August 4, 2009 10:40 am >> Natalia Vodianova, Franca Sozzani Make Vanity Fair's 2009 International Best-Dressed List —Vanity Fair just released the contents of its annual International Best-Dressed List from its September issue, and there are fashion figures galore; a whole category was devoted to "Fashion Professionals," which Franca Sozzani, Georgina Chapman, Tory Burch, Style.com's Candy Pratts Price, Rachel Roy, Edun's Ali Hewson, Prada France's Mathilde Meyer-Agostinelli, David Lauren populate. Natalia Vodianova and Justin Portman are included in the "Couples" named; Bruce Weber and Peter Beard are listed under "Fashion Originals"; Matteo Marzotto, formerly of Valentino and currently of Vionnet, is on the Men's Best-Dressed List; and Lapo Elkann made the Hall of Fame.
Highlights from the 2008 CFDA Awards June 3, 2008 1:46 pm »Anna Wintour was "teary-eyed" as she delivered the Eugenia Sheppard Award to Candy Pratts Price [Style.com]
»During his introduction of the International Award for Dries Van Noten, Simon Doonan made a joke about Andre Leon Talley's turban being "borrowed," which apparently "didn't immediately seem to amuse" ALT [Style.com]
»Diane von Furstenburg, in her opening thoughts, joked that Yves Saint Laurent had "legaliz[ed] opium" [Style.com]
»Eva Mendes let out a "whoop" when it was announced that Francisco Costa had won Womenswear Designer of the Year, while Victoria Beckham visibly pouted by her side that Marc Jacobs had lost [Style.com, NY Times]
»Emcee Fran Lebowitz deadpanned during the young designer awards: "I'm sure we would all agree the fashion industry's obsession with middle age has gotten entirely out of hand. If you're a day under 40, you can't get a second glance in this crowd." [NY Times]
»Mayor Bloomberg, who was recently the subject of fashion critiques, noted "my skinny jeans are at the cleaners, and my gladiator sandals are being resoled" [NY Times]
»On the red carpet, Tina Fey was posing for photographers, when she got a panic-stricken look on her face. "Anna's coming!" she mouthed silently to the photographers while pointing frantically to the street, before she sprinted out of the way [Vogue UK]
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