Maria Sharapova is denying that her controversial tennis getup had anything to do with her upset loss to Alla Kudryavtseva (dressed in a simple skirt and red-trimmed top). [Guardian]
Recessionistas take note: Richard Chai for Target is cute. First look! [Nylon]
No, seriously, Donatella. You need to stop talking. Now. [Radar]
Justin Timberlake…Givenchy model? “The black and white images features Timberlake looking pensive or playful in a series of ads which has him in a recording studio, on a balcony, and of course lounging around on his private jet.” [Sassybella]
Latest by n/a: @rollergirl76: Just SHUT UP! You SHUT your FILTHY mouth! -- OK, I'm sorry. I didn't really mean that. It's just.. You know.. I sorta..
OK, I have a disgusting, age-inappropriate super-crush on Emile, and I have more »
Lindsay Lohan will appear on SIX EPISODES of Ugly Betty, including the season finale. LL will play an old classmate of Betty's who is down on her luck. Naomi Campbell, Christian Siriano, Victoria Beckham and now Lindsay? It's official: Ugly Betty is the new Love Boat. [TMZ]
Oooh, Lindsay's mugshot is being used in a drunk driving ad. [Reuters]
Courtney Love was in the hospital over the weekend; homegirl has strep throat! Stay away. (Not that you needed a warning.) [Mirror]
Thirty guests attended Jamie Lynn Spears's baby shower in Kentwood, LA on Saturday and big sis Britney was one of them. The ladies sat in a circle and opened gifts and nothing scandalous happened, yawn. [People]
Britney hadn't been in her hometown since early 2007. Bet she misses some Southern cooking. [People]
Miley Cyrus appeared at the Disney Channel Games concert Saturday night and thanked fans, saying: "Thank you guys for all your support. Without you, none of this would be possible. I love every one of you and I could not be more appreciative. God bless you." Then she took her top off. Kidding! [People]
Britney Spears was involved in a minor car accident Saturday night; no one was injured and no vehicles were damaged. [AP]
Apparently Brit was in stop and go traffic, driving at about 10 m.p.h. and putting on her makeup before the accident. Brit passed a field sobriety test. [TMZ]
Dr. Phil is so classy and generous! He allegedly posted bond for one of the cheerleaders arrested for beating a teenage girl on videotape because her grandmother told reporters she didn't have the money to bail her granddaughter out. Of course, that means that Dr. Phil would have "exclusive" rights to her story. [TMZ]
But wait! It wasn't Dr. Phil but a production assistant from his show. Also known as a scapegoat. [TMZ]
A source says "It's getting desperate" behind the scenes of Dr. Phil's show. Ya think? [MSNBC]
Latest by n/a: Alicia Keys stole that idea from me, y'all. For reals.
And Dr. Phil? If he ever got put in jail, I would pay people NOT to pay his bail. more »
Luke Wilson is "designing" a line of golf products and accessories for Puma. Ah, the insatiable American hunger for the consumption of stuff and celebrity! Or the perception of the insatiability, or whatever. [WWD, sub req'd]
Latest by poogirl: Luke Wilson was on my plane once. He was wearing a suit. On the flight from Sydney to LA which is something like 17 hours. Champ. more »
Supermodel Elle Macpherson, 44, is dating a 21-year-old? And it's Julian Schnabel's son? Hot. [Page Six]
Cate Blanchett: Seven months pregnant and allowed to skip bathroom lines. [Gatecrasher]
Not-so blind item! "Which famous New York athlete who used to date a pint-size actress is still shaking his head about how she would never remove her shoes during sex?" [Gatecrasher]
Britney's stay at UCLA Medical Center has been extended; she will be required to be there for another 14 days. Hopefully that's enough time to make some real progress. [TMZ]
Latest by n/a: @ineffable.me: I'm 31. My husband? In his late 60s. And we have the Best. Relationship. Ever. Just saying. It isn't always what you think, re: older men and younger women. I also think that had a 42 year old woman more »
Barney's New York Creative Director/bon vivantSimon Doonan has a new book coming out in April 2008 titled Eccentric Glamour. Tagline: "Say no to ho." And yes to fashion appreciated exclusively by homos! [Fashion Week Daily]
Diane von Furstenberg to Amex cardholders who forked over $550 to hear her speak at her NYC flagship store, "For those of you who don't know, this is the Meatpacking District. A lot of Japanese tour buses go around and say, 'Oh, this is where Diane von Furstenberg lives.'" Uh, they do? [Fashion Week Daily]
Latest by redrover189: @ndngrl: Hell yeah! Brett Favre is turning into quite the Silver Fox, in a really, really good way. Like a Pierce Brosnan way, except with sexy quarterback biceps...
Unrelated sidenote: Does anyone remember when Elle Mac threw a shitfit because Heidi more »
Designer Vivienne Westwood is switching party allegiances from the (liberal) Labour to the (conservative) Tory, and will even be the keynote speaker at her new political party's Christmas party. Warns Westwood: "I'm going to take the opportunity to put them right on a few things. They're not going to get what they bargained for." [Vogue UK]
"Russians have started to learn that less bling is better, that more sophistication is in. The women here learn this slower than the rest of world, but they're learning for sure." Donatella Versace, folks. [WWD, sub req'd]
Heidi Montag of The Hills is designing clothing line for the label Anchor Blue. See, it happened in one of those brainstorming sessions where an Anchor Blue executive was like, "Who can we get that would actually be less qualified to design a clothing line than L.C. from The Hills?" [Sassybella]
Cory Kennedy is the new face of Urban Decay. Which is kind of cute, because she's the age we were when we thought Urban Decay — the nail polish, the societal phenomenon, etc.— were cool. [Fashionista]
Latest by n/a: I've been to Russia (took Russian as my language in college, too) and Donatella knows what she's talking about. I was in St. Petersburg summer before last and women there were dressed in the gaudiest, sparkliest, clothing I'd seen since more »
Britney Spears has been served with a copyright infringement injunction by Louis Vuitton. See, she drove a pink Hummer with a faux Murakami-for-Vuitton cherry print dashboard in the video to her 2005 single "Do Somethin'." You can't really see the dashboard very closely in the video, not that you'd notice because you're too busy thinking, "Jesus fuck she looked like that once?" [WWD, 2nd item]
The all-black choir at the Victoria's Secret show last week was lip-synching. [WWD, sub req'd]
If Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has never heard of you, your fifty grand will not help you buy your way into fancy events she hosts. God, she's so principled. [NY Post]
Christian Lacroix on exercise: "I don't do it. It would hurt me. I would die from it, I'm afraid." Amen to that. [Telegraph]
Jude Law is signed on to be the "international 'face'" of British menswear label Alfred Dunhill, a gig for which he is rumored to be receiving seven figures. His co-star in the print ads is a dog. [Telegraph]
Model Elle MacPherson is apparently a tech geek. The Aussie native and lingerie entrepreneur has launched some sort of newfangled storefront in New York that allows passersby on the street to interact with video footage of models sporting MacPherson-designed panties, based on their on movements. That is, the more onlookers move around, the more hot, taut, model flesh they get to see. Wave your arm, and where you moved, boobies (in a bra) are revealed. (Strangely, in the video-demonstration above, more women than men seem to be stopping by for a panty-peek). Bravo, geeks, for fusing technology with jerking off and clever merchandising!
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Angelina and St. John calling off their collaboration? The word on the street is that the rich folk knitwear company is going to be ending the Mother Teresa Of Hollywood's contract as the face of their design house after this year. Which invariably means there going to take a turn towards old and frumpy again, image-wise. Fun! [PopSugar]
Marie Claire's Joanna Coles is now officially on our shitlist. The editor-in-chief was overheard saying to a security guard at the Gucci show in Milan, "You need to let me in. You need to let us all in. I'm from Marie Claire in the U.S. Do you know how many credits we give Gucci every year? This is unacceptable!". [Fashion Week Daily]
Jil Sander is going to write a tell-all/memoir about her career in the fashion industry. Gonna be hot. [WWD, 1st item]
Rihanna is the latest celebrity to think she's a model (walked for D-Squared) and, worse yet, the latest celebrity to think she's a fashion designer. Oh yeah sure she hasn't exactly found a company to attach her name too, so, uh, possible partners gp ahead and line-up to back her "something edgy" line. [WWD, 2nd item]
Latest by CumaeanSibyl: I wonder if that means St. John's is going to go back to manufacturing Mary Kay lady suits? They dumped them a couple years back, maybe because they realized that creepy supermarket clownface stalkers are not a good brand image. more »
Would you like a limited-edition carrying case with your ninety-pound September Vogue? Yeah, sorry, you only get one of you're an "FOV" — which we think is sort of like being an "SOB." [The Fashion Informer]
Did you know Sting named his daughter "Fuschia"? She just mutilated her Dior gown. "Galliano would kill me," she says. Oh, we'd so happily do it for him. [WWD, 3rd item]
Sean "Diddy" Combs will be airing the launch of his newest fragrance live on YouTube on Wednesday night. And yes: there will be liveblogging. [WWD, 4th item]
Latest by Snakeophelia: I took the September Vogue with me to the recovery room after my surgery a month ago. It was nice for my friend to have it to leaf through as she waited a couple of hours for my brain and more »
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