Seen Around Town- Items Of The Moment

Here are bits and pieces, looks and ideas as seen on celebs in the last week or so. Which ones do you like? What doesn't work for you?


White denim. I love it, even if not necessarily the way Kate Moss wears it. I like to pair slim white jeans with a colorful DVF wrap top and cute sandals. I think Hilary Swank pulls it off perfectly.




Red lipstick. The tricky part is choosing the right red for you. Do you think Angelina and Rihanna got it right?


Little dresses in bright colors. Nothing says "summer" like a yellow dress.

I like strappy sandals, I like platforms. Not so sure about these bondage gear, especially the way Beyonce paired it with awful denim shorts, and Rumer Willis' black manicure is just a bit too much. The last pair was seen on Evangeline Lilly in Cannes. A little different and not half bad.

Photos: Just Jared, Socialite Life, Faded Youth Blog

Kate Moss Parties Like It's 1988

Last celeb post for tonight (I promise something completely different tomorrow):

Showing what 20 years of hard partying would do to one's face and putting the T in trashed (she actually ended the night with the dress getting ripped and falling apart), Kate Moss looks like she's paying a homage to the new Star Trek movie and going to the Final Frontier (I'm resisting making an "It's dead, Jim" joke) in this space dress with the don't-try-it-at-home horizontal stripes and scary shoulder pads.

(Kate was not the only celeb with silver padded shoulders last week. The other one was Miley Cyrus, but I draw the snark line at the underaged)

Image: A Socialite's Life

Free Radicals At Work

Kate Moss is 34, much too young to look like this (click the photo to get uncomfortably close to Kate). Of course, up until Amy Winehouse has arrived in our lives, Kate was the poster child of living on the edge and irregular bathing.

Photo: Faded Youth Blog

Kate Mess

Such an inspiring style icon. She makes you want to smell and dress just like her. Not to mention the huge bilboards of her face advertising David Yurman jewelry above the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel on the Jersey side.

I'm not buying it.

Photos courtesy of TMZ and Mollygood. Molly also has pictures of Kate and gown at the beginning of the night.

I see London, I see France

Reason 2,098 why I don't buy anything she's selling. The picture was taken yesterday at Barneys.

Kate immortalized in type

In addition to her clothing line, fragrance, and multiple ad campaigns, Kate Moss now has her very own font. Two graphic designers worked with the model to create a letterhead that will be featured in the branding for Moss's TopShop collection as well as all of her future projects. The designers originally thought they would use Moss's handwriting, but decided they didn't like the way it looked, and turned to old issues of Harper's Bazaar dating back to the '30s, '40s and '50s for inspiration. I'm green with envy - I'd love to have my own font!

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Pete Doherty doll comes with mini crack pipe

A Pete Doherty doll is drawing criticism from anti-drug groups who slam the doll, More Barred than Barbie, for glorifying drug use. The likeness of the British rocker features a tiny crack pipe that lights up when pressed against the doll's lips and also comes with cigarettes, a mini guitar and a syringe. Anti-drug campaigners from the group Just Say No are concerned the doll may encourage young music fans to experiment with drugs, calling the toy "very irresponsible." The makers of the doll have not commented.

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Kate and Pete look at houses

Much-publicized couple Kate Moss and fiance Pete Doherty have reportedly been looking to buy a house in London's upscale Regent's Park or Primrose Hill. Even though the couple are set to wed later this year, friends are shocked to hear Moss has agreed to share finances with the bad boy rockstar. "Everyone is amazed that they're looking for a joint mortgage. It's rather romantic," a source told a British paper. "But Kate's more conservative mates have been saying it's madness, given Pete's reputation as a wild man... He is not the first person you think of when it comes to financial stability. But they are both giddy about it and see it as a pledge of their love."

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Mossy

One of the Beauty Addict's posts last week as part of her excellent Fashion Week coverage was from the Jason Wu show. The makeup featured was all MAC and inspired by Kate Moss. Kristen is quoting a MAC makeup artist who defined this Mossy look as " very overstated, messy, disheveled".
My question is: Who wants to look like that?

Things I don't get

Kate Moss.

I didn't like her even before the drug scandal (why was anyone surprised by that one?), and I like her even less now. She doesn't represent any ideal for me and most certainly doesn't make me want to buy whatever she's wearing.

I've ranted about it before, but now I'm really irritated. I'm seriously considering boycotting each and every fashion house that chooses her as their model/spokesperson. I'm not a fan of any of the Bvlgari scents, so this one won't be a great loss.

Return of the Supermodels

It's wonderful to see my favorite model, Linda Evangelista, on the cover of Vogue again. Inside the magazine, Alber Elbaz of Lanvin is talking about how the supermodels made fashion both fun and exciting. I wholeheartedly agree. Vogue's September 1991 issue (pictured here) was exactly that, and its cover is maybe the most memorable I've seen. I hope to see more of Linda and the others.

That said, the Kate Moss overdose (pun not completely unintentional) is annoying me. Her charm escapes me, and seeing her in several ads in each magazine for some of the biggest houses is way, way too much.