Bjork at Givenchy event

Bjork decided to memorialize her swan dress forever by dipping it in gold.

Paris Fashion Week: J'adore John Galliano

Gentle readers, if there were just one fashion show we could go to it would have to be, hands down, a John Galliano show. Drama, beauty, and once you look past the crazy hair and hats and makeup and scenery (but then again why would you want to do that!), you are left with completely wearable and gorgeous clothes.

For his 2011 Spring collection, Galliano took his inspiration from Maria Lani, a 1920s muse to some of the greatest artists of her day including Amedeo Modigliani, whose portrait adorned the invite to the show. The twenties inspiration was everywhere, particularly in the silhouettes and styling. But the bright pinks, oranges and blues  and floral prints were all completely of the moment. And the white sheer gowns were...drop dead gorgeous.

Russell Brand and Helen Mirren at The Tempest Premiere

Say Cheese. Ah. Russell Brand. Here he is acting a like a jerk at The Tempest premiere and, yet, we must admit the man makes us laugh. He's so deliciously idiotic and such a complete and utter prick that we find him hilarious (Forgetting Sarah Marshall is one of our fave films). Plus, it has to be an act, right? And, yet, we feel certain that hanging out with him for an afternoon (or a few days in Scotland) would make us want to jump off a cliff.

Part 2: If We Were Rachel Zoe in Milan...

Shake it, gentle readers! Another trend we noticed during Milan Fashion Week was a generous use of fringe in quite a few glam looks created by high profile designers for the 2011 spring season.

1. Golden Girl. First, this gorge gilded gown by Versace is sure to see a red carpet during awards season. Not only do we love the fringe, but we totally dig the detailed bodice. We think Demi Moore could look pretty fab in this little number and there is no way Ashton would be hooking up with twenty-one year olds after seeing his sweetie in this gown.

Part 1: If We Were Rachel Zoe in Milan...

Buongiorno Gentle Readers! Overall, we were quite impressed by the 2011 Spring collections offered this year during Milan Fashion Week. And, as Rachel Zoe, stylist to the stars, we have chosen a few looks from a few of the trends we have noticed this year that we think could look quite gorge on many of today's stars. Our first set of looks feature geometric lines and cut outs. 

1. Geometric Goddess. The Gianfranco Ferre collection this year included several draped and flowy goddess looks with broad black stripes and/or cut outs. We were huge fans and immediately recognized that these striking silhouettes would photograph very well on many a red carpet.

In particular, we think Cameron Diaz would look molto bello in the goddess gown shown below. First, we cannot recall ever having seen Ms. Diaz in black and white on the red carpet.  Second, that super high and super sexy slit would show off her fabulous legs. And finally, we think black and white is always incredibly striking on the red carpet (e.g., Julia Roberts' famous Valentino gown from the 2001 Oscars).

Wild at the French Vogue Party

At French Vogue's 90th Anniversary Celebration this week, French Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Carine Roitfeld, arrived fashionably late, disguised as Emma Peel at a masquerade ball...on safari. Far be it from us to ever criticize such a fashionista, but still we must admit we do not understand this look at all (even for a masquerade ball). Perhaps Ms. Roitfeld felt the need to dress in head to toe (sheer) leopard print because she was afraid of not standing out enough in a sea of models and designers? Or perhaps we simple mortals will never understand the incredible chicness of someone like Carine Roitfeld.

Carine Roitfeld

Diana Rigg, aka Emma Peel from the Avengers, 1965.

Project Runway: Therapy Through Textile Design

1. The Challenge.
 Tonight's episode, aka  "Therapy Through Textile Design", starts with Val being shocked that she's still in the competition. We're not arguing with her on this point, particularly after her creation last week. After a few more thoughts on the competition thus far, our remaining seven designers head to the runway where Heidi announces that their challenge this week will require them to start from scratch. After Heidi's cryptic challenge description, the designers head to the workroom and are greeted by pictures of themselves as children. And for the first time (but certainly not the last time) this episode, the designers all start weeping about missing their families.



After our contestants settle down a bit, Tim enters the workroom with a very special guest from HP to announce--you guessed it--the HP challenge. As you may recall, last season the designers were required to create a textile design on their HP computers, which would then be transferred onto fabric to be used in their designs. In addition, Tim informs them that this season they will also be required to use their family photos and memories as inspiration for the design. As Tim talks, we find ourselves totally distracted by  the odd shade of neon orange lipstick Gretchen is wearing. Once we are able to focus on what Tim is saying again, we hear him say that the designers will have two days for this challenge.

Paris Fashion Week: Rochas

We've had a very busy couple of days in the real world, dear hearts. As such, our posts have suffered a bit. However, to tide you over until we can really get back into the world of blogging, we did take notice of the Rochas show at Paris fashion week. To us, it was a bit Fiddler on the Roof meets the Forties. And we like. Very much.