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Things I liked and learned from around The Web this week.

RDuJour's style file on Camille Bidault-Waddington:
http://rdujour.com/2010/05/09/style-file-camille-bidault-waddington/

Red carpet pictures from the Cannes Film Festival - Carey Mulligan is obviously the Big Star: http://bit.ly/cB5GhI

Vicki Woods' column in The Telegraph about women, shoes and politics:
http://bit.ly/coQn50

Tory Burch's ode to Jean Seberg: http://tinyurl.com/36f6mfd

Naomi Watts is to play Marilyn Monroe: http://bit.ly/dtOYrW

Another magazine's first digital cover, featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg: http://ow.ly/1L1V8

Celine's new handbag/luggage collection: http://bit.ly/doVZqP

The Chanel Cruise 2010 collection film set in St Tropez, featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw as a Jane Birkin-alike and Magdalena as Brigitte Bardot http://www.facebook.com/FromMondayToFashion

David Lynch mini movie

I'm loathe to give free ads to  people, but I don't care in this case because I love David Lynch so much. Here's his mini film for Dior, featuring Marion Cotillard. Think Mulholland Drive meets In the Mood for Love.

A virtual minute with... Alice Mary Barnes - redux

I asked Alice Mary Barnes, whose blog was featured in my last post, to give me a few of her favourite fashion spots in her homebase of Newcastle. Here's what she came up with:


Attica Vintage Shop on High Bridge is a treasure trove of vintage and period clothes and home furnishings.

Skirt Boutique also on High Bridge has a great range of unusual clothes and accessories.

There are loads of cool cafes and boutiques in Jesmond - Kitsch'n Cafe for amazing full English breakfasts and Jules B luxury clothing boutique are two of Acorn Road's finest.

Heaton has two amazing cafes - Heaton Perk (next to Heaton Park) has the cool coffee house feel of Central Perk in Friends. The recently departed Belles and Herbs cafe on Heaton Road is now called The Butterfly Cabinet and has an amazing menu of soups, sandwiches, and they do a mean english breakfast too. This usually has a queue out the door of hungover students on Saturday mornings!

There are some great vintage clothes shops in Newcastle - Best Vintage, Retro Clothing and Yellow Jelly.
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A virtual minute with... Alice Mary Barnes

An occasional series of interviews with people from the online fashion community.

Alice Mary Barnes is a Newcastle upon Tyne-based student, currently completing a degree in Fashion Communication at Northumbria University. She's a self-labelled fashion student/lover/admirer, specialising in layout design, some fashion photography and casting for fashion shows.

You blog because...
I want to promote my work to a wider audience and post videos/articles/photos that I love and want to share. My blog is still very much in it's infancy at the moment though as I have been so busy finishing off all my degree work and designing my website!

What are your favourite fashion blogs and websites?
Favourite blogs: Style Bubble - I LOVE Susie's style, she's extremely individual and supports new designers; Am-lul (Gala Gonzalez) and Luxenoir - they put together some gorgeous looks and both have enviable hair! And Show Me Your Wardrobe is fantastic. I love Jackie Dixon's photography and everyone she photographs have such a fantastic sense of style and sense of self. [Check out Jackie's Q&A with The Last Miaow here].

Fashion websites....FAR too many. Obvious websites like Style.com, Catwalking and Models.com, but I love The Fashion Spot forums and magazine websites too like ELLEUK.com.

What are your blogging tips?
Post as often as you can and make sure they contain style as well as substance. Always give the reader something to remember!

What do you think is the future of fashion and the internet?
The internet is such a big and powerful force in the industry now. Twitter, blogs and web-streaming of fashion shows are just a few things that are so important to the industry. My only concern is that all fashion shows will end up online or as videos; fashion is a tactile experience and we must not forget this. Fashion needs to be touched, felt and embraced, and sometimes I worry that the internet will take away the sensation of fashion as a very real experience for the consumer.

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BACKSTAGE from Alice Barnes on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/11401325 (the video is password protected, type in 'fashion')

Vanessa Paradis video

She is so pretty! Vanessa Paradis posing for Chanel ads, shot by Karl Lagerfeld.

Now that the dust has settled

The most notable looks from last week's Costume Institute gala in New York. Note - the big story here is minimalism.

Chloe Sevigny in turquoise lace (by Proenza Schouler): I bet a lot of people didn't like this. It's weird - slightly Victorian-inspired, with the highneckline and the updo, but then also sexy , with the visible bra and abrupt hemline; the colour is jarring - all of which make for an oddly pleasing outfit.

Jamie Bochert in Rodarte for Gap (didn't you think this was Marc Jacobs? I did). The dress reminds me of a 30s partygirl - the hair is pure 21st Century.

Dree Hemingway in Calvin Klein Collection. Geometric, minimalist perfection.

Alexa Chung in 3.1 Phillip Lim. Kudos for wearing trousers (as Kate Moss did a few years back). She reminds me of a glamorous Puss in Boots - or Puss in platform buckle heels, rather.

Sasha Pivovarova, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl.

I love the way these chaps think they look so cool. While you have to applaud their points of difference - mustard shorts! - I actually think Charlotte's outfit doesn't work on account of the unflattering length of said bottom half. Sasha looks pretty, though.

Kate Bosworth - looking nicely draped.

Amber Valletta in RM by Roland Mouret. Nice graphic lines, and the cobalt blue looks modern. She suits minimalism, this girl.

More minimalist perfection from Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein Collection.

Naomi Watts in burgundy Lanvin. Some people didn't like this, but I think she looks as delectable as a glass of claret.

Blake Liveley. Again, some people didn't like this, but I smell a fashion snob rat. Just because Ms Lively isn't a leftfield fashion icon doesn't mean she can't rock a fashion moment, and this swirling, Neptunesque mini (by Marchesa) is divine.

You can see all the looks from the Met Ball on Handbag.com

Doing what she does best

Sienna Miller and Jude Law Via Wiki Fashion

Sienna Miller Via TFS