If the four stars of Sex and the City 2 have been dogged by their two weeks of nonstop international travel—or the, ahem, less-than-stellar reviews and weak opening numbers the film has received—you couldn’t tell from today’s Tokyo premiere. The ladies went all-out for the last stop on their worldwide premiere tour, and no one [...]

What’s an appropriate funeral for Malcolm McLaren, given the man’s congenital antipathy to convention? A deconsecrated church in Marylebone was a good place to start. A coffin spray-painted to look like a boombox with the motto “Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die” written along its sides fitted McLaren’s niche in history as “the [...]

Is New York’s combined men’s and women’s fashion week hurting menswear designers? The ones who’ve moved shop to Europe—where menswear is shown in June, rather than September—say yes. Will New York follow suit with its own dedicated men’s week? [WWD]The latest addition to the White House Correspondents Dinner: Donatella Versace, who will sit with The [...]

If at first you don’t succeed…. Romeo Gigli (pictured), whose relaunched label, Io Ipse Idem, lost its funding, is back yet again with XII XII XLIX par Romeo Gigli. We love the guy and hope for the best this time around, but we wonder if a comprehensible, pronounceable label name might help. [WWD]
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In an oatmeal-colored pullover, dress slacks, and a tie, Malcolm McLaren—the former manager of the Sex Pistols and partner in crime, business, and love of Vivienne Westwood—looked every bit not the part of the counterinsurgency he helped dress in the seventies. With stores like Let It Rock and Sex, McLaren and Westwood ushered in London’s [...]

What makes Sophie Dahl happy? A quiet cup of tea. For Alice Temperley, it’s luxuriating in a warm bath. Christian Slater is partial to watching original Star Trek reruns while Vivienne Westwood loves a good laugh with her husband. And photographer Lorraine Goddard has photographed each of them doing just that, all in the name [...]

Actress Brittany Murphy died unexpectedly yesterday, and her famous friends have taken to Twitter to express their condolences. Ex-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher called her a “little piece of sunshine,” later adding, “see you on the other side, kid.” [E! Online]
Buzzwords for 2009 include Octomom, death panel, and Tea Party. Not to be outdone, fashion’s contribution is [...]

Pamela Anderson is usually spotted around her home base of Malibu, sporting cotton beach dresses and Uggs. But she’s left the beach behind for a stint playing the Genie in the London stage adaptation of Aladdin, and with a few other irons in the fire—reportedly a clothing line and pop album, both in the works [...]

With the holiday soirée circuit in full swing, we’ve been noticing that revelers are in full-on exposure mode, thanks to the recent obsession with cutouts on the runways. Waists, thighs, backs—there’s virtually no patch of skin designers haven’t been putting on display. Witness Daisy Lowe in Vivienne Westwood at last night’s British Fashion Awards. From [...]

“It’s very sad, but English fashion will survive, and be stronger,” Vivienne Westwood said of Luella’s recent closing. “It’s a bit of a cautionary tale for all involved on tightening up the business side of things—but for that conversation, we will need several hours.” Given that we caught the flame-haired designer at her Spring ‘10 [...]