Forget the Red and the Black. Right now, it’s all about the Red and the Blue. The 2012 elections will mean a full year of face-off between the red Republicans and the blue Dems. All of a sudden, the red and blue Masai prints at Thakoon and Kim Jones’ men’s collection for Louis Vuitton are [...]

First Balenciaga, now Isabel Marant. Gisele’s sweep of Spring’s ad campaigns continues. Say au revoir, Kate Moss. [Fashionologie]
And in other campaign buzz, Peter Copping’s first ad for Nina Ricci, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, had its sneak preview today. If you dig the disco feel, cross your fingers for more sequins [...]

Congrats to Dutch model Doutzen Kroes (pictured), who wed her longtime boyfriend Sunnery James in her hometown of Eastermar, the Netherlands, this weekend. The pregnant bride wore Pronovias, a Spanish label. The Angel and her new husband are honeymooning on Madagascar, so no hope of seeing her at the Victoria’s Secret show this Wednesday. [Page [...]

There’s no getting away from the little black dress, and Peter Copping designed a beauty for his new capsule collection for Barneys New York—perfect for a chic dinner out on the town, and accordingly called the 8 p.m. Avenue Montaigne dress (above right). But woman cannot live on L.B.D. alone, so the five-piece capsule, which [...]

What with both Lady Gaga and Madonna on Saturday Night Live and a corset-crammed Jean Paul Gaultier show, yesterday was quite the moment for innerwear as outerwear. But as our Sarah Mower points out, it was in fact John Galliano who sparked the revival of this old-trend chestnut with his Christian Dior haute-couture show back [...]

It’s official. Peter Copping, formerly of Louis Vuitton, started at Nina Ricci on Monday, replacing Olivier Theyskens, who was let go after a remarkable Fall show in Paris last month. Copping is working on a resort collection that will be presented in late June, but it’s said that he won’t make his runway debut until [...]

Nothing has been confirmed about Olivier Theyskens’ possible exit from Nina Ricci at the end of his contract and his potential replacement Louis Vuitton studio director Peter Copping, but it sure is fun to speculate. Real life: just like high school.
Valentino’s couture collection heads to Jumbotrons near you tonight in Paris, [...]

Karl Lagerfeld dresses up the recession with a pretty catchprase: “Bling is over. Red carpet-y covered with rhinestones is out. I call it ‘the new modesty.’ ” Another gem: “Throwing money out the window brings money back in through the front door.” Why couldn’t Karl have been our econ professor?
Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti [...]