Gisele Bundchen Launches Second Clothing Collection for C&A

The model's budget-friendly line features items inspired by her own lifestyle.

Gisele Bundchen has launched a second clothing collection for retailer C&A, which has stores in Europe and her home country of Brazil.

The budget-friendly line features pieces inspired by the model's own lifestyle, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail.

The casualwear pieces include a coral cropped blazer, v-neck leopard print blouse, cut-off demin shorts, lace cardigan and black tailored shorts.

She also modeled her own creations in the recent shoot for the line and is said to have applied her own makeup for the photographs.

Bundchen first collaborated with C&A for a collection that debuted in April. At the time, she served as a living mannequin, modeling the clothes in a storefront in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She is said to be the world's top-earning model. She also has dabbled in acting, appearing in 2004's Taxi and 2006's The Devil Wears Prada.

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Shop Rachel Zoe's New Clothing Line Exclusively At Neiman Marcus

Fans won't have to wait until the August release of fashion stylist and reality- TV host Rachel Zoe’s newest fall line launching at Neiman Marcus stores at the end of the summer.
Earlier today, Zoe took to her twitter account to announce the pre-sale of the department store collection.
“Mah-jor news! For the 1st time ever, you can now pre-order pieces from my collection exclusively online @neimanmarcus” tweeted Zoe.
The line, which will be launched to coincide directly with season four of The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo (returns Tuesday, August 2), will include many of her signature touches, like fur vests, chic military styled jackets and bohemian maxi dresses. Handbags and shoes will also be available.

The pieces run from about $200- $500 dollars.

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Neiman Marcus is also launching “Oh So Zoe,” an interactive challenge to partner with the launching of the line. 
Participants must create a virtual ensemble channeling Rachel Zoe. First contestants must choose an occasion for their outfit, then select which Rachel Zoe products they want to use in their design and finally fill out a “style story” for their own unique creation. The challenge is available through the Neiman Marcus Facebook page.
The winner will receive a $2,500 gift card and a private meeting with Zoe and Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing.
The challenge will run from June 28th to July 18th. 

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Kelly Osbourne, Madonna in Fall ‘11 ‘Material Girl’ Clothing Line Push

Madonna’s “Material Girl” is not just a pop song that ruled the charts in the 1980s, it’s a clothing brand for tweens.

The joint venture between the singer and Iconix brand group (MG Icon) announced Wednesday that Kelly Osbourne will take on an even bigger role in the line as the year unfolds (it's Osbourne's second year with the brand).

“We have both enjoyed working with Kelly and are thrilled to have her on board for the launch of the Fall 2011 collection," said Madonna (and her daughter Lola), per a press release.

A multi-media marketing campaign kicks off in September to increase awareness of the brand, with fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Nylon and Teen Vogue among the first ad buys for the brand.

"I'm really enjoying being the face of Material Girl,” said Osbourne, who will also make personal appearances on behalf of Material Girl at select Macy’s stores later this year.

“I love having the opportunity to work with Lola who has an amazing fashion instinct,” she continued. “Madonna has been a big influence on my style over the years," Osbourne added.

Print advertisements for the fall line are heavily New York-centric (the campaign is dubbed "MG+NYC") and feature Osbourne in a series of ads shot in well-known Manhattan locations.

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Glenn Beck Launching Clothing Line for Charity (Video)

Glenn Beck has several post-Fox News Channel projects lined up and one is especially ambitious: a clothing line called 1791: The Original Blueprint.

Beck introduced the label in a preview reel for his upcoming GBTV venture, and said that proceeds from the sales of the clothes will go to charity and towards families in need in places like tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri.

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Beck displayed some of the polo shirts and long-sleeved button downs that will be part of the brand and says he's going to attempt to manufacture the clothing in America in an effort to create jobs in distressed communities. He said he refused to work with one designer who claimed the clothes could not be manufactured domestically.

The brand's logo is a skull and crossbones with a crown over it -- the significance of which is still unknown. The website for the venture, 1791.com, is currently minimal but it does display small insignias of George Washington's profile, a merit badge, the letter "V" in a circle and another logo with the words "G. Washington" below a skull and crossing keys.

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Beck explained the significance of the 1791 name in an interview with Bill O'Reilly last month, "That’s when the Bill of Rights happened. [We] need to go back to the original blueprint. And so the clothing will actually have things all over inside the clothing to remind you of -- to go back and be who you are supposed to be."

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Because proceeds go to charity, Beck likened himself to the late Paul Newman, who directed profits from his Newman's Own products to charity, "It’s philosophical. It’s a way of life. And it’s also going to be kind of like Newman’s Own. I’m going to do [that] to clothing."

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