No Doubt Scrapbook

Gwen and Gavin are featured in this week’s Star magazine in the UK (dated May 19th 2008) with a photograph from their trip to Santa Barbara Pier in California on April 25th. There are more candids from this day at Celebrity Gossip.

Smooth Sailing

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale enjoy a walk on the pier in sunny Santa Barbara. Things are going smoothly once again for Gwen, 38, after some initial discomfort during the pregnancy of her second child. “It was really tough for her, and she was really tired and really suffering,” says hubby Gavin, 42. “It was hard, but now she’s blossoming and in great shape. I think the second one is going to be really hard. I’m just trying to be right there for her and help her through it.” Gwen and Gavin expect a little brother or sister for 23-month-old Kingston in July.

Thanks to Amy at EverythingInTime.com
The Executive editor from V Magazine, Julie Ann Quay, mentions Gwen Stefani’s V feature in an interview on nymag.com. Julie is also pictured holding her favourite choice of Gwen’s three covers.

We have six covers a year, so we aren’t concerned about what actress has a movie coming out or whatever. With Gwen Stefani, it wasn’t like, “Oh, she has an album, let’s put her on the cover.” Rather, we just pick the people we want to celebrate and serenade.

I’ve uploaded some fab new layouts for the No Doubt Scrapbook site today. So, you can still customise the site by clicking on your favourite album in the sidebar. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>

The theme switcher will even remember your choice for the next time you visit the site! I hope you like

Please bear with me while I iron out any issues with the layouts.

Also…

I’ve been a bit lax on uploading clippings that people have sent me and finishing the article archive but I will definitely be back on top of things this week, so look forward to some great new content! C

Thanks to JaChiKo and Carly at NDWeb.com

Gwen is featured in Koneko a Anime/Manga magazine from Germany. The clipping compares the logos for Gwen’s L Fragrance with the japenese film “Death Note” as both use the same font.

With thanks to Harajuku Jane, here are the latest magazine clippings from UK publications OK, Grazia and Star magazines.

Superstar Stefani

Gwen’s our fave fashion and pop icon and all-round quirky chick - No Doubt about it!

Hi there, Gwen! Good to catch up with you - how are you doing?
“I’m great, thanks!”

You’re famed for your bold fashion statements and for being a trendsetter. Do you choose all your outfits yourself?
“Well, I have stylists who bring things in for me, although I still get very excited about what I’m going to wear every day! I used to make my own clothes when I was younger, too, so it’s very exciting for me!” Read the rest of this article »

Gwen is on the cover of Mizz magazine in the UK. I will hopefully have full scans and the mini-interview up here this weekend.

I also finally have V magazine so I will put the full interview up as soon as I can

Gwenopolis

Having just come off a world tour promoting her record-breaking solo career and right before she steps into the studio with her old cohorts No Doubt, singer Gwen Stefani is flying too fast and bright to slow down. It’s safe to say that Stefani has become one of the gods of today’s pop music world, with plenty of devoted followers. Welcome to Gwenopolis.

A few days before I’m supposed to meet Gwen Stefani in Los Angeles for this interview, I just happen to run into her in a Virgin Megastore. Not surprisingly, Gwen is striking-movie-star blonde, impossibly big brown eyes, impeccable style. She also happens to be standing in a clear plastic box and is approximately 12″ tall. It’s the “Hollaback Gwen” doll, a fascinating (and, in this case, adorable) barometer of fame. It’s one thing to acquire international pop-star status, your own fashion empire, a level of wealth unimaginable to most humans, and what appears to be an enviable level of domestic bliss (right after this interview took place, Stefani indeed became pregnant with a second child). It’s quite another to actually see yourself immortalized in toy form. Read the rest of this article »

The Reign of Cool

Gwen Stefani talks to Emma Sloley about making fashion in the fast lane.

The court of Gwen Stefani, it has to be said, is not unlike that of a modern-day Marie Antoinette. There are the loyal subjects to consider, stylish types of all fashion bustling around in a controlled frenzy of organizing and delegating. Instead of ladies in-waiting holding fans or champagne glasses, her crew is clutching clipboards and iPhones. There is the room itself, a magnificent high-ceilinged atelier tricked out in black-and-white-striped upholstery, mirrored walls and banquettes running the length of the picture windows (the head quarters for Stefani’s fashion line, L.A.M.B, in New York’s SoHo). And there is Stefani, resplendent amid the chaos in her signature sartorial finery: platinum-blond hair swept back in a slick, immovable ponytail, huge false eyelashes, poppy-red lips and an immaculate all-black outfit, with the pièce de résistance being a pair of towering black and white checkerboard heels. The requisite bling shows up as a diamond necklace spelling out “Stefani,” which swings around her neck. The scene comes complete with an heir apparent, the aptly named Kingston, who runs in at one point to test out his new throne, a black-and-white-striped mini-chair that his mother had made just for him. Read the rest of this article »

Big thanks again go to iamanodoubtfreak4ever who has been sending over a mass of new clippings for the gallery including these fantastic magazine adverts for No Doubt’s Everything In Time and The Singles releases, also for Gwen Stefani’s Love Angel Music Baby album.

Do you have any clippings to donate to the gallery?? You can use the contact form to upload them or send them straight over to christinasparkle[AT]hotmail.co.uk