Most of us would consider a successful barbecue to be one where the sausages weren’t burnt to a crisp and it didn’t pour with rain, although in sunny LA, people have higher expectations.

Model and actress Alice Greczyn, 25, was elated when she turned up at a Malibu beach party and left as the new face of Victoria Beckham’s denim and eyewear collection.

Mrs Beckham had been struggling to find a girl to model the look book for her spring/summer 2011 line when she spotted Miss Greczyn lounging on the deck of the beach house in a bikini.

The mother-of-three approached the actress – who has appeared in Road Trip and Dukes of Hazzard – saying ‘I love your freckles’ before asking her if she had tried modelling and ushering her husband David over to take some pictures.

In an interview with Grazia, Miss Greczyn revealed how the former Spice Girl made her footballer husband David take her picture.

The official royal wedding program has been released for the masses. It includes the order of service, a personal thank-you note from Prince William and Kate Middleton and this brand-new photo of the pretty pair by Mario Testino.

Did we miss it then?

Here’s photo of Madonna and her daughter Lourdes Ciccone at the recent Oscars. They have recently launched a fashion line together and Lourdes seems to have her mom’s unique fashion pretty healthy chance in being a successful clothes line. What you guys think?

First up, Taylor is the new face of Cover Girl. Secondly tickets for her up coming Speak Now 2011 North American tour were available last week, and we hear that tickets for the first ten shows sold out rather quickly. Nothing really new there, right? The Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. sold out in five minutes, plus two shows at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, sold out in just two! Is that even possible? More dates are being added, due to demand, so check your local ticket outlets.

Why is the iconic Oakley brand getting into the 3-D glasses business?

Think of the 3-D glasses you’ve seen passed out in movie theaters and advertised for use with 3-D TV’s. The movie theater glasses are flimsy and disposable; the liquid crystal shutter glasses (aka “active shutter glasses”) sold by electronics makers are clunky and need to be charged to work. Even worse, they are only compatible with specific devices–a pair of Sony active glasses will only work with Sony TVs, and so on. Oakley aims to change all of the above by offering attractive, high-quality, passive 3-D glasses that work in theaters, with 3-D video games, and with any passive 3-D TV set regardless of brands.

When the company decided to get involved in the 3-D market two years ago, it chose passive glasses for one simple reason: flexibility. “In most cases, active glasses are slaves to [brands like] JVC, Sony, Pioneer,” explains Oakley CEO Colin Baden. “They’re specific to a set, and it doesn’t get you into a theater. There’s an open platform in passive glasses.”

First up for Oakley’s 3-D technology: special edition Tron-themed glasses, which will retail for $150 when they debut in November.

(note: this is not a picture of Amanda Taylor)

A WOMAN died from blood poisoning just 48 hours after having her tongue pierced to celebrate her birthday, an inquest heard today. Care worker Amanda Taylor, 34 (from England) had wanted the fashion stud for years just like royal Zara Phillips and pop star Pink.

Her parents were against it but reluctantly agreed and Amanda paid £25 to have the 22mm steel bar put through her tongue.

Within two days she was dead after bacteria entered her bloodstream through the piercing hole.
The inquest heard that cops and public health officials found “unhygienic practices” at shop Silverhand Jewellery in Cardiff where the stud was fitted.

Yesterday saw the launch of “smart sizing” for online suit-making, and today’s good news for would-be snappy dressers is that you can order a custom dress shirt & not a boring off-the-peg number! via an iPad app.

If you can afford to drop a minimum of $500 + TAX for an iPad, you’ll probably be cool enough to drop between $45 and $100 on a unique dress shirt to add that individual touch to your office outfit. Us Chill Reporters don’t wear suits, but if we did we’d probably try this App out.

The iPad is turning into one pretty fashion-friendly fashionable gizmo. If you don’t have an iPad you can see the application in action here or customize a shirt yourself from the company’s website blank-label.com.

Gilt Groupe, the online sample sale mega site for fashion, that has made its name as an ultra-exclusive home for top designers, is teaming with up with Target. The invite-only retailer is blossoming into a $500-million business thanks to insider deals on high-end brands such as Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen.

Your Own 3-D Glasses. No germs. Sounds like a great idea, specially as the big movies are going 3-D.

When you saw Avatar, I’m sure you remember the lob-sided, germ-invested 3-D shades you had to wear–you know, the ones with the RealD label that pinched your nose throughout James Cameron’s three-and-a-half hour epic. RealD, the company behind most theaters’ digital projection technology, distributes these free plastic-wrapped shades before each showing. However, eyewear companies such as Look3D and Marchon are moving in on the 3-D glasses market, creating stylish shades for retail. But that’s not a problem for RealD, it just means more profits and advertising.

Marchon’s shades priced between $35 to $100 for each pair, with designer and prescription versions costing even more, it’s perhaps no surprise the 3-D market is booming.

The online fashion market is about to get busier. HauteLook, a members-only online sample sale site, closed a $31 million round of funding headed by Insight Venture Partners (they raised $10 million in funding last year). The company plans to use the money to attract new members, add new sales categories and amp up its social media and mobile platforms.

“People are paying attention to the flash sale space,” Adam Bernhard, HauteLook’s chief executive, told The New York Times. “We’re able to hit the accelerator and grow the business.

Giltt Groupe one of HauteLook’s main competitors, also received $35 million in funding last month and plans to use the money to fund new business initiatives. The two sites have comparable membership bases and boast similar designer names, such as Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta.

WORLD-FAMOUS department store Harrods has been sold, it was reported today. It has been sold by Mohamed al Fayed for $2.25 billion to a buyer understood to be the Qatari royal family, broadcasters reported.

Ken Costa, the chairman of Lazard International, the investment bank advising the family trust on the deal, had just confirmed the sale to him, though he declined to comment on the identity of the purchaser.