It wasn’t the political event of the weekend (that would involve Osama bin Laden), but the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was definitely the big #2 on the Washington scene. President Obama roasted Donald Trump, SNL’s Seth Meyers roasted Obama, and Barry Diller proclaimed the evening “a ratfuck.” Success!Honorable mention to the fashion, which, thanks to [...]

Fashionologie begins compiling the Fall ‘11 ad campaign rumors and placements. Word from the fashion forums is that Kate Moss won’t be in Vuitton (a group of younger girls, possibly including Daphne Groeneveld, left, and Fei Fei Sun, may be instead), Mert & Marcus’ ads for Versace might star Saskia de Brauw, and Ralph Lauren [...]

The latest Beltway power struggle is taking shape—and this one’s got nothing to do with elected office. As has been rumored for months, Chicago boutique owner Ikram Goldman is no longer Michelle Obama’s “shopper in chief”—that duty now falls to her former assistant, Meredith Koop. [Washington Post]Versus’ fortunes have been on the rise these past [...]

Yesterday, over plates of halibut and pomegranate salad at Bergdorf Goodman’s BG, some of fashion’s most powerful women gathered in honor of perhaps the industry’s most hotly debated topic of late: Michelle Obama. Tod’s and Tina Brown hosted the icon-studded group, which included Iman, Veronica Webb, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Tory Burch, and Michelle Obama favorites [...]

Michelle Obama’s Alexander McQueen dress at a state dinner recently stuck in the craw of some American designers, who chastised the First Lady for failing to promote U.S. brands and industry. She sidestepped the controversy at last night’s State of the Union address: Mrs. O chose Rachel Roy for the occasion (left). [WSJ]This morning in [...]

The model baby boom continues: Doutzen Kroes and Sunnery James welcomed baby boy Phyllon (pronounced Fillen) today in Amsterdam. Victoria’s Secret better look into a daycare center. [Modelinia]
Darren Aronofsky and Vincent Cassel have swapped ballet for perfume. The Black Swan director and his star collaborated on a video for Yves Saint Laurent’s La Nuit [...]

Loree Rodkin’s client base includes names big and bigger, but for her latest piece, the jewelry designer committed herself to giving back. She flew into London last night for the launch of “Rocks, Stones, and Metals” at Joseph, where she—along with Stephen Webster, Delfina Delettrez, Katie Hillier, and Hannah Martin—collaborated with the retailer on a [...]

The Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women is out, and fashion plates are well represented: There’s our impeccably attired FLOTUS, Michelle Obama (we like to think of her as Clotheshorse in Chief), holding strong at #1, as well as Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (#35), Heidi Klum (#39), Sarah Jessica Parker (#45), and Burberry CEO [...]

As the countdown to London fashion week begins, applications for the BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund are now open, and two new designers have joined Lulu Kennedy’s MAN shows: Martine Rose and Felipe Rojas Llanos. [Vogue U.K.]Speaking of fashion weeks, the tie-ins are approaching, too: Just in time for Paris fashion week, France’s Maison Européenne de la [...]

Talk about an heirloom—Monique Péan’s bracelets are made of fossilized woolly mammoth tusks that are 25,000 years old. Scarce materials like mammoth tusk make them pricey, but they also keep the jewelry on the ethical up-and-up, something that Péan, a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runner-up and Ecco Domani award winner, stresses in all her work. (She [...]