Sexy swimwear is not normally synonymous with weddings. However, this Miami Swim Fashion Week, the always-surprising Beach Bunny, introduced a collection that featured tiny bikinis as bridal-wear.

Sports Illustrated cover girl, Kate Upton, opened the show clad in a black and gold sparkling bikini that gave us just a hint of what more was to come. The Beach Bunny models strutted down the runway wearing stunning bikinis in shades of blues, reds, and whites. However, as the show went on, a massive array of different colors began to appear on the runway. Neon purples, pinks, and yellows, wild leopard prints, and beautiful monochromatic combination were just a taste of the colorful collection.

But it wasn’t until the final segment of the Beach Bunny show, when a completely new spirit filled the runway. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be the “marriage type,” there is no running from this fun, new, and innovative collection. Wedding inspired motifs, including lace details, pearl embellishments, and veils made this collection an unforgettable one. The minute Kate Upton graced the runway one last time wearing a sexy, high-waist wedding bridal bikini; she proved that brides can be the epitome of sexiness.

Make no mistake, Miami Swim Fashion Week has assured us that this summer is going to be fresh, colorful, and very hot. FashionTV brings you a playful clip that will inspire you for the sunny days ahead and give you a new take on the sexiness and fun of weddings.

No, we are not discussing Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet, but a unique trend that premiered in the city recently. Already a hit in the fashion capitals of the world like London, Paris and Milan, live mannequins were spotted at the re-launch party of a designer store in the city.

Live mannequins are models trained to be like mannequins and have clothes displayed on them. Around half a dozen city-based models (four girls and two boys) showcased designs for a Spring Summer collection and unlike conventional mannequins, the live ones stood only for an hour or so, for an event that lasted around six hours. This is justified because if they stood still the entire day, the consequences would have been drastic, not to say unmentionable.

“It was quite an attractive concept, not just for the customers but also for people passing by the store. Moreover, live mannequins are any day better than conventional ones. It’s easier to pick out clothes when they are on a live mannequin,” says socialite Aparna Mulani who was present at the launch.

While the models are skinny, the aam junta isn’t. So even though the clothes might look appealing on them, dress rehearsal is an all time must. Because it’s not choice that differs, but also the size.

Not only that, but how does one get over the gazillion eyes boring down on you?

One, however, wonders if the trend will catch on here. Hyderabad is modern, but not so modern that the sight of a pretty model at the display window of a store won’t invite a few jeering remarks from passers-by. For that’s exactly what happened in Italy, where a few live mannequins dressed in skimpy clothes had caused a stir. And that’s the fashion capital we are talking about.

While the store is contemplating with the novel idea of installing live mannequins on a regular basis, food for thought is how successful is it going to be in the city.

With models in cages and money raining on the audience, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. 10th annual Hair and Fashion Show on Saturday was nothing short of wild.

The Zeta Delta Chapter’s show attracted an audience of more than 500 to Wharton Center to see the latest in hair style trends and fashionable couture.

This year’s show, with a Las Vegas theme, included 42 female models, nine scenes and one musical performance.

To celebrate a decade of shows, coordinators Chelsea Huguley, Shanacee Shreve, Imani Dudley and Brittany Powell, handed frosted cupcakes to members of the audience during an opening performance by hip-hop dance group Urban Dreams.

The show featured styles from swimwear to formal wear from a variety of stores in the Lansing Mall, 5132 W. Saginaw Highway, in Lansing, and Meridian Mall, 1982 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos, such as Buckle and Charlotte Russe.

After working to put the show together for months, a proud Huguley said the models executed the turns, twists and poses diligently.

“We’ve been practicing since January, and sometimes you get a little weary about the end result, but they showed up and showed out,” she said.

To fit the Las Vegas theme, Shreve said for her scene, Twisted Fantasy, she had images of Cirque du Soleil in mind.

“For me, I like to do things that are a little different,” she said. “The themes I did were the darker themes.”

As he watched his cousin Empress Henderson enter the stage in full-body leopard print and climb into a human-sized cage to play the role of a jungle cat before leaving the stage on a leash, media and information junior Jeremy Vandegrift said he wasn’t aware of just how unconventional the scene would be.

“It was cool, but it was definitely different,” Vandegrift said, with eyebrows raised. “I didn’t know she was going to be in a cage.”Other scenes included Casino Royale, with models in trench coats and sequined dresses, and Just Married, featuring models in evening gowns and wedding dresses.

The show also featured a musical performance by Michigan-based rapper Trigg Da Kidd, who managed to get many members of the crowd to their feet, especially after his crew members “made it rain” by throwing dollar bills into the audience.By his final number, more than a dozen members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. joined him in dancing on stage.“He’s definitely a crowd-pleaser, and he got the crowd pretty hyped,” Huguley said.“Most acts can’t do that because they don’t have that type of charisma, … so that was refreshing to see.”After her first time coordinating such a large show, Shreve said she was proud of the successful performance, but she’s not stopping there.

“(Next year,) I’m going to have to do it better than I did this year just to top it,” she said. “I have to think of a bigger and better theme — that would be my first plan.”

Last week saw a plethora of fetes to honor the latest fashion exhibition, “Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk,” with the designer in attendance. Even the sidewalks drummed up some buzz as male models dressed as sailors offered LE MALE fragrance samples and pedicab rides between Union Square and the Embarcadero.

• Yes, just when you thought there couldn’t be any more variation of another fashion reality show, Bravo just announced a new show with Andre Leon Talley. The show currently titled, “Fashion Stories of NYC,” will feature Talley mentoring a set of emerging designers competing with one another to win some amazing prize. In our opinion, being in the presence of Talley alone is already a major win.

• Amazon not only wants you to buy ebooks and electronics, but also the latest colored denim and frilly frocks as well. The Seattle company has hired veterans from Barneys New York and Nordstrom to help expand its fashion portfolio.

In other online business news, ShoeDazzle, a company that garnered over 10 million members in the last year, will ditch its monthly subscription business model and will expand its offerings to lingerie and dresses.Prints are everywhere this spring season, and the nail bed is no exception. Prabal Gurung and Sally Hansen have long collaborated on the finishing touches in polish colors, but this time the mega beauty brand has created a Prabal-printed nail wrap taken from his spring 2012 collection.

POLITICIANS are not renowned for their pin-up good looks. But they seem to have a knack for producing photogenic offspring who are regularly in demand from the public relations-hungry fashion industry.

Tony Abbott’s 19-year-old daughter, Bridget, who recently made her debut as an ambassador for the Sydney Racing Carnival, is the latest in a long line of political progeny to strut the catwalk. She joins Peter Garrett’s youngest daughter, Grace, who began modelling after family friend Sarah Murdoch introduced her to the industry doyenne Priscilla Leighton Clark.

One of Australia’s most successful international models is Kristy Hinze, who is the granddaughter of Russ Hinze, a minister under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Prime minister Billy McMahon’s son Julian dabbled in modelling before opting out, as did Paul Keating’s son Patrick. Long before Pru Goward entered NSW politics, her daughter Kate Fischer was one of Sydney’s high-profile models of the 1990s.

Victorian premiers seem to breed models. Angus Kennett (son of Jeff), Nick Bracks (son of Steve) and now Martha and Eleanor Baillieu (daughters of Ted) have all dolled up for the cameras. Even Bob Katter can claim a model in the family – his nephew Eamonn Katter has worked internationally after an agent spotted him in Macy’s New York.

Most models with political ancestry readily admit their surname helped them break into the industry and garner extra attention for the magazines, fashion labels or events with which they are associated.

”It certainly created a hype as my grandfather was in the press quite regularly because of who he was,” Hinze, whose lucrative career began at the age of 14 when she graced a Vogue cover, told The Sun-Herald.

Being the son of a former Victorian premier helped Nick Bracks score fashion ambassador roles in Melbourne. ”With jobs with clothing companies needing a publicity push, I bring a positive PR angle to things but that only works for certain campaigns,” he said. ”But it definitely opens doors to other opportunities.”

Bracks, who got his break when American Crew recruited him to be the face of their clothing label, has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars and launched his own line of underwear. ”In any sort of work it takes a lot of persistence and commitment to get through it,” he said.

But industry veterans are cynical about the trend, and warn a name alone would not guarantee longevity in the fashion world. The editor of Harper’s BAZAAR, Edwina McCann, said that, with the exception of Kristy Hinze, politicians’ children were categorised as celebrity models used to attract media coverage. ”For most they can hold their career for as long as their parents are in politics and still in the news,” she said.

Melinda Collette, whose agency London Mgt represents Martha and Eleanor Baillieu, estimates only a quarter of the politician-related models would get work in the industry without their famous surnames.

”They do bring that sort of press interest,” Ms Collette said. ”The fashion industry needs all the help it can get these days in terms of the economic downturn and online, so many wonderful retailing shops closing down because of changes in the way we shop these days … But you’re definitely not going to book a girl to do a job if she can’t walk or if she can’t work in front of a camera.”

Ms Leighton Clark, who also represented Kate Fischer (”one of the great beauties”), said Grace Garrett would have a modelling career regardless of who her father was.

”Grace is a very stunning girl, very striking,” Ms Leighton Clark said. ”She’s such a grounded girl she’s never cashed in on her name. There are definitely people who cash in on their last name.”

Ms Garrett, who is also studying interior design, said that after two years in the business, ”everyone has forgotten my last name … I’m standing on my own two feet”.

Not all models enjoy being associated with their political parents. Ms Collette said when she represented Angus Kennett ”he was very much about making it as Angus, rather than Angus Kennett with a capital K”. He moved to Europe where his political connections meant nothing and was particularly successful in Italy, but now has his own landscaping business.

The Baillieu girls, however, are ”very happy” to be associated with their father. ”They have a very realistic view about what they’re going to do and why they’re doing it,” Ms Collette, who liaises with the girls’ ”very supportive” mother, said.

None of the politicians wanted to comment on their children’s foray into the modelling world.

SHE’S mingled with superstars, travelled solo overseas, and she is still only 17.

Rockhampton girl Lydia Hunt has burst onto the modelling scene since graduating from The Cathedral College last year.

The gorgeous teen shot the campaign for Burberry’s Blue Label and modelled for Ginza and Spur magazines in Tokyo, along with modelling stints in Paris and Osaka.

While at a Paris Fashion Week party Lydia confidently mingled with musicians Katy Perry and Kanye West.

Lydia even went on a date with a member of popular indie rock band The Kooks – but she isn’t telling who.

It’s been a whirlwind few months for the rising star of Brisbane-based Vivien’s Model Management agency.

So she was grateful to take a short break and catch up with friends and family over the past fortnight.

“I didn’t tell my mum I was coming home,” Lydia said. “I was shaking when I saw her.”

The down-to-earth teen said she loved seeing her family and friends, who were all eager to hear about her international adventures.

“I really fell in love with Paris,” Lydia said. “And the first time I saw snow was in Japan.”

Despite her age, Lydia has been able to handle herself in the tough world of modelling.

“I don’t think I expected to be travelling so much,” she said. “But I’m not really nervous anymore.”

Lydia also had some wise words for aspiring models.

“Don’t give up, you’ll always be criticised so don’t take it too much to heart,” she said.

Her next stop will be Sydney for fashion week before hitting the global circuit again in May.

“I’ll possibly go to New Zealand for a couple of weeks, then Asia, Paris or London,” Lydia said.

Ask any keen fashion observer to define beauty as it stands on the runways of the world right now and odds are they’ll be at a loss for words. It’s not through any deficiency in preternaturally attractive models emerging – where there is fashion there will always be extraordinary women to bring it to life – but rather there’s been a widening of focus, a shift in paradigms, if you will. The more intriguing, more multilayered the individual, it seems, the more fascinated designers, editors and the wider fashion consuming public become.

Take Shanina Shaik, for example. With her compelling features it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where she might hail from. Melbourne-born and raised by an Australian/Lithuanian mother and a Pakistani/Saudi Arabian father, her look is unlike anything on the international modelling scene. It’s likely why Victoria’s Secret, a brand known for its predilection towards Amazonian supermodels like Gisele Bündchen, decided to book the petite brunette for its high profile 2011 show after passing her over for two years running. Likewise Karl Lagerfeld, who spied her potential and cast her in Chanel’s pre-fall presentation just a month later. And all before the age of 21.

Autumn/winter ’12/’13 saw Shaik land the plum job of walking for Stella McCartney and the honour of opening for Jason Wu. Finding success on the world stage has been a long-held dream for Shaik.

Having dabbled in modelling since she was young, and spending her teenage years glued to late-night fashion television, her breakthrough came in the form of reality television show Make Me a Supermodel. While such programs can be viewed as a setback for those “serious” about the business, Shaik saw it as a positive.

“I would not regret being involved with the show, because I don’t look like the usual Australian girl, so I think I just needed the show to get myself out there,” she says. The experience not only provided her with a profile but a chance to meet model mentor (and, more recently, boyfriend) Tyson Beckford. “He took a picture of me and showed one of the agencies in New York that he was corresponding with and they took me on.”

After leaving high school with impressive results, Shaik headed for Manhattan, where she now kicks around in biker jackets and big T-shirts, jeans and boots, and spends her down time taking in Jets games and riding on motorbikes. Not what you would expect from such a seemingly fragile, angelic beauty. But then appearances can be deceiving.

“Everyone has something unique about them,” she says. “I’m just starting to realize that my ‘look’ can be well received.”

It’s been a while since Bangalore’s fashionistas got to check out a men’s fashion show.

A recent show, at which style guru Prasad Bidapa was at the helm, had models Zoheb Yusuf, Rakesh Chengappa and Piyush, among others, setting the ramp on fire.

But the surprise elements of the evening were the showstoppers. Sandalwood director Indrajit Lankesh and restaurateurs Arjun Sajnani and Abhijeet Saha, who surprised guests by walking the runway just as well as the models did.

The background scores that were played when the celebs strut their stuff matched their personalities – a filmi song for Indrajit and peppy numbers for Arjun and Abhijit.

And since this was a guys’-only fashion show, the female models were seen chilling out and cheering on all the male models.

We spotted models Madhu and Viraja, and Lavanya, designers Neetu Gupta and Namrata G, and actor Surya, among others, at this evening of fashion.

“I have a red tie with whales on it,” said a dapper Emanuel Sunday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. “And I have a belt with whales on it.”

Emanuel was decked out in attire from Vineyard Vines at the 2012 Swing into Spring fashion show and silent auction, the proceeds from which will benefit Community Answers, a nonprofit agency of the United Way that provides Greenwich residents, young and old, with a wide range of local information.

Like the roughly 90 adult and young models who participated in the fashion show, Emanuel was wearing clothing from a local vendor that supported the worthy cause.

“It’s really nice when they’re clapping for you,” Emanuel said of his walk down the runway. “It makes you feel good inside.”

And the best part about the fashion show?

“I just like dressing up,” Emanuel said with a smile.

Katherine McCaffrey and Izzy Nixon, both 15-year-old Greenwich residents, said they were wearing dresses from Stella M’Lia, a Greenwich-based clothing line that is the brainchild of Katherine’s mother, Stella.

“They’re unique,” Katherine, a Greenwich High School student, said of the teen-centric dresses.

Izzy, a Greenwich Academy student, said the dresses are not only eye-catching, but comfortable.

“You feel confident in them,” she said.

This is the second year the girls participated in the fashion show, which is in its eighth year.

When asked if their walk down the runway was a nerve-racking one, the girls said that since they’ve participated before, the attention of being a fashion model isn’t as intimidating as it once was.

“I think we’ve kind of gotten into the swing of things,” Izzy said.

Chitra Shanbhogue, executive director of Community Answers, said the agency has served as a link between Greenwich residents and the information they need –such as day care and baby-sitting services for children and programs like Meals on Wheels for seniors– since 1968.

“The event is a fundraiser for our organization,” Shanbhogue said. “We like to say we are the people with the answers.”

From Greenwich Library, where Community Answers is located, more than 25 volunteers serve five days a week, answering questions, directing residents to local services and information, and providing a comprehensive event database for Greenwich.

The United Way of Greenwich provides 20 percent of the organization’s funding, while the remaining 80 percent of its operating budget comes from annual fundraisers, including the Swing into Spring event.

Bill Evans, a Greenwich resident and senior meteorologist for Channel 7 Eyewitness News, served as emcee for the event.

Shanbhogue added that the fundraiser is a win-win for local vendors, who have the opportunity to showcase their goods while forming a bond with the community. Vendors allow the fashion models to borrow clothing, but some of the models end up purchasing the clothing they wear, she said.

“We’re trying to pump business back into the community, too,” she said.

Event vendors included Beam and Barre, Carlisle, Baby CZ, Threads and Treads, Lester’s, Lilly Pulitzer, And Co., Stella M’Lia, Vineyard Vines, All Dressed Up, Hoaglands and Mommy Chic.

The silent auction portion of the afternoon featured about 50 gifts that included unique vacation getaways, Betteridge Jewelers earrings, and shopping parties, according to Shanbhogue.

“We have something for everyone,” she said.

Anna Bedos, sales associate for Vineyard Vines, said representatives from Community Answers contacted the store about participating in the event.

“This community has been so generous,” Bedos said. “This is just an easy way to give back.”

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