New season fashion muses

Bianca Jagger is SO last season. From Bettie Page to David Bowie, find out who inspired the autumn/winter 2011 collections.

 The colourful printed costumes of the Ballet Russes were a source of inspiration for Mary Katrantzou (pictured) and Dries van Noten.

 Pictures of the 50's pin-up Bettie Page adorned the front of sweatshirts at the Givenchy show.

Twiggy's mod style was seen on many-a-catwalk, particularly in the graphic shift dresses at Prada.

 David Bowie's early image was cited as one of the icons behind the Gucci collection.

 Fetishistic garments in black leather were rife on in autumn/winter collections, carrying a hint of Catwoman.

 With polka-dots being a key trend for autumn/winter, the Tophop Unique show was clearly channeling Cruella de Vil.

 Red lamé and thigh high splits at Antonio Berardi gave a nod towards the oh-so-sexy Jessica Rabbit.

 

 The models at Miu Miu - with their 40's tea dresses and victory rolls - looked like they had just stepped out of a Katharine Hepburn film.

 British fashion designer and style icon Mary Quant, is a figure to take inspiration from when experimenting with the 'tunic and trousers' trend and shift dresses, as seen at Alberta Ferretti.

 Marc Jacobs made direct reference to the 1974 film The Night Porter with his Louis Vuitton collection.

 Patti Smith's teddy-boy image cropped up time and time again on the autumn/winter catwalks, most notably at Dolce & Gabbana.

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America's Next Top Model Eliminates Bianca

This week on America's Next Top Model, the girls had a photo shoot with Tyra as their photographer at the Great Wall of China. The girls had to pose as an enemy warrior scaling the wall for attack. After the photo shoot, Tyra made all the girls pose together to see which girl could stand out the most and grab the viewers attention. The winner of the group photograph was Chantal. According to Nigel barker, Chantal had the most striking look and he could not take his eyes off her.

In the end, the bottom two were limited to Bianca and Jenah. Bianca was not learning fast enough but was improving slowly and the judges believed that she needed more training than the rest of the group. Jenah had a bad attitude about being away from her family and seemed too preoccupied with being homesick than modeling. The judges decided to eliminate Bianca because Jenah was a stronger model.

The best photograph of the episode goes to Saleisha. She was very dynamic and spontaneous with her shots.

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America's Next Top Model Eliminates Kimberly

Last night on America's Next Top Model, the girls had a runway lesson on walking from Mrs. J. Alexander. This lesson came in handy for the first challenge of the episode, walking in couture gowns. The winner of this challenge was Saleisha, who won a trip to Paris to model for the designer's new collection.

The photo shoot had a rock climbing theme, the girls had to wear gowns while struggling to climb the wall.

The judges talked and decided to make the bottom two Kimberly and Bianca. Tyra told Bianca that she loved her photo, but the other judges hated it. She also warned Bianca that she is not the only person to impress in the competition. Tyra told Kimberly that she had a bad photo because she was not able to convey her high fashion look on camera. Tyra loved her ears, and eyes but it wasn't enough to keep her on the show. Kimberly was the second girl eliminated last night, leaving Bianca safe for one more week.

The best photo of the night was by Janet. the 22 year old from Bainbridge, GA showed the gown off nicely while still looking great in the photograph.

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