Julien Macdonald in Awe of Elle Macpherson

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Fashion designer Julien Macdonald loves it when Elle Macpherson wears his creations.

The fashion designer appears alongside the supermodel in the new series of Britain’s Next Top Model and admits he’s in awe of her clothes and how she puts an outfit together.

“The most exciting thing is seeing Elle’s outfits each week. She always looks gorgeous and she’s on the most amazing fashion adventure. She wears a little bit of Julien Macdonald, which is always good!”

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Julien MacDonald Clarifies Plus-Size Statement

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Britain’s Next Top Model judge and fashion designer Julien MacDonald recently came under fire for negative comments towards plus-size models. “There were no plus-size models. This is a serious show… You can’t have a plus size girl winning—it makes it a joke,” he said of the television show. Now MacDonald is back tracking

clarifying his statement.

“I absolutely think that plus-size models stand a chance of having a long term modeling career… But as I have already said, in certain sectors of the industry they are in much less demand. In certain parts of the fashion industry samples are made in smaller sizes, therefore it is far more difficult for a plus-size model to be successful.”

The former creative director of Givenchy also commended fellow British designer Mark Fast, who has been heralded for using plus-size models in his latest shows: “There have been some great initiatives in the fashion industry to use plus-size models. And it is great that Mark Fast is challenging convention. I have always loved strong, sexy, empowered women who walk well.”

You know that you’re part of the minority when Karl Lagerfeld, who had consistently put down

plus-size

“round” women, featured size 12 model Crystal Renn in his 2011 resort show.

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Items Du Jour: Adriana Lima Teaches Baby to Pose, More Mugler Rumors

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—Designer and Britain’s Next Top Model judge Julien MacDonald recently said that having a plus-size model win “makes it a joke.” Perhaps fellow British designer Mark Fast should give him some counsel, considering he was widely praised for using plus-size models in his Spring/Sumer 2010 show last year.

—Supermodel Adriana Lima poses for Brazil’s HOLA! magazine with her husband Marko Jaric and their new baby Valentina. Looks like she’s training her to model already!

—Eclipse actress Ashley Greene gives into her cravings and claims that she doesn’t diet. As if we needed another reason to be jealous of her…

—Although plus-size models have been making their mark at current shows, normal people made a splash at Sao Paulo Fashion Week when they appeared on the Do Estilista runway. Despite their varying physiques, it was obvious that regular, non-models do know how to own a catwalk.

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