The Rise of Flatforms

A fall show in New York featured flatform combat boots that made at least two female models and one male model fall flat on their faces. Marc Jacobs' platforms bring us back to the '70s with their rainbow colors adorning the arches of the shoe. Derek Lam is probably the most traditional-basic Maryjanes in camel opened-toe or off-white closed toe upon natural-grained wood.



By and large, though, this spring designers are delivering walkable wedges with no shortage of style. Fendi confounds modern architectural rules with platforms that seem to come in three separate sections-a heel in emerald green, a mid-shoe in brown and a toe in natural wood with a bright blue strap. It was much the same in China where the traditional geta's teeth-like elevated soles kept women's feet dry. Platforms soon became something of an art form in Japan with the towering okobos.

For every action in fashion, there is a reaction and taste makers are suddenly crying uncle. Still, in the age of Gaga, it's going to be hard to give up the drama of the platform. So, designers, are giving us a compromise and just in time for the walkable, warmer months of spring. 

Luxury at Julien's Auctions

This single-breasted pink coat with black trim and accents was owned by Prince. He gave this jacket to his girlfriend at the time, Charlene Friend. While on a date in Los Angeles, Friend got cold and Prince gave her this jacket. It is estimated at $2,000 to $4,000.

Michael Jackson had a wide variety of military style jackets. This one was made by Jackson clothing designers Dennis Tomkins and Michael Bush with military style patches on upper arm, braiding at shoulders and red arm band affixed to right upper arm. It is estimated at $4,000 to $6,000.

Also taking place on March 26 along with the auction of Slash's collection at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills is a Rock Legends auction. This sale is a catch-all collection of a variety of memorabilia spanning decades of music history. Shown above are some of the highlights including a handwritten set of the lyrics to Michael Jackson's "Beat-It" estimated to sell at $4,000 to $6,000.

Manhattan's New MiMA Tower

MiMA, a 63-story mixed-use glass tower features luxury rentals and condominium residences. The building features modern glass exteriors by Arquitectonica, interiors by Rockwell Group, and Frank Gehry-designed theaters. It isn't just pretty, it's a little green, the building is set to exceed leed silver certification.

The 44,000-square-foot space has an 18,000 square foot private residents-only fitness center by Equinox with a heated indoor lap pool, boxing room, a full-size basketball and volleyball court, three outdoor terraces with private dining pods and barbecue facilities, party rooms and catering kitchens, outdoor and indoor screening rooms, and an Internet café and business center equipped with iMac computers and a coffee bar. There is also a club room and residents' lounge with a fireplace, game room with billiards and card tables and electronic gaming, and bicycle and resident storage. The urban dog care area, Dog City, is a professionally staffed pet spa with indoor and outdoor play areas offers grooming and training facilities, in-home feeding, walking services, scheduled play dates, and more.

The floor-to-ceiling glass windows offer stunning views of Manhattan in all its glory. Each apartment has stainless steel appliances, designer finishes and in-residence washer/dryer. There has M Club, a mix of health, recreation and entertainment amenities for residents that means you might never have to leave the building to have a good time, get your work done, entertain, or even get your dog groomed.

The Fashion Cartier Jewelry Introduced For You

Fashion is a popular word, Cartier is second to release all new Cruise Line series wrist form, the function, and stainless steel is matched a gum quality watch band.  It make people keen about equation to race car,modern jewelry mart, is also the birth inspiration of card ground second Roaster series wrist form.

The fresh bright orange and blue dial presents to shoot a line line to engrave a decoration as the sun of bright sun and goes together with with the white Juan watch band from the same color suture, as if the rapid sports car gallop about on the big way. The watertightness deeply reaches to 100 meters and gives the sport ability of its two dimensions more. This style of wrist form that publishes for the first time marks that the turn that the pocket-watch evolves wrist form orders. The style’s wrist form becomes history at present classic. 

The Santos100 watertightness deeply reaches to 100 meters and owns just for the needle type form designed by Santos100 tape wrist form to button up and automatically chain machine machine. The Santos100 black and white gum watch band wrist form that lately releases not only takes orders a Santos series bold adventure and braves to pursue creative card ground second spirit, but also matches by the innovation of the black and white gum quality form and provides to all newly wear an experience for the men and women of vogue. 


Different material and glorified all will vogue spirit. Be full of the design of pleasant impression, guide the young love that the world-wide locations courage and judgment leads a person to hug an explore riotous color in the world. When Cartier 471 second quartz accounted stop-watch machine the Xin ensured vogue member at seize every minute and second be still leisurely and contented to reply in the ability.

Rare Expensive Chinese Vase

18th century Chinese porcelain vase was sold for £43 million at Bainbridge's Auctions. The vase sold to a Chinese bidder who turned up to bid on behalf of an undisclosed buyer. The mysterious sellers have not been outed to the world. They are said to have found the double-walled vase among an old relative's possessions.

In this case both the sellers and the auction house won't get their money and the auction house may also be liable for insurance and storage fees. Meanwhile the run on expensive Chinese vases continues. Just a few days ago a rare Chinese vase, also found in an attic, brought in more than £500,000 at auction..

A Beautiful watch Launched For You

Italian watches from Fullspot are very nice and very inexpensive. Fullspot confuses the matter by saying that they come in three sizes. This actually just refers to the strap that come in "small, medium, and large" sizes. The straps have no connectors or clasps. They are silicon based watches with a bracelet like strap. The top of the strap has a casing for the watch - which fits in the case/strap as an insert.

 

Fullspot claims that the watches are designed and manufactured in Italy.  While the basic watches are cool enough, the brand just released a line of Disney licensed watches. The collection of five O Clock Disney watches have either Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, or Goofy on the dials. Apparently Fullspot has a hit with the O Clock as they have been extremely popular.

The replica watch itself is in metal and plastic with a crystal. It has a quartz movement and a more or less Movado-simple dial in all white with the "O Clock" logo. The deviously simple system offers the wearer to buy various case/straps and change colors as often as they like.  The O Clock comes in a ton of different colors.

The Beautiful Jewels of Gilan Eye-opener for you

The Oscars of thisseason the most exuberant Oscars in years. Bold colors, dramatic gowns and the return of dramatic jewelry. Stars wearing hundreds of thousands or even million-dollar gems, bright colors and unusual settings.

Each rose-cut diamond is housed in a silver setting which naturally oxidizes. The setting is backed with detailed engraving work on yellow gold. The setting enhances the brilliance of the diamond and the intricate detial of the back of the setting is an additional treat for the wearer, akin to turning over a fine rug or weaving and finding that the back is nearly as neat and beautiful as the front. Gilan jewelry is available at their boutique in New York and will soon be sold at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.

The "eastern magic marries the western modernity" is inspired by heritage of the Gilan brand. It was founded in 1980 in Instanbul by brothers Muharrem and Ferhan Gilan, who followed in the footsteps of their great grandmother who had been head seamstress to the opulent Ottoman Court. The brothers used their passion for design and luxury to help make Gilan a top jewelry brand in Istanbul.

Classic Works Of Art

The Academy Awards take place on Sunday February 27 and once again Architectural Digest is hosting a well-appointed "greenroom" for the celebrity attendees. Fine art dealer Questroyal Fine Art of New York City has announced that six of its painting are part of the Architectural Digest greenroom at the Oscars. Designer Michael S. Smith, who was tapped by the Obamas to create the look for their family quarters at the White House, went for a classic American look inspired by luxe, tailored 1940s Hollywood style. He used furnishings from his personal line with Baker Furniture and handpicked six paintings from the Questroyal collection to decorate the room.

Maybe one of the fundamental functions of the human faculty is to imitate nature, to fashion a beautiful work of art. Or as Pablo Picasso would put it, “Every child is born artist; the problem is how to keep him an artist the rest of his life.” If the legendary artist from Spain would be given his way, then, art must really be innate to anyone; and when the impulse of it haunts a true artist would simply be hard to resist, giving rise to many works that have become subjects of wonderment and praise.

The six paintings are: Thomas Hart Benton, Swing Your Partner; Arthur B. Carles, Calla Lilies; Childe Hassam, Hollyhocks, Isle of Shoals, 1902; Rockwell Kent, Alpes-Maritimes; Reginald Marsh, New York City Women and Paul Sawyier, Lower New York. After the event paintings will be on view at Questroyal Fine Art starting March 10, 2011. In the rendering above you can see Benton's Swing Your Partner placed over the bar area. The painting was done in 1945 and shows a celebration of exuberant dancers.

But as life would have it, controversies and scandals have also taken their way into the world of arts and of artists. As follows are some of the most controversial pieces that have disturbed the mind of mankind. The Lunch of the Grass is one of the most controversial paintings by the French Painter Edouard Manet. The nude woman in company with fully dressed men during a lunch out was utter shock to the viewers when Manet exhibited his work in 1863. Quite more astonishing is the familiarity of the woman.

Edith Piaf's Riviera Retreat

A Beverly Hills home originally built for Bert Lahr, who played the cowardly lion on “The Wizard of Oz,” is on the market at $28.5 million. Singer Chris Brown has purchased a West Hollywood condominium for close to its $1.75-million asking price. John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has placed his Hollywood Hills home on the market at $1.269 million. A La Cañada Flintridge house once owned by Academy Award-winning actor Victor McLaglen has come on the market at $4.95 million. A Palm Springs property that actor Cary Grant lived in for 20 years has come on the market at $2.995 million.

Edith Piaf is one of France's greatest popular singers, she died at only 49 in 1963 at her hilltop villa in Plascassier on the French Riviera. She had suffered many injuries and the death in a tragic accident of her lover. It could be that in her last days she found solace and comfort in her beautiful house and gardens.

That home and its manicured gardens are now for sale for 6,890,000 euros. The seller is a successful business executive whose children attend the nearby international school in Mougins less than five miles away. The owner has done extensive work on the house, especially on the gardens. The kitchen is totally updated and attractively modern. The living room is spacious with a traditional fireplace as you would expect in a house almost 200 years old. The master bedroom suite has a private terrace and is linked to a large study. In total, the house has seven bedrooms each with it own bathroom. A pool and pool house, tennis court, summer kitchen, garages and a large caretaker's house dot the property.

The Beautiful Big Bag Vanessa Bruno Laser-Cut Tote

Fashion big bags are people's must-have, and most women will first choose big bags. Because of it  is spacious so you can put lots of your girly necessities inside your bag. Vanessa Bruno is a fashion newcomer.  This laser cut tote is a great compromise between hippie and sweetly feminine styles that a lot of women are going to go gaga for.

Vanessa Bruno's tan leather tote with a lace-effect laser-cut trim is a chic vintage-inspired style. Casual, feminine, vintage. Soft, slightly slouchy leather in typical tote-bag styling gets a chic and artistic personality upgrade thanks to panels of laser-cut leather lace running up the sides and across the bottom. It has double top handles, delicate stitch detailing along all the edges and seams, and a designer-stamped plaque and zip pocket on the inside.

This bag is extremely well-structured and designed. Every detail has been thought out, down to the reinforced bottom.  Carry it off-duty with an oversized cashmere knit and dark-blue skinny jeans. Shown here with J Brand jeans, Chloé shoes, Michael Kors belt, Vanessa Bruno top, Vanessa Bruno cardigan and Maison Martin Margiela rings.

60 Chefs Get Together To Create A French Meal

In 2010, French get a rare coking honor, and then in  November 16, French Gastronomic Meal was included in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. And  Le Dîner des Grands Chefs will take place at the Château de Versailles on April 6, 2011. 

A total of 650 lucky guests will enjoy an unforgettable culinary experience. The once-in-a-lifetime meal will take place in the Gallery of Battles, after a visit to the Hall of Mirrors and the exhibition "Thrones in Majesty" in the heart of the Royal Apartments.

The meal will be accompanied by vintage wine and champagne. The event is being staged in partnership with Moët Hennessy and orchestrated by 60 Relais & Chateaux Grands Chefs from all over the world.  The menu is a safe bet that extraordinary won't even begun to cover it. Proceeds of the evening will be donated to the French Heritage and Gastronomy Mission (MFPCA) chaired by Jean-Robert Pitte, for the creation of the Cité de la Gastronomie.

Egyptian Museum Lost The Importance Objects

On January 28, because of the  turmoil and the Tahrir Square's chaos, there has some thieves climbed a fire escape to the museum's roof. Lowered themselves on ropes from a glass-paneled ceiling to the museum's top floor. There were about 70 objects damaged, and the more inportant thing is it has no one know what has happend until an announcement on Sunday night that anything had gone missing.

The most important object on the missing is the limestone statue of the Pharaoh Akhenaten standing and holding an offering table.

Akhenaten, a Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who was Tut's father and the husband of Queen Nefertiti, died around 1334 B.C. He stands out in history because during his reign he switched Egyptian religious ceremony from a vibrant polytheism to the worshiping of a single god of gods known as the Aten, a solar deity.

There also missing a statue of Nefertiti, a heart scarab and wooden funerary statuettes.  The Egyptian Museum is still closed and is guarded by an army unit. Plans are being developed to better protect the museum's glass ceiling section.

Now  a full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has been done to assess the damage. Among the casualties were two gilded wooden statues of King Tut.

The Beautiful And Luxury Hotel Missoni

The beautiful hotel has announced to opening Missoni in Kuwait on March 1, 2011. The hotel continues the la dolce vita style, it is famous for the striped textiles.

Dining options include the Italian restaurant, Cucina; Luna Restaurant, located on the 18th floor, which serves a fusion of Arabic-oriental and Mediterranean cuisine; Choco Café offering pastries, chocolates and a selection of small plates and the Pool Bar serving continental cuisine. Rooms have Bang & Olufsen televisions and mirrors in the bathroom that convert into televisions. Check-in is done via iPad. The hotel also will have a 1,500-square meter luxury Six Senses Spa.


For the hotel design Creative Director Rosita Missoni combines vibrant patterns and bold colors with turquoise, green and gold accents appropriate for a hotel facing the sea. There are a total of 169 rooms as well as meeting space, a gym, steam room, sauna and a pool deck overlooking the city. This is just one of many designer/hotel collaborations. Brands from Armani to Christrian Lacroix have gotten into the hotel business.

New Skin Cream make your skin more good

Pomegranate looks very beautiful, and the taste is also very good, a lot of people like to eat. Pomegranate is everywhere, showing up in juices, vodkas and teas.

 It is an essential fatty acid which has recently been analyzed for its ability to help the body fight against cancers, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Pomega5 offers a whole line of treatments that use the power of pomegranate seed oil to hydrate, nourish and heal the skin. The new Grenade Anti Rides Nourishing Cream is an anti-aging cream for mature skin that promises a brighter, more refined and youthful appearance.

The company uses only fair trade and sustainable sources for product ingredients. The Omega 5 oil is from pomegranates grown in the same Mediterranean region for hundreds of years. The Pomega5 Grenade Anti Rides Nourishing Cream retails for $145. Pomega5 Grenade Anti Rides Nourishing Cream also contains raspberry seed oil which is rich in Omega oils and Vitamin A; Damask Rose extract to soothe and soften the skin; cranberry seed oil to lock in moisture and provide cell regeneration; and carrot seed oil with its skin firming and wrinkle reducing properties.


The cream uses Omega5, which has been extracted from organic cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil. It is an antioxidant that works to promote cell renewal, stimulates collagen production and minimizes free radical damage.

Orchard In New York

A boutique condo project has opened for sales, and in preparation for occupancy in April. The building was designed by New York-based G Ateliers Architecture. The building's new unique glass and steel façade contrasts with the area's brick structures from earlier eras.

The units have open kitchens with cabinets of solid wood with black and white lacquered veneers and the counter tops are black granite accented with back-painted glass and white textured tile back splashes. The kitchens are outfitted with high-end appliances including a Liebherr refrigerator, Dacor cooktop and oven, and Asko dishwasher.

Each full-floor residence has floor-to-ceiling windows. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes each feature a gas fireplace, operable glass "Nanawalls," solid 5-inch oak ebonized flooring, frameless glassed Juliette balconies and private balconies or terraces. Floorplans show residences which have a front public living room/kitchen area with a curved hallway leading down to a pair of bedrooms. The penthouse duplex has multiple landscaped terraces and balconies.

The master bathrooms have porcelain fixtures with glass and polished chrome accents, custom designed cabinetry and a large glassed shower. Other features include washer/dryer hookups; video intercom; trash shoot and storage available for additional purchase. Prices at 60 Orchard range from $1,195,000 to $2 million and the development is awaiting 421a tax abatement approval.

Something about Kerr and Rolex

The remarkable feat bested Tiger Wood’s 15 stroke differential in a major championship. Earlier this week, the critics had doubted whether anybody had the caliber to repeat Tiger Wood’s performance at a Major. Kerr’s winning performance served as an eye opener for all the Doubting Thomases in the media along with powering her to the number one position.

One commentator even went to the extent of calling Tiger Wood’s 15 stroke victory at the Major as freakish and infallible, saying that the Pebble Beach performance could not be bested for millenniums. The commentator went on to say that her chances of winning the green jacket at next week’s event were greater than somebody besting Tiger Wood’s record.

But in one week, she was proved wrong. Cristie Kerr pulled a rabbit out of a hat at the Major winning by a margin of 15 strokes; beating the record set by Tiger Woods earlier. The unique feat earned her the No.1 position and the respect of her peers.

Cristie Kerr became the first player born in the United States to reach the No.1 in Rolex Ranking in the women’s LPGA tour. She achieved this unique distinction in style beating her nearest competitor by a sixteen stroke margin.

On her way to the top, she posted scores of sixty eight, sixty six, sixty nine and sixty six, enabling her to record the largest winning margin in the history of LPGA Championship. En route to her victory, she narrowly missed besting Lousie Suggs 14-shot win set at the 1949 U.S Women’s Open.

Breaking down the week’s performance one can see how she was able to blitz her way past the competition; putting magnificently and hitting the greens at regular intervals. However, her best golf was reserved for the back nine, where she recorded a blistering 14-under four-day total.

At last,she said that she was in the form of her life and had learnt to keep her emotions in check; helping her game to ascend new heights in the tournament. The win propelled her to the number one position in the Rolex Ranking.

Create online shopping patterns

 We have seen many successful models in Japan,  the current attractive benefits have been in Japan launched a mobile shopping platform, we have nearly 3 percent of annual business turnover from mobile shopping platform.  The next few years, the luxury mobile e-commerce model will be very popular in China.

Now Mrs Ilham Abbas from Dubai  is busy preparing for the launch Group’s shopping portals, the same time, create a collection of social media, online sales platform and mobile e-commerce in a “mobile shopping.” “We will launch in January next year, the Chinese version of luxury shopping site, and then with the shopping site will launch mobile phone shopping platform that matches.” Ilham Abbas President said, “Asians are interested in pursuit of new technology and communication tools, the same time, China the next few years will become the largest consumer of luxury goods group, I need to go faster yourself. ”

Fashion products will be the big shopping site CD CEO Hong Xiaobo also recently told the media early next year plans to introduce new mobile e-commerce platform.

Fashion shopping on the big channels, mobile e-commerce is on the rise. This is based on the growing consumer mobile e-commerce crowd. According to iResearch expect mobile e-commerce in China in 2012 will be nearly 250 million users. When the phone is big and fashion meet, it will inspire a new type of mobile fashion mall.

 Mobile phones and luxury goods are becoming increasingly close. In fact, in the country, mobile shopping site will be back in 2006 debut, the use of mobile Internet users can visit the luxury shopping site. But all along, mobile e-commerce allows the luxury brand prohibitive.

Natalie Portman will be a mother

The dazzling ring appears to be a round stone set with a pavé diamonds around it.The sparkling item also seems to boast a diamond encrusted band.

Few women will have a busier than Natalie Portman. The 29-year-old actress, who is expected to clean-up at upcoming awards shows for her performance in Black Swan, just got engaged to choreographer Benjamin Millepied, and the two are expecting a baby. She showed off her engagement ring while posing for photographers after she collected her Desert Palm Achievement Award on Sunday and it is quiet a stunner.

She is elegant, graceful, has amazing eyebrows ... is talented, really short, funny, smart, dedicated, incredibly kind. She's a vegan, which makes it really frustrating when you're picking a place to eat, She's also recently announced that she's going to be a mom, and her child will probably need therapy after seeing 'Black Swan.'

Those who want a bit less sparkle can opt for a round stone surrounded by diamonds with a simple white gold band. Ladies who share Portman’s timeless yet glamorous sensibilities may want a similar engagement ring.

Alex lavish restaurant

Alex is a lavish restaurants in Las Vegas, will close its doors Jan. 15 after a six-year run at the Wynn Resort. Chef Alessandro “Alex” Stratta will remain at the hotel to operate Stratta, a more casual restaurant that focuses on wood-fired pizza and Italian-inspired cuisine.

The restaurant served classic French cuisine with an Italian twist and using fresh ingredients. The $185 tasting menu included items including crispy carbinieri prawn with cauliflower, savory custard, vadouvan curry and carrot ginger sauce and saute of Sonoma foie gras with sweet potato, caramelized onions, black truffles and butternut squash sauce. The restaurant's jewel-box-like setting will now be used for special events and private parties.

Alex, Wynn Resort's French influenced restaurant, caters to high-end clientele. The 162-seat dining room is luxurious, with mahogany woods throughout, a sweeping staircase and a beautiful Japanese garden. The dimly-lit main dining area provides a touch of romance that is ideally suited for couples celebrating special occasions, while two well-appointed private dining rooms with terraces that overlook the resort's Lake of Dreams.

The Alex wine list earned a Wine Spectator Grand Award in 2010. “All that hard work only for the restaurant to be closed,” said Danielle Price, wine director for Wynn and its sister resort Encore. “My disappointment is beyond huge.” The resort management plans to distribute the wines in Alex’s several cellars to other restaurants at the Wynn.

The high-end Italian wines will go to Bartolotta. “The majority of the other wines from the cellar will be added to the SW Steakhouse wine list,” said Price. “Botero and Switch [at the Encore resort] will receive some of the wines.” Sommelier Paolo Barbieri, who was born in Rome, will most likely be moving over to Bartolotta, which specializes in Italian seafood.

Jon Hamm IntroduceThe New Reversos

In order to introduce the newest addition to the Reverso line, Jaeger-LeCoultre North America President Philippe Bonay hosted an exclusive luncheon in New York city, . Golden Globe nominee Jon Hamm, who previously hosted the Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica event in October, was among the guests on hand to view the new Grande Reverso 1931. This was the first time the piece was shown in North America.

After 80 many years of celebrating classicism, the brand new Grande Reverso Ultra slender turns revolutionary by focusing on severe simplicity. The extremely diminutive width of Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 822 (at just 2.94 mm) has enabled the design and design engineers to create a Reverso slimmer than actually before.

In spite of the reality the fact that circumstance with its generous new proportions asserts an reliable presence inside the wrist, its slenderness would ensure it is each mild and at ease to founded on many thanks to its subtly curved shape. The pure dial with its vertical guilloché pattern, the restrained design and design from the Arabic numerals, the slim blued hands: all the aesthetic codes from the Reverso are sublimated within this ultra-thin interpretation. This new wrist watch expresses the extremely essence from the Reverso personality: a combine of tradition and nobility embodying an alliance of design and elegance.


The Grande Reverso Ultra Thin is simplicity.  And only 2.94mm thick.  Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 822 enabled the design engineers to create a Reverso slimmer than ever before. While the case with its generous proportions asserts a strong presence on the wrist, its slenderness and subtly-curved shape make it light and comfortable to wear. The pure dial with its vertical guilloché pattern, the restrained design of the Arabic numerals, the slim blued hands.

LV 2011 new style

Louis Vuitton is a famous brand, the things in this brand is very beautiful , a lot of people like it .  And the price is so expensive. But there still has so many people buy it. Why? Do you know the reason? Maybe some people want to show off, maybe some people really like it and also have  enough money to buy it . Whether you want to buy it , I think wu all have an interest in the fashion trends，yes?

Louis Vuitton Resort 2011 has a theme in nostalgic and retro, the campaign is divided into 60's Styles Colorama, Modern Nostalgia, Lolita on the Road and 50′s Hollywood Glamour. Soft lines and retro printing in the lens of the photographer Mark Segal looks very special and natural. Let's have a look.

Lady Gaga Sells Magazines

It's taken some time, but the surefire secret to selling magazines has finally been revealed: Put Lady Gaga on the cover. Women's Wear Daily reports that from Vanity Fair to Rolling Stone to Elle, many publications locked down their best-selling issues of 2010 when Gaga appeared in some form of disrobement on their covers -- a stat that probably isn't that foreign to Gaga, who announced her new album with a bare-bottom photo on New Year's Eve. Cosmopolitan's April issue featuring Gaga sold 1.7 million copies to make it that magazine's best seller, and her Rolling Stone cover moved 245,000 copies, nearly three times RS' average newsstand sales. It seems that oversaturation hasn't dampened people's interest in Gaga. Also faring well on newsstands: Rihanna, thanks in large part to her topless GQ cover.

On the other hand, the one way to guarantee poor sales, surprisingly, is to put Taylor Swift on the cover. Why doesn't Swift, one of the top-selling artists in music now , move more magazines? It likely has something to do with the fact that despite countless interviews and front-cover profiles, Swift still hasn't established herself as a headline-making quote machine like Gaga has. Most of her cover stories end up reading like mirror images of each other, with the same anecdotes and oft-repeated revelations that make up most boring promotional puff pieces, and the public has caught on. Also, since this is America, it doesn't help that Swift wears significantly more clothing.