One of the last times she saw Vanessa Bruno, Kate Bosworth was soaring to tree-branch heights in Slovenia while filming Lov, a short film collaboration showcasing the French designer’s Fall ‘11 campaign. This time around, they settled on surer footing at Lucques restaurant on Melrose Avenue, where the duo, along with Rachel Bilson, Molly Sims, [...]

Always the actress, never the bridesmaid? Rose Byrne may play a preternaturally polished bridesmaid in the upcoming comedy Bridesmaids, hitting theaters this Friday, but the Aussie actress has yet to be in a real-life wedding party off the silver screen. “I actually had to ask one of my girlfriends, who coached me on the whole [...]

The Karl Lagerfeld bandwagon rolled out of Cannes on Tuesday as the film festival rolled in. The legendary Croisette is lined with huge billboards promoting Spielberg’s Tintin and the new Transformers and Cowboys & Aliens and The Smurfs in 3-D!—spectacles all, but even so, their makers could surely learn something from Chanel’s no-expense-spared launch of [...]

Tory Burch—whose business, we thought, couldn’t get much bigger—is mulling a new venture: menswear. Burch mentioned the possibility at a recent talk at New York’s French Institute, where she also revealed a menswear line would be modeled on the wardrobe of her father. [WWD]U.S., get ready for Magnum Ice Cream, the European treat that recently [...]

Alaïa speaks! The reclusive designer spared a word or two when he showed a few Fall looks to a gathered mass in Paris. Here’s what he had to say of fashion’s frantic pace: “It’s inhumane…too many collections; too much pressure.” [WWD]The Times takes on a controversial topic: the dress code of the court appearance. Lindsay [...]

L.A.’s been receiving a steady stream of Euro imports this week. Mulberry’s Emma Hill blew into the Chateau Marmont on Tuesday for a dinner and pool party, and last night at the Chateau, designer Vanessa Bruno and friends were fêting her new West Hollywood store—her first in the U.S. The shop, which will carry Bruno’s [...]

If you need further proof than our latest In the Mood For feature that polka dots are a spring must-have, witness this snap of Ashley Greene. The Twilight star donned this D&G minidress in Hollywood earlier this week, picking up on a trend we’ve recently—heh—spotted on Rachel Bilson, Alexa Chung, and Kate Bosworth. We like [...]

Every dude has his day—and the guys got theirs yesterday at Phillip Lim. “We’re so used to going to women’s events, so we wanted to turn it around and have women be the plus-ones tonight,” Lim said at a party for his Fall 2010 men’s collection at his West Hollywood boutique. Cue the typically abstruse [...]

Brad and Angie are designing jewel-encrusted snakes for Asprey. Re: choice of symbol: Jen is so not surprised. [WWD]
Intrigued by the Hollywood Hills Burglars, a.k.a. the Burglar Bunch, a.k.a. the Bling Ring? The L.A. teens accused of robbing starlets from Paris Hilton to Rachel Bilson are facing trial. Paramount is optioning screenplays now. [NYT]
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Fast favorites among starlets like Sienna Miller, Rachel Bilson, and Kristen Stewart, last year’s Kain Label pocket tees and tanks are no fleeting trend. Just in time for summer, the Los Angeles boutique Vionnet is launching a limited-edition capsule collection of SoCal native Amanda Kain’s signature designs, but with their drapey pockets rendered in silk [...]