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Expatriate Games: FOR CATHERINE MALANDRINO AND HER GANG, IT'S A MOVABLE FEAST.  

Even after 12 years in New York, the French designer Catherine Malandrino speaks in an accent as thick as rouille. It’s an unmistakably Gallic lilt that makes her frequent pronouncements about ‘‘celebrating individualité’’ and ‘‘sharing énergie’’ all the more beguiling.

On a recent afternoon, Malandrino was sharing énergie, many cigarettes and a few bottles of pastis with friends at one of her regular haunts, the Chinatown restaurant Les Enfants Terribles — a neighborhood joint whose high-low clientele, an eclectic mix of arty types and downtown demimondaines, brings to mind a hipster La Coupole . . .

Malandrino, a picture of chic in a black ruffled dress accessorized with oversize men’s sunglasses, a bracelet from her new line of costume jewelry and a permanently lit cigarette.

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Style Bites: Smoking not 'vogue' anymore 

It's been a while since the last time I've seen models posing with cigarettes for photo shoots in fashion magazines. During the early 90's, I often questioned myself why it seemed very "in" to smoke and then capture it as images for fashion spreads? Slowly those burn-y and smoky butts which normally act as must-have accessories are fading away from the fashion fierce frame these days.

Is it not "vogue" anymore to smoke?

Apparently it's not just happening in magazines, but obviously also in many public places which normally were hazy from burn-y cigarettes. Now it is banned to light the little poor sticks, leaving the smokers feeling alienated by only allowing them to take their puffs in a special incubator-like room.

Smoker and non-smoker are the new categories . . .

Let's not continue blabbering on about the scary details of smoking's bad effects, we all know that already. Let's instead share a few quick tips for those who are still struggling to quit:

-- At the beginning of your "suffering" consume a lot of water or juice, it helps to replace your craving and wash away the piled up toxin in your body. . . .

Good luck to all quitters. The first week ain't easy. I won't sugar-coat the situation, it's hell! I still need some luck as well while "adjusting" to my weight gain after replacing my nicotine addiction to food consumption and exercise.

Yes I've developed six fabulous and firm kilos these past two months, and never felt better! I feel more like a stud now than the skinny twink I used to be. And yes I feel one level more confident to kiss someone now, too!

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Agyness Deyn flouts smoking ban backstage at New York Fashion Week  

Agyness Deyn likes to bend the rules when it comes to fashion - and smoking.

The model was caught lighting up a cigarette as she relaxed backstage at Anna Sui's New York Fashion Week catwalk show yesterday despite the presence of a 'No Smoking' sign.

She brazenly flouted the ban inside the Bryant Park tent, with organisers apparently turning a blind eye.

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LITTLE: COLUMN: Is smoking sexy? 

She had just finished eating her “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and was due a good smoke. As she continues to move through the famous 1961 film she leaves a trace of smoke wherever she goes.

Now lets think about women like Edie Sedgwick, Mae West and Marilyn Monroe. They were all icons ... and all smokers.

The bottom line — smoking is sexy, and it always has been. . . .

As for myself, a girl who has only smoked a handful of cigs in her life, I know I feel significantly cooler when I smoke. Make fun of me for feeling that way, but I know you do, too.

What really gives me the urge to light up, however, is the fact that smoking has recently shown up on the runway.

Jean Paul Gaultier, chief designer for the House of Hermes, broke all of the rules in March at a Hermes fashion show when he sent models down the runway with lit cigarettes in hand.

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KATE MOSS - MOSS REFUSES TO QUIT SMOKING 

Supermodel KATE MOSS is refusing to quit smoking - insisting "it's who I am." The catwalk beauty is rarely seen without a cigarette in her hand and despite the health risks, she is determined not to give up. She says, "It's who I am. I don't want to create a phony facade. I think I just have to be myself, otherwise I'd just be a paranoid mess."

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It's who I am.
Supermodel Kate Moss, on why she refuses to quit smoking.

My body and soul: Jasmine Guinness, model, 31  

Attitude to smoking and taking drugs?

I started smoking at 18. I love roll-ups. I smoke in the evenings when my kids are in bed. It's a wind-down thing. Drugs seem to turn people into paranoid bores. Why would anyone want to go there?

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名模杨颖戒烟挽救形象 自称只是贪玩跟风(图) 

早前被拍到吸烟而有损形象的Angelababy(杨颖)，前天出席活动时声言会戒烟，她说：“自从报道出来到现在都没有抽烟！(用什么方法戒烟？)看到报道心情不好就没抽了！”她自称烟龄只有半年，因贪玩见朋友抽才跟风。

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Oddly Enough » Blog Archive » Is this a runway, or Tobacco Road? 

Haute couture is my life, but I must admit I’m baffled at times.

For instance, the photo caption calls this “a creation,” but to me, it just looks like some chick having a butt. Is smoking a cigarette with black gloves and red lipstick the creative part, or what?

Was this lady supposed to stop and light up on the runway, because I have to say that will make fashion shows pretty tedious. Perhaps the designer should have looked for a slightly less addicted model?

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The pants - wearing legacy of Yves Saint Laurent  

The first YSL tuxedo for women (also known as ''Le Smoking'') surfaced in 1966, paving the way for future stylish pantsuits

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Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71, longtime friend and associate says 

Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, empowered women by reinventing pants as a sleek, elegant staple of the female wardrobe.

Saint Laurent, 71, died Sunday night at his Paris home after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, said Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's close friend and business partner for four decades. . . .

Saint Laurent's simple navy blue pea coat over white pants, which the designer first showed in 1962, was one of his hallmarks. His "smoking," or tuxedo jacket, of 1966 remade the tux as a high fashion statement for both sexes. It remained the designer's trademark item and was updated yearly until he retired.

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When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad?  

MAN IN THE SILVER SHORTS For this ad with Charlotte Rampling, Mr. Teller became both subject and photographer. . . .

to judge by Juergen Teller’s pictures of her for Marc Jacobs’s ads, she is a good sport. . . .

For the Rampling shoot, which was done in a Paris hotel suite, Mr. Teller thought it made sense for him to be in the ads, since he and the actress were friends and she didn’t want to endorse a product. . . .

I said, ‘I’m going to show you what I’m going to wear.’ So I went into the bedroom, and I came out in these silver underpants. And she said, ‘What the hell is that?’ ”

At this point, as Ms. Rampling howled, Mr. Teller said, he was having grave doubts about the rest of his plan. “I was smoking my cigarette, breaking out in a sweat. I said, ‘Well, I was just thinking I could kiss you and fondle your breasts.’

“She sat down and got herself a cigarillo. She didn’t say anything. The whole room was quiet for what seemed like months. I was, like, Oh my God, that is the most stupid thing I’ve ever said, how stupid was that? She just dragged on the cigarillo and crossed her legs, and she said: ‘O.K., let’s go. I’ll tell you when to stop.’ I thought, Oh my God, genius. I can’t believe I’m getting away with it.”

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Smoking = Not Sexy 

Soon-to-retire model Kate Moss is on the cover of the new issue of French Vogue, for the second time in a handful of months.

Smoking causes cancer. Why do people feel the need to glamorize it????

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LETTER: An ugly habit 

Tobacco companies are aggressively targeting women and girls, and your recent article played right into their marketing ("Smokin' style," March 3).

The illustrations promoted the idea that smoking is part of a fashionable image, which will inevitably recruit youthful new smokers.

Perpetuating the idea of smoking as a style accessory, especially for women, ignores the severity of tobacco addiction and its harmful health effects. . . .

The article may have been a satire, but there is nothing funny about tobacco-related diseases.

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LETTER: Puff piece 

In Monday's edition of the Daily News, first you come across a picture of Katherine Heigl having a fine time puffing on a cigarette. Then a feature on how to dress warmly and still be chic while standing outside smoking. The article has pictures of twentysomethings, all smiling and smoking. I don't think the cigarette companies need The News to shill to young people for them.

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• Smokin' style: Designs for puffin' and chillin' on New York sidewalks 

It's terrible for your health and makes people near you flee. But even frightful weather can't keep New Yorkers who crave a cigarette from hitting the streets, plastering themselves into corners and under overhangs or scouring the city for a spot the weather can't quite reach. Last week alone, smokers braved ice, wind and rain for a nip of nicotine. The result: some pretty crazy outfits. . . .

We commissioned three designers to create a happy medium. Chris Han used smoke as the inspiration for her charcoal-hued ensemble. Bling-friendly downtown team Phillipe and David Blond created a corseted climate-control body suit. Stylist Kendall Sparks sketched stiletto Wellington boots with built-in ashtrays.

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