Miranda Kerr Was Nervous Returning to the Runway

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Supermodels are human, after all: Victoria's Seret model Miranda Kerr "felt a little nervous" about returning to the catwalk.

Kerr admitted she had insecurities about going back to the runway after giving birth to her and husband Orlando Bloom's son, Flynn, four months ago, but overcame her initial fears to star in a Paris fashion show.

"I felt a little nervous. I hadn't been in high heels for a while. It was probably a good five months since I'd worn heels, but it was kind of like riding a bicycle."

Miranda's body has naturally changed slightly since giving birth, but she is pleased with her shapelier look: "My hips are wider, and my boobs are obviously bigger. I feel like I've become more of a woman now, and I'm really embracing those curves."

Sarah Jessica Parker Turns Out for Burberry

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Fashion week regular Sarah Jessica Parker was among the celebrities in attendance at the Burberry Prorsum fashion show in London yesterday.

The Sex and the City actress donned a military style jacket and a brown skirt for proceedings at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, with TV presenters Cat Deeley and Alexa Chung wearing similar ensembles.

The collection, designed by Burberry stalwart Christopher Bailey, was a sexy combination of animal prints and leather, with studded biker jackets making an appearance on many of the models. Bright, acid yellows and blues also dotted the catwalk - sometimes in the form of belts and bags and others in dresses - adding to the usual khakis and black so associated with Burberry.

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Patrick Mohr Sends Bald, Bearded Models Down Runway

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The fashion industry may have come across bizarre looks (Valentino’s birdcage dress) and out-of-this world makeup (turning models into aliens for Alexander McQueen‘s Spring/Summer 2010 collection) lately, but nothing takes the cake like the presentation of Patrick Mohr’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

Bald, pale, and bearded, models were transformed into hideous men as they strutted their stuff down the runway at Berlin Fashion Week for Mohr. While models are known to resemble boyish statures (thin frame, flat chest), Mohr has gone so far as to take the idea one step further with his show’s makeup!

As for the clothes, the models looked frumpy in boxer shorts and pieces resembling monk apparel; also the plain red, black, and beige palette (sprinkled with a few prints) was quite dull for a Spring/Summer collection.

This is not the first time that the German fashion designer attempted to shock his audience. Last year, his show—titled The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions—featured homeless people alongside his professional models to present his collection, while his previous show, Are We Shaved?, starred extremely tan bodybuilders and thong-wearing transvestites sporting obvious breast implants.

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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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Erin O’Connor to Continue With Catwalk

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Age is nothing but a number for Erin O’Connor, who has no plans to retire from the catwalk.

The 32-year-old beauty wants to carry on down the runway for as long as possible as she doesn’t think age has anything do to with a model’s ability to pose for the cameras.

“I hate that idea of retirement or ‘You’re past your sell-by-date.’ That is very odd, because, for me, it is about moving, showcasing and being an outrageous poser.”

Erin says she absolutely loves being in the fashion industry and finds being on the catwalk liberating: “You’d think after 15 years I would be bored, but I’m not. The catwalk is like liberation, because there is a bit of performance involved, a bit of skill thrown in, so it doesn’t matter what age you are.”

Now she is one of the more experienced women in the fashion industry, Erin recently set up the Model Sanctuary, which offers respite and a full-time nutritionist to very young models, as she knows they need help when starting out.  “These are really young people. They don’t always realize that they need to set their own boundaries.”

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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Quote of the Day: Selita Ebanks on Runway Makeup

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“People don’t realize that there are about 20 layers of makeup on my butt alone.”

- Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks on runway preparations.

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Heidi Klum Could Not Resist the Catwalk

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Despite having given birth to her fourth child last month and claiming she was merely going to host the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, Heidi Klum could not resist the allure of the catwalk.

While she swapped the usual, revealing lingerie for a full bodice, it’s clear that whatever training or dieting the supermodel did worked wonders in returning her to the runway!

Can you even spot the supposed “extra” twenty pounds she claims to still have?

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Gemma Ward: I Have Said Nothing Will Be Permanent

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Never say, “Never” when it comes to the modeling world—even if your agent says so! Case in point: Gemma Ward.

Following an emergence of recent pictures of the model displaying a more average, fuller figure, Ward’s agent claimed that she was not expected to return to modeling “any time soon.”

Ward dispelled such talk via her seldom-used Twitter page: “Thankyou everyone for your support, all i’ll say on the subject is im content with my decision but i have said nothing will be permanent.(sic)”

The dabbling actress went so far as to e-mail an Australian newspaper to further confirm her upcoming return, yet hints that it’ll be sooner than later: “I have not ‘quit modeling’ and my fans back home can expect to see me back at work modeling and acting in the new year.”

So what’s she doing until then?

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Quote of the Day: Lara Stone Is Not Afraid of Pushing Peers

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“I kept saying ‘Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,’ because I had to get to the catwalk, but she just kept posing. So I pushed her. It was only a few stairs.”

- Model Lara Stone on not allowing anyone to get in the way of her and the catwalk.

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