Portraits of supermodel Kate Moss by major contemporary artists from Sam Taylor-Wood to Chuck Close are to go on sale in an auction celebrating the fashion model’s influence as a “great modern muse”.

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Photography: Compact cameras gone in a flash?

Whether it's snapping pictures of your unsuspecting mates skanking on a sweaty club's dancefloor, sharing your holiday snaps in an instant or uploading pictures to that slightly obsessive blog you update just that little too often, camera phones have changed the way we take pictures. But what if you want your amateur snaps to look that little bit more professional?

This gloriously British mug is one of a collection from The Contemporary Home, the website that sells cool retro home accessories and furnishings. The seven mugs depict sunny seaside scenes starring seagulls and beach-huts. Perfect for cheering up a chilly summer's day. £9.99 each, tch.net

Lady Gaga snaps up Alexander McQueen gown for 'world record price'

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Richardson forced to remove pictures of Kate Moss' wedding from website

What do you expect if you invite the fashion world's most notorious photographer to the rock n' roll wedding of the century?

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Official engagement portraits released

Official portraits of Prince William and Kate Middleton were released yesterday, taken by the fashion photographer Mario Testino.

Diary: Cash pours into Pol's pot

"It" curator Vlad Restoin Roitfeld isn't big on self-congratulation. "I don't celebrate if I make a big sale," he assured me at the lavish party for Mother of Pouacrus, his exhibition of hip French artist Nicolas Pol's paintings (£20k-£40k each) at London's Old Dairy, attended by the likes of Tom Ford, Christopher Kane and, er... Johnny Borrell.

Matthew Bell: The <i>IoS</i> Diary (05/09/10)

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The supermodel you wouldn't recognise

She is one of the country's most ubiquitous models. Her image adorns billboards, magazines and television screens – she has five TV commercials running at the moment. She appears in adverts for companies from Dolce & Gabana to Domestos and her credits include shoots with Kate Moss and Mario Testino.

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