Lanvin

By Jenna Michelle Trachtenberg is designing a line of jewelry for Coach's Poppy brand. Expect "colorful crystals." [WWD]Zac Posen is doing a lower-priced line, Z Spoke, which will be available exclusively through Saks Fifth Avenue come spring. It starts at $78: And it's a marked departure from hi...

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 In 1968, Salvador Dalí starred in an ad for Lanvin chocolates (no relation to the fashion house). André Breton called Dalí an anagram of his name: "Avida Dollars." [YouTube]

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Roberto Cavalli's and Gianfranco Ferré's Fall 2009 campaigns are also out. In the sense of "On the Internet," not in the sense of "In the magazines." [FWD] 50 Cent's new fragrance deal, for the scent "Power", is unusual in that the star is not simply licensing his name to a company. He actually...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Stephanie Seymour's divorce from Peter Brant just got ugly: security guards hired by Brant to protect the family home allegedly assaulted the model and pushed her through a screen door. Police have been called to the house twice. [E!] Fashion plate Kanye West, on his "wardrobe staple" Air...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel More Secrecy At The House Of Margiela [JC Report] A Master Class With Lanvin And Dior [NY Times] Maison Martin Margiela FW 2009 Review [Style.com] Fashion World Studies Margiela's Looks And His Next Move [NY Times] More Margiela, Less Martin [WWD]

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Because I see beauty in everyone." Can anyone remember the last time a French Vogue spread used a plus-size model? Because I cannot. [Fashionologie] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd allegedly "chucked a wobbly" — in the native patois — when, while visiting Afghanistan, he wasn't abl...

By Sadie Asia emerges as one of Versace's biggest markets. [WSJ] Retailers, shoppers all terrified. Christmas shopping should be a blast! [Washington Post] If a photo shoot is deemed too racy for Italian Vogue, you better believe it's NSFW! [NY Mag] Meanwhile, Kate Moss rocks the cover of Vogue Ch...

By Jennifer Fergie is so P.C.: "I really love people who wear fashions of their own culture; they really touch me and inspire me. I'd like to call myself cultured and not just because I travel a lot and see various hotel rooms. I love driving around, seeing what people on the street are wearing, I would even as...

French actress Marion Cotillard won big last night for her star-making turn as legende Francaise, Edith Piaf, the chanteuse whose heart-breaking songs weren't half as heartbreaking as her own life story. And shouldn't a performer/role that scream Vive La France! be paired with one of t...

By Anna New Chloe designer (and former Lego champion) Paulo Andersson says his collection is based on the idea "of a girl who steals from her mother". We knew we were destined to become a fashion muse! [WWD] The top 5 fall collections viewed online, according to Women's Wear Daily: Marc Jacobs, Mic...