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Milan
Donatella Versace is openly lusting after a priest known as Gorgeous Georg and produced an entire runway collection in his honor.
Her school girl crush inspired what is being called her new Priest Chic look which debuted during the Milan Men’s Wear Collections last week. It includes tight fitting collarless black jackets and narrow pants.
Monsignor Georg Ganswein has captivated much of the Eternal City with his striking looks and active lifestyle. He is an amateur pilot, tennis instructor, and former ski instructor.
A gleeful gay media has sometimes suggested that the 50 year-old is the Pope’s secret lover. Versace told the Telegraph UK... "I was certainly inspired by him. I find his austerity very elegant. It is the right moment to show an ethical and spiritual man, free from all those pointless details. I also like Gregorian garb."
<<Donatella extends a hand of gratitude after presenting her Versace Spring/Summer 2007 Collection during Milan Fashion Week.
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Kate Moss celebrated her 33rd birthday with a 24 hour bash in the company of boyfriend Pete Doherty and other friends. She dropped more than $6,500 on drinks and danced until the early morning at a London hotspot.
The couple were seen wearing matching rings but still no marriage. British book makers had placed odds on January 20th as being the big day but the date came and went with no announcement.
Sources say that Doherty is the one that will not commit and that is the cause of a new round of quarreling between the tragicallymismatched pair.
Tokyo
Limi Yamamoto, the daughter of world famous and highly regarded Japanese avant-garde designer Yohji Yamamoto,announced she plans to have a fashion show of her own in the near future.
She will also attend his ready-to-wear show in Paris next month in and attempt to raise her profile.
<<Yohji and Irina backstage before Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2007 Collection during Milan Fashion Week.
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The city of Rio de Janeiro has extended an invitation to Naomi Campbell to become its goodwill ambassador. However some are suggesting that she should be called an envoy for violence.
Rio is one of the most lawless cities in the world and that the army was recently called in to subdue the violence. With 6 assault charges in recent months there are more similarities between the South American city and the British model than anyone cares to mention.
Last week Campbell pleaded guilty to assaulting her assistant with a cell phone and received a $363.00 fine as well as five days of community service.
Sao Paulo
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen offered her take on the current model weight debate by saying families are to blame not the fashion industry. While in Brazil for the annual Fashion Rio the 26-year-old model was quoted in a local newspaper as saying, "I never suffered this problem because I had a very strong family base. ...The parents are responsible, not fashion."
Gisele recently ranked 16th on the Forbes list of the highest female money makers, with career earnings estimated to be worth 70 million dollars.
Gisele Bundchen during Victoria's Secret Spring/Summer 2007 Collection in Los Angeles.
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According to a U.S. Census Bureau report the majority of American women live in a household without a husband.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
Also for the first time in 2005 married couples became the minority of American households. Part of the reason appears to be women are marrying later or cohabitating with unmarried partners. They are also living longer and often survive a spouse.
Milan
Prada announced it will be releasing a new cell phone in partnership with Korean electronics giant LG.
The innovative phone is being called the world's first completely touch-screen mobile phone and shares many similarities to Apple’s new iPhone.
It is expected to be available in late February for around $776. The iPone is schedule for release in June.
