Melody Plant

I hear Amy Winehouse is in the market for a new wardrobe designer. Ha! I’m guessing Kanye’s not lining up for the job.

Kanye is, however, hooking up with Louis Vuitton to create a new line of shoes for men and women. Looking at Kanye’s style, I’m betting those will be some hot shoes. He’s also working with Takashi Murakami, a lead artist.

Also in November, Kanye is set to launch a clothing line to go with the jewelry line he already has.

He’s stylin’ and profilin’!

As if she hasn’t had enough fashion issues lately….girl should’ve never cut her hair, I guess.

Rihanna showed up at the BET Awards dressed in some mess of a Big Bird costume (God rest his soul!).

Seems like she can’t get anything right these days. First nipple rings, now this….Rihanna, honey, take my advice. Hire a stylist other than yo cuzin Shaniqua.

At least we hope she does. If not, she has no business hocking a new fragrance.

She has inked a deal with Proctor and Gamble Prestige Products to create her own perfume. She’s, umm, following in the footsteps of fellow divas Britney and Christina. Maybe she’ll be luckier and hers will actually sell.

The plan is to aim the product at her teenage fans. She said the fragrance should hit the market in 2009.

Rumor has it, it will smell of teenage angst.

Mary J. Blige owns over 1,000 pairs of shoes.

The ‘Just Fine’ singer is so obsessed with designer footwear that she has a whole closet devoted to storing her purchases.

She said: “My biggest fashion weakness is definitely shoes. My favourites are some Chloe wedges. I have around 1,000 pairs.”

I envy her….as I am sure most warm-blooded females will!

Mary is planning to channel her love of fashion into her own clothing range, which will focus on denim. She added to: “I’d really love to do that. I want to start with a great pair of jeans that fit nicely and are made from a good-quality material. I’m also working on a perfume. I’m always checking out new scents for ideas.”

However, the 37-year-old singer has no intention of trying to compete in the fashion stakes with her younger pop rivals.

She said: “I’m learning about fashion, but a lot of people do like my style. I don’t have to compete though - I don’t even want to compete. I’m not trying to outdo Rihanna or Beyonce.”

Trampy Amy Winehouse is launching her own brand of clothes and make-up so fans can copy her unique style. The news emerged yesterday as Amy, 24, modelled the look — including a leopard-print scarf atop her matted barnet and cig stuck to her lip.

The range will include hairspray, but the signature piece is set to be the heavy liquid eyeliner the Rehab singer has made famous. She has a meeting scheduled for later this week to discuss the project with fashion and cosmetics experts.

A pal revealed yesterday: “Amy’s style has been copied by girls around the country and there’s a lot of money to be made. It’s a very distinctive look. She wants to bring out a range of cosmetics and fashion products. There could be hairspray, head scarves, liquid eyeliner, perfume. All the things that are distinctive of her look.”

A fashion industry source added: “I think this stuff would sell very well in London. She has become a fashion icon despite not always looking too fresh.”

Justin Timberlake is a singer, songwriter, producer and actor. Now, he can add model to his ever-growing resume as he is the new face of Givenchy’s latest men’s fragrance. The President and CEO of Parfums Givenchy Alain Lorenzo says that “Beyond his huge celebrity appeal, we have chosen Justin Timberlake because he is a world recognized trendsetter who redefines modern elegance.” People is reporting that the new Givenchy campaign featuring the very talented Mr. JT will be unveiled in June of this year. I say someone needs to focus more on music and dancing. It’s what he does best. Acting and modeling – leave that to the pros.

Kylie Minogue has asked Jean Paul Gaultier to design the outfits for her upcoming tour.

The renowned French designer has already met with the ‘2 Hearts’ singer, who kicks off her European tour ‘KylieX2008′ in Paris on May 6, to show her his “sophisticated” vision for her stage wardrobe.

Kylie’s designer friend William Barker revealed: “We’re working with Jean Paul Gaultier on the costumes.The outfits are incredibly sophisticated - we are moving on to the next level, which is what she did with her new album ‘X’.”

Kylie wants Jean Paul - who was behind Madonna’s show-stopping outfits for her infamous ‘Blonde Ambition Tour’ in 1990 - to create her a collection of outfits that reflect a more mature stage in her life as she is turning 40 in May.

Leona Lewis’ debut record ‘Spirit’ officially took the #1 spot in the UK albums’ chart this week and it broke records on the way there. Her album because the UK’s fastest-selling debut of all time selling an amazing 375,872 copies!

Leona was up against the Spice Girls, Led Zeppelin and Celine Dion. She actually beat the #2 Spice Girls by over 300,000 copies. Wow! Leona’s current single ‘Bleeding Love’ is #1 on the singles’ chart for the fourth consecutive week, seeling a total of 563,702 copies.

Leona’s album ‘Spirit’ is now scheduled for release in the US on March 18th.

In a sneak peek at their highly anticipated world tour that will kick off on December 2 in Vancouver, the members of the biggest British girl group to ever come out in the 1990s almost stole the show from feathered and jiggly-bodied models on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show held on Thursday.

The Spice Girls reunited and performed for the first time in almost 10 years. They performed one of their classic singles ‘Stop’ decked out in 1950s-style military outfits complete with male backup dancers. After a change of clothes and decades, the girls came out to perform their latest single ‘Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)’ decked out in 1930s evening gowns.

Too bad they lipsynched the whole time.

With record stores going on respirators with the falling record sales, it shouldn’t be a wonder why a lot of artists are going digital with their releases. And it doesn’t apply to just the new artists. Take the Spice Girls as an example.

The 90s super girl group recently announced that their new Greatest Hits album wouldn’t be sold in traditional retail outlets. Their new record will only be available at online retailers, like iTunes, and Victoria’s Secret stores. Ladies, don’t forget to buy some lingerie while you’re at it.

Maybe they’re getting money from the store too just like a lot of artists being sponsored by retail brands.

Rocker Sheryl Crow is the latest singer to jump on the celebrity designer bandwagon. Crow is teaming up with Canadian clothing manufacturer Western Glove Works to launch a low budget denim line. Yeah that’s the only thing these failed rockers and artist are left to do, one they have nothing creative left in them they think that the only thing they can best do is create a flop fashion line with some fashion house and dump it in the market with their name on the tag. Since I truly do not believe that any celebrity actually designs their own clothes…I’m going to say designer. Because usually the celeb crap is well, crap. I can give up one example that comes to mind immediately is that of Victoria Beckham, she had a successful career with the Spice Girls, once the band broke up she needed to do something creative and what’s more creative than get herself a fashion line and since then she has been selling some rags with a high price tag, Sheryl think she can do the same.

Girls are known to be shopping freaks, once they have the money in their hands they just keep going on until they are finished with it. That was in the past and things haven’t changed at all, things have got even worse. Girls with the name and the money still shop till they drop but they more often then not do not have any money in their wallet most of the times. Lilly Allen too belong to the later category of girls who might have the money but either forget to carry it or take it for granted that high end market stores would recognize them and let them leave telling them that they could send the money with someone for the bill to be paid. Lilly at times has reportedly taken her credit card that has been rejected for insufficient funds or overuse has blocked the card or nonpayment of previous bills. Well I hope that they consider themselves worthy of a few thousand dollars and the next time she visits a place of credit she knows whether she is window shopping or actually out to buy some stuff.

Mariah Carey is in the best shape she has been in for a long while and she is now free to fire whoever retouches her pictures and be on the cover of a magazine in a bikini.

Mariah arrived at the tenth anniversary gala for VH1’s Save the Music on Thursday night in New York City. She stepped out to the red carpet on the arm of music mogul LA Reid, to the sound of screaming fans, louder than for anyone else who arrived that night.

Mariah was there not only to show off her slamming body but also to be given an award for her philanthropic work.

Rocker Courtney Love wants to launch her own perfume - but is worried nobody wants to smell like her. The former Hole front woman also thinks her hell raising reputation might hinder chances of selling a fragrance. She is so right about herself on this thing, she stinks, her music stinks, her hairs stink and so would her perfume if it were ever launched. And if someday the perfume is evolved and hits the market then she shall be the only one going to the stores housing her perfume to buy it. She will take the cab every day and buy the perfume until the last bottle is purchased off the rack and then ask the makers to please stop making it because it is so expensive and gives such a bad smell that she wouldn’t like to use it herself. She will also have to go to a discount mart and ask the vendors to please purchase the bottles that she purchased from the stores and a cheap discount coz she has no idea what to do them those unused bottles. So Courtney if you want to avoid such embarrassment just forget about your own perfume fragrance.