September 2016 Fashion Covers Revealed

In the words of former US Vogue Creative Director Candy Pratts Price, September is the January of fashion. Not only do brands and magazines compete for the best stars, but it's also the month of New York Fashion week. Here, LUXE Models reveals the September 2016 fashion covers.

Major month

Vogue editor Anna Wintour is perhaps the most iconic person in the industry today. She is the ultimate trendsetter so when she does something, other fashion magazine editors follow. One of the most notable policies Anna has set up at Vogue is making September the magazine’s standout month.

Who What Wear reveals that R.J. Cutler’s 2009 documentary, The September Issue, was a landmark moment in fashion. Cutler’s piece chronicled the process of making Vogue’s iconic September issue, pushing this concept into the mainstream. Today major fashion publications, from Vogue and Elle to Marie Claire and Glamour compete every year to see who has the biggest September issue.

Vogue and Elle

We already knew what to expect from Vogue this year.  LUXE Models previously wrote that model and Instagram star Kendall Jenner was fronting Vogue’s September 2016 issue. With Kendall rocking the modern Marie Antoinette look, complete with a pink ribbon-adorned, black and gold matador jack and matching trousers, Vogue made it clear that head-to-toe patterns are so hot right now!

Photo: Elle Magazine - Cara Delevingne

We also knew ahead of time that Elle UK would release five September 2016 covers, including one featuring Zayn Malik. Elle US has now launched its 2016 September 2016 issue, which depicts Cara Delevingne on the front. Elle US opted to champion the sequin overload trend that’s really popular right now, dressing Cara in a purple sequined, disco diva style outfit that just screams fabulous!

September covers

Photo: eonline.com - Glamour Magazine

E! Online recently featured a round-up of September 2016 covers. We have to give props to Glamour, whose cover featured mega-star fashion model Bella Hadid. Glamour’s cover, interestingly, wasn’t about the clothes, with Bella rocking a diamond-encrusted shirt and a red hoodie. The centrepiece was her bare-faced beauty look, showing that the minimal make-up trend has never been cooler.

Marie Claire, Allure, Cosmopolitan and InStlye went with celebrities over models. Championing surprise sequins, Sarah Jessica Parker appeared on Marie Claire, looking so chic in sequins and sheer. Allure chose actress Jessica Alba for their cover, adorning the actress in a delicately feminine pink vest top with cut-out patterns, illustrating that understated clothing is a major force in fashion right now.

Photo: eonline.com - Cosmopolitan

Nobody could call the Cosmopolitan cover, which starred Gwen Stefani, understated. The Hollaback girl looked awesome, rocking a bright gold, precious stone-adorned, cut-out dress, going total bombshell. InStyle opted for a softer look, dressing its cover star, actress Kerry Washington, in autumn ingénue chic, making it clear that green and plum is set to be the colour pallet of the next season!

Guiding your style

With their September 2016 covers, the biggest fashion magazines in the world have revealed the coming season’s hottest trends. If you’re an aspiring model, pour over these issues, so you can wear the latest styles while shooting the pictures you’ll need to build your modelling portfolio! By showing such an eye for fashion, you could catch the attention of top modelling agencies! 

Modelling Success Stories: Lucky Blue Smith

Break into male modelling and a whole new world will open up before your eyes. You’ll get to work with cool people, see the world and possibly even become a star like Lucky Blue Smith. The industry’s latest ‘it boy,’ as far as male modelling success stories go, it doesn’t get better than Lucky.

Lucky’s beginnings

Raised in small town Utah, Lucky Blue Smith grew up to become a six-foot-two-inch Adonis. According to Business of Fashion, Lucky’s older sister Daisy Clementine was scouted before him, when he was just ten years old, by Next Models Los Angeles. They told him to come back in two years.

Read the article in full with LUXE Models.

Watch this year's London Fashion Week

The bi-annual London Fashion Week is one of the biggest events in fashion. Every time it rolls around, top models, designers and industry insiders gather to reveal the next season’s trends. If this is your idea of heaven, find out how to watch the next London Fashion Week with LUXE Models.

Ultimate fashion spectacle

London Fashion Week is always the ultimate style spectacle, making headlines across the world. Back in the Spring/Summer 2016 London Fashion Week, leopard print made a roaring comeback, shocking fashionistas everywhere. The Autumn/Winter 2016 London Fashion Week raised the stakes, with brands such as Mulberry, Top Shop and Burberry putting on spectacular shows.

You can read the article in full with LUXE Models.

Five Tips for Wearing Hair Jewellery

Hair jewellery is back! This is going to be one of the biggest hair trends of autumn 2016, taking the ‘natural hair’ thing that’s so popular right now to new levels. We blame Game of Thrones – its wild popularity has made everyone want to wrap necklaces through their hair!

This trend is so versatile. Whether you want to drape chains around loose curls or attach an earring to an up-do, there are a tonne of creative ways to wear hair jewellery. LUXE Models reveals five tips for wearing hair jewellery this autumn.

Store bought or homemade?

Why buy hair jewellery, when you have perfectly good pieces at home? You might want to raid your drawers and use your normal jewellery as hair decorations. But if you want something more avante guarde, head to the high street. The UK Fashion Spot notes that hair jewellery designs have become more sophisticated over the past decade, so you can find some really cool, quirky pieces!

Remember the basics

This trend may lend itself to creativity, but you should still keep the basic rules of style in mind. Do the tones of your hair and jewellery please each other? Does the jewellery match the rest of your outfit? Is the piece too heavy for your hair? By asking these questions, you’ll be able to find the right hair jewellery-look for any occasion, from a day at the office to a night on the town!

Follow the celebs

Do you want to be really on trend? Scour the fashion mags and find out how your favourite celebrities are working hair jewellery this season. Some of the most famous women in the world, from Kim Kardashian to Taylor Swift, have been pictured rocking this style in 2016. Use a celebrity fashion finder app like Craves to figure out where you can buy the pieces your favourite celebrity wore last week!

Wait until it's dry

Wets locks are the enemy of hair jewellery, hair blog Naturally Curly reveals. Always wait until your hair is dry before you put on your pieces. Otherwise, your hair could dry around the accessory, making it much harder to remove at night. On that subject, you should always remove your hair jewellery before bed, so if you toss and turn in the night, you don’t encounter any problems the next day.

Secure jewellery tightly!

Modern life is pretty hectic. If you’re not careful, your jewellery will get tangled up in your hair, due to the rigours of daily life, making it almost impossible to take out. It is essential that you secure you jewellery tightly and we’d suggest that you go with bobby pins, so it always stays in place.

Be creative

Let your imagination run free when choosing hair jewellery and as long as you don’t cross the fashion police, you should end up with a really edgy look that’s perfect for autumn 2016! 

LUXE Models Modelling Success Stories: Ashley Graham

The modelling industry is really changing right now. Casting directors are increasingly hiring women of all shapes and sizes to front their campaigns. If you want to become a plus size model just look at Ashley Graham as an example of how to do it right. Here is her modelling success stories.

Going big time

Nebraska-born Ashley Graham was always destined to make history. Ashley’s stratospheric rise started when she was scouted at a local mall at the tender age of 12. Ashley was signed to Ford Models, starting her modelling success stories just one year later and now also works with IMG models.

Ever since, Ashley has done everything from catalogue and commercial work, to television and runway modelling. She has graced the covers of magazines including Style Magazine and Elle Quebec. Raising the profile of plus size models, she has also appeared on the covers of ‘shape issues’ of some of the most iconic publications in fashion like Vogue,Harper’s Bazaar and Glamour.

Find out Ashley's most iconic modelling moments at the main LUXE Models blog site.

Rio 2016 - Meet The Olympians Who Are Also Models

The glorious success of Team GB has maintained the feel-good factor of this summer. When we talk about Olympic athletes, we don’t initially think of the runway. Here, LUXE Models reviews the six athletes competing in Rio who previously worked as models!

Artistic form

New Zealand-based lifestyle site Stuff writes that one of these models is Nathalie Moellhausen. Brazilian-born Nathalie has modelled for noted Italian dressmaker Alberta Ferretti during her career. She also won Team Gold in fencing at the 2009 World Championships and recently finished sixth in Rio, the best ever placing in the sport for a Brazilian woman.

Read the article in full at the LUXE Models WordPress site.

How to Wear a Drop Waist Dress

A recent article from the Daily Record reveals that a drop waist dress is one of this summer’s hottest trends. So how can you pull off this bold, daring piece with style over the next few months? LUXE Models explains how to wear a drop waist dress like a boss in summer 2016!

Embrace prints

 Use drop waist dresses to display your flair for fashion by wearing something with a fantastic print. You could go for a classic check print to make it work in the day, before swapping this out for a vibrant floral print to glam up for the evening. If you want to be really exciting, you could also mix patterns with prints, which is really in right now!

Work your accessories

 Accessories are key to getting drop waist dresses right. Find the right accessory to go with your dress and you can ensure it works for all occasions. Let’s say you’re wearing a classic drop waist to go shopping in the day. Team it with a light scarf to create a relaxed vibe. Then you could exchange your scarf for a brilliant statement necklace, so you’re ready for a night on the tiles!

Check out the drop waist dress ideas on the full article with LUXE Models. 

Kylie Jenner Embraces Retro-Chic in New Modelling Campaign

Kylie Jenner's latest Puma range proved a hit on Instagram this month, showing her rocking some really cool retro-chic fashion in her latest modelling campagin. 

Rising star

18-year-old Kylie Jenner, who rose to fame on the TV reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, is fast becoming one of the most powerful celebrities on earth. As of 2016, she is one of the top ten most followed celebrities on Instagram, with 67 million followers.

When Kylie Jenner posts something on Instagram, it almost always goes viral. Jezebel writes that brands reportedly pay $100,000 to $300,000 for a single sponsored Instagram post from Kylie, indicating just how much influence she has with users on the image-driven social media site. She recently used her popular Instagram profile to showcase a photo of her latest modelling range.

A photo posted by King Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Jun 30, 2016 at 9:18am PDT

Going retro

Teen style magazine Seventeen reveals that recently, Kylie posted snaps from her new modelling campaign with clothing brand Puma on her Instagram account. The campaign is inspired by retro-hip hop style, with Kylie throwing major throwback vibes straight from the late ‘80s!

For the campaign, the model sported Puma’s iconic suede trainers. With these shoes, Kylie wore a sports bra and a red bomber jacket draped, as well as denim shorts, tube socks and clear rimmed specs. Other snaps from the campaign showed her rocking more of Puma’s classic sportswear line and she also took it as an opportunity to show off her gorgeous new bobbed haircut!

Puma’s masterstroke

A photo posted by PUMA (@puma) on Jul 3, 2016 at 11:58am PDT

Puma also posted a sneak peak of the campaign on their Instagram account as well. While doing so, they took the chance to share the history of the trainers they are rapidly bringing back into style, with a caption that reads “the Puma Suede started its story in 1968. Worn by athletes, b-boys, and hip hop stars of the day.” Puma also posted a video which showed Kylie sporting this retro look in a graffiti-covered vintage subway, complete with ‘80s style boom box!

The increasingly famous teen model wears sports clothing like a pro and with her really huge follower-base on Instagram, the campaign is sure to get a lot of exposure! Kylie Jenner wearing retro hip hop fashion is big news people!

Jimmy Choo to Launch New Ad Campaign with Top Models

Happy birthday Jimmy Choo! The luxury fashion brand turns 20 years old this year. LUXE Models has just found out that to mark this special occasion, Jimmy Choo will release an innovative new ad campaign featuring some of the world’s top models!

Luxury brand

Jimmy Choo is a British high fashion house which was founded by Malaysian-born fashion designer Jimmy Choo way back in 1996. Based in London, the luxury brand produces luxury shoes, handbags and accessories, but is best known to the general public for making couture women’s shoes.

These days the name ‘Jimmy Choo’ is a synonym for wonderfully luxurious shoes. This didn’t happen by accident, over the years Jimmy Choo has crafted a number of innovative ad campaigns, in order to promote itself as a high fashion house. Who can forget when Jimmy Choo joined forces with Kit Harrington from Game of Thrones to promote their men’s line in 2015!

Birthday celebrations

Jimmy Choo is planning to do something really special to mark its 20^th birthday. Fashion Week Daily writes that the company will feature a number of top models in its autumn/winter 2016 ad campaign. These include Xiao Wen Ju, Jasmine Tookes, Lexi Boling, Milla Jovovich, Taylor Hill, Sasha Pivovarova and Amber Valletta. Meanwhile James Jagger, the son of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, will rock Jimmy’s Choo’s new studded loafers for men in the campaign.

Commenting on this amazing new ad campaign, Jimmy Choo’s Creative Director Sandra Choi said in a statement: “The autumn/winter campaign is a reflection of the characters who embody the Jimmy Choo brand values both during the past 20 years and into the future. It is a modern vision for our woman and signals a bold new chapter.”

September splash

The campaign shoot took place in global fashion capital New York. The models were shot by iconic fashion photographer Craig Dean, while the styling was handled by Sarah Richardson, who is one of the industry’s brightest stars. Jimmy Choo’s campaign is set to feature in the September issues of some of the world’s most celebrated fashion publications.

September is fast becoming the biggest month in fashion. Vogue editor Anna Wintour has started a trend of saving her best for September, crafting editions during this month every year that wow fashion enthusiasts across the world. Elle is really planning on making a splash this time around, releasing multiple September front covers featuring the likes of Zayn Malik and Kristen Stewart!

Wait and see

We can’t wait to see what Jimmy Choo have in store for us with this campaign. They’re working with major models and releasing the campaign in fashion’s biggest month, so you just know Jimmy Choo’s 20^th birthday anniversary campaign is bound to be out of this world! 

How to Wear a Swimsuit Away From the Pool

With summer in full-swing, it’s time to break out your swimsuits. It’s increasingly acceptable to wear swimsuits beyond the water, with celebrities from Selena Gomez to Elle Fanning fast-embracing this cool new trend. LUXE Models tells you how to wear a swimsuit away from the pool.

Dress for the streets

With a good-one piece, you can throw together a look that’s great for the streets. For pointers on how to pull this off, look to Selena Gomez. In Style points out that recently, the American popstar teamed a one-piece with cut-offs and a gold-velvet blaze, creating a really casual, yet cool outfit!

Glam it up

Swimsuits can work just as well in the evening. To cultivate the perfect look, glam up a one-piece with statement jewellery, breath-taking stiletto heels and a bold-printed skirt and you’ll soon be ready to hit the pubs and clubs. Team with tights and a tailored-blazer if you want to get really sophisticated!

Go beach-ready

When you’re heading to the beach, you might want to put your swimsuit on beforehand, so you can get in the water as soon as possible. Just add a sarong, some leather sandals and a killer pair of sunglasses to develop a great look that you can shed easily the minute you hit the sand!

Find great swimwear

You’re never going to rock this trend right, without first making sure that you have some awesome swimwear in your wardrobe. When shopping for a bikini or a one-piece, choose the right size and cut for your body, so you can layer it up easily away from the pool! Experiment in the changing room with other clothes, so you can see how your chosen piece will look as part of an outfit!

Really experiment

Swimsuits are really versatile, so you can really play around when you wear them beyond the pool. Experiment with different skirts, jeans, tops, accessories, jewellery and shoes to find a style that really works for you. By doing this, you can gain the confidence you need to own this fabulous trend!