Sorry Kate, obviously smoking really IS bad for your skin

By MAYSA RAWI

Breaking the rules: Kate Moss lights up on the catwalk for Louis Vuitton during Paris Fashion Week today


Kate Moss has never been one to follow rules and today was no exception when she ignored the ban - and No Smoking Day - and lit up on the catwalk.

Walking for Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week, Kate indulged her bad habit and proved she's still got it in a pair of tight hot pants and bondage-style lace-up boots.

Moss was the perfect choice to close the fetish-themed show and had the crowd cheering as she theatrically blew out smoke.


Naughty but nice: Naomi Campbell, centre, starred in the fetish-inspired show


Jacobs spared no expense to produce a highly stylised event, casting supermodels Naomi Campbell, Amber Valetta, Carolyn Murphy and Maria Carla.

Hostesses dressed in French maid's uniforms and brandishing feather dusters and platters with caviar canapes and shots of vodka ushered guests into a tent that recreated a dimly lit Paris hotel.

The show saw models emerging from a makeshift lift attended to by porters, while they strutted down the runway handcuffed to their handbags, in heels so high, the catwalk had to be reworked to accommodate the 13cm heels.


Hotel Vuitton: A makeshift lift, attended to by porters saw models emerging from the boudoir-style set


Hourglass shaped coats in tweed and slick patent leather were worn with thigh-high stockings - and nothing else.

Black bustiers were layered over demure A-line skirts worn with shirts with round white collars.

A black dress embroidered with sequins looked innocent enough until the model turned the corner, revealing her handcuff-bound wrists.


Irrational desire: Marc Jacobs said the public's love of everything with the LV logo sparked the idea for the collection


Superstar designer Marc Jacobs said the public's insatiable desire for everything with the LV logo sparked the idea for the collection.

'There's this crazy, almost irrational desire for these objects, these things we create,' Jacobs told a scrum of journalists in a frenzied backstage interview.

'We were thinking about obsession, fetishism and we thought about an old hotel, with its chambermaids and the affairs that go on there, the crimes and scandals.

'And we just wanted to reveal all the amazing creatures who passed through there'.


What a difference an hour makes: Moss's complexion outside looks a far cry from her glossy appearance on the catwalk a short time earlier


Home time: Kate and fiance Jamie Hince, left, and Naomi head out after the show


Louis Vuitton A/W 2011/2012 with Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell Fashion and Fetisch collection.



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Brave Lily Allen arrives in Paris to meet her wedding dress designer, Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Smiling again: Lily Allen poses with Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld at his Autumn/Winter 2011 show in Paris, after revealing he will create her wedding dress



She has shunned the spotlight and kept quiet since tragically losing her baby late last year.

But today the brave singer was back in the limelight as she attended the Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week.

The 25-year-old headed to Karl Lagerfeld's studio to discuss plans for her wedding dress, before going to the Grand Palais to see his latest collection.



Brief sojourn: Lily popped over to Paris today to watch the Chanel show before heading back to London on the Eurostar


Photographed outside Lagerfeld's studio, she said: 'I’m here to see Karl for my wedding dress.'

Allen is set to wed builder Sam Cooper - who she started dating in summer 2009 - later this year.

Supporting the brand, Allen was carrying two Chanel quilted handbags, which she teamed with a tweed coat and ballet pumps.

As she headed back to her Gloucestershire home, via London on the Eurostar, she tweeted: 'Chanel show in Paris was lovely. On my way home now, think I might hide for a while.'


Coveted seat: Lily sat in the front row next to TV presenter Alexa Chung


Wedding belle: Lily, who modelled for Chanel two years ago, will wear the designer's dress on her wedding day


Allen's brief appearance in Paris came as she spoke about her two miscarriages in a clip from her forthcoming Channel 4 documentary Lily Allen: Riches To Rags.

The singer, who lost her child last year six months into her pregnancy after an earlier miscarriage in 2008, says: 'It was a really long battle - and I think that kind of thing changes a person.'

She reveals her pain at the loss in a new show that charts her venture into fashion as she opened up Covent Garden vintage boutique Lucy In Disguise with sister Sarah Owen.

Lily also reveals in the documentary - which filmed her between March and October last year - that she suffered with an eating disorder.


Raw: Lily has opened up about the tragic loss of her baby in a new Channel 4 documentary


‘There was a point last summer (2009) where I had an eating disorder, I used to vomit after meals,’ she said. ‘It is not something I am proud of. But I tell you what, a lot of people used to come up to me and tell me how great I looked.

'And I was on the cover of every magazine with them saying “Lily is looking amazing – look how much weight she has lost”.

‘I thought I looked good. It was great to try on clothes and walk out of the shop feeling a million dollars. When you have been a victim of people saying the complete opposite, you want more of it.

‘But I wasn’t happy, I really wasn’t. I would like to be the skinniest, mini-est person in the world, but I know I can’t do that without being unhappy. I like my food.’


Emotional: The TV show Riches To Rags followed the singer for several months to chart her foray into fashion


‘People who are famous and successful and live in this mad world tend to die really early, or kill themselves, or die in a drugs overdose. I’d rather not so I figure I will go and eat,’ she said.

‘My idea of hell would be doing this in 25 years’ time. I don’t want to be like Madonna – look at her, she’s mental. No offence, but that is not what drives me. I want to get married and have kids and make sandwiches cutting the crusts off.’

The documentary was filmed before Miss Allen suffered her second miscarriage last November. She was devastated after losing the baby boy she was expecting with fiancé Sam Cooper. The film crew went back to continue filming her story after her loss. In the programme, which airs next week, she spoke of her recovery as ‘a really long battle’.


Frank: Lily and her sister and business partner Sarah Owen discuss their difficult relationship


Her plans to marry Mr Cooper appear to be going full steam ahead. She arrived in Paris this week to watch the Chanel fashion show and meet designer Karl Lagerfield. ‘I’m here to see Karl for my wedding dress,’ she said.

However yesterday she was feeling less than thrilled with life if her posts on Twitter are anything to go by. ‘Have just Googled myself, am depressed.

'Going home and switching off broadband. I just get upset when some people can’t see how nice and brilliant I am. Good day to you all.’

• Lily Allen: Riches To Rags starts on Channel 4 on Tuesday 15 March at 10pm.


Kanye, Florence, Lily Allen at Chanel Show



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'Nervous' Lady Gaga does Nicola Formichetti proud in modelling debut on Thierry Mugler catwalk

By TAMARA ABRAHAM

Mugler's bride: The singer, 24, closed the show in a skintight white ensemble with a corseted top and bizarre lampshade-style hat. Given her usual attire, she had no trouble with the towering platform shoes


With her stylist Nicola Formichetti as the new creative director of Thierry Mugler, it was only a matter of time before Lady Gaga lent her support to the label.

And tonight she did so to great effect as the star model at its Paris Fashion Week catwalk show.

The 24-year-old, who wore long blonde pigtails, strutted like a pro to the sounds of her own music - the debut of a new track entitled Government Hooker, that was almost choral at the beginning - fitting given the catwalk set, which was a network of ancient-looking pillars shot with red lighting.


Mutual appreciation: Gaga joins Thierry Mugler designers Nicola Formichetti - her close friend and stylist - and Sebastien Peigne on the runway as they take their bow


She joined supermodels including Jessica Stam, Coco Rocha and Alek Wek on the runway, all dressed as Gaga-alikes with flowing peroxide ponytails or white-blonde devil horns, lip-synching to the music.

She made a second catwalk appearance modelling the final look - an unconventional Mugler 'bride' - in a white corseted dress and lampshade-style hat.

Dancing to the music, she writhed provocatively against a pillar giving the front row a flash of her red pointed nails.

She then changed her hat to a black feathered headpiece to take her bow alongside Mr Formichetti and Sebastien Peigne, Thierry Mugler's womenswear designer.

The singer, who was listed as the official music director for the show, admitted she was a bundle of nerves before it began. According to the Huffington Post, she told Mr Formichetti: 'You have no idea how much respect I have for you and for all the models, which is why I'm so f****** nervous.

She added later: 'If I vomit on the stage, it will be good press.'


Performance art: Alek Wek (left) and Coco Rocha (right) were among the other star models to appear in the highly-anticipated show


Mr Formichetti, who is the man behind Gaga's infamous meat dress, is masterminding a revival of the famous Eighties label. His debut womenswear collection for the brand has been much-anticipated given his high-profile position as Lady Gaga's stylist.

The collection was simple in both silhouette and palette - super-fitted stretchy garments that made a feature of the legs and shoulders.

Models wore one colour head-to-toe, either black, white or powerful shots of royal blue.

Mr Formichetti, who has also worked with Japanese High Street brand Uniqlo, explained that the items were intended to be luxurious and wearable rather than stage-wear - we're assuming he wasn't referring to the lampshade hat.

He added that the sample garments were so coveted by the models, he was forced to hire security guards to protect them.


Twitter jitters: Gaga announced her modelling debut last night via Twitter. She wrote: 'I have a monster fashion announcement... I am so excited I might give birth to a machine gun'


Gaga announced her participation in the show herself, late last night via Twitter.

She wrote: 'I have a monster fashion announcement are your paws up? I am so excited I might give birth to a machine gun.'

An hour later she spilled the beans: 'I’m making my debut as a runway model, walking in MUGLER PARIS FASHION SHOW 3/2.'

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