It was one of our favourite ad campaigns of the spring/summer 2010 season and showed off Lanvin’s ruffled designs in motion. Angular model Jamie Bochert was snapped in motion by Steven Meisel that proved to be quite a hit with the bloggers. “I thought maybe we need a bit of action,” said Lanvin’s artistic director, Alber Elbaz at the time. “She (Bochert) moved so fast, even the chandelier was moving with her.” Check out this behind the scenes video of the shoot – it goes to show everyone is human after all and the ad campaign was just thanks to fantastic photography, good modeling and a good wind machine. Kind of ruins the illusion for us, but we watched it twice anyway!

The residents of Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hong Kong, Turkey, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Korea, India and Bulgaria will now get to join in the fun that is shopping on the Topshop and Topman websites. So whether or not you have a Topshop in your country, you can snap up the latest looks as they hit the online shop. Find out more about shipping costs here.

The 2010 Academy Awards didn’t disappoint. Usually I ignore the fact that the show is on and wait patiently for the red carpet looks, but this year I watched the whole thing. From the red carpet pre-show through to the end of the ceremony. And we love it. Show aside, who’s looks did we love, loathe and though was ok? We’ve sorted it all out and removed our salt shaker system (just for this week).

Our top 4 looks

We loved Sandra Bullock’s elegant sleek look (forget the naysayers that it said she looks like the Oscar statue, she was stunning). We loved that Maggie Gyllenhaal wore a print, always dependable to stick to something a little left of centre, she didn’t disappoint in this strapless gown. It was elegant but still her. Meanwhile Meryl Streep showed that you can look fabulous at any age with this demure but sexy draped white dress by Project Runway alum, Chris March. The drapery is just fantastic and the colour looked great on the red carpet. Last but not least, there is Tina Fey. She’s just an amazing woman, that I couldn’t help but love the Flintstone’s feel to this dress. And she’ so cute to boot.

Our runner ups

Unsurprisingly they were all strapless, perhaps why we only liked them because strapless is so expected on the red carpet. Carrie Mulligan looks great in her black sweetheart neckline dress. The embellishments were beautiful but I do wish we couldn’t see her 90s style sandals. Amanda Seyfried looked like a princess, but the look just missed the mark. Meanwhile Rachel McAdams looks amazing in her print dress, it was flowing and suited her down to the T, but again…. It missed the immediate ‘we LOVE it’ feeling. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Cameron Diaz on the red carpet and she looks stunning. The embellished gown is just dreamy but every other person seems to be wearing a shade of ivory this year?

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You don’t often expect beautiful covers from the mainstream fashion mags, but British Elle have bucked the trend with this gorgeous March 2010 cover featuring Chloe Sevigny in high waisted hot pants and a beautiful Miu Miu print top. The patterned detail in the Miu Miu top has also been translated into the Elle logo creating a beautiful cohesive cover. Gorgeous. I’m tempted to buy this issue just for the cover alone!