Yesterday, we caught the first glimpse of Marion Cotillard as “Lady Rouge” in her latest campaign for the Lady Dior bag. Here’s your first look at the whole video, with Cotillard crooning Franz Ferdinand’s “The Eyes of Mars.” Our first thought: better than Nine!

Marion Cotillard’s campaigns for Christian Dior to date have emphasized the screen siren’s ladylike beauty, so it’s a nice change to see her tapping into her masculin side in the next video, which goes up at www.ladydior.com this Friday. Cotillard takes a page from the book of Franz Ferdinand (who composed a song, “Eyes of [...]

Forgive Hollywood for looking bleary-eyed this morning: The whole town’s been up since around 5 a.m. for the 2010 Academy Award nominations. Anne Hathaway and Academy president Tom Sherak made the official announcements shortly before 6 a.m. Pacific time, and the race for the gold is officially on. (As Best Actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe told [...]

With the Golden Globes and the SAGs down—and their red-carpet fashions suitably assessed here and here—and the Couture shows, from where many of the awards season’s dresses are plucked, now under way, the tea-leaf reading, rune consulting, and general oracle beseeching for who’ll wear what to the 2010 Academy Awards can begin. Attempting clairvoyance is [...]

It may be January, but it’s still a balmy 75 degrees in Palm Springs, where Marion Cotillard hit the Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala last night to pick up a Desert Palm Achievement Award. (It was presented by her Nine director, Rob Marshall.) The Dior face takes a night off from her patron’s label, [...]

With the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations this morning, awards season has officially begun. And while many are furiously debating who’ll make it up to the Beverly Hilton hotel stage to collect their statuette, we’re more concerned with the action outside—the red carpet. What are this year’s crop of nominees going to wear?
Nine’s Marion [...]

David Lynch is rumored to be directing the latest installment of Christian Dior’s Lady Dior mini movies, starring Marion Cotillard and, bien sûr, a handbag. Galliano plus Lynch? If a commercial could be nominated for an Oscar, this would be on our list. [WWD]
For old flames, Jude Law and Sienna Miller are spending an awful [...]

I know a few women who say they prefer couture to ready-to-wear because of the lack of frenzy and excitement. But really, it’s all about the alcohol and free food. Back on Monday, Dior invited guests downstairs into John Galliano’s mirrored studio under the salon where he had just debuted his collection. Marion Cotillard hovered [...]

With Marion Cotillard drowning in a sea of air kisses from ardent admirers and Dita Von Teese , the pre-show scene yesterday at Dior was pretty glamorous. But further down the front row, deals were being negotiated as Kanye West, attending his first couture show, was introduced to photographer Jean-Paul Goude. The rapper-designer enthused that [...]

Peter Som bids Bill Blass adieu. The designer will focus on his own collection, while Blass designer Prabal Gurung will take over for now.
Word is Marion Cotillard is the next face of Dior’s Lady Dior bag campaign, a post once held by Carla Bruni. Aim high, Marion.
Kabbalah leaders are totally embarrassed by Madonna and her [...]