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By Sadie Further attempts to change the law failed in 1969 and again in 2003, when the "minister in charge of gender equality" responded obscurely and, presumably, with a Gallic shrug: "Disuse is sometimes more efficient than (state) intervention in adapting the law to changing mores." Well, pe...

By Jenna Designer Sophie Théallet has won the $200,000 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Award. "Thank you for making my American dreams come true," said she. [Style.com]Skating at an outdoor rink in London, Lily Cole knocked over a small child. [Daily Mail] Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric have announced the bi...

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 Dana Thomas — author of Deluxe — wrote an excellent feature on the quagmire of the house of Versace. Thomas takes aim at Donatella and Santo Versace's resistance to change and ham-handed business decisions. It's a thrilling read. [Newsweek] "My kids are my best style advisors because they a...

By Jenna Heidi Klum is not Superwoman, okay? She's not walking in the Victoria's Secret runway show a mere month after giving birth to her fourth child. She's just going to host it. Sheesh. Some people have such unrealistic expectations. [E!] Meanwhile, this year's angels have been named: Candice Sw...

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 Stella McCartney's collection for GapKids is pretty damn adorable. [KanyeUniverseCity] Prince Charles toured the new Burberry headquarters yesterday. Designer Christopher Bailey and C.E.O. Angela Ahrendts showed him the 160,000 square foot building, and gave him a peek at the unrelea...

By Jenna Miuccia Prada: "I'm working on [a men's collection] right now and someone at the office worriedly asked me, ‘You're not going to make short skirts again, are you?' So I'm now pushing it even further, just for revenge!" [BlackBook] Leigh Lezark, on diversity: "I'm glad that a lot of kids — e...

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 Marisa Miller has earned the most coveted position of all the Victoria's Secret runway girls: Wearer Of The Diamond-Studded Bra. Her equipment costs $3 million. "It's surprisingly comfortable," says Miller. Sure looks it. [People] Sir Paul Smith would love it "if fashion shows died out co...

By Jenna Vanessa Williams' PR rep must have some awesome dirt to be able to engineer coverage like this: a news item about the actress receiving a meaningless award for being "fearless" praises her "courage and humility," calls her an "entertainment denizen," and reports as objective fact her "...

By Jenna The designer takes a bow at the conclusion of his all-white Chanel couture show, February, 2009. The designer in the 2000 documentary Karl Lagerfeld Is Never Happy Anyway. I'm a kind of fashion nymphomanic who never gets an orgasm." I have no human feelings."

By Jenna Move over, David Beckham: Cristiano Ronaldo is posing in the spring Armani underwear campaign. [AP]Beckham, who says he decided not to renew his Armani contract, is said to be looking to launch an underwear line of his own. [WWD] A fit model who worked at Guess? for three years is suing the co...

By Dodai Your not entitled to anything simply because your sister has a recognizable name. Your idea of fame isn't fame. It's infamy. You want to be famous? Work your ass off and make decisions that could potentially catapult your career into a lasting one. Notariety for who you are and notaritey for th...

By Sadie Hope you guys are psyched for some stark palettes come spring, cause that's what we're getting! Also, loadsa lace and more transparent action than you can shake a stick - or a slip - at. The Kaiser's probably overcome at the sight of Rihanna as Chanel-gone-modern; this is what he lives for.

By Dodai Fashion reflects the times just as much as a headline in a newspaper does. If you look at the miniskirts of the sixties or the Chanel suits and jewelry of the eighties, you can see that. Vogue informs the reader about what's going on in the world, not only through fashion but also through politi...

By Jenna Handbag model Lily Allen performed live at the farming-themed, hay-strewn Chanel show this morning. [Fashionista]Claudia Schiffer has formally announced she will no longer do any runway modeling. She plans to fill her downtime with a trip to Iraq. [Sun] Marc Jacobs' and Viacom's flacks...

By Tracie On last night's Rachel Zoe Project, the team (minus Taylor) went to Paris fashion week, where Rachel "literally" felt like dying and "literally" felt like "a cow about to moo." She also went shopping (duh) and toured Coco Chanel's apartment.

By Dodai Even though the ladies on this cover are incredibly successful, they're quick to point out how hard it is to be a black model in the fashion industry. Jourdan says: Double Whammy [Teen Vogue] Chanel Iman And Jourdan Dunn Teen Vogue Cover Shoot Photos [Teen Vogue]

By Dodai According to a piece by Godfrey Deeny for Fashion Wire Daily: Deeny points out that celebrities with fashion lines are not new. But "no celebrity has ever been given the reins at a major Paris couture house." The House Of Ungaro's Lowdown On Lindsay Lohan [Fashion Week Daily]

By Dodai Janet Jackson, Dita Von Teese, Chanel Iman, Donatella Versace and many more got all dressed up for amfAR's Inaugural Milan Fashion Week Event last night. Gorgeous gowns and elegantly eccentric ensembles abound! Kanye wants to know if you've heard any funny Kanye West jokes lately. Looks...

By Margaret Critics say Coco Before Chanel, which comes out today, is an unusual biopic in that it focuses solely on who Coco Chanel was before she became famous. Some say it ends too soon, before revealing what made her a legend. USA Today Time Below is the trailer for Coco Before Chanel:

By Dodai Althea's strapless dress, which was really all about cool graphic design. Irina's elegant coat, which guest judge Tommy Hilfiger gushed was Coco Chanel, YSL, Givenchy and some other stuff. Irina won the challenge.

By Sadie It has been the most incredible gap-year project," says Emma Watson on her new ethical fashion line. What happened to Habitat for Humanity? [WWD] Quoth the Chanel-clad sorceress: "I wanted to help People Tree produce a younger range because I was excited by the idea of using fashion as a to...

By Dodai One thing this collection has is a sense of optimism: Although Anna Sui loves black and purple, she threw in a lot of other colors and played with patterns, making upbeat, fun clothes — and instructing the models to smile. The show feels light, happy, carefree.

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 knick-off of this New Balance sneaker? [WWD] If anyone had told me Courtney Love was going to perform at the Alexan...

By Dodai These dresses have vision and a point of view, but they're still wearable. Jason Wu: Not afraid to do "pretty." Ms. O should order two. The most whispered-about woman in Washington! It's just such a beautiful shot. Deep, divine color, completely delicious dress. Chanel-esque, but with a twist.

By Dodai Will any films directed by women end up with Oscar nods? Time will tell. But Women & Hollywood is tracking 2009's "Women-Centric Films," and from Precious to Coco Before Chanel to The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee and many, many more — so if there are no nominations, it certainly won't be fo...

By Jenna PETA will protest Anna Wintour, Michael Bloomberg, and the cast of Hair as they kick off Fashion's Night Out in Queens. [PETA]Betsey Johnson will spend tonight driving between her stores in a pink convertible, holding up big signs. [WWD] Rihanna wore a bag by the British label Fleet Ilya th...

By Jenna After barring a woman from helping her autistic sister try on clothes at the chain's Mall of America outpost, Abercrombie & Fitch was fined $115,264 for discrimination. Now we can say it definitively: Abercrombie doesn't like disabled people. [StarTrib] There are pictures of Three...

By Jenna Two weeks after adding Nicolas Cage's home to his sheaf of L.A. properties, Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier has announced he's moving into Michael Jackson's last residence. Audigier will rent the $38 million home from his C.E.O., Hubert Guez. [E!] The glove the late King of Pop wore to marr...

By Jenna Did L.A. boutique Maxfield drop Victoria Beckham's dVb in favor of Holmes & Yang? Posh's people say Maxfield hasn't ordered the line for three seasons, and the decision had nothing to do with Katie Holmes, who is Posh's friend. [P6] Luckily, old bandmate Mel B says she loves Posh's cloth...

By Sadie It was the first youth culture as we know it: a culture designed to reject everything old and venerate youth - but as commercial and widespread as it was defiant. This wasn't counterculture; it was counterculture made mainstream. Makeup, jazz, drinking and smoking may have been the privil...

By Tracie Last night's premiere featured Rachel and crew preparing clients for the 2009 Golden Globes. Her assistant, Taylor, seemed even grumpier this season, in part because Rachel made "jokes" about how Taylor doesn't fit into the sample dresses in the studio.

By Margaret Melanie Griffith's rep confirmed that she has checked into a rehab facility saying, "This is part of a routine plan that was designed between her and her doctors years ago." But sources say husband Antonio Banderas demanded she get sober. "Melanie's struggling right now, but Antonio has b...

By Jenna Gwyneth Paltrow's clothing line with Zoetees is hitting stores this month. The collection includes tee shirts, studded tank tops, and a grey oversized blazer — fine basics, but there's no indication why the line should start at £100. [Elle UK] Earlier this year, Katy Perry, desirous of a f...

By jenna Change! Stately old American Vogue is apparently seeking to revamp itself. Says Wayne Sterling, the mag wants "a new circle of models, an influx of fresh, young photographers and a desire for 'unpredictability' in the stories." Unpredictability. In Vogue. [TI] Marc Jacobs has added two pr...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel It's riveting to watch one of Chanel's couture looks being made. Whatever one thinks of the design, the craft of couture is magic. The concentration in the atelier flou's eyes as she makes the toile is an inspiration. [The Cut]David Lauren thinks now is as good a time as any for Ralph Lauren to l...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Karl Lagerfeld's last Chanel couture collection, shown in January, was a masterful all-white affair. Remember those hats made of paper? The only problem with having set the bar so high would prove to be clearing it again this season.

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Did Eva Herzigova drink a lot of champagne at the opening of the Michael Kors store in London, and then walk out the door with a bracelet, watch, and sunglasses? Security guards reportedly looked like they were going to stop the supermodel, until the paparazzi started taking her picture. K...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Audrey Tautou reunited with Amélie director Jean Pierre Jeunet to star in an Orient Express-themed Chanel No. 5 ad, which took three weeks to shoot. The reel's not up till May 5. [WWD] In some perfect fashion synergy, Liya Kebede and J. Crew are at work on a creative partnership. Liya will become...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Fashion designer Anand Jon's family has appealed to President Obama to intervene in the designer's ongoing rape case. Jon, who once dressed celebrities like Paris Hilton and had a guest appearance on America's Next Top Model, was indicted by a grand jury on 59 counts of rape and sexual ass...

By Sadie Karl Lagerfeld is directing a silent movie. Obviously. "Expect a fast-paced, laugh-packed and loose interpretation of Gabrielle Chanel’s adventures between 1913 and 1923." Riotous, we're sure. [WWD] We had heard, of course, about the new Chanel fishing rod. However! Until now we had not s...

By Dodai Much of the "side of Marilyn that no one has ever seen before" includes ordinary things like receipts, telegrams, bottles of Chanel No. 5, and checkbooks. Does this stuff just seem mundane in this day and age, because we live in a celebrity culture where we know all about Britney's meds, Lind...

By Dodai Over the past week, Interns Anna and Margaret have done the tireless work (and we mean tireless) of adding up all of the expensive shit in the hefty September issues of the major women's magazines. Today saw a Gucci studded motorcycle jacket for $5,395; Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging...

By Dodai As you know, we've been adding up the items in the thick September issues of the major women's magazines. And the extravagance is really quite vulgar! So far we've seen a $135,000 Louis Vuitton diamond-encrusted watch, a Chanel dress which would set one back $17,355 and a Fendi 24K-gold mi...

By Anna N. Apparel: $573,038 (most expensive item: Chanel dress, $17,355; least expensive: Express t-shirt $17; average price: $1,897) Accessories: $967,092 (most expensive item: Louis Vuitton diamond-encrusted watch, $135,000; least expensive: Payless pump, $28; average price: $2,67...

By lesleyarfin Yesterday in Beverly Hills, Chanel opened a new boutique, and naturally, a bevy of Hollywood fashionistas came out to celebrate. (Recessions do not apply to Robertson Boulevard, apparently.) On hand: Rachel Bilson, Leighton Meester, Emma Roberts and a sorta nasty-looking Nicollette...

By Jennifer 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 pis...

By Jennifer 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...

By Jennifer The newest Donatella-designed Versace watch retails for $226,800. Says Donatella: "Women don't really need a watch to tell time today — they have their cell phones and BlackBerries." You heard it straight from the horse's mouth: It's expensive shit you don't need. [WWD, 1st item]

By Jennifer Jay-Z just bought a small London fashion house Artful Dodger, which may explain why he's been stocking up on European currency. [Mirror UK] Cosmetics company Jan Marini is being forced to take its Age Intervention Eyelash Conditioner off the market because it apparently contains the sa...

By Jennifer Estee Lauder, Inc: Friend to farmers! [WSJ] The new Fendi baguette bag bears an uncanny resemblance to the Chanel 2.55 bag. Karl Lagerfeld, incidentally, designs both Fendi and Chanel. Coincidence? [Sassybella] The Prada Spring 2008 print ads have the same delightfully kooky aesthetic...

By Jennifer Video! Marc Jacobs interviews Jennifer Jason Leigh, still has blue hair. [MySpace] More proof that everything is better in Japan: a machine washable suit will be introduced early next year. [USA Today] Alyona Akhmadullina, 29, is the biggest up-and-coming designer in Russia. Seeing tha...

By Anna Hollywood's most famous reincarnated superstar (and inspiration for this very feature), Shirley MacLaine, is set to star as none other than Coco Chanel, reports Variety. MacLaine, 73, "will play the designer in her later years, as she set out to re-establish her reputation as a fashion...

By dodai Amy Winehouse is vowing to get her life back on track in the New Year, but first she wants a white Christmas, snort! [The Sun] Mary J. Blige on Amy Winehouse: "It's just sad. I hate to see any of these females go through it. I was young, and I did dumb stuff — I was doing worse than that." [Rush & Mol...

By Jennifer Isaac Mizrahi the Holiday-Themed-Cabaret-Show? Seriously, those are the greatest words ever placed in consecutive order. [Fashion Week Daily] Former Pete Doherty fiance/model Irina Lazarau and son-oh-John-and-Yoko Sean Lennon provided the soundtrack for the Chanel Maisons d'A...

By Jennifer My mother always said it was a good thing I went into fashion because it proved I didn't have any great expectations of myself, and she was right. I haven't made an empire with my name on it. I don't go around calling myself an artist. If anything, I'm a whore. I go wherever they pay me," Karl Lagerfe...

By dodai Oh, and for her birthday, Britney got $30,000 in fur coats, a $10,000 diamond ring, $4,000 in sunglasses and various t-shirts and hair products. Can products help the mess on her head? [MSNBC] Also: Britney was in talks to do a photo shoot for Rolling Stone — but wanted to make sure the pictur...

By Anna Allure Beauty: $482.99 (Most Expensive: $275 Armani Crema Nera. Least expensive: $24.99 L'Oreal Paris Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Serum Concentrate. Number of unpriced beauty items: 197). Accessories: $105,365.50 (Most Expensive: $27,500 Chanel Alligator and Metal Satin Handbag. Lea...

By Jennifer Brands totally matter, according to a highly objective survey conducting outfit called "Brand Keys." Which matter most? Chanel, Armani, Ralph Lauren, and (who knew?) Brooks Brothers. [WWD, sub req'd] The Kenneth Cole brand is turning 25 this year and to celebrate, they're not showing u...

By Jennifer Appearing in the new Burberry ad campaign: Up-and-coming English rocker boys lounging alongside the stable of Burberry girls Agyness Deyn, Lily Cole, Kiera Gormley, and Georgia Frost. The word the publicists have chosen to apply to this collection? "Medieval." Right. Because there is s...