BadGal RiRi is Dior’s New Muse.

Rihanna is the ultimate icon in the fashion | modeling | music world. Riri is the latest muse for Dior’s ‘Secret Garden Campaign’. What makes this ad particularly epic? Ri is the first woman of color to be the face of Dior in the 69 years since the House of Dior launched.

The “American Oxygen” singer was photographed at the Palace Of Versailles in France by Steven Klein & styled by Mel Ottenberg. She joins brand ambassadors which include Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard & Jennifer Lawrence.

Dior’s chief executive officer, Sidney Toledano, told WWD, “Jennifer is also edgy, I think. They understand. They’re smart. In this short movie, [Rihanna] knew how to work with Versailles. She has this kind of elegance — we saw it from the very first moment — and then she can surprise. She can be unexpected and we like it. It’s part of this personality.”

Adding, what we already knew… “[She is] a goddess but accessible. The way she moves is part of the young generation.”

OMGODDESS is right. This is the 4th installment of the “Secret Garden” campaign series, it launched in 2012 and was previously shot by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.

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All we can say is Bitch Better Have My Money … or in this case, Dior better have Rihanna’s $$$.

Musician | Model | Muse : Taylor Swift for ELLE.

Triple threat Taylor Swift covers the latest issue of ELLE Magazine wearing a killer Dior jumpsuit | Photographed by Michael Thompson. The stunning musical model opens up to top teenage blogger, Tavi Gevinson, about her lyrics, boys & more.

Swifts’ latest album 1989 has remained on top of the charts – plus we can’t wait for her upcoming music video for ‘BAD BLOOD’ featuring an array of celebs & models from Lily Aldridge, Gigi Hadid, Lena Dunham, Hailee Steinfeld, Ellie Goulding & more – it’s set to premier at the upcoming Billboard Awards!

We’re huge fans of Taylor’s chic style & she has no regrets regarding her choices, she says, “I can make additions to it. I can redecorate. But I built this. And so I’m not going to sit there and say, ‘Oh, I wish I hadn’t had corkscrew-curly hair and worn cowboy boots and sundresses to awards shows when I was 17; I wish I hadn’t gone through that fairy-tale phase where I just wanted to wear princess dresses to awards shows every single time.’ Because I made those choices. I did that. It was part of me growing up. It wasn’t some committee going, ‘You know what Taylor needs to be this year?’

If you haven’t already heard CLEAN yet, you need to. Her songwriting skills are on point with this beat. Taylor says about the lyrics, “‘Clean’ I wrote as I was walking out of Liberty in London. Someone I used to date—it hit me that I’d been in the same city as him for two weeks and I hadn’t thought about it. When it did hit me, it was like, Oh, I hope he’s doing well. And nothing else. And you know how it is when you’re going through heartbreak. A heartbroken person is unlike any other person. Their time moves at a completely different pace than ours. It’s this mental, physical, emotional ache and feeling so conflicted. Nothing distracts you from it. Then time passes, and the more you live your life and create new habits, you get used to not having a text message every morning saying, ‘Hello, beautiful. Good morning.’ You get used to not calling someone at night to tell them how your day was.”

Adding, “You replace these old habits with new habits, like texting your friends in a group chat all day and planning fun dinner parties and going out on adventures with your girlfriends, and then all of a sudden one day you’re in London and you realize you’ve been in the same place as your ex for two weeks and you’re fine. And you hope he’s fine. The first thought that came to my mind was, I’m finally clean. I’d been in this media hailstorm of people having a very misconstrued perception of who I was. There were really insensitive jokes being made at awards shows by hosts; there were snarky headlines in the press—’Taylor Goes Through a Breakup: Well, That Was Swift!’—focusing on all the wrong things.”

Swifties particularly love her music because she writes about well.. boys & heartbreak.. although interestingly enough when she began writing the songs were based on fictional characters — we love 1989 because it’s so much more personal. Taylor said, “I’d never been in a relationship when I wrote my first couple of albums, so these were all projections of what I thought they might be like. They were based on movies and books and songs and literature that tell us that a relationship is the most magical thing that can ever happen to you. And then once I fell in love, or thought I was in love, and then experienced disappointment or it just not working out a few times, I realized there’s this idea of happily ever after which in real life doesn’t happen.”

Monday’s Muse: Madonna.

Madonna. The Queen of Pop (literally) once graced the cover of Cosmopolitan in 1990 where they said the ‘future is hers’ and dubbed her as the Magnificent Madonna. 25 years laters she’s still considered the ‘High Priestess of Pop’ & celebrates 50 years of some serious power & provocation with Cosmo.

Madge has always been one step ahead of the industry, talk about shaking things up. Whether you like her, or her music, she’s truly made a major impact both in the music & fashion world. Renowned photographer Ellen von Unwerth shot the icon for Cosmo’s latest issue.

M talks sexuality & ageism: “Don’t be fooled, not much has changed — certainly not for women. We still live in a very sexist society that wants to limit people. Since I started, I’ve had people giving me a hard time because they didn’t think you could be sexual or have sexuality or sensuality in your work and be intelligent at the same time. For me, the fight has never ended.”

On longevity in her career: “Popularity comes and goes. You need to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you’re here.”

The singer recently collaborated with Kanye west for her new album Rebel Heart, she says, “It’s a little bit of a bullfight, but we take turns. He knows that he’s walking into a room with a person with a strong point of view, and I do too. I listen to what he has to say, take it in, and he listens to what I say and takes it in. We didn’t agree on everything, but he has good ideas.”

On the online haters: “You can hide behind your computer or your phone and say whatever you want — you’re not known. Could you say it to my face? Would you say it to my face? I doubt it.”

You can catch the issue on newsstands on April 14th. For now, in case you missed it Madonna performed her new single ‘Ghosttown’ with Taylor Swift at the iHeart Radio Music Awards:

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Rita Ora is a Tropical Goddess for InStyle UK.

Musician | Model | Muse Rita Ora is a tropical dream for InStyle UK’s April 2015 issue. From performing at the Oscars, her hit song ‘Black Widow’ with Iggy Azalea, to her Adidas Originals line, starring in DKNY’s campaign, being a coach on The Voice, & now her debut acting role in the box office hit Fifty Shades of Grey, this British beauty has proven she’s a triple threat! Although, it didn’t happen overnight – Ora dealt with lots of rejection but that didn’t stop this bad-a** babe.

Catch some highlights from her interview with InStyle. 

On rejection: “I’ve been told ‘no’ so many times in my career. It doesn’t mean it’s over… I can remember every single ‘no’ I’ve been told in my life. They do not leave my brain. But they build you up.”

On her Fifty Shades of Grey role as Mia Grey: “I heard about the audition and I approached Sam Taylor-Johnson with ideas for the soundtrack. I said I’d love to be involved as I was such a fan of the book. And then Sam said, ‘Well, why don’t you audition?’ And I said, ‘Sure…I’ve got a few song ideas, I could send them over…’ and she said, ‘No, why don’t you audition for the movie?’

Adding, “And I was like, ‘What?’ I’ve done a bit of acting, but honestly didn’t expect to be put into that role. I thought, what have I got to lose? I auditioned like everybody else – there were a lot of other people in the frame. I didn’t get any special treatment. I perfected my American accent, one thing led to another, and I got it.”

On becoming a coach on The Voice: “I said no straightaway. I love the show, but I wanted to focus on my second album. And then I spoke to Will [fellow judge Will.i.am], and he said ‘Listen, if you don’t do it, I won’t do it.’ It’s actually the best decision I’ve made. It’s so fun. I love it. I’m learning a lot about myself, being a coach. I’m starting to trust my instincts. When you’re sitting in that chair, you can’t ask what anyone thinks, you just have to do it.”

Did YOU see ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’?? Catch the issue on newsstands! Xx

Bohemian Dream Zoë Kravitz for OCEAN DRiVE.

Spawn of bohemian beauty Lisa Bonet & rocker Lenny Kravitz — you’re bound to be cool as phuck. And that’s exactly what Zoe Kravitz is. From her roles in Divergent to her rad band LOLAWOLF which is a ‘unique mix of edgy, tribal rhythms and post-modern electro’ – girl is killing it.

Now, we’re obsessing over her ridiculously cool & chic editorial/interview with OCEAN DRiVE Magazine.

Creation is in her DNA,“It’s always what I’ve done, before I even had a real understanding of how the rest of the world saw my parents. My dad was always really supportive. My mom always wanted to make sure that this is what I really wanted to do before being in the public eye myself. They knew that’s genuinely who I am—I don’t know what else I would do if I wasn’t creating.”

Zoe talks about her ongoing role in Divergent & Insurgent, “[My character] Christina comes from the faction of Candor, which is all about honesty; I was really intrigued by that,” says Kravitz. “That’s why she’s kind of an open book—she’s feisty and she’s funny and she’s real—and those are the kind of people that I like to surround myself with, and I’m the same kind of person.”

Adding, that it was pretty cray being paired with such a talented cast, “It was one of those moments when you look around the room and think, Oh my god, I’m shooting a scene with Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet—that’s absolutely insane!”

She also talks her character Christina’s friendship with Tris (Shailene Woodley) & how that translates to real life, “sometimes you go too far, where you just put your foot in your mouth. I definitely struggle with that, so I identified with that part of her. I love the friendship between her and Tris. It’s so important to see females supporting each other, especially in films for younger people. My girlfriends have kept me sane over the years, so I think their friendship and their bond is really beautiful.”

Zoe opens up about her super fly band Lolawolf, together with Jimmy Giannopoulos and James Levy, “It’s always been something I do in my spare time when I’m not working on a film; it makes me feel happy and creative, and I don’t like being idle.” They scored some major tours last year, as the opening act for Miley Cyrus and Lily Allen. “It was a big learning curve. We were used to playing really small venues, in front of people we know and love. Miley and Lily were both really supportive. Then there’s the truth of being an opening act: You’ve got to pay your dues. You’re not the band the audience came to see. It gives you thick skin, and you learn to perform even when the audience isn’t giving you that energy.”

Kravitz has been in the celeb world since birth seeing as she has some pretty famous parents, unfortunately they divorced when she was young, but amazingly she’s maintained a great relationship with Lisa & Lenny.  “It makes things so easy that my parents are still very close, they have so much love for each other,” she says. “My dad and my step-dad [actor Jason Mamoa] get along really well, and my dad loves and is close with my brother and sister. It’s really beautiful. As long as everyone can be in the same room together, and have love for each other, it’s totally healthy.”

Wondering if this bad-a** babe has any love interests? Girls too busy with her cray life: “I’m never in one place for more than a couple of weeks, and when I’m home, I just want to be home and do normal things—do the laundry and clean my house and have brunch with friends,” adding, “I don’t have much of a type; the most important thing to me in a relationship is that they can make me laugh and I can make them laugh. Laughing is just the deepest, sexiest thing.” Preach Zoe, Preach!

Killer Fashion with BadGalRiRi for Harper’s Bazaar.

Musician / Muse / Model / Fashion / Icon: RIHANNA gets on some next level shiz by swimming with SHARKS for her latest editorial in Harper’s Bazaar. Norman Jean Roy photographed the ‘killer fashion’ shoot with BadGalRiRi. She’s a golden goddess in a chic jumpsuit by none other than, BALMAiN.

Balmain’s bad-a**, Olivier Rousteing recently spoke about the pop singer, “There’s no doubt about it. She has this aura, this charisma. It’s not only sexual. It’s something else. She is like a new Grace Kelly, or a Madonna… This woman of the world who represents a new world.” We couldn’t have said it better.

Catch some highlights from Harper’s:

Swimming with Sharks for the sake of fashion: “I try my best to avoid the sharks of life, but I have had my share of experiences with them, and in those cases I just have to handle them accordingly. But I do not swim with sharks … sharks swim with sharks.”

Her fav red carpet looks: “My favorite red-carpet looks are usually the ones I get to help design: the Adam Selman Swarovski crystal dress at the CFDAs, the Stella McCartney all-white dress at the Met Gala, and the Adam Selman white jersey dress from the VMAs. But the red Azzedine Alaïa at the Grammys is also one of my favorites.”

Getting red carpet ready: “At times a lot of maintenance, and at times none. I have a job that requires quite a lot of glam, and I have a great team that helps me with that. But sometimes, like when I’m in the studio or on vacation, there’s little to no maintenance.”

Her greatest adventure? “Greatest adventure? Are you kidding me? I just did a photo shoot in the midst of sharks. It’s going to be pretty hard to beat that.”

Here’s a behind the scenes clip Rihanna posted to her instagram account:

Anna Kendrick Gets Real about Dating, Ryan Gosling & More for NYLON.

Anna Kendrick — it was seriously love at first site when we saw her in Twilight as Bella’s annoying, know-it-all friend (Jessica), but for real — we knew homegirl was going to kill it in the industry & she is. From her roles in ‘Pitch Perfect’1 & 2 she reassured her comedic presence while introducing her kick-a** vocals. She was fab in ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ & not to mention her role as Natalie Keener in ‘Up in the Air’ (2009), for which she received nominations for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award from BAFTA, Golden Globe, & Screen Actors Guild Award. Now, she’s owning newly nominated films ‘Cake’ & ‘Into The Woods’. 

What we love about Kendrick, beyond her talent, is her ‘realness’ & authenticity,  so we’re ALL about her cover shoot, editorial & interview with NYLON Magazine. She talks dating, umm lovin’ Ryan Gosling a little too much, twitter & more. Catch some highlights from the February issue:

Soooo don’t know if you remember Anna’s infamous tweet about hottie Ryan Gosling? Well let us refresh you: “Ugh – NEVER going to a Ryan Gosling movie in a theater again. Apparently masturbating in the back row is still considered ‘inappropriate.” LOL! Gotta love her.

The 29 year old told Nylon she has no regrets; “I don’t give a f*k. Twitter is only 140 characters. There’s really not that much that I could reveal, then regret later.” Adding, “Thank God I’ve never been in a room with him! I don’t feel embarrassed, though. I’m sure he has a sense of humor. But I’d probably feel like I’d have to address [the tweet], and I’d end up saying something to make it much, much worse.”

For one of the shots Kendrick wore a stunning, embellished Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2015 ready-to-wear jacket.. obsessed.

Her thoughts on dating: “The great torture from my teen years into my mid-20s was trying to get attention from guys who were not interested in me—like, at all. So I’m happy that now my type is a nice guy who likes me back.”

Too confident? Ya, that’s not how Anna rolls: “Sometimes I meet people who are too confident. I’m like, ‘I don’t even like being around you. You’re boring. Get a neurosis, and then we’ll talk.”

On being a late bloomer: “I was a very late bloomer. I was the smallest in my class, always telling msyelf, ‘I’m never getting boobs!’ I remember being comforted by hearing that guys like small boobs and big boobs. They like any boobs! At the time I was like, ‘That is excellent news!'”

On GIRLS actress Jemima Kirke’s Tweet to her: “I’ve never met Jemima, and I hope to never meet her because she’s so cool, and for one moment she thought that I was cool, and I don’t want to blow it. But I hope I don’t ever get the feeling that I’m the cool girl. I think self-doubt is healthy.It pushes you, and humbles you, and I would really hate to be one of the three people in the fucking universe who are actually well-rounded, because then you can’t relate to anybody else’s inner shit.”

The issue is available January 20th & y’all know we’re grabbing a copy (or two) are YOU??

J.Lo Rocks Cavalli for Harper’s Bazaar Russia.

Jennifer Lopez stuns in Roberto Cavalli for the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar Russia which hits newstands TODAY. (just an FYI).

The Cavalli royal blue, embellished turtle-neck dress is definitely a statement piece for this Winter – that hue of blue is the IT color of the season.

J.Lo: musician/model/actress/mother/entertainer, just performed at the 2014 American Music Awards showing off her infamous ‘ass-ets’  – J.Lo hit the stage alongside Iggy Azalea for their single ‘Booty’.

Of course fans & viewers couldn’t get over how FAB the 45 year old bombshell looked! People tweeted:

“Twitter tells us Jennifer Lopez is 45. We all must make peace with the fact we will not look as good as her at 45…35…25…,”

“Jennifer Lopez is 45 and looks better than 99% of the girls I went to high school with.”

Even Australian rapper, Iggy, who has a pretty rad body, said,  “And of course @jlo made me look like a pile of dog poo standing next to her because she’s so perfect. seriously tho, i love her. babeville.” LOL.

Among being a mega-muscian, Lopez also wrote an autobiographical book, True Love,

Here are some highlights from Ben Affleck (Bennifer) to Marc Anthony & now enjoying the single life:

“When Ben and I split up at the moment when I thought we were committing to each other forever, it was my first real heartbreak, it felt like my heart had been torn out of my chest.”

“And when the realization that I wasn’t going to have the fairy tale family I wanted really set in, well that was when I started to fall apart,” she confesses.

Jennifer wrote after realizing that she needed to end her marriage to her last husband, Marc Anthony. “Love proved elusive. But I kept trying. If I could make so many of my dreams come true, why not this.”

In a recent interview she revealed her new outlook on love & happiness:

“I’m already thinking of myself in a different way … when I meet someone that I’m attracted to or have chemistry with, I’m going to take my time and make sure that it’s the right person. That they’re whole too, I’m making sure I’m whole first. Then together we can add to each others’ happiness.”

 

 

Taylor Swift is one ‘Lucky’ Lady.

“Who Rule The World? GIRLs.” Well maybe Beyonce should consider switching up her lyrics to ‘Taylor Swift’ instead of GIRLS! ha.

Taylor Swift looks her usual stylish-self for the cover of Lucky Magazine’s latest issue.

We love T.Swift’s city-chic style, let’s just say her recent move to NYC has definitely up-ed her fashion game. Of course, one interesting tidbit (that honestly we never noticed) is that she fails to show off her belly button .. which is pretty impressive seeing as her signature look is wearing crop tops. LUCKY magazine decided to ask Swift, ‘WHY?’

Her answer, basically she doesn’t want to make a fashion commitment to the ‘midriff thing’:

“I don’t like showing my belly button. When you start showing your belly button then you’re really committing to the midriff thing. I only partially commit to the midriff thing—you’re only seeing lower rib cage. I don’t want people to know if I have one or not.” She laughs. “I want that to be a mystery. As far as anyone knows based on my public appearances, they haven’t seen evidence of a belly button. It could be pierced. They have no idea. If I’m going to get some sort of massive tattoo, it’s going to be right next to my belly button because no one’s ever going to see that.”

You can catch the issue when it hits newstands next week.

In other Taylor Swift news she’s basically reigning the music industry. Here are some highlights:

“So nice, we booked her twice! Pumped to party like it’s #1989 w/ @taylorswift13! #VSFashionShow,” Victoria’s Secret tweeted. Yup, you read that right. Homegirl had such a kick-a** performance last year at the VS Fashion Show they booked her again. Swifty will be performing with fellow musicians Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, & Hozier in London the first week of December – but we all KNOW T.Swift is gonna kill it.

Oh, Taylor was named New York City’s new Global Welcome Ambassador & just a few days after that, she announced the dates of her 1989 World Tour.

She also booked a live performance at the upcoming American Music Awards.

 

Lastly, this blonde beauty has officially made Billboard History: Swift becomes the first woman in the Hot 100’s 56-year history to succeed herself at the top spot. CONGRATS Bae! 

Now, Happy Friday & get your groove on to her latest hit single, ‘Blank Space’ featuring male model hottie, Sean O’Pry.

Taylor Swift Channels ‘Frozen’ For Cosmopolitan UK.

Taylor Swift – literally everybody’s darling, continues to make waves in the music & fashion industry. The Out Of The Woods singer is about to hit platinum with her latest album 1989 and now she opens up about feminism, Lena Dunham, and being happily single for Cosmopolitan UK’s December issue. Swift looks like a winter-princess for the cover and editorial.

Swift told the publication that she and her friends often talk about gender inequality,

“My girlfriends and I talk a lot about feminism and the inequality between the way men and women are talked about. The kind of things we say are: ‘Why is it mischievous, fun and sexy if a guy has a string of lovers that he’s cast aside; loved and left?’

“Yet, if a woman dates three or four people in an eight-year period, she is a serial dater and it gives some 12-year-old the idea to call her a “slut” on the internet? It’s not the same for boys. It just isn’t, and that’s a fact.”

She also chats about GIRLS creator/best-selling author of Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham, “Her perspective has truly shaped me in the past couple of years. She is just so enthusiastic about life, about other women. She is like a hug in the form of a person.”

Taylor is known for gaining lyrical inspiration on past relationships but she makes it clear she doesn’t need a man, nor does she want a boyfriend now, as she’s happy & single! Lovin’ it girl,

“People will say, ‘let me set you up with someone,’ and I’m just sitting there saying, ‘That’s not what I’m doing. I’m not lonely. I’m not looking.’ They just don’t get it.

“I’ve learnt that just because someone is cute and wants to date you, that’s not a reason to sacrifice your independence and allow everyone to say what they want about you. I’m not doing that any more.”

She added, “It’d take someone really special for me to undergo the circumstances I have to go through to experience a date. I don’t know how I would ever have another person in my world trying to have a relationship with me, or a family. The best answer I can come up with now is, ‘go at it alone.’

“Life can be romantic without having a romance. I’m very attracted to happy I am now.” Preach Taylor, Preach.