Alessandra Ambrosio walked the runway for Colcci in São Paulo over the weekend and showed off her baby bump. Ashton Kutcher, who is also a face of the brand, was in the audience. [Huff Po]After an almost eight-year hiatus, Versace made its return to the Couture runways in Paris today. Donatella Versace called the [...]

It was an adult sort of party that Julianne Moore hit last night, for the debut of the all-nude Pirelli calendar, but her afternoon, at least, was child’s play. Moore was the guest of honor at a lunch thrown by Tod’s at its Madison Avenue boutique in celebration of her latest kids’ book, Freckleface Strawberry: [...]

I’m just back from Milan, where, in addition to the shows, I haunted showrooms preparing for our next Accessories Report. One thing I noticed is that one of last season’s handbag trends is still going strong: as we called it at the time, the incredible shrinking bag. From every editor at the shows to most [...]

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 [...]

In the palatial Villa Necchi Campiglio—Tilda Swinton’s impossibly gorgeous manse from I Am Love—Tod’s showed its Fall collection. The label is pitching itself to men as a one-stop-shop for leather lovers, and on view in the villa’s various salone was a full, vari-hued range of casual and dress loafers, lace-ups, wallets, desk accessories, bags, [...]

Tod’s driving mocs—at 30 or so—are tried-and-true fashion classics, but Tod’s Group chairman Diego Della Valle is lending his support (and around $25 million) to an even more time-honored favorite: The Roman Colosseum. The brand will fully fund the landmark’s entire renovation. [Elle via Refinery29]And speaking of accessories, Serena Williams wasn’t happy with the state [...]

Earlier this week, Tod’s presented its Spring ‘11 accessories by appointment in Milan. The usual luxe skins—calf, croc, and python—are all back in action, but we were most taken with the wood-soled Gardener Sandal, which marks the first time the brand has ventured into working with wood. Like the direction creative director Derek Lam is [...]

Diego Della Valle of Tod’s and Teatro alla Scala’s Stéphane Lissner held a press conference this afternoon to announce their new partnership. The Italian brand famous for its driving shoes will sponsor the legendary Milan theater’s upcoming season, and to celebrate the union, they showed off a specially commissioned short film. Directed by Matthias Zentner, [...]

Tod’s signature driving mocs are iconic for a good reason: They bring a touch of no-nonsense frankness, not to mention an actual functionality, to a refined style. (Forget the chauffeur—the Tod’s girl drives herself.) The label has been making the shoes for decades, and though its new optical line is just a season old, the [...]

The first Tod’s shoe was the famous driving moc, and decades later, the pebble-soled loafer is still going strong. The label recently commissioned photographer Elliott Erwitt to shoot a few of its own personal style icons wearing Tod’s for an exhibition called Icons by an Icon. (It’s too modest to add “Wearing an Icon” to [...]