Celebrity Fashion Industry

"According to a report in the Mirror, organisers, fearing a no- show by The Fight For This Love singer would put a dampener on the evening, quickly did a U-turn and turned to Twilight star Kristen Stewart instead.It claims X Factor judge Cheryl was informed weeks ago about the award. But after allegations that her footie ace hubby Ashely had cheated on her saw her jett off to L.A, alarm bells started ringing when organisers were told she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to make the glamour event.

Undeteered they were apparently still hoping to crown Cheryl Woman Of The Year right up until the show started. But when it became clear that Cheryl , who arrived back in the UK from L.A. this afternoon, wasn’t going to make it, they put Plan B into action and turned to 19 year-old Kristen, who was in town for the BAFTAs, instead.

Kristen Stewart @ Burberry Catwalk Show!

A source at the awards told showbiz reporters from the Mirror: “Cheryl was down to win Woman of the Year – she was supposed to be here right now. Source: entertainment.stv.tv

Kristen Stewart at ELLE Style Awards Winner's Room on 22nd February 2010.

"Twilight actress Kristen has just been given the Woman of The Year gong at the Elle Style Awards. This comes hot on the heels of her Orange Rising Star award at the Baftas.Hot property Kristen took to the red carpet again for the awards and told OK! That she was “overwhelmed” by all the fuss at the moment.
Kristen Stewart between Carey Mulligan and Abbie Cornish Vanity Fair Shoot.

She said: “I never know what I'm going to wear until five minutes before I go somewhere."
Kristen Stewart wore a Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010 at London Fashion Week Burberry:
Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010.Kristen Stewart wins "Woman of the Year" award at ELLE Style Awards press room - 22 February 2010. She wore at Elle Style Awards a black Leather Jacket 1020 By Nicole 1001.

But she added: "I guess I know what I'm comfortable in. I don't know how to describe that, I mean you either put it on and go 'no way' or 'OK, let's go."

However, despite the cat being well and truly out of the bag about her love life, she refused to comment about her love for Robert Pattinson and settled for smiling and walking away. Source: entertainment.stv.tv

Reese Witherspoon out & about in Brentwood, wearing a stripped sweater, jeans and a Lanvin bag, on 23rd February, 2010Olivia Wilde carrying an issue of "Flaunt" magazine on Set of "House M.D." on 23rd February, 2010.

Fashion Industry News:

"Fashion designers help create the billions of dresses, suits, shoes, and other clothing and accessories purchased every year by consumers. Designers study fashion trends, sketch designs of clothing and accessories, select colors and fabrics, and oversee the final production of their designs.

Karl Lagerfeld in Vogue España March 2010 - Mademoiselle privé (intimate portrait of Chanel S/S 2010 Show)
Kirsten Dunst attending Rodarte Exhibition Opening Party on 18th February 2010. Kirsten Dunst, in Rodarte with Nicholas Kirkwood shoes.
Kirsten Dunst in style.com

Clothing designers create and help produce men's, women's, and children's apparel, including casual wear, suits, sportswear, formalwear, outerwear, maternity, and intimate apparel. Footwear designers help create and produce different styles of shoes and boots. Accessory designers help create and produce items such as handbags, belts, scarves, hats, hosiery, and eyewear, which add the finishing touches to an outfit.

Willem Dafoe, Terrence Howard, Ben Stiller, Isabella Rossellini, Ginnifer Goodwin and many more celebrities pose for Fabrizio Ferri.

Linsday Lohan in a photoshoot published in the UK's Sun (February 2010).Scarlett Johansson has designed a bag for MANGO as charity for Haiti through ONG Oxfam International (Intermón Oxfam in Spain).

The first step in creating a design is researching current fashion and making predictions of future trends. Some designers conduct their own research, while others rely on trend reports published by fashion industry trade groups.

Jake Gyllenhaal in GQ magazine photoshoot.

Trend reports indicate what styles, colors, and fabrics will be popular for a particular season in the future. Textile manufacturers use these trend reports to begin designing fabrics and patterns while fashion designers begin to sketch preliminary designs. Designers then visit manufacturers or trade shows to procure samples of fabrics and decide which fabrics to use with which designs.

Celebrity Fashion:

"Heat is a mainstay in marketing. Heat as in hotness as in sexy. The better looking the person, the more likely the consumer is to stare. That’s what its all about, manipulating the animal brain, and Olivia Wilde certainly manipulates my animal brain. Look at that picture for Pete’s sake.

Anyway, her star is rising in Hollywood and, just like so many other ultra-hotties, she started out in commercials, namely, an Abercrombie & Fitch ad campaign in 2004. Source: www.adsavvy.org

Depending on the size of their design firm and their experience, fashion designers may have varying levels of involvement in different aspects of design and production. In large design firms, fashion designers often are the lead designers who are responsible for creating the designs, choosing the colors and fabrics, and overseeing technical designers who turn the designs into a final product. They are responsible for creating the prototypes and patterns and work with the manufacturers and suppliers during the production stages.
Sting with Gulnara Karimova at a fashion show in Uzbekistan.

Other high-fashion designers sell their designs in their own retail stores or cater to specialty stores or high-fashion department stores. These designers create a mixture of original garments and those that follow established fashion trends.
Nikki Reed at Burberry Prorsum 2010 Womenswear Show on 23rd February 2010.

Some fashion designers specialize in costume design for performing arts, motion picture, and television productions. The work of costume designers is similar to other fashion designers. Costume designers, however, perform extensive research on the styles worn during the period in which the performance takes place, or they work with directors to select and create appropriate attire.
Work environment. Fashion designers employed by manufacturing establishments, wholesalers, or design firms generally work regular hours in well-lighted and comfortable settings. Designers who freelance generally work on a contract, or by the job. They frequently adjust their workday to suit their clients' schedules and deadlines, meeting with the clients during evenings or weekends when necessary.
Alexa Chung at 2010 Elle Style Awards on 22nd February 2010.

Freelance designers tend to work longer hours and in smaller, more congested, environments, and are under pressure to please clients and to find new ones in order to maintain a steady income. Regardless of their work setting, all fashion designers occasionally work long hours to meet production deadlines or prepare for fashion shows.
Diablo Cody and Amanda Seyfried at InStyle's Cocktail Party for "Jennifer's Body" on 11th September 2009.Amanda Seyfried attending PIX 11 Morning Show on 4th February 2010.

The global nature of the fashion business requires constant communication with suppliers, manufacturers, and customers all over the United States and the world. Most fashion designers travel several times a year to trade and fashion shows to learn about the latest fashion trends. Designers also may travel frequently to meet with fabric and materials suppliers and with manufacturers who produce the final apparel products".
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Kristen Stewart's Speech at the Elle Style Awards

Kristen Stewart's Speech at the Elle Style Awards

"Hollywood beauties Kate Hudson and Twilight star - and Robert Pattinson's girlfriend - Kristen Stewart were sat in the front row last night to check out the latest collection from that most British of fashion labels Burberry.
They were joined by the likes of Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Mia Wasikowska, star of the new Alice in Wonderland film.

Uber fashionista Vogue editor Anna Wintour was also there too to cast a beady eye over the latest designs by the label's head honcho, Christopher Bailey". Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Kristen Stewart wore a white, strapless, floral appliqué Chanel dress teamed with champagne platform heels by Roger Vivier at BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS 2010.

Jake Gyllenhaal & Matt Damon turned down "Avatar"

Jake Gyllenhaal in "People" magazine photoshoot.

"In another universe, Jason Bourne or the Prince of Persia might have been running around the jungles of Pandora.

Jake Gyllenhaal in "Flaunt" magazine photoshoot.Jake Gyllenhaal in "Total Film" magazine photoshoot.Sam Worthington was chosen to play Jake Sully in "Avatar".

"Avatar" director James Cameron spoke to both Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal about playing the role of Jake Sully in the sci-fi epic that now stands as the biggest moneymaker in the history of Hollywood with $2.5 billion in worldwide box office.

Both stars, perhaps leery of a blue-in-the-face gig, declined, and the filmmaker instead went with his first choice -- unknown Aussie actor Sam Worthington, who was living in his car before he got the job. Cameron said he offered the role to the big-name stars only to placate the studio chiefs at Fox, who wanted a bankable star to offset some of the risks of the expensive project.
"I don’t think they ever had a problem with the CG, “ Cameron said. “Honestly, did I go out and try to woo them? No. I had my heart set on Sam. Maybe they sensed my lack of 100% commitment from me. Maybe it was the subject matter. This was a big 'Star Wars'-type movie. They’re both serious actors.”
Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010).Sam Worthington as Perseus in "Clash of the Titans" (2010).

Next up for those serious actors: Gyllenhaal stars in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", based on the video game, which hits theaters in May, while Damon will be seen in "Green Zone" and is among the stars working on next year's "Happy Feet 2 in 3D." Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

"While Damon just played South African rugby star Francois Pienaar in Invictus, he has never played a real figure like Kennedy. The film will trace RFK's transformation from the younger brother in the shadow brother President John F Kennedy to a strong national leader in his own right before he was gunned down in 1968. His assassination at the Ambassador Hotel was the backdrop for Emilio Estevez’s Bobby, and Chris Columbus and his 1492 partners are developing The Last Campaign on RFK's presidential run. Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore in "Bobby" (2006).

Knight, the Eastern Promises writer, just got hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt the Dan Brown novel The Lost Symbol. That came thanks to his work for the studio on Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about Bobby Fischer's unlikely victory over Russian chess champ Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire as Sam Cahill in "Brothers" (2009).

Tobey Maguire is producing and eyeing the Fischer role. Cooper, Ross, and Thomas were already collaborating on another U.S. history project, the Jack Greenberg-Thurgood Marshall story Crusaders, which they’ve set at HBO with Danny Strong writing the script". Source: www.deadline.com

William Hurt defends Kristen Stewart

William Hurt, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ang Lee attending CAA Pre-Oscar Party on 3rd March, 2006 in Hollywood, CA.

Kristen Stewart plays rebellious Martine in "The Yellow Handkerchief".
-So what do you make of this three-ring circus that surrounds Kristen Stewart wherever she goes?
-I’ve defended her in public as regularly as I can. I think it’s absurd, that they’re not giving her a break. I think that she’s holding her own, that she’s courageous, that she’s inventive, and that she’s got character oozing out of her, and I say, “Give her a break. Who is she to pander to your idea of what she’s supposed to be?” She has every right in the world to express herself exactly as she chooses to, and she’s got a lot of surprises up her sleeve. Why won’t they give that woman a break?
She was one of the ones who prepared the most! Kristen and I worked together great, and so did me and Eddie [Redmayne]. We had two weeks of wonderful rehearsal on this project, and that’s why it’s a good film. [A publicist enters the room] Excuse us. [“One more question,” says the publicist. Hurt raises his voice.] Come on! Give us a break. We’re just getting started.

-If you were starting out right now and you were her age, do you think you’d be able to withstand all this pressure?-I couldn’t take it. No. My route was categorically different from hers. I have to study something for fifteen years before I take a risk, and then I take a very calculated and big risk, but I really have to work hard before I jump. I do jump, but I look at where it can make the most impact. [Kristen’s] route may be different, but the ends might be the same.
-When I spoke to Maria Bello earlier, she said she likes as little preparation as possible. But when you’re in the scene with her, she’s home. She’s there. So she’s doing something.
-Is it interesting to reconcile those different approaches, or does it just happen naturally?
William Hurt plays Brett Hanson in "The Yellow Handkerchief".
-It depends, you know. It depends, but to me, there is a common denominator. Maria is a very considerate person. She’s not just in flagrante delicto. She obviously has a structured approach to life. She’s got a life and integrity, and integrity means there’s life and structure and principles. That’s what you’re working with — the idea of total spontaneity is total chaos, for God’s sake. There’s form there. There are things she’s trying to convey and questions that she’s asking her peers, and there’s a real conversation there and I can understand it. She’s considerate. Lack of structure? Maybe she doesn’t prepare the way I do, but she prepares". Source: www.movieline.com

Kristen Stewart and Noel Clarke at BAFTA's on 21st February 2010.

"The girl is actually a brilliant actress and people are only hating on her because every piece of great acting work that she has done has been eclipsed by the juggernaut that is twilight… Lets be honest, that’s what it’s really about isn’t it? People not liking her because she stars in those films that do so well and they are not considered worthy by the snobs. Personally, I don’t mind em. They ain’t the godfather, (Neither was AVATAR) but they’re entertaining.
Kristen Stewart with Kate Hudson and Claire Danes at Burberry Prorsum LFW Autumn/Winter 2010 Women's wear show in London, on 23rd February 2010.

Not that I would ever compare my films to anything Kristen Stewart does. But why hate on a person because they are doing well? It makes no sense. Also she was cast in that film because of her talent. That’s how films like that are cast. Not everyone thought it would blow up like it did and so what that it has? She is actress who took a role. That’s what actors do.

So we end up at the BAFTAS. The British academy awards. I step on the stage, do my little speech and read the envelope. “Kristen Stewart” She comes up does her speech and leaves.I got a sense of a lovely, nervous and shy girl who respected the other actors she was up against and was a bit overwhelmed by winning. More importantly than that, I see a girl got into this acting job because she wants to actually act and play different roles. There is a difference between wanting to act and wanting to be a star.


Kristen Stewart - BAFTAS EDITION 2010 // from the heart.

It’s difficult at any age when you can’t go anywhere with out people wanting a piece of you, and she is still young. People who said she was weird on stage, well… I don’t really agree. It’s a little daunting up there, I would love to see some of her detractors get up in front of 2000 or so people with only your name as notice, (she didn’t know she was getting it) and half of those people be people that do the same job as you and are looking at you from head to toe, and all you want to do is just not fall over. It’s not easy.

So. Would i have liked Nick to win..? Sure.

Am i upset that Kristen won? No way.

Did she deserve to win? Yeah she did, and i’m glad she did.

Exclusive Empire interview with Kristen about her Bafta and what it means to her.

She was talented enough for us jury members to put her there in the first place and the public support her the most. Done deal.
She may be a Mega star now, but she is still a rising star in terms of where her career is going, because just being in a blockbuster doesn’t make you a good actor. The girl is talented and has made some smart choices beyond the big movies. Source: noelclarke.tumblr.com

Kristen Stewart, picking up the change

Kristen Stewart wins the Orange Rising Star BAFTA for her performance in "Adventureland" (2009), directed by Greg Mottola.

"Adventureland" (Pick Up the Change) from Jake Weird on Vimeo.

This is my litte fan-video as a homage to Kristen Stewart for her performance as Em in "Adventureland" which has earned her a BAFTA, congrats!!

It's a musical video featuring some stills from "Adventureland" directed by Greg Mottola, and starred by Kristen Stewart & Jesse Eisenberg.

Song "Pick Up the Change" by Wilco.


Kristen Stewart talks about winning the Orange Rising Star Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010.

"Speaking after her Bafta success, the onscreen Bella Swan discusses her public popularity, the future of the Twilight Saga and her darker independent roles.
What did it mean to you to receive the Orange Rising Star Bafta award, the one prize in the whole ceremony voted for by the public rather than the stuffy film scholars who typically decide the winners?

-It's awesome. It's also cool because the snooty film people have to put you on the list for the normal people to consider so I guess it's the best of both worlds. I'm really lucky because I'm in a pretty unique position considering I have the Twilight following and I also do smaller movies too, so I'm lucky on that front.
The win shows your global appeal too, given it was voted for my mainly British viewers.
-Is there anything you can tease us with for Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight Saga?

-I mean, unfortunately… most of the info is pretty much out there, you know what I mean? I don't have to tease, I'd just say that all of the stuff you've read in the book is going to look really cool. I'm really excited to see the newborns, I keep saying that, but they're going to look insane.
-It was claimed recently in the Hollywood Reporter recently that you, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner aren't signed up yet for the last film in the saga - is this true or are you guys onboard?

-Well… We're all definitely onboard to do Breaking Dawn but what's up in the air at this point is whether or not it's going to be one or two films and at the moment we still don't know.
-You mentioned the independent films you've worked on recently and you're starring in the film based on Joan Jett and the Runaways, as well as playing a stripper in Welcome to the Rileys. Are these films that the Twihards won't be able to see and do you think some of your fans will be surprised to see you in those kind of parts?

-Well, yeah, they're both rated R so if you're a Twilight fan and you're under 18, I'm sorry. But I don't know - , you know, actors never start acting so they can find one character and become famous for it. I think it's just to be expected that I would do different things and I think it's to be expected that people will like or dislike them because art is subjective and that's why I like it. So it's all good. Source: www.inthenews.co.uk

Kristen Stewart wins "Woman of the Year" award @ ELLE Style Awards press room - 22 February 2010.