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Given the gossamer effect of the clothes in Jeffrey Monteiro’s first Resort collection, you would never guess that the designer found his inspiration for the season in architecture. “I went to MoMA for the first time in a few years, and I was studying the Jean Nouvel tower,” Monteiro recalls. “What I like about the work is that it’s not about a flat panel of glass; it’s all angled and cantilevered, so it looks like it’s moving.” Likewise, Monteiro has taken metals and made them move: His Resort collection features solid silks dappled with iridescence, a metal floral print developed in-house and served up in blouson shapes, and an all-silver tunic dress that’s already been poached by Monteiro’s Mirror/Dash partner in crime, Kim Gordon. She wore the dress for a Sonic Youth performance on the Jimmy Fallon show on Monday night.—Maya Singer

Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Monteiro

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‘Tis the season to wear sequin dresses, so Emmy Rossum obliged us at ‘The Ripple Effect’ charity dinner, which took place at the Sunset Luxe Hotel in LA this season.

The ‘Shameless’ actress wore a Naven electric blue long sleeve mini dress.

Whilst it’s covered up at the front, the plunging v-back shows off her sexy side.

Unlike Hilary Swank earlier, Emmy opted to keep her open back clear by wearing her hair in a simple updo.

Chopard diamond cluster earrings and uninspiring Brian Atwood black pumps completed her look.

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Stella McCartney knows her way around a runway collection, a Met ball gown, or even a line of Olympic-ready sportsgear. But when she was asked to costume the new ballet Ocean’s Kingdom—scored by her father, Sir Paul McCartney, and choreographed by the New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins—the seasoned veteran had to stretch her muscles a bit more than usual. Tomorrow night, the ballet debuts at Lincoln Center. Beforehand, Style.com caught up with McCartney to talk working with dad and designing a tutu-less ballet.—Kristin Studeman

Did you do ballet when you were you a little girl?I didn’t really do it when I was younger. I tried for a moment, but ballet kind of passed me by, it wasn’t really part of my life. Maybe we were a little too rock ‘n’ roll for the ballet lessons? My daughter is big into ballet though.What was this collaborative process like for you?It’s more of a collaboration than most things I have ever done, actually. Working with Dad was more talking to him about his vision for the characters and what they symbolize. There is definitely a clear storyline. But it’s funny, the music has been a little less important than the hair and makeup for the costumes.How did you work with Peter Martins and the dancers to create the costumes?Working with these incredible dancers, I treated them like athletes. The athletic thing comes pretty naturally for me through my work with Adidas and the upcoming Olympics. With Peter, it was working on the aesthetics, like elongating legs, revealing their extreme movements, and emphasizing the technique, and also telling a story. You are telling a story through costumes. It’s been an incredibly complex process. Being asked to design costumes for music that hasn’t been finalized, or choreography that hasn’t been finished, isn’t easy.

I can’t help but notice there are no tutus in this ballet. Why not?It’s funny, from the first day, my biggest question was: How did Dad see it? It was very contemporary, musically and visually. As a fashion designer, when you are asked to do a ballet, the first thing you want to do is an amazing, elaborate tutu—especially as a woman. It’s been refreshing to not do that. It’s easy to get so theatrical with this but I wanted to make sure to bring my brand and voice into the ballet.These costumes took a lot more time than you predicted. How long have you been working on them?Every day, since we started a couple of months ago. It’s definitely been a thought-consuming and time-consuming process, for sure.What were you most surprised by?There was nothing I was totally surprised by, but it’s been more extreme than I would have thought. We have this incredible music by Dad, this amazing choreography, and it’s the bringing together of all those elements. Maybe it’s the timeline and the way the choreography comes so much after that has been difficult? The choreography and music was an ongoing process, but the clothes have to be set a little more in stone. Nothing really whacked me in the face from left field, luckily. To do a ballet for the New York City Ballet, it’s incredible.Would you do this again?Maybe—I am open to everything. For me, I have a fashion show as my normal venue and with this, it’s really exciting that this will travel and thousands will get to experience the entire process. It will fill their life for one moment. I definitely have a tutu in me, somewhere. I wanted to create elements I would be proud to put down the runway, if that were to happen. In no way did we want it to be too theatrical or comic. You really have to find a balance between ridiculous and storytelling.On the big debut night, will you be backstage or in the audience?I have been seated in the audience, but I feel a bit like I should be backstage. I will know that during those key days, where I should be. I’m a bit nervous, you always are. It’s a totally new arena for me. I’m hoping it goes OK. I haven’t even seen the costumes on stage yet. I finally got to see it in a rehearsal room, so at least I could see it to scale. That’s really important to me and that was really cluttering my mind. Did your work on the ballet influence your work as a fashion designer in any way?Had we had more time, and had the timing been in conjunction with my collections, I think it might have. Maybe it influenced my ready-to-wear collection a bit? Perhaps it’s more the other way around. It’s an interesting process working with dancers. It’s kind of like you have a grid and you have to work into that. There’s a reason that ballets look the way they do. It’s not like an opera where no one is moving—headpieces can fall off mid-pirouette!Get a sneak peak at rehearsals and costume fittings with Stella, here.

Photos: Courtesy of Stella McCartney

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Jennifer Lopez arrived with her husband Mark Anthony at the 2011 Met Gala in New York City this evening.

This is how you work Gucci…take note Dianna Agron.

The diva totally redeems herself from her previous look wearing a fuschia Gucci Fall 2011 halter gown with a keyhole detail

I often wondered if the floral shrug would become a distraction on the red carpet, but JLo doesn’t let it overwhelm her.

She wisely opted to wear her hair back and carrying a matching clutch.

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Best Dressed Couple Award
I refused to believe that Penelope Cruz just had a baby.

The Spanish actress looked breath-taking in red at the 2011 Oscars tonight.

Her fiery L’Wren Scott Spring 2011 gown was decorated with sequins, but she still added more sparkle with Chopard jewels.

Penelope comes second to Nicole Kidman when it comes to loving L’Wren Scott work.

I hope she’s not in any hurry to lose her baby weight, because I think she looks perfect the way she is.

It’s so great to see her back on the red carpet again.

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When I originally posted this last month H&M requested I take the pictures down.

WWD have added the pictures to their site so the pictures are now officially released.

The women’s Jimmy Choo for H&M collection has been revealed and it includes a stunning array of shoes, bags and accessories.

This is the first time Jimmy Choo will extend its range to women’s clothing to complement the accessories.

I love the collection. It’s better than expected. I’m just scared that their is going to be a stampede. These pieces are just too good to miss.

The collection goes on sale November 14 in 200 worldwide H&M stores.

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Joely Richardson attended the premiere of her latest movie, ‘Anonymous’, wearing a Mulberry Fall 2011 dress.

The actress looked very statuesque wearing this gold v-neck pleated dress which she teamed with a black clutch, gold pointy pumps and a black belt with a gold accent.

At the 2011 British Fashion Awards last night, Tali Lennox wore the same dress.

The model, and daughter of Annie Lennox, opted to go sans accessories.

Barely-there makeup and a half-up, half-down bouffant completed her look.

Even though I’m not crazy about Joely’s shoes, I love the rest of her accessories.

If feels like she put more effort into the look so she wins for me.

You can buy Joely and Tali’s dress from my-wardrobe.com

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Valentine’s Day approaches. Are you ready?We’ve been pulling together a whole host of ways to make it special, from red-hot lingerie sets to sweet caramels. Now, for the soundtrack, you can turn to Opening Ceremony, which debuts the first in its series of music-player “Playbuttons” this Monday with Love Songs <3 OC, a curated mix of love songs selected by the store. The rechargeable, pin-backed button (pictured above)—an homage to the band buttons showgoing kids sport—comes preloaded with love songs from the likes of the Magnetic Fields, Björk, Owen Pallett, Girls, and Coconut Records (the band of store pal Jason Schwartzman). It's rounded out with two previously unreleased tracks: a remix of Vampire Weekend's "White Sky" by New Look, previewed exclusively here, and "Body" by Karen O's low-fi side project, Native Korean Rock. Proceeds from the affordable player ($25) go to Musicians on Call, a nonprofit that brings music to bed-bound hospital patients. If you're in the mood for love, don't wait—the run is limited to 500.

If you spend enough time with designers, you quickly realize that many of them can’t resist test-driving the wares on which they’re currently working. In terms of fashion’s time-space continuum, that means they’re wearing today what they’ll be selling to you a year from now. At her first official trunk show last night at Tribeca’s Renwick Gallery—a double billing with her friend Megan Marrin’s jewelry line M. Graves—the talented young bag lady Katherine Fleming had such a piece tucked under her arm: a slightly oversized envelope in navy snake streaked with gray stripes. Season: Spring 2010. Fleming happily spilled that it will be priced very reasonably for an exotic skin—around $500. (I would definitely put that trip to Barneys or Opening Ceremony on your calendar!) In fact, Fleming’s upcoming spring range will feature quite a few pieces hovering around that sweet spot price, and without forsaking quality, either. “I’m still making everything in Italy,” Fleming explained. “I think it’s still possible to do that. I don’t want to move to China like everyone else.” Into the more distant future for Fleming is footwear. “I’m dying to do shoes,” she said. “But we want to wait until we’re in the right place and have the right partner.” Though that hasn’t stopped the shoe obsessive from sketching her interlocking-K logo into teetering sandals. But who designed the bondage-y black pair she wore last night with her ultrachic navy Marc Jacobs dress? “They’re from Zara,” she confessed, having bought them while in Florence for her Parsons’ schoolmates Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s show at Pitti W. “I’ve never gotten so many compliments on a pair of shoes,” Fleming added. “Even Lazaro asked me about them.”

Talk about multitasking: Juergen Teller’s new campaign for Marc Jacobs—starring Masha Kirsanova and Caroline Brasch Nielsen—was shot backstage at Jacobs’ Spring ‘11 show (left). [Fashionologie]The womenswear winners of London’s NewGen sponsorships were announced earlier this week, and now the prize is spotlighting the men: J.W. Anderson, Christopher Shannon, and James Long will show their menswear on the runway during LFW’s Man Day, while Lou Dalton, Katie Eary, Omar Kashoura, and knit wits Sibling will have their presentations supported. (Men’s designer Christopher Raeburn, who was listed among the winners yesterday, will also have his installation underwritten.) [Vogue U.K.]It’s time (again) for Diane von Furstenberg to clear some space on her mantel: The indefatigable designer will receive amfAR’s Award of Courage—alongside President Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Taylor—at the AIDS research nonprofit’s silver anniversary gala next year. [WWD]Leandra Medine, better known as the voice of Man Repeller, is the high priestess of high-waisted pants—and shoulder pads, schlumpy layers, and all of the other “girls get it, guys don’t” fashion choices out there. Men may be repelled, but the Times wasn’t; Medine got the full profile treatment today. [NYT]And here’s more from Ford: The latest glimpses of TF’s womenswear come courtesy of W, which shot a few looks, styled by Alex White and shot by Inez and Vinoodh, on Lara Stone. [W]

Photo: Juergen Teller

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