Mischa Barton Does, Like, Good Job On Headband Line

Sadie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST

Mischa Barton goes on record about that epic headband launch we mentioned! Quoth the actress formerly known as Marissa Cooper, "People want to see that you can deliver and do, like, a good job.” [WWD]

Belstaff is designing Harry Potter's latest wizard robe. But isn't that dictated by millennia of magical tradition? [WWD]
We get the whole "haha 'lipstick lesbians'" thing, but still...L Word lipsticks? Anyhoo, choose between Bette, Kit, Alice, and Shane. [Bellasugar]
A Brooklyn administrator claims the many grands she stole for a Victoria's Secret habit was for the benefit of the school's Fifth Graders. The judge deemed this one of a "rich array of implausible excuses" [New York Post]
The Lanvin/Acne collaboration is as pricey as everyone feared. [Fashionista]
This holiday shopping season is "the worst in memory." [WWD]
Model and homeless-style enthusiast was burgled - while at home. The bold thieves marched in and lifted a bunch of designer tags. [New York Post]
Azzaro launches an e-commerce site. Maybe for all those bashful richies practicing futive consumption? [WWD]
The ElleUK staff's New Year's resolutions seem to involve a lot of expensive skincare products. [ElleUK]
Celebs' Christmas lists: expensive stuff. [Fabsugar]
Speaking of living it up: check out the "sweet room" at Asprey's Christmas bash, "filled with Christmas trees made from pink and green Ladurée macaroons, miniature cupcakes and chocolate fountains." [WWD]
"There's nothing sexy about bread lines." So begins this kinda tasteless but still terrific ode to "depression-era" glam. [Style.com]
Dutch artist Thomas Voorn makes "textile graffiti" that says stuff like "Cosmic Christian Ceremony." [Sassybella]
Eilidh MacAskill, managing editor of InStyle, takes the helm as EIC of British InStyle. [FashionWeekDaily]
Pret a Portea, London's "cult afternoon fashion tea" now has a Vespa that delivers to fashionistas' doors. [VogueUK]
Blair Waldorf cover theft! [Fashionista]
Here's a slideshow of celebrities in their own designs. They look as embarrassed as we feel. [Daily news]

Haute Couture Cuisine

Dodai — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:00 EST

Pret-a-Portea, at the Berkeley Hotel in the Knightsbridge section of London, serves edible versions of designer collections, updated every six months, for a fashionable high tea. The hotel's pastry chefs go to fashion shows and a use a team of editors from various publications as consultants about the latest trends. The yellow Smythson "Maze Bag" is a banana sponge cake; there's a chocolate cookie version of a Valentino red coat — complete with gold buttons. Gushes writer Ben Seidler: "The tailor-made tea is served so that, whenever a guest takes a cake or savoury nibble, it is quickly replaced on the cake stand. Over and over, one can relive the excitement of a Louis Vuitton dress selling out and being re-issued, simply by stuffing one's face. (The display refills within fashion friendly limits, though, this is not an all-you-can-eat buffet)." [International Herald Tribune]

Jezebel: pret a portea

Mischa Barton Does, Like, Good Job On Headband Line

Haute Couture Cuisine