Tennis celebrity Maria Sharapova has unveiled her Maria Sharapova by Cole Haan collection of handbags and footwear at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
The triple Grand Slam winner (Wimbledon 2004, US Open 2006 & Australian Open 2008) apparently came up with her own fashion designs while she was recouping from a shoulder injury and skipped the tennis route for a while.
Sharapova’s collaboration with fashion brand Cole Haan, which was announced last year, began with sketches, mood boards, and inspirations from the tennis star. Maria infused aspects of her playful personality into every detail of the line from the polished buckles of the shoes, to the leather wrapped chain straps of the handbags.
The Maria Sharapova by Cole Haan footwear collection, featuring Nike Air technology, includes a ballet flat, an ankle-wrapped stiletto, a flat over-the-knee boot, an ankle bootie and a strappy platform sandal. Prices start at $138, going up to $328.
The handbag collection includes a small frame clutch, a lambskin hobo, and Maria’s signature chain-link satchel in a range of eye-catching colors. Each silhouette is characterized by an oversized pleating detail, creating a luxe, yet casual feel. Prices range from $248 for a convertible clutch to $428 for a lambskin hobo.
The tennis star-cum-fashion designer, who’s 6-foot-2 tall, and yet loves wearing stiletto, said:
“It’s my hope that other young women will embrace the spirit of the collection; it’s fun, chic, fashionable and most importantly, able to take you from day to night.”
“Everyone loves Maria. It’s great to be working with her and adding a new dimension to Cole Haan’s history,” said Jim Seuss, CEO of Cole Haan, a subsidiary of Nike.
Seeded 29 at the US Open 2009, Sharapova will be playing unseeded Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, on the first round at Flushing Meadows next week.
Check out a couple of Maria’s handbag designs:
More on Maria and more photos of Maria Sharapova here:
Enjoy this 55-second behind-the-scene footage released by Rampage:
“The Rampage line is comfortable and the cuts are very feminine,” said Refaeli, 24. “It always fits perfectly to the curves of a woman’s body – I have curves and I feel really good in it!”
The fall campaign will debut in September issues of fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Elle, Lucky and Cosmopolitan as well as be featured on outdoor advertising and online at fashion and lifestyle websites.
“We were looking for a fresh new face to follow our spring campaign with Gisele Bundchen and when we met Bar we instantly fell in love with her,” said Dari Marder, chief marketing officer, Rampage.
“Bar is sweet, young, sexy and beautiful just like our Rampage customer. We look forward to a wonderful partnership.”
The Rampage campaign was shot by famed fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon at an estate in Los Angeles. Refaeli wears Rampage clothing, accessories, intimates and footwear in a variety of set ups from posing seductively in lingerie to a more innocent playful stance in sportswear for the campaign. The campaign was created by the Iconix in-house marketing team.
Who do you think suits Rampage better? Anyways, Rampage seems to be developing a penchant for changing its spokesperson on a whim — wasn’t it less than six months ago that Gisele replaced Petra Nemocova?
Go ahead and zoom in on Bar and Gisele photos. They won’t bite… unfortunately.
Sarah Nuru, the Ethiopian-born fashion model from Munich, nicknamed “Sunshine” at the Germany’s Next Top Model contest where she beat out 21,000 contestants, is now the face of C903 Sony Ericsson mobile phone. That is, after having graced the July 2009 German issue of Cosmopolitan, and having modeled for Gillette Venus shaving systems [see pics below].
Sara Nuru will be smiling in women’s titles at City Light posters and POS. And apparently Sony Ericsson is thrilled.
“Sara Nuru is the perfect embodiment of our claim of design and style,” said Gunter Thiel, Head of Marketing Sony Ericsson Germany.
“Her brilliant, natural smile is most suitable to the Cyber-shot models with Smile shutter, as well as the model Sony Ericsson C903. In addition, the mobile phone, with its eye-catching design in itself a fashion statement – (Suru and the phone) both fit perfectly.”
Go ahead and zoom in some pictures of Sara Nuru photos. She won’t bite… unfortunately.
Now, wasn’t the other hot celebrity who represented Sony Ericsson Maria Sharapova? Check out the stories and some pictures here:
A picture can tell a thousand words — especially those ‘behind the scenes’. Like the one here, a ‘first look’ of the much-hyped Lily Allen-Chanel campaign posted on Chanel’s website, and Lily certainly looks ‘fun’ — the very reason Karl Lagerfeld chose her for this job.
Well, what the pic tells me is that the campaign will be a mix of traditional and modernistic, given the fake diamond-encrusted tiara and Lily’s boy cut cute hairdo. And Allen’s smile would take the center stage, undeniably. And Lagerfeld, even though you can’t see his face, appears to be deeply engrossed measuring up his ‘fun’ model.
While every other self-respectin’ celebrity blogger is blogging Allen’s ‘first look’, she has to go and create a controversy by sending a topless picture of herself to Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman Ricky Wilson.
Apparently, it was a mistake — the British singer was just fiddling with her cell phone, and the picture ‘got sent’.
Well, then, who hasn’t seen Lily Allen topless pictures? If you’re interested, I might have a couple in my old bag… but it’s not Chanel.
Related posts and more photos of Lily Allen-Chanel photos:
Cutie Brit singer Lily Allen has been chosen to star in a new campaign for Chanel handbags. And she got the job ’cause “she’s fun.”
Karl Lagerfeld and Lily Allen
Well, most of us might agree that the 24-year-old “Smile” singer is all good looks and better music, but fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld apparently has gone ahead to remark “she’s fun” while deciding to choose her as the new face of his leading brand Chanel.
Allen will start shooting the campaign for Karl’s Autumn-Winter 2009 collection later this week in London.
Lily is following in the footsteps of Jerry Hall, Diane Kruger and Milla Jovovich are some of the celebrities who have endorsed accessories the designer label earlier.
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That is, after having graced the July 2009 German issue of Cosmopolitan, and having modeled for Gillette Venus shaving systems [see pics below].
