Beyonce Knowles Covers June 2009 Marie-Claire Magazine

27 year old Pop Singer Beyonce Knowles who is currently preparing to hit the road for the North American leg of her "I am" world tour has landed the cover of Marie Claire Magazine's June 2009 issue. Jay-Z's wifey is having a fantastic month as she also covers the June 2009 German issue of Glamour Magazine!








The Marie Claire article carries the following tagline:

She Is Legend. Beyoncé Knowles is making the most of her moment, mounting a 110-city tour in 6-inch heels. What keeps her going? The answer is—literally—written on her fingernails.

My favourite piece:

I catch a glimpse of some sort of black lettering on the silver acrylic nails on her left hand. "Can I see?" I ask. And suddenly Beyoncé becomes bashful. "It's nothing," she says, letting her left hand slip below the table and out of sight. "They're just reminders," she offers."Reminders of what, exactly?""Happiness," she says, with a coy tilt of her head. "They just make me smile when I'm working."
"Here," she says, finally offering her left hand, and blushing like the newlywed she is. Spelled out on her index, middle, and ring fingers are the appliquéd letters J-A-Y; on the thumb is a mini likeness of Mr. Beyoncé, Jay-Z, the world's preeminent rapper, wearing a cocked Yankees cap and a cocky smile. Beyoncé giggles at herself. "It's just a silly thing that makes me smile," she repeats. And then she's off to work.

For whole article click here (don't worry you won't be re-directed, it will open in a new browser):

In the Photoshoot, the Singer turned Actress models a few of the 58 outfits Thierry Mugler designed for her "I am" world tour. Designer Thierry Mugler was present to help out at the shoot, along with Thierry Mugler's team: assistant and Project Runway alum Chris March and director of style Yves Pagan. Knowles's wardrobe adviser (and mom) Tina was also there to survey gowns pulled by MC's Jenny Capitain.

When questioned about one of her newer hit singles 'All the single ladies', Beyonce had the following to say:

“More than anything, the song celebrates being single. It’s like, if you’ve been doing all you can and it’s not happening for you, go out and have you a good old time. Put on your sexy dress and move on. I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind
us.”

Marie Claire also treated us to some special backstage photographs, check them out below:

Beyonce Behind the Scenes:
Beyonce shows off one of the 58 over-the-top costumes Thierry Mugler designed for her world tour.

Beyonce Behind the Scenes
BATTERY PACKED: Designer Thierry Mugler checks out his superhero-style costumes on Knowles. Left is Beyonce wearing the same outfit in concert.



Beyonce Behind the Scenes
FULL METAL JACKETS: Vintage Mugler stunners waited in the wings.

Beyonce Behind the Scenes
MOTHER KNOWS BEST: Knowles's wardrobe adviser (and mom) Tina (second from left) surveys gowns pulled by MC's Jenny Capitain.

Beyonce Behind the Scenes
LIGHT HER FIRE: Knowles requested citrus-scented candles on set.



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Marieclaire.com
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Stars shine at the MET Costume Institute Gala 2009

It was in New York City yesterday that all the most beautiful stars came out to play dressed in their best gowns to make an attendance at the fashion equivalent of the Oscars: The prestigious “Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” Costume Institute Gala held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The glamorous star-studded event was co-hosted by none other than supermodel and fashion icon Kate Moss. Kate certainly stole the show in a striking Gold Toga and matching headdress, and if that wasn't enough to capture the spotlight - she was also accompanied on the red carpet by world famous fashion designer and personal friend Marc Jacobs.


My favourite dress of the night has to be Ashley Olsen's beautiful white dress which was surprisingly her own creation. To me Ashley looks almost like an old Hollywood style painting in this dress.

Following at a close second was Kate Bosworth's black lace Stella McCartney dress.

My prize for the most outrageous outfit goes to Madonna, yes it had to be her! The 51 year old singer turned up at the Gala in thigh-high leather fetish boots and some bizzare turquoise headgear.

Agyness Deyn attended the Gala looking like a tall, skinny version of Marilyn Monroe, only Agyness! Rihanna ensured that she stood out wearing a Dolce and Gabbana jacket which was charactarised by accentuated shoulder pads. The ordinarily sleek Victoria Beckham wore a big black pair of dominatrix/fetish style Marc Jacobs heels of which I am not a fan. Madonna's fetish style Marc Jacobs boots had an identical heel.

I wasn't at all convinced by Tyra Bank's strange hairdo which looked like a hat on her head, however she made no apologies for it and wore the style with confidence.




My favourite accessory for the night was Actress Rachel Bilson's cute shiny Art Deco Clutch purse.

Leonardo's girl, Israeli model Bar Refaeli gets my vote for the best all-rounder. Bar showed everybody just how lucky Leo is to have bagged the Sports Illustrated Covergirl. Despite wearing very little make-up her face was absolutely flawless, Bar has an amazing figure and has the blessing of perfect pins. I love Bar's Marchesa mini-dress, a flattering choice. I just couldn't fault her!

As for the most beautiful couple, I think it's a close contest between couples Tom + Gisele and Jessica + Justin. My vote goes for newlyweds Tom + Gisele, Gisele's blue mini-dress is simple and understated, yet incredibly chic. My vote was swung by the visible chemistry between the newlyweds, Gisele's happiness makes her even more beautiful.



I've posted photographs of some stars in their outfits below. Where I could identify the Designers I've mentioned their names. Take a look and enjoy...

(images are courtesy of JustJared.com. Though they take a little longer to download, JustJared have plenty more so head to JustJared if you want to check the photo's out in more detail and a larger format)

Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs

Ashley Olsen wears her own creation





Ashley Olsen wears her own creation







Mary-Kate Olsen wears Christian Lacroix.







Mary-Kate Olsen wears Christian Lacroix.






Anne Hathaway in Marc Jacobs




Rihanna: Dolce & Gabbana


Rihanna: Dolce & Gabbana






Victoria Beckham in Louis Vuitton





Agyness Deyn




Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel

Tyra Banks Badgley Mischka Couture

Gisele Bunchen and Tom Brady

Eva Mendez wears Calvin Klein

Eva Mendez wears Calvin Klein

Madonna in Louis Vuitton

Madonna in Louis Vuitton

Rachel Bilson

Rachel Bilson

Chic-Onomics at it's best!

Welcome to spring ladies. The sun is shining, flip flop time is nearly here and the summer fashion frenzy has already begun. There are sales popping up all over the place from many high street retailers offering their best bargains to online favourites such as asos.com treating us to prices we just can’t say no to.

However, the newest and quite frankly coolest member to the online club is Theoutnet.com, the most recent business empire pioneered by Natalie Massenet, the founder of online designer retailer Net-a-porter.com. The fashion site is basically the equivalent of a shopping outlet or mall where all the goods are from last season and therefore discounted by at least 40%. But lets be honest when these goods include bags from the likes of Mulberry, and dresses from hot new designers such as Alexander Wang, who cares about their place on the fashion time line.

The team behind the site have summed their ethos up perfectly, ensuring word of mouth is top of the agenda, ‘the Outnet is the global shopping destination devoted to selling discounted designer womenswear and accessories.’

The layout and design of the site is simple yet chic and has been perfectly created to hold an array of designers all offering us their goodies. The fact that such a fashionable and varied set of brands are on board the project only goes to show how well established Net-a-porter has become and how important the relationships with the client base are. We can only hope this means that other trendy members of the designing fashion elite won’t hesitate to join.

Apart from finding my Christmas AND birthday presents for the next two years on this fashion domain, my favourite section is ‘Dress me’; a personal styling service all done through the computer. The titles include ‘Vacation planner, Fashion Trends, Social Events, Chic essentials, Wear this forever, and Working wardrobe.’ What a truly genius idea this is, with Little black dresses having their own page and a ‘meet the parents ‘ area where you will find cute floral dresses, ruffle shirts and bow skirts all highlighting how spot on the creators really are.

With shoppers everywhere searching for good quality items at a reasonable price, word on the street is that the Outnet.com is set to be huge. Despite being new at the moment, if the success of big sister site, Net-a-porter is anything to go by, we know it will be just as fabulous and no doubt in the near future include all the extra little features.

Some of my personal favourites:

This Narciso Rodriguez dress would look fab for a summer party and is also similar to the Narciso dress Drew Barrymore wore recently. Originally £646, Outnet’s price £323.

And this Roberto Cavalli leather lovely, at £482 reduced from £964.

With worldwide delivery and plenty to choose from there really is no excuse to keep away… of course if you haven't enough space in your wardrobe, you can always shift some of your old clothing and make some cash in the process by selling them on our new global fashion auction website fabricjam.com. If you haven't checked it out already, be sure to do so!

Some useful outnet.com links (don't worry, links won't take you off this page, they will open in a new browser):

For designers: click here
To browse their selection of clothing: click here
To ogle over their handbags: click here
To check out their selection of shoes: click here
For their accessories department: click here
The outnet 'dress me' section: click here
The outnet 'flash sales' section: click here

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Blog post by Katie Powell, London Fashion PR Exec