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Kate Beckinsale's elegant start to the new year in sophisticated Harper's Bazaar Arabia shoot

Monday, December 26, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Flawless and fabulous: Kate Beckinsale's elegant start to the new year in sophisticated Harper's Bazaar Arabia shoot

By Kirsty Mccormack

Last updated at 5:46 PM on 26th December 2011

She's already appeared on the cover of two other magazines this month so it was only a matter of time before she did a third.

Kate Beckinsale looks sensational on the front of the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia which is on sale at the beginning on next month.

Draped in designer clothes, the shoot is grown up and sophisticated as the 38-year-old actress shows off her natural beauty.

Flawless: Kate Beckinsale wears a Ralph Lauren dress on the cover of the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia

Grecian goddess: The 38-year-old was photographed by John Russo

Wearing a dress from the Spring/Summer 2012 Ralph Lauren collection, Kate looks flawless on the cover of the monthly magazine.
With her brunette hair tied back in a loose style, the mother-of-one can be seen clutching at the pale blue dress as she stares into the camera.
In another image, photographer John Russo shoots the actress in a white Grecian-style dress that drapes the floor.

Natural beauty: Beckinsale wore her brunette hair tied up in a loose style as she posed for the camera

Just gazing: The Underworld star looked glowing as she stared out of a window for one of the shots

The full photo shoot can be seen in the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia on sale January 1

Beckinsale is stood by a fireplace filled with candles that is overlooked by a large mirror on the wall.

Rather than look at the camera, in another shot she can be seen gazing at the floor.

Another image sees her posing on a sofa in front of several vases filled with flowers.

In this photograph, Beckinsale wears a green pink and white strapless gown that ties at the side of her chest in a large knot.

The Underworld star obviously oozes confidence in front of the camera and recently revealed that she would consider going naked in a future film.

'I'm not averse to doing a nude scene, but it would have to be something I felt I could really argue in front of my daughter, and so far that hasn't happened,' she told Redbook magazine.

Beckinsale currently has two films in post-production: Underworld: Awakening and Total Recall.

Both movies are directed by her husband Len Wiseman whom she married back in 2004.

The full feature is in the new issue of Harper's Bazaar Arabia, on sale on January 2.

Green with envy: Women everywhere are no doubt enviable of Beckinsale's natural beauty and slim figure

Kate Winslet opens up on her divorce from Sam Mendes in new photoshoot - Harper's Bazaar Nov Issue

Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM

'It's fine... we're grown-ups at the end of the day': Kate Winslet opens up on her divorce from Sam Mendes in new photoshoot

By Ben Todd

Last updated at 12:16 AM on 4th October 2011

After more than a year of silence on the subject, Kate Winslet has spoken of her torment following her break-up from director Sam Mendes.

The actress, who is 36 tomorrow, said divorce proceedings began while she was filming her Emmy award-winning role as Mildred Pierce – who also parts from her husband.

And she admitted that, at one point, her personal anguish mirrored the plot so much she did not have to act.

Revealing: Miss Winslet in a photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar

'There's a scene where Mildred and Bert are divorced and they sit down together, because they've got to settle on a cause,' she said.

'The first stage of my divorce with Sam came through on the very day that we were shooting. So that scene is nothing to do with acting.'

Mother-of-two Miss Winslet – now dating Sir Richard Branson's nephew Ned Rocknroll – has recently appeared in a succession of revealing outfits. She split up with Mendes in March 2010.

Anguish: Kate Winslet was photographed by Tom Munro for the November 2011 edition of Harpers Bazaar

'One thing I will say about me and Sam is that it's fine, it's really fine,' she said. 'We're grown-ups at the end of the day, and however hard it's been for me, it's been equally hard for him.'

In an expletive-laden interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, she said her initial reaction following the break-up was to bottle up her feelings – before a close friend encouraged her to show her emotions.

'As a woman, especially when you have children, one gets so good at soldiering on – almost too good. Because you know what it's like – as soon as you open that can of worms, it's so f***ing big, you wish you'd never taken the goddamn lid off.

Good mother: Miss Winslet, has recently appeared in a series of revealing outfits, says she wants to be a good mother through her divorce

The full interview is in the new issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, on sale now

'I've had to remind myself to have those moments of being able to have a f***ing good cry, but it did take someone putting their hand on me – a gay male friend, actually, who put his hand on my shoulder and said: "It's OK, you can cry about this, and maybe you should."'

Miss Winslet has a daughter, Mia, who turns 12 next week, with first husband Jim Threapleton and a seven-year-old son, Joe, with Mendes.

'There's no way that I'm going to allow my children to be f***ed up because my marriages haven't worked out,' she said.

'I so wish that that wasn't the case, that that hadn't happened in my life, but it has. So I will make the best of it.'

Miss Winslet and 33-year-old Mr Rocknroll, born Ned Abel Smith, are said to have got together in August following the house fire on Branson's private Caribbean island of Necker, where they were both guests.

According to one friend, Miss Winslet is 'madly in love' with Mr Rocknroll – who separated from his wife Eliza, 23, this year – and apparently believes he is 'The One'.

One source reportedly said: 'They have really fallen for each other. They are even mentioning marriage.'

Berkshire-born Miss Winslet has relocated from New York to England and enrolled her children in school.

She told the magazine: 'I feel that I'm just at the beginning of a new narrative, and it's incredibly exciting.'

The full interview is in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar UK magazine, on sale now.

Alexa Chung on why she almost ditched her trademark Sixties style - Harpers Bazaar

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 12:36 AM

I got really bored of smock dresses: Alexa Chung on why she almost ditched her trademark Sixties style... but is learning to love it all over again

By Georgina Littlejohn

Last updated at 8:35 PM on 5th September 2011

With her height, boyish frame and skinny legs that seem to go on forever, Alexa Chung has managed to make Sixties fashion her trademark style throughout her career.

But the TV presenter has admitted that she fell out of love with short shifts, flat shoes and the fashion of that decade believing that she was being defined by it.

But Alexa, 27, said she is now ready to fall in love with the style all over again - as these stunning pictures have proved.

Swinging in scarlet: Alexa Chung sports big hair and come-to-bed eyes as she poses in a red dress by Lavin for a Sixties-inspired shoot for Harper's Bazaar

In a very glamorous shoot for Harper's Bazaar magazine, the MTV star looks every inch the Swinging Sixties princess in bright block colours and outfits inspired from the era.

Shot in and around David Hockney's Notting Hill flat, Alexa was snapped in a number of retro outfits by Chloe, Burberry, Prada and Stella McCartney.

A beauty in blue: Alexa poses in a blue Burberry dress on the steps of a London flat

And in an interview to accompany the shoot, she confessed to being in love with all things to do with the Sixties and has even dedicated a wall in her London flat as a shrine to her muses including Astrid Kirchherr, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Birkin and Jean Shrimpton.

But Alexa also admitted that her love for the era almost came to an end after she feared she was being defined by her clothes.

She said: 'I fell out of love with the Sixties for a while. I think because I was so identified with it. It’s like Sienna Miller when she did boho, then suddenly stopped because she was like, "F***. What else can I do, because I’ve done it?"

Lazy days: Alexa relaxes on a bright yellow chair in a Sixties-decorated flat in a red Prada coat

'Everyone copied my sodding coat for a while too. It was my Harrods kid’s vintage one. Every girl suddenly had one and I was like, "Arrgh!" I got really bored of smock dresses and loafers for a while. But I feel like I’m ready to fall in love all over again.'
Her penchant for Sixties fashion began in her teens when photographer David Titlow, her boyfriend at the time, showed her Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blow-Up.

Say cheese! Alexa turns the tables as she steps behind the camera in a pretty Stella McCartney dress

Cover girl: The shoot and interview with Alexa is in the October issue of Harper's Bazaar

I’ve invented this tartan mac, it’s like something the Shrimp would have worn. It’s got a round collar and a tie on it, so you can wear it like a cape without your hands in your sleeves.

Birkin has proved to be a big inspiration for her, especially in the Christopher Kane silver transparent dress that she wore to this year's Met gala in New York.

She said: 'It was very Birkin. My pants were showing, and I wanted to kill myself before I left the hotel, but Christopher said it was sexy.'

Alexa recently designed her second clothing range for Madewell, which she said was very Sixties-inspired.

She said: 'I’ve invented this tartan mac, it’s like something the Shrimp would have worn. It’s got a round collar and a tie on it, so you can wear it like a cape without your hands in your sleeves.

Alexa dated Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner for four years before they split in July this year and said it was the 'groupie' vibe that also made her fall in love with the high-profile women of the Sixties.

She said: 'They had these amazing love affairs, and both the men and the women were made amazing by them.

'The girls in the Sixties were never overshadowed by the men they dated. You can talk about Jane Shrimpton without having to mention Bailey or Terence Stamp first.'