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By Dodai Robert Pattinson took Kristen Stewart to a "secret" dinner with his parents. So secret that this Britloid knows about it! Apparently the Sparkle Vamp's mom and dad "got on like a house on fire" with Kristen. Perhaps eventually these kids will be "ENGAGED!" like Ok! declared in September. [T...

By Jenna Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have designed a fine jewelry collection for Asprey, which goes on sale this week. The line, themed around snakes and called "The Protector," starts at $525; all proceeds go to support Jolie's children's charity. [WWD] After decades of marketing skin-lighten...

By Jenna And now, the cold, hard, retail reality sets in: Neiman Marcus and Net-A-Porter are dropping Ungaro for Spring. Barneys and Saks also aren't ordering. Lindsay Lohan and Mounir Moufarrige, what have you wrought! [Style.com] Ashley Tisdale does not yearn for a clothing line. "I've started a...

By Jenna Here are leaked pictures of Lindsay Lohan's spring campaign for 6126. The images were shot by reality-TV-star photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani. [Gone Hollywood] That was quick: Steve Madden has finalized a deal with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to manufacture shoes and accessori...

By Jenna Victoria Beckham might be adding shoes and accessories to her dress collection, because she's apparently sick of advertising other designers' goods. [Sun]Fergie says she wanted her Avon scent to smell "fresh, and yet modern at the same time." [People] There is one image from Sonia Rykie...

By Jenna Rumors are flying that Lindsay Lohan is donating her time (except for any free clothes she snags) as Emanuel Ungaro's new "artistic director." This gossip item, however, doesn't spell "Emanuel Ungaro" correctly, so its veracity may be questionable. [Fox 411] Ungaro C.E.O. Mounir Moufarri...

By Jenna Of course a Nicole Richie clothing line was inevitable. It's called Winter Kate, and it will be hitting stores next February. [WWD]The full Jimmy Choo for H&M lookbook is out. [Daily Mail] Nick Knight is apparently shooting Raquel Zimmerman for the spring Alexander McQueen campaign. [...

By Jenna Katy Perry, like Lady Gaga before her, has succumbed to the charms of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's fall collection. The singer wore this dress to the label's spring show — which is like wearing the band t-shirt to the concert. [People] Twelve Syrian fashion designers presented 60 looks i...

By Jenna Emma Watson is doing a clothing line with ethical fashion company People Tree. We're still waiting for Mischa Barton's collection, Tree People. [Guardian] Rachel Zoe, on extra-curricular fashion week activities: "I went to a meeting with a potential book publisher, because I am starti...

By Jenna Mickey Rourke, at Max Azria: "I really don't like Max that much. He's a short little guy with a good looking wife. Maybe I'll steal his wife." [WSJ]Tom Ford to close-talking columnist: "Are you trying to smell me?" [NationalPost] If you care about who People thinks is the best-dressed, their...

By Jenna Colin Firth won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in former Gucci designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man. [Vogue UK]Did Louis Vuitton make a $590 knock off of this New Balance sneaker? [WWD] If anyone had told me Courtney Love was going to perform at the Alexand...

By Jenna Waiting, with Diane Von Furstenberg, for Mayor Bloomberg to arrive in Queens, Anna Wintour said, "If he doesn't show, Diane and I will run on a joint ticket and take over the city." Was that a...joke? Then Lindsay Lohan stole. The new Emanual Ungaro creative consultant thingamajig dutifully t...

By Dodai But Gina Bellafante from the New York Times isn't so sure that Lifetime is the right fit for Runway. She writes: Klum: Few Alterations Needed To Make 'Runway' Fit [USA Today] Project Runway,' 'Rachel Zoe' Return [LA Times] Designers, Start Your Engines for Season 6 [NY Times]

By Jenna Even though I have been here all week, knowing that every moment was leading to this, watching Beth accosted by photographers and flattered by designers, I still cannot get over how this little band that I have known for so long, this indie queer feminist punk band, is the absolute star of t...

By Jenna Barneys' Simon Doonan: "Criticizing Ed Hardy for being cheesy is like saying that Elvis was 'flashy' or that Liberace was 'tacky.' It's a giant case of DUH! Of course it's cheesy! That's the whole point, you doo-doo heads." [NY Observer] "Ed Hardy is fromage-y and hedonistic and naughty an...

By Margaret When the characters on Gossip Girl act like jaded 45-year-olds, it's entertaining; they're fictional, reciting snappy dialogue. Real-life prep schoolers, sitting in fancy leather wingback chairs, come across as far less charming. On NYC Prep, we meet Sebastian, who hooks up with "bet...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Last week, Kanye apparently stood up Agyness Deyn. [Mirror] Uh oh. Tim Gunn's Tide commercials were truth-squadded by Consumer Reports, who found that not only was his claim that Tide Total Care doesn't fade clothes after 30 washes untrue, but that another Tide product, Tide 2x Ultra Cold...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel In a fashion A-Z guide of his own invention, which Marie Claire ran with a disclaimer, he says: "A is for Austria, ze most amazing place in Europe. Ve're all proud of our country und are raised to try and achieve ze Austrian dream - find a job, get a dungeon und raise a family in it." H is for "High-v...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Gisele Bundchen garnered an estimated $25 million in the past year, notching up campaigns for everything from Dior to True Religion jeans. Rounding out Forbes' 10 top-earning models list are posers like Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Kate Moss and — the sole biracial model represented — Eman...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Singer edits the Vogue "Views" section, which this month leads off with an exclusive story about Christopher Kane's new position as creative director of Versus, Versace's relaunched, lower-priced line. The Kane-designed "gladiator heels" in the accompanying photograph cost $3,40...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Gwyneth Paltrow has tired of the cosmetics contract gravy train; no longer shall the actress concentrate on embodying the qualities of the Estée Lauder brand. Instead, she'll be the new, white Oprah! [Daily Mail] Nanette Lepore has added her voice to the save the garment center chorus. [H...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Posh is also expanding her fashion reach, manufacturing her dVb jeans in-house in London, and signing a new sunglasses deal with maker Cutler & Gross. [WWD] Around 200 people waited on the street for Michelle Obama to emerge from the US mission to the UN on Tuesday. The First Lady wore th...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel At last night's Met ball, seven models and one designer were conspicuously absent. Azzedine Alaïa, the diminutive Tunisian-born designer whose relationship with his models, particularly the mega-famous 80s/90s supes, is so deep that most of them call him "papa," was not asked to be pa...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Madonna allegedly got her friend Marc Jacobs to write the INS and say model boy-toy Jesus Luz was a necessity to his label and deserved a US work permit. [Daily Express] Jesus Luz also had a rough time backstage at his last runway gig, the Jeffrey Fashion Cares AIDS benefit in New York. Says one...

By Sadie Oy. Barneys eliminates 76 positions. [WWD]Tiffany's profits are down...although not as low as people expected! Silver linings...? [NYT]This 30-something reporter is worried that she's too old for "sheers." We feel her pain! "Then there is the problem of the sheer panel. You know the sort - where...

By Dodai Barneys Creative Director Simon Doonan and designer Jonathan Adler were wed yesterday at City Hall in San Francisco! This article states that they "sealed the union with a spirited sprint down the glorious grand staircase." A slightly more formal Jewish ceremony was performed later in...

By Jennifer French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld and designer/Chanel creative director "Krazy" Karl Lagerfeld were both named to the Time 100 List, as influential members of the fashion community. Something about the way they both made fashion about "the street" or something. [Vogue UK]

By Jennifer Claire Danes: The new face of Gucci jewelry. Says Gucci creative director Frida Giannini: "Claire Danes is a modern icon...[Her] sensual, confident beauty and her passionate, independent and strong character embodies today's Gucci woman." Also, Claire Danes always looks totally bored b...

By Tracie Meanwhile, Amy's mom Janis has a doctor's note to get out of dealing with her daughter's own drug addiction. She has multiple sclerosis and has said, "If I was to get heavily involved in Amy's problems things could get worse for me. I can't cope." [The Mirror] Apparently Britney's dad thinks t...

By Jennifer Fortunately for Siriano, he — unlike Project Runway alums Chloe Dao, Jay McCarroll, Emmett McCarthy, and Laura Bennett — won't have to: Barneys New York, Jeffrey's, and Saks Fifth Avenue have all already bought pieces of his. So, yeah — one week after winning and Siriano, on talent and per...

By Dodai Listen, we get it. You're taking the helicopter to Gstaad for a ski lesson and you can't be seen in LL Bean. So Prada it is! But while the jacket's price can be rationalized because, um, it's Gore-tex™ and has a belt and fur-trimmed hood, the price of the pants makes no cents, har har.

By dodai See how fun and breezy it is? This is what you see, as soon as you open it! Feel the energy? Philip Lim organic cotton dress, $595; Christian Louboutin pumps, $750. Cintia's ready to party! Happy holidays! Marc By Marc Jacobs dress, $388.

By Jennifer Rumor alert: Marc Jacobs might actually use models in the Louis Vuitton spring advertising campaign. Bet they won't be black! [WWD, 3rd item] Tiffany is focusing on selling "accessibly-priced" (i.e. tween) jewelry. [WWD, sub req'd] Ridiculous New York department store Henri Bendel is la...

By Jennifer Diane von Furstenberg on designer Marc Jacobs' we-think-idle threat to stop showing his precious dresses in New York: "It would be really horrible to lose him... I am ready to beg in front of his pavement." [WWD] Ann Taylor: The Jeffersons of retail! Movin' on up, pricepoint-wise. (Because no...

By Jennifer Ooh! Secret! Philip Lim, maybe designing trench coats for Coach? It's always so exciting when an established corporate brand employs a much-hyped brand name to "design" a classic, impossible-to-fuck-up garment like a trench coat. [WWD, 1st item] Following Louis Vuitton's lead, Prad...

By Anna Next up in the mailbag: The new Spring 2007 Barneys catalog devoted to handbags. While the prices of the bags inside rival or even exceed those of the furniture we were just bitching about, the luxury-accessories craze of the past decade has pretty much inured us to the absurdity of droppin...