The 68th Venice Film Festival kicked off yesterday with a screening of George Clooney’s political thriller, Ides of March. On the red carpet, the stars maxed out on this summer’s maxi trend with floor-length gowns, despite the heat.Ides of March star Marisa Tomei chose a Marios Schwab dress in this season’s seventies-approved mustard; Diane Kruger [...]

The boy-meets-girl look has been bigger than ever the past few seasons (for proof, see the Tux Love story in our Fall trend reports), but the dandy-ish neckties we’ve been spotting on celebs lately are something new. Both Diane Kruger and Jaime King wore Jason Wu looks knotted at the throat last week. Kruger topped [...]

As 80th birthday parties go, few we’ve heard of were better attended than the Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso’s. Clever staging, involving displays of 50 movements used for the watch, a gallery of exceptional timepieces, and artisans demonstrating their craft, were all on view for guests, but they were slightly overshadowed however by the arrival of megawatt [...]

Between the Fall runway shows and Monday night’s Costume Institute Ball—think Ashley Olsen in vintage Dior or Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Burberry—the upper-leg area hasn’t gotten so much attention since Suzanne Somers’ ThighMaster heyday. “We wanted to do something fun,” said Jason Wu of the hip-high slit on the skirt he made for Diane Kruger’s march [...]

Wherever Karl Lagerfeld is, as often as not, Diane Kruger is nearby. She’s one of the many celebrities who turned up at Chanel’s famous Rue Cambon salon to see Lagerfeld’s latest pre-fall offering, variations on the theme of “Paris/Byzance.” But her own frock wasn’t one of the plush, near-eastern-inspired dresses from the runway; she opted [...]

The issue itself—the much-blogged, Lady Gaga-covered September Vanity Fair—doesn’t hit stands until Thursday, but royal watchers, social chroniclers, and the legions of Little Monsters can get the answers they’ve waited for today: VF’s International Best-Dressed List is now online.Conclusions? It’s a good time to be in politics. Michelle Obama made the women’s list, as did [...]

Berlin fashion week is now in full swing, and Calvin Klein threw a fashion show and epic party to celebrate the occasion. (A few Teutons can be forgiven for being distracted by the Germany/Spain World Cup game, which the brand screened at the fête.) As you’d expect, plenty of house favorites, like newly signed face [...]

The Oscars are blink-and-you’ll-miss-it compared to the twelve-day marathon that is the Cannes Film Festival; the Croisette won’t clear until Sunday. This year’s big red-carpet stories? The splashy debut of a new line—Gucci’s couture collection, Premiere—which turned up on Salma Hayek Pinault and Naomi Watts, and the emergence of Emilio Pucci as the go-to brand [...]

Diane Kruger hit Fox’s Upfronts after-party in Manhattan yesterday in full-on J.Crew. (Not quite head-to-toe—the pumps are Lanvin.) We’d say she makes a fresh argument for the charms of the retailer’s relaxed-prep style (and not a bad way to freshen up the ubiquitous cardigan). Move over, Mrs. Obama.

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We’re all work and no play here at Style.com. Our intrepid executive editor, Nicole Phelps, and editor at large, Derek Blasberg, are both in the hard-at-work capital of the world, Saint-Tropez, for the Chanel Resort show. (They’ve gotten in a little play—Team Style.com lost a chic came of pétanque.) The full report comes tomorrow with [...]