Rachel McAdams stepped out final night for the LA premiere of new film The Vow, a Valentines-friendly romance which she stars in alongside Channing Tatum.

Tackling one particular of Spring’s hottest trends – pastel colours – she chose a super-fitted, va va voom strapless cocktail dress by Vivienne Westwood for the occasion, teamed with nude Christian Louboutin heels and chain detail jewellery.

The dress features Westwood’s trademark corseting in the front, but the genuine detail is down the back where gathers and a waterfall frill give it some added drama. Pale pastels like mint and Tiffany blue are not the easiest colours to pull off, but McAdams managed to pull it off and looks suitable feminine and romantic, which is fitting for the tear-jerker of a film she’s advertising.

Here’s the trailer for those who’ve but to see it…we are loving the wedding dress!

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If you haven’t noticed, we’re huge fans of Stella McCartney right here at Catwalkqueen. As we revealed back in November, we’re super excited that she’s set to show at London Fashion Week this month and we’ve currently taken a sneaky peek at her pre-fall 2012 collection, so when we had been invited to Westfield Stratford City last week for a very first look at yet another a single of her ventures, ‘adidas My2012′, we could not refuse. I popped along to the occasion with the beautiful Tala from myfashdiary.com.

As well as designing the official uniforms for team GB, Stella has created this restricted edition range, which aims to capture the power and celebrations around the Olympic Games which are getting held in London in the summer of 2012. The collection consists of two-tone overall performance leggings, pants, vibrant enigmatic operating tanks and water resistant sports jackets as properly as more trend-led designs, which includes a grey marl sweat dress with brightly coloured printed panels, hoodies with collegiate style graphics, navy detail and vibrant yellow track shorts.

With sport luxe being a headline trend for the upcoming season, this collection stylishly blurs the lines among ultra-practical sportswear and fashion focused sport inspired pieces. Stella stated, ‘The idea behind this certain collection with adidas was to project the energy of the Olympic year and to inspire young women to engage in sports and events surrounding the Olympics and we see this collection as a superb way to mark this quite particular occasion.’

For a exclusive and intriguing campaign, Stella personally chose 12 young creative females, from artists to musicians and even film makers, to become the faces of the campaign to represent the diversity and style of young British women. Check out some of their pictures and the range in action below. adidas My2012 launched officially back in January and is available nationwide and online.

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A is for Academy Awards

The Academy Awards is undoubtedtly the biggest awards show on the red carpet calendar and thus the most glamorous. Film stars from across the globe flock to Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre to celebrate the year’s best performances, dressed in their very best couture. Designers clamour to dress nominees and presenters, as the publicity is worth millions.

B is for Brit Awards

The UK’s slightly more laid-back, casual alternative to the Grammy Awards, the Brits celebrate the best of the British music scene, and it’s always a star-studded event. The fashion choices are edgier than at most shows, with a lot of UK stars turning to British designers. There’s an ‘anything goes’ feel that means you’ll see couture next to high street, and glam gowns next to ripped denim. Cheryl Cole added some glamour to the 2011 awards in a wet-look sequinned dress by Stella McCartney (above).

C is for Couture

Oh, to be a celeb, able to pick clothes straight off the couture catwalk and wear them days later to awards shows! Couture may be the stuff of dreams to most of us, but if you have the star status, you can take your pick of some of the world’s most intricate, beautiful and expensive dresses for awards season. Emma Watson was one of the lucky ones last year, wearing romantic Valentino Couture to the BAFTAs.

D is for Dress Disaster

Occasionally, a celeb picks an outfit for an award show that’s so incredibly off the mark you wonder if they’ve done it deliberately. Such was the case in 2006, when Uma Thurman – famously one of the most reliably glamorous Oscar attendees – rocked up in a strange gilded pirate costume by Christian Lacroix. It put her straight to the top of all the worst-dressed lists and earned her a place in Oscar fashion history for all the wrong reasons.

E is for Edith Head

Edith Head is the celebrated costume designer who created memorable looks for the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly. She was nominated for 35 Academy Awards and won 8. In the early years of the Oscars before couture houses got involved, costume designers would dress stars for the ceremony. It was an Edith Head dress that Audrey Hepburn wore to collect her Oscar for Roman Holiday.

F is for Foreign Films

Over recent years, there have been many foreign films that have crossed the language barrier to become instant classics the world over – and they’re always a hit during awards season. These films have bought us some of the best-dressed red carpet stars; think Audrey Tautou, Marion Cotillard, Noomi Rapace and Ziyi Zhang. This year’s one to watch is Berenice Bejo, the beautiful star of The Artist, seen above at the Golden Globes wearing Gucci Premiere. After sitting front row at the recent Elie Saab show, will she pick one of his designs for the Oscars?

G is for Golden Globes

The first big date on the awards show calendar, the Golden Globes is always a good indicator of what’s to come, and a bit of a trial run for the Oscars. Taking place in January, it’s the first chance for stars to get their gladrags on. With awards for both the big and small screen, the stars of film and television come together to find out who get the seal of approval from the Hollywood Foreign Press.

H is for Hollywood Hair

With such beautiful gowns, celebs need showstopping hair to match, and the looks created by hollywood hair teams for award shows run the gauntlet from glamorous retro waves (seen above on January Jones) to more trend-led, edgy styles like Dianna Agron‘s fluffy fishtail updo. The toughest job comes if the host is female – last year the Frederik Fekkai team gave Anne Hathaway a whopping 8 hairstyles, while 2012 People’s Choice Awards host Kaley Cuoco sported 6 different do’s during her hosting duties.

I is for Independent Films

The definition of an Independent film is one that’s not produced by one of the ‘big six’ studios (20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount, Columbia, Universal and Walt Disney Studios). Thus come awards season, a big crop of Indie films find themselves up for awards. Perhaps most noticeable are the foreigns films, including those to come out of the UK, like last year’s big winner The King’s Speech. This year, indie films received 60 nominations in the Academy Awards, including Michelle Williams‘ (above) nod for My Week With Marilyn.

J is for Jewels

Whether they’re classic diamonds from Harry Winston or Chopard, or more unusual gems like Keira Knightley‘s vintage Bulgari bling, no awards season is complete without some very precious jewellery. But wearing jewels worth hundreds of thousands of dollars means the red carpet is littered not only with stars, but with jewellery bodyguards too. And jewels do disappear – at the Golden Globes in 2011, Christina Hendricks lost a $ 850,000 Chopard bracelet on the red carpet. Luckily it was found before the end of the night, and Hendricks stashed it in her cleavage so it wouldn’t go walkies again!

K is for Keveza

Romona Keveza to be exact, the bridal designer who’s quickly becoming the go-to girl for romantic, feminine red carpet gowns. She’s the woman responsible for Christina Hendricks‘ red corsage dress at the 2011 Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie‘s navy one-shouldered number at The Land of Blood and Honey premiere, and Kaley Cuoco‘s tiffany blue princess dress at the 2012 SAG Awards. She’s also dressed Glee‘s Heather Morris (above), Anna Kendrick and Jennifer Love Hewitt to name but a few. Look out for this designer, you’ll be seeing a lot more of her in the future.

L is for Lebanon

The surprise country that’s leading the way when it comes to fabulous new red carpet designers. It may not be a fashion capital when it comes to ready to wear, but for gowns, Lebanon is the place to go. First there was Elie Saab, most famous for dressing winner Halle Berry in 2002, then Zuhair Murad, whose gowns have been worn by everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Miley Cyrus (above) and Reem Acra (who Madonna chose for the 2012 Golden Globes). Finally, there’s Basil Soda, who has dressed Katy Perry, Kelly Rowland, Christina Applegate and Emily Blunt for high profile red carpet events.

M is for Marchesa

Marchesa is the red carpet favourite of everyone from Lea Michele to Sandra Bullock. Designer Georgina Chapman is married to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, so the film & fashion links are strong. The Marchesa trademark is detail, with strong embellishment, dreamy fabrics and fairytale touches – see Halle Berry (above) at the 2011 Oscars.

N is for Nominees

Also known as ‘the ones who get the best dresses’, award nominees can expect all kinds of perks in the run-up to big awards shows. Rumour has it that Gwyneth Paltrow was sent hundreds of gowns to consider for the Oscars when she was nominated for Shakespeare in Love, which makes it all the more surprising that she opted for a powder pink Ralph Lauren dress that didn’t fit properly at the bust (apparently, some padding was taken out last minute). This year, no doubt fashionista nominees like Jessica Chastain (above in Givenchy at the Golden Globes) and Michelle Williams are receiving the same treatment right now.

O is for Oscar

…both the famous golden statuette handed out to Academy Award winners, and Mr De La Renta, the designer famous for dressing the likes of Cameron Diaz (above) and Jennifer Garner for the big night.

P is for Presenters

And a lovely excuse to get an extra HD close-up of the best dresses! Presenters at smaller Award shows tend to be those with something to promote (‘stars of the new movie…’) but at the Academy Awards they are simply those with the most A’ list appeal. Already confirmed for the 2012 Oscars are Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez (above in Marchesa) and the Bridesmaids cast, with plenty more names to come in the next week or so.

Q is for Quirky

It’s safe to say that Bjork made Oscar history when she arrived at the 2001 Academy Awards in a slightly bonkers Marjan Pejoski dress designed to look like a swan. It was ridiculed and revered in equal numbers – but it definitely made an impression. Years later, the dress came in at number 9 in a list of the most iconic red carpet dresses (based on a poll by Debenhams). Whether you loved it or hated it, the quirky design turned heads and made its wearer stand out in the crowd. And at the end of the day, as Bjork said after the event, “it’s just a dress.”

R is for Red carpet

Reports ‘live from the red carpet’ are now synonymous with award shows, but they don’t come without their problems. At the BAFTA awards in London in 2002, it was raining so heavily that the red carpet began to foam up, apparently from detergent residue left over from its last clean. Kate Winslet famously threw a tantrum about her ruined dress – but who can blame her? Custom Ben de Lisi is pretty hard to come by! You can see the amount of foam in the picture above – that carpet’s meant to be completely red!

S is for Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Award Show that allows the stars to pat each other on the back. This night is for actors, by actors, and celebrates top performances by members of the Screen Actors Guild. All this makes it the perfect excuse to get dressed up and show off to industry pals. Seen above is Emma Stone at the 2012 awards in a Alexander McQueen dress.

T is for two o’clock in the morning

This is the time most award shows start for those of us in the UK, so if you want to watch the red carpet live from Blighty, you have to be willing to pull an all-nighter. An Oscars hangover is par for the course regardless, so we suggest Oscars drinking games to keep things rolling. Or if all else fails…caffeine!

U is for Ungaro

When Cameron Diaz stepped out at the 2002 Academy Awards in a bold Ungaro floral dress teamed with turquoise jewellery and a bejewelled belt, it marked one of those rare Oscar fashion moments that will never be forgotten. The dress may be a bit marmite (you either love it or you hate it) but this was 2002, the pre-boho era, and Cameron’s easy breezy outfit was a precursor for everything that came soon after. It was a breath of fresh air on the stuffy, taffeta-heavy red carpet. The gown and the hippy-ish accessories reflected Camerons’ laid-back personality perfectly and this was the ultimate pairing of actress and dress.

V is for Vera Wang

The designer most known for wedding dresses also does an amazing line in red carpet gowns, and has dressed a clutch of A-listers for awards shows. Her most memorable Oscar dresses include Michelle Williams‘ buttercup yellow 30s style gown, Keira Knightley‘s killer burgundy taffeta dress and Sandra Bullock‘s ‘screw you’ red dress in 2011 (above).

W is for white

It’s the formalwear colour that keeps coming back – regardless of trends you can be guaranteed at least one female celebrity will opt for a white gown at each big awards event. Maybe it’s the challenge of wearing white without looking like a bride, or perhaps these perfect stars are proving that they can pull off even the most unforgiving colour? Whatever the reason, for many A listers, it’ll be all white on the night (*groan*).

X is for X-rated style

There’s always one, isn’t there? While award show red carpets tend to be fairly subdued affairs when it comes to flesh-flashing, at the post-show parties, anything goes! This goes some way to explaining why model Erin Wasson ended up leaving so little to the imagination at a Golden Globes party in 2012. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, right?

Y is for Yves Saint Laurent

Awards show regular Kate Winslet regularly turns to YSL designer Stefano Pilati for a bit of red carpet glamour. It was wearing Yves Saint Laurentdresses that she collected a Golden Globe and an Oscar for The Reader, and when she came back to present the following year she wore YSL yet again (above). Perhaps the designer is lucky for the oft-nominated actress?

Z is for Zac Posen

The young American designer is responsible for a thousand fishtails, including Reese Witherspoon‘s stunning red number at the 2012 Golden Globes (above). He’s also a favourite with models at post-awards parties; fans include Elle Macpherson, Coco Rocha and Crystal Renn.

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The gorgeous setting sees Imogen roam about the sunny Moroccan landscape filled with palm trees, rustic colours, swimming pools and parties. Her presence at a party captures the attention of a dashing young fellow and they speedily get together (in the pool, of course) until we realise it was all just a daydream. The soundtrack for this commercial is Bryan Ferry’s “Avalon.”

The bold prints, the colours and sweet summer visuals are sufficient to make everyone want to rush out to their nearest H&ampM when the Marni collection launches worldwide on March 8th. Just dreamy!

Make certain to also check out some behind-the-scenes footage of Sofia talking about the producing of the commercial, below.

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It was revealed back in October with a holiday campaign that Nicole Scherzinger would be the subsequent new face of London Fog. Now the former Pussycat Doll continues her function as brand ambassador by starring in the Spring 2012 ad campaign for the label.

Wearing absolutely nothing but a trench coat, Nic oozes sex in this provocative print campaign which sees her show off significant skin. It appears she is not letting her current axing from the X Factor get her down. Rather she has donned a London Fog trench (or two!) and turned up the heat for an ultra saucy shoot that is bound to leave a lot of a tiny hot beneath the collar.

Nicole follows in the footsteps of former Fog-ers like Christina Hendricks, Eva Longoria and Gisele Bündchen – who posed nearly naked even though pregnant.

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How many up-and-coming starlets can you spot on the cover of Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue? [Tip: click image above to enlarge]. To help celebrate the issue’s 10th anniversary, VF have featured another group of leading ladies including a couple of Oscar contenders. Academy Award nominees Jessica Chastain – who is up for Best Supporting Actress for The Help – and Rooney Mara, who will go up against Michelle Williams and Meryl Streep for Best Actress – both star in this pastel-themed cover.

Inspired by the interior works of English decorator, Syrie Maugham, the look for the shoot was taken from the Jazz Age. This could help explain why the actresses are dressed in long silky gowns, furry stoles and dolled up in 1920s/30s hair and make-up.

The cover is also Mario Testino’s first for the annual issue! In amongst the bevy of beauties is Mia Wasikowska, the current face of Miu Miu, Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling. Did you spot them all?

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Erm… is it 1997 once more? Have I transported back to the era of platform trainers, child doll dresses, and funky hairstyles? Nope, it nonetheless is 2012 only a person must have forgotten to tell Geri Halliwell.

Almost 15 years following she burst onto the stage in *that* Union Jack super minidress and red boots at the 1997 BRIT Awards, the former Spice Girl has reinvented the iconic frock. What was once produced from a tea towel by her sister Karen is now set to be reinvented as component of Halliwell’s summer 2012 collection for Subsequent. Only this time, the hem is longer (no flashing knickers here!) and rather of a tea towel, it features sequins and a cowl neckline.

“The Union Jack dress was my favourite stage outfit and with every thing that is happening this year such as the Olympics and the Jubilee it just felt the proper time to design an updated version of the dress for my range with Subsequent,” Halliwell stated in a statement.

As for what happened to the original Ginger Spice dress – well, it was sold for a whopping £41,320 at auction the following year. In 2007, Roberto Cavalli also recreated the dress for the Spice Girl Reunion Tour with a Swarovski-encrusted version.

The Subsequent version will go on sale from March at £199. It will be available from subsequent.co.uk. In the meantime, why don’t you take a fast trip down memory lane with this clip from the 1997 BRIT Awards… awesomee!

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I always enjoy it when I hear of bloggers undertaking wonderful issues. Even though I have been blogging for some years now, news of bloggers undertaking well does go some way in validating for me just how extraordinary this whole factor can be. That is why I was delighted to hear of one particular of my favourite bloggers, Emily Schuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere, being recruited by Estée Lauder to be their social media and digital guest editor.

Starting subsequent Monday, Emily will generate posts for esteelauder.com in her own devoted section as well as offer content material for the brand’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts. Some of the attainable topics she could cover are her favourite merchandise and her upcoming April wedding.

For those who are not familiar with her blog, Emily has carved a full-time job out of posting about her favourite foods, property décor suggestions and fashion outfits. But its her how-to beauty posts which have certainly caught the eye of Estée execs who say they “want to reach out to much more ladies,” and “tap into her audience and merge her audience with ours.”

“I love beauty. For any individual who has never ever looked at my blog, I do a lot of how-tos. I am continuously wearing red and pink and orange lipsticks and will experiment with any nail polish,” she mentioned. “They are some of the most nicely-received posts that I do, so I feel like it was just a really all-natural fit to perform with a brand that I enjoy.”

This is not the very first time that she has dealt with main brands. In 2010 she developed a handbag for Coach which sold out immediately. She also has a book coming out in August titled Cupcakes and Cashmere: A Style Guide for Defining Your Style, Reinventing Your Space, and Entertaining with Ease (particulars on Amazon).

“In a sense, I make myself vulnerable. I put out so much of my life, and I put so considerably into it. The difference with a celebrity is they aren’t as transparent with their lives, and it is not as straightforward to relate to that. That is 1 of the factors that blogs do so well, they are relatable,” she added.

Check out her blog at cupcakesandcashmere.com. For a lot more beauty news and product posts, check out Kiss and Makeup.

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It was bound to happen sooner or later, only our bets had been on a bit later. Lana Del Rey has landed her initial ever cover for Vogue by gracing the March 2012 problem of the British edition. Right after not too long ago landing a modelling contract with Next Model Management, the YouTube singer’s star has skyrocketed.

Of course the cover is best timing to coincide with her début album, Born To Die, which has raced up the charts this week. Dressed in a lemon dress from the Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 collection, Lana definitely looks correct at house on the front of the glossy with that flame-coloured hair and complete pout. Nonetheless the decision to put her on the cover will no doubt draw some backlash. Regardless of Vogue UK’s apparent fondness for the so-referred to as present day Nancy Sinatra, numerous (yours genuinely included) will be surprised to see the already very criticised Lana landing such a key coup.

“I am a lot of of the thousands of people enraptured by the throaty, seductive voice of Lana Del Rey,” says Alexandra Shulman in her editor’s letter. “Once I had observed Lana play at a modest occasion in London, I was convinced that she would be a fantastic Vogue cover girl, even although she is probably one particular of the newest stars in her field that the magazine has ever had on the cover.”

What do you think of Vogue’s choice to put Lana on the cover? We’d love to hear your thought’s beneath.

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I wasn’t all that confident about Helena Christensen for Reebok – till I saw the photographs. I am sold. Christensen still stuns at 43 in a cutaway 1-piece that is somehow sexier than most bikinis and some black sneakers. This campaign does a lot far more for creating sporty look high fashion than many of the designers who have tried to implement athletic looks on their runways. Just sayin’.

The model also participated in Reebok’s Satisfaction Campaign, which sought to survey European females for what most satisfies them.

“I travel a lot with my perform, so spending time with my family and pals is critical to me,” Christensen mentioned. She also mentioned reading in bed gives her the ultimate satisfaction. Whatever you say, Helena, but that body appears wasted on a great book.

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