M.A.C's Strange Hybrid collection is a midsummer night’s dream. Moonflower Eyeshadow, a washed out aqua colour, Permaplum Powerpoint Eye Pencil and rosy pink Flowerplay Lipstick conjure visions of plush gardens and fairy princesses – but not in a little girl’s birthday party kind of way. Strange Hybrid is like the original versions of your favourite fairy tales, all dark, tragic and magical. Check out the full selection online or at M.A.C counters.
Hillary Rhoda
The beauty with the Brooke Shields brows may not have been an instant hit on the International catwalks, but being named the new face of Estée Lauder and appearing on Vogue's May cover as one of ten new supermodels, certainly secures her as a fashion force.
For the spring 2006 runway season, Rhoda was turned down by every designer in both New York and Milan until the brilliant mind behind Balenciaga, Nicolas Ghesquiere chose her. Then all of Paris wanted her. She walked the runways at Dior, Chanel, Chloé, Rochas, YSL and even opened the Valentino show.
Despite her sporty roots – she used to play field hockey and loves to Jet Ski and kayak – she's says she's a girly girl who's always in dresses. Luckily for her, she looks just as at home in a couture gown as she does in a wet suit in June's issue of Vogue. Basically, you can't help but love an underdog story and one with such a gorgeous face deserves a little recognition.
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Coloured Denim
Basic blues are getting old, aren't they? Stonewash, indigo, distressed and ugh, whiskered. Celebs like Fergie , Rachel Bilson and Ashlee Simpson have been captured in red, violet and royal blue blues and Harper's Bazaar identified coloured denim as one of the successors to the ubiquitous skinny jeans. Some of the best come from Australian line Nobody. Look for their red, navy and black jeans for fall and for holiday, check out the bright blue (shown here).
