Nicola Roberts fails to put her best foot forward on a night out in London. The Girls Aloud star looks great from the ankles up – her neon shoes seem to belong to a different outfit. Unusual for the emerging style princess.
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's date night
Nicole and husband Keith took a rare night off from parenting duties to attend the New York screening of ‘Snowflower and the Secret Fan’. The actress – who looked stunning in a red dress and matching lipstick – has clocked up some air miles in the last few weeks with a trip home to Australia followed by a visit to Los Angeles to party with 
.
Christie Brinkley sizzles in Chicago
Christie Brinkley sizzles as she makes her debut as Roxie Hart in musical ‘Chicago’ at London’s Cambridge Theatre. The four-times married beauty has always vowed never to wed again, but we bet she certainly won’t be short of admirers!
{Spotted} Lily Allen's Ivy dinner
Lily Allen smiled politely for the cameras after eating out at London’s Ivy restaurant last night. Funny place to go if you want to avoid the fame game, but what Lily wants, Lily gets, and dinner at The Ivy it is!
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 'honoured' to be Burberry Body
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is thrilled to be working with Burberry again, crediting the British label with helping to launch her career.
The Victoria’s Secret model and ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ actress has teamed up with the brand to become their first Burberry Body, making her the face and body of the company’s new fragrance.
Rosie said: ”It’s a huge honour to be working with Burberry again, a brand that put my career on the map and helped launch me. To be asked to be the first ‘Burberry Body’ is an amazing compliment.”
Chief creative officer Christopher Bailey – who handpicks up-and-coming British stars to appear in the label’s advertising campaigns – added: “Rosie’s effortless style and her staggering beauty made her the natural choice as the first Burberry Body.”
In the pictures, shot by renowned photographer Mario Testino, the 24-year-old model flaunts her stunning figure in a strategically styled Burberry trench.
Rosie – who lives in Los Angeles with her British actor boyfriend Jason Statham – is also the spokesmodel for the British heritage brand’s beauty range.
Elle Macpherson loves Victoria Beckham's 'timeless' designs
Elle Macpherson loves Victoria Beckham’s fashion line because the clothes embody the way she likes to dress.
The supermodel is hugely impressed with how the former Spice Girl has reinvented herself as a respected fashion designer and says Victoria’s simple, elegant designs are “beautiful” and “timeless”.
She explained: “I think Victoria is one of the smartest businesswomen around. She has really taken that brand and followed her dreams when people said that she couldn’t do it and that’s what I really love about her.
“She’s always been fascinated and passionate about fashion and she found the best people she could to make dresses that fit like a glove.
“They’re really beautiful, they’re timeless and they come to the knee. For me, they make the body look amazing and they’re very simple. They really embody the way that I like to dress and she has really tapped into it and does it better than anybody.”
However, Elle admitted she tries not to wear to same dresses as Victoria because she believes she will never look as good.
She explained to Scotland’s Daily Record: “Unfortunately when you see her in a dress and then you in a dress, you think, ‘Oh gosh, better not pick that one!'”
Justin Bieber's perfume rakes in over 3 million
Justin Bieber’s debut perfume looks set to become the top-selling perfume of 2011.
The 17-year-old singer’s women’s scent, Someday, generated more than $3 million in retail sales at Macy’s in New York in under three weeks and experts are already hailing its debut on June 23 as the most successful celebrity fragrance launch in history.
Karen Grant, vice president and senior global industry analyst of the NPD Group Inc., said: “If it sustains this momentum, it will become the number-one-selling fragrance of 2011. We haven’t seen anything like it since [Jennifer Lopez’s] Glow and [Britney Spears’] Curious.”
To launch the fragrance, Justin made a personal appearance at Macy’s, where the first 325 fans who purchased the $135 Someday gift set had their pictures taken with the ‘Baby’ hitmaker and the store believe the star’s presence propelled the fragrance’s high sales.
Terry Lundgren, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Macy’s Inc., told WWD: “Justin Bieber’s Someday fragrance, propelled by Justin’s incredible personal appearance at Macy’s Herald Square, has resonated with our customers, and has now become the biggest celebrity fragrance launch on record.”
Following’s its success in Macy’s, other US stores – including Dillard’s, Boscov’s, Belk, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Sephora and Ulta – are now stocking the fragrance, while it will also be sold overseas, including in the UK, Australia, Germany and New Zealand.
The fragrance was created through Give Back Brands – a company designed for entertainers to use to raise money for good causes – and the proceeds will go to several charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Pencils of Promise, an initiative which builds schools.
Robert Hollander, president of Give Back Brands, said: “Justin Bieber Someday has launched to numbers that are nothing short of astounding, making this the industry’s single most successful celebrity fragrance launch. Our retail partners simply cannot keep it in stock. Justin has truly made his mark on the fragrance industry, and we could not be more proud of this partnership.”
Taylor Swift's perfume inspired by love
Taylor Swift’s fragrance Wonderstruck was inspired by falling in love.
The pop star has collaborated with Elizabeth Arden to create her first perfume and Taylor revealed the name came from her song ‘Enchanted’ about meeting a special someone.
She told WWD: “I share personal life experiences through my music, and my fragrance will allow me to share these experiences with my fans in a completely different and new way. Falling in love is a moment every girl daydreams about and Wonderstruck represents that magical feeling of promise and hope and intrigue. It was fascinating to learn that you can layer so many different scents to create a beautiful end result.”
The new scent -which will be rolled out worldwide over two years starting in September – features freesia, green tea, apple blossom, raspberry and dewberry and Taylor likened choosing the scent to planning an album launch.
She said: “Writing songs is a process unlike anything else, and I’ll never experience anything like it. However, coming up with ideas for this fragrance and the packaging and message of it reminded me of what it’s like to plan an album launch. You come up with a theme that represents all these tiny moving parts, a sum of all the planning and creating. Then it goes out into the world and becomes a part of people’s daily lives.”