick tailoring the label has become renowned for.

FEBRUARY 2009 Qasimi’s third collection was a homage to the darker side of human nature. The theme ‘heartache born from loss brings strength’ was communicated with intricate designs made from exotic fabrics and tailored to perfection by Qasimi. The star studded model line-up included the likes of, Yasmin Le Bon, Erin O’Connor, Lily Cole, Liberty Ross, Jacquetta Wheeler and Carmen Dell’Orefice.

JUNE 2009 Qasimi debuted their menswear collection in Paris for Spring Summer 2010. Qasimi’s menswear collection took inspiration from the philosophical notion of the a ‘higher being.’

To coincide with the launch of collection the label paired with Mariano Vivanco and Robbie Spencer to create a short film.

SEPTEMBER 2009 The ancient spiritualism of the Byzantium era was the inspiration for Qasimi’s fourth collection. The collection took the drama and allure of ancient mysticism and brought it to life using their unique signature style for Spring/Summer 2010.

This collection was Qasimi’s bravest and most mature to date featuring, drapery using the finest fabrics, bold structured silhouettes, hand embellished in Swarovski crystals, antique metals, laser-cut mirrors and intricate beading. We saw architectural shoulders perched atop delicate chiffons, and sharp classical shapes. Bold use of color set the collection apart from Qasimi’s previous work, as deep turquoise, blood red and burgundy were contrasted with gold and ornate embroidery.

In the same month, Qasimi teamed with Scott Wilson’s to create a dynamic line of luxury jewellery.

JANUARY 2010 Qasimi Homme showed for their second season in Paris. The collection titled ‘The Boy With The Pearl Tear’ was a critical and commercial triumph. The collection featured cashmere and woolmix suits, coats and rugged over-sized pullovers. Classic shirting, hand embellished with glass pearls gave the homme collection a poetic touch.

FEBRUARY 2010 Qasimi announced they would be taking a break from producing womenswear to focus more on Qasimi Homme, for a few seasons.

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IN.THE CLOSET FASHION WITH A CONSCIOUS

IN THE CLOSET WITH H&M

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The summer festival season is one of the most exciting times of the year, and now it’s one of the most giving, too! In May of this year, H&M launched its third Fashion Against AIDS campaign, which includes the first festival collection, with 25% of the sales donated to youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects.

“For me, festivals are unique and inspirational places as they join both music and fashion. To see your favourite bands, to see creative people gathered, all from different nations and with different looks really inspires me. It is very important to make people aware of the problem with AIDS and HIV and we want to contribute in the fight against the disease by donating some of the sales from this collection,” says Ann Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of design.

The festival look is a global trend that’s all about freedom of expression and shared experiences. Festivals are an escape from the real world, where fashion can really come to the fore. For girls this summer there’s a mix of rock with bohemia and glamour with added ethnic touches. Denim hotpants or patterned leggings are matched with embellished tunic tops, while maxi-dresses are toughened up when worn with leather jackets. Gladiator shoes, chunky bracelets, wide belts and beaded necklaces complete the look, while tribal print headphones give an extra twist.

For guys, it’s all about looking like you’re in the band, with slim blazers and jackets, faded and patched denim jeans and cropped shorts, embellished waistcoats, paisley vests and the essential rocker’s hat are all part of the picture. There are also tents, sleeping bags, as well as fold-up chairs for friends who join the camp.

The festival collection marks the third year that H&M has supported the fight against AIDS, so far raised over 30 million SEK. The money has been divided between Designers Against AIDS (DAA), the NGO who brought the concept of Fashion Against AIDS to H&M and that promotes awareness of HIV/AIDS among the young, investigating new methods of peer group education and campaigning; YouthAids, focusing on its projects in Haiti and Russia to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in chronically affected areas; the TV Staying Alive Foundation and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. As well as raising funds for the fight against HIV and AIDS, H&M hopes to raise awareness about safe sex among the young by donating to such an important cause.

“Fashion Against AIDS with H&M is a great way to reach millions of young people. With the donation money from the past two years, we’re opening our new International HIV/AIDS Awareness Education Center (IHAEC) in Antwerp in June 2010, where we’ll teach young people from all over the world how they can start safe sex campaigns using elements from fashion and pop culture.

Fashion Against AIDS has opened many doors for DAA and we’re very grateful for this. It’s so important to keep informing young people worldwide about the importance of safe sex,” says Ninette Murk, founder of Designers Against AIDS. While the collection might not be available in stores across the Middle East, IN Magazine is giving you an exclusive look at the line from all angles.

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IN.THE CLOSET MONOKINIS CUTAWAYS

AND BOLD COLORS

SWIMWEAR THIS SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT FEELING GOOD, LOOKING FRESH AND MAKING A BIG SPLASH

For those of you hitting the beach this summer, wearing the right swimwear is just as critical as reserving a sunning lounge at your favorite beach resort.

Whether you’re basking pool side or soaking up the rays on the sand be sure not to forget these spring summer must haves: a basket weave bag, wedges or clogs, a sheer caftan and most importantly good pair of swimmers.

The cut-away clothing trend, which we’ve seen across all major collections, has hit beachwear. This season the monokini is one of the must-have pieces. A word of warning, cutout swimwear isn’t for the faint-hearted. The monokini is a bold statement piece that’s sure to get lots of attention. The only gripe you may have with the monokini is it’s pesky tan lines. For those of you who are willing to put up with a streaky tan and want to stand out on the sands then the cutout monokini is the way to go. If you’re looking for a glamorous range of monokini’s Aqua Di Lara’s sensually bold choice of color and cut will do the trick. One-shoulder bikinis are another hot ticket item on this summer. If you’re game enough, opt for a one shouldered monokini.

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For those of you who love the classic bikini, you have a huge selection of flirty colors and prints at your disposal, we’ve seen deep turquoises and sea blues from the likes of Kymare and P2, and exquisite prints with frisky embellishments from Chi Di Stefania.

Don’t be afraid to mix and match bikini tops with alternate bottoms, Qiss Qiss and Dademar have embraced the mismatched look. Be your own stylist!

The most important factor to consider is your level of comfort, you have to feel good to look good, especially when you’re so exposed in an uber small bikini.

For those of you who’d like to stay safe, you can’t go wrong with a basic, colorblocked swimsuit, like the black I Space cut out black bikini.

If you’re looking to accessorise your swimwear then you’ll be on the hunt for long, sheer caftans with beaded or sequin trimmings, just to add a bit of glitz.

For inspiration you’ll want to check out Karl Largerfeld’s modern take on the caftan at Chanel Resort. With the right accessories, a summer Caftan can take you from the poolside to the dance floor without too much fuss.

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ARMANI EXCHANGE

URBAN EXPLORERS Designed for the free-spirited, the A|X Spring 2010 collection combines everyday softness with dark and edgy undertones. This season combines freshness and lightness of spring with love-torn vintage sophistication and techno details. It’s a new beginning — a neo-classic style for a young generation of urban explorers. A modern-day movement of stylish adventurers that hold court in the subculture of cool.

The A|X urban explorers exit the mainstream metropolitan chaos and head to their personal playgrounds of deserted city streets, urban parks, man-made beaches and rooftop nightclubs. The Spring 2010 collection was built on the idea of “seasonless” dressing. Loaded with key essentials, chic separates and dramatic denim, the collection is a mash-up of style, taking you from the early days of spring and into the late nights of summer. Focused on street sophistication with an eclectic, effortless style, the look is cool, modern and edgy. A mix + match of different motifs produce daring effects. Toneon- tone prints and striking contrast colors complete the collection. The sport/active group is inspired by the energy of street dance, and the attitude of skate punk, the collection fuses effortlessly into a modern look perfect for today’s urban lifestyle.

Functional styling and intelligent textiles are integrated to convey street attitude and active comfort.

Born to walk alone, these drifters are united in a caravan of style. They travel the city landscape on their own path of discovery. Reckless and romantic, they define the moment with looks that are slightly deconstructed and unintentionally hip. Theirs is a silhouette of mixed chic — utility, sport, and street sophistication — evolved into a relaxed, easy, casual mood.

The A|X Girl has a street urbanity and uninhibited sensuality. The collection perfectly captures her eclectic approach to style with color, prints and hints of skin. The use of modern fabrics and techniques have been combined to produce metallic and gold foil statement pieces that create a dazzling glow of liquefied metal. She is reckless and ravishing — but always hints at her ultra feminine in disguise.

The A|X Guy declares his freedom from the usual rules. He’s streetschooled, yet club refined. Street wear jaspe is the new heather in fleece layers, woven, denim and shirting. He mixes prints with a tailored blazer, and urban destructed denim to create a personal, confident uniform.

The palette remains essential - indigo, black sand, heather grey, white and chalk mix with deep, intense tones. Colours like poppy red, limelight, turquoise, tangerine, fuschia, and purple create a dazzling prism of colours that burst with city energy and urban style. The silhouette of these contemporary urban explorers define the city landscape, combining sportswear with a uniformed spirit. Blending ease, versatility, and an impassioned sensuality, the collection coveys the subtle influences of a modern urban utopia.

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BLAHNIKS MEET BURQAS UNDER THE DESERT SKY

SEX & THE CITY 2 THE FASHION

In ‘Sex and the City 2’ the clothes are hotter than the sex. The city of New York and the sands of the Abu Dhabi, are just real-time runways for some of the most exclusive pieces in the fashion world. With wardrobe expenditure in the ballpark of 10 million dollars, you’d be shortchanged if you expected anything less than a style spectacular. From hailing a New York City cab in Holly Fulton’s crystallized glamour to riding a camel in yards of Pucci’s finest chiffon and silk in the Moroccan desert, Sex and the City 2 is certifiably fabulous on the fashion front.

Our four charismatic Manhattanites - Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) - are also back, to the unbridled delight of chickflick connoisseurs and style savants the world over. The fifth, and arguably most charismatic protagonist on the popular TV series come major motion picture is the fashion. Style is the show’s aesthetic lynchpin. This time around our sex savvy narrator Carrie is wearing pieces from the likes of the Halston heritage collection, Chanel, Manolo Blahnik, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, MYKITA and Holly Fulton. For Sex and the City 2, stylist to the stars Patricia Field is back on board to make sure the looks make just as much noise as the narrative itself and in true Field’s fashion, she doesn’t disappoint.

“I get a huge amount of inspiration from the script,” Field said, “and I had a lot of fun with this one because it took us away to a magical place. The fantasy element of it was really special, and a great jumping off place to make it gorgeous, and less about reality.”

She set up her costume shop in an enormous space in a Long Island City industrial loft building a few blocks from Silvercup Studios. “There were literally hundreds of racks of clothes from every important and emerging designer in the world in that space,” Parker remembers. “There was one massive room for just shoes, another for fine jewelry, and another section just for bags. It’s like an alternate universe.”

Relative newcomer Holly Fulton has been blessed with the career jump-start of a lifetime, as multiple pieces from her critically acclaimed autumn/winter 2009-2010 collection have been used in the film. “I like to associate my designs with women who are distinctive individuals and wear them in their own way, so it’s a brilliant opportunity for a new designer like myself to be associated with the phenomenon of SATC,” said Fulton.

Holly Fulton’s eclectic collection is all about taking risks with textures and techniques, typified by luxurious leathers, hand enameled metal, laser cut Perspex and a dash of digital print. “I like to think of my designs as having luxurious connotations and with Patricia Field’s eclectic styling they could end up in the mix with any number of wondrous designer creations. SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker) can easily carry off my clothes - she has a unique beauty and makes things her own, and is not afraid of a heavy dose of crystallized glamour!”

Holly Fulton isn’t the only designer to be inducted into the Sex and the City fashion hall of fame, pieces from the new Halston Heritage are also prominently featured. In amongst all the dramatic tension and plot twists Carrie Bradshaw is a picture of perfection wearing a white, linen Halson Heritage dress, power-paired with a Chanel clutch, Solange Azagury Patridge necklace and daring Christian Louboutin heels. Our fearless urban heroine has also been spotted soldiering on in an electric blue pleated Halston Heritage dress complete with orange Jee vice sunglasses.

With Halston pieces turning up all over the place, it’s no coincidence that earlier this year it was confirmed that Sarah Jessica Parker will take on a creative role with the brand.

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In an interview with LA times, writer-director Michael Patrick King revealed that the clothes have almost taken on the persona of a demanding star. In fact, King confirmed that he often revolves plot lines and dialogue around the clothes and frames his shots to accentuate their finer qualities.

“In the last movie, it was that over-the-top dress with that great big flower,” King says. “This one is about evolution. They — Pat and Sarah Jessica — wanted to pick a simple, clean, American line. It’s a vintage piece of Halston, which is fancied up with those crazy gold sunglasses. They wanted to show Carrie’s grown-upness. All the girls have hands-on feelings about their clothes.”

Location shoots in Morocco, enabling the Abu Dhabi based sernarios, transport the women to new realms of exoticism. King confirmed that Arab expectations regarding the appropriate degree of exposure for women set up some challenging parameters for the Patricia Fields, a stylist renowned for working without limits.

Field and her team, including longtime collaborator Molly Rogers, started their research early by taking a trip to the UAE. “We needed to see what the environment was going to be like in the film, so that we could line up the clothing we’d need to dress the extras playing the people native to the area, the hotel staff, vacationers, and so on,” Field says. “But insofar as the girls were concerned, that was strictly a product of my imagination, pulling from all the various pieces we had to get each outfit exactly right.”

Field, whose parents were from Turkey and Greece, was brought up surrounded by that style. “I grew up in it, and I had family in Egypt as well. There are a lot of similar influences in the Middle East, so it wasn’t that foreign to me;

I knew a lot of the detail and I was able to weave it into my fantasy of four gals from New York going over there in high style.” To contrast with some of the girls’ more characteristic, form-fitting pieces in classic colors like black, she incorporated colorful gold and jewel tones, bright whites and rich, earthy hues in flowing silks and chiffons and satins to give a light, airy feel to their desert attire.

All the scenes shot in Morocco feature the women wearing modest coverage across their shoulders, be it a shrug or strategically draped waistcoat. The movement of the clothes on and off the body has evolved into a silent dialogue. The clothes and their interaction with the body works as part of the dramatic subtext, for instance at one point, Carrie runs into her ex-boyfriend Aidan in the souk, “She drops the jacket and you see shoulders…but it means something because we’ve made shoulders forbidden,” explains King.

One of the most stunning finds Field made appears in the karaoke sequence: a Leviev diamond ring Field believes is valued in the millions.

“I saw this ring in the window, and it was just shining like a headlight,” she recalls. “I can usually walk past jewelry stores, but this just stopped me in my tracks. Most of the time I use rhinestones and crystals, because the camera sees the same thing, but this one was, wow, just outstanding and so special.” She spoke with the store managers, and they lent the ring to the production for the scene. “They brought me the ring for Samantha to wear. Of course it came with an armed security guard,” she smiles.

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Another piece audiences might not expect is Carrie’s attire for Stanford and Anthony’s wedding. As Stanny’s “best man,” she does, indeed, don a tuxedo.

“Dior makes tuxedoes for women,” notes Field. “It’s the men’s construction, but tailored for the female body. I think it’s about the smallest tuxedo they ever made. And because it’s Carrie, of course we feminized it with a beautiful, black lace hat that kind of looked like a crown, custom-designed and made for her.”

Field and Rogers found their inspiration for some of the other wedding looks during a trip to Paris…but not on the runway; they were on the doormen at her hotel. “They had white tail jackets on, but not the regular tails we’re used to seeing,” Field says. “They had a swoop from the front to the back and it was really beautiful. So we found out who made those jackets, got in touch with them, and put the entire men’s chorus in those, with top hats and Swarovski crystal detailing on the outside.”

While Sex and the City 2 is mostly about fashion-do’s, there are a few faux pas to muddy up the mix. The hilariously-costumed Eighties flashbacks is a hark to the days where the women were fashion victims, desperately lost in a wash of leopard print, studded denim, high top shoes, suspenders, larger than life hair and shoulder pads so wide that they could double as wings.

“The `80s started out as kind of retro-`60s with New Wave, and then it exploded into all different directions, so it was kind of a kick to get to go back to that for a little while.” Field approached it as she always does, taking character into consideration first and foremost.

“Charlotte in the `80s? She’s Charlotte now, she’s very conservative, which today is considered classic. Then, it was preppy,” says Field, who dressed the character in a trim skirt and blouse with a matching sweater tied around her neck.

“I have to admit, I was a little relieved that I didn’t have to wear a big, scary wig,” Davis confesses, though she did wear a wig for the scene. “It was a preppy-style wig, so it was very easy. I didn’t dress quite like that in the `80s, but not too far from it.”

For Miranda, who has stepped up her style considerably in recent years, Field went back to the character’s beginnings for ideas. “In the first seasons of the series, Miranda really had no interest in fashion and she was really ill-dressed. So for her `80s scene, I just backed her up even more.” She put the attorney, who would’ve been in the early stages of her career, in a boxy suit…and sneakers. “It was very funny,” Nixon says. “Her whole look, particularly her hair–it was really a sight gag, but it’s believable. I do like a good shoulder pad.”

At the opposite end of the style spectrum is the wildly dressed `80s Samantha, reminiscent of a hair metal band member. “She looked a riot,” Field laughs. “I took my cues from her ‘I-don’t-give-a-damn-what-peoplethink’ personality. Of all of them, she was the most outrageous then, because that’s how she is now.”

“The `80s was a good time for Samantha: she was a bartender at CBGB’s, she had a lot of fun, and her look reflected that,” Cattrall relates. “Was it heightened? Yes, but why not? That’s what the show is about, enjoying those guilty pleasures.”

Because the flashback sequence is told through Carrie’s memories, the character required two different outfits from the decade. For her “Flashdance” look, Field says she “put a lot of Sarah Jessica into it. I see her in her daily wear, coming to work, and she’s a jeans-and-sweatshirt, hoodies-andsneakers, easygoing girl but, like Carrie, still very style-conscious.”

While her first costume came out of one of the decade’s biggest movies, Carrie’s second outfit was based on one of the ultimate `80s trendsetters, Madonna.

“We’re all victims of wearing the craziest trends at some point,” Parker allows, “I personally made as many bad choices as anybody in the `80s, but I can look back and laugh at it. And in the film, it’s a great way to introduce where these ladies came from, especially since we now know how far they’ve come.”

In an opportunistic crime of fashion, PR magnate Samantha Jones hatches a plot to rouse extra press by wearing the same Matthew Williamson dress as cameo star Miley Cyrus on a packed red carpet.

Even the ‘fashion disasters’ wouldn’t seem out of place in any of today’s highend look books. It’s for this reason that Patricia Fields deserves every bit of credit she gets. She’s a visionary who has universally influenced style with her eclectic body of work. Fields has sculpted a couture mosaic, so celestial, so out of this world and glamorous that it’s worthy enough to cast an alter before to pray for more and more and more. Sex and the City 3, anyone?

As King began to reflect on how far the characters have come, and to explore where they might be after we last saw them two years ago, a theme began to emerge: tradition.

Though he didn’t want “Sex and the City 2″ to be a conventional comedy, the various forms and facets of tradition played right into King’s hands, and he turned the genre on its ear. “These four women are not traditional and never have been. Miranda had a baby out of wedlock, then got married late, and she’s the alpha spouse. Charlotte converted to Judaism, adopted an Asian daughter and had another daughter. Samantha has tried relationships and decided she’s always going to be single. And Carrie is somebody who has tried everything she can to make her relationship work with Big and still be a self-employed writer.”

In fact, Parker notes, “Carrie, who at one point thought she might not be the marrying type, is finally married to the love of her life, the man she spent most of her adult life pursuing.” She further adds that Carrie is not alone in reaching a crossroads in her life. “All the women, at this point in their lives, appear to be content with having what they thought they wanted. But, as Michael Patrick so cleverly does in his writing, there’s nuance and layers and complications under the surface.”

“At the start of this movie, each of these four characters has found herself beginning to feel boxed in by one of those ‘female’ roles,” King says. “Carrie Bradshaw, the eternal single girl, now finds herself struggling with the title of wife. How does the title of ‘Mrs.’ affect a woman whose identity, not to mention career path as a writer, has been tied to the idea of being single?

Miranda, a partner at a prestigious New York Law firm, has discovered that despite all her years to prove otherwise, there can be a glass ceiling for women who work. Charlotte, who always dreamed of being the perfect mother to a loving family, now has the loving family and is discovering just how far out of her reach being the ‘perfect’ mother really is. The outrageous and outspoken Samantha takes on the taboo of menopause and aging by fighting the idea that when a woman goes through the ‘change,’ she should have to change.”

SEX & THE CITY 2 THE PRODUCTION

Still playing with their theme, the filmmakers found a way to amp up the level of fantasy in this film by taking the four friends on a vacation to one of today’s most exotic, sought-after locations in the world, a place at once completely modern and entirely traditional, the United Arab Emirates.

Melfi notes, “In this movie, our characters get to experience a lifestyle that most of us could only dream about. But that’s what movies have always done–allow us to escape for a couple of hours and live vicariously through beautiful people in a glamorous world where we might otherwise never have an opportunity to go.”

Carrie - “I arrived on this island at exactly 3:30 PM on Tuesday, June 11, 1986. It seems like only yesterday.”

Twelve years, six seasons and one hugely successful feature film. Since its inception, “Sex and the City” has grown into an international phenomenon.

“When the first movie opened,” recalls King, “I would see lines of women at the theaters all dressed up as if they were going to a party, not just a movie.

It felt to me like they were excited to celebrate this special time with their girlfriends–both the ones in the seats and on the screen. So when I thought about the sequel, I knew I wanted it to be the continuation of the party. I wanted the movie to be the party.”

“Carrie is truly the heart and soul of it all,” says King. “Even when the story

Despite the resolution of the first film’s major plotlines, there remains plenty to say about these four women and the loves in their lives. Producer John Melfi offers, “It’s exciting to go to the next chapter, to see what happens next.”

SEX &

THE CITY 2 THE SEX Carrie“You knew when you married me, I was more Coco Chanel than coq au vin.”

Accompanying the women on many of these journeys are the various men who’ve come in and out of their lives–after all, what is “Sex and the City” without, well, sex. And Carrie’s writing has depended equally upon the women and men in her life to keep it both racy and relevant. However, no man has had a bigger impact on Carrie than her on-again, off-again boyfriend, friend, lover and, at long last, husband…Mr. Big. Or, as we now know him, John James Preston. When we last saw him, Big was finally able to say “I do,” proving to Carrie that to him she was, indeed, the one.

Now, approaching their second anniversary, the couple is still trying to agree on their own unique definition of marriage. “This movie is a wonderful example of where it’s possible to go, because a relationship doesn’t end with the wedding, or the party and laughs afterward,” Chris Noth comments.

“There is the next day, the next series of moments between people, the next series of challenges. You have a life together and all the ups and downs of that, and that’s what we deal with in this film. Once you get what you think you’ve wanted for so long, what happens then? There’s a whole new set of questions. It’s always a work in progress.”

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Miranda and Steve’s marriage, having come through the turmoil of his one-time infidelity, couldn’t be on firmer ground. “Miranda and Steve are very real, very honest with each other,” David Eigenberg says.

“Steve Brady was created specifically to soften Miranda who, at the time, was really sarcastic and really brittle…and really alone,” King offers. “He was an antidote to that because he is a regular guy, and over the years they have, I think, become the most relatable couple.”

While Charlotte and Harry also have a very solid marriage, for the first time, Charlotte begins to have doubts about her loyal husband. Evan Handler explains, “Charlotte has hired a wonderful young Irish woman to help take care of their children. This woman also happens to be extremely gorgeous and to have never worn a bra in her life. This causes Samantha to question why Charlotte would bring such temptation into their home, leading to suspicions that had never occurred to Charlotte before. The movie poses the question of whether Harry has become untrustworthy, or whether Charlotte has grown paranoid.”

“Sex and the City 2 also features some new faces, including Noah Mills as Anthony’s hot young brother, who catches more than Samantha’s eye; Max Ryan as Rikard Spirt, a man the ladies encounter on the sands of the Sahara; and Raza Jaffrey as Garau, a butler at the desert hotel with whom Carrie makes a connection.

“These women would be spinning in a false reality if there weren’t worthwhile men they were trying to build their lives around,” King grins. “So the guys are really important. It’s always been about the four friends, the girls, but their lives wouldn’t have evolved if the audience wasn’t somehow believing in and relating to the men that they chose. John as Aidan Shaw, Chris as Mr. Big…it’s been part of my great joy over the years to write the parts of these somewhat silent heroes.”

SEX & THE CITY 2 THE FAB FEMMES

Carrie “Gotta hand it to you, Samantha not blowing us off for a guy…very classy.”

Samantha “Well, we made a deal a while ago. Men, babies doesn’t matter! We’re soulmates.”

“Carrie is truly the heart and soul of it all,” says King. “Even when the story focuses on the other women, we hear and see it from Carrie’s perspective to some degree.”

While Charlotte is mired down with the challenges of parenthood, a single Samantha Jones, back in New York and back on the prowl, once again represents the epitome of freedom. “Samantha is back in her seat of power, back in her town with her girlfriends–her family–around her,” Kim Cattrall says.

When we first glimpse Carrie and Big in their home together, Carrie Bradshaw–now also known as Mrs. John Preston is feeling a bit unsettled in her settled, married life, wondering “what happens after you say ‘I do.’”

And because Carrie is also a writer, she has even gone so far as to express her feelings about the idea of marriage in her new book, I Do, Do I?, a collection of comic essays in which she lampoons the idea of traditional wedding vows.

“Carrie has spent her career writing about being single, and for the first time she’s writing about a different topic, being married,” Parker observes.

“The truth is, she doesn’t know a lot about it yet. But she’s learned that there’s a difference between having a wedding and being married. She’s been married for a very short time and she’s not quite wearing it as comfortably as she wants to.”

The most outgoing of the foursome, Samantha is a smart hedonist who lives life on her own terms. However, this time around, life is throwing the sexy blonde a few curveballs as she is forced to deal with the idea of aging and what locking horns with the first symptoms of menopause means for her liberated lifestyle. Cattrall looked forward to approaching this fact of life from a comedic point of view. “For me, incorporating comedy into a menopausal storyline was incredibly gratifying, because you hear so many negative stories about what women have to go through at that time of their lives,” she comments. “I feel we’ve taken that subject and mined gold out of it by making it human and funny and accessible. Samantha has a tremendous lust for life and she’s a powerhouse about her sexuality; she enjoys it and integrates it into every aspect of her life. So when that part of her is challenged, she fights back with all she’s got.”

“The exciting thing for me when I was writing the Carrie and Mr. Big storyline for this film was to try to figure out what the concept of ‘happily ever after’ might mean to them today, after their passionate, dramatic and mostly turbulent courtship of the past 10 years,” says King. “ here they are now, two years later, about to discover what the ‘home-sweet-home’ of it all means. She’s spent two years carefully decorating their new apartment, making their house a home, and now she’s made that married bed and she has to lie in it. And for an ‘out-on-the-town kinda girl’ like Carrie, it’s a ‘Big’ change. Pun intended.’”

Parker adds, “Carrie likes to go out, she likes to live the city life, looking, watching, participating. One of the many things she’s secretly struggling with is the idea of staying in, of these shackles she has figuratively projected onto herself. She’s able to intellectualize it, but emotionally, she’s not actually where she would like to be in the marriage. She wants to be able to say she feels good about the expectations she has had of her partner and herself. So for Carrie, it becomes a story about ‘Yes, I had a wedding, but am I married? Am I married?’”

Miranda Hobbes, having gotten past Steve’s infidelity in the last film, finds herself finally comfortable and secure at home. It’s her job that’s causing her grief. She’s grown increasingly frustrated at work, where her obvious talents are being thwarted by her arrogant and clearly chauvinistic boss.

“Miranda has always defined herself as a career person,” says Cynthia Nixon. “Men might come and go; maybe she would be a mother, maybe she wouldn’t, but she was a lawyer. Now she’s made partner in a great law firm, she has a terrific salary, but she has a new boss who can’t stand the sight or sound of her. We all have our breaking point, and Miranda is reaching hers. To all of a sudden be set adrift and to try to figure out, ‘If I’m not a lawyer, who am I? What else is left of me?’ That would be a big deal for anybody, but particularly so for someone who has defined herself through her career for her entire adult life.”

Also a wife and mother, Charlotte York-Goldenblatt has spent the last two years in the midst of her growing family, and now finds herself in the middle of the “terrible twos” with her daughter Rose. “Things are not going smoothly for Charlotte,” admits Kristin Davis. “She still really wants everything to be perfect, and it’s hard for her to accept the fact that it’s not…and that she’s not perfect either.”

Another thing Charlotte doesn’t see is how attractive her new nanny, Erin, played by British actress Alice Eve, is. But, thanks to observations from Samantha, she wonders whether Harry may stray in that direction.

“Charlotte begins obsessing over how gorgeous her nanny is, something she originally didn’t notice because Erin is so wonderful with Rose and Charlotte so desperately needs her,” Davis says.

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IN.ICON ALEXANDER THE GREAT He was the loveable hooligan of English fashion, who made front rows gasp in shock and awe season after season, Alexander McQueen’s visions often more beautiful and more dramatic than life itself.

Lee Alexander McQueen was one of the most innovative fashion designer’s to grace the catwalks of modern time. A pure genius, with a vision of the world that many of us fail to see and fail to understand – a world not even McQueen himself seemed to be able to unravel.

When the news of his all-too-soon-death broke, the fashion world came to a standstill. It was the afternoon of the 11th of February 2010 just days after his beloved mother passed away. McQueen was found that morning by his housekeeper at his home in London.

Paramedics were called to the home but he was pronounced dead at the scene, believed to have taken his own life. Coroner Dr. Paul Knapman announced Lee “killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed”. He also added, “the designer had a history of depression and anxiety, and was grieving his mother”.

But what’s more shocking is the toxicology reports, which found a significant level of cocaine, sleeping pills, and tranquilizers in McQueen’s blood samples. The coroner also revealed some details of the suicide note McQueen left behind. The letter was written on the back of the book “The Descent of Man” and included instructions on where to bury him. The note ended with “Please look after my dogs. Sorry, I love you. Lee.” Sources close to the designer say he was severely shaken by his mother Joyce’s death from cancer. He had written on his Twitter page that he had an awful week following her death but he was trying to “pull himself together.” Perhaps that thought was simply impossible to face.

Perhaps McQueen was a victim of his unfortunate circumstance, compounded by his own isolating brilliance.

From the moment he started, the young designer from London set tongues wagging. He began his career as an apprentice at Anderson and Sheppard, well-known and celebrated Savile Row tailors. It was here, that he famously sewed “I’m a c***” into the lining of a jacket being made for the Prince of Wales. McQueen was fearless. His aggression, dark humor and undeniable talent quickly propelled him further into the fashion spotlight.

During his early 20’s McQueen lived and worked in Milan but before long he was back in his home town after accepting a position at a design school. He completed his masters degree in fashion and his entire college collection was bought by fashion icon and stylist Isabella Blow, who was to become McQueen’s guiding light into the real world. He changed his name to Alexander (his middle name) and his inspired designs started gracing catwalks the world over.

Many credit Blow with launching McQueen’s career – but it was the designer himself who let the world know what he was made of, it was he who carve his own uniquely indelible mark.

IN MEMORY

He was to many, and perhaps will always be, the bad boy. He didn’t have the class of Karl Lagerfeld or the sex-appeal of Tom Ford.

McQueen was, rather, ‘the hooligan of English fashion’. His early collections consisted of pants known as “bumsters” and a show titled Highland Rape. Despite the controversy and publicity that followed, his collections during the early years were seen as largely unsuccessful, with many front-rowers declaring his shock-andawe tactics insensitive. But Alexander McQueen was becoming a household name. Fashion personalities and the social glitterati were clamouring to be seen in the front row. Looking back over years of his catwalk shows, each and every one of them is marked with the drama and wizardry that set him apart from other designers. From his 2004 Spring-Summer show ‘Deliverance’ where red-carpet glamour interwoven with Spanish dancers was back-dropped with gut-wrenching scenes of America during the Great Depression, to his unusually romantic collection ‘Sarabande’ in 2007 where models waltzed to a live-chamber orchestra – the happy-go-lucky lad from London was telling stories never told before.

It was in that same year McQueen was employed by couture-house Givenchy. His break into the luxury label was like an illicit affairshort but tumultuous, after he curtly dismissed the label’s founder Hubert de Givenchy as ‘irrelevant.’ His first line for the label was a flop. Luckily for McQueen his talent was never over-shadowed by his slick bravado and acid tongue and he was, by then, a well respected designer. McQueen was given a second chance in 2000 with Gucci purchasing a controlling interest in his line – a move that only catapulted him further into a book of fashion legends.

Spring-Summer 2010 McQueen bought us ‘Platos Atlantis.’ A collection that was a heady cocktail of butterfly prints and sci-fi warrior princesses wearing the shoe that shocked the season: the ‘lobster claw.’ McQueen described the collection as a reversal of Charles Darwin’s theory – claiming instead of coming from the sea, we come from the land and go back to the sea. It was his final show.

In the days after McQueen’s death I found myself standing in front of a small rack of his designs hanging in a department store in Beirut. I stroked the fabric and paused for a moment, remembering a man, a genius. Some may say McQueen died because he couldn’t handle his own mind, others say he was left too grief stricken by the passing of his mother. McQueen himself would probably tell a different story though, one full of fantasy and romance, horror and hysteria – because he always did.

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We’ve all had those moments when you’re love interest gushes and coo’s over you and suddenly you feel a rush of warm blood collect in your now rose-hued cheeks.

When a girl turns a sweet shade of pink, it’s a good sign for any man, it means that he’s getting her blood running. Well ladies, blush is a good way take control of the situation, and keep that endearingly bashful tint all day long, at your choosing of course. This way your man will never know if it’s biology or cosmetics working you up, and in turn you’ll be able to keep your cards well hidden.

For a more subtle and long lasting result use either a cheek and lip stain or a cheek cream. Opt for a colour that is slightly deeper than your natural colour. Dab a thin layer of cheek stain onto the apples of your cheeks, blend the stain gently working your way upward and along your cheek bones. Remember, don’t go overboard, you’re trying to achieve an understated tint, where’re not going for an 80’s streak here. You’re on the right track if your blush appears to have discreetly burst from within, as opposed to appearing as a layer of pink streaking in tribal mode across your cheeks.

Before applying the lip stain, make sure you use a good lip moisturizer to keep your lips smooth and avoid a cracked appearance. Blot the lip stain onto the center of both your upper and lower lips and then blend outwards towards your lip line. If you want to sparkle and have the appearance of fuller lips, then dab some clear lip gloss into the centre of your lower lip - this will give you the illusion of a fuller pout.

THE BOLD AND

Pop sensation Lady Gaga first grabbed our attention with her trademark lightening bolt streak, painted just below the eye. This spring-summer you can get away with wearing more theatrical makeup without giving out the circus performer vibe. This season it’s all about feeling free to make yourself up into just about whatever you feel and that includes going a little over the top.

THE BEAUTIFUL

John Galliano’s spring/summer 2010 was as bold and beautiful as they come. If you’re game enough to re-create the look then pull out all the stops and that includes just about every neon palate in your make-up case. Start off with a primer to keep you looking fresh longer. Then, create a clean base by applying a high coverage foundation.

Now pick a focal area, be it the eyes, lips or cheeks and get creative. Be sure to pick one area, you don’t want to go too over the top. It’s about making one big bold statement. You might want to play around with the color and form of your eye shadow, smudge the shadow on the lower lid of your eyes.

Experiment with different gradations of colour, for instance, start off with a smoky black eye shadow and then gradually incorporate hot pink.

When it comes to being bold and beautiful, individual style and inspiration plays a significant role in the direction you will take. So, put on some music, turn the volume right up and get in the zone to get create a new you! Go with what you feel…

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IN.BEAUTY A THROW BACK

1950’s GLAM

When you’re trying to conjure up inspiration for a night of retroglam inspired beauty, think - Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day and Sophia Loren - they’re all vintage screen sirens who have pioneered the look you’re after.

To begin, apply a smooth foundation with comprehensive coverage. Even skin tone is the key to a clean blank canvas. If you need extra coverage consider heavier formulations. Back in the 1950’s, Max Factor’s “PanCake” makeup was a hot commodity.

When it comes to the eyes brows, the thicker and more defined the better. Groom your brows by brushing them back with a eye-brow brush or a disposable mascara wand. Try to maintain a full shape with a sharp, noticeable arch. Make-sure the arch peaks directly above the iris of your eye, you should be able to draw an invisible line between the two points to maintain balance and symmetry. Eliminate sparseness within your brow with a solid brow pencil or powder.

Apply a primer before eye makeup to hold the eyeshadow in place. Select a shadow that will add a shimmer to your look, like a sparkly taupe, glimmering champagne or lustrous silver. Stroke the eyeshadow upward from the lashline to the brow bone.

One of the trademarks of 1950’s glam is long, luscious lashes. To begin, curl your lashes using an eyelash curler, then stroke on a coat of black mascara. Trim pair of false eyelashes to suit the length of your lash line, apply a line of eyelash adhesive to the back of the lashes and gently press and secure them as close to your lash line as possible.

Create a cat’s eye look by drawing a line that gradually thickens towards the outer corners, where they end in tiny extended wings.

Using a hot red lip liner, line your top lip with the Cupid’s bow exaggerated, so that your top lip appears slightly larger than your bottom one. Fill in your lips with a siren red lipstick. Here’s a tip, apply your lipstick with a brush to get even coverage.

If you really want to pay homage to your 1950’s sisters, dot a small black beauty spot just above your lips for that extra special something.

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IN.NEWS ZIAD GHANEM ‘LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS’

Ziad Ghanem hones his couture skills for his Autumn-Winter 10/11 collection Inspired by the optimism and the fading world of glamour that emerged from the couture salons of the 1950s intertwined with the seductiveness of Brazilian burlesque. Ziad plays on ‘the art of undressing’ concept; opening and altering garments with a dance-like fluidity.

Body conscious shapes are juxtaposed with layers of heavy frills and complicated origami sections while retaining Ziad’s signature prints and embellishments.

TIMES MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGNER

Marc Jacobs was the only designer on the Time 100 list, Time magazine’s register of the 100 most influential people in the world. Designer, popstar and socialite Victoria Beckham interviewed him for the publication, she wrote, “He c­ hanges how we see fashion with each collection he shows, be it his work for Louis Vuitton or his own baby, the Marc Jacobs line, which he started in 1986.”

ESTEE LAUDER GETS A FACE LIFT

For the first time in Estee Lauder’s company’s history, they have hired models from China and France to represent the company as their new global faces. Constance Jablonski and Liu Wen will be part of Estée Lauder’s global advertising campaigns beginning this June.

UNDERWEAR AT MCQUEEN

Alexander Mcqueen announced the launch of it’s first men’s underwear collection for Auntumn-Winter 2010. The collection will follow four ranges: Basic, Fashion, Sleepwear and Loungewear.

SCARLETT LOVES MANGO

Scarlett Johansson Mango Summer 2010 campaign was shot by photographer Mario Sorrenti, the spread is called Summer Light

IRON MAN 2 DRIVES AN AUDI R8 SPYDER

Robert Downey Jr. arrived for the premiere of Iron Man 2 at the El Capitan Theatre in the supercar Audi R8 Spyder. It was a scene straight out of the Marvel Studios movie, in which main character Tony Stark drives the open-top two-seater.

The supercar from Audi matches the Super Hero’s indestructible suit with its own carbon fiber composite materials in parts of its exterior skin, along with a high-strength aluminum frame known as the Audi Space Frame.

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THE NEW ADONIS

With washboard abs, cut from steel, so chiselled you could grate cheese across them, Real Madrid star forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 24, is the soccer worlds new Adonis. Having knocked David Beckham, 34, off of his bronzed pedestal, Ronaldo is the new poster boy and spokesmodel for Emporio Armarni’s underwear campaign. It’s all thanks to a relentless workout regime including 3000 sit-ups per day. Ronaldo is just about oozing sex appeal from every orifice, causing mass furore amongst sports fans and female admirers alike.

Armani have boasted that the Portuguese star has “the perfect physique” and is “the essence of youth”. If the privilege of having a body worthy of casting and mounting up on the wall wasn’t enough, Ronaldo also has the honor of being the most expensive player in football history after being transferred from Real Madrid to Manchester United in a deal worth 80 million pounds. His contract with Real Madrid is believed to be one of the most lucrative sports contracts in the world. From fashion to the field, Ronaldo is making bank and breaking hearts.

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Model ELENA IVANOVA Model PATRICK MORITZ Photoshoot Location BONNINGTON JUMEIRAH LAKES TOWERS DUBAI

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ADI D AS O R IG I NAL S CELE I S BRAT ING ORIGI NALIT Y ON TH E STRE ETS

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Adidas Originals unveils an all embracing Celebrate Originality campaign. Evolving from the successful 2009 “house party”, this year’s campaign embraces the “streets where originality lives”. In a neighbourhood, it brings together an eclectic mix of people from the worlds of music, fashion and sport, all showing their individual appreciation of originality and the adidas brand.

Musicians from Ciara to Snoop Dogg as well as athletes and sport icons from David Beckham to Franz Beckenbauer and many others have come together to play a role in the “Celebrate Originality on the Streets” campaign.

Born in sport but now living in contemporary lifestyles, adidas Originals is uniquely able to be a relevant part of people’s lives. No matter whether skater, rocker, artist, musician or sports fan, they have all adopted the Trefoil brand and its products.

The spring/summer 2010 collection kicked off with the seminal collaboration between adidas Originals and STAR WARS. It was followed by new collections from the limited edition range, adidas Originals

by Originals, featuring Japanese designed Kazuki, American designer Jeremy Scott and a collaboration between London-based designer James Bond and football superstar David Beckham. The brand campaign, Celebrate Originality on the Streets, begins in May 2010 across the Middle East.

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IN.LOCATION A WORLD OF SOPHISTICATED BEAUTY World’s first Armani Hotel unveiled in Burj Khalifa,Dubai

The world has a new icon in luxury hospitality—the Armani Hotel Dubai. With its landmark location inside the iconic Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, the elegant Armani Hotel Dubai is poised to be the most exclusive hospitality destination in the city and a new benchmark for the industry globally.

Occupying floors concourse to 8 and levels 38 & 39 of Burj Khalifa, the hotel features 160 luxurious guest rooms and suites, eight innovative restaurants, exclusive retail outlets and a serene spa. The hotel offers sweeping views of the city complemented with a harmonious and stylish lifestyle environment. Every aspect of the hotel’s design and service offerings has been designed and planned by Giorgio Armani, from the bespoke furnishings to restaurant menus and in-room amenities.

On the opening, Giorgio Armani said: “It has long been my dream to have a hotel in which I myself would like to stay and entertain family and friends, where the Armani aesthetic is combined with Italian-style warmth and hospitality. I am thrilled to open the doors of the Armani Hotel Dubai and invite my guests in to experience my world.”

Armani Hotel Dubai’s luxurious rooms and suites are an expression of minimalist opulence, with every detail bearing the Armani signature. Practicality and elegance, the cornerstones of Armani’s signature style, combine with precious materials and sophisticated finishes to create a highly personalised space. Dedicating nearly five years to the project, Armani personally oversaw every aspect of the hotel’s design. The result is a property that feels bespoke, from the Eramosa stone floors, zebra wood paneling and fabric covered walls to the scents of the bath and spa accessories. The hotel truly brings to life Giorgio Armani’s dream.

The hotel’s vast leisure and entertainment options also include the first in-hotel Armani/SPA in the world. The spa embodies the Armani lifestyle and design philosophies where each unique space provides the context for personalized individual treatments, personal fitness, sequential thermal bathing as well as private and social relaxation.

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Marking the designer’s first foray into the world of hospitality, the Armani Hotel Dubai brings to life the Stay with Armani philosophy, promising a “home-away from-home” experience.

The Armani approach goes beyond visual aesthetics, offering a new level of service under the Lifestyle Services department.

Based on the philosophy that travel is as much an emotional journey as a physical one, the Armani Hotel assigns each hotel guest a personal Lifestyle Manager who will serve as a personal contact and host from the moment they make a reservation to the time they check out and even beyond.

From the moment guests begin their journey at the time of booking, the Lifestyle Manager steps in to understand their interests and desires, and ensures that all their needs are attended to in a discreet manner, both within and outside of Armani Hotel Dubai. Armani’s Lifestyle Managers reflect the Stay with Armani promise and take care of the guests’ every need, desire and whim, sharing the Armani passion for comfort, elegance and service.

The hotel also boasts three exclusive retail outlets: Armani/ Galleria a haute couture boutique offering fashion accessories previously available by invitation only—and the first and only place in Dubai where the Armani Prive collection is showcased; Armani/Dolci, a luxurious confectionary offering a sweet selection of biscuits, small savouries and more; and Armani/Fiori, a floral boutique offering exquisite fresh flower arrangements and exclusively designed vases by Giorgio Armani that follow the fluid shapes of the flowers themselves.

Complementing the hotel and located on levels 9 to 16 of Burj Khalifa are the Armani Residences, featuring 144 luxurious private residences, which, like the hotel, has been personally designed by Giorgio Armani reflecting his smooth, understated style.

The Armani Hotel Dubai is the first in a collection of hotels, resorts and residences to be unveiled in key international destinations. The second Armani Hotel will launch in Milan next year. Other properties underway include the first Armani Resort, planned for Marrakech, and the first Armani Residences Villas in Marassi, Egypt. Further Armani hotels, resorts and residences will open in key markets such as New York, Tokyo, Shanghai and London.

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THE ARCHITECT OF MODERN RENAISSANCE DESIGN “Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous... this is how I see my duty as a designer.”

Philippe Starck

The thousands of projects – from designing the ‘intelligent’ shoe for Puma to Hotel design everywhere from Los Angeles to Tokyo – his global fame and tireless protean inventiveness could never distract from Philippe Starck’s fundamental vision - Creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible. “No one has to be a genius, but everyone has to participate,” said Starck.

From the everyday products, furniture and lemon squeezers, to revolutionary mega yachts, hotels that stimulate the senses, phantasmagorical venues and individual wind turbines, he never stops pushing the limits and criteria of contemporary design.

His dreams are solutions, solutions so vital that he was the first french man to be invited to the ted conferences (technology, entertainment & design) alongside renownedparticipants including bill clinton and richard branson.

Hotels From Paris To Majorca Committed to his ethics yet aware that the hotelier business must reflect the movements and flux of the world and its ideas, this tireless nomad and fruitful designer reinterpreted the codes of the luxury hotel industry in Paris when he added a dash of poetic and surreal folly to the oldest five star hotel in the French capital, the Meurice. With the same momentum, summer 2010 will see the reopening of the five star Parisian hotel, the Royal Monceau, a symbol of luxurious elegance splendidly revived. “With the Royal Monceau,” he reveals, “We’re creating a hotel for young and new entrepreneurs.

People aged 25–40 who are reinventing the world. It will mirror its owner, Alexandre Allard, a young man, 38 years old, who from nothing made a fortune at 26 thanks to an invention,” said Starck.

Starck diverse body of work extends into across the entire design spectrum. In May 2010 Starck completed work on the development of Port Adriano in Majorca, offering a new urbanism designed to welcome boats up to 60 metres long, all the while respecting environmental norms.

In Rio de Janeiro, Philippe Starck designed the building for the Hotel Fasano which opened its doors in 2007. The materials – wood, glass, marble – and the furniture paid a discreet, humble and sincere tribute to the Brazilian designers of the 1950s and 1960s, who were so innovative in their approach to the environment.

With the Hudson in New York (1999) he designed interiors that conjured up an acid-tinted phantasmagoria with numerous dreamy and reflective surprises. In 2001 he designed the Clift in San Francisco and pushed the spectacle even further combining the city’s classical codes and archetypes with cutting edge technology.

In 2005, the Hotel Faena in Buenos Aires - which had opened a year before - won the Wallpaper magazine’s prize for best hotel of the year.

Big Brand, Big Ideas With his penchant for aesthetics it was inevitable that Starck would get involved with fashion at some point, for Puma he designed intelligent shoes and and for his Starck Naked brand he created underwear that was both technological and sexy. With Starck Eyes he created revolutionary, ergonomic, “bionic” reading glasses inspired by the joints of the human body.

In spring 2009, Ballantyne invited him to design a collection of clothes for men and women in cashmere. Ignoring the trends, his approach, modern and yet timeless, expressed a new form of sensuality. Praised for its longevity and subsequent humility, the collection he designed made the transition from a traditional to contemporary. “I was moved by the ancestral savoir-faire at Ballantyne,” admits Starck, “Its vast expertise in the realm of cashmere and the pride taken in its Scottish roots. This line corresponds to what we really need, anytime, anywhere, using the highest natural technology of cashmere to explore new territories of the eternal elegance of intelligence.”

From 1993 to 1996, Starck, as creative director of the Thomson group created, among other items, loudspeakers, televisions, including the portable Zéo Tv, the voice responsive telephone, the Aloo, the LCD Cube overhead projector and the radio Lalala. “From technology to love”, he proclaimed and indeed his creations for the French brand set themselves apart with their fun frivolity, their proximity to the user and their technical efficiency.

Before devoting himself to the Zikmu cable-less speakers (Parrot, 2009), he had noticed that sound was nothing more than a vibration in the air. Equipped with this observation he strived to achieve, “A scent of air that echoes in us to open other world to us. The beauty, the fragility and the power of this abstraction cannot be polluted by matter,” he assures us, “This is why we have worked so hard to make the minimum. To protect the spirit of sound, help its essence blossom.

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The existence of a speaker is like a sign of intelligence. The intelligence to know that the least can contain the most.”

Space age From 2006 to 2007, Starck was appointed artistic director for Virgin Galactic, responsible for the democratization of space tourism. As poetic as this inclination appears, it is deemed essential in the eyes of this man who wholeheartedly believes the words of anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, “The world began without man and will end without him.”

Eco design A pioneer in the commitment to responsible development, Philippe Starck created Good Goods in 1998, a catalogue of “non-products for the nonconsumers of the future moral market,” sold by mail order (La Redoute). He proved that another version of consumption was possible, drawing attention to all the contemporary problems and providing solutions with products, non products, useless products, creation ethics, the production and the ethics of commerce.The catalogue offered products in organic cotton and Ecover detergents, solvent-free paints, and cosmetics without dyes, perfumes or chemical products. “My responsibility today is more about being interested in the future production of energy and in the future materials that will replace plastic, petrol’s most interesting derivative.”

Starck developed an interest in the world around us and the habitats we live in. He gave himself the mission of developing an extended line of pre-fabricated houses, ecological on every level, and reasonable in price. Through his association with the Slovenian company, Riko, he has designed extremely elegant wooden houses, concentrating on the bare essentials. Starting with what he describes as “the bones” –a structure with a shared base–options can then be added according to means and whims, with a large variety of additional features available (glass walls, different roof choices, pillars...) plus a choice of leisure possibilities (basements, garages, garden sheds, guest houses, cabins, children’s Wendy houses, swimming pools.)

Alongside scientists Starck is currently developing a number of projects including solar hybrid, hydrogen and sailing boats). He is also the depositary of patents for new photovoltaic surfaces and is working on a tourism concept with zero impact on nature. He is also developing H+, a hydrogen car. There is clearly no science without poetic intuition. In short, as long as Philippe Starck can tirelessly lead this combat toward ecologically conscious design, there are no limits.

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Today, Tomorrow & Beyond A major figure on the world’s cultural stage, exhibited in the biggest museums (the Pompidou Centre, the Guggenheim and MoMA in New York, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel, the MoMA in Kyoto), at the avant-garde of contemporary environmental concerns and responsibility, the subject of numerous books, omnipresent in the media, professor at the Domus Academy in Milan and at the Ecole Nationale des Arts DÊcoratifs in Paris, Philippe Starck is respected for the originality, rigor and quality of his work.

Today his name and personality almost belong to the general public having become synonymous with the desire for a better life, here and now of course, but also for tomorrow.

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IN.MUSIC LADY GAGA

CHANGING THE WORLD ONE SEQUIN AT A TIME Lady Gaga isn’t your average, cookie cutter popstar. She’s been branded a diva a la Madonna, an ex-stripper, and has even been accused of being transgendered by some of her most scathing public critics. Identified by her clothing, or lack thereof, sporting an often near naked physique from the bottom down, it’s no surprise that Lady Gaga attracts so much attention and controversy.

The pop scene was waiting for a star with a bit more bite to come along and Lady Gaga made her debut at the perfect time. Just as the doom and gloom of the GFC hit, Gaga broke forth with some of her most colorful and bizarre fashion choices to date including- Coke can hair rollers, a typewriter headdress, 3D sunglasses and shoulder pads so expansive that they need their own clearance space.

Lady Gaga’s wardrobe isn’t the only part of her act getting attention, her trademark and almost caricature-ish, make-up has also been setting off a wave of imitators and ushering in a new era of over the top aesthetics.

One thing’s for sure, now that she has made it in Hollywood, and around the world, everyone wants to be like Gaga. The world’s top designers want her to wear their clothes (Birkin, Alex McQueen), brands want to align her with their products (MAC), women are following her confident suited style for day and her big hair and leg baring bodices for night, and the gay scene has practically adopted her as one of their own.

Despite her decidedly theatrical take on fashion, Lady Gaga is even setting trends in Haute Couture, an influence that has invariably trickled down to the mainstream as young fans emulate Lady Gaga’s shameless penchant for glitter and glam, and working women strive to capture the poise and air of independence that emanates from every toweringly stilettoed stride that gaga takes into success.

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Notorious for her unwavering dedication to style, spurred on by her very own creative collective known as the Haus of Gaga, what many people aren’t aware of is Lady Gaga’s humble beginnings, which are somewhat drowned out by the clamor surrounding her relatively new star status. In fact, perhaps this is what sets Gaga apart from the throng of aspiring Hollywood pop princesses, her success was born from old-fashioned hard work, self belief, and a dedication to her trade. “I did this the way you are supposed to.

I bombed in every club and then killed it in every club and then I found myself as an artist. I learned how to survive as an artist, get real, and how to fail and then figure out who I was as a singer and performer. And, I worked hard.” she said.

“When I was young, I felt like a freak in school – and I had to put my make up on when I got home before I went to bed because I wasn’t allowed to wear make-up in school.” Now, in more salubrious surroundings Gaga is playing dress up again, except this time the whole world is watching.

The influence of Lady Gaga’s distinctive and fun style has been evident in fashion shows around the world. Netted veils, large oblong vintage sunglass frames, platinum blunt fringes, form-fitting bodices, kiler stilettos and Gaga’s staple pants-less suites soon popped up on the catwalks of Milan, Paris and elsewhere around the world, from Lacroix’s shapely skirts, to Givenchy’s use of long chains, Jean Paul Gaultier’s bodysuits and Balmain’s emphasized shoulder pads, Lady Gaga’s personal style had been immortalized by the big names of fashion. And true to form, where Givenchy and Gautier lead, the rest of us followed. Over the past year, there has been a reported increase in the popularity of shoulder padded garments, hooded outfits, body suits, bold accessorizing and fingerless gloves.

In 2009, Lady Gaga’s signature ‘underwear as outwear’ look let to a significant sales increase of black ‘high coverage’ underwear in UK stores, such as Debenhams. In Birmingham alone, sales jumped194% from the previous year.

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Lady Gaga is only too aware of her role model status and vehemently stands by her artistic choices and the message they send to young girls, women, and men. “I’m not riding around in the sand glistening naked in the sun in my videos; they have a very clear message. It’s ok to be whoever you want to be,” she said in Sydney last year. “The ability for a young woman who may not be the most popular girl in school or the most beautiful or the best at everything to bust her arse and never give up and make something of herself. The truth is what I’m a role model for is the ability to change culture.”

Lady Gaga’s has influenced the world of fashion, but her most prolific legacy will be the way she is using fashion and music to connect with her fans. As she ushers in a new wave of feminism that connects traditional values such as hard work, with new age aesthetics such as women’s independence, self belief, and sexual liberation one can’t help but agree with Lady Gaga’s own definitive statement - “I’m changing the world, one sequin at a time.”

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PEARLS OF WISDOM LOVE

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”

“All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear.For a minute I had fear.

[Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face...”

“I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought,“It’s OK to be sad.” I’ve been trained to love my darkness.”

“Sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What’s the line?

I don’t have a line.”

“So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing and then my tits explode at the end.

It’s not as easy as it looks!”

“I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be-and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.”

“When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at the time.“

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IN.TALENT MODERN ODYSEUS

JULIAN SHAW

Julian Shaw is breaking down the boundaries of the literary and film world merging them into one.

The acclaimed young artist, is got his start as the director of the feature doco Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, which won him a British Film Institute Award and IF Independent Spirit Award.

Darling! which Shaw commenced production on at the age of sixteen, was released theatrically in South Africa and won a Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as voted by 20,000 cinema-goers.

An AFI Award-winning film journalist, Shaw sits down to chat with IN about his groundbreaking photo novel Modern Odysseus.

The cine-text format of your novel is very original. What drew you to this new literary genre?

Modern Odysseus is all about pushing the boundaries. It is what I call a ‘movie in book form.’ Not a graphic novel, but a photo novel. You read it like a book but there are images all through the book – they are like frames from a movie. Every body see’s a different movie in their mind when they are reading the book. I collaborated with a wonderful film star we have down in Australia named Colin Friels – it was a big job, it took a full week to shoot the images for the book. He jumped on board and believed in my vision though. He had to scream, thrash around in water, brawl, bawl, drop his clothes – a lot was asked of him! I’m grateful that he did it with such abandon – because he actually created a performance for this book, which is a weird concept I know, but he has crafted a physical and emotional journey that anchors my story.

Take us through the narrative of Modern Odysseus.

The book is all told through the eyes of the character Thomas Dedal (Friels), a corporate burn-out who decides he needs to re-discover his missing spark. The book is set before the global economic meltdown, in 2004, but you can see that this guy Thomas is soul-sick from years of the kind of greed and rapaciousness that eventually brought the whole system tumbling down. Basically Thomas wants his soul back. I think a lot of people can relate to that.

What was the creative process like?

I always need to be working on a few things at the one time – because I hate to feel helpless if one thing falls over. For me writing is the fall back when I am not working on a film. Look, making films and acting is very tough, because there can be a lot of waiting around. Along the way people said it was crazy and not a good way to make a book – but since it has been released the same people are saying ‘ah, now I see what you were talking about!”

Modern Odysseus is an immersive experience. You kind of need to hold the book in your hands. I started writing this text back in high school – but you know how it is, passion projects like this can take a long time to realise. It was just such a feeling of relief to finally hold it in my hands when the first box of books came home from the printers – it was something I’d been visualising for about five years.

Producing the novel would have taken more logistical planning then your run of mill book. What did the production process entail?

We shot for a week with Colin, and I had to storyboard it like a movie. I did the photography myself and all the drawings and artwork in the book as well. I love to express myself in different ways – it’s all part of the joy of creating. I worked with a wonderful graphic designer named Richard DeCavahlo, and we spent many, many weeks staring at a computer screen getting the book right. It was just a wonderful and liberating experience for me to throw out the rule book, and of course the art and labour of it is very much in the post-production.

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What are your creative influences?

You know, of course Ulysses by James Joyce is the reason for this book – it is called Modern Odysseus afterall, and Thomas is like a modern day version of the Greek character, and also like Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses. The only difference is in the fact that Odysseus was exploring the world outside, and this dude Thomas is exploring the world inside. Thomas is inspired to go on his journey when he stumbles across the book Ulysses – it makes Thomas realise he’s lost his soul. I remember when my publisher looked at the book and said ‘I’m calling it Lynchian’ – as in David Lynch. That’s a big compliment, because I love David Lynch!

What kind of critical reception have you recieved?

I think the first run of Modern Odysseus has been highly successful for what it is. To do it independently and to reach people how it has is very exciting. At book festivals there have been long cues for the book, which is amazing – you’re never sure if people will embrace something that could potentially be uncommercial, but they have. Even with my first film Darling!, I just heard that Charlize Theron is a big fan – so once you make something it really takes on it’s own life out in the world.

What are your expectations for Modern Odysseus?

Well, we haven’t scratched the surface yet. The book is really brand new, and is only available in Australia. To date, you can order it online at www. modernodysseus.com.au, but I would love to see it picked up internationally.

It seems like a very universal story, perhaps because of the images, so I’d love to see the book get a run in the Middle East. Funnily enough my Dad is living and working over in Lebanon at the moment, going back and forth to Dubai, so I’d love to get over to that part of the world and check it out.

Maybe a reconnaissance mission to find a publisher over there?

So, what’s next for Julian Shaw?

I’ve just re-launched my website www.julianshaw.com.au - I’m building it as an online portal with great interviews, world-class content and a place for people to share ideas about movies, documentaries, art, everything. I’ve also been focussed on building an online shop based on my works that will raise money for charities – in fact, if you buy merchandise from my e-shop www. cafepress.com.au/notaboutcamera, %25 of proceeds will go to charities like the Darling Trust in South Africa. People enjoy getting a great product, but also to know that their money is doing something very worthwhile is a good feeling.

I just got back from New York where I was filming some new content for an electronic version of Modern Odysseus, and next week it’s off to New Zealand to shoot some final footage for Cup of Dreams. I like to keep busy, it’s really no fun if you’re not.

THE SECRET

REVEALED Have you ever taken a moment to just stop, look around you, and appreciate the earth we live on? It seems that, as humans, we are insatiable when it comes to how much we want and the extents to which we need.

The world around us can’t sustain our activities and survive under our heavy-footed abuse much longer. Sometimes we forget that the world around us is essentially fragile and the balance and harmony of nature revolves around a delicate equilibrium.

Let’s not forget, we live on one big communal property and it is up to us to forge together to conserve the land which nurtures us. It is time for us to play our part in conserving this earth. The first step is to get educated and pledge to make small changes in our own lives. Let’s no longer hide behind a veil of ignorance. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.”

It’s important to be aware of the primary issues facing our environment: climate change, pollution, environmental degradation and resource depletion.

Three to four billion years ago the sun emitted only 70% as much power as it does today? These changes in luminosity signal the sun’s ultimate death. It will evolve from a red giant to a white dwarf. This will have large effects on climate, with the red giant phase possibly ending life on Earth. We are speeding up this process by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

When we destroy precious ecosystems and stand by idling as species of wildlife become extinct, when we mindlessly deplete our natural resources such as air, water and soil, we are, in effect, causing the deterioration and degradation of our environment. Environmental degradation is one of the ten threats officially cautioned by the High Level Threat Panel of the United Nations? In fact, in the poorest regions of the world about 1 in 5 children will not live to see their fifth birthday, primarily due to environment-related diseases.

DID YOU KNOW...

• By 2030 the number of automobiles in the world will increase by 50%.

• The world consumes two barrels of oil for every barrel discovered.

• It took 125 years to consume the first trillion barrels of oil – the world will consume the next trillion in only 30 years.

• By 2030 the world will consume 47% more oil than it did in 2003.

• During the last one hundred years the global temperature has warmed between 0.7-1.5°C. • It is predicted that global temperatures in 2100 will be 1.4-5.8°C warmer than they were in 1990.

• The current pace of sea-level rise is 50% faster then in the last century.

• Scientists estimate the sea level will rise by 3.5-34.6 inches by 2100.

• The top 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1990.

• Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide (a • • • • • green house gas linked to climate change) in the atmosphere has • increased by 35%.

• Diseases such as malaria are predicted to spread as the world grows Cwarmer, due to the carriers of disease spreading out over a larger geographical area.

• Of particular concern is the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

A sudden collapse would raise sea levels 16-20 feet, though the Clikelihood of such a collapse before the year 2100 is low.

• Despite natural emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by Cvolcanoes, for example, human activities are now adding about 7 billion Cmetric tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year.

• New energy discoveries are mainly occurring in places where resources Care difficult to extract-physically, technically, economically, and politically.

• Oil production is in decline in 33 of the 48 largest oil producing Countries, yet energy demand is increasing around the globe as Ceconomies grow and nations develop.

• Oil and gas currently provide more than half of the world’s energy Csupply, and according to the International Energy Agency, they—along Cwith coal (which also releases CO2)—will continue to be the major Csources of energy well into the 21st century unless things are changed.

• The International Energy Agency estimates that the world will need to Cinvest $16 trillion over the next three decades to maintain and expand Cenergy sup • Agriculture and biodiversity are already being impacted by global Cwarming. 10% of all known plant species are under threat of extinction.

• The Arctic ice pack has lost an area about twice the size of Texas since Cthe mid-1970’s.

• Each gallon of gasoline burned creates 20 pounds of CO2.

• Winter temperatures in the Arctic have warmed by as much as 7° FCover the last 60 years, a faster rate than in any other region. This Caffects wildlife such as foxes, caribou, walruses, and polar bears. It also Caffects the lifestyles of native peoples in the Arctic.

• By planting a large tree that creates shade, one can reduce heating and Ccooling costs annually by up to 40%.

We’re not going to tell you what to do. Your actions should depend on the world around you. We want to inspire you to go out and find out about the environmental issues affecting your area. Once you’re in the know then pledge to make small changes within your own life to try and better the situation. These changes can be as discreet as starting your own recycling system or limiting yourself to 5 minute showers. If everybody made a small change and shifted their attitude from one of complacency to one of empathy then the world would be a very different place.

Peace and Unity,

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