Spice Girl wannabe style queen struck an awkward pose

Victoria Beckham fancies herself as something of a style icon but it appears she is taking inspiration from an unlikely source.

The former Spice Girl has copied troubled singing diva Amy Winehouse's exposed bra look in a photoshoot for trendy US designer Marc Jacobs.

But with her silicone enhanced chest bursting forth from the dress' bodice, it made for a particularly vulgar take on the already decidedly common look.
Inspired: Victoria Beckham appears to have been inspired by Amy Winehouse as she reveals her bra-strap in a new Marc Jacobs ad

The wannabe style queen struck an awkward pose - a cross between a teapot and a shop window mannequin - dressed in an outfit which looked much like a decorative toilet roll cover in the latest campaign for the trendy US designer.

As the former Spice Girl modelled her most bizarre look yet for the trendy US designer - full lace gown, and squiggly headpiece - complete with a heavy layer of fake tan for her supposed friend.

But with friends like these, she surely doesn't need any enemies.

Victoria appears in the latest of a series of arty adverts for the popular designer's fashion house Marc Jacobs, which was shot by celebrated fashion photographer Juergen Teller.

The former Spice Girl, has made no secret of her desperate desire to be a style icon, but judging by these pictures she's come up considerably short.

Hoisted up like a shop window mannequin Posh was left inches off the floor, with her usually expressionless face typically devoid of expression.

Teapot: Victoria strikes a teapot like pose in her bizarre outfit which looks like a decorative toilet roll holder

Hopefully the photoshoot she took part in the other day at the Chateau Marmont hotel which go some way to repair the damage.


Today the mother of three, who has launched her own dVb fashion range, was seen shopping at trrendy mall The Grove in LA.

Last night husband David was presented with an award for receiving his 100th cap for representing England.
Victoria was seen out shopping in trendy mall The Grove, in Los Angeles

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Amy Winehouse emerges from rehab

Amy Winehouse appears to be on the mend as she left rehab today looking noticeably healthier.

Although she has spent the past 10 days dealing with her demons, the troubled singer looked decidedly refreshed as she was pictured leaving the London clinic with her father and lawyer.

Dressed in a white skirt and black polka-dot vest, Winehouse appears to have put on weight and looks a far cry from the pale and washed-out figure she presented just a few weeks ago.
Gently does it: Winehouse makes her way around the rehab grounds today, before heading to the UK embassy to update her visa

A spokesperson for the singer confirmed Winehouse on her way to renew her American visa.

The spokesperson told Mail Online: "Amy's doing brilliantly. Everyone has been really happy with her progress in the past week."

The good news comes ahead of the Grammys, due to take place in LA on February 10th, where she has been nominated for six awards including album of the year.
Looking up: The singer's family are delighted at the progress she is making in rehab

Yesterday, her father was with Winehouse's manager who brought the Back to Black star Nandos and diet coke.

At the treatment centre in Marylebone, the singer has been trying to kick her well-documented drug habit.
On the mend: Amy at the rehab facility in London yesterday looking better than she has in recent months. She is pictured on her way to a gym at the facility

After watching their daughter and friend decline in recent months, Mitch and Kelly Osborne took Amy from her East London home to get some help.

The 24-year-old's substance abuse problems reached crisis point after she was caught on video two weeks ago smoking what appeared to be a crack-pipe.

As she decided to go to rehab, her management released a statement saying: "Amy decided to enter the facility today after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors," Universal Music Group said in a statement.

"She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction," the statement said.

When she first checked in, the singer brought two suitcases and two large holdalls, suggesting that she might be staying at the centre for quite some time.

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Stressed Amy Winehouse has jetted off to the Caribbean

Languishing behind bars, her husband is facing up to an exceedingly bleak future.

Life for Amy Winehouse, however, is looking decidedly brighter.

Because the 24-year-old singer has jetted off to the Caribbean for an impromptu holiday to see in the new year.

Accompanied by friends, the Camden-born star paid nearly £6,000 for First Class flights from London to Barbados, where she landed last night.

According to sources close to the musician, she booked the trip only after being informed that her 25-year-old-husband, who is in custody on remand for alleged assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, stood no chance of being let out before his next hearing on January 18.

"Amy has been desperate to escape England and forget about her troubles for the past couple of months," said a friend.

"But she didn't want Blake to feel any more alone or abandoned than he already does so she's waited as long as possible before booking anywhere.

"Blake has given her his full blessing as he knows how stressed and out of sorts she has been of late.

"The plan is for Amy to have a sunshine break, enjoy a few cocktails - and stay away from drugs.

"She has already made a few new year's resolutions and hopes the trip will become a turning point in her life.
Happier times: Amy and Blake share a kiss during their St Lucian break earlier this year

"Amy wants 2008 to be a year of consolidation and, more than anything, for it to be trauma-free.

"She's convinced that Blake will be cleared of all charges and is desperate for the couple to enjoy some regular marital stability."

Quite what the singer plans to do once she hits Barbados is not known although earlier this year, joined by Fielder-Civil, she enjoyed an all-expenses paid beach holiday in St Lucia.

Of course, Miss Winehouse's West Indian jaunt also means she will be in close proximity to some other high profile names.
Amy is preparing to ring in the New Year without her husband

Simon Cowell, Gary Lineker, Michael Winner and Sir Philip Green are all holidaying on the exclusive west coast of the island - but it remains to be seen whether any of them plan to meet up with the troubled singer.

In stark contrast to his wife, Fielder Civil, a self-confessed drug addict, is facing a rather less exotic new year.
He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if found guilty of assaulting a pub landlord and plotting to pervert the course of justice by offering him a significant amount of money to withdraw his allegation and leave the country.

Last week the music video assistant reportedly failed a random drugs test, and was forced to move into the prison's most feared wing.

Miss Winehouse, meanwhile, has also had a fairly unpleasant past few weeks, culminating in her recent arrest in connection with the case against her husband.

In October, shortly before Fielder-Civil's arrest, the couple were arrested by Norwegian police after being found with a stash of cannabis.

And yesterday, it emerged that the jazz star has been ordered by the country's legal system to appear in court to challenge the conviction.

Last month, following a string of erratic concerts, she cancelled the rest of her UK tour, prompting many of her fans to publicly turn against her.

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Amy Winehouse wanders the streets semi-naked - as her mother-in-law says: 'She's taking more drugs than ever'

If Amy Winehouse's fans were hoping she might be trying to get her act together, these pictures will not provide much reassurance.

Barefoot, and clad only in her bra and jeans, the troubled singer emerged from a friend's house in Bow at 5.45am on Sunday looking distressed and agitated - as her mother-in-law says she taking more drugs than ever.
Barefoot and bleary-eyed: A scantily clad Amy Winehouse was seen wandering near her house in a distressed and agitated state around 6am near her north London home on Sunday

Onlookers said she appeared disorientated as she wandered around on the pavement for several minutes in the freezing cold before disappearing back inside.

The 24-year-old singer, who cancelled her UK tour last week, has ignored pleas from her family to seek help for her addiction to drugs.

They had hoped that she would return to the Causeway Clinic in Essex, where she has already had two failed attempts to get herself clean.

Instead, she has been 'resting' at a friend's house in East London.

Quite why she came outside only half dressed in the early hours is unclear. One onlooker said she looked up and down the road as if she was waiting for someone, but no one arrived at the house.

"She came out of the house, walked down the drive and wandered around on the pavement for a bit.

"She looked upset and agitated but there was no obvious reason for her to have come outside. It was weird."
The drugs don't work: Amy's teeth are said to be falling out because of her drug abuse

Neglect: Amy's mother-in-law Georgette Civil, seen here in November has accused the singer of neglecting her son

Amy's nocturnal walkabout came as Blake's mother Georgette lashed out at the ailing singer accusing her of taking "more drugs than ever" and of neglecting son Blake in prison.

She has reportedly only visited her husband at Pentonville Prison twice in the past few weeks - incurring the wrath of Georgette, who has laid into her for not looking after Blake.

Blake, 25, is on remand facing charges of GBH and perverting the course of justice. He is allowed only two 90-minute visits a week.

Amy was supposed to take clothes and personal items into prison for Blake, but Georgette said he was forced to go without for days until she had to go shopping and buy him some outfits.

She said: "Amy's having trouble getting her head together about anything right now. It's desperately sad and we're all so worried about her mental and emotional well-being. She needs professional help."

While Blake is said to have weaned himself off drugs while in prison, Amy has reportedly been on three-day benders without sleeping.

Georgette added: "Amy is still using drugs when Blake's in prison. She is using more cocaine and heroin now than ever. She can't stop crying and keeps saying all she wants is peace. She's not eating or sleeping properly and is in pieces."
Blast: Blake's mother Georgette blasted Amy for taking more drugs than ever and doing 'nothing' to help Blake while in prison

But Amy's dad Mitch, 57, complained that Georgette, 42, has booked all the visits so his daughter has to "scream and beg" to see her husband.

"Hair salon boss Georgette hit back by telling Closer magazine: "I've had to help Amy see him in prison, because she had no idea that all visits are pre-booked and she can't just turn up to see him.

"Amy has hardly stopped crying, but what has she actually done to help Blake? "Nothing."

She added: "Mitch should put his energy into getting his daughter in rehab, not verbally attacking me."

Georgette's claims that Amy's drug abuse is worsening appear to be supported by a series of pictures of the singer last week looking clearly the worse for wear with specks of white powder in her nostril.

And in another report the singer is said to be "falling apart mentally and physically" and has developed a nervous disposition which causes her to constantly pull at her teeth.
Street-walker: Last week she was photographed in Brighton wandering the streets in the early hours with sore-looking nostril

"Amy is very upset about her teeth because they have literally been falling out," a source said last night.

"Amy is very upset about her teeth because they have literally been falling out," a source said.

"She has one missing from the front of her mouth, and another one at the back which is less visible.

"Her mouth is full of holes and she is desperately worried she is going to lose more. She has actually pulled a tooth out herself, which is absolutely disgusting."

Amy was photographed following a recent gig in Brighton pulling at her teeth and covering her mouth in a bid to hide the missing teeth

"She picks at them all the time," the source said.

"Her gums are always red and sore as a result of it and some of the teeth are loosening."

The singer apologised to fans after cancelling her tour last week but explained that she was unable to perform on stage without support from her incarcerated husband.

Her spokesman said she had scrapped all live shows and promotional appearances for the remainder of the year on the instruction of her doctor, adding that 'the rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain Amy has been under in recent weeks have taken their toll.'

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Have you been to powder your nose, Amy Winehouse?

With her husband behind bars and her career in crisis, you would think Amy Winehouse would want to keep her nose clean.

But as she left her latest gig, the troubled singer seemed to have other ideas.

As she walked out to greet waiting fans, the 24-year-old had a suspicious white substance lodged in her nostril.
A suspicious trace of white powder up Amy Winehouse’s nose, arrowed

The singer, who has previously admitted to a heroin addiction and once collapsed after a drugs overdose, seemed oblivious to it.

But she provoked concern at the gig after she arrived 40 minutes late on stage, rambled incoherently and disappeared off-stage repeatedly.

One concert-goer said: "She was drinking on stage but disappeared about three times for up to five minutes each time.
Help: Amy has looked increasingly troubled since her husband Blake Fielder was locked up

"She started rambling more as the gig went on and made less and less sense the longer she was on stage.

"She said she was going to introduce her band then walked off stage, so they had to do it themselves.

"She made a couple of false starts at the beginning of songs."
Show must go on: Amy performed in Blackpool as part of her UK tour

Miss Winehouse told the audience at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool that she dearly loved her husband Blake Fielder-Civil - the 25- year- old was remanded in custody a fortnight ago accused of perverting the course of justice and causing grievous bodily harm.

Miss Winehouse said she had missed his prison phone call that night and added: "He would have loved to have been here. I spoke to him last night but I can only call either before or after EastEnders."

Her erratic behaviour continued as she leapt off stage to hug a teenager in the audience with a copycat beehive.

Later she took the girl, named Lucy, backstage for a makeover and gave her her earrings.
Hair pair: The singer with her behived fan Lucy

As she left the concert Miss Winehouse seemed in high spirits - in contrast to her opening night in Birmingham last week.

Miss Winehouse's mother Janis, 52, said she was glad Fielder-Civil was behind bars because it would give her daughter a chance to be weaned off drugs.

She told First magazine: "Thank God he's gone inside. I was more worried when they were together."

But despite her many critics it emerged last night that Winehouse has at least one ally in her battle against drugs: Pete Doherty.

The Babyshambles frontman, 28, who has hit the rocks with his addiction many times more, said he and the soul singer were helping each other.

Doherty said: "I speak to Amy almost every day. She just wants her man back for Christmas. They are desperately in love.

"One good thing is that Blake has got clean since he has been in prison. It's been quite an awakening.

"They are going to lose each other if it carries on. Love, music and melody is the way forward."

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Amy's not-so-glamorous poolside display of tattoos and scars

Engaged singer Amy Winehouse puts on a show poolside - but she ditches the designer bikini for an old pair of cut-off denim shorts, lacy black bra-top - and a display of wild sailor-style tattoos and old scars.

Amy showed off her unusual 'body art' at an exclusive resort in Miami Beach, where she is enjoying a sun-drenched break with fiance Blake Fielder-Civil.

Rough guide to glamour: The singer, left, when she launched her career in 2003 and right, now she has covered her rail-thin body in 13 sailor-style tattoos

Amy admitted to a period of self-harm which started when she was nine

The rail-thin singer, looked somewhat out of place in the gorgeous surroundings in her tatty shorts, layer of black-inked tattoos, and heavily scarred arms which betray a legacy of self-harm.

Amy admitted to self-harming in an interview with a music magazine. She told Q magazine: "It's a funny thing, a morbid curiosity. What does that feel like? 'Ow, that f*****g hurts.' It's probably the worst thing I've done."

And speaking about her 13 tattoos, she said: "It's a way of suffering for the things that mean a lot to you. Actually I like the pain. To me, it relieves you."

Amy Winehouse ditches traditional poolside glamour for a display of tatty shorts and black lacy bra top, tattoos and scars from a period of self-harming

The singer has changed dramatically since she first burst into the charts in 2003. Her jazz-influenced torch-singer style has been rapidly replaced by a hard-drinking, rock and roll lifestyle, coupled with drastic weightloss which has caused concern for her well-being.

Winehouse, who has been doing a series of warm-up gigs in the US before she starts touring in September dismissed reports she is in Miami for a quickie wedding this week.

Although she seems very loved up with fiance Fielder-Civil, the inspiration for her smash album Back to Black, she told The Mirror talk of a wedding was premature: "We're just chilling out, having a good time...We only just got engaged!".

All covered up: Amy and fiance Blake Fielder-Civil enjoy a sundrenched break and dismiss rumours that marriage is imminent

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