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Hard to believe it's been 40 years since David Bowie's landmark 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.  It will be reissued in a special 40th anniversary edition on June 5th 2012. The record, which was Bowie's fifth and features such enduring classics as Five Years, Moonage Daydream, Starman and Ziggy Stardust will be presented in several formats, including CD, 180-gram vinyl and 5.1 mix DVD.  The original album shows Bowie dressed as Ziggy standing with one foot on the steps leading into a building that, at the time, housed late photographer Brian Ward's makeshift studio .  Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet recently unveiled a plaque at the location in Heddon Street, London.  Kemp said, “Ziggy was the ultimate messianic rock star, and with him David Bowie successfully blurred the lines not just between boys and girls, but himself and his creation. Bowie was...

In a recent Forbes.com article, journalist   Blue Carreon conjectures that the 2011 advertising campaign of luxury retailer Lane Crawford proves that Chinese models are finally coming into their own. "The campaign features a stunning all-Chinese cast wearing the latest threads from New York, Milan, London and Paris. Headlining the lineup is Estee Lauder’s first-ever Asian model Liu Wen. She is joined by her compatriots FeiFei Sun, Ming Xi, Shu Pei and Xiao Wen Ju . This is a great follow-up to the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011 haute couture show that only had Asian models."  Several of the Chinese models in Lane Crawford’s Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-photographed campaign, also star in Vogue China’s September issue. They are joined by pioneering Chinese supermodel Du Juan and relative newcomer Sui He, all of them in different jewel tone Gucci frocks. This is Vogue China’s sixth anniversary issue. Its debut cover featured then girl-of-the-moment Gemma Ward flan...