Fashionably late: Kate Moss stuns in sequinned LBD and leopard print coat as she arrives for post-GQ Awards party after skipping the main event

As one of the world's most iconic supermodels, Kate Moss' name is always down on the guest list.

But the 41-year-old decided to skip one of the year's glitziest galas - the GQ Awards - and headed straight to the after party instead.

The beauty must have spent most of the evening getting ready for the bash in London as she put on a headturning display as she arrived.

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Fashionably late: Kate Moss arrived in style at the GQ Awards afterparty after skipping the main ceremony on Monday evening

Despite snubbing the main event, Kate looked red carpet ready in a stunning sequinned little black dress that showed off her slim legs.

For an added touch of glamour, the supermodel threw a leopard print coat over her shoulders.

She kept with the demure theme with her hair and make-up, putting her blonde locks in a chic up-do while adding a striking pair of emerald earrings.

The supermodel would have caught up on all the gossip from her fellow star-studded revellers who had attended the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday evening. 

Supermodel chic: The beauty must have spent most of the evening getting ready for the bash, held at PR boss Matthew Freud's London home, as she put on a headturning display as she arrived

Ready for my close-up: Despite snubbing the main event, Kate looked red carpet ready in a stunning sequinned little black dress that showed off her slim legs

Is she fur real? For an added touch of glamour, the supermodel threw a leopard print coat over her shoulders

Catwalk to sidewalk: She kept with the demure theme with her hair and make-up, putting her blonde locks in a chic up-do while adding a striking pair of emerald earrings

Game on: GOT star Emilia Clarke looked in high spirits as she arrived for the post-awards show bash

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Q&A: Patsy, Eddie and friend Kate Moss hit the big screen

LONDON — Champagne socialites Eddie and Patsy are back onscreen in a movie spin-off of the hugely popular BBC television series “Absolutely Fabulous.” The film comes 24 years after the self-absorbed duo, played by Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, first hit TV screens in 1992. The pair sat down to talk about the transformation to the big screen, convincing supermodel Kate Moss to film in the Thames and the possibility of more movies. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity:

Associated Press: Was the series always going to be a film? Was that always in the back of your minds that you’d put it onto the big screen?

Joanna Lumley: It was always in the back of Jennifer’s mind ever since I placed it there in 1995. So, she’s been thinking about this for a long time.

Jennifer Saunders: Yeah, every time I saw you, you’d go to me, “Do a film, write a film, write a film.”

AP: Honestly, really, was it?

Saunders: Seriously, and then she started telling the press that I was writing a film, so I actually had to write a film. Otherwise I just look stupid. “What happened to the film?” We go, “There was no film, Joanna made it up.”

AP: Getting Kate Moss on board — was she written in from the beginning?

Saunders: I wrote the whole thing and then forgot to ask her. Wrote the whole thing, sold it to Fox and the BBC and they said, “So Kate’s up for it?” I went, (snaps fingers) “Got to ask Kate.” I just thought she’d be cool about it and she was cool about it. She’s, you know... I thought, well if she says no, we have to get a picture of her or something and push it off the balcony.

Lumley: Did you really think that? You didn’t think that would work on a movie did you? You didn’t think pushing a photograph off the edge would work?

Saunders: To be honest, I didn’t think it through.

Lumley: No, you haven’t thought it through, Jennifer. This is not the first time.

Saunders: No, I know. We were very lucky — very lucky — that she said yes.

AP: And she’s such a good sport, as well. I mean, was she actually in the Thames?

Lumley: Oh my God yes.

Saunders: Yes. She was so good and people were going, “Have a cup of tea, have a blanket” and she’d go, “Oh, you’re all being so nice. If this was a modeling shoot they’d just leave me here and tell me to stop shivering.”

AP: What was the atmosphere like on set, was there any actual partying?

Saunders: It’s hard work because you have to fit an awful lot into a day and you cannot afford to get behind because if you start getting behind then everything falls apart. So, we’re on a very tight schedule and we moved like the wind.

Lumley: We did, however, have a lunch break when we were filming the Hookie Mookie party and we had a lunch break at the wonderful old Prospect of Whitby, which is one of the most ancient of the English pubs, London pubs.

Saunders: We were filming right opposite there, yeah.

Lumley: And who was in there?

Saunders: There was a lunch and then we got a picture of it, all sitting outside the pub, and it was you, Kate, Gwendoline Christie, Jon Hamm, Janette Tough.

Lumley: You.

Saunders: Celia Imrie, Bruno Tonioli. It’s just like...

Lumley: It was extraordinary. This is just a sample of some of us clumped together there eating fish and chips.

Saunders: We were all going, “Look at that picture.” Lulu and Emma Bunton probably.

Lumley: Yes, I think she was there. The pub was really cool. They just brought us food.

Saunders: Honestly it was... We had such a lovely time that day. Just hanging out at the Prospect of Whitby with the gang.

AP: And do you think this movie is paving the way for any more? Can you see a sequel or more films coming out?

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Lumley: Yes we can.

Saunders: You see, she’s started already. She’s started already.

Lumley: Yes. I am pleased to say we can see a future.

Saunders: She’s started already. In a year’s time people will be going, “Where’s the sequel, Jennifer?” I’ll say, “There was no sequel. There was no movie.”

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Kate Moss reveals favourite phone app is Aussie train safety campaign Dumb Ways to Die

SUPERMODEL Kate Moss has given a fashionable nod to Aussie train safety campaign Dumb Ways to Die. 
 
The bizarre plug came during an interview with a British journalist while the supermodel launched her own range of car phone accessories.

"You will so regret you asked me that," Moss said when questioned on her favourite phone application, in which players have to prevent various characters from dying a gruesome death.


"It is totally addictive."

The UK supermodel said it was her favourite phone app.

The animated public service announcement, which was created by ad agency McCann to promote rail safety for Melbourne's Metro Trains, has been viewed more than 54 million times since it was launched in November.

One cool parody

The phone application was developed off the back of the video, which won a record five prizes at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity - the advertising industry's version of the Academy Awards.

The catchy tune was written by Cat Empire keyboardist Ollie McGill and performed by Tinpan Orange singer Emily Lubitz and made it into the top 10 on the global iTunes charts 24 hours after release.

The video was controversially blocked from YouTube in Russia after local government agency Roskomnadzor deemed it inappropriate.

Underneath the humour is a serious message warning people of the dangers of stupid behaviour.

The song outlines a series of stupid scenarios like using out-of-date prescription medication, using your "private parts" as pirhana bait, standing too close to the edge of a train platform, poking a stick at a grizzly bear, setting fire to your hair and eating superglue.

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False eyelashes are back in style

Women have worn false eyelashes to look glamorous, coquettish and coy since their invention in 1916. When supermodels Twiggy (1960s) and Kate Moss (1980s) adorned them — accenting the waif look — the beauty industry could not manufacture artificial eyelashes fast enough.

• Christine Deihl, a hairdresser at Shear Design in Stroudsburg, left, applies fake eyelashes to Wanda Robles, of Bushkill.
   
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  Women have worn false eyelashes to look glamorous, coquettish and coy since their invention in 1916.

  When supermodels Twiggy (1960s) and Kate Moss (1980s) adorned them — accenting the waif look — the beauty industry could not manufacture artificial eyelashes fast enough.

  But, like most things, the eyelash fads eventually faded, in favor of the fresh-face natural look.

  However, in the past two years, false eyelashes have become popular again, said Christine Deihl, a hair designer and makeup artist at Shear Design Salon and Spa, Stroudsburg.

  Eyelash extensions have definitely gotten a lot more publicity in the last year, said Courtney Akai, who owns several upscale lash salons in Manhattan. "People are realizing the huge difference extensions can make on your eye," she said.

  Deihl added, "Just about every wedding party we book for makeup and hair also has eyelashes put on."

  Several types of lashes exist, and it depends on what you want to spend and how long you want to wear them, Deihl said. "The most affordable are made from synthetic material, but they also come in silk and mink."

  Synthetic and silk lashes are the most popular because both materials can allow the lashes to be thick and lush or natural as opposed to mink, which are higher priced and are only used for the natural look, Akai said.

  Most wedding parties want synthetic lash strips that come in black or brown and are glued to the eyelid with epoxy, Deihl said.

  "Usually this type is worn just one day for the event and can be easily removed with warm water," she said. The cost is around $25 for the upper eyelid. Normally the lower eyelashes are not extended because the bottom lashes are shorter and don't hold any type of lash well.

  Also popular are cluster lashes that are bonded to your real lashes. The bonding uses glue, but not epoxy, and the lashes will last as long as real eyelashes do — about 30 days.

  "Your eyelashes have around a 30-day growing cycle similar to hair," Deihl said.

  Cluster-type lashes last longer, but to maintain the look, you need a touch-up every two to three weeks to replace any eyelashes that have fallen out. These can cost as much as $50, depending on what the lashes are made from. This does not include the cost of maintenance touch-up.

  If you want to spend even more to enhance what Mother Nature gave you, there is also the single-lash extension.

  The single synthetic or silk lashes bond to each individual lash and not your skin, so the eyelash extensions can last up to two months, "but it really depends on how fast the client's own lashes fall out," she said.

  It can take more than two hours to have the single lashes applied and cost can be up to $200 or more, depending on how long it takes the technician.

  Because of the cost, Deihl said the salon has only a few clients who want single lashes done and no clients willing to fork out for mink eyelashes.

  Akai has clients that mix mink with silk and synthetic lashes. "Mink lashes are the lightest and most natural lash you can get. They give a luxurious feel because they are so soft," she said. "Jennifer Lopez has been known to wear them, so they also have a celebrity appeal."

  The downside is they can cost between $300 to $500, not including maintenance.

  Most eye doctors say that if you are careful, the fake eyelashes will not usually cause eye problems, such as irritation, redness, etc. And, consumers need to be fully aware of their own health conditions, such as allergies to latex gloves and/or glues, and be vigilant in finding salons that have hygenic practices.

  Dr. Brian J. Olzinski, Stroudsburg Eye Specialist, said, "Any time you put something foreign in or near your eye, you are taking a risk with your sight."

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