Angelina Jolie Style Trends

Celebrity Style Trends

Angelina Jolie Models Louboutin Shoes

Angelina Jolie is one of the most iconic women in the world. She has been in countless movies and modelling photoshoots and last week she attended the movie premiere in London wearing a white Ralph & Russo couture knee-length pencil dress with a ladylike short-sleeved cape over the top. It wasn't a surprising choice because Ralph and Russo is now Angelina's main designer for major events. The legendary shoe designer Christian Louboutin launched an exclusive range of shoes that he designed with Angelina Jolie for her Maleficent promotional tour. The shoes are handmade at Louboutin's Paris atelier and have mesh panels with sculpted heels that look like tendrils of smoke and of course, the French designer's iconic red sole. The shoes have been made in black, white and gold and were all worn by the 38 year-old actress during the promotional tour. However, the styles available to the public will be black and red leather only.

Ralph & Russo is a couture label founded in 2007 by Australian duo Michael Russo and Tamara Ralph. They also made outfits for Beyonce's tour and made Cheryl's wedding dress. Angelina Jolie is their most loyal celebrity wearer though. Last month she wore a dove grey skirt suit by the house to receive her honour from the Queen at Buckingham Palace and it doesn't get much bigger than that. Tamara said to a newspaper about working with Angelina: It’s a real honour and a pleasure to work with her and to count her as one of our leading ladies. The work she does is inspiring and she's a beautiful lady. Michael said that he loves her style because she knows what suits her and she always has a clear vision of what she wants for each event.

Which is their all-time favourite Ralph and Russo look she has worn Tamara told us: We’ve created a number of pieces for Angelina over the years – from the white strapless gown with gold detailing she wore to the premiere to the white tailored dress she wore last night – every piece we’ve created for her is so different but so special to us. These pieces are couture, so a lot of work goes into every Angelina Ralph & Russo modelling look. When we asked how long they spend on each event she said that they work really closely with Angelina on every event to make sure the design, fabric, fit and everything is perfect. To create a Haute Couture piece at least 6 weeks of craftsmanship and handwork is required, she has a distinct style so is always involved throughout.

How Does Tanning Happen?

How does Tanning Happen?

To many people, summer means hanging out at the pool or the beach, soaking up rays in pursuit of a golden tan and in commercial teen modelling tanning is extremely popular. Before you put on your bathing suit and head to the pool (or pay for a bed or booth in a tanning salon), there are a few things to think about when it comes to your skin and sun exposure. The sun's rays contain two types of ultraviolet radiation that reach your skin: UVA and UVB. UVB radiation burns the upper layers of skin (the epidermis), causing sunburns. UVA radiation is what makes people tan. UVA rays penetrate to the lower layers of the epidermis, where they trigger cells called melanocytes to produce melanin. Melanin is the brown pigment that causes tanning.

Melanin is the body's way of protecting skin from burning. Darker-skinned people tan more deeply than lighter-skinned people because their melanocytes produce more melanin. But just because a person doesn't burn does not mean that he or she is also protected against skin cancer and other problems. UVA rays may make you tan, but they can also cause serious damage. That's because UVA rays penetrate deeper into the skin than UVB rays. UVA rays can go all the way through the skin's protective epidermis to the dermis, where blood vessels and nerves are found. Because of this, UVA rays may damage a person's immune system, making it harder to fight off diseases and leading to illnesses like melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. Melanoma can kill. If it's not found and treated, it can quickly spread from the skin to the body's other organs. Although the numbers of new cases of many other types of cancer are falling or levelling off, the number of new melanoma cases is growing.

 In the past, melanoma mostly affected people in their fifties or older, but today dermatologists see patients in their twenties and even late teens with this type of cancer. Experts believe this is partly due to an increase in the use of tanning beds and sun lamps, which have high levels of UVA rays. Getting a sunburn or intense sun exposure may also increase a person's chances of developing this deadly cancer. This is a concern for everyone no matter the age.

Exposure to UVB rays also increases your risk of getting two other types of skin cancer: basal and squamous cell carcinoma. The main treatment for skin cancers is cutting the tumours out. Since many basal or squamous cell carcinomas are on the face and neck, surgery to remove them can leave people with facial scars which wouldn’t be good news for teen modelling. The scars from surgery to remove melanomas can be anywhere on the body, and they're often large and can stop you getting teen modelling jobs. 

As a teen modelling, UVA damage is something to keep away from as the main factor in premature skin aging. To get a good idea of how sunlight affects the skin, look at your parents' skin and see how different it is from yours. Much of that is due to sun exposure, not the age difference! UV rays can also lead to another problem we associate with old people: the eye problem cataracts.