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Chanel + Benefit + Stars = Total Glamour

Sadie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST

Chanel's 'Fete d'Hiver' benefit for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was held, appropriately enough, at the Four Seasons (even if we would have called this more l'Automne.) And Blake Lively, Diane Kruger, Charlotte Ronson and friends looked amazing. Nina Garcia? Well....

Blake Lively looks incredible. And that with a ball of tin foil around her neck, no small feat!

If Nina Garcia is the ultimate authority on style, and yet her proportions are obviously problematic - is it the rest of the world who's wrong? Philosophy.

Eleanor Ylvisaker's staticky dress reminds some of us to get legal cable one of these days.

Charlotte Ronson's ragamuffin glamourpuss is kind of adorable!

Starrett Zenko, clearly having fun with 80s glam.

Diane Kruger too, except for the "fun" part, which is impossible when one can't breathe.

As a frequent wearer of somewhat ridiculous, random and jaunty chapeaux, I must recuse myself from commenting on Lottie Oakley's (amazing) outfit.

Meg Braff: Hold my hand, it'll be over soon.
Claudia Overstrom: And no need at all to mention the war.

Jennifer Creel looks like she's about to make a run for it. Somebody man the doors.

It's actually really refreshing to see Leigh Lezark in something so soft and pretty - and she does Bright Young Thing so well!

I get what Lauren Santo Domingo's doing here, but there's always something slightly disconcerting about curtains opening over a crotch.

Helen Lee Schifter, a Vogue regular, clearly never has actual scabs on her shins like some of us with little boy legs, or she'd avoid tights like this.

When it comes to Ann Caruso, I must quote Singing in the Rain: "The sleeves are lined with monkey fur to lend a dash of drama."

[Images via Getty]

Designers, Old School Supermodels Have Super Style At Murakami Show

Jennifer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Last night the Brooklyn Museum kicked off its new Louis Vuitton-sponsored exhibit on artist Takashi Murakami, who made a name for himself Stateside for putting whimsical art all over old-school Vuitton handbags. At the event: Once blue-haired Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs (left) who, a la Amy Winehouse, has apparently gone back to black. Also: Linda Evangelista, Selita Ebanks and Eva Herzigova. Models, Murakami, and more, after the jump.

The Good: Waris Ahluwalia and Chriara Clemente are one fierce duo. Linda Evangelista: Oh yes. Selita Ebanks is the shit. I want to put Takashi Murakami in my pocket and bring him home with me.

The Bad: Eva Herzigova was one of my favorite supermodels; why must she pain me by wearing this heinous fur? Jennifer Creel is stiff; perhaps she could use a stiff one? I pray to Pat Field and whomever else might be able to salvage Kristin Davis from the wardrobe of Charlotte York. This MR. guy scares me. Same goes for Terrence Koh. And Tinsley Mortimer.

The Ugly: Oh no, Chiho Ashima. Oh. No.

LOLSocialites: Money Just Can't Buy Taste

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:30:00 EDT

One of the reasons New York is really funny — and annoying — is because the city has "socialites": Self-important, wealthy women with ridiculous names (Byrdie Bell, Tinsley Mortimer, Susan Shin, Carrie Cloud, Valesca Guerrand-Hermes) who like to go to parties where they buy "tables" so that they can wear expensive shit, have their pictures taken, and in the process, fuel their sense of self-importance. Often, they consider these activities to be "work"! But based on last night's benefit for the Museum of the City of New York, some of them may need to look for a new job... or a new stylist. After the jump, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of a high-society event, silly names and all.

The Good:
This dress is sorta stupid, but also kinda awesome. And it's won by Byrdie Bell, whose name makes me laugh, laugh, laugh.
It takes a brave woman to put red ruffles on her ass, Cristina Greeven Cuomo.
When boho stylings happen to handbag heiresses who are really not bohemian.
Jennifer Creel: The only one who got the memo about playing it simple and classy?

The Bad:
A double-whammy of bad: Carrie Cloud looks like she stole Extra #8's costume from The O.C. and Lara Meiland's dress is irritating.
Doug Hannant is the only redeeming thing about Valesca Guerrand-Hermes's puke green column.
Ahhhhh my retinas! Thanks a bunch, Jamee Gregory.
I think there is a sea creature on Olivia Palermo's shift.
Is wearing a black dress better than wearing a dress with a sea-creature on it? Only Renee Rockefeller can answer that question.
Why did no one stop Susan Shin before leaving the house?

The Ugly:
The time machine broke down and Cynthia Lufkin got stuck somewhere between Tara and Saved by the Bell.
Nicole Miller has done little to disabuse me of the belief that fashion designers are always the worst-dressed ones in the room.

[Images via Getty.]

The Other Boleyn Girl Fashions: Off With Their Heads

Jennifer — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST

Although last night's NYC premiere of The Other Boleyn Girl boasted plenty of boldfaced names from the worlds of fashion, New York society, and Hollywood, Scarlett Johannson was, strangely, nowhere to be seen. However, Natalie Portman was there, and the vegan shoe designer showed off one of her best looks as of late: Retro glam in the form of long, draped velvet. Other fashion successes? Soap star Leven Rambin (left), who also channeled a retro vibe; Vanessa Carlton and cosmetics exec Olivia Chantecaille. Not so great were Margherita Missoni, Tory Burch, Victoria's Secret model Nicole Trunfio, Jennifer Creel, and, worst of all, David (son of Ralph) Lauren, who looked like some sort of pedophile. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of The Other Boleyn Girl premiere, after the jump.

The Good:
Funky yet refined: 100% Vanessa Carlton.
Why can't Zac Posen be my boyfriend?
Olivia Chantecaille is all about the class and sophistication.
Natalie Portman looks like a dream.

The Bad:
Margherita Missoni came dressed as a hippie dippy grandma. Those shoes! Eek!
There is something seriously disturbing about the proportions being sported by Tory Burch.
Did a shooting star crash on Nicole Trunfio and split her dress down the middle?
Jennifer Creel missed the memo: Do not match your dress to your skin tone.

The Ugly:
David Lauren and Lauren Bush. Maybe Lauren needs to tell David that pedophiles and professors with petting problems are the type of men who usually wear turtlenecks.

[Images via Getty.]