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Model Blogger Strikes Again! Attacks Anna Wintour

Former model Emily "Sarah Jessica Parker isn't a style icon" Sandberg is at it again and this time her target is Anna Wintour.

The angry blogger says Vogue isn't so much about fashion, as it is "which socialite has marriage, drug or boyfriend problems and what to do with my cellulite".

Emily adds she's "beyond disappointed" with Kate Moss appearing on the September issue, calling the choice "a fashionable overdone yawn".

There's just no pleasing this one.

You can read her lengthy rant in its entirety here.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: anna wintour, blog, emily sandberg, kate moss, sarah jessica parker, september issue, vogue

Model Clarifies Her Comments About SJP

Model Emily Sandberg returned to her blog on Tuesday to clarify some of the things she said in her "Sarah Jessica Parker is not a style icon" piece.

She writes:

A friend sent me a photo of one of my covers next to SJP's Vogue cover this month. I think it's a good illustration of the difference between fashion and Hollywood. One needs major advertisement and intrigue to sell it. The other uses only an image.

Daring? I don't think so, Italian Vogue is still the reigning magazine in fashion. US Vogue became akin to US Weekly, a magazine driven by the advertising dollar instead of the creative influencers.

I told my friend, "You know, I've been wanting to write a blog post about her brand for some time. First with Gap and then with Halston. I think now I have to. Enough is enough. Someone has to call this out."

It's not that I don't like SJP. I think she's not only talented but incredibly intelligent and beautiful. What I don't like is her brand. And her brand to me is this: SJP+SATC=Money for SJP. And here's my problem with it.

1. it adds little of substance to the table beyond a product
2. it says little about fashion beyond a trend
3. it does little more than make money for her brand and the brands SJP aligns herself with
4. I don't take kindly to blatant self-promotion, it's no better than some of our reality TV friends and I think US Vogue and SJP is capable of so much more

And why does this bother me? Well… I don't know about you but I don't like money being the all powerful motivating factor for what people pay attention in our society today. I wish it was the talent because there are so many gifted, talented, deeply creative people that could do amazing work given the opportunity.

Instead what we have is an industry, that over the last 10+ years has gone the way of Hollywood and decided to put their faith and trust and branding in the hands of those who have money instead of the those who have the ability to create fashion.

I could have written the same post about Blake Lively or Lauren Conrad. It just so happens, SJP was on the cover this month.

One last thing I feel necessary to address. I'm a model. If you're interested in the work I've done, you'll have to dig. I don't have a website. I don't have a fan page. I don't have a team of PR people gathering and submitting to the press every move I make. Call me old fashioned but I'm not interested in you knowing my name because I'm a beautiful face representing a brand for a season or on the cover of a magazine. If you know my name, it's because we've met. We've had a conversation. We've exchanged ideas.

Fame is something you can purchase so easily today. I'm not interested in being famous. I'm interested in developing a conversation.

She makes a lot of great points, but the reality is we live in a celebrity obsessed culture and they sell. How many people in the US would buy a magazine with a non-household name model like Gisele or Kate Moss?

If we had to guess, not many.

And as we all know, Anna Wintour is more about the business of Vogue, not the fashion.

Tags: age issue, blog, emily sandberg, sjp, style icon

Sarah Jessica Parker Is Not A Style Icon

Model Emily Sandberg can't stand Sarah Jessica Parker and to prove it, Emily dedicated an entire post on her blog to SJP and how she is not a style icon.

Here's the lengthy rant in its entirety:

How much money do you think the studios paid to put Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Vogue? I'll tell you why I ask, I'd like to know how little Vogue is willing to accept to give Sarah Jessica Parker the credit that Patricia Fields deserves.

Sarah Jessica Parker is not the fashion icon Anna Wintour and all the other fashion business heads want you to believe. See? This is back when she made her own fashion decisions.

Remember when she did the exclusive $38 million multi-season artistic director contract for Gap? Remember the financial disaster that ensued and how quickly Gap dropped her? Remember how Gap had to go back to using and paying supermodels 1/10th of their day rate to reshoot that season's White Jean campaign because Sarah had been given the majority of the advertising budget? The brand returned to it's good financial standing because of this move. Models bailing out celebrities again.

Isn't it time to start paying models and stop wasting money chasing after US Weekly dollars?

It's cheap. It's lame. It's obvious. And fashion isn't any of those things.

It's also a complete lie. The public already knows most celebrities don't dress themselves. Please stop calling them icons when the only thing they've done to deserve the title is fit into the sample size of a dress a stylist picked off a runway that the artistic director of say, Versace, decided to put on the runway in the first place. Not only is a celebrity last in a long chain of creative decisions; most of them don't even decide what goes on their bodies, Sarah Jessica Parker being one of them.

The artistic directors and stylists that make these decisions for brands should be given the praise. For instance, Patricia Fields, who created SJP's look and got the ball rolling on her.
Sarah, please, please go back to squeaking at lacy Louboutins and man-childs who don't treat you right. I refuse to buy any more magazines with you on the cover promoting films.

Is anyone else annoyed?

Oh, and let me quickly answer the question on the cover: How does she do it?

She employs a small army of people.

Geez.

Sounds to us like Emily's just a bitter out of work model that's in desperate need of attention.

[Image courtesy of Vogue.]

Tags: august 2011, august issue, blog, emily sandberg, patricia field, style icon

Dry Skin? Courtney Cox Has The Remedy!

If you're like Courteney Cox, you know dry skin is the worst. But lucky for U she knows how to fight back!

In her latest post on xoJane.com, the Cougar Town actress revealed her three must-haves that will have your skin feeling soft and moisturized in no time.

Court writes:

I have the dryest skin!!! I know I need to drink more water, but until then another thing that really helps is to take a loofah or a thistle brush.

Use it on dry skin before you get in the shower. I brush upwards and it hurts. Then I shower. While I'm still wet I put on almond oil — Aura Cacia Sweet Almond. Don't rub it off with your towel, just pat your skin or let it dry naturally.

If you’re crazy dry, then put on another cream or oil. I happen to be a coconut nut, so I use Pure Fiji coconut milk and honey. Yes, you will be pretty oily for a bit, but if you have the time to let it soak in, you'll feel great. Just watch out when you're wearing silk shirts!

If U try it out, let us know how it goes!

[Image via Apega/WENN.]

Tags: aura cacia sweet almond, blog, coconut milk and honey, cures for dry skin, dry skin, pure fiji, xojane