Last night, many of Denver’s industry professionals were at the Exdo Event Center in downtown Denver enjoying the Jameson Bartenders Ball. The event is a big thank you to all that have supported Jameson throughout the year. Mini-Gaga, The Knew and Reno Divorce and many other side acts provided all the entertainment for the evening and of course, everyone got to try their favorite Jameson drink.

Not every city in America is fortunate enough to have this great event and Denver is lumped in with cities such as San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Seattle, Austin,  just to name a few others cities that get to enjoy the Jameson Bartenders Ball.

PIA provided the event with two of the most attractive features of the night, body paint models. Ali C. and Terra S. looked great and did a great job interacting with the attendees and taking photos, some of which you can see below. A big thank you to Pernod Ricard and Yoko Toyoda and Jason Brenner for putting it all together and allowing the PIA team to be in attendance!

Several PIA Models were selected to walk the runway with their furry friends in this years Mutts and Models runway show. The show benefits the Harrison Animal Hospital in Colorado.

This years theme was Wizard of Paws, a Wizard of Oz themed, celebrity runway show.

All the girls and their pooches did a great job!

PIA Models, Katie and Ross are on the cover of this months Denver Life Magazine. Their Jet Setters spread is amazing! Great job you two.

Yesterday, Love Magazine tweeted this photo of model Agyness Deyn sporting a much, much shorter ‘do.  Her GI Jane inspired buzz actually looks pretty cute on her, maybe the fact that she is a model has something to do with her ability to look hot with a buzz!

Now Hollywood’s elite toddlers like Suri Cruise, Kingston Rosdale, and the Jolie-Pitts can add another fashion label to their closets. Gucci has plans to launch a kids line this June. The kids collection will first debut in Italy, and eventually make its way into 40 other retail stores worldwide.

Several dresses and outfits owned by the late Princess Diana will be up for auction in London this June. Of the more desirable items up for auction is a black taffetta Emanuel dress which Diana wore at the age of 19 when she made her first official appearance with her then fiance, Prince Charles. And experts are estimating that dress alone might go for over £50,000! Also up for auction is that famous chiffon blouse Diana wore for her engagement photo, estimated to bring in about £15,000, along with sketches of her wedding dress. Even that famous black dress she wore to a charity ball at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City back in 1981 is going on sale. The items are being sold by designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel, who often created couture pieces for the Princess.

Pixie Geldof, Peaches’ little sister, landed a modeling gig for Henry Holland’s new H! Collection for British retailer Debenhams.  Apparently she and Henry are close friends and the designer dubbed the 19 year old his muse for the collection, which he hopes will “increase accessibility to my designs and create a high-fashion yet wearable range with widespread appeal”.

It appears as though the economy and fashion retailers are starting to make their comeback. Louis Vuitton is reporting an 11% increase in total sales in the first quarter. They also boast sales were up 10% in fashion, 12% in cosmetics, 20% in booze and 34% in jewelry.

For most women, there’s nothing better than the pairing of food and shopping.  Ralph Lauren has announced that he will be opening a sprawling 13,000 square foot new store in Paris, which will also be the unveiling of his new restaurant simply titled Ralph’s.

Rocker chic model Alice Dellal, is putting her musical talents to work by forming an all-girl rock group.  The band, which is called Thrush Metal, includes fellow models Emma Chitty and Laura Fraser as well as Isabella Ramsey, niece to Earl of Dalhouise. Thrush Metal is keeping their music gigs very hush hush, which means one of two things: they suck or they’re so good they don’t want to blow the world’s minds just yet… stay tuned!

Women are known to spend a lot of time shopping, but did you know the average woman spends nearly THREE years of their lives shopping?? According to new research by OnePoll, women spend over 25,000 hours shopping for clothes, food, accessories and household goods. On average, women were found to make about 300 shopping trips. Even window shopping takes up time with an estimate of 51 trips being made without purchasing anything.

The fashion world was buzzing when it was discovered that the guidettes of Jersey Shore were shooting a spread for Harper’s Bazaar. And now, it’s finally here! In the May issue, Snooki, Jwoww and Sammi looked pretty darn good, especially for them and their usual dreadful Jersey Shore attire.

You never would you have guessed it but PLAID, its back in the world of fashion. The pattern has been popping up everywhere, in both, girls fashion and guys fashion. Designers like Alexandre Herchcovitch and Chris Benz’s have been putting this pattern of the past in their recent runway shows, and this new trend has been received well.

Sophie Willing in Vivienne Westwood Red Label | Manuela Lazic in Chris Benz

Michael Bastian | Yuri Pleskun in Duckie Brown

Kate Somers in Alexandre Herchcovitch | Tetyana Melnychuk in Rodarte

Now unless you are close friends with Marc Jacob, you most likely have little to no plaid in your closet but if you do find your self buying new plaid clothing there are a few hints to make you look your best. Plaid shirt, an easy way to get plaid in your wardrobe, but it doesn’t hold the stylish and classy characteristics of this new trend. Let us go deeper into this bold trend of pattern and put in the form of a dress; or even get a little crazy with plaid pants, if you have the legs for the pants (shown below). But for even the biggest plaid enthusiasts, let us shy away from the bold mixes and matches (as shown above).

Plaid @ Nanette Lepore, DKNY, and Marc by Marc Jacobs

Top Pictures Provided by Womenswear Style.com & Menswear GQ.com

Bottom Pictures Provided by NYMag.com

At 51 years of age, the great American singer, Madonna has brought her daughter into the world of fashion. Madonna and Lourdes, Madonna’s 13 year-old daughter, have paired up to form a new fashion collection for the youth of America. As Madonna and her new “Material Girl” work on the fashion line, they have told the press that it will be available in Macys and at macys.com.

The line will be offered starting in this coming July, making it its launch just in time for the start of the new school year.

Madonna has told press that between her love for fashion, that she obtain while working with Swedish fashion company H&M, and Lourdes wish to start a fashion line, the choice to help her daughter was an easy one. Help, is the key part of their fashion line, after hearing what she told Us Weekly magazine in an interview; “I’ve been involved in business meetings, but Lola’s really doing the work. I just sit in the corner on my BlackBerry!”

Madonna goes on to tells Us Weekly; “You could say it’s in the DNA — but I could never tell her how to dress!”

And Lourdes fashion skills may just be beginning, as Madonna says, “She also comes to my photo and video shoots, pulls outfits together and gives her input to a lot of my fashion-designer friends. Whether it’s Marc Jacobs or Stella McCartney, they always ask her what she thinks.”

Kimora Lee Simmons appears in her new fragrance ad for Baby Phat’s latest cheap fragrance titled Dare Me and it appears as though she had her ad retouched! Instead of beginning with prestige distribution like her past fragrances, this will go straight to mass-market vendors, like Walgreens, Target, and Kohl’s. Prices range from $12 for a travel-size bottle to $28 for a full ounce.

Karl Lagerfeld is featured on a limited edition Coca-Cola Light bottle and he’s getting his favorite models Coco Rocha and Baptiste Giacobini to pose in the ads for the beverage.  French retailer Colette is selling the moderately priced $5 bottle of Coca Cola Light that features the Chanel icon’s silhouette. The high fashion bottle comes in a limited edition box that includes a bottle-opener that is hidden in a secret compartment.

Rock & Republic announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The privately held company expects to continue day-to-day operations and plans to refocus on its shoe and core apparel businesses.  Although this may be sad news, the label hasn’t been the picture of financial health for months. It canceled its fall 2010 Fashion Week show and ended distribution of its makeup line.

May 2010 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia features Lily Allen on the cover.  The unique cover features a sketch of the music artist by artist David Bromley and the artwork looks great. The sketch is a unique and beautiful idea for a cover if you ask us.

Target is launching a New York pop-up shop April 15 for its Zac Posen collaboration more than a week before the line hits stores nationwide, on April 25th. The Zac Posen preview will only be open for 24 hours with garments ranging from 16.99-199.99.  Check out Posen’s chic line here.

Black Sweater dress is $49.99 & Brocade Tie Dress in Floral Print - $74.99

Remember Daniel Vosovic from Project Runway season 2?  The ex-Project Runway contestant who first appeared on the show during its second season and also won the All-star show last year enjoyed good reviews for his first solo Fashion Week show in New York this February.

Colcci has released Gisele Bundchen’s first photo shoot post baby Benjamin.  The 2010 Fall/Winter campaign features Bundchen looking phenomenal for just having a baby only 3 months ago.  Although she looks great, she also looks tired in many of the photos.

23 year-old Alla Kostromichova shows off her beauty in a new setting, under water. In the newest edition of Vogue Nippon, Alla is converted into a goddess of the sea, to become The Girl from Atlantis. With the help of photographer Solve Sundsbo and fashion editor George Cortina, Alla is able to capture the essence of this abstract photo shoot immaculately. The photo shoot below show Alla in clothing from the McQueen Collection and the Balmain Collection.

Photos by fashiongonerogue.com

At J.Crew’s fall 2010 presentation last night at Milk Studios, the brand showed us how affordable fashion can look like glamorous couture.

The brand showed a beautiful line of textured tweeds and tights and outerwear with Mongolian lamb accents. Jenna Lyons, J.Crew creative director, described the look as “Edie Beale goes to Girl Scout camp.”

And for spring, Lyons likes minimal looks, she states “I love all the paler creams,” she gushed. However, she’s not a fan of the eighties revival. Lyons also recently stated she would love to do a designer collaboration with Christian Louboutin for footwear. Last night she came up with a slew of designers she’d like to work with which includes “Alber Ebaz, Phillip Lim, Riccardo Tisci,” she said. “YSL — I’m dying. I would love to work with Stefano [Pilati]. I’m a huge fashion freak.”

When asked about dreams for any celebrity design collaborations? “I would have to say Cate Blanchett. I love her. She’s not a clone. If everyone is wearing cupcake dresses she’s not wearing a cupcake dress, she’s wearing something totally different. Or Maggie Gyllenhaal, I love Maggie Gyllenhaal. She looked incredible at the Oscars in that Dries little column dress.”

Well we have to thank J.Crew for the beautiful fall presentation- it looks spectacular! We can’t wait for the line to come out in stores so we can model these stylish and affordable threads.

The young 28-year old actress, Jessica Alba is going to use her celebrity fashion wisdom on the hit show “Project Runway.”

Kannie Yu LaPack, a spokeswoman for Lifetime, explains that Jessica will be a guest judge on Tomorrow’s, April 1st, episode of the of this competitive clothing-design show.

And now Alba will hold power over a challenge in which the final six challengers have to create outfits for an “opinionated celebrity,” later to be revialed as show’s host, Heidi Klum.

Other guest judges this season have included Nicole Richie, Molly Sims and Lauren Hutton.

Photo from nymag.com