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Amerikanske Fumi (32) går fra Will Smith til Varg Veum

Trailer fra «Varg Veum - De døde har det godt» Se flere videoer fra VGTV(VG Nett) Fumi Desalu-Vold har jobbet som modell, og samarbeidet med Will Smith. Nå er hun klar som leder for et asylmottak i den nye «Varg Veum»-filmen.
- Jeg har bodd i Norge i to år, kjærligheten fikk meg hit! forteller Fumi Desalu-Vold som fant kjærligheten i den tidligere svømmeren Ole Vold fra Bergen.
VGTV: Se traileren til «De døde har det godt»
Snart er hun premiereklar i den nye Varg Veum-filmen «De døde har det godt», men Fumi har en lang og innholdsrik karriere bak seg allerede.
Les også:Kinorekord for Varg Veum
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FRA WILL TIL VARG: Fumi Desalu-Vold jobbet med Will Smith i «Hancock». 20. januar får vi se henne med Trond Espen Seim i «Varg Veum - De døde har det godt». Foto: Privat/SF Norge AS.
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OBAMA-FAN: Fumi Desalu-Vold på en photoshoot med sokker som hyller den amerikanske presidenten. Foto: Privat
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PÅ JOBB I NEW YORK: Fumi Desalu-Vold under et oppdrag for Elle Magazine. Foto: Privat
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NEW NAME....
FUMI'S FASHION FILES.
NEW HOME
WWW.FUMISFASHIONFILES.COM

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BLOGG.NO.
I had a wonderful time blogging on this site and I made a lot of friends as well, I hope that u will all come with me as I go on to the next chapter of my social life at www.FUMISFASHIONFILES.com
love & kisses 4 always
Fumi Desalu-Vold.
Hello my darling Fashionistas.
First of all my blog (this blog) has found a new home on blogspot which I'll be setting up this weekend.
Secondly this blog or the new one will no longer be called GLAMOUR GIRL.
I believe that when one goes to a new country it's important to understand the mentality of the people living there and to also respect it, since you also want to have a wonderful life there as well.
I say all of this b'cos I just found out that the word "Glamour girl' or 'Glamour models' is associated with PAGE 3 girls or to put it more bluntly .....Page 3 girls that are topless!!!!!! YIKES!
I'm an American and 'Glamour girl' is associated with being fasionable, stylish and glamourous like Kim Kardashian or Diana Ross. We have a very successful magazines called 'Glamour' and a junior magazine actually called 'Glamour Girl'.
So that was why I named my blog 'Glamour girl' becoause it represented everything fun, fresh and fashionable. I am NOT oppossed to Glamour models, the point is that this is NOT what my blog is about and so I have let go of the name so that my darling Norwegian fashionistas do NOT mix the two together.
I believe that when in Rome, you should do as the Romans do!..........smiling.
Thank you for your loyal dedication and I'll be back with lots of fashionable goodies for all of you.
at www.Fumisfashionfiles.com
Yours truly,
Fumi Desalu-Vold.

xoxo GG.


Darling Yves, I miss u, perhaps the most this season.
The fall winter collection, literally from every fashion house, from Milan to Paris to London to New York had the finger print of the late Yves St Laurent in their AW winter 2011/2012 collections!
From GUCCI
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2 H&M!!!............
.......It all reminded me of the GLAMOUR, ELEGANCE & CLASS of Yves. A true genious that has continued to live on through his unforgetable designes that he has left for us to enjoy & reinvent again & again.
I haven't done a biography on anybody until now, but I truly belive that Yves St Laurent deserves it.
Enjoy.
Imagine walking into a chic restaurant and being told that you have to leave because you are wearing pants. Sound strange? Well in 1963, it happened to women all the time.
Have you ever thought about the reasons why certain clothes are socially acceptable while others aren't? There are lots of reasons. The legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is one of them.

When Saint Laurent announced his retirement from his chic Paris fashion studio in January 2002, it was considered by many to be the end of an era. He is considered by many of the world's best-
dressed people to be the inventor of modern fashion.
Besides that, he is seen as the last of a generation of clothing designers that made the Rive Gauche (French for "Left Bank" of the Seine River in Paris) home to the most talented fashion designers in the world. These designers included Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, and Hubert de Givenchy -- all people who helped make Paris the international capital of fashion.
Saint Laurent got his big break when he was only 17 years old. The shy young designer began to work for the fashion legend, Christian Dior, & by the time he was 21, Saint Laurent was in charge of Dior's empire.
He immediately started to develop a unique style that combined Dior's elegance and tradition with a more wearable, realistic style.
Saint Laurent struck out on his own in 1961, opening his own fashion house where he created haute couture for socialites and celebrities. Haute couture (which literally means "high sewing" in French) is a term for the fashion houses and
designers that create exclusive, trend-setting styles.
The people who wear haute couture don't go to a store and pick clothing off a rack like we mere mortals, nope, they go to a studio (called an atelier in the Parisian fashion world) and meet with the designer. Ooooooooh I wish I could do that!
The designer works with the customer to create a piece of clothing exactly suited to their proportions. The result is a piece that is one of a kind, and costs thousands of dollars. Oooooooops! Maybe not!
The inspiration for Saint Laurent's clothing came from cultures across the globe. An important source of inspiration for both his clothing and his choice of runway models was his childhood in AFRICA. He was also the first major designer to use models from a variety of different ethnic backgrounds.
And contributed to making Super Model IMAN an International STAR!

Super Model IMAN in the 70's modeling for YSL.
He considered the Super model 'IMAN' the ideal woman & they became very good friends outside of their professional relationship.

Saint Laurent's trendsetting clothes not only changed the look of high fashion but also the life of the average woman.
Aaaaaaaaaaand was the first designer to use only BLACK models for an entire show. Phew! U gotta love him. Big heart, great talent!

Aside from his haute couture clothing, he offered another clothing line for women available in department stores, eg MACYS / BLOOMINGDALES.
The designs from this line often turned heads and changed the lives of the women who wore them.
Saint Laurent's goal in designing clothes for women was "not just to make women more beautiful but to reassure them and give them confidence."
In the 1960s and 1970s, when women were joining the workforce in millions for the first time, Saint Laurent designed more gender-neutral looks based on pants and jackets. No longer did women feel like they needed to wear only skirts and blouses.
The change was met with resistance. There are famous stories of women wearing Saint Laurent's pantsuits who were turned away from hotels and
restaurants in London and New York.
On more than one occasion, women wearing Yves Saint Laurent's pantsuits would simply take off their pants and walk into the restaurant wearing only the jacket part of the suit! They were protesting the fact that other people could dictate what they were allowed to wear.
Just the other day I saw American reality SUPERSTAR Kim Kardashian, in an ensamble that reminded me so much of Yves.

American Reality star Kim Kardashian.

Another clothing item of his that became popular was a jacket called "le smoking," which is a square-shouldered tuxedo for women, commonly referred to as the 'Smoking Jacket'.

The 'SMOKING' JACKET.
When the jacket first appeared in his 1966 fall-winter collection, it immediately became a groundbreaking landmark in fashion history because it blurred the lines between traditional male and female style aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.....it was so SEXY! All u needed were black stiletto heels and RED lipstick. The men went crazy for u at that time! It was all so seductive! My kind of party, now that I think of it, she winks.
Anyway, anyway back to Yves, so....................
................So 4 the first time, women had the choice of whether to project a "feminine" or "masculine" look. 
Saint Laurent also changed fashion by using other types of pop culture in his clothes, like creating the Mondrian dress in 1965! These colorful dresses were patterned with the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian's abstract and geometric designs.
Saint Laurent also aided the women's liberation movement by challenging other socially accepted norms. If for any other reason, I love him for this, b'cos it has aided in giving us the platform in which to express ourselves as women today and there is something so darling about a 'MAN' fighting for a woman's RIGHTS! It doesn't happen often, I can tell u that!

In 1971, Saint Laurent posed nude for his own perfume ads. This was shocking to many people. He did it to raise this question: Why is it more socially acceptable when a woman poses nude for an advertisement than when when a mann does?

So it's so interesting to see TOM FORD do the same thing today in the glossy pages of VOGUE or VANITY FAIR and we don't even blink an eye, that was b'cos Yves had paved the way. Yves was the 1st.
YSL
This past summer of 2011 everybody went crazy for the
YSL Cocktail Ring!


Yves once defined the word "elegance" as "a black turtleneck, pants, a raincoat." Sounds like something people wear today, right? I know that I have all of those pieces in my closet, I'm sure u do too.
Because his styles were so timeless, international fashion continues to reflect looks that he created as far back as the 1960s.
He's been gone for some time now, but as we can see we have not let go of him and most probably never will.
Thank u Yves for sharing all of your gifts with us.
All about Yves Saint Laurent - Facts!
1) Born on the 1st of August 1936.
2) Died on the 1st of June 2008.
3) Nationality - French.
4) Yves' was cremated & his ashes were scattered in Marakech, Morocco. In the Majorelle Garden that he often visited to find inspiration & refuge.
5) The funeral attendants included Empress Farah Pahlavi, Madame Chirac, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
6) FORBS rated Saint Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity in 2009.












Snake Skin Dress - H&M
Shoes - ZARA
Platforms - MY OWN DESIGN
Bag - COACH
Hat - BANANA REPUBLIC
Belt - GUCCI
Watch - GUCCI
Perfume - ESTEE LAUDER -Private collection
Lipstick - CHANEL
Ring - YSL
Earrings - ACCESSORIZE
Bracelet - CARTIER
Necklace1 - VOLD FAMILY HEIRLOOM.
Necklace2 - TIFFANY'S
Location - ST. HANSGAUGEN, OSLO
Photographer/Editor - OLE DESALU-VOLD
Artistic creation - FUMI DESALU-VOLD
Africa is not a COUNTRY, but a CONTINENT consisting of 54 countries.

Of all the things I'm proud of, I am most proud to come from the beautiful continent of AFRICA.

I am from the YOURBA tribe.
It is an amazing place blessed with Warm Weather, Tropical Fruits, Rich & Colourful Culture, Diamonds, Oil, Exotic Aminals aaaaaaaaaaaaand BEAUTIFUL Women. Smiling.

I consider myself West African, as my parents come from 2 different countries on the WEST coast of Africa. My father is from Nigeria & my mother is from The Gambia.

Cultural BEAUTY, right across the board from, animal prints to cornrows, to Henna/ piercings / tattoos, etc... have been appreciated and seen all over the world for years, in our movies, magazines and on the runways of Fashion weeks from Paris to Tokyo.

The perfect 10. Bo Derek in the movie called '10', it was a MEGA, SMASH BOX hit and turned Bo into a overnight Hollywood STAR!

Reality star, Kim Kardashian in cornrows for her music video

Me. I will always love conrows, it's my true identity!
SOMALIA

SOMALILAND

A traditional Somali woman.
Somalia is country with a hugley varied landscape of mountains, deserts, tropical deserts and some of the most undiscovered beaches that u have ever seen. With CORAL reefs along the Gulf coast.

Somalia is developed from a string of Arab Sultanates along the northeast coast of Africa.
Out of Somalia also,........................
have been some of the most beautiful women in the world that have graced countless magazine covers and been the muses of some of the most outstanding designers in the fashion industry, starting with the 1 & only Super model Iman who is married to Rock Star DAVID Bowie.


Iman & David Bowie.


America's next Top Model, Fatima Siad.

Ralph Lauren model Fatima Hassan.
For the past month, & with another 2 months 2 go, I've been attending Norwegian Language classes.
And I have been having an absolute blast, I'll talk about that another time in more detail but just to skim over it,
We're about 20 students, mostly women who are from countries all over the world married to Norwegians and learning everything Norwegian. It's a party every day, She laughs.
We are doctors, lawyers, engineer's, home-makers, actors, business women etc, these are the countries the women come from in my class:
AMERICA
IRAN
IRAK
UGANDA
NIGERIA
THAILAND
RUSSIA
POLAND
CHINA
HONG KONG
TURKEY
INDIA
PAKISTAN
SOMALIA
GHANA
PHILIPPENES
&
UKRAIN.
Now for someone like me who just loves traveling, culture and everything and anything different, I'm literally in heaven.
And so my Somalian class mate decorated my hands in henna as a gift.









This by far was one of the nicest days I had in school. Yes we are learning Norwegian, but we are learning about each other and seeing the beauty in each others cultures. It is truly a humbling and beautiful feeling.
The inscription traslated means, the................
KING of Scotland & his African Empress.
White Gold bracelet by CARTIER (The LOVE braclet)
Ring - 3 shades of gold triniti ring by CARTIER
Other rings - Wedding rings, on both hands.
Thank u soooooooo much Amina. xoxo

The Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit GHANA!




They look divine and might I add very happy indeed.
So that's it folks. Have a wonderrful weekend and I'll see u soon.

Hello my darlings, so here we are at the last set of the collections I've put together.
I've been crazy busy and have had a couple of CRAZY weeks, but more on the later.
If I remember correctly the next "MUST HAVE" on the list was..............
COLBAT BLUE.

Entire wardrobe from ZARA.
It's an absolute divine colour and as far as I'm concerned it's another option to choose from apart from BLACK!
So let's get started shall we!

This was a VOGUE cover a couple of years ago, I've ALWAYS loved this layout, b'cos I thought to myself, what a wonderful way to wear blue, simple, clean and the POP of colour here, were the WHITE shirts. DAY or EVENING girls, this is a sure way to be the BEST dressed at any event, Dinner @ home, @ the office or a Garden party. We always see this paired with a BLACK skirt, but BLUE is such a nice alternative, you must try it!

ALBERTA FERRETTI won my heart here, just look at those beautiful boots! Even if u don't have a blue coat, and u really need a pair of dark boots to go with everything, why not try COLBALT BLUE? & go for something that goes all the way up your legs and over the knee, I promise they'll keep u warm.



GUCCI, like I had mentioned earlier on, was this seasons favorite,(In my book) their colour pallete was amazing.

And nobody has worn COLBALT BLUE any better than the newly married American reality star KIM KARDASHIAN who recently got married and was given a 20 carat diamond engaement ring!!!!!! Totally jealous.
Talking about reality shows for a minute, wouldn't it be nice if they had a reality show in Norway? How about
"The Real Housewives of Oslo" ?????? I would audition right away and give u all SUPER DUPER entertainment! Hmmmmmmm something to really think about! .... seriously!
Ok, moving forward, goodbye COLBALT BLUE, hello MUSTARD YELLOW!

VERSACE
This summer was alive & brightened up evey way u turned with YELLOW! I mean, what a really, really happy and youthful colour it is. You cannot help but smile at the colour, it remends me of Summer, daisies, butter, lemons, u name it.

BOGETTA VENETA
So how kind of the designers to give us a slightly darker version for the Autumn and winter months, the absolute & divine MUSTARD YELLOW! Ah! I'm in heaven.

Mustard skirt from my ever faithful H&M.

Even just a POP can pick up any outfit, go from the office to a night out in town with your special someone in the GORGEOUS MAXMARA top. All eyes will be on you......in a good way!

SOLANGE KNOWLES
Even if u are not that BOLD, (that's ok, we are not all created the same and even if we were, it would be so BORING). As as I was saying, why not try a POP of colour in a bag, or should I say a designer bag like CHANEL, it will always make a statement, even if u don't want to!....all u have to do is carry it! Smiling. This is Beyone's younger sister, Solange with her son.
Alright folks, next!

If u don't want to invest in anything long lasting as a coat or boots, then by all means buy, order or creat a beautiful hat from no other than..... my dear friend, Norwegian HAT designer extraordinaire ...
MONA STRAND!
She is absolutely BEYOND!!!!! I'll show u what she made for me further down in this article. Tusen Takk (Thank you) Mona, I love, love, love love and Loooooooove u some more! xoxo
BLACK!!!!!!!!!
If you're going to wear it, then let it sparkle!

Skirt and Dress both by ZARA.

When I saw these two, I smiled, b'cos I thought of all the parties that will be coming up at Christmas time, yes, I know it's still far away but that's what came to my mind, well at least I'll be prepared.

A black coat with a sheen is also another way to make a statement without feeling as if you are going to perform on stage!
SHOES, BOOTS, BAGS, HATS, GLASSES, U NAME IT!


So adorable, I feel as If I'm going back to school instead of work!


I looooooooooove these, they are from ZARA and they are the most sensible foot wear with MAJOR style if u live in a city and have to run around! The colour is to die for!


CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN will always make you look, SEXY, CONFIDENT from head to toe! Yes darlings, it's still warm enough for u to wear those major heels out! Have fun with it and look Fab. I'm going to buy the black ones above, I just, love, love loooooooove them.

ASOS

ZARA

ALBERTA FERRATTI


JLO as always looking beyond FABULOUS! Glasses again are GUCCI.
Wearing tights or socks look really good with shoes, add a chunky heel, & u are on your way. It's really fun to incorporate some of your summer shoes into your fall wardrobe, it really works and can look super cool. You can go to ASOS for all the Autumn looks that don't break the bank.
BAGS.


CHANEL will never need an introduction, u can go for the PLUM or a bright RED.

BURBERRY HOBO

CHLOE MARCIE TOTE

JIMMY CHOO

NEWBARK
This was my FAV of all the bags & i saved it for last b'cos I just really liked the two skins mixed together, I wouldn't have thought that it would work but it did.
You can find all of these bags on Net-a-Porter. com. & the good thing is that they ship all over the world, yep ladies, that includes NORWAY. YEY!
FASHION SHOWS
.....................ARE so electrifing & fun, just seeing all the make-up, hairstyles and OMG, the attitude from the girls srutting down the runway with JAZZED up music, it's like a party where u get to sit and just people watch!
@JAMAICA fashion week!
The reason why I brought this up, is b'cos I saved the BEST for the last..............THE GLAMOROUS
It was every single runway this season and I loved them all.
RUBY
WINE
BURGANDY
PLUM
RED
DARK RED
FIRE ENGINE RED

Yes darlings it ROCKS!
All the RED hues ust makes me feel alive, I can wear this colour family all year long.






ALBERTA FERRATTI
I abosulutley DIED and went to heaven when I saw these trousers, I am going to make about for pairs in different colour combinations, my legs are long, so I have benn making trousers for a while. It is soooooooooo fabulous and NOT clownish at all. 



SONIA RYKEL above & alberta Ferratti below.


This collection is NOT about where did these looks come from, what designer blah, blah, blah!
It's about the ispiration, This colour pallete is pure magic and looks wonderful on any skin tone. Be the true DIVA that u are and march out of your house with the attitude that you can OWN the world.
Aaaaaaaaaaand the best outfit of all is...........CONFIDENCE!
It's inexpensive, cannot be bought and can be seen a mile away.
I've seen it on models, actresses, women on the street, girls at parties everywhere!
And u know what! It's the MOST attractive thing u could ever own. Be a ROCK star and enjoy the fall/winter season fashionistas, b'cos I'm going to have a blast.
I hope u enjoyed my run down darlings and as a little treat I'm going to add one more item that was on the runways this summer and has no intention of going away.............TURBANS!

Turban by MONA STRAND.




Tuban - MONA STRAND
Lip Gloss - DOLCE & GABBANA
Wrap Dress - DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
Bag - LOUIS VUITTON
Shoes - TORY BURCH
See u next season darlings and remember to always be what?
...................GLAMOROUS!
HELLO MY HONEY BUNNIES!
Yep, Fall is finally here but, not for one second are we going to be anything less than
GLAMOUROUS!

This week I'm talking about CHUNKY SWEATERS, we all wear them, b'cos it' an absolute must for those chilly days, this season we it's going to be so much more fun wearing them in the vibrant colours that are out now!
Go ahead guys brighten up your day with a coloured sweater that just POPS up your day with ligh & fun.
I promise u, it will make u feel good too.
It doesn't matter if u live in Oslo or................
.............are taking a walk in CENTRAL PARK, New York!
Or anywhere else in the world for that matter, there is something for everybody! YEY!

NET-A-PORTER says the 70's are back! I could have told them that, I wrote about that last week!
Last week I talked about DIANA ROSS & ANJELICA HOUSTON.
& what an impact they made in the fashion industry in the 70's, well..........it seems a lot of the other fashion websites seem to agree with me, oh what a wonderful feeling to be on the pulse of fashion.
So this week we are going right ahead from where we stopped off last week with .....
CHUNKY SEWATERS!


Vanilla sweater from GINA TRICOT.
There is nothing better than snuggling up in a big chunky sweater to keep the icy breeze & cold out!
It's an absolute nesseccity for fall, comfort & warmth is a number 1 factor that cannot be negociated.
But under no circumstances does that mean u have to look as if u work on a farm in Scotland!
& If u can afford it, go for cashmere, nobody does cashmere like the Queen Supreme of comfort & subtle elegance knitwear..........DONNA KAREN.




CLAUDIA SCHIFFER in her own design and can be bought on NET-A-PORTER.com
No need to worry ladies, no-one will see those extra five pounds u have put on your thighs (myself included) under these beaatiful sweaters, take a break, grab the chocolate, these sweaters will hide everything and u can go on your merry way still looking absoloutely GLAM.
In the mean time lets all wish poor Claudia all the best, I heard from the grapevine that her hubby (Mathew Vaughn is/was having an affiar with MAD MEN actress, January Jones.........

MAD MEN actress January Jones.
............and rumor has it that he's the father of her up coming baby!!!! Ouch!)

Yep! That's a baby bump.
OOOOOOOOh it's getting cold in here, brrrrrrrr
It's a GOOD thing I'm wearing my NEW Super fab sweater.
That's it for this week my Fashionistas, yep, I'm going to give u A fashion TIP must-have every week!
That way you keep coming back for the next one on the list. (She hopes!)
Until then, enjoy your weekend darlings & as I have said so many times b4, but never tired of saying......
always be GLAMOROUS!!
42, Oslo
My name is Fumi Desalu-Vold & I'm an American Actress, Model, Producer, Television Presenter/Personality from Sunny Los Angeles. I now live in the beautiful city of Oslo. I've been lucky enough to travel around the world and one thing that is present in every country is..................GLAMOUR!