Daniel Radcliffe, better known by millions as Harry Potter, has said that he's desperate explore his sexuality on film, and that means playing gay.

The 18-year-old actor is planning to audition for the role of a boy at boarding school in the 30s who falls in love with his best friend and later becomes an undercover agent in a remake of the 1984 movie "Another Country".

The film adaptation of Julian Mitchell's play, which originally starred Rupert Everett in both the stage and screen version, is loosely based on the life of Guy Burgess, who became a double agent working for the Soviet Union, and was famously part of the Cambridge Five spy ring.

Speaking at a press conference for his latest movie "December Boys", he said, "I'd never play a gay character just for the sake of playing a gay character. If the script was good, and it was a good gay character then, I'm 18, and so the parts I'm going to be getting will be open for around that age range."

"And around that age range is when people are exploring sexuality, so those are the parts I think I will be involved in."

Radcliffe will also be reprising his nude stage role in 'Equus' when the play moves to Broadway this month.

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Russell Crowe got so attached to his equine co-star on the set of '3:10 to Yuma', that now he says he really misses his four legged buddy.

[Crowe] says, "Doing these sort of movies with animals, you get close because it's an intense working relationship - 10 or 12 hours a day for months - so it's hard to say goodbye.

Russ isn't the first star to fall in love with a horsey co-star. Billy Crystal, Kevin Costner, Robert Redford, and Viggo Mortensen all bought the horses they were paired with during filming.

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19 year old homewrecker Evan Rachel Wood, also known as Marilyn Manson's barely legal girlfriend, is getting set to launch a recording career.

Wood says she actually prefers singing to acting, but also worries that she'll be criticized and any success unfairly attributed to her boyfriend.

Wood says " I'm probably even more passionate about music than acting, but I don't want to do it half-assed.

"And when I do, I get to deal with the rumors flying around that my boyfriend wrote all my songs and that I'm just using him for a singing career!"

Ya think??

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Hilary Duff looks amazing at the Spirit of Life Award dinner last night.

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Jessica Biel has officially passed on the chance to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming 'Justice League of America' film. The hunt continues for the right actress to play the part. JLA is looking to go before cameras in early 2008.

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The conservative women's clothing company St. John has replaced Angelina Jolie as the face of their line. Jolie has modeled for the company since 2005, but word is that the type of women that wear the clothing line just didn't relate to her. Angelina wore a charcoal grey St. John gown to the 2007 Golden Globe's, and word was that she clashed with the designers on the entire collaboration.

No word has been released on who will replace Jolie as the new spokesmodel.

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UPDATE: St. John has issued a statement saying that Angelina Jolie is still representing the clothing line, and, in fact, has recently shot the ads for the Spring campaign.

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Vanessa Hudgens covers herself way up for her first post-scandal outing at the Hot Hollywood party given by Us Weekly.

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Pink and her hubby of 21 months may be on the rocks, though not according to reps, who says the report is complete bulls**t. However Us Weekly reports that Pink was overheard at a restaurant saying that it's over between them.

"Pink was out with a table full of friends and telling them that her and Carey just wasn't working anymore.

"She told them, 'We're just not getting along anymore. We each need our space. We need our distance. It's not like it was when we first started.' "

When asked about their marriage last month, Carey said "everything's fine".

But a friend of the 32-year-old biker said: "Carey is tired of her always accusing him of cheating, and he's fed up with the constant arguing. He says he cannot deal with her anymore. It's his decision to put an end to this. They are 100 per cent getting a divorce."

Of course it's a rep's job to deny, deny, deny, until the ink on the divorce papers are almost dry, so who are we to believe?

Honestly, I guess I don't really care.

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Labels: Carey Hart, Jada Pinkett-Smith

My prediction to my husband came true, and model Josie Maran was the first to be sent packing on this season's 'Dancing With the Stars'.

When she learned she was the one with the lowest combined total of votes, Maran didn't seem surprised and thanked the judges for their honesty. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says she now has the dancing bug, and being on the show changed her life.

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Formerly super-svelte model and actress Milla Jovovich admitted on her website that she has packed on the pounds during her pregnancy. 70 pounds, to be exact. She cops to eating lots of carbs with extra sugar for breakfast and lunch. So much so, that her doctor was worried about the excess weight gain, since expectant moms are encouraged to only gain about 35 or so pounds.

Milla says she has cut back on the carbs, and is adding more leans meats and veggies to her diet, and that she now misses her old body and appreciates it more.

So do we, Milla, so do we.

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Rwandans, take cover! Hide your men! Bust out your bulletproof condoms! Paris Hilton is coming to your country this Fall!

As if Rwandans didn't have enough trouble, what with genocide, civil war, disease, malnutrition, and all that, now they have to deal with Ebola herself coming to their country. The heirhead has decided to take a little trip to bring attention to the problems of the war-torn country, following word for word a page straight out of the Angelina Jolie playbook. Unfortunately for Paris, I think the kind of attention that she will bring, won't be the kind they are looking for.

Do the poor people a favor, Paris, just send money, and stay the hell home.

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I was oddly disappointed by the men's turn at taking the floor on last night's 'Dancing With the Stars'. The one standout of the night for me was Abercrombie & Fitch model Albert Reed, who showed he was definitely more than just a pretty face, though I will be waiting around for that promise of shirt removal. Judge Len likened his routine to watching a stripper have a go. It worked for me!

Basketball team owner and billionaire Mark Cuban was annoying to watch as he mouthed most of the words to King of the Road, and proceeded to stick out his tongue when the moves got difficult. He reminded me of watching Billy Ray Cyrus loaf around the floor from last season.

Floyd Mayweather looked as if he was ready to beat the hell out of his partner, though he negotiated the routine well enough. The judges said he need to add a bit of tenderness to his dance repertoire.

Another crowd pleaser was race car driver Helio Castroneves, who showed a little dazzle on the floor, and definitely impressed the judges. The judges praised his chemistry with partner Julianne Hough, though I think that girl would have chemistry with a brick wall and still make it look good.

Soap star Cameron Mathison was above average, and showed he has a great sense of humor to go with his good looks. He had a little bit of a hard time with the footwork due to a very demanding work schedule, and he admitted that his dance practices were sandwiched in between midnight and 4am. Ouch!

The biggest disappointment for me was Las Vegas showman Wayne Newton. I realize he is the eldest dancer on the show, but I thought he would be quite a bit smoother with his dancing, and, as it turned out, he was petrified of performing. The crowd gave him a standing ovation, and the judges said he did pretty well, but needed to loosen up in the hips next time.

The final tally of scores for both the men and women are as follows:

Sabrina Bryan 9, 8, 9 = 26
Helio Castroneves 8, 9, 8 = 25
Melanie Brown 8, 8, 8 = 24
Jane Seymour 8, 8, 8 = 24
Marie Osmond 7, 7, 7 = 21
Albert Reed 7, 7, 7 = 21
Mark Cuban 7, 7, 7 = 21
Jennie Garth 7, 7, 7 = 21
Cameron Mathison 7, 7, 7 = 21
Wayne Newton 6, 7, 6 = 19
Floyd Mayweather 6, 6, 6 = 18
Josie Maran 6, 5, 5 = 16

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Poor Jamie Lynn Spears looks as if she raided her trashtastic sister's wardrobe. She might as well have just worn a t-shirt reading "Formerly Worn By Popwreck".

Ick! She wore this half of a bad dress to a Teen Vogue bash. Hopefully Teen Vogue will bash her one in the head for appearing in public in such a horror. Perhaps Lauren Conrad will take pity on her and give the littlest Spears some of her new line of clothes to wear.

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Actress Maggie Q wears lettuce and then some chili peppers in the newest ads from PETA, trying to get people to lay off the meat and eat more veggies.

Maggie was recently in 'Live Free or Die Hard', and was my favorite part of 'Mission Impossible III'.

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Here's Lauren Conrad's and Audrina Patridge's video of their Maxim magazine photo shoot. Lauren keeps pretty well covered up, but Audrina shows off her amazing bod in some sexy lingerie.

In order to see the video at YouTube, you must verify with the website that you are over 18 by signing up for an account or logging in.

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'Bachelor' Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice have called it quits after two years together, and she gets to keep the dog. Yeah, I know, it's a slow news day. So sue me.

Anywhoo, the sometime actor and his 27 year old nurse decided to go their seperate ways, and it happened a few months ago, though they have managed to keep it quiet. Something tells me the status of this reality couple just isn't a top priority in world news.

"We split a few months ago - it was a clean breakup, nothing out of control," Sarah confirms to In Touch exclusively. "I definitely thought I'd spend the rest of my life with him - I think we both did - but there were some things between us that we couldn't resolve."

Charlie's claim to fame is that he is the brother of actor Jerry O'Connell, who recently bagged himself a supermodel/actress Rebecca Romijn.

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Catherine Zeta Jones graces the cover and interior pages of In Style magazine, and looks amazing. To see more photos from the spread click here.

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Jake Gyllenhaal looks mighty doable on the cover of this month's Interview magazine. To see more shots from the magazine pages, click here.

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After appearing on the MTV VMA's, and being universally panned for her flabby body parts, Britney Spears has recently been pictured with an asthma inhaler in hand as a weight loss aid.

The troubled singer, who does not suffer from the respiratory illness, is allegedly puffing on the medical aid to suppress her appetite.

A source told Us Weekly magazine: "Britney doesn't have asthma. She's using the chemical epinephrine, found in asthma medications, as an appetite suppressant."

Friends are extremely concerned about her reported use of the inhalers as Australian cover girl Krissy Taylor died from using a similar weight loss method.

The 17-year-old model, who had appeared in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazines, suffered a fatal heart attack after using an inhaler to control her appetite.

Medics warn side effects include headaches, dizziness, nausea and an irregular heartbeat.

After the VMA debacle, Brit told friends that she "will do ANYTHING to lose weight."

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Nicole Richie took a little Hawaiian vacation this week with her baby daddy Joel Madden, and showed off her newly curvy figure in an itsy bitsy string bikini. She is five months along.

Nicole's 28-year-old beau has been speaking about his excitement at the prospect of fatherhood. "It's the best thing that has ever happened to us. It's awesome," he reveals. "The baby has started kicking, and I've already gone out and bought a stroller and a playpen for the nursery."

Cue the "Awwwww's".

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Meet Alex Vaggo, a Swedish tourist who was staying at the (very, VERY) low-rent USA Hostel when Paris Hilton met him and swept him off his feet. Hilton met this guy on the street while she was out with some friends, and is now introducing him to her jet-setter lifestyle.

She brought him along with her to the Big Apple, where Ms. Hilton attended the AmFar Rocks at charity event at the historic Puck Building.

And while Paris walked the red carpet alone, OK! spied Alex slinking in minutes later to spend the night by her side in the VIP area. Afterward, the twosome popped into nightclub Butter before finishing the evening at Runway. The new couple enjoyed the sounds of DJ Chachi, staying at Runway until well after closing time.

“They spent the entire night dancing," one clubgoing witness reveals to OK!. "When the DJ played Paris’ song, she jumped on the banquette and started dancing.”

As a result of their new found friendship, Vaggo reportedly already has meetings with a few modeling agencies in town.

Reps for Paris say the two are "just friends."

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Britney Spears is sliding further and further away from her hot girl image, especially after she debuted her new look this week. Apparently she tried to dye her cheap hair extensions brown herself, with disastrous results. To see the mess with all the missed spots click here. She also went out in public wearing what looks suspiciously like a burlap potato sack. The above photo was taken at a Quizno's sub shop, where the popwreck ducked in to, you guessed it, use the restroom. Mercifully for the sandwich shop crew, this time she was wearing shoes on her filthy dirty feet. No hazmat crew was called after she vacated the premises.

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The season premiere of 'Dancing With the Stars' aired last night, with the obvious early favorite for me being Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan, who kicked some serious a** with her cha-cha routine. Bryan and her partner Mark Ballas wowed the judges and the crowd with their routine, but got in a bit of trouble for adding some hip-hop moves, which seemed unnecessary. Her footwork and hip moves were so amazing that the hip-hop thrown in detracted from the overall feel of an otherwise professional looking outing. The judges gave them a combined score of 26 out of 30.

Other dancers didn't fare quite as well, with model Josie Maran receiving the lowest score of the night, a 16 out of 30, for some "not so great footwork with nice lines up above." The rest of the pack, which included Melanie Brown, Jennie Garth, Jane Seymour, and Marie Osmond, did a respectable job for their first time out.

The men's competition airs tonight, with the results show tomorrow, and the first celeb to go home will be announced. In interviews the men unanimously agreed that their biggest competition was boxing champ Floyd Mayweather.

Stay tuned to see what happens!

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Adding yet another engaged couple to the show, badboy Jason Wahler dropped a big, and very unwelcome, bombshell on ex Lauren last night.....he's engaged! The new fiancee is Katja Something-or-another, a blonde who had nothing but ire for our little LC.

Katja's eyes shot daggers at Lauren every time she looked in her direction, and it didn't help that Jason was dropping his fiancee at every turn to cater to LC's every whim, and ultimately dissappeared outside with her to talk. When Katja appeared on the scene, she again made sure Lauren knew she wasn't well received, and then situated herself between the two with her back to her. Poor Lauren!

On the work front, Whitney messed up in a big way. She was in charge of a magazine photo shoot with the band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and she and Lauren took the band out drinking the night before. Everyone was hung over the next morning, and the band showed up about two hours late for the shoot, whereupon one of the guys decided he hated the wardrobe and insisted on wearing his own jeans for the shoot. They happened to be girl's jeans, size 8. Anywhoo, Whitney was soundly beaten verbally by the boss later.

And finally we check in with Heidi and her idiot fiance, Spencer, who is making a mess of the wedding preparations by simply being a typical guy. We find out that Spencer hates the idea of registering for gifts, because why do we want to make our friends buy us a bunch of stuff we don't need, after all? Second, he wants to elope to Tibet or somewhere, effectively ruining Heidi's aspirations of having a fairytale wedding. And last, but definitely not least, we are clued in to the fact that good old Spence hasn't told his parents he's getting married, and when asked by Heidi, he has no explanation for it.

The drama just keeps on coming....

Labels: Heidi Montag, Jason Wahler, Lauren Conrad, The Hills

In an interesting dichotomy, burlesque queen Dita von Teese leaves her clothes ON in the newest ad for PETA. Known mainly as the woman who takes off her clothes for a living, Dita is clad in a bustier/corset and thigh high stockings combo, and poses as a racy teacher. The ad urges people to spay or neuter their pets.

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Everything that could possibly go wrong for the popwreck Britney Spears has definitely gone wrong. On top of last week getting court-ordered to submit to twice weekly random drug testing AND attend an 8 hour parenting class per week, Britney now faces the possibility of going to jail! This latest addition to the wreck-roster stems from Brit's hit and run from an LA parking garage where she failed to leave her info at the scene, then prosecutors discovered that Spears has no valid driver's license anywhere in the US.

Perhaps she has an international one...?

To add insult to injury, Spears' former bodyguard, Tony Baretto, who testified against her at her child custody hearing, has now blabbed all of the sordid details to anyone and everyone who will listen, or perhaps pay for, an interview.

Click here, here, here, here, here, here, and here to read all, and I mean ALL of the inside secrets that Baretto is spilling.

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Angelina Jolie has refuted her worldwide reputation as a maneater by saying she has only slept with four men, and then she married two of them.

Huh?

She told Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine that she has gotten a bad rap, and that her four men were Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Pitt, Jonny Lee Miller, and one other nameless man.

She doesn't say how many women she's been with though. That might just knock that total right outta the ballpark.

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I'm not sure what Amy Winehouse has been up to lately, but I don't want ANY of whatever she's having....

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Alicia Silverstone steps back into the limelight with some semi-racy ads for PETA, in which she poses nude while proclaiming she is a vegetarian.

Seems veggies definitely do a body good!

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Has-been celeb Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys is doing a little name dropping, though I'm not sure if the name he is dropping will help or hinder his career. That name is Britney Spears, and the context in which Carter is using it is that they are dating.

What???

"Nick's claiming that he and Brit have been 'dating' for about three weeks," a source close to the 27-year-old boy-bander tells OK!. "He says they’ve been chatting, texting, instant messaging and talking all the time they’re both heavy into other." The source also reveals that Nick has even told some of his bandmates, "I really like her."

But some insiders warn that Nick, who famously dated Paris Hilton several years ago and who is rumored to be no friend of Brit's ex Justin Timberlake, might be taking advantage of Brit's headline-making status. "Not saying it's not true," one insider explains to OK!, "But it strikes me as a bit of a coincidence that Nick is name-dropping Brit now when Backstreet's got an album coming out soon."

Well isn't THAT a coinkydink. The popwreck is plastered all over every news outlet, blog, and tabloid due to her disastrous VMA show, followed by a semi-disastrous court date for her divorce in which a secret witness testified on her drug use and nude proclivities. Tell us something we didn't know already, will ya?

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I have no idea how old this picture is, but it struck me that this should be an all too familiar pose for the girl who admits she is only famous because of the guys she has shtupped.

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My chick-crush Jennifer Garner does a Marie Claire cover and spread in next month's issue.

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I love what modern technology can do these days. Here Gisele Bunchen makes me want to run right out and buy a dress made of water. Of course the ugly-ass sandals on her feet are what she is really selling, but who cares about those!

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Heidi Montag's recent "performance" in Las Vegas of her single was so bad, it made Britney Spears look hot again. It looks like she definitely practiced her lip synch moves in front of a mirror, but she didn't have nearly enough moves to carry her through even half the song. All she does is wave one hand around, then switch mike hands and wave the other. The best part is watching boyfriend Spencer writhing around behind her like a Vegas showgirl. Perhaps he has a second career waiting after Heidi gets smart and dumps him, and he finds himself without a meal ticket.

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Meet Kevin Rahm and Tuc Watkins, the new gay couple on Wisteria Lane.

Eva [Longoria] told 'Access Hollywood': "I am really excited about the gay neighbors, it is about time. I am surprised we haven't had them before."

"They're my neighbors. They are actually the house right next to me and I haven't really interacted with them too much. I would love to see that in the script. Gabrielle should be friends with the gays."

The 32-year-old star also revealed Bob and Lee don't get on with Teri Hatcher's character Susan.

She said: "They're funny, oh god they're funny. They have a lot with Teri Hatcher - they are like, catty with her and they don't like her and it is so fun."

Watkins has previously been seen as a regular on 'One Life To Live', and also guested on 'CSI' and many other TV shows. Rahm is also a 'CSI' alum, but had a long running role on 'Judging Amy'.

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Apparently Shakira is keeping her famous hips well under wraps during her stint as a University of California college student.

Lecturer Robert Cleve was stunned to discover the true identity of his newest protege. He says, "She just looked like an ordinary student. She didn't act like a big celebrity or anything. I was really impressed with how intelligent she was."

Shakira has stepped away from her pop career temporarily to study ancient history.

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Cue the "Awww's". Scarlett Johannson and current squeeze Ryan Reynolds arrive holding hands at LAX this week.

She doesn't deserve my Ryan.

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Clothing challenged teen Vanessa Hudgens and her so far squeaky clean boytoy Zac Efron are reportedly over.

According to the source, while Zac was away in Europe promoting Hairspray, Vanessa was at a Hollywood Hills party, where eyewitnesses say she was "all over" her older, not-Zac date. And when someone dared to ask about Zac, Vanessa "threw a fit and said 'don't mention his name!'"

After his return home to L.A., the pair were spotted Sunday night driving together in Zac's car, though the mood looked anything but festive.

I wonder if the split had anything to do with Vanessa's uber-public nude photos and ensuing scandal, which personally, I think she engineered herself for the publicity. Seriously, did anyone even know who she was before she took her clothes off?

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The crackpot investigative team over at Entertainment Tonight have released a story saying that Kevin Federline more than likely has a contract out on his miserable little life.

Multiple sources tell ET that the FBI made attempts to contact Federline to inform him of the potential danger. Sources within the FBI tell ET that this is the bureau’s standard operating procedure when someone’s life is threatened.

ET has been working this story for the past two months.

Could Britney, faced with the very real prospect of losing her kids, have used her mega-bucks to put a hit out on the Ex?

Or perhaps the entire rap world pooled their cash to erase the blight on their music. Popozao!

Or perhaps all of the single women everywhere banded together to rid us of 'The Sperminator'.

Any way you look at it, it seems Fed-Ex may have a big X over his mug.

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From wacky and weird, to ultimately wearable, here are some catwalk highlights from around the world from major designers.

Versace, Milan

Valentino, Paris

Stella McCartney, Paris

Oscar de la Renta, New York

Michael Kors, New York

Marchesa, New York

Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris

Isaac Mizrahi, New York

Hermes, Paris

Heatherette, New York

Givenchy Haute Couture

Girorgio Armani, Milan

Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture

Elie Saab Haute Couture

Elie Saab Haute Couture

Dolce & Gabbana, Milan

Christian Lacroix, Paris

Christian Dior, Paris

Christian Dior Haute Couture, Paris

Chanel, Paris

Chanel Haute Couture, Paris

Carolina Herrera, New York

Calvin Klein, New York

Bill Blass, New York

Anna Sui, New York

Alexander McQueen, Paris

Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Madrid

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