The Good:
Sophia Bush looks va-va-va-voom!
Blake Lively as she should be: Casual, fresh, and age-appropriate. Xoxo, Gossip Girl.
Our little Veronica Mars is all grown up! Kristen Bell looks super sophisticated in this gray sheath.
I know that Heatherette designers Trevor Raines and Richie Rich aren't traditional picks for "The Good" category, but you gotta admire the boys' consistency. They've been rockin this look for what, 20 years now?

The Bad:
Hayden Panettiere looks totally uncomfortable and totally old in this ensemble. Loosen up, lady.
Paula Garces looks straight out of 1996. I don't have fond memories of 1996.
Doesn't Bethanny Frankel's blouse look like it could have been designed by Project Runway's Christian? Oh, those sleeves! That plaid! Ugh. Also, do not show your stomach on the red carpet, please.
Why must maternity designer Liz Lange dress like Carol Brady?

The Ugly:
Seriously, what the fuck was Natasha Bedingfield thinking?

[New York, January 30. Images via INFDaily]

• DesignerTory Burch is on the prowl! And just a few seconds shy of her ex Lance Armstrong. And we've got to hand it to the slinger of overpriced Upper East garb; she's dating both studio head Brad Grey and producer (and Katie Couric ex) Tom Werner. And all of them combined can't match the net worth of Lance's rebound, Ashley Olsen. Who, let us not forget, also designs clothing... and could be Tory Burch's daughter. Snap! [NY Post]
  
• Oh God: Tom Ford reportedly wants to direct an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's novel As Single Man, which tells the story of a day in the life of a Hollywood gay. In other words, Tom Ford wants to make his directorial debut making a movie about Tom Ford. [WWD, 1st item]
  
• "The celebrity endorsement of pregnancy has made it a glamorous phenomenon." That's Fee Craig of the British maternity apparel website mama-la-mode.com. (Funny word to describe the act of perpetuating human existence, you know? "Endorsement"? Kinda dystopian even? And yet I'm pretty sure she said it without irony!) [WWD, sub req'd]
  
• Kimora Lee Simmons and Macy's are fighting; they're saying they overpaid for a shipment of her line of beauty products and she's saying "no backsies." [NYP]

• Caviar in a Yves Saint Laurent tin? Useful, right? And yours for only $556. [WWD, 3rd item]
• Karl Lagerfeld guest-edited France's Connaissance des Arts magazine. And then put himself on the cover. [WWD, 1st item]
• The British Fashion Awards are tonight. If Anya "I Am A Talentless Hack" Hindmarch wins for Designer of the Year, we will cry. [Vogue UK]
• So many Lanvin boutqiues, so little time. The fashion house will be opening 12 more shops in the next 12 months, with more stores already being planned for the next two years. This impacts us not at all. [Vogue UK]
• Donatella Versace made her first-ever "official" visit to Russia this weekend. Haven't the Russians been through enough??? [Fashion Week Daily]
• Maternity wear designer to the stars Liz Lange is pulling a Rachel Zoe/Victoria Beckham and is writing a pregnant woman's style tome. Really, what more do pregnant women need to know other than, "BTW, your body is going to totally change" and "If you think this sucks, wait till your entire wardrobe is caked in vomit"? [NY Post]

• Lancome spokeswoman Kate Winslet managing to sound annoying while dissing the celebrity product endorsement business: "I remember five or six years ago, it was really a big deal to be the face of a campaign or a spokesperson for a particular brand name. Now, it just doesn't seem to matter so much." [WWD, sub req'd]
  
• Tim McGraw is getting his own fragrance through Coty; we hope it smells like blue jeans, beer and jealous wives. [WWD, sub req'd]
  
• Katherine Heigl is the face of Nautica's newest fragrance "My Voyage for Her," a name which sounds to us sounds like some seventies book on the female orgasm, but okay. [WWD, sub req'd]

• And in further fragrance news, singer Eve wants one, even if no deal has been inked yet: "I not only want to meet the nose, but I want to be the nose. I want to be that person who's in there putting stuff in the little bottles. I'm obsessed with smells." [WWD, 2nd item]
• Designer Rogan Gregory has won the CFDA/Vogue fashion award, beating out Philip Lim, Erin Fetherston, the Threeasfour gang, the Vena Cava girls, and the duo behind VPL. Honestly, what? We didn't even really realize he was in the running. Also he designs jeans and T-shirts. Albeit, eco-friendly jeans made with fair trade cotton and endorsed by Bono's wife or something. [Vogue UK]
• CoverGirl is giving itself a makeover, with its advertising to be more focused on "individualized beauty" and less about its approach of "fresh and clean" beauty. Which would normally be "whatever" until you think of the implications for NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OF TOP MODEL WHEREIN THEY SHOOT COVERGIRL COMMERCIALS. We so think Heather is going to win. [WWD, sub req'd]
• J.Lo is now designing an intimates collection. It is to be "infused with Latino sensuality." [WWD, sub req'd]
• Okay, but if you thought that was absurd: Vivienne Westwood's cultural-political manifesto, uniformly declared a flop when she presented it earlier this year, is going to be presented once again, this time in London, with Georgia Jagger (yes, Mick and Jerry Hall's daughter) reading the part of Alice in Wonderland (yes, Alice Wonderland figures into the manifesto, which is sorta written as a play). Says Westwood of this trip down the rabbit hole, "If you follow it your life will change." [Vogue UK]
• Infamous footwear designer Manolo Blahnik has been made a Commander of the British Empire by the Queen of England. For his great contributions to giving women across the land major foot problems? [Vogue UK]
• Model Karen Elson just gave birth to her second child and has already been shot as the face of the new BCBG ad campaign. How do these woman look so damn put together this soon after giving birth? To the spawn of Jack White, nonetheless? [FabSugar]
• See Chloe Sevigny as the face of Chloe fragrance here. [Sassybella]
• Aw, we have tears in our eyes: Donna Karan, Zac Posen, and Diane von Furstenberg are all going to work the cash register at the 7th on Sale event (lots of shopping, benefits AIDS patients) this weekend. [NYP]
• Nike is selling off its low-end brand Starter. [WSJ]
• Liz Lange maternity has also gone all private equity on us blah blah and sold a majority share of its company off blah blah. Meaning that now banker types can not only knock their wives up but clothe them on the cheap too? [WSJ]
• And lingerie line Agent Provocateur was just sold to a private equity firm too. [Independent]