The early sixties were a favorite reference point on the Fall runways, and as Fashionista recently pointed out, that’s led to an abundance of mod-themed editorials in the new September magazines. It’s worth adding that our culture’s current fascination with the youthquake years goes way beyond fashion. There’s Mad Men, of course, which is finally, [...]

As if it wasn’t enough to design women’s, men’s, and couture, not to mention land one of the biggest Oscars gets of them all in Cate Blanchett, not to mention maintaining the front-runner position in the who-will-replace-Galliano-at-Dior guessing game, Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci has revealed exclusively to Style.com that he’s collaborated with Visionaire on its 60th [...]

I remember back in 2002, when I heard that Marc Jacobs had shot Jennifer Lopez to be the face of Louis Vuitton. Uh-oh, I thought to myself, this won’t be a onetime thing. (Now that I think about it, I heard about J. Lo through an archaic grapevine: not a blog, but a good old-fashioned [...]

More details on Madonna’s spaghetti-eating, tear-jerking campaign for Dolce & Gabbana. “She really cried,” says Gabbana. [WWD]
If Mad Men is Sex and the City for guys, then skinny ties are their flower pins. [NYT]
Jeffrey Monteiro is in at Bill Blass, and the gig starts in January. In case you’ve forgotten, “the last of four designers [...]

Miuccia Prada was in L.A. this weekend for MOCA’s anniversary, but she still found time to squeeze in her own party on Friday night. Mrs. Prada hosted a fête at her Rodeo Drive store for the recently published Prada encyclopedia, a hefty 708-page tome that charts the brand’s trajectory from its founding in the twenties [...]

Nina Ricci for $50? It’s true. Get thee to Paris.
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The other Ricci—Christina—is reportedly un-engaged from her super-tall comedian boyfriend, Owen Benjamin. [People]
Oprah relinquishes her Most Powerful Celebrity in the World crown to this year’s Forbes list topper, Angelina Jolie. Apparently Kung Fu Panda was better than we thought. [OMG Yahoo]
Kate Moss is decidedly not [...]

Gia Bahm isn’t alone in her fixation on vintage watches, but she’s done Mad Men-loving, 1960’s Timex-wearing types one better. A stylist-turned-jewelry designer whose raw crystal and empty bullet casing Unearthen necklaces are favorites of Christina Ricci, Nicole Richie, and Mary-Kate Olsen, Bahm has started popping faceted crystals on top of the faces of [...]