Christian Lacroix’s new white knight is an Ajman sheikh. This acquisition has “couture inspiration” written all over it. [WWD]Don’t ask for your size. Presumably the Rodarte designs on display at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum this January will be given the white-glove treatment, so don’t even think about trying something on. [WWD]Lindsay Lohan’s invitation to Miley Cyrus [...]

Fashion’s Night Out combined two favorite Italian pastimes: la passeggiata (the stroll) and la bella figura (posing). Each store had its own following—Versace was for the Glamazons, who were in stiff competition against the mannequins in the shop’s windows. At Jil Sander we saw the Mod Squad, who flocked there to hear DJ Sunday [...]

Karl Lagerfeld stepped out in Saint-Tropez yesterday (avec entourage, bien sur) looking decidedly more covered than the average vacationer. Now, we’re not saying the Kaiser should go full Speedo on us—ahem, Giorgio Armani—but a tightly buttoned shirt, heavy boots, and leather gloves? Is this a bit too extreme for August on the Côte d’Azur or [...]

After a late night celebrating the premiere of Valentino: The Last Emperor in
L.A. on Wednesday, the iconic Italian designer was honored again on Thursday morning. The City of Beverly Hills presented an emotional Valentino Garavani with the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award, which has previously gone to Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani, Manolo [...]

Hard beats and powerful female voices—Tina Turner, Grace Jones—characterized the catwalk tunes this season. These strong sounds helped models put their best feet firmly forward. Here’s what we heard on the runways this week.
Blugirl
The Mood: Girly voices to sweet tunes
The Specifics: Feist, “1234″
Blumarine
The Mood: Melted-chocolate smooth tunes, transporting us back to the eighties
The Specifics: Grace [...]

Get briefed on a fitting inauguration day fashion scandal, courtesy of the men’s shows: Trousergate. Apparently there is room for only one pair of quilted trousers in Italy, and Giorgio Armani says he made them first. Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana (whose quilted Fall 2009 look is pictured here) feel otherwise.
In other trouser news: It’s [...]

At the celebrity-starved, post-crash fall 2009 men’s collections in Milan, the big get is the newest star of AC Milan’s soccer team, one David Beckham. Dolce and Gabbana shuttled a group of editors to the San Siro stadium to watch the star in action from their VIP box Saturday night. But it was Giorgio Armani [...]

Come February 2010, shoppers in Dubai will be able to peruse the racks at the first Bloomingdale’s outside the United States. The iconic New York department store is slated to anchor the world’s largest indoor shopping center, the Dubai Mall, which clocks in at 12.1 million square feet—and which boasts the world’s largest aquarium. (You [...]

What we heard on the runways this week.
Giorgio Armani
The mood: ethnic tones, deep rhythms
The specifics: Angus & Julia Stone, “Paper Aeroplane”
Brioni
The mood: tribal techno
The specifics: Juno Reactor, “Swamp Thing”
Gucci
The mood: upbeat disco
The specifics: Kelley Polar, “Entropy Reigns”
Dolce & Gabbana
The mood: raw and strong
The specifics: Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Burberry Prorsum
The mood: tranquil, soft, romantic
The specifics: Des’ree, [...]

Monday, 4 a.m.
I put the finishing touches on the soundtrack for today’s Missoni show. I am exhausted. I haven’t slept in two days. Yesterday, I spun at the Emporio Armani show. People were fighting over the Emporio Armani Café Vol. 4 CDs that were being passed out. I spent the evening spinning at the Hermès [...]