Hey Fashionista -

Did you guys catch Jeopardy last night?

There was a fun moment in a category named “Christian.” The first contestant buzzed in with her answer of lovely Mr. Lacroix, the second contestant claiming Mr. Dior was the owner of the shoes with “red lacquered bottoms” as described in the answer clue.

After the third contestant had no answer, our trusty Trebek was there to inform the audience and less fashion inclined that the true answer was our wonderfully talented Christian Louboutin.

So fun!

Stay cute.

xo
Angelo

Daphne Guinness, the McQueen darling and Irish Beer heiress, has put her creative talents to use on screen.

Her first short film, The Phenomenology of Body, debuts on The New York Times Style Magazine website today.

The film, set to LCD Soundsystem, features a chronological exhibit of fashion throughout time. The camera rotates around the models’ (Jessica Joffe’s even in there!) bodies, first wearing an apple, later a Victorian gown, then a veil, all set against a black wall.

We’re kind of obsessed with Daphne Guinness - and would probably love anything she touched - but this video is really beautiful and hopefully just the start of her foray into other creative fields.

“Is Roberto Cavalli the Doctor Doolittle of fashion?” - Alexa Chung.

If you haven’t checked out Michael Stipe’s installation at the Rogan store on Bowery - go now. It’s awesome.

And if you don’t live in NYC, we’re sorry. But there’s another cool collaboration coming your way.

Stephen Burks, the American industrial designer who works in furniture, packaging and fashion, (including Calvin Klein, Missoni and Estee Lauder), was chosen by Tod’s to build window displays for twenty of the luxury brand’s international flagships.

The displays will be built of transparent layers inviting the viewers to see, “not just the merchandise in the windows, but the entire shop floor”.

There were overly made up models dancing in the windows of Armani Exchange in Soho last night and they made us want to run the other way.

But a talented designer in the windows of a beloved Italian house? Sounds much more promising.

Hey Fashionista,

Here’s a pic of one of the upcoming Gossip Girl episodes.

Blair looks adorable in a floral dress and is carrying (as you predicted) a woven Kate Spade bag.

Just thought I’d let you know -

Can’t wait til the new episodes!!

xo

Madison

Update: GG’s filming in an H-formation on Lafayette, Crosby and Jersey. So far, we’ve spotted just Blake and Penn, but there are a lot of trailers, one of which is marked “Chuck”…

Remember when Miley Cyrus named Teen Vogue on her list of desert island necessities?

It was a pretty blatant “Pretty please put me on the cover of your magazine?!”

And we hear it worked.

You can catch her on the cover of Billboard right now, where she apparently dishes on the Vanity Fair scandal, but expect to see her on little Vogue’s cover very soon.

We bet they’ll even give her cute clothes to wear - or at least more than a sheet.

Maybe they’ll even let her keep the stylist. She could use some help in that department.

I’ve been carrying around a zippered Y-3 wallet under my arm for a week, and suddenly, life is easier. I grab everything I need, all at once on my way out the door, which is too much to fit into a pocket-sized wallet.

So I’m particularly delighted with the newest unexpected twist from this season’s menswear runways - the introduction of clutches to men’s wardrobes.

If you think about it, it’s really not far-fetched. Men carry briefcases and portfolios, which are just as hard to carry as a clutch. So why not switch out an attaché case for a sleek Marni envelope? Plus, these days, we’re carrying cell phones, wallets, Blackberries, keys and a bajillion other things. A giant messenger bag isn’t always a convenient, or appropriate, accessory for a night out.

Dries Van Noten’s zippered patent leather option is pretty basic without adding too many buckles or other distractions we’re sure most guys wouldn’t approve of. We love the blood red Ferragamo, left - it’s big but not annoying.

We bet Marc will be next in line with some playful clutches, since he’s obviously a fan of them himself.

The only problem? Keeping your girlfriend’s hands off them.

—KYLE HAYES

Just a friendly reminder - there are a bunch of new posts in Fashionista Community, so comments/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

xo F

We love when images of Target’s GO International collections surface, and this time, NYLON’s got the first look - but only eight of them. You’ll have to pay up for their August issue to see the rest.

We’re especially crushing on the outfit at left, we’re already picturing the eight million different ways to wear that tank.

And can you believe that each outfit totals to around $90? Yeah, us neither.

Side note: doesn’t that white top with the orange ruffle at the neck kind of remind you of that Marc by Marc top?

But since the colors are reversed and the ruffle’s so much less, it’s actually a lot cuter and more likely to be worn -

We love Chai.

There’s something strange happening on the runway at the men’s Spring 2009 shows, and we’re kind of liking it:

First, Vivienne Westwood sent out a rather burly man to model little sandals and an enormous gold chain (he was actually an actor/bodyguard). Then, Dean and Dan Caten cast almost all black models for their line-up, which will supposedly be the case in next week’s Lanvin show as well.

And just yesterday, Yohji Yamamoto pulled his own model stunt, sending out ten (much) older models down the runway to balance out the baby softness of the usual model boys, one of whom was especially regular life-sized.

We don’t know where this is going to go with the other designers, but we’re extremely curious to see if any of this will be attempted during the women’s shows (we’re not counting Gaultier’s Spring 07) and how it’ll translate if it is.

But so far, we’re tickled. Especially after we read Yohji’s message about the models - “Let’s be happy.”

Today’s WWD has images of the new Burberry campaign, for which Christopher Bailey dropped Agyness for lesser known model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

It might be a sad day for Agyness - Burberry was kind of her calling card, and the new campaign looks a little dull anyway.

But something tells us she might be too busy laughing her way to the bank to care - Shiseido’s swapped one serious face for another, dropping Angelina Jolie (after two years) for Agyness!

We love when beauty companies use real models, but probably not as much as Agyness loves that beauty company-sized paycheck.