Smile Sunday & Sunday Read

 

Grace Coddington: Scarlet Woman

Innovatively lit and offering a cinematic edge, Willie Christie shares his experimental photos of former wife Grace Coddington, taken at the home they shared through the 70s and 80s when the flame-haired beauty cut short her modeling career to become Fashion Editor of British Vogue.

Kristen Stewart to Front New Balenciaga Fragrance 

Balenciaga has signed Kristen Stewart to be the face of its newest fragrance. The yet-to-be-named scent will be the house's second, and will launch for Fall 2012.

Carine Roitfeld to Guest Edit the Spring Issue of VMan

Carine Roitfeld is adding yet another gig to her ever-growing list : guest editor of the Spring issue of VMan.

10 Fashion Exhibitions You Won’t Want to Miss in 2012

A whole host of museums have decided to fill their halls with fashion history, from the Louis Vuitton/Marc Jacobs retrospective at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, to Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada at New York's Costume Institute and Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 at V&A in London.

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Amused by the unrealistic ideals set by the fashion and beauty industry, Jesse Rosten made this genius spoof ad. Filmmaker Jesse Rosten was inspired to make this Photoshop/ beauty advert parody after watching an infomercial for a cosmetics line one sleepless night.

Rodarte Sisters To Design Costumes For Don Giovanni

A once in a lifetime opportunity to design costumes for the new Philharmonic show Don Giovanni in LA.Performances of Don Giovanni are set to start this spring under the direction of Christopher Alden.

British department store Selfridges debuted a pop-up library.

Selfridges opens its very own pop-up library - a 3,500 square-foot space housing over 15,000 of the world's most inspirational books curated by Penguin, Thames and Hudson, Faber and Taschen. In celebration of the launch, the store has recruited the help of its famous friends to reveal their favourite books - from Olivia Palermo and Lily Cole to Rankin and Thandie Newton - just to give you a little reading inspiration.

H&M on the Hunt for Rising New Designers

H&M announced their new design competition for fashion students, aptly named the H&M Design Award, with prizes including €50,000 (that's roughly $63,500), a runway slot at Stockholm Fashion Week, and the opportunity to sell their designs in H&M stores.

Smile Sunday: SpongeKarl illustration by Dutch illustrator Mike Frederiqo, turning the iconic yellow character into Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Terry Richardson and more.

AleXsandro Palombo is a contemporary artist, illustrator and designer, whom adding humour to Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Donatelle Versace and more, illustrating a point of view about costume, society, culture and celebrity.