Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars should be bright this year: The organization is honoring French couturier Pierre Cardin (pictured) with its Superstar Award. Cardin’s list of honorifics is plenty long already, but we’re betting he won’t mind tacking on “superstar” as well. [WWD]And Cardin’s not the only one picking up a new title. Dries [...]

So much for celebs vacationing incognito. Madonna and her inner circle—including her children and her boy toy, Jesus Luz—took to the seas around Portofino today to celebrate the Material Girl’s 51st birthday. In case the paparazzi were unsure of her identity, she donned a monogrammed sports jersey and matching shorts. Even odder, this was her [...]

Ivana Omazic’s last splash for Celine (which Phoebe Philo is resuming control of soon) could be the chicest thing on two wheels—Bicyclette, a capsule collection of “jersey dresses [and] cotton poplin skirts” for cycling, due this spring. Because who rides a bike in shorts? [WWD]
According to overworked British photo sleuths, key elements of Madonna’s Purim [...]

One-time Madonna flame A-Rod admits to using performance-enhancing drugs (even President Obama is disappointed), but now, he swears, he just does Kabbalah, which everyone knows is the gateway drug to Scientology. It’s a slippery slope, Alex. [New York Post]
Madonna, meanwhile, has found Jesus. Jesus Luz, that is, and by the looks of this Steven Klein [...]

You can tell fashion is in serious flux when Brazilian megabrand Colcci scales back its spectacular show at São Paulo fashion week. This time around the clothes were sent down a simple white runway to a pounding, apocalyptic techno soundtrack. The designs were stripped to ladylike essentials in a neutral palette, finding form in a [...]