SHADES – Linda Farrow has done whacky collaborations with everyone from Jeremy Scott to Alexander Wang.  lindafarrow.co.uk

EARRINGS: Go ‘al dente’ with Dolce & Gabbana Bowtie pasta and cameo clip earrings.  net-a-porter.com

RING: Hot lips for your finger from Solange Azagury-Partridge, £990, net-a-porter.com

HAT: Make a bold statement in the Burberry Prorsum pom pom raffia cap, £275, net-a-porter.com

BAG: Christian Louboutin’s Riviera clutch bag channels St Tropez in all its colourful glory. christianlouboutin.com

DIARY: Swot up with Olympia le Tan’s ‘La Peste’ book-clutch with Liberty-print lining, €1,140, olympialetan.com

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AND MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THIS SEASON… The Givenchy Shark Tooth Necklace!

You have found love when you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep… wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world always, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you…. The one who turns to his friends and says, “I adore her.’”

I love this picture… it was in France, I am talking to my Mother, Sun Miss Korea and Hiroko Miss Japan, and NHK was filming us on that day…

Exhibition “Helmut Newton Grand Palais, Southeast gallery” : 24 March 2012 – 17 June 2012

I will be going to see the exhibition on June 9th, at the time I will be in Paris, to watch Roland Garros.

German-born Newton, neé Neustädter, died as a result of a car accident in Los Angeles in 2004 when he was aged 84.

The photographer, son of a factory owner, was of Jewish heritage and in 1938 was forced to flee the Nazis before the First World War. Finding his way to Australia some years later, he changed his name to Newton and embarked upon the photography career that would make his name.

Eighteen years after fleeing Germany, at the age of 36, he landed his first commission with Vogue, leading him to the path that would see him become one of the fashion photography industry’s finest artists.

for Vogue Hommes in the seventies

Helmut Newton was more than a fashion photographer, and created a world where women are strong and don’t need men. So, a genius!?

But since Newton’s death in 2004, there has been no retrospective of his work in France until now, althought he did much of his work here especially for the French edition of Vogue. Provocative, heretical, sometimes shocking, Newton’s work explores beauty, sex, humour and violence, showing the links between fashion and power.

This exhibition at the Grand Palais that is currently on runs to June 17 and brings together more than 200 images in the form of original and vintage prints, Polaroids, contact sheets and huge exhibition pieces like cover records.

He has been one of my inspiration during my work also I am definitely going to see his work early next month in Paris.

These women are special, I will be one of them later in my life. My advise to any woman after 50 years old: fix your teeth and whiten them. Because it looks horrible to have crooked teeth and yellow… The prettiest of all of them remind me my friend Francoise Morechand. She is my ultimate goal!

From left, Bethenny Frankel in 2010, Tori Spelling this month and Jessica Simpson in January

What do they all have in common? They have found, to be blunt, that motherhood pays. In the last few years, salaries for movie stars have plummeted, record sales have tanked and roles in scripted dramas are going the way of the I.B.M. computer. Yet for a growing number of underemployed actresses, singers and would-be entrepreneurs, parenthood has become a viable Plan B.

The worst case scenario of all: ugly-Snooki!

In March, Nicole Polizzi, known as Snooki, carried a doll as she shopped for baby clothes!!!

“Being a celebrity mom has more business opportunities than ever before,” said Peter Grossman, the photo editor of Us Weekly, where he has negotiated six-figure cover deals with many celebrities and their cuddly offspring. “Now, it’s not just about selling your baby pics. It’s starting a clothing line or endorsing a stroller. The value of a celebrity mom has never been higher.”

AUGUST 1991 When Demi Moore, then seven months pregnant, appeared naked on Vanity Fair’s cover in an Annie Leibovitz photo, chains like Safeway refused to sell it.

Since then, Jessica Simpson, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Britney Spears have all struck a similar pose.

JUNE 2006 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had their first biological child, Shiloh, and sold the first pictures to People for what was a reported seven-figure sum.

They gave the money to charity.

OCTOBER 2002 When Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick had their first child, they hoped to satisfy the paparazzi who had been camped outside their Manhattan home by posing for pictures in front of the hospital with their new son, James. But, it did not help… Babies’ faces change and paparazzi want to get the next shot and the next shot and the next shot.

MARCH 2008 Nicole Richie with her baby, Harlow.APRIL 2012 Jessica Simpson went the Demi Moore route (in both naked and clothed versions) for Elle.

MARCH 2008 Pre-“American Idol,” Jennifer Lopez’s movie and singing career was on the decline, but pictures of her with her twins by Marc Anthony,

sparked a global tabloid feeding frenzy, reportedly netting the couple a reported $4 million to $6 million.

FEBRUARY 2008 Christina Aguilera and her baby, Max.

Deidra Father & Daughter Funny Wedding Dance

Model Guinevere Van Seenus wears the designer’s shocking-pink dress (fall 1937), silk-velvet bolero with metal embroidery by Lesage (fall 1938), and Starburst earrings, c.mid-1930s. Daniel Storto gloves.

All Schiaparelli Haute Couture pieces courtesy of Collecton Mark Walsh Leslie Chin; vintageluxury.com.

Fashion editor: Grace Coddington

Photographed by Steven Meisel

The Costume Institute unveils “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” (May 10–August 19).

A half century separates the birth of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Jazz Age fashion house and Miuccia Prada’s debut at the storied luggage company started by her grandfather, but these two consistently thoughtful and thought-provoking bluestockings have each, as cocurator Andrew Bolton notes, used “fashion as a vehicle to provoke, to confront normative conventions of taste, beauty, glamour, and femininity.” Vogue

The Designers: Elsa Schiaparelli & Miuccia Prada

Model Karen Elson in monkey and banana prints from spring 2011.

Photographed by David Sims

Karen Elson in a gold leather top and an organza circle skirt (spring 2008).

Photographed by Mario Testino

Prada creation, including a ruby silk-gabardine mini on model Natalia Vodianova (spring 2007).

Photographed by Mario Testino

Last time I was in Hong Kong, last month, I went to the Lady’s market and bought lost of hair extension for really cheap. In fact, she should have bought it after she arrived… but hey.. when you can afford to buy 3 Kelly bag at an Hermes shop in Ginza and then write on them with a black marker, then I think money saving is not an issue..

I am going to see her in concert soon in Hong Kong. Got my tix!

Alicia Keys poses for ‘VIBE’ magazine’s April/May 2012 issue.

YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH A LEATHER JACKET OR A COLORFUL ONE RIGHT NOW. GO FIND ONE!