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    Witchtit: Your low productivity advisor: Based on my own experience with owning a Barbie--to look like my Barbie, I would need to chop of all my hair, dye it orange with food dye, cover my fa... more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Oh Karl, I had to roll up and sell the rhinestone blinged red carpet ages ago! more »
    stealthird: I would like to know how many former ANTM contestants that had been signed to Elite have now been let go. My vote goes for 60%. Any one else? more »
    iheartapocalypse: Is it weird that I totally understand where Diane is coming from? Well, maybe not the gay husband part, but the living apart from your SO part. My boy... more »
    nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Barry and DVF have been best friends for decades. He doesn't have any children of his own and has a large fortune. He's very close to her children. ... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: Also, a talking palette? AAAH! If it's anything like the bossy babysitters who used to try to teach me how to put makeup on, keep it away from me. "No... more »
    LaFemme: While I don't like the idea of having/using/wearing anything Barbie, I am betting the Stila makeup is going to be amazing. I am already sensing that t... more »
    Kate Schmidt: I know that bitching about looks is a dick move, but does anyone else thing that Lagerfeld looks a bit like a corpse? more »
    tscheese: Um, is it bad that I would kind of like a relationship like DvF's? I need to be left the fuck alone sometimes, but I kind of want to have a lifemate w... more »
    stacyinbean: I believe DVF's marriage would technically be considered a lavender marriage... [en.wikipedia.org] more »
    Penny: Folks? If you have not seen Sonia Rykiel's 40-anniversary collection, go to Style.com. NOW. It's sooooo fabulous. more »
    morninggloria: While I don't think that Barbie makeup is a great idea, it's much better than the Barbie earrings plan that the same company pitched last month. Weari... more »
    LaComtesse: Far be it from me to question my personal goddess DVF (2nd or 3rd favorite living designer), but that arrangement just sounds strange to me. Whatever ... more »
    Lazy Line Painter Jane: Can someone explain to me the deal with the mariage blanc in the fashion industry? Why do people do it? more »
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I had no clue about the DvF/Diller marriage being a sham. Diane needs to come over to my apartment and we can chat over tea. I'll wear one of her dres... more »
    BabyJane: Hey Barry Diller, count your blessings.When your wife needs space you get to go to the Carlyle.When I need space, my husband get's to go to the couch. more »
    shewar: Oh weird. Karl Lagerfeld was actually in my dream last night, giving me life advice. And it sounded quite a lot like that quote...except we were discu... more »
    tscheese: Is this mythical New York Topshop going to have prices in dollars that are more accurately expressed in Euros? ...Not that the spread is so significan... more »
    scullymurphy: The new modesty! I love it, Kaiser Karl. I hope you know this means no more enormous diamond stickpins, though. Tres gauche! more »
    aubonpam: There's this Swedish illustator named Johanna Ost who had pictures of herself with 1950's Barbie makeup a while back and it was eerily perfect and acc... more »
  • #ragtrade

    Lagerfeld Gets Modest, Valentino Gets Fined, Von Furstenberg Gets "Space"

    • Lagerfeld talks recession: “This... crisis is like a big spring housecleaning — both moral and physical... Bling is over. Red carpetry covered with rhinestones is out. I call it ‘the new modesty.’” [NY Times]
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