News about the Met ball continues to pour in: It’ll be a battle of the Mad women, when Stefano Pilati brings January Jones and Tommy Hilfiger brings Christina Hendricks. The redhead will be in good company; Hilfiger is also said to have Mick Jagger and L’Wren Scott, John Currin, Zoe Kazan, Peter Som, and Jimmy [...]

“My ideal woman?” says Tucker’s Gaby Basora (pictured). “Brainy: a doctor, or a woman researching chemistry, or microbiology, who takes off their lab coat at the end of an 18-hour day, only to be wearing a Tucker piece underneath.” Give Basora—the former stylist for Lauryn Hill and her Miseducation tour—credit for an original inspiration. Whatever [...]

In “a bid to find real-life hipsters” to star in the campaign for his new, lower-priced diffusion line JCDC, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is working with Dazed & Confused in London and Jalouse in Paris to scout for the skinnies. What, no Brooklyn Vegan? [WWD]
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The asymmetric hemline—short in front, long in back—is shaping up to be a favorite red carpet silhouette tonight. So far we’ve spotted Bee Shaffer in navy Nina Ricci, Jessica Biel in a voluminous red number, and Victoria Beckham in a Marc Jacobs gown that boasts both a miniskirt and a train.

Photo: Sherly Rabbani and Josephine [...]