http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/saks http://jezebel.com/tag/saks

• Rihanna had dinner with Topshop founder Philip Green and Simon Cowell. Because Green and Cowell run an entertainment company that produces television and fashion ventures, the tabloid seers are pretty sure that means Rihanna's getting a clothing line. [Daily Mail]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5720487&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Naomi Campbell taped an episode of Oprah. It must be tremendously comforting to be able to confess one's blood-diamond-mongering sins with warlords to Oprah's stern-but-spiritual countenance. Oprah also extracted from Campbell a pledge to stop throwing phones. [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5527258&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Madonna goes all Italian neorealist for spring's Dolce & Gabbana campaign. You'd almost swear these images were by Vittorio de Sica, not Steven Klein. The advertising shots ran as editorial content "previewed" in Italian Vanity Fair. [Swide]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5427878&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Kate Moss says her motto is, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404053&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Victoria Beckham might be adding shoes and accessories to her dress collection, because she's apparently sick of advertising other designers' goods. [Sun]
• Fergie says she wanted her Avon scent to smell "fresh, and yet modern at the same time." [People]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5392648&view=rss&microfeed=true

• They said it would never happen, but a judge ordered that Google reveal Liskula Cohen's anonymous online tormentor. The model sued Google to find out who was behind a hate-blog about her, in order to file a defamation suit. [NYPost]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5339529&view=rss&microfeed=true

• British Marie Claire cover star Brüno gave the magazine a scintillating interview. On Naomi Campbell,: "She's amazing — twenty years in ze business und all ze pressure und fame hasn't changed her a bit — she's remained a total bitch."

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5278720&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Geithner's proposed new regulatory framework buoyed retail stocks by 4.4% yesterday. Saks' shares rose 15%, Ann Taylor was up 18%, Macy's climbed 10.2%, and Liz Claiborne rose 16.2%. Finally, some good fashion economic news! [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5186955&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Amanda Lepore has a scent which is more art project than perfume — sold at a gallery for $950, the crystal bottle contains notes of steamed rice, mandarins, champagne, and cucumber. It's fermented. [NY Times]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5164860&view=rss&microfeed=true

• This seems like a heavenly match: Britney Spears asked DSquared to create the costumes for her comeback tour. Dan and Dean Caten's fetishistic, high-energy sense of style should be a perfect foil for Brit. [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5161513&view=rss&microfeed=true

• People love Posh's dresses. Net-a-porter.com sold out in one day, and Posh herself stopped by Neiman Marcus to instruct sales associates and top customers in the ways of the frock. Thirty pieces were sold. [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5160820&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Sometimes the morning brings good news: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are going to play Italian priests in the movie version of Nine, which was inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2. Priests! [Elle UK]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5149592&view=rss&microfeed=true

Fashion week officially starts today, but it kicked off last night with an event at Saks: To celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, various designers created Swarovksi-crystal encrusted shoes inspired by the Ruby Slippers. The heels are on display in the windows and on the shoe floor in the store; later they'll be auctioned off to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. But on to the party! There were lots and lots of shoes, of course. A "yellow brick" carpet. Many Project Runway alums, Nigel Barker and Dorothy Gale herself, after the jump. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5045931&view=rss&microfeed=true

• In weird/amazing news: Christian Siriano is doing a maternity line. "Siriano teamed up with his two friends Marta Abrams and Elise Rosemarin, founders of Moody Mamas maternity clothes, to create a collection called Fierce for Moody Mamas by Christian Siriano." Apparently he liked the idea of a gay man doing maternity - and a 22-year-old, less! [NY Mag]
• Isn't it nice when celebrity lines actually make sense, like Dita Von Teese for Wonderbra? [The Life Files]
• What will Stella say? Gwyneth Paltrow wears fur, creates ruckus. "The actress, who along with her husband, Chris Martin, supports a raft of ethical causes, is pictured draped in fox fur and wearing fur-lined boots for the Italian luxury goods company Tod’s." And this after PETA wrote her "many times" and "sent her videos showing how animals suffer for fur." [First Post]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5038109&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Do what you must to prepare yourselves: Crazy rich homeless-chic promoters Mary-Kate and Ashley are at it again! Not content to stay in clothing, they're moving on to baubles: "The diminutive Olsen twins have created a fashion jewelry collection through a licensing partnership with Robert Lee Morris under the brand Elizabeth and James, their contemporary apparel label that is sold in more than 250 doors globally." I am impressed by their industry, confused by the potential buyers. [WWD]
• This is big (possibly magical) news: Hermione Granger is the new face of Coco Mademoiselle! [Daily Mirror]
• Aging former model Bruce Hulse has, apparently, "penned" a "steamy tell-all" (why, yes, the source is Page Six!) about his sexual trysts with women like Paulina Porizkova, Andie MacDowell and Elle Macpherson. "I'd been Peter Pan, playing at love, skimming the surface, sleeping around for momentary pleasure," Hulse, now 55 and married with two kids, writes in Sex, Love and Fashion, out in August. "My desire to be with beautiful women had always been my weakness." [Page Six]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016741&view=rss&microfeed=true

• OMG Christina Aguilera looks so pretty in these Hitchcock-inspired Stephen Webster ads! It's like, we finally see what Christina Aguilera has been going for all these years with this excessive bombshell crap — and it is good. The wonders of Photoshop, folks! [Sassybella]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364560&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Americans' chances at getting a fake Gucci bag or fake Chanel sunglasses just decreased, big time. Last night brought about one of the largest counterfeit busts in recent history, with 29 people arrested, $230 million in merchandise seized, and $1 million in cash found and collected. [WWD]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=272693&view=rss&microfeed=true

So now that Barneys New York is owned by a Dubai-based investment firm, some (er, Lauren Goldstein Crowe of Portfolio's 'Fashion, Inc'. blog) are convinced that luxury-minded Jews are going to take their business to other luxury department stores because no way in hell will they fund something owned by, you know, Arabs. (Oh wait, Jews don't believe in hell!). But is it really an issue? After all, Saks Fifth Avenue was once owned by like a flock of Saudi princes, and Harrods is owned by the al-Fayeds. And both companies are not only doing fine but surely enjoy the continued support of their Jewish brethren. So Jennifer Gerson (the token Jewish Jezebel, and the one responsible for the above graphic, which she thinks is funny and Anna thinks is horrific) decided to investigate this matter all on her own with a most urgent question: Will your Jewishness (or lack thereof) impact your Barneys shopping experience? Her really non-stereotypical poll, after the jump. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=271957&view=rss&microfeed=true

We wish the following statement weren't true: Some of us are fascinated by the fascination with Victoria Beckham. Don't get us wrong, she was always our favorite Spice Girl (she was the only one who seemed to get how funny it all was, she couldn't really sing, she wasn't even necessarily conventionally pretty, but she played it droll) and you could never laugh at her because, to bastardize the words of Gypsy Rose Lee, she was the one laughing first — at herself. That said, Beckham's transformation from singing heart-wrenching lyrics ("Last time / we had this conversation, baby / I decided we should be friends / But now / We're going 'round in circles / Tell me will this deja vu ever end?") to being self-proclaimed Queen of the World, is, well, a little odd. Maybe we missed something, but she married a soccer player (which, yes, we know is like the equivalent of, uh, marrying Britney), had some babies, took to anorexia in a way that even Mary-Kate Olsen could only dream of, started dressing ridiculously and in turn transformed into one of the biggest paparazzi targets of our day. Who is Victoria Beckham, really? And why do we care? And also, why does Beckham — a DFS sufferer if we ever saw one — believe her first contribution to the fashion-hungry masses should be a denim line? Denim? Really? The uniform of coal miners? With these thoughts in mind, we sent Jezebel's Jennifer Gerson to Saks Fifth Avenue last night to document Beckham's in-store appearance for the launch of her denim (and eyewear) line DVB. After the jump, Jennifer's take on the scene, the "star", and the clothes. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=269111&view=rss&microfeed=true

• Saks will open a shoe department in its flagship NY store that's so big, it has been given its own zipcode. Somewhere, the ghost of Carrie Bradshaw squeals and says something painfully cutesy. [WWD, sub req'd]]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=262815&view=rss&microfeed=true

• France's new President and First Lady, Nicolas and Cecilia Sarkozy, cause national uproar when they both wear Italian-designed Prada to inauguration. Only in France, kids, only in France. [WWD, sub req'd]
• Pucci label celebrates 60th anniversary with a party that we bet would be a lot of fun on acid, which may have been the catalyst for such profundities as Laudomia Pucci's: ""But you will see there is no red - Daddy worked with fuchsia." [IHT]

More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=262455&view=rss&microfeed=true