Essence eyes fashion
From the NY Daily News
Essence Communications Partners, publisher of Essence magazine, will launch a 10-times-a-year fashion mag this fall under editor Elayne Fluker.
The yet-unnamed mag, which will target women 18 to 34, was described by a spokeswoman as "an African-American InStyle, but with more of an edge." Besides fashion and beauty, it'll cover home style.

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY reported yesterday (special thx tigerrouge) that Eva Herzigova turned up at a party in NY last week looking thinner than ever, with sunken eyes, stick-thin arms and cracked lips, causing people to speculate whether she was “ill or on drugs”. THE SUN has this follow-up today:

By TOM WORDEN, THE SUN
Friends of Wonderbra beauty Eva Herzigova were shocked last night by pictures showing her looking painfully thin and ill.

Gone were the stunning curves and cleavage that shot her to fame in the Hello Boys advert in 1994.

Instead the Czech model appeared gaunt, her lips were BLUE and chapped and she had a cold sore.

Eva, 30, had dark circles under her eyes and downy hair on her stick-thin arms — common in underweight women.

Her shoes looked too big for her tiny feet as she posed outside the charity bash in New York.

Eva’s appearance sparked rumours that she was ill or on weight-reducing drugs.

A friend at the party said: “Eva looked pretty shocking.

“When she was asked what was wrong and why her lips were blue, she said it was because she had been waiting in the cold for her car, which was late.”

Another pal said: “Eva has always been very slim with big breasts, but it is true that she has lost weight recently.

“She isn’t doing glamour shots any more. She’s become a fashion model and had to slim down.”

Just hours after the picture was taken, Eva met American Vogue editor Anna Wintour who booked her for a fashion shoot.

Her pal said: “Eva did not look well, but nevertheless she was booked by Anna Wintour who said she thought she looked great.”