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God Bless Ridiculous Fashion Folk, Every One Of Them

• God bless Vivienne Westwood for being so undeniably herself. Says the fashion designer-cum-philosopher: "I'd like to do less, but there are people dependent on me now. My thing has always been, just let me finish this pair of trousers and then I can read my book. We've all got to wear something, I suppose. So my advice would be to buy quality. Choose well. I think there's a certain status in seeing someone wearing the same thing over and over again." [Vogue UK]
  
• God bless Heidi Klum. She's just so wise: "[Take] time out for yourself so you can engage in an activity that you really enjoy. [Also, don't] neglect the romance in your life. [And] wear pretty lingerie if you don't want to feel schlumpy." [Vogue UK]
  
• God bless Donatella Versace for saying at the Times Talks on Sunday that her fashion motto is "Don't let the rappers wear more bling than you do!" and that she hopes to be reincarnated as Maya Rudolph. [Fashion Week Daily]

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Vanity Fair Celebrates Funny Girls

Just a little over a year after it published an essay in which Christopher Hitchens asserted that women aren't funny, Vanity Fair has come out with an issue acknowledging the current generation of female comedians, actresses and writers who are proving that women are actually quite hilarious. (Hitchens has a rebuttal here.) The video above, taken during the photo sessions for the issue, is like girl crush central, and includes Sandra Bernhard, Susie Essman, Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, Chelsea Handler, Leslie Mann, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and Kristen Wiig. Unfortunately, the lineup is a little too white. Where's Mo'nique? Or Margaret Cho? Jenna Fischer beat out both of them?

Chicks With Schticks [Vanity Fair]
Who Says Women Aren't Funny? [Vanity Fair]

the good, the bad, & the ugly

Stars Look Spot-On At BAFTA Awards

While music types flocked to California for the Grammy Awards, the movie types were assembling in London for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, also held last night. And wow, were we, well, wowed: Sienna Miller, whose style we normally loathe, looked drop-dead gorgeous in black (with a fabulous cut out back), Jessica Biel made like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe, Keira Knightley (though ghastly thin) wore a beautiful tiered gown, and Laura Bailey's one of the most beautiful expectant mums we've ever seen. Off the mark, though, were Marion Cotillard, Thandie Newton, Diablo Cody, and Sally Farmiloe. [Who? -Ed.] The fully annotated good, bad, and ugly (or shall we say the sharp, the naff, and the shite?) guide to the BAFTAs begins after the jump. More »