Cameron Diaz, Leo Di Caprio, Mickey Rourke, Rihanna, Russell Crowe, Pharrell Williams, Michelle Williams, Jude Law - no hang on, Jude lives here
.so apart from him, what are all these Hollywood’ers doing in London?
Looks like school is out in LA, as they seem to have descended en masse. Of course, the tabbies are having a ball speculating whether Cameron is here with her new “boyfriend” Leo di Cap, or if she’s dating Jude Law, who she hooked up with in the nightclub Movida. (A weird choice to be sure - it’s a bit bridge and tunnel.)
She will be happy to know, however, that Kate Moss’s hairdresser/bestie, James Brown, has finally opened up a salon in London. His staff charges, well, a snip - only £55. But to get the man himself, you need to be prepared to fork over £500.
Continue reading London is Definitely Calling…
At Bathing Ape’s party Friday night, celebrating the re-launch of their London store, we saw door pandemonium at 24 Kingly Street reach a new level. That could be because BAPE has perhaps the most ferociously loyal following in the world - and has proven that if you have a bullet proof business plan (they do) then a recession only causes nick marks.
Now, what could really hurt though is trying to get in though the doors of a party given by a company whose mantra is “ape shall not kill ape.” We were pretty sure we saw some trying to do just that. Oh, and we feel rather victorious that we did make it in, given that even Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Williams (the Destiny’s Child one) tried ahead to do just that — and were thwarted.
Continue reading Ape May Kill Ape on Planet BAPE…
Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg just finished shooting his Fall ad campaign.
He might be a little behind everyone else but his ads feature Michelle Williams, so who cares.
WWD reports the two spent last Thursday holed up in interior designer Paul Fortune’s house with just seven outfit changes, no hair, no make-up and a stylist on hand only in case of emergency. The designer’s laid back attitude will continue into Fall - he’ll show his Spring 09 collection in film form instead of a more traditional presentation (which is weird, because he’s totally on the schedule for September 6th at 6pm).
Sternberg says “I’m doing a totally alternative thing because I can’t bring myself to do a runway show. I don’t make runway clothes. These are clothes you wear on the street, so I’m just super-uncomfortable with it. It puts it in totally the wrong context — I want to do something closer to where the clothes are, and let people actually touch and feel them as opposed to seeing them on a 14-year-old anorexic model.”
That might be the most sound statement we’ve heard from a designer in a very long time.
Here’s hoping he picks Michelle to star.
Michelle Williams is a very gifted actress, but today we learned she’s missing a gift:
Apparently, the Brooklynite was sent a new handbag by Karl the Kaiser Lagerfeld, but the clutch never made it into her clutches. Since everything from Chanel is so gorgeous and in-demand, the accessory was accidentally swept up and sent to a shoot for another blonde actress. It now floats between a photo set and a fashion closet on the Left Coast.
When my mom heard the story, she asked, “Can’t Chanel just give Michelle another bag?”
I answered, “Ooh, Chanel and Michelle rhyme.”
But yes, they could find Ms. Williams another bag. Maybe this one’s engraved or blessed by an Australian rabbi - or just incredibly gorgeous, as Chanel things are wont to be.
Anyway, if you’re on a celebrity photo shoot in Los Angeles, keep your eye out for a lovely bag that shouldn’t be there - then steal it, since it’s already lost - much like the Golden Globe nomination that Michelle Williams really should have gotten for I’m Not There…