The Best Fashion Moments in 2011

From super stylish parties in Cannes to ultra-sexy Victoria's Secret models, FashionTV remembers the greatest fashion moments of 2011.

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This year, FashionTV highlights the style moments that took our breath away and transformed beauties, visions, and inspirations into works of art.

Who can forget Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and the other sexy girls of Victoria's Secret as they sashayed down the runway for the 2011 fashion show in stunning superhero costumes and sequined disco numbers?

What about Sarah Burton's rise to the top at Alexander McQueen when FashionTV and the rest of the world learned she designed Prince William's bride Kate Middleton's wedding dress? Just a day later, she was being honored as part of the McQueen label by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala!

Fashion shows like Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui in New York, Burberry and Vivienne Westwood in London, Dsquared2 and Roberto Cavalli in Milan, and Prada and Balmain in Paris left us clamoring for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 trends and not just because their front rows were packed withcelebrityandfashion heavyweights.

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The dapper duds of Mad Men met high-fashion on the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 runway at Paris Fashion Week, where pussy bow blouses, pinstripes, and gloves took center stage in the return of 50s sophisticate trends. Hats, gloves, and retro prints were also imitated in major boutiques.

For haute couture, Elie Saab reigned supreme with his clever composition of beautiful embroidered bodices and frothy feminine gowns. Gucci's Milan Fall 2011 collection was so popular it was seen on Tokyo model Ai Tominaga and actress Jennifer Lopez.

FashionTV partied around the world with the best of them, hitting up bashes like the Flavio Briatore's Billionaire Club during Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monte Carlo and store openings like the Jean Paul Gaultier concept shop in Ginza, Tokyo, where the designer dressed up as an astronaut. At the celebrity soiree from De Grisogono during the Cannes Film Festival, guests like Bianca Balti, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas, and Carine Roitfeld made appearances, and FashionTV had the exclusive!

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FashionTV also featured the best fashion photographs with an inside look at major photoshoots like the sexy 13th edition of the Campari Calendar with Milla Jovovich featuring Milla in many sexy costumes and an “end of the world” theme and a behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the 2012 Pirelli Calendar with models like Joan Smalls, Lara Stone, and Kate Moss posing nude for fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti. Photographer Giuliano Bekor stunned with his photos of model Jessica Perez wearing leopard print for Shape magazine's June 2011 issue.

For fashion, 2011 was full of memorable moments that will last a lifetime. FashionTV wants to relive those moments with you this month!

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Girls who are boys

They can switch up their look and transform from a man into a woman in the blink of an eye. They model men’s and women’s clothes and on stage you hardly know that the super sexy woman model is, well, actually a male. Andrej Pejic, Lea T. and Tilda Swinton are just few of the androgynous models. The boundaries between men and women were never so blurry.

In the 21st century it seems like boundaries no longer exist. Internet and smart phones bridge gaps of place and time, unisex clothes blur the differences between male and female. When it comes to fashion, designers and photographers are a crucial part of this tendency. Not only do they create fashion items that can fit both men and women, they are also using androgynous models that dare fashion visions and axiom as we know them.

Biologically speaking, androgynous is a human being who has both a male and female reproductive system. Androgynous models manage to ignite the imagination of many fashion designers and photographers.

Andrej Pejic is one of the most successful androgynous models out there. He was born in Serbia and always had a very unique and gentle look. Though his first steps in the fashion industry weren’t so easy, nowadays you can see him on the runways and on a plethora of fashion magazine covers.

Whereas other androgynous models specialize in modeling women’s or men’s wear, Pejic is most famous for his ability to model both genders. In January of 2011, Pejic walked for Jean Paul Gaultier during Paris Fashion Week dressed as a woman, and in Marc Jacobs’ show he modeled menswear. He also participated in Burberry Prosum fashion show and looked gorgeous on the runway surrounded by beautiful female models. Lately Pejic has been leading a campaign for a mega push-up bra for the Dutch company, Hema.

However, Andrej Pejic is not the only androgynous model you can see on ads. Brazilian Lea T. is another famous androgynous model, who Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci called “a true Goddess.” In 2010 she became the face of Givenchy and in January of 2011 she walked for Alexandre Herchcovitch during Sao Paolo fashion week. Her modeling career included several appearances on fashion magazines covers. Most controversial was the cover for Love Magazine where she was featured kissing Kate Moss.

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Tilda Swinton is a talented actress and a beautiful model who easily transforms herself from female to male. She is the face of Pringle of Scotland Fashion House and inspired a full Viktor & Rolf collection in 2003. Her ability to blur the boundaries between traditional genders was evident both on the runways and on the big screen where she played the role of Mozart in the movie “Orlando”.Late top designer Alexander McQueen also noticed the exotic androgynous trend. In his last menswear collection, McQueen included David Chiang, another famous androgynous model. Chiang is the first Asian male model ever to walk for Italian label Emporio Armani. His soft skin and smooth hair along with delicate facial features caught the eyes of fashion photographers such as Steven Klein and paved Chiang’s way to many well-known fashion magazines.

Androgynous models show more than anything that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The fashion world has more than enough room to express every phenomena and style. The question is -- can you enjoy the show no matter who walks on the runway? If the answer is yes, we can be sure -- fashion has won.