Turns out there’s a medical explanation for Tom Ford’s oft-exposed chest. “I can only wear [ties] for a few hours and then I start to get a migraine,” the designer reveals in a new hour-long documentary for the Oprah Winfrey Network. He doesn’t like neckwear, but he does like baths, it turns out—up to five [...]

With its fishing village roots, robust surf scene, and long association with art world figures like Andy Warhol, Montauk has always been the cooler alternative to the Hamptons—and while some may grumble that the place is becoming too popular, it still stands safely apart from its over-gentrified neighbors along Route 27. One of the attractions [...]

If there’s any doubt that fashion is in the grip of a neutral moment, last night’s Public Theater Gala should put it to rest. Attendees sported a wide range of options, but two starlets who rarely shy away from red-carpet glamour, Naomi Watts (far left) and Amanda Peet, were among the evening’s most understated. Each [...]

Stella McCartney, as her dad once wrote, gets by with a little help from her friends—and plenty of them turned out to her Resort ‘11 presentation yesterday. Among the well-heeled admirers were (clockwise from top left) Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, and Helena Christensen, all of whom arrived in McCartney-designed duds. Each put her [...]

The Oscars are blink-and-you’ll-miss-it compared to the twelve-day marathon that is the Cannes Film Festival; the Croisette won’t clear until Sunday. This year’s big red-carpet stories? The splashy debut of a new line—Gucci’s couture collection, Premiere—which turned up on Salma Hayek Pinault and Naomi Watts, and the emergence of Emilio Pucci as the go-to brand [...]

Next season, Zac Posen is showing in Paris, where “they understand” his clothes. Or, well, he may be showing in Paris, since showing in New York in “today’s climate” is “difficult.” Confused? Guess the designer is, too. Nothing’s been decided, but it sounds like Posen has set his sights on the City of Light. [WWD]
Naomi [...]

The ninth annual 24-Hour Plays was running late last night, but at the 25th hour, all was forgiven. As its name suggests, the star-studded casts had only 24 hours to meet with writers and directors to draft scripts and madly rehearse before hitting the stage with six ten-minute plays. So what’s 60 minutes more among [...]

Ruffian is loving the high-low life. Designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais, whose Mise en Scene line is in stores now at Anthropologie, are scheduled to design a men’s line for Macy’s. Called Threads & Heirs, the line will launch in March, with prices ranging from $24 to $99. [WWD]
Scarlett Johansson joins the exodus of [...]

Having lived in New York City for over a decade, we completely understand the need to feel somewhat armored when hitting the street. (We often liken our sunglasses to the Manhattan version of the car window. Both are just glass, but they serve as an extremely effective barrier all the same.) And so we’ve been [...]

We have to give props to Naomi Watts for test-driving one of this summer’s trickiest trends, the jumpsuit, at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy on Monday. The belted black all-in-one strikes a casual, “I’m not taking this too seriously” note that seems just right to us for a daytime photo call. But next time [...]