Smile Sunday & Sunday Read

News & stories; featuring Kasia Sturss, Andre Pecji, Darcel Disappoints,, Daphne Guinness, Mary Katrantzou & More...

Kasia Struss: Angel Heart on Nowness.com.

The Polish beauty Kasia Struss wows in filmmaker Hugh Lippe’s atmospheric new short. Having honed her skills working with the likes of Steven Meisel, Mert & Marcus and Craig McDean, Struss found that translating her talents to film came instinctively. NOWNESS caught up with Struss in Paris to discover her most frequented haunts and show season essentials.

Daphne Guinness To Auction Personal Wardrobe.

This Summer, Daphne Guinness will auction off 100 pieces from her personal closet to benefit the charity she set up in Isabella Blow’s memory. 

Fashion designers and artists are collaborating in the name of Britain. 

The initiative is part of the British Fashion Councils' Fashion 2012 platform, which celebrates the year of London hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Leading designers including Paul Smith, Giles Deacon and Mary Katrantzou are teaming up with British artists including Charming Baker, Jeremy Deller and Mark Titchner to create one off pieces of art work, fusing some of the best creative talent that the country has to offer. 

Skinny models 'could be banned'. 

The Government would be justified in banning size zero models from the catwalk and stopping photos of "very skinny" women being used in magazines, according to researchers.

Sneak Peak as Christian Borstlap takes us on an animated journey through the evolution of the iconic Louis Vuitton steamer trunk. Check back on March 6th for full film before it launches at the highly-anticipated "Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs" exhibition at Paris's Les Arts Decoratifs Museum on March 9th. 

Mary Katrantzou Might Launch Plus-Size Collection. 

 Katrantzou are having discussions with Net-a-Porter, whom has approached her about adding larger sizes to her line. 

Dree Hemingway Design Capsule Collection For Sandro. 

Sandro has unveiled its new collaboration with Dree Hemingway, exclusively on VOGUE.COM. From bohemian floaty dresses to tie-dyed cut-off shorts and slouchy T-shirts, see all the collection pictures for the first time here. 

Androgynous Male Model Andrej Pejic Lands Gaultier Beauty Campaign. 

Has He Been Cast as a Man or a Woman? Jean Paul Gaultier has said that he shot Pejic for the print campaign of Kokorico fragrance.

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   Darcel Disappoints X Colette: 150/15. 

150/15, an exhibition of 150 portraits by Darcel Disappoints celebrating 15 years in fashion, art and design at colette. The New York based artist Darcel presents portraits from different worlds of fashion, music, design, photography and are “darcellized” and revealed for a new exhibition at Colette store,(Paris) during March. Feautring Olsen Twins,  Bill Cunningham (NYT) to Inez & Vinoodh (Justice), Anna Wintour to Katie Grand, Britney Spears to Lady Gaga and lots of top fashion designers.