- Carine Roitfeld: “You know it’s easier to look great in a dress when you are skinny. But I like a bit of curves and I like to do stories with different kinds of women…
- … Because I see beauty in everyone.” Can anyone remember the last time a French Vogue spread used a plus-size model? Because I cannot. [Fashionologie]
- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd allegedly “chucked a wobbly” — in the native patois — when, while visiting Afghanistan, he wasn’t able to blow-dry his hair prior to a photo op. [Times of London]
- Meanwhile, Gordon Brown wears four different kinds of foundation and bronzer, according to a step-by-step makeup guide left in the back of a taxi by an aide. [Daily Beast]
- Michelle Obama wore Michael Kors to the White House Correspondents Dinner, in case anyone is interested. Christian Slater, also in attendance, brushed up on his U.S. history: “I learned that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day within hours of each other 50 years from signing the Declaration of Independence.” [WWD]
- Business Week found the factory in China that makes a shoe Michelle Obama wore once last fall — the Bandolino “Berry” pump — and the management there reports that its U.S. shipments have increased by 50% this year on last. Imagine this woman’s effects scaled industry-wide. [BusinessWeek]
- Speaking of which, the First Lady’s de facto stylist, Ikram Goldman, is reported to have ordered a white tuxedo from Martin Margiela. Michelle’s probably steering clear of the Belgian designer’s human-hair coats and comb minidresses, however. [Metro]
- To heighten excitement for its resort collection, which will be presented in no doubt lavish circumstances in Venice this Thursday, Chanel uploaded a video of Lara Stone and Baptiste Giabiconi trying on the collection while Karl Lagerfeld directs and Miles Davis plays. (Moderately NSFW.) [Fashionologie]
- Kylie Minogue is doing a guest spot on next week’s Britain’s Next Top Model. [Mirror]
- Adriana Lima recommends boxing for health. Insert your own knock-out pun here. [People]
- Forever 21 knocked off Lanvin. Given the original t-shirt cost somewhere north of $600 US — it was 3% silk! — and given Alber Elbaz‘s firm position against doing a diffusion line of his own, it’s hard to raise much ire about this. But has anyone at this chain ever had an idea of their own? [Fashionista]
- There was another high-end robbery in London’s West End last night. This time, thieves targeted the Harvey Nichols, and stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Garrard jewelry. An Anya Hindmarch store in the same neighborhood was burglarized last week, to the tune of £45,000. [UK Vogue]
- Union employees at Hart Schaffner Marx‘s Chicago factory are threatening a sit-in if the new owners of their bankrupt parent company, Hartmarx, move towards liquidation. [WWD]