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This Week In Tabloids: Thin Jen Writes Poetry For John; SJP's Moving Out
How Jen Stays Thin" Basically, Jennifer Aniston runs every morning at 6 a.m. and does yoga every other day. Oh, and John Mayer told Jen that she had worked something she said to him ["Love is when compromise becomes your first choice"] into a new song he is writing, says a source. "She feels reall...
Tuesday, Jan 6
Model Sues Google After Random Blogger Calls Her "Old Hag"
Kanye West might be releasing a Louis Vuitton sneaker. We wish he'd stop being so lamely mysterious. [The Life Files] Monique Lhuillier and Naeem Khan are the latest designers to jump on the non-runway-show Fashion Week bandwagon. Cause who wants to be the insensitive designer throwing a s...
Monday, Jan 5
Did Scientology "Kill" John Travolta's Son?
Before he died, Jett Travolta had been taken off of his anti-seizure meds. [TMZ] A friend of John Travolta's says, "The desire to protect Jett informed everything John did," including flying his own plane. [Daily Mail] And! Looky here: More people are blaming Scientology for Jett's tragi...
Tuesday, Dec 16
Is Fur Becoming Acceptable? • Police Solve Murder Of John Walsh's Son
• Authorities in South Florida say they've solved the 1981 killing of a boy whose father, John Walsh, is the host of America's Most Wanted. The man who killed the boy died in prison a decade ago. • A Chicago woman alleges that a doctor inflicted hellish and unnecessary pain on her while she was g...
Thursday, Dec 11
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand (Offensive) Words To Designer Duncan Quinn
Versace's being sued by the former assistant to a US executive, claiming she was subject to harassment based on her race and sex, forced to relay sexually explicit voicemail messages, and fired when she objected. [Reuters] One of the alleged messages: to tell her boss he'd given some guy a...
Friday, Dec 5
Sofia Coppola's LV Line Debuts In Tokyo [Rag Trade]
Sofia Coppola debuts her line of "sure, why not?" accessories for Louis Vuitton in Tokyo. The luxe line is made up of "slouchy duffle bags, discreet clutches and retro wedge sandals." [WWD] Speaking of qualified designers, Posh's dress line is a hit in London! "The presence of her name on th...
Thursday, Dec 4
Is Madonna's Louis Vuitton Ad Worth The Hype? [Rag Trade]
First peek at Madonna's much-hyped, possibly exorbitant Louis Vuitton ad: the Steven Meisel shot features Madge in a Parisianish bistro, striking some unladylike poses. [Just Jared] Carine Roitfeld denies that she's replacing the nuclear Wintour: “I’m very happy at Vogue France.” [W...
Wednesday, Dec 3
Thierry Mugler Will Indeed Be Beyonce's Svengali
Fashion Week may be seriously subdued: think "presentations" instead of runway shows. [WWD] As rumors swirl over Anna Wintour's possible retirement, the knives are out! "She's had to put up with an unbelievable amount of nastiness, mainly from female journalists because of jealousy,...
Tuesday, Dec 2
Style Icon, Designer Victoria Beckham Gets Surreal
Notify jeans classifies butts into three categories. [Guanabee]Apparently Katie Holmes is surrounded by a whole gaggle of other moddles for her ballyhooed Miu Miu campaign. [New York] Uniqlo beats the odds, is up 32%. [WWD] This, we like: Kate Moss is teaming up with Liberty to use their cl...
Monday, Dec 1
Courtney Love: "You've Got To Fix Your Karma"
In 2004, no designer would lend me an outfit for the Grammys. So I wore a $32 vintage dress in defiance. I was so upset that even my friend Donatella Versace wouldn’t dress me that I called up the photographer David LaChapelle, crying. He said, 'When did you buy into all this? When did you start ca...
Thursday, Sep 11
Gossip Girl's Nate Archibald For Versace? [Rag Trade]
Is Gossip Girl pretty boy Chace Crawford set to replace McDreamy as the face of Versace? [Perez Hilton] Fashion slang seems to have no regard for a word's actual meaning: "Designer Ashleigh Verrier said her favorite fashion word was "diaphanous" — an adjective characterizing fineness...
Thursday, Jun 19
David Beckham's New Armani Ad: Yes. [Rag Trade]
Night owl Kate Moss launches her second perfume in Berlin. "Moss was actively involved in choosing the fragrance, packaging and name, vetoing options like Enigma and Velvet Night and instead going with Velvet Hour, a name she says invokes dusk, a favorite hour of the day. 'There's that fee...
Thursday, May 8
Pray For Marc Jacobs
Kristin Davis is pissed about the injustices she faced making the Sex and the City movie: "It's in the contract that we get to keep our outfits, which is a fantastic thing, except that, for me, all of my outfits were samples. I kept my running pants, which I love and wear them a lot, but I was like...
Tuesday, Apr 29
Donatella Versace Expresses Love For Fellow Blondes
Donatella Versace loves Hillary Clinton but thinks she should dress more like Donatella Versace if she wants to nab the presidency. [Vogue UK] But forget politics — where are we, Washington D.C.? — Donatella would much rather meet Martha Stewart. [Fashion Week Daily]
Friday, Apr 11
Pam Anderson & Lauren Conrad, White House Correspondents [Dirt Bag]
Seriously? The White House Correspondents dinner must not be what we think it is, because Pamela Anderson, Lauren Conrad and Perez Hilton (and Donatella Versace) are invited. [ONTD] Lily Allen was kicked out of the men's room at a club in London — and she was with Razorlight singer Johnny B...
Thursday, Apr 10
Donatella Versace At The White House Correspondents Dinner: It Promises To Be A Blow Out!
TIME magazine invited Donatella Versace to the annual White House Correspondents dinner, and she thought the invitations said white lines so she RSVPed. No actually she thought they said "Winehouse" Correspondents dinner. [NY Mag]
Sunday, Feb 24
Patrick Dempsey Welcomes Donatella Versace Into His Family [Rag Trade]
The Herve Leger dress that Victoria Beckham wore to the Marc Jacobs show last season is now on sale at Intermix. Er, maybe not? So many people tried to buy it online that the Intermix website crashed. [Fashionista]Why was this not a challenge on Project Runway this season? Clothing made from...
Wednesday, Jan 9
Tyson Beckford Played A Pivotal Role In Fashion History
Wildly unacceptable fashion licensing deal of the day: John Lennon accessories. First up, neckties. Next: Boxers. Not kidding! [NME] Poor Dmitry Prut: Designed the logo for Nicky Hilton's clothing line in exchange for a little free press for his Miami art gallery, only Hilton forgot to ev...
Thursday, Oct 18
Donatella Versace Is Looking For A Protege
Donatella Versace's on the prowl: "I am looking for The One to take over the Versace brand." How Carrie Bradshaw of her? Anyway, the front-runner right now seems to be English designer Christopher Kane: ""Christopher is my favorite designer. He and Tammy remind me so much of me and Gianni - b...
Tuesday, Sep 4
Naomi Campbell is blaming Gianni Versace's ...
Naomi Campbell is blaming Gianni Versace's 1997 murder for her problems with drugs, alcohol, and, uh, attitude. Yet another facet of the Versace murder left untapped by the NY Times' Cathy Horyn. [The Sun]
Thursday, Jul 19
Where Were You When You Learned Of The Versace Murder?
Well, of course they weren't. But for me, the murder of Gianni Versace somehow solidified my naivite, or, perhaps, my desire to find fashion perfectly beautiful. I didn't know about Donatella and her tanorexia or Allegra and her anorexia or the silly excessive Miami lifestyle or the silly...
