Jezebel: Tom Ford

Will A Headband Come Between Mischa And Nicole?

Sadie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST

Did Nicole Richie rip off the idea of shilling crappy-looking headbands from Mischa Barton?! A "source" says yes! “Mischa is furious...She feels like Nicole completely copied her idea.” [PopCrunch]
Kim Kardashian's shoe line takes celeb designing to a new level of annoying! "All you have to do is fill out a survey then her staff will continue sending you 5 cheap pairs of shoes each month until you beg for mercy. If you decide to keep a pair it’s $39 otherwise you just have to go through the trouble of reboxing them, going to the post office and mailing them back to Kim." [The.Life Files]
Addressing the serious dearth of news about celebrity designers, Hayden Panettiere's design for Dooney and Bourke was "inspired by her astrological sign, Leo." [New York]

Tom Ford takes a measured approach to cosmetic surgery: "I hope to have the eye to do it in such a way that I still look my age but maybe not have my neck swinging around when I go jogging." [New York Post]
He could learn a thing or two from Diane Von Furstenberg: "I know that a lot of people look at me and think, 'Why doesn't she do something to that face?' But I made a decision. I do yoga and I hike, but I won't do Botox... know if I start doing things I will get insecure. You wear your own face. It is a little bit of your history, a little bit of who you are." [VogueUK]
The fashion industry cuts back on the fab in an effort to retrench. Think smaller expense accounts. [WWD]
For some reason, though, Miss J has sold a book: Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power, which, is supposed to "boost self-esteem." Have these editors watched Top Model?! [New York Observer]
"Chiconomic" recessionistas are boosting thrift stores and outlets. [Financial Times]
Kate Moss flies to New York, learns her shoot is canceled, flies back to London, is pissed. [Mirror]
Only the good die young! Holly Dunlap's very cute Hollywould shoe line is kaput. [New York Post]
For the self-serious punner on your Xmas list: Kenneth Cole's new book, "Awearness: Inspiring Stories About How to Make a Difference" "It's a collection of essays from influential types intended to encourage readers to get involved in service and volunteerism in their communities." [CNN]
If Anna Wintour's daughter is worried about finding work, where does that leave the rest of us? “I finish in May, and I’m really nervous about the fact nobody’s hiring right now...I think everyone’s going to have trouble finding a job. I know a lot of people graduating early, and they can’t get anything.” [New York]
Ann Taylor's slump continues. [WSJ]
An email hoax doesn't help! [WWD]
In case we haven't mentioned it, the Australia costumes are going to be good. [Telegraph]
Donatella Versace: "We sell a lifestyle, so to own one piece of Versace is like to own a whole outfit of expensive things. That's why we do many different things." Or like...owning one expensive thing? [CNN]
Liz Hurley becomes the face of fur company Blackglama; guess who's none too pleased? "It’s shocking that she’s taking money to wear baby minks, who are skinned at six months old for Liz’s luxuries...Her wardrobe is now as dead as her film career." says a PETA rep. [Daily Mail]
Is Hot Topic getting...chic? [BlackBook]
Marc Jacobs lives in the moment, ink. “I really have a good attitude about tattooing. When I first got one, two years ago, I was like, ‘I’m not going to overthink this or what it means, or what it’s going to be like when I’m 80. I want to get tattooed today, and in five weeks, I’ll get a SpongeBob tattoo.’ Will I regret it someday? I don’t know, but I’m not going to deny myself this pleasure today because of what I don’t know in the future.” [Rolling Stone]
Men are wearing slippers outdoors. [Financial Times]

Nicole Richie's Jewelry Line Is Cute, Cheap

Sadie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Nicole Richie's cheap, chunky jewelry line is actually pretty get-behind-able. [FabSugar]
PETA protesters continue the conversation by appearing at an Olsen Twins book signing with the placard: "Trollsens: UR Hags From Hell." [New York Magazine]
Kate Moss is going to co-chair the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala, to which we are already not invited. [Telegraph]
Apparently the theme is "the model as muse." Feeling better about being left out! [WWD]
Candie's anti-teen sex ad stirs controversy; we're just wondering when a brand that featured Jenny McCarthy on a toilet became a moral authority. [AdRants]

Tom Ford's Isherwood adaptation, A Single Man, is cast! "(Colin) Firth is the gay man, an Englishman and professor who feels like an outsider in Los Angeles. (Matthew) Goode is the boyfriend who dies in a car accident and appears in flashbacks. (Julianne) Moore plays a friend of the professor." [Yahoo]
The Columbia Journalism Review is sick of talking about Michelle Obama's wardrobe. [CJR]
Tell that to J.Crew! They're cashing in on Michelle Obama's endorsement. [Politico]
And to all the random European designers inspired by the campaign! [Telegraph]
Meanwhile, J. Crew's brought on a new head of menswear, who says that men "don't appreciate or want change. They're set in their ways." [Men.Style]
Perk of being an It Brand? Hanging with whoever you want. Here, the Rodarte girls chill with Kim Gordon, say "I think music, film and art influence Laura and me more than anything else. We grew up near Santa Cruz and I can remember being so intrigued by skaters and psychedelic ’80s hippies who listened to Peter Gabriel. My environment was a huge inspiration." [BlackBook]
Zac Efron wears Calvins, apparently. [New York Magazine]
Things are getting really ugly in the Project Runway legal battle, with accusations of "sabotage" from both Bravo and the Weinsteins. [E]
Speaking of PR, are you an exhibitionist with an itch to stitch? Bravo's new knockoff, Fashion House, is casting! [Fashionista]
The DVF woman: "She walks where she wants her life to go...firmly on the heels of her of her wooden wedges…she moves like a whisper commanding a goddess gown as easily as a patterned T." [WWD]
Indian moddle Kangana Dutta is getting some serious designer play. [Style.com]
CNA calculates all the stuff the average American could buy with Palin;s wardrobe budget. Play along! [The Nation]
British factory-worker-turned-next-big-model has a Flashdance-worthy story of triumph! Can I admit I kind of choked up? [The Sun]
Want to see some plastic shoes dance a ballet? Be our guest! [Melissa Plastic Dreams via AdRants]
Burberry adds this enormous sign to the NYC skyline. [NY Times]
Vivienne Tam unveils "laptop for women." Seriously. It's "small, lightweight and colorful. Its red and pink peony injected plastic print exterior matches Tam’s spring clothing, and it will be sold at the Vivienne Tam store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood in the spring." Thank. God. [WWD]

Kate Moss For TopShop Sells Out In Fifteen Minutes

Sadie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Kate Moss' line for TopShop sells out in 15 minutes! "Crowds of young women, who started queuing at 7.45am, scooped up the must have designer gear without even trying it on. " [Daily Mail]
Rachel Weisz on method acting:"We were talking about the character of Penelope when I suddenly ran upstairs and brought down these old boots. They’re basically a cross between a clown boot and a Victorian lace-up boot....They suit Penelope because they don’t go with anything, they’re really clumpy and they gave me a funny walk. The character came entirely out of those boots — I wear them in every single scene!" If shleppy shoes equal verite, color me Stella Adler! [ElleUK]
Piaf-impersonator Marion Cotillard signed by Dior. [WWD]
Lagerfeld descends upon the Green Mountain State. He'll be the cadaverous one in the high collar who calls you "demode." [Fashionista]

Peter Som leaves Bill Blass. “This was an extremely difficult decision for me...At this time, however, I have chosen to focus on my own namesake collection and the development of the Peter Som brand.” [WWD]
NARS sells condoms. With Orgasm blush, natch. They also hedge their bets with a "ways to say no" package which, yes, also comes with the blush. As long as you have Orgasm! Sales benefit Amfar programs to promote global safe sex education initiatives. [BeautyAddict]
Louboutin ups the ante with an 8" heel. The truly fashion-forward amongst us sigh up for stiltwalking, purchase matching Uncle Sam outfits. [Guardian]
Way to de-sexy underwear moddles: "According to Make Me A Supermodel stylist Tiana Wallace, just one slice (of bread) wedged in the front of a pair of briefs is the secret ingredient to achieving the sought-after "smooth look.'' The crumb potential sounds uncomfy! [News.com.au]
As elections approach, American Apparel amps up its "Legalize LA" campaign. [Reuters]
Bluefly.com introduces shop-by-character Gossip Girl pages. Best part? You can skip the tedious "say-you-love-me-first" plotline! [Extra]
Want to see something weird? Warning: there's music. [Live Science]
Levi's introduces the new "Ultimate Lift 544 jeans." To wear with the new ass bras, perhaps? [WWD]
Estee Lauder is up, but cautious. [Reuters]
Did Paul Smith plagiarize this artist's work? [Flight404]
Just in time for the recession, Tom Ford introduces $9,240 fur boots "calculated to appeal to wealthy glam junkies and luxury ski freaks in places like Aspen and Gstaad." Barf. [Luxist via New York]
Even Rachel Roy can't find anything in picked-over NYC thrift stores! [FabSugar]
Just in time for Halloween, Beyonce grotesque distorted by Armani photoshoppers! [Photoshop Disasters]
U.S. retailers cut orders, unsurprisingly; designers worry. [WWD]

Sarah Palin Returned All Those Clothes, Silly!

Sadie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

McCain campaign claims that it didn't keep a lot of those Fashiongate duds: "about a third of it was returned immediately" when they didn't fit. Yes, that'd be $50,000 worth. [AP]
Roseanne offers a McCain-Palin Hitler smiley-face tee on her website. Genocide sensitivity: ur doin it rong. [Oh No They Didn't]
Tom Ford makes over 007: “It was time for a change and, whereas Brioni is very polished, this new Bond is edgier and darker...Tom Ford’s tailored suits work better for him.” [FT]
Sarah Jessica Parker's hard at work on her new fragrances, Lovely Moments. "The collection will include three fragrances based on different expressions of time — Dawn, Endless and Twilight." What? [WWD]

Moscow Fashion Week is uncharacteristically subdued. [Reuters]
Because shopping at French Connection is a good indicator of your civic acumen, the chain is offering a 15% discount to those who can prove they voted. Seems ripe for voter fraud to me... [Nylon]
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell are co-hosting a Halloween party. What happens when they both come dressed as the Queen? [Fashionista]
Quoth the creative director of Moschino: "The glossy, glamorous and cool world of fashion have never particularly fascinated me: I adore fashion and many of its representatives not for those aspects but for the creativity, the research and the effort that remains behind every collection." This translates to a front row filled with stuffed animals. [IHT]
Zara continues to defy the market. In a good way. [Reuters]
Ditto Avon; a gal still needs her undereye concealer. [Business Week]
Other stalwarts? Plain white shirts. "Fun" men's shirts are out. [Telegraph]
Tailoring, however, is in! [NY Times]
Not to be left behind the, um, phone craze, Ralph Lauren launches an iPhone app, should you wish to gaze at madras at your whim. [MobileCrunch]
British designer complains she can't find Size 10 (that's a U.S. 6) models to walk in her shows. "I have always been someone who would request that model agencies send me their curviest girls. But this time even they were too tiny to fill a pair of size 10 trousers and make them look great." [Guardian]
The economy's climate of "retail darwinism" takes its toll on experimental fashion. [Portfolio]
The carnage continues: although Elle is strong, Elle Accessories is suspended, loses four staffers. [NY Magazine]
WWD names Natasha Poly and Lily Donaldson "the hottest models of the season." [WWD]
Twiggy: "Just because you’re middle-aged you don’t have to live in flannel knickers!" It does mean you have to diet, apparently! [Mirror]
"Sitting at his kitchen table recently, Mr. Siriano mused that he had a few days ahead of him with no bookings. I am like, 'Am I out? Is everyone over me?' That's kind of scary.'" Don't worry, Christian, you're fierce! [Wall Street Journal]
Clothing line gives 400 poor little babies rashes on their backs! [USA Today]
Alexander McQueen: "I was thinking of the British Empire...because we don't have one any more. Of course, it's not right for one nation to govern another, but I have no other mentality apart from a British mentality. We've lost our way as a nation at the moment, I think, and I wanted to unify myself with Britain throughout history, and to celebrate any heritage. The idea was to look at tradition as opposed to being anarchic." Translation? Rock necklaces. [Independent]
Ecko employee sues over sexual harassment after a male colleague allegedly "threw a fistful of coins down into the crack of her buttocks." [NY Post]
Lagerfeld is lukewarm on the contents of his Chanel pavilion: "The pavilion is the most exciting. Whatever may be in there—that is not my problem.” [The New Yorker]

Sofia Coppola To Design For Vuitton (We're Sure She's Earned It)

Sadie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Sofia Coppola for some reason to design shoes and bags for Louis Vuitton. "It is understood the products will be sold worldwide and launched in Japan." Will she distract us from the crappy-looking shoes with a cool soundtrack? [WWD]
Kate Moss: The Movie. Maybe. [Graziavia The Cut]
Usher launches lingerie line. “Comfort and intimacy is very important.” [Just Jared]
"Alessandra Ambrosio's 4 pound Maltese named Buddha got out and is lost. He is tie dyed blue and green and is lost please help in anyway possible. She loves her dog so much and there is a large reward if someone returns him." [Perez Hilton]

Vivienne Westwood's recession tips: "In these hard times, dress up," with towel capes and safety pin jewelry! [Daily Mail]
No wonder her retrospective attracted 40,000 visitors. [The Star]
In their futile attempt to sabotage the fur-lovin' Armani, PETA approaches fames bunny-boiler Glenn Close. [E]
Post Jovovich-Hawk, Milla thinks big. “Now I’m here in Paris meeting with bigger houses about doing designing for them...Unfortunately, Carmen’s not working with me anymore–she’s taking pictures–but I am definitely going to keep designing.” [FashionWeekDaily]
Um...what? Naomi Campbell on air travel: "I think after 9/11 you can't say anything anymore on a plane. I've flown British Airways for years, since I was a child...The stewardesses will tell you that I would get on a plane, put on the blanket and go to sleep. I'll never fly that airline again, but nothing's really lost. I did get my luggage. I was reunited with my YSL, and everything was cool." [Stereohyped]
Lily Cole's French Playboy cover is out. [Fashionologie]
If it's not broke: Dior reups Galliano's contract. [WWD]
Wal-Mart bans cotton from Uzbekistan in an effort to end child labor there. [NY Times]
Model bad-girl Alice Dellal kinda grosses out some people. 'Another fashion journalist, who also wanted to remain anonymous - because to be heard slagging off the fashionistas' favourite is hardly the done thing - told me that she found it all "baffling. She looks like she needs a good scrub. It's as if she's walked out of a 1990s Nirvana video".' [Telegraph]
More on H&M's trials. [NY Times]
Tennis ace Rafael Nadal to be spokesman for Lanvin fragrances. Cause sweaty athletes is exactly who I want to smell like! [WWD]
New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre and racing icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. for Wrangler makes somewhat more sense. [AdWeek ]
Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford's mutual admiration interview. Given the players, disappointingly un-absurd. "For me, American fashion and the look of American elegance with an updated image is Tom. There may be others, but I don't wear those." [Time]
Jay-Z's Rocawear sued for trademark infringement. [The Cut]
Whether Target likes it or not, Anya Hindmarch is selling her cheapo line on her own site four days early. [Fashionista]
Miss Sixty stores bite it. [Times of London]
Wait, what? Gemma Ward decides she's going to be an actor, promptly nets Australian Oscar-like nom. [WWD]
British women's breast size a whole cup larger than a generation ago; breast enlargement surgery likely culprit. [Telegraph]

Designer/Director Tom Ford Can't Move His Freakin' Face

Sadie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Tom Ford has spoken: eyebrow wiggling is now a sign of displeasure. "I haven't had any plastic surgery — despite what people think, this is my nose...I have had Restylane and Botox, but I don't think of that as plastic surgery any more. It's true I can't really frown, but I can move my eyebrows, so..." [Guardian]
Well, at least Manolo Blahnik is less ridiculous! Oh, wait. "Manolo Blahnik tumbles into the room wearing an extremely dapper royal-purple suit, purple and yellow knitted tie, orange suede shoes and black circular glasses à la Le Corbusier. He stretches out his hand, and when I shake it he squeaks in pain, shaking, then retracting it." [Independent]
Jean-Paul Gaultier, maybe? “'I did a revue with my teddy bear at home...I pretended he had breasts. The first cone bra I did was for my teddy bear, not for Madonna. I had a strawberry box for the stage, and I put a lot of feathers on my teddy bear for the headdress. I used feathers from my cleaning brush for the finale.'” [NYT]
Come. on, Zac Posen, redeem your industry: "Puppies, babies and plastic surgery are the new fashion. That's where fashion's going." [Big Think]

It's official: Project Runway saved from a fate worse than death, aka Lifetime Television for Women. [NY Mag]
"Ironically, runways in the nation that brought us an all-black Vogue were not only less diverse than New York's but disappointingly white." [Shophound]
The sale of YSL's art collection — which includes Picassos, a Matisse, a Leger and a Mondrian — is expected by auctioneers to bring in 440 billion dollars. [Breitbart]
The Stylista contestants revealed! One of them is named Cologne. [NY Mag]
This Lancome lip gloss and this Marc Jacobs shirt kind of look alike. [Glam Chic]
The Queen's preferred dressmaker on the verge of collapse! Experts suggest it, um, failed to move with the times. [Telegraph]
In a weird coincidence, the designer of Diana's wedding dress is going under, too. [Daily Mail]
The Sergio Rossi-Puma sneaker heel is the stuff nightmares are made of. [Fashionista]
Kate Moss apparently "snogs the face off" some Vivienne Westwood cohort. [Mirror]
The Eastpak allegedly "reinvented" by Raf Simons. That's what they said about cafeteria food. [LA Times]
Shoes are apparently a better investment than stocks. Although not, presumably, if you walk in them. Cue Carrie Bradshaw reference. [Business Sheet]
"On Monday, men's magazine GQ India hits the newsstands, following in the footsteps of other male-only publications such as Men's Health, Maxim, and FHM, and experts are saying this is further proof that Indian men are embracing more global fashions." Pictured: an Indian guy in what appears to be a gold leather Harlequin outfit and bow-tie. [Reuters]
Burberry Children's to bring overpriced (adorable) mini duffel coats to U.S. market. [WWD]
Lenny Kravitz barred from Ric Owens show; sneaks in anyway. [Style.com]
"Over the last year, Mr. Margiela, known as fashion’s “Invisible Man” because he never gives interviews and has rarely been photographed, has told colleagues that he wants to stop designing and that he has begun a search for his successor at the house." So...how will anyone know? [NY Times]
Speculation rampant that Plum Sykes querying Guardian style column. Okay, not really. [Guardian]
We can't really wrap our heads around the new Pat Field for venerable frump-purveyor Marks and Sparks line, so will probably stick to weeping. [The Sun]
Fashion feels the credit crunch. [WWD]
Gareth Pugh brings back the Elizabethan ruff. [ElleUK]

Tim Gunn Is Totally Normal: "I Wear Jeans & T-Shirts All The Time"

Sadie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Everyone's favorite human being, Tim Gunn, likes Dunkin' Donuts (Grace Mirabella turned him onto it.) And he can't afford to buy an apartment in New York, either! (Stars! They're just like us!) [Time Out New York]
Simon Doonan, the woman's champion, bemoans that there's "a lot of conformity, a lot of blonde hair ... I often wonder if feminism was just a dream. I can't believe how women feel so scrutinised, and they're still so self-critical - I thought they would have let go of that now but they haven't. There's a very masochistic thing with women now that I didn't used to see. My girl friends in the punk era weren't like that at all." [Guardian]
How's the fashion set responding to the economic crisis? "Everyone's freaking out. Everyone." [WSJ]
AOL pulls the plug on Glass-House dwellers Joan and Melissa Rivers' Emmy coverage because of repeated humorous references to the Third Reich, corpulence. [P6]

Prada denies it's trolling for an investor in Dubai; says it's still going public. The economy says otherwise! [WWD]
Tom Ford's bringing in the whole Mad Men design team to work on his directorial debut. Which we would totally do, if you changed "directorial debut" to "our apartment." [E!]
Not shockingly, Woody Harrelson is a big advocate for hemp. [Guardian]
Of her unisex clown-in-the-asylum collection for H&M, Rei Kawakubo declares, “The collection is constructed around Comme des Garçons’ style. Rather than aiming to make clothes that no one has ever seen before, it is very much Comme des Garçons to its roots. My priority has always been creativity, which was not the least bit compromised with this collection. That was the last thing H&M wanted us to do. Otherwise they wouldn’t have asked us.” [BlackBook]
Munichers at Oktoberfest are furious - furious! - at the poor quality of cheap, Chinese-made lederhosen. [Business Week]
Hoping to avoid a similar fate, Scottish kiltmakers hold a summit to protect their industry. [UPI]
Our greatest minds have come up with Kix by Katie, "a stick-on, lightweight, supportive strip which is applied to the inside back hemline of pants. This useful innovative invention adds just a bit of extra weight to your pants, making them hang down nicely." Thus is eliminated the heel-wedgie, the apparent bane of many a high-heeled dame. [InventorSpot]
Nike's in trouble. [WSJ]
PETA harasses Armani customers because he went back on his word about not using fur. No one makes a fool of PETA! They do that themselves! [Daily Express]
Gillian Anderson, for one, is furious with him. [FirstPost]
He responds by releasing a chocolate. "Available at Armani/Dolci stores this week through the end of October, the dark chocolate praline sweets are enclosed in a thin coating of white chocolate, conjuring “a tiny ethereal ghost,” the company said." [WWD]
We apparently don't feel nearly self-conscious enough about our rapidly-aging hands. [NYT]
Did Anthropolgie rip off their whimsical wall design? [Slog]
British film on Hijab fashion rubs some the wrong way. [Muslim Media Watch]
Aw, no one wants Elton John's really expensive brooch! A casualty of the economy? [The Star]
Some Milan designers apparently in deep economic denial, all about "optimism!" [VogueUK]

Tom Ford: Designer, Provocateur, Film Director

Sadie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Following his stint as guest editor of Vanity Fair, jack of all trades Tom Ford makes his directorial debut with an adaptation of Isherwood's 1964 novel A Single Man, which will apparently star Colin Firth as said man. Julianne Moore and Jamie Bell are somehow involved. [E]
Speaking of auteurs, Kate Moss sells a "painting" at auction. "Painted in 2005-2006, it is a self-portrait in lipstick marked with her own lip prints and stains of her former boyfriend Pete Doherty's blood." [Telegraph]
She used to be a "short, flat-chested, bandy-legged schoolgirl." Weren't they all? [Daily Mail]
Unlike other awkward schoolgirls, a museum in Paris is doing a retrospective on her life and style.[WWD]

Andre Benjamin is a huge anglophile, vegetarian. [Guardian]
J. Crew rips off Gossip Girl aesthetic. They wish they were a parent's worst nightmare. [Deep Glamour]
For those who enjoy smelling like the dead, House of Creed premieres a new Jackie O. scent, "Love in Black," described as a "violet-Oriental." [Style.com]
Yay! Everybody loves Issac's line for Liz Claiborne! [Reuters]
Elton John is finally auctioning that really expensive brooch. "It is designed in the form of the letter J and includes multiple old brilliant cut and baguette cut diamonds. It also features five oval cut sapphires and a bombe cluster of circular-cut sapphires." [Telegraph]
Calvin Klein names new CEO. [WSJ]
Madrid Fashion Week KO'd by Milan. [WWD]
Marc Jacobs' boyfriend shows up somewhere without Marc Jacobs. [Observer]
Like everyone else in fashion, Burberry inexplicably "optimistic." [Reuters]
After a stab at going high-end, Nike leaves the elite swimwear market. [AP]
The Gap acquired women's sporswear brand Athleta. [FT]
Spanish chain Mango hits Iraq. No, not in the violent sense! [W]
Suits you can clean in the shower! Hey, that's already how we "iron..." [Reuters]
Another fashion week, another delightful Andre Leon Tally blooper! Having lost his luggage en route to Milan, the Vogue editor at XXL "had to wear the same Juicy Couture shorts and gray Ralph Lauren polo shirt to D&G this morning that he wore on the plane." [Fashionologie]

Tom Ford Is Kind Of A Hack, Says Bitchy YSL Successor

Sadie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Keeping alive the fashion industry's carefully-cultivated reputation for bitchy pettiness, current Yves Saint Laurent creative director has his former boss Tom Ford in the Times mag: "Tom is talented but not gifted. That's the way he managed the business. Tom would say: 'We can't do this silhouette because she looks fat.' Or, 'Oh, no — women don't like this fabric; we can't use it.' That mentality was something to learn but was so far from my way of thinking." In sum, Ford "didn't challenge women." [WWD]
How many times does she have to say it? Dita Von Teese is committed to glamor! "People always think I just hang around in jeans or a tracksuit, and I’m like, Well, no. I’m sitting here right now, having just rolled out of bed, wearing a vintage slip. I don’t have any makeup on, my hair is probably a disaster, but that doesn’t mean I’ll put on jeans and a T-shirt because no one’s looking." [BlackBook]
In one of the oddest collaborations we've run across this week, model Erin Featherston is teaming up with LU Biscuits, described by Fashionista as "the little crackers with chocolate boys on them." We're "collaborating" with a chocolate-chip muffin right now. [Fashionista]

If you can't see Helmut Lang's mixed-media sculpture, "Alles Gleich Schwer,"in Germany, you can catch it on the web. We're guessing as conceptual, un-cuddly as his clothes. [Men.Style]
Don't worry about the environment: fashion is on it! "The Be EcoChic campaign, which raises awareness of environmental issues, is raising its fashion profile on Sept. 4, when it kicks off its global launch with a group runway show at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Designers including Donna Karan, Ralph Rucci, Carmen Marc Valvo, Christian Cota and Vena Cava have contributed looks that feature sustainable, low-impact or recycled fabrics, while women with environmentalist cred — including Mary Richardson, the wife of Riverkeeper’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Laura Turner Seydel, daughter of Ted Turner — will walk in the show." [WWD]
Normally recession-proof L'Oreal challeneged by the "flare-up in the price of raw materials and energy." [WSJ]
Apparently being in Japan Fashion Week is really hard. [WWD]
How hard is it to don silk pajamas? Playboy has launched an online style guide for men. "As it is a patriotic year with the Olympics and an election, I wanted to focus
the playboy.com fall style guide on an Americana theme," said fashion director Joseph DeAcetis." [WWD]
If you're wondering why the Project Runway models are always flaking, maybe it's because the gig sucks. Daniel's auf'd model dishes on the unpaid, ten-hour ordeal that is a day in the life. [NY Mag]
A Canadian retailer has pulled its catalogues after customers complained about the unhealthfully thin models. "Simons department store has pulled its back-to-school catalogue from seven stores in Quebec after complaints the models in the book were too thin. The family owned company, which dates back to the 1840s, received more than 200 complaints from consumers denouncing the rail-thin models wearing the Simons Twik brand." Now if only fashion would take notice... [WWD]
It seems like these stats are always changing, but as of today, luxury brands scoff at the recession, do brilliantly. [The Guardian]
Ferragamo did the shoes for Baz Luhrmann's latest spectacle, Australia. Wedges and riding boots play a supporting role in the (possibly ludicrous) epic. '"My grandfather, Salvatore Ferragamo, began his career working in costume design for the American Film Company, a precursor to Twentieth Century Fox, so it is only fitting that we carry on his name and our company's heritage by collaborating once again on a film from Fox," said James Ferragamo. [FabSugar]
As we know, the solution to all the world's problems lies in celeb-designed T-shirts. Accordingly, Julia Roberts has done one for Armani. '"Julia has helped to create beautiful and unique designs for both women and men, which will be a visible reminder of the part that we can all play in fighting AIDS in Africa,” Armani said.' [WWD]
Kate Hahn's book Forgotten Fashion will certainly be sold at Anthropologie. "It's deadpan social satire in a tone Hahn describes as 'glamorous dark humor...inspired by things like Edward Gorey and the Limony Snicket series.' In each of the supposedly historic episodes, everything goes wonderfully until some sort of 'regrettable incident or unlucky moment' ends the fun."[Deep Glamour]
Sports bra sales are up; we suspect this has approximately 0% to do with the Olympics. [The Sun]
Moschino does some "witty" ballet flats for Repetto. Spoiler: they look like wood grain and have random springs of flowers springing out of them. [VogueUK]
Ooh! The Daily News brings us "The Top 50 of The NYC Fashion Hierarchy" just in time for Fashion Week! We love to know who's insulting us! [Daily News via Sassybella]

Karl Lagerfeld To Design "Chanel Homes" On "Fashion Island"

Sadie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Kaiser Karl himself is set to help create and conceive of 80 homes on Dubai's new Isla Moda (yes, "Fashion Island"). Says the designer: "The metamorphosis of art and beauty is my passion. The discovery of contemporary mediums of expression has allowed me to pursue my interest in art, beauty, architecture and progressive cultural exchange. Dubai is a fashion bud on the verge of blossoming into the next fashion hub of the world. The city is alive with culture and rich in personality, making it a perfect place for aesthetic, fashion and design to flourish. Isla Moda has tremendous potential to be the style icon of the future and I intend on driving the island to high style stardom." [Refinery29]
Perennially self-satisfied designer, phrase-maker and Cuomo in-law is disturbed by America's #1 slot in a recent international drug-use ranking, proclaiming it "A Number One We Don't Want To Be." [Awearness Blog]
This blogger from New Mexico was just robbed. By chance, he happens to have been stalking Tom Ford. [Fashionista]

John Galliano is launching his first scent. As one would expect, it comes in nifty packaging and will be available in three sizes, a body lotion, shower cream and body scrub. The perfume itself combines rose, lavender, bergamot, violet and amber notes and as is meant to evoke the impression that the wearer "just left the room but we've captured her essence." Sounds kinda like Perfume, but sure! [VogueUK]
Hey, remember when Wonderbra launched that open search for a buxom new model in England? Apparently they found a dame with the "perfect look" (rack?) — only to have her disappear, Cinderella-like, into the night! It seems the young woman's contact information was incorrectly recorded, and she has no idea executives are scouring the land, trying to make her a bra-sportin' superstar. "'We are desperate to find this girl - whoever she is,' Wonderbra spokesperson Julia Nolan told the Express newspaper. 'When we saw her images after the photoshoot she was by far and away the best candidate but when we came to match her details we realised to our horror that we didn't have them. All we know is that her name is Kate or Katie, she is 5 ft 9 inches tall and has never done any modelling before'" [Mail on Sunday]
Surprise, surprise: Wal-Mart leads retailers in sales. [WWD]
The rocky economic climate might mean a weak back-to-school market, something that's generally been a reliable bump for retailers. In addition to parental belt-tightening, stores might suffer ftom the shortage of summer jobs available to teens. [WWD]
At first glance, it seems like the news that there's a new, boomer-driven demand for "older models" with "laugh lines" is really heartening. Until you see what fashion means by "older." '"The market for older models has exploded," says Ginni Conquest, co-director of the sophisticated women's division at Wilhelmina Models in New York. (Models who are 25 and older are often referred to as "classic" or "sophisticated.") "It's our fastest-growing area, and it's a first for the industry."' By this definition, I am indeed the height of sophistication! [Star Tribune]
The New York Times thinks ritzy shades are popular because the buying public is suffering from "bag fatique." My take? More like "bag prices." [New York Times]
A former CEO of Marrionnaud has been found guilty of cooking the perfume company's books. [WWD]
London grooming versus NYC grooming: Apparently "in New York regular treatments are seen as a necessity for women of all ages, whereas many women in their forties in London view the same treatments as a luxurious treat reserved for special occasions." Color me a London forty-something! [VogueUK]
The new skincare developed specifically for cancer patients: snake oil or cure? "Depending on whom you ask, such products give patients one more tool to ease side effects or false hope that a cancer-specific balm is more effective than a mild drugstore lotion." [New York Times]
Oh, Women's Wear Daily: "If justice is blind, Christie Brinkley certainly hasn't gotten the memo." And yes, they go on to call her "every inch the uptown girl" in her sordid divorce trial.[WWD]
Iconic model Grace Jones releases a new single that could easily have been written by my 'Socialist' high-school boyfriend: "Corporate Cannibal." [Sassybella]
Disgruntled employees launch class-action suit against Ralph Lauren. [WWD]
Uh oh! Agyness might be the face of reinvented CK CK One! I don't think I need to spell out the implications of this for the probably-trumped-up-and-actually-nonexistent Kate-Agy Feud! [Fashionista]

Tom Ford? Or Terry Richardson With Tresses?

Anna — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:10:00 EDT

[London, July 3. Image via INFDaily]

Stress, Health Problems Factors In Fashion Model's Suicide

Sadie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova jumped to her death from her Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide Saturday. The 20-year-old had been featured on the cover of Vogue and walked for Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. [CNN]
Friends say Korshunova had been suffering from health problems and personal stress. [New York Post]
And in a shocking show of ghoulishness ('poor taste' doesn't begin to approach this one), Fox News has aired footage of her body. [Huffington Post]
Oy vey.Real World producers sign on for Project Runway. Bring on the hot tub. [Variety]

First seeing-eye cats guiding dogs, now designers collaborating! What's next, peace in the Middle East? [The Independent]
Tom Ford seeks to do the impossible: "“For this project, I wanted to reinvent patchouli . . . I loved the idea of mixing patchouli with white florals. We used patchouli orpur, which takes out some of the darker, smoky notes of patchouli. We mixed that with peony, bergamot, and jasmine,” says he of his new, Erykah-Badu-faced "White Patchouli." [Oh No They Didn't]
Family to take Clarins private. [WWD]
In a post-Sharon-Stone world: the future of Dior. [Financial Times]
Bella Freud: "I wish people would take more notice of what's going on in Palestine because if they knew the level of suffering of the Palestinian people, they would be outraged and appalled. People would demand that something should be done." [The Independent]
Gellin' like Magellan' is apparently complete nonsense. [Los Angeles Times]
Twiggy's daughter is staying off the runway. [Mail on Sunday]

Guardian

A day after her sentencing, Naomi Campbell —surprise! — hits the catwalk. Um, in a men's show. [Los Angeles Times]
Liberty of London opens first boutique. [WWD]
Recessionistas take note: virtual H&M opens in new, depressing Sims world. [Los Angeles Times]
So, that hair extension Kate Moss lost? You can buy it on eBay. [Sassybella]
In a match made in...an insane asylum, Master P relaunches his line exclusively for Wal-Mart. [Reuters]
Green cosmetics take it to the fields. [New York Times]
Sit tight for today's Ebay knockoff ruling! [Breitbart]
Old-school Converse goes high-tech with new interactive marketing. [Adweek]
Oh, that should make the Queen happy. Kate Middleton, aka "Prince Williams maybe-fiancee" is a maybe-model. [Daily Express]
Molly Ringwalg gets the fashion-icon props she deserves! [Los Angeles Times]
Oh, and I guess Helene Rochas qualifies too. [W]

WWD

Michael Jackson Is Doing A Fashion Line? Insert Glove Joke Here

Sadie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Wacko Jacko is teaming up with Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier to launch a new line this fall. The apparently delusional Frenchman says, “It’s the merging of the King of Pop with the king of fashion. Something explosive is going to happen.” Kitson, for some reason, has committed to carrying the line exclusively. Like all Michael Jackson news, this is somehow deeply depressing. [People]
Um, Michael's sister Janet is also doing a line, apparently. Starting with lingerie. Insert "wardrobe malfunction" joke here. Oh, wait, Perez Hilton already did. [Perez Hilton]
A spotlight fell on the head of a male model walking in Tom Ford's Milan show. Insert...no, don't. [Fashionista]
Nelson Mandela has personally banned serenity-challenged Naomi Campbell from the stage of his 90th birthday concert! Campbell was wearing a "46664" baseball cap at the time of her arrest (Mandela's prison number during his 27-year stint behind bars and the emblem of his current anti-AIDS initiative), which Mandela found "disappointing" given that he personally counseled her following her last brush with the law/cellphone/maid. [Daily Mail]

Perhaps Naomi will take comfort from this news: "...lawmakers are proposing to give supermodels their own category of work visa. This is especially bold because while easing the way for several hundred models to work during New York's Fashion Week, they must resolutely ignore the pleas of high-tech businesses seeking more visas for well-educated workers." [LA Times]
"Consumer confidence hits 16-year low." [WWD]
Dragon fruit is the latest snake oil. [New York Magazine]
File under 'curiously appropriate meeting of psuedo-hipster mediocrities': Agyness Deyn is dating one of the Strokes. [Perez Hilton]
Just when you thought they couldn't get any uglier: Crocs 2.0 [Blackbook]
MAC, Emanuel Ungaro team up for new makeup line. [Newser]
Expectant mother Angelina Jolie apparently has no need for the teeny-tiny black leather getup she wears in her new flick, Wanted. She's auctioning it at CharityFolks.com, where it's expected to fetch about three grand. Proceeds benefit a charity of Morgan Freeman's that helps communities prepare for natural disasters. [E!]
Tom Ford flouts recession, beating sales budget by 100%. [IHT]
"King of Bling" "Jacob the Jeweler" goes to jail for money-laundering. [WWD]
Chinese sportswear's Olympic ambitions flouted. [Wall Street Journal]
Fashionistas really, really need to stop talking politics. [Guardian]
Parisian "concept store" Colette opens pop-up store in New York! [Fashionista]
Brit It-girl and Gwen Stefani sorta-stepdaughter Daisy Lowe on her style: "Like a fairy pixie doll, but with a little bit of a vintage twist. Like a dirty fairy. I like to mix it up—old vintage fabric dresses with exotic Tibetan jewelry, flowers, headbands, that sort of thing." [Refinery29]
After rough patch, Thierry Mugler on the upswing. [WWD]

Agyness Deyn: Model, Singer, Annoyance... Actor?

Sadie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Rumors are swirling that Aggy will be making her "major" acting debut this holiday season as Dr. Who's "Christmas companion" (don't look at me) in the show's major 12/25 episode. [Gallifreyone.com]
It takes a lot to replace Naomi Campbell. After, ahem, legal troubles prevented the beleaguered mannequin from walking in Rosa Cha's Sao Paolo swimsuit show, her replacement (a guy (?)) sauntered out in a Speedo, which he summarily doffed on the runway. [Page Six]
And speaking of male nudity...Borat-style banana hammocks have hit the runways, hard. [News.com.au]
Blind item!!! "Which Italian designer told a woman he was groping on a dance floor that he likes "slutty girls who dress badly"? She pointed out she was wearing one of his dresses." How many straight Italian designers can there be, anyway? [Daily News]

Curiosity of the moment, Vogue-intern-cum-hockey-player Sean Avery, talks about his time at 4 Times Square: "I like clothes," Avery writes. "Always have. What started innocently enough with my first tie-dyed Chip & Pepper shirt at age 12 has evolved over a decade and a half into a closet full of Dries Van Noten, YSL, Dior, and Costume National, to name just a few." [E!]
Making a mental note to never hit the beaches of Sao Paolo, where the press just savaged Karolina Kurkova's "cellulite" and "back fat" in a recent runway show. [TMZ]
Charities feeling the economic pinch. [WWD]
Tom Ford dresses Daniel Craig, James Bond. [Los Angeles Times]
More on Vidal Sassoon's Habitat for Humanity project: [WWLTV]
The cardigan is risky business, as Roger Federer found out firsthand: "Federer resembled nothing more than an aging Harry Potter, although one suspects that this was not the effect he was aiming for." [The Independent]
"Recession-proof" fashion mag digest, Distill, aimed at YOU! [Guardian]
Luxury market needs to get with the times: not taking advantage of online marketing! [Time]
More retailers felled by recession. [WWD]
"The reason that Yohji Yamamoto gives for staging the first fashion show in the Ancestral Temple of Beijing's Forbidden City seems highly suited to his enigmatic image. 'For me, the name sounded so beautiful,' he whispers, backstage after the night-time event. 'I liked the idea of the forbidden.'" ("What the hell?" I whispered.) [The Independent]
"Femme" awards nods boost designer spirits. [WWD]
Jemima Khan (aka Hugh Grant's sometimes-paramour) is designing a capsule collection for French house Azzaro. [ElleUK]
Patricia Field for Diet Coke? Twenty-five limited-edition sets of four Pat-designed bottles (representing career, passion, love, and fashion) sell for $100 each on her web site or in London at Selfridges. [Fashion Week Daily]
Following in my footsteps, Vera Wang to guest-blog. [Sassybella]
Tom Ford returns to Milan. [WWD]

Frances Bean Cobain: Modeling For Chanel?

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Frances Bean Cobain is rumored to be the next face of Chanel. That's hot. And also crazy. Oh, Karl. [Vogue UK]
Louis Vuitton has postponed indefinitely its "China Run" car rally, which was originally scheduled to take place in late May with a route from Chengdu and Kunming. Reason? Um, it's not exactly cool to be supporting China's blatant disregard for human rights right now and France is all pissed re: the Olympics etc etc. [WWD, sub req'd]
Also, Yohji Yamamoto wants to teach China about Peace and improve relations though the country and his native Japan through his new Yohji Yamamoto Fund For Peace. This will mainly involve fashion shows. Of course. [WWD, sub req'd]
Also China's on the warning list for counterfeiting shit. Oh, China. [WWD, sub req'd]
Tommy Hilfiger, ambiguously racist? Says the designer, "[W]e feel that with our European-influenced approach, the sophisticated and higher level of quality and fashion somehow reaches the type of people who represent the brand very well... Ten years ago it was positioned with a lot of red, white and blue and a lot of logos and you would look at these street kids wearing the clothes as billboards." [FT]

Elle still hasn't confirmed that fashion director Nina Garcia was fired, but Nina's assistants, Jade Frampton and Malina Joseph, just got big promotions, with Frampton taking the title of market editor and Joseph that of bookings editor. Senior style editor Kate Lanphear has been promoted to style director and rumors abound that she might be up for the fashion director gig herself. Can someone tell us the difference between a style director and a fashion director? The real difference, that is? That's what we thought. [WWD, 4th item]
Um, but these promotions seem to be a result of the fact that bookings editor Claudine Ingeniri and market editor Helane Crowell have left the magazine. Associate art director Florence Sicard has also left. [WWD, 4th item]
Anna Wintour's new assistant is named Claiborne Swanson. She comes from the Swanson-as-in-chicken-breasts family. Also, she must be a masochist to have taken this job. [NYMag]
Okay, so here's what the rumor mill is reporting regarding who will come with whom at next Monday's Costume Institute Gala, hosted by George Clooney, Julie Roberts, and Anna Wintour: Giorgio Armani with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Jennifer Lopez with Alberta Ferretti, Kate Bosworth with Chanel, and Eva Mendes, Rachel Bilson and Fergie with Calvin Klein. Mariah Carey, Renée Zellweger, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Moss, Mary J. Blige, Claire Danes, Mischa Barton, LeBron James, Valentino, Tom Ford, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana and Donatella Versace will all be there too. [WWD, 1st item]
The Wall Street Journal names Proenza Schouler, Peter Som, Zac Posen, Rodarte, Derek Lam, 3.1 Phillip Lim and Tuleh as the seven young designers to watch because they're thisclose to breaking mainstream. Um, they already have. Way to be up on the times, WSJ. [WSJ]
Deep thoughts with Entourage's Emmanuelle Chirqui, "Why not wear something fabulous and save the environment at the same time?" [WWD, 2nd item]
Rami Kashou: You can buy it online! [Sassybella
Glasses are hot, Lasik eye surgery be damned. [WSJ]
Men: Wearing jewelry. [LATimes]
High-heeled Crocs: Oh. God. [Crocs]

This Tom Ford ad has been banned in Italy ...

Jennifer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EDT

This Tom Ford ad has been banned in Italy following claims of indecency. Really, no further commentary is needed. Click on the picture for larger view. [Radar]

Nina Garcia And ELLE: In? Out? Or In?

Jennifer — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:30:00 EDT

You knew this already, but Project Runway judge/style tome author/ELLE fashion director Nina Garcia has parted ways with the magazine that made her. At least, ELLE has yet to tell anyone the rumors are false.
Our sources say Garcia came in Friday morning around the hour fashion people usually get to work Friday morning, and was gone with all her earthly possessions by lunch time. Her assistants apparently cried all day, packing the rest of her things.
New rumors are starting to surface that she's "in talks" with ELLE regarding some sort of position there.
We suspect the fact that ELLE fashion news director Anne Slowey and creative director Joe Zee are getting their own Tyra-produced show this fall doesn't exactly make for a great environment. (Coupled with the fact that the magazine's fashion coverage has gotten a million times more interesting since Zee came on board.) But these are just our speculations. Know anything? Drop us a line! [WWD, MediaBistro, NYMag]
And in other very important world news, Project Runway guest judge/style tome author/ELLE covergirl Victoria Beckham's denim line DVB has been dropped by Kitson and Fred Segal. Um, anyone else seeing a trend here? [News of the World]

A reader wrote in to Guardian fashion writer Hadley Freeman asking when it is okay to wear shorts. Freeman's response? "When it's flipping well warm enough to do so, like, duh." [Guardian]
Despite the rumors, Kate Moss is not on the outs with lingerie line Agent Provocateur and just shot a wedding-themed ad campaign for them. [This is London]
Phat Fashions is suing Victoria's Secret for copyright infringement. Apparently, no one can use a frilly letter 'P' but the Phat designers. And while I can't believe I'm saying this, I think it's gonna be Kimora FTW. [WWD, sub req'd]
Whoa, Vidal Sassoon was a resistance fighter during WWII?! [Telegraph]
Elton John: Wears Tom Ford's fragrances! (Also likes that Tom Ford's ads frequently contain naked men? Again, JUST speculation.) [Page Six]
The John Varvatos store in the old CBGB's space? Could suck more. [Washington Post]
Yay for Cambodia, the latest country to allow its young female citizens to be exploited by the western world by making them into runway models. (And Cambodia is usually such a leader on the youth exploitation front.) In all seriousness, [ITN]
Nicholas Huxley, the director of the Sydney Institute's Fashion Design Studio, says Australian women dress "cheap and nasty." [News.com.au]
Want to have guaranteed success as a jewelry designer? Than go into a career in anything but jewelry design [WWD]
OMG will or won't Prada go public in June? The suspense is killing me. [WWD, sub req'd]
Carolina Herrera junior is pregnant again. Just what the world needs: Another kid with a trust fund. [WWD, 2nd item]

Tom Ford, Kinda Bored

Dodai — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:15:00 EDT

[Beverly Hills, April 2. Image via Splash.]

Tom Ford Wants To Take Barack Obama's Clothes Off

Jennifer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

"I think he's a great-looking guy but I think his suits don't fit him very well...I wouldn't say he's badly dressed, but he could sharpen up his look a little better." —Tom Ford on Barack Obama. [Vogue UK]
Holy. Fucking. Shit. Comme des Garcons for H&M? Start lining up for this now. [WWD, sub req'd]
Jude Law is set to be the face of a yet-to-launch men's fragrance from Dior. It will invariably smell douchey. [Cosmetics News]
Your cell phone does not need its own pair of Crocs. [Sassybella]

The Murakami-Louis Vuitton show at the Brooklyn Museum is kind of a big "fuck you" to counterfeiters. [WWD, sub req'd]
Liz Claiborne CEO WIlliam McComb took a 2% paycut this year, making only $8.9 million for 2007. Poor guy. [Crain's]
Word on the street is that Alessandro Dell'Acqua wants to be the new creative head of Malo. [Vogue UK]
Two resignations from Harper's Bazaar in under a month? And both of them to go to InStyle? Ouch. [Fashion Week Daily]
This just in! Fashion has just discovered a new-fangled contraption that lets people communicate, transmit information, and buy expensive shit with the greatest of ease. It's called the Internet. [WWD, sub req'd]
Kate Moss acting? Uh, stick to modeling, tootsie. [Sassybella]
Dude, how crazy is it that American Apparel will be selling American-made clothes in China? [LATimes]
The new St. Ives campaign focuses around the slogan "Get a happy face." Because loving your wrinkles should be a positive experience, they say. [Brandweek]
The Greeks buy more designer clothes than any other country. Who knew? [WWD, sub req'd]
Another reason to love Patricia Clarkson: "You will never guess where I bought these earrings: Sears! They came free with a washer and dryer." Love. [WWD, sub req'd]

Luke Wilson Golf Wear: What The World Needs Now

Jennifer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Luke Wilson is "designing" a line of golf products and accessories for Puma. Ah, the insatiable American hunger for the consumption of stuff and celebrity! Or the perception of the insatiability, or whatever. [WWD, sub req'd]
Speaking of! Rod Stewart is launching a clothing line. [Guardian]
Donna Karan is doing Passover with Demi and Ashton in Miami. [Fashion Week Daily]
Really, how much longer can Christian Siriano hold congratulatory celebrations for himself? [Fashion Week Daily]
Elle Macpherson is the latest face of Revlon. [WWD, sub req'd]

English girl designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are adding a bridal collection for their label, Marchesa, to debut next month. Chapman made herself not one but two wedding dresses for her recent nuptials to Harvey Weinstein, so she's totally qualified, btw. [WWD, 1st item]
Marc Jacobs is already fighting with his new boyfriend, Austin A. Also: partying in sweatpants and wife-beaters.[Page Six]
Mary J. Blige is taking sellers of knockoff Mary J. Blige concert tees to court. [Page Six]
George Clooney may not be doing his own clothing line, but he does wear Belstaff in his upcoming film Leatherheads and the Italian label is sponsoring the film's European premiere. [Vogue UK]
Steve McQueen also did not do his own clothing line. Though we think the fact that he's dead should have been evidence enough. [Reuters]
Israeli fashion is apparently on the rise. I am going to be polite here and pretend like the words "Israeli style" don't actually evoke any sort of mental image for me because I love my people. But. [WWD, sub req'd]
Jean-Paul Gaultier: Dressing Kylie Minogue for her upcoming tour. [WWD, 3rd item]
Azzedine Alaia just received a French Legion of Honor. Who? What? [WWD, 1st item]
Tom Ford has designs on Japan. [WWD, sub req'd]
Stella McCartney is heading to India. [WWD, sub req'd]
Agyness Deyn continues to find work. [The Sun UK]
Drinking this water will apparently magically protect your skin from UV rays; LOL. [Chic Report]
O.C. alum Samaire Armstrong: has a clothing line too. [Sassybella]
How to recycle your clothing! [Utne]