Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Lindsay Lohan (and Her Wardrobe) Coming to Soho

Your chance to critique some celeb fashion is coming up this Saturday at Cafe de Paris.

Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Sam Ronson are hosting a party at the Soho club, with Sam taking a turn at the DJ booth.

The details: doors open at 10pm, entry is £15 before midnight, and it's £20 after.

The benefits: you can see if your outfit is better than that of a former Mean Girl.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Dior Homme's Plans Fall to Pieces

Johnny Borrell. Photo Credit: Daniel Morrison. C.C. License.Johnny Borrell reportedly turned down the chance to star in the next Dior Homme adverts because he worried it would compromise his music career.

According to British Vogue, the Razorlight frontman impressed fashion execs with his look in the video for new single Wire to Wire. Johnny's New Romantic blouson and earring must have seemed a perfect fit for the Dior Homme Girl with a Pearl Earring-influenced campaign.

Old Skinny-Jeans Johnny had no problem gracing the cover of British Vogue with model Natalia Vodianova in May 2007, making himself one of just a few men to ever nab a cover shot for the magazine.

Maybe the singer, known for his tendency to strip off his shirt, was really just concerned that someone else would be able to tell him when to keep his top on.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Walk in Twiggy's Shoes

Mary Portas' donation to the Barnardo's charity vintage shop. Copyright Barnardo's, courtesy of Property4Media. All right reserved.Literally. The iconic '60s model is just one celeb who's donated footwear to a pop-up vintage shop for the children's charity Barnardo's.

Open for the month of November only, the shop near Carnaby Street is crammed with retro shoes, handbags and accessories from top designers. A bit of bargain-priced Mary Quant or Vuitton, anyone?

Besides Twiggy, donors include the likes of Rosamund Pike, Peaches Geldof, Trudie Styler and Dame Helen Mirren. Geri Halliwell pitched in heels from the Spice Girls reunion tour, Christian Louboutin handed over some blue sequined stilettos, and Queen of Shops Mary Portas donated autographed Stuart Weitzmans.

The Barnardo's store is at 69 Broadwick Street, so get that holiday shopping started. Everyone on your gift list should be happy to know their presents are helping more than 100,000 children fight poverty and inequality.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Viva Obama!

Jean Charles de Castelbajac's Katy Perry has a new president, and she likes it. The American songstress best known for girl-snogging anthems plans to get political at the MTV European Music awards tomorrow night.

Katy has voted to wear French designer and artist Jean Charles de Castelbajac's "I Have a Dream" dress to the Liverpool ceremony. The LYD (little yellow dress) features Barack Obama's face in sequins, and we assume his big fat grin comes from sweeping the election yesterday.

Little K is presenting the event, and Castelbajac (whose fans include Mick Jagger and Tara Palmer Tomkinson, and who designed Farrah Fawcett's Charlie's Angels looks) is set to attend.

Perhaps the frock will get a standing ovation, like it did on the runway. Dress for change!

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