Duchess of Cambridge dazzles Kate in cocktail dress

THE Duchess of Cambridge cut an elegant figure in a dazzling

long evening dress tonight night when she joined Olympic and Paralympic heroes at a glittering charity ball in London.

 

 

 

Kate, 31, was the belle of the SportsAid SportsBall, raising money to help fund Britain's next generation of elite athletes aiming to emulate the success of Team GB at London 2012.

Wearing a black and champagne Temperley cocktail dress which costs £995 and £450 4.7 inch heel black suede Jimmy Choo Cosmic pumps, she left her husband Prince William at home looking after their four-month-old son Prince George.

Kate's hair looked a shade darker since she was last pictured. Her lighter streaks seemed to have disappeared, prompting speculation she has chosen to dye it a richer shade of
brown.

The Duchess enjoyed a glamorous night out complete with athletes providing sports entertainment including judo, and a fencing match during the dinner.

She left Prince George with a babysitter, thought to be his nanny Jessie Webb, while Prince William attended a dinner at Buckingham Palace for a proposed new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre.

 

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Why I designed a fashion range for women with larger breasts

Yael Aflalo, the founder of LA fashion brand Reformation, says she created the I’m Up Here collection because she has “a lot of friends with bigger busts and I was sick of them complaining”. Said friends will no doubt now be silenced. Aflalo’s range is that rare thing – proper fashion specifically designed for women between C and DD cups.
Now in its second season, and with Daisy Lowe modelling the very affordable clothes (around £50 for the bodysuit, £140 for the dress), and she has cornered a nice untapped market. But what can it teach us about dressing when you have bigger boobs?

According to Aflalo, the key is dressing to your body even if that goes against dominant fashion trends. “A lot of people go for the model off-duty as the default but I’m curvy and that doesn’t work for me,” she says。

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When designing this collection, insights came from talking to women about what they wanted out of their clothes. It turns out that’s pretty much the same thing whatever size bra you are. “We did a survey, and women said they were proud of their bodies but didn’t want to be completely on display,” she explains. “Most of us when getting dressed want to feel beautiful but not like we’re objectifying ourselves.” That’s something that fits into the rest of the Reformation world. Launched in 2010, Aflalo’s brand makes clothes that are sustainable, fun, sexy but speak to women.

Fashion for all ages: summer dresses – in pictures

Without overstating things, a summer dress is the kind of purchase that can really pep up your life. I don’t mean a pastel, flowered shift worthy of a garden party. Instead, go for one with a bit of twist. That can mean anything from a midi-length lace shirt dress, as worn by Pam, to a subtly asymmetric number such as Lisskulla’s. Print and texture aren’t out, of course; just find a smart play on the classics – for instance, the fringing at the waist and hem of Hanna’s knitted shift worn with clashing red sandals, the graphic squares on pleats such as Amber’s, or oversized blooms on a maxi, as worn by Nyamka. Expect – or demand – the unexpected from your summer dress and you’ll come back to it again and again.

Kim Kardashian wears sexy lingerie in bizarre photo shoot on massive dirt pile styled by Kanye West

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian did a shoot at Château d’Ambleville in France for a special booklet produced by System Magazine.

  Kim Kardashian is getting a little dirtier than usual in a sexy new photo shoot — styled by none other than her husband Kanye West.

The reality star posed for famed photographer Juergen Teller for a series of weird pics taken at France’s Château d’Ambleville in the spring — back whenKardashian was still blond.

The portfolio of photographs is titled “Kanye, Juergen & Kim,” with the cover featuring a kiss between the superstar couple.

Despite getting last billing in the booklet’s title, Kardashian seems to be the star of the shoot, rocking a nude bodysuit paired with a similar-colored bustier and thigh-black stockings.

One photo shows the star wasn't afraid to get dirty for high fashion, posing provocatively on a large mound of dirt.

  But the portfolio also features photos of her rapper husband wearing a simple, all-black ensemble. Even Teller is shown in photos, and like Kardashian is sporting minimal clothing – the pictures show him without any pants.

The shoot was taken for a special booklet produced by System Magazine, which will soon be available on their website.

The booklet will also be available for sale at Dover Books in London on Saturday and in New York on July 18.

The French photo shoot isn't the first time Kardashians has served as a fashion muse for West: She also wore his designs at his runway show at New York Fashion Week in February.

Plus-Size Model Ashley Graham Launches Her Own Lingerie Line

Ashley Graham is no stranger to wearing very little in front of the cameras, so what makes this photoshoot special? Well, for one, she’s wearing lingerie she designed herself this time!

The plus-size model has launched her first-ever lingerie line with retailer Addition Elle in the U.S., called Modern Boudoir, and showed off the first shots of the sexy new collection on Instagram. In the ad, Graham seductively poses wearing an emerald-hued set with lace detailing, along with a black lacy coverup, in a hotel doorframe at sunset.

The collection, launching this fall, features four sets of bras and panties, detailed with gold hardware, cutouts and lots of lace, along with the black lace kimono seen in the photo above and will be available in sizes 12 and up, with prices ranging from $30 to $95 and sold exclusively at Nordstrom stores.

And though she once said she’d “absolutely” model for Victoria’s secret, she won’t need to now that she’s bringing her own sexy lingerie set to the masses. She may have wanted people to see her as a “curvaceous, sexy, gorgeous hunk of woman,” but we bet they’re now seeing her as a savvy entrepreneur as well.

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