Out and about....simply beautiful

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I think the title says it all really. Winnie's simple style just accentuates her beauty. Her look is comprised of a Zara top and bag, vintage jeans and Topshop shoes.

Out and about....Floral St

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Zac works for Louboutin how cool is that. Saying that when I asked him his surprise he told me that he has 300 pairs of shoes and that his new flat has a room just for shoes. Now here is a man whose love of shoes has him working for one of the best. Style wise Zac dresses with his mood which can be flamboyant or casual. He likes to wear a lot of designer brand key pieces which are an easy fit with high street. He also has a lot of fur. Zac's favourite place in London is Shoreditch House. Here he is wearing a jacket and trousers from Aqua - Carnaby Street. Louboutin shoes (of course), fur from Brick Lane and COS top.

mallika sherawat

Mallika Sherawat is considered to be a youth icon in the Indian film industry. She has tremendous popularity as far as her looks are concerned. But acting is something which is not the first criterion to be a good female actor in India. They are mainly in the movies for ornamental purposes- to attract young people who form the major chunk of cinema-goers.

Mallika Sherawat hails from Rohtak, India. She was an air-hostess initially. Many people do not know that she was married to a pilot but the marriage did not work out and they separated. Mallika Sherawat then tried her hand in show business and she achieved overnight success with her film Murder. Her success is mainly attributed to her bold scenes which are not usually seen in Indian movies. After some of her initial movies most of the films have proven to be below average. Even her much talked about film 'Myth' with Jacky Chan has fallen flat. If Mallika has to stay in the film industry she will have to give quality to cinema.

For Mallika Sherawat success and money comes easy which will be a dream for many people. This is probably the reason why her parents who were against her defiant attitude regarding her show of skin, later reconciled with her and are reportedly living with her.

Mallika Sherawat's success has initiated a new era in Indian film industry. Actors who used to shy from showing their skin have now shed their hesitation and now competing with Mallika Sherawat. Celina Jaitly, Neha Dhupia, Esha Deol and many more like them are examples of such actors who have adopted the formula of Mallika Sherawat to make it to the top in Bollywood.

Many people feel that Mallika Sherawat is arrogant and egotist. She loves to talk about herself and her success. According to her, half the Indian population is mad about her. During an interview, she even challenged a senior news anchor of a reputed news channel that he likes her. Mallika probably has a very physical perspective of the people in general and that is how she has learned to exploit the desires of sexually deprived Indian men.

Mallika Sherawat has made name and money very easily... (relatively) just with her hot looks. Not everybody is gifted with such an attractive body. Quick success is something which is difficult to achieve and even more difficult to maintain. Let's see in future how she manages to continue to be a successful star of Bollywood.

The curse of the fertility goddess, Nagin, states that anytime man desecrates or violates the cobra, they are doomed to suffer the petrifying curse of the snake woman, involving death and infertility. Respect is the only cure. Over 4000 years ago the inhabitants of the Indus Valley in the Far East sculpted the image of the shape-shifting, half-human, half-cobra creatures residing in mysterious temples deep within the legendary spice forests off the Malabar Coast. George States (Jeff Doucette) isn't afraid of the legend, and journeys into the jungle to snag the mate of the Nagin, hoping the goddess will take human form, chase after him, and grant him immortality. Thanks to stage 3 brain cancer, he's delusional, homicidal, and makes as little sense as the movie does trying to explain the premise.

George is successful in capturing the male cobra and returns to his stone lab where he waits for Nagin to appear. The goddess, played by Mallika Sherawat, takes many scenes to transform from snake into human, writhing in mud, sloughing off handfuls of gooey scales, tearing through molting netlike skin, and revealing naked human flesh. The makeup effects aren't entirely pathetic, demonstrating a similarity to the more impressive works in Species. It's the computer graphics later on, showing the transformation back into reptile that is particularly ridiculous. The reasons and methods for the mutations are never explained, nor are the various stages of snake/human hybrid metamorphosis. Sometimes Nagin will be completely human, or a small rubber snake, or monstrous cobra, or a woman with fangs and yellow eyes, or even a Gorgon-like mix, with snake body and human arms and head. The combination constantly changes and remains completely undefined.

In the nearby village, the festival of colors, known as Holi, is being joyously celebrated, while a local detective (Irrfan Khan) and his wife (Divya Dutta) try unsuccessfully to have a child. The festival is an easy opportunity to throw in the standard song and dance sequences expected from a Bollywood production. When Nagin appears to dance with the natives, two drunken men kidnap her. She acts like a child unfamiliar with her surroundings, more naïve than Mowgli, and never utters a word (throughout the entire film, in fact). The ensuing attempted rape results in both men being mutilated and eaten, derivative of the more memorable scenes in Anaconda. She continues to seek out her lover (an incredibly fake snake held in a glass case, periodically electrocuted for fun by States), murder various sex offenders and abusive men she stumbles across, and hunt down the participants in the original expedition that ended in the male cobra's capture. Meanwhile, the detective tries to solve the string of killings, noticing that each body contains an excessive amount of venom.

This is some weird shit," exclaims the morgue doctor as he performs an autopsy on a mangled body, so horribly disfigured that a cell phone must be cut out of the middle of the mess. His blurb sums up Hisss, a movie that is purposely weird and terribly dull, full of brutal violence for the sake of including bloodshed, horribly plain dialogue, gratuitous nudity from random, busty extras, and pitiful special effects. While most will be pleased with Sherawat's constant state of nakedness, the editing actually tries every trick in the book to hide, obscure or cover her so that she's never seen clearly (suggestive silhouettes at best). Hisss is an embarrassment to horror films, monster movies, the Indians it portrays, and the filmmakers at its helm. It's no wonder director Jennifer Chambers Lynch (daughter of David Lynch) is rumored to have disowned it after the producers took away creative control during editing.

Sex in Bollywood films is a part and parcel of entertainment. The most successful adult Hindi film so far 'Murder' released in 2004 bears testimony to this. Although adapted by the Hollywood flick 'Unfaithful' Murder become a nationwide hit thanks to the sleaze and the love-making scenes of Mallika Shararat (sorry Sherawat). Neha Dhupia did an encore in the cheaply made but sleazy Julie which was a surprise hit. The movie was for the mass, to bait (please don't treat these three words as single) and the junta loved it. Neha Dhupia was so much convinced about films getting sexed-up that her quote "only sex and Shahrukh sell" become more famous than her.

However, these bold girls had to take back their words when Neha Dhupia's bolder movie Sheesha flopped and Mallika's cleavage revealing 'Back ke rehna re baba' had audience screaming just that. Now Mallika has been relegated to the slutty character that lusts after the hero and gets nothing in the end...she did that in movies like Guru, Aap Ka Surroor and Shaadi se Pehle. The bad girl part is doing nothing GOOD to Mallika's career. Mallika seriously needs to read her scripts well and choose good films. Neha Dhupia who arrived with a bang is now quietly doing sissie roles a la Chup Chup ke. Looks like the boob girls are running for cover. No more breast of luck for Mallika Sherawat, unless she comes up with a convincing performance!

In fact most of the sex-kittens of Bollywood have turned puppy later. Bipasha stirred and stimulated in Jism and Raaz, but has now toned down her exposure bit because she knew her cleavage would not take her far, if she didn't get her act going(pun intended).

Priyanka Chopra's character was that of a sexual monster that was looking for a male prostitute in an employee(Akshay Kumar getting lucky once again) in Aitraaz. The film did wonders for her but she felt somewhat guilty of the raunchy scenes she had done in the film. Considering that she is now a top-bracket actress, Priyanka Chopra is conscious about her image and has 'aitraaz' about exposing, without any 'meat' in the story.

Actresses debut with flash lines like "I don't have any qualms about exposing" and then end up with "if the script demands it" after getting established. In a way, the exposure is just to make people notice them and then act sensible. There are also some actresses like Mahima Choudary who was an ice-maiden in her earlier movies and then began to reveal her huge assets, as a last ditch to salvage her career. Er.. I hope when they say they want meatier roles, they don't mean films which show their meat. Well, I have my doubts intact because the Celina Jaitleys and Riya Sens of the world flash their curves which reveal everything but their talent.

Out and about....relaxing in the shade

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It is wonderful to have the sun here. I look forward to it and look forward to it, then when it arrives I  find myself looking for the shade. But the light and the warmth are still good there. I am also so pale I have to be careful. What about you guys can you be in the full sun all day or like me have to balance the two? Margo is a drama student and models a little too. Her wonderful dress is by Jas di Orange.

Out and about....Sloane Square

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Loreley is in the UK from America for her friend s wedding which is tomorrow.And the weather is amazing, it is going to be a wonderful day for them all I am sure. Loreley is a student at Med school. Her style influence is fashion and street style blogs. Surprisingly she was born in Argentina and speaks fluent Spanish even though she moved from there when she was very young. Loreley is wearing Prada glasses, a Nasty Gal dress, Jeffery Campbell boots and is carrying a Tory Burch bag.

Out and about...Chelsea Flower Show

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I am shooting the flowers at Chelsea Flower Show this week for Vogue. You can see all the pictures here. So far the 1st 13 images are mine. More tomorrow.

Out and about....sun at last

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We have been forecast sun in London today. I really hope it is true. To celebrate the sunshine here is a nice sunny shot of Eva Fontanelli who is the editor of Italian Elle.

Out and about....art of the trench

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I first met up with William almost 2 years ago when he was in town with his Mum for his birthday. At the time I was taking pic's for the Vogue Street style competition. You can see the picture I took of him then, here. William was at university at the time and his goal then was to work for Vogue. Since we last met he has moved to London and is in the middle of a masters in fashion journalism. It was good to see him and learn that he is still concentrating on his goal to work for Vogue. He describes his style as tailored. For summer he is channeling Brideshead Revisited for his look, wearing cravats etc. Today he is wearing an Aquascutum trench, TM Lewin shirt, vintage bowtie, Primark cardy, Levis jeans, his dads belt, John Lewis boots (they are his favourite Chelsea boots) and carrying a Mulberry bag.

Out and about....Kingly St

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Charlotte is a 2nd year student at Farnham and was on work placement in London when we met. When I asked about her style she told me she was Gothy but has toned it down a bit. Very pretty Goth I say. She also said she never wears jeans. Her favourite places in London are Brick Lane and Soho. Charlotte's surprise for us is that she used to Ice Skate in Ice Skating shows. Her jacket is from All Saints (I would love one the same), skirt is Jack Wills which she is wearing with a petticoat (she only wears shirts with petticoats), top H&M, boots DMs and she is carrying a Ferragamo bag.

Out and about....flower of Scotland

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Eleanor is a dentist and is in London job hunting. She would like to move down from the Highlands. As the educational system is slightly different there than here she has been having problems with practices here accepting her qualifications when she has been sending her CV. So she has taken the bull by the horns and has come here in person in the hope she can sway opinion that way. Her style influence for today is smart as she is job hunting. However she told me that usually it is comfy and classic cuts. Her favourite place in London is Sloane Square. She loves the smaller villagey feel there. Her surprises for us were that she like running, she does charity work and loves being by the water. As she is from a fishing community it is what she will miss the most when she moves to London. Eleanor's jacket, top and trousers are all from Reiss, scarf Sole Per-Te, shoes Dune and she is carrying a Mischa Barton bag.

Out and about....Franca Sozzani

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Of the 4 big western centers NYC, London, Milan and Paris 3 of the editors of Vogue have held their posts for more than 20 years. This makes for an amazing career in any high powered job and gives us women and girls great role models for what is possible. You can read excerpts from her lecture at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York last week here.

Out and about....the golden diamond

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I have to start my post by saying that the 1st image today is one of the reasons I truly love streetstyle photography all summed up in one word, spontaneity. If I had been setting this up we would have had to get a whole team together and cast the bike and rider for the background. Well maybe the guy on the bike would have looked different, but apart from that I couldn't have asked for more. It is such a kick when you see it all fall into place in the lens. And to have Doina as the main focus of the shot, perfect. Doina is the force behind The Golden Diamonds, her about me says that her biggest dreams are to develop the Fashion Industry in Moldova and also to become a politician. So quite a broad brush of interests. She has certainly been making in roads on the fashion front as I was just reading in her tweets that the shoot for her own collection was taking place on yesterday - Monday. And you will eventually be able to see it and buy it from here. So to give you a flavour of what to expect, the skirt and shirt in the 1st shot are her own design, which she has paired with an Armani coat, Chloe shoes and YSL bag. In the second the jacket is her own design, worn with Massimo Dutti jeans, Zara sweater, Chloe shoes and is carrying her iPad in a Stella McCartney iPad cover. Her last look is made up of a polo neck and skirt from ASOS, vintage lace over the polo, YSL shoes and she is carrying a Moschino bag.

Out and about....un brin allurees

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Now isn't this a clever way to advertise your brand - write it on your bag for everyone to see. Nancy works for online magazine Un Brin Allurees, but also designs her own jewelery. The necklace and animal head rings she is wearing are her own. Her top was designed by her friend Julia Proha and her trousers are Zara.

Out and about....the Boys - photographers

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Andy Isakin – Photographer, Video maker and Designer .
Wearing his dads hat, vintage Haxap scarf, vintage jacket, Denis Simachev special series trousers, Russian 80’s Adidas sneakers.

 

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Alexander Carle – Engineer, Photographers Assistant and Designer
Wearing a Hugo Boss jacket, Grandfathers jumper, Jeans? And shoes from Salamander.

 

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Amar Daved – Photographer
He is wearing a coat bought on eBay and Uniqulo trousers.

 

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Yan Ray is from Kazakhstan. He is a Fashion Photographer.
Wearing – Damirdoma tunic, Obscure overcoat, Lost and Found coat and Prada shoes.

Out and about....Waterloo Place

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Anya is a wonderful stylist. You can see more about her and see her work here.
I only know that those wonderful silver trousers she is wearing are Dsquared.

Out and about....wind swept

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Emma is an assistant buyer at Topshop. I love how she has put herself together with her Topshop Boutique skirt and jumper and Topshop shoes, Vintage jacket and Zara bag.

Out and about....Bermondsey St

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Laura is an acting Fashion Editor Elle UK. She is wearing a vintage coat, a Margaret Howell dress and carrying an American Apparel clutch.

Out and about....Giovanna Battaglia red accents

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She is a favourite. Loving the red accents here. From the glasses to the details in the jumper, flashes of red on the clutch completed with the wonderful red shoes. Up close on the shoe between the heel of the shoe and the stiletto is a little flash of animal print - genius.

Out and about....Luxure

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Reggie is the editor of Luxure magazine and a photographer. He was very bemused when I asked to photograph him as he walked. But it worked and we have some great shots as a result. I am enjoying doing this. He describes his style as traditional, classic English style. His favourite place in London is East London/Shorditch. Reggie is wearing a Bates hat, Ozwald Boateng suit, Asah Teban shirt and tie and Churches shoes.

Out and about....Smille

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Ripped jeans that is the question? I think Swedish blogger and stylist Columbine Smille pulls off her Acne jeans nicely especially teamed with these wonderful pink shoes. However would I do it myself not so sure. How about you?

Out and about....Conduit St

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It was Taras's first time in London. He works in advertising in Moscow. He had only been in London for 1 day when we met so when I asked him where his favourite place was he couldn't tell me as he hadn't had enough time to find out yet. So I asked him where his favourite place in Moscow was and he was able to tell me that Balchug Island on the river Moscova is a great place. He said an old factory had been converted into an Arts and Culture center saying it was the most European part of Moscow and was fun and new. Taras style influence's are The Mods and The Italian's. His surprise was that his whole outfit cost less than $1,000. He is wearing a DNA jacket, Carimissma shirt and tie, Howard Yount trousers and DNA groove shoes.