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Forbes Highest Paid Model List

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Ever since Gisele told she didn’t actually make $35 million, as Forbes reported in their 2008 list of top-earning models, we’ve stopped viewing their salary estimations as God-given fact.

They just released this year’s richest models list, and it’s the same people in the same order as last year’s list, only four models had slight salary variations from last year. And the top ten in last year’s list was nearly the same to the top ten in the previous year’s list.

So we’ll copy and paste last year’s list into this post and make those four slight salary adjustments for you, but reading it is about as thrilling as watching a rerun of The Real Housewives of New York.

New list:

1. Gisele Bündchen- $25 million 2. Heidi Klum - $16 million 3. Kate Moss - $9 million- 4. Adriana Lima - $7.5 million 5. Doutzen Kroes - $6 million 6. Alessandra Ambrosio - $5.5 million 7. Natalia Vodianova - $5.5 million 8. Daria Werbowy - $4.5 Million 9. Miranda Kerr - $4 million 10. Carolyn Murphy - $3.5 million

Last year’s list:

1. Gisele Bündchen - $25 million 2. Heidi Klum - $16 million 3. Kate Moss - $8.5 million 4. Adriana Lima - $8 million 5. Doutzen Kroes - $6 million 6. Alessandra Ambrosio - $6 million 7. Natalia Vodianova - $5.5 million 8. Daria Werbowy - $4.5 million 9. Miranda Kerr - $3 million 10. Carolyn Murphy - $3 million 11. Emanuela de Paula - $2.5 million

The World’s Top-Earning Models [Forbes]

Fashion Designer McQueen Found dangled

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

One of Britain’s pinnacle fashion designers Alexander McQueen has been found hanged at his flat in Central London.

The 40-year-old was revealed at his property in Green Street, in London’s West End.

McQueen is believed to have become miserable following the death of his mum Joyce, a week ago.

The designer, who won British fashion designer four times between 1996 and 2003, had posted a string of messages on Twitter contribution an insight into his state of mind.

The final message on his account was: “I’m here with my girl Annie Tinkerbelle wishing Kerry the slag, happy birthday in NY, your 40 now girl time to slow it down we believe.”

Paramedics were called but he was pronounced dead at the view. Police said his death is not being treated as doubtful.

An orator for Mr. McQueen said: Mr. McQueen was found dead this morning at his home. We’re confounded and I hope you comprehend that out of respect to his family and his colleagues we’re not going to be making any further statement.

Kardashian Sisters To Expose Treir Design Talents At New York Fashion Week

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Kardashian Sisters Khloe, Kim and Kourtney

Sisters Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian will make their fashion design unveiling at New York Fashion Week next month, the Global Grind information.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians stars were hired by bebe - a women’’s label that is renowned for its high-end, rhinestone-encrusted sportswear and glossy party dress - to design their own collection, which will be shown in February.

Whereas they will not be featured in the event’’s main location in Bryant Park, the sisters will expose their designs February 16 at Stage 37 on the west side of Manhattan, according to the media outlet.

Their show will kick off a two-day affair called STYLE360, which will showcase 10 independent or emerging designers, according to People.

This is not Kim’’s only connection to the fashion industry, as she is the co-founder and chief fashion creator for ShoeDazzle, a shoe-of-the-month club, according to WWD.com.

The bebe line may be influenced by Kim’’s love for the 1940s, as she told the media outlet that she thinks the era’’s “old-school glam hair and retro makeup assorted with modern clothes is really attractive.”