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Thursday night November 12th was a one of a kind night in Los Angeles: there were fashion and art events all over town, and people were popping around like it was fall in New York. We saw some very colorful crowds, and unlike the usual L.A. scene, which is: different ages and mindsets segregate to certain places, people from 20 to 80 were piling into the same parties and galleries. Is L.A. getting homogenized? Even – dare we say – cultured? We can’t really go that far – but it was certainly a cultural utopia for one night.
First stop: the Dana Davis pop up shoe emporium, in the old Lambertson Truex space on Melrose Place. What a fabulously old Hollywood crowd: Jerry Bruckheimer. Anjelica Huston. Kathy and Paris Hilton. Barbara, Nancy and Dana Davis, all dressed to the nines. And the fabulous return to town of Sandy Hill – who left Santa Barbara last spring, went on hiatus, and tells us she’s living in Venice, and very happy to be back in the L.A. area. We’re thrilled to have her back. The woman is a force of nature – an amazing athlete, entertainer, hostess, and cultural doyenne. Jamie Tisch, Shell and Craig Cardon and a nice mix of fashion and entertainer types were on board to greet Dana, buy shoes, and say hi to Peter Bacanovic, Nancy McNamara and Nancy Lucas, all working their event karma magic. We also got to see the fabulous gallerist Ray Azouley, who owns the Obsolete Gallery in Venice – and who is, bar none, the best dressed man in Los Angeles.
We moved on to the Lead Apron gallery opening next store, which featured a show called The Geography of the Imagination. Lots of hipsters moved through these doors, including The Police’s Andy Summers. Then the art/fashion/music crowd convened on the new Prism Gallery on Sunset. An art gallery on the Sunset Strip is pretty wild – and this one has three floors and a terrace. It’s owned by a 22 year old, and drew a crowd as diverse as French Vogue’s Carine Roitfeld (her son Nicholas is an advisor to the gallery), Tracey Ross, and Chrome Hearts’ Richard Starck, who came with his teenage daughter. Nadine Johnson from NY coordinated the event, and it was simply packed with great looking guys and girls looking arty and interesting – and possibly even smart. The evening ended up at Bar Lubitsch, always a great scene, where Costume National’s designer/owner Ennio Capasa presented the band Child, and got to chat with Cameron Silver and Jeff Snyder, Andy Slater, and other L.A. scenesters. At the end of the night, we wanted to go to a Cuban Chinese diner and eat french fries like we were in New York – but instead, this being L.A, we went home and got our beauty sleep. While watching Jimmy Fallon, of course. – MG

Wherever there are celebrities wearing clothes, there is fashion – even in Park City, Utah, when the Sundance Film Festival kicks, as it did yesterday. Sure, there are tons of movie premiers, press conferences, promotional events, lunches, dinners and parties – but it’s so cold and it’s so high up into the altitude that there are no dresses, no heels, and rarely even any furs – it’s that p.c. Founder Robert Redford even announced this year, “Paris Hilton doesn’t have anything to do with anyone.” That’s because Paris was so ubiquitous a presence at the fest, in the marketing suites and anywhere near a freebie, for years and years. But mostly the wardrobe choice is a black down jacket and a knit ski cap – as you can see here on celebs like Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall and the pregnant Amanda Peet. All are promoting movies at the fest, and will no doubt pick up free sweaters at the Fred Segal lounge, free watches, free Uggs, and God knows what else. Even Anastasia of Beverly Hills has an eyebrow booth at the GenArt suite! The big big indie films with the hype this year include “Howl,” a movie about beat poet Allen Ginsberg, played by James Franco, with “Mad Men’s” Jon Hamm; and “Buried,” a movie with Ryan Reynolds as a man trapped inside a coffin in Iraq. Adrien Grenier directed a new documentary, and Ben Affleck stars in “The Company Man.” Phillip Seymour Hoffman directed a movie in which he stars with Amy Ryan. And they will all be coming to a theater near you in 2010. As for the fashion – it’s fun to look at celebs without hair and makeup and designer duds – isn’t it? – Merle Ginsberg

Let’s face it, your Halloween costume may have been in jest – but even jokes are always close to the bone. One’s Halloween costume speaks volumes about one’s inner life – and one’s outer life. Take, for instance, Perez Hilton. The gossip columnist with the most bile donned a blonde bimbo look to Heidi Klum’s ten annual Halloween party – this year sponsored by MSN and Skyy Vodka at Voyeur. We always thought Perez wanted to be a bimbo – that he has an inner dumb blonde. No wonder he’s always writing about them.
Paris Hilton’s white country girl look isn’t much different than her usual sex kitten style. She never varies too much from her singular style. You gotta admire her for that. Heidi and Seal both came in elaborate black crow costumes – very goth and The Raven. Either they are musical fans of The Black Crows – which is possible – or they just wanted to be even more elaborate rare birds than they already are. Eliza Dushku channeled “Bonnie and Clyde’s” Bonnie Parker. We always figured her for a badass. And Steven Cojocaru as Khloe Kardashian? Not even a surprise. He’s always wanted to be the debutante du jour.

Quite a mob scene of photogs, honking cars, and screaming fans were spotted on our charming little street known as Melrose Place this afternoon. Where we have seen for Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera … but for Lisa Rinna???!

None other then TV personality and Season 2 “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Lisa Rinna and Ross Mathews aka “Ross The Intern” from the Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”! Rinna and Mathews were on Melrose Place shooting scenes for Mathews’ new daily web talk show called “Inside Dish with Ross Mathews” featured on the Insider.com. The pair were petitioning Lisa for the new “Melrose Place” TV show, also rumored to have “O.C.” alum Misha Barton starring in. Get it … “Melrose Place” show … on Melrose Place?!

Lisa held signs stating “Honk if you love Lisa Rinna”, and from the sounds of it from Fashion Rules’ Melrose bungalow, many loved Lisa Rinna. When asked why Lisa was out promoting herself, Lisa states “… with the new economy … I have to put my kids through private school”. Even adoring Melrose Place neighbor Kate Somerville herself got out of her car to hug Lisa and sign the petition.

Let’s just hope standing on street corners holding signs and signing petitions is not the “recession-way” of stars auditioning for new television series. But it looks like it might just have worked!

 

 

 

While much of the fashion focus this week heads to New York for New York fashion week (fall 09), then back to L.A. for the Oscars (Feb 22 – and we hear Reem Acra will be in town, along with many other NY designers), jeweler Neil Lane – who recently opened his LaCienega boutique near Melrose Place, will celebrate the teaming of his talents with Rochelle Gores, who owns Arcade, the boutique on Melrose just east of LaCienega. The Neil Lane for Arcade collection of jewelry will be revealed on Thursday night February 12 at a party in the boutique, and since Neil is obviously a celebrity draw – expect a few celebs. After all, these girls go out for diamonds. The Neil Lane for Arcade collection is not at the same prices as Neil’s diamond baubles, so they’re worth checking out if you want to own a bit of NL. The event is early evening Thursday at 8473 Melrose. And Paris Hilton already wore one of the pieces at Sundance. Now – the bigger question is – has she worn it around Chris Brown? The wagging tongues are reporting she was the one texting him the night before the Grammys, when all hell broke loose.

Anyone who’s visited New York City recently has not been able to walk a few blocks without being reminded “who is King”  of that city.

No, it’s not high flying Wall Streeters anymore,  it’s Sean Combs – P Diddy – with a NYC advertising blast sponsered by his fragrance partner, Coty.  His image and sales pitch are on every bus corner!

As reported here first on Fashion Rules,we predicted that Paris Hilton would be the first celebrity materially affected by the economy’s downturn.The licenses for most of Paris’s products -including all her perfumes – are held by a small company called Parlux, which reported dismal earnings today for the 4th quarter.

That company, now with a total value of under 40 million, is going into hibernation for the rest of the year, desperately trying to save cash.

Needless to say, it seems there will not be any significant media buys for Ms Hilton’s products in the near future, leaving P Diddy unchallenged as fragrance King – and making Paris having to once again hit the streets and clubs to promote her products!

 

We’ve been hearing for the last few months that aviator glasses – those inverted metal-edged triangular shapes that are classic to pilots and flying aces – are back in fashion for spring. After years and years of those giant “BUG” oversized plastic rimmed shades – popularized by Nicole Richie, Rachel Zoe, and Paris Hilton – these sleek classics, favored by all-American designer Michael Kors, whose worn them and sold them for years, are taking over, and the “bugs” are going to look obsolete come this summer.

 

Here’s Reese Witherspoon, a classic if there ever was one, in SAMA Eyewear’s “Oly” gold sunglasses, shopping in LA this weekend, in a funky L.A. boho look. This is what we love about Reese – she’s never got a cookie cutter look going on. – Merle Ginsberg

 

So what IS the Sundance look? While a big chunk of Hollywood is dressing up in DC, and a lot of stars are here in L.A, getting ready for the Screen Actors Guild Awards this Sunday – the stars of the next wave of indie movies are up in Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival, gathering swag wherever they go: blackberries, new phones, jeans, sweaters, hats, bags, UGG boots, etc. But it’s not exactly a fashion festival – it’s so cold that female stars generally wear leggings, boots, big sweaters, hats and jeans – and the au naturale look. Except, of course, for Paris Hilton, who always finds a way to add a bit of the bunny to everything. She and Denise Richards were both promoting their E! reality shows. Amy Poehler, fresh from giving birth, was promoting her summer movie, as was Brittney Snow. Also sighted at Sundance: Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, and Christina Millian.

 

 

We know the Paris Hilton is a diamond girl, for sure – but perhaps more so, lately, as she’s been seen all over the place with a “rock” star of sorts – Pascal Mouawad, of the famed jewelry company Mouawad, which interacts with celebrities in so many ways: they produce jewelry lines with Heidi Klum, Seal, Nicole Richie – and the company has created the Victoria’s Secret fantasy jeweled bra (worn by Tyra Banks and Giselle Bundchen) and jewelry for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and many many awards shows. And they’re famous for diamonds, of course.

 

Well, when Paris hit The Fountainbleu hotel in Miami recently, she hung out with Pascal, who presented her at the hotel nightclub with a $100,000.00 diamond watch, which had her squealing all over the club. He’s also lent her a three million dollar diamond necklace she’s been running around with – and the blogosphere is rife with rumours that Pascal is Paris’s new boyfriend. And why not? He’s single, has a home in the Hollywood Hills, and loves to socialize. Not only that, Mouawad’s family owns some of the most famous and collectible diamonds in the world – including the notorious Taylor/Burton diamond, which Richard Burton purchased for Elizabeth Taylor when it was referred to as “the Krupp Diamond.” Naturally, it’s gigantic. And who better to associate with gigantic diamonds than Paris Hilton, a girl known to appreciate the good stuff.

 

So of course, everyone wants to know – including Benji Madden – IS Pascal Mouawad Paris’s new boyfriend??

 

Other websites might speculate – we went straight to the source: we asked Pascal Mouawad’s publicist, Ben Russo, if we might quote the jeweler about his relationship with Paris Hilton, and this is Pascal’s direct quote: “Paris and I are good friends, I enjoy hanging out with her.”

 

So it would appear he is denying a romance, and admitting a friendship. Of course, one can read anything into it. Who wouldn’t mind a friendship this glittering!! After all, as Madonna might say, we’re living in the material world. And this being the holidays – one never knows what might happen on vacation . . . – Merle Ginsberg