Brangelina Wants To Dress Your Kids
- A rumor has Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt starting a children's fashion line inspired by the sartorial choices of their kids, with the proceeds going to their Jolie-Pitt Foundation charity. [Hindustan Times]
Why Won't Chanel Talk About Their Plus-Sizes?
Women with $4,000 to spend on a designer dress who wear sizes 10-20: Saks Fifth Avenue will soon deign to accept your cash. In an unexpected move, the retailer will begin stocking plus-sized women's wear from many top designers.
Isabella Rossellini's Handbags Feature Animals Having Sex
- Isabella Rossellini has a Bulgari handbag collection. The actress called bags "an indispensable accessory for us women" and compared them to jewels; hers cost $1,700-$2,600. Rossellini printed drawings from her acclaimed Green Porno series on the linings. [ONTD]
Elle MacPherson Proudly, Stupidly Eats Rhino Horn
- Elle MacPherson eats powdered rhino horn as a dietary supplement, because, "It works for me." Except: rhinos are endangered, and the only way to get rhino horn is to cut one off a rhino and leave it to die. [TOL]
American Apparel "On The Cusp Of A Total Collapse"; Every Jersey Shore Star Designs "Couture"
- American Apparel — plagued by debt, sales declines, production delays, and that discrimination kerfuffle — warned that its stock may be delisted. "American Apparel is unique because they're on the cusp of a total collapse," says one analyst. [MSNBC]
The Emperor & The Princess
[London, June 16. Image via INFDaily.]
Evan Rachel Wood Gets Gucci; Noémie Lenoir Returns To Work
- Evan Rachel Wood will front an as-yet-unnamed Gucci fragrance. [WWD]
- Noémie Lenoir is back at work. Ana Beatriz Barros tweeted this photo of herself and the French supermodel shooting for Russian Vogue. Lenoir reportedly attempted suicide last month. [TwitPic]
Ladymag Nixes Kim Cattrall Cover; Donatella Loves Naomi
- "I was asked recently by a significant magazine for women over 40 to pose with a cougar, and I refused to do it because I felt it was insulting. They took away the cover." Cattrall finds the term sexist. [Extra]
Supermodel Weds In London; Marc Jacobs Gets A Delivery of Cocaine
- David Walliams and Lara Stone married this weekend at Claridge's hotel in London. To conclude the ceremony, two guests read poems by Yeats and Larkin. Stone wore Givenchy. [Daily Mail]
SJP Says Carrie Makes Her "Bolder"; Louboutin Realizes His Shoes Are Uncomfortable
- SJP on Carrie's style influence: "I've never revealed as much or been so daring or made quite as many triumphant mistakes as Carrie. But I'm now bolder than I would have been had I never played this part." [People]
Material Girl Builds Brand; Martin + Osa To Close
- Madonna got a clothing line. Not with Ed Hardy, but with Iconix — and her juniors' clothes will hit Macy's under the label "Material Girl" as soon as August. Expect a variety of other collections to follow, including eyewear. [WWD]
Emily Blunt Suffers For Style; Kate Moss To Do Ballet
- Emily Blunt on Young Victoria's costumer, Sandy Powell: "She said, ‘The shape needs to be right.' I said, ‘Well, I can't breathe, Sandy.' And she said, ‘I don't care.'" [People]
Posh Revels In Talk Of Frocks; What Celebrities Really Get Paid To Be At Fashion Shows
- "I'm just happy to have someone who wants to talk to me [about fashion]," says Victoria in LOVE. "Normally, David's like, ‘Stop it, I don't want to talk about clothes anymore! I want to talk about motorbikes and tattoos." [WWD]
Valentino's Fugly Patchwork Technicolor Mess
One criticism leveled against Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli is that they're too deferential to the aesthetic of the house's ex-designer, and therefore are boring. Well. The good news is they no longer have that problem.
Spring/Summer Fashion Ad Campaign Leaks: Shades Of The Last Decade
Certain European fashion houses are upset that blogs have posted their Spring/Summer ad campaigns before they break in February fashion magazines. Are we really still having this debate?

