name check..

What's better than a Louis Vuitton monogram bag? A Louis Vuitton bag with your own monogram on it. That's the thinking behind the house's Mon Monogram service. The company has been allowing customers to personalize luggage and smaller items like wallets for a while, but you can now put your initials on its signature Speedy 30 or Keepall Bandoulière 55 bags. And because the canvas is given a special coating after your logo has been painted on, there's no danger of ever losing your good name.

The Look: Curly Hair

Ever the trendsetter, Madonna helped usher in something of a curl revival last fall, showing up to a screening of her film Filth and Wisdom with a center part and long, wavy curls. Imitations from Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears followed shortly thereafter. But cries of style-stealing aside, you could say that change is just in the air. "It might sound silly, but I think this election has proved that we are in a different state of mind," says hairstylist Ouidad, a.k.a. the Queen of Curls. "If you look at Hollywood, the big eighties days are back. People are enjoying texture again—almost being promiscuous with their hair and just letting it be sexy."

MILAN, February 27, 2009
By Nicole Phelps
In 1954, Maria Callas recorded a memorable version of Bellini's Norma at the Cinema Metropol, the theater where today Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana stage their fashion shows. With the legendary soprano for inspiration, their D&G collection was unapologetically operatic. Bustier dresses with lampshade miniskirts came in brocade, jewel-studded velvet, or tapestry-print chiffon, while a bustier top was paired with high-waisted jeans encrusted with big, colorful crystals. And because every diva needs a cape (a strong theme here in Milan), there was a version in ocelot-print ponyskin and another in gray fur with a collar that looked like chinchilla. The colors—ocher, burgundy, cadet blue, and black—were as lush and rich as the collection's furniture fabrics, but point d'esprit and tulle tutus in pastels worn with T-shirts printed with Callas' image lightened the mix.

As a foil to the sweetness, the designers threw in some tailcoats with trompe l'oeil frogging and gaiter pants. The models marched down the red-carpeted runway in sky-high platforms with curtain swags in their hair. You could picture some of these clothes finding their way onto the narrow shoulders of young starlets on the premiere circuit. Dolce and Gabbana's message was loud and clear: "The show must go on."

dramatic shoes @ paris fashion week

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Brad Pitt: New ‘Inglorious Basterds’ Clip!

Last night on American Idol, director Quentin Tarantino made a special guest mentor appearance and debuted a sneak preview of never-seen-before footage from his upcoming movie, Inglorious Basterds.

Below is the entire clip that was too hot to air during primetime TV! Inglorious Basterds stars Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger and will hit theatres on Friday, August 21.

For future updates on the movie, visit InglouriousBasterds-Movie.com.

Strike A Pose

Oh, hellz yes!

Madonna has been asked to participate in yet another campaign for French fashion house Louis Vuitton! 

Madge will be joining photographer Steven Meisel for the shoot - the same photog who shot M's fabulous contribution to LV's Spring-Summer 2009 campaign! 

We can't wait!!!

Posh Spice's Mug Sells More Mags Than Anyone!

The numbers are in!

Americans are way more likely to buy magazines with Victoria Beckham, Angelina Jolie and Lauren Conrad gracing the cover than Carrie Underwood or even Nicole Kidman! 

Posh topped the list as being Elle's best selling issue in 2008, moving a whopping 413,000 copies of the mag! Poor Carrie Underwood's cover only sold 253,611 copies! 

Saint Angelina's Vanity Fair cover sold over half a million copies, of course! But poor Hilary Swank only managed to move 27,000 issues! 

The most surprising of the bunch? 

The Hills actress reality TV star Lauren Conrad's cover of Shape sold 447,969 copies!! 

No doubt a good chunk of those mags were bought by L.C. herself!