Washout! Models go underwater for fashion shoot

Forget the catwalks and red carpets. At a recent show in Sydney, Australian models held their noses, and took runway fashion where it's never gone before -- to the bottom of a water tank.

With no catwalk in sight, nine sharply dressed models climbed up a ladder and plunged into a large tank of water in Australia's first public underwater fashion shoot, delighting tourists and passers-by in Sydney's picturesque Circular Quay.

Cosmopolitan magazine and Neutrogena skincare company sponsored the show. Why? "For fun," an organizer said.

"I felt sorry for the hair and makeup artists because they spent so long doing my hair and makeup and as soon as I got in it just washed away, but it's all fun", said Jaynie Seal, a television weather presenter who was part of the show, sponsored by women's magazine Cosmopolitan and skincare label Neutrogena.

Braving cool spring temperatures, Seal and another TV presenter, Jason Dundas, waved at the cameras underwater and tried to look glamorous.

Later, Dundas stood shivering in a dripping wet suit as a team of photographers took pictures of the event.

"It's fairly hard to look glamorous under water. We had to get specialist make up that doesn't run, said the official event photographer Daniel Smith.

"The hair and the hands can go everywhere, the success rate is less, so you just take more pictures."

The tank which measured nearly 10m long and a few meters wide was heated to 23 degrees to try and keep the models warm.

Australian celebrity Nikki Phillips poses for photographers.

Jamie Wright posing.

Model Jamie Wright laughs as she emerges from a water tank after taking part in an underwater photo shoot for Cosmopolitan magazine in Sydney

Shannon Ponton (L) Jamie Wright (2nd-L) Jaynie Seal (C-obscured) Kristian Schmid (2nd-R) and Tom Bunting (R) pose during an underwater photo shoot

Model Jamie Wright (R) receives a kiss from her boyfriend and TV personality Shannan Ponton (L)

But the trend is still on trial.. I mean it was good fun stuff for a change.. but who really wants to watch THIS ??

Anyway...

there is plenty more to come. They might plan for fashion shows inside an active volcano, in a lion’s den and in a giant shredding machine. Better make sure your cable bill is all paid up!

Celebrity Fashion Disasters

Ever wonder how beautiful people with professional stylists and clothes by any designer they want still seem to flub it up so badly? I do too!

My last poll [How much does celebrity fashion influence your own fashion style?] prompted me for this particular post. I was amused looking at the results that showed people might just wear something without thinking what serious damage it could do!!

Not all celebrities are “IN” In fashion Industry.. Not all have taste in fashion...Some just wear those because they have access to the world's best designer clothing products (for free,) and a team of makeup artist and stylish (for free) but does doesn't mean Hollywood Celebrities are infallible when in comes to their fashion taste..Here's some Hollywood Celebs having fashion disasters..


Hey eva! Are you Okay? We understand if you may be expressing your wild side, but a leopard maxi dress with billowy sleeves is just too much of a good thing for you.

Nope, your eyes do not deceive you (although they may well be bleeding if you've been looking at this picture for any length at all). That's Scarlett Johansson, and yes, that's a boiler suit she's wearing, and ohmygod, there are no words.

"Moon boots" I believe they're called. Well, whatever - the fact is that you're not on the moon, Paris, and you're not even in Aspen or Val d'Isere, or some other ski resport where these would be even just a tad more acceptable. No, Paris, you're in LA, and this? This is not on young lady.

She's a project: a lovely young girl, perfect raw material, who just so happens to dress exactly like my mother did in the 80s. (Actually, scratch that: my mother is way more stylish than Katie Holmes. I mean, what, does she have that freaky premature ageing disease or something? No? Then why is she permanently dressed like someone's maiden aunt, in frumpy, shapeless clothes that do absolutely nothing for her? WHY? )

The thing that sucks about this picture the most? She was out with Victoria Beckham and J.Lo at the time. GOD...

Oh, holy hell, Beyonce, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...What makes it worse? It's the pose, Beyonce, the pose. Why did you do it to yourself?

Oh Jodie, Jodie, you make our job too easy here... Oh, and for the readers who perhaps aren't familiar with Jodie Marsh, I just want to point out that Jodie is not black. She's white. That be fake tan...

Behold the under-cleavage - the cleavage that comes when your bikini top is a couple of sizes too small, and the reason why you should always make sure you jump around the changing room a few times and wave your hands in the air (like ya just don't care, folks!) when you're trying on a new swimsuit. If you fail to follow these steps, why, you could end up looking like Heather Locklear - or, more specifically, like Heather Locklear's boobs, which, as you can see, are a two-pater - one part below the bikini, one part above. Don't try it at home, kids...

Well, I guess it's a good job Mandy Moore is out shopping in this photo because, man, does she need some new clothes..

This is Shanessa Reilly, would be Big Brother housemate, care worker and, er, pole dancer. Clearly the pole dancing part of her personality was the dominant part on Friday night, when she chose to enter the BB house wearing this little pink dress - with "little" being the operative word. Either that or there were no mirrors wherever she was getting ready for the show.










In this picture, Keira looks like someone stuck a woman's head on a little boy's body. It's actually pretty disturbing, in an "I can't stop looking at it" kind of way. And I think it's time to sack the stylist, Keira...

THIS is the woman fashion editors all over the land would have us believe is a "real" woman with a "quirky sense of style".

Now, I know it was Halloween and all, but most of us still try to wear something that's just a little bit flattering - or that at the very least isn't split from neck to crotch, and teamed with some dodgy pink animal print and fishnets. Not Britney, though. No.

I'd like to think Julia Roberts was paid to wear this outfit - and particularly these shoes - to whatever awards event this was. I know it's hard to imagine who, in their right mind, would pay her to wear it (and, more importantly, WHY), but it's even harder to imagine her looking in the mirror that night and thinking, "Yup, this is one hawt red carpet look, lookin' good!"

Then again, there's just a chance that Julia here thinks she's so gorgeous she can get away with wearing ANYTHING - even a frumpy old house dress from the 30s and these cloddhopper shoes.

Oh Lord, is that whole "neon" thing still going on? We've been trying hard to pretend it wasn't happening!!