It’s approximately two weeks until Black Friday. Take a breath. There’s still time to consider the thoughtful gift, like a beautiful piece of vintage costume jewelry. Needless to say, that venture involves more effort than others, but according to jewelry collector and historian Deanna Farneti Cera, it’s entirely worth it. “It’s not something you can [...]

Who says there’s no culture in the O.C.? Mega (and mega-luxe) shopping center South Coast Plaza has teamed up with Christian Dior to present the U.S. premiere of a capsule exhibition that features Chinese artist and photographer Quentin Shih’s provocative photos—the first time his work will be seen in the United States. The 20 original [...]

What with both Lady Gaga and Madonna on Saturday Night Live and a corset-crammed Jean Paul Gaultier show, yesterday was quite the moment for innerwear as outerwear. But as our Sarah Mower points out, it was in fact John Galliano who sparked the revival of this old-trend chestnut with his Christian Dior haute-couture show back [...]

“I made up an imaginary kingdom about kings and queens of lost civilizations,” said Victoire de Castellane, explaining the thinking behind her incredible collection of diamond pendants and rings for Dior. Each piece—kings for pendants, queens for rings—wears its own crown, tiara, necklace, lace collar, or ruff, and even earrings of their own, in some [...]

Of all the cute couples at the CFDAs last night (Jason Wu and Diane Kruger, Kirsten Dunst and the Mulleavys, Molly Sims and Marilyn Monroe), Lorenzo Martone and Marc Jacobs were probably the cutest. Could they be in their honeymoon phase? Not yet. Despite rumors to the contrary, the two have yet to tie [...]

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the meeting of the two First Ladies who’ve had us glued to their every stitch. We had previously mused as to whether they might discuss a love of Alaïa, but who could have predicted they’d be in such sartorial harmony, both wearing tie-neck coats? Of course, we’d never [...]

L.A. fashion week is getting a splash of organized glam tonight with a runway show, photography exhibit, and video installation at MoCA courtesy of Cameron Silver and Downtown L.A. Fashion Week, a new group looking to fill the void left by IMG and Smashbox Studios. Celebs like Marisa Tomei, Kelly Lynch, and Zoë Saldana are [...]

The long-expected Olivier Theyskens and Nina Ricci breakup was formalized last week, five days after Theyskens’ inspired show. We can officially mourn. [WWD]
Sofia Coppola’s ad for Miss Dior Chérie L’Eau is pure Parisian whimsy. Even though the soundtrack—Brigitte Bardot’s “Moi Je Joue”—ends before Bardot’s suggestive scream of pleasure, the visual metaphor of model Maryna Linchuk [...]

Yesterday we reported on PETA’s revamped protesting efforts, and later that day we learned the zealous, anti-fur crusaders crossed what many may consider a different kind of moral line when the ripped off the sleeve of Carine Roitfeld’s Balenciaga gown outside Jean Paul Gaultier (her lilac, goat fur coat was the intended target, presumably). Afterward, [...]

In seasons past, a real fashion week crush happened just before a show started, when everyone had filed into the venue and was scrambling for their seats. But times have changed. Now the hoopla begins much sooner and lasts much longer. Take yesterday’s Dior show, which had PETA protesters crowding fur-clad attendees and accosting them [...]