GANGNAM STYLE

Gangnam Style tops the UK Charts 

The global phenomenon that is Gangnam style has topped the UK singles chart.
Gangnam Style, by Korean pop star Psy, has been on a six week journey up through the Official Singles Chart, where last weekend it entered the Top 5. Sales this week surged by 73% to push it all the way to the top, toppling The Script by a comfortable margin of 26,000 copies.
In doing so, Psy gives the UK its first ever K-Pop Number 1.

A proud Psy has revealed his plans to celebrate by paying the UK a visit very soon, telling the OfficialCharts.com: "Thanks to all the UK fans out there for supporting me and Gangnam Style. Guess what? I am coming!"
The video, which parodies the dance moves of wannabe trendies in the posh Gangnam district of Korean capital Seoul, has been viewed 310 million times on YouTube and has made celebrity fans of Robbie Williams, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Tom Cruise, all of whom have either commented about or shared it via Twitter.
More staggering still, with more than three million thumbs up, Gangnam Style is the most 'liked' video in YouTube history.    

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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER S/S 2013

The Enfant Terrible of fashion Jean Paul Gaultier paid tribute to the popstars of the eighties at his
runway show for Paris Fashion Week S/S 2013.



rom Madonna to Michael Jackson, Grace Jones to Sade: Jean-Paul Gaultier feted the pop and style icons of the 1980s on Saturday with a rebelliously joyful collection for next spring.

“Just because there’s an economic crisis, doesn’t mean we all have to act all miserable, and show depressing clothes,” the designer joked with reporters after the show, midway through Paris Fashion Week.

“Why should it all be about minimalism? There’s room for joy as well.”

Stiletto-heeled dancers shimmied around on a decor of scaffolding, mirrored balls hanging from the ceiling, to one 1980s hit after another, as the models stepped out - all cast as lookalikes of one or other pop icon.

First “Grace Jones” in a tuxedo — reworked Gaultier style as a sleeveless pantsuit.

A whole series of “Madonnas” walked out, first in a dominatrix cage-dress, then evolving towards the lingerie-inspired look of the pop diva’s “Like a Virgin” era.

“Boy George” was an excuse for a series of Japanese-inspired print dresses and pants.

“Sade” wore sleek dresses of woven black raffia, while Michael Jackson burst on stage in shiny perfecto jackets worn over bright little bikinis, tilting his hat and grabbing his crotch in true “King of Pop” style.

“In the ’80s there were all these crazy looks, whereas nowadays it’s all about copying what others are doing, like kind of clones,” Gaultier said.

The designer said his collection was about “people who had an influence on fashion, just as I was personally influenced by David Bowie in his way of being and dressing.”

“Madonna was the post-feminist, what came after the bra-burning years. She said ‘Yes, I am going to dress sexy, but I am the one deciding to do it’.”

“Boy George with his totally ambiguous look and songs like ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me’, was also making a statement.”

“They all had a look, but also an aesthetic that made people sit up and react.”