Iran Photoshops Michelle Obama’s Oscars Dress

IRANIAN news agency Fars doctored pictures of Michelle Obama at the Oscars in accordance with the country's restrictions on images of the female body in the media. The company photoshopped the US First Lady's silver Naeem Khan dress so that it covered her chest and shoulders.

Obama wore the dress to present the Oscars' Best Picture category, via a video link from the White House. Current rules implemented by Iran's media censors state that women on Iranian state television should wear a hijab that covers their hair, arms and legs. The rules vary for foreigners.

Photoshopping foreign celebrities and political figures is a tact that has been used by the Islamic censorship regime before, with film actors sometimes being edited frame by frame to protect their modesty and on occasions even deleted from a scene altogether, The Guardian reports.

In May 2011, an H&M campaign starring Gisele Bündchen was altered in the Middle East, after being declared too risqué in Dubai. Images of the supermodel wearing a playsuit, a halterneck top and a dress were photoshopped, so that T-shirts and vests were layered underneath to make the pictures less revealing.

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ELLA ALEXANDER | February 26, 2013 | Article Link

VIDEO: Jennifer Lawrence for Dior Handbags

FACE OF FASHION.
 Jennifer Lawrence in a still from the Dior Handbags
behind the scenes video.
Screen grab from YouTube (Dior)

MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from her Oscar Best Actress win for "Silver Linings Playbook" on February 24 (February 25 Manila time), Jennifer Lawrence debuts as the new face of Dior Handbags via a behind-the-scenes video posted on YouTube.

It was posted on February 24 and has 68,150 views as of writing.

Watch the video here:

Lawrence also wore Dior Haute Couture at the 85th Oscars, famously tripping as she was about to go on stage to accept her Best Actress award.

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KAI MAGSANOC | Rappler.com | March 1, 2013 | Article Link

Oscars 2013: Jennifer Aniston and Stacy Keibler Plucked Dresses from the Runway

Jennifer Aniston walked the red carpet at last night's Academy Awards in a gorgeous Valentino gown from the designer's spring 2013 Haute Couture runway. The star's strapless, full-skirted red dress echoed the advice of celebrity stylist Cher Coulter: "Red always looks good on the red carpet-especially Valentino red," said Coulter. "The color's a no-brainer if you want to go classic and you want to stand out." Aniston finished off her look with Salvatore Ferragamo heels and her signature layered locks. And she isn't the only one who took a dress from runway to red carpet: George Clooney's main squeeze Stacy Keibler looked striking in a studded column gown by Naeem Khan, which debuted at New York Fashion Week less than two weeks ago. When we asked Khan if he had any Oscars dresses in the works, he wasn't so sure if he'd see one of his designs on the red carpet. "There are so many of them! Those kinds of things aren't so easy, so we'll see what happens!" 

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Oscars 2013: Winners

VOGUE cover girl Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook at the Oscars last night. Despite tripping up as she climbed the steps to collect her award, the 22-year-old actress managed to retain her sense of humour. "Thank you, you guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell. This is really embarrassing," she told the audience, after she was given standing ovation.

Fellow Vogue cover girl Adele also won big - taking home Best Original Song for Skyfall. Anne Hathaway gave an emotional speech as she was presented with Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Les Misérables.

Argo - which was directed by Ben Affleck - received Best Picture, while Ang Lee topped the Directing category for Life Of Pi. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lincoln, as Django Unchained's Christoph Waltz was honoured with Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

The dramatic Russian attire of Anna Karenina received Best Costume Design; Amour was given Best Foreign Language Film; Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained received Best Original Screenplay; and Best Make-Up and Hairstyling went to Les Misérables.

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ELLA ALEXANDER | FEBRUARY 25, 2013 | Article Link