Tara Subkoff

We can't think of a better time than now to don polka-dot tights. With the holidays right around the corner, it's the perfect festive touch to any ensemble. We particularly love the way Kourtney Kardashian, Dita Von Teese, and Tara Subkoff showed off their dotted tights. Kourtney coordinated hers with a matching dotted blouse, Dita opted for small polka dots with a vintage Thierry Mugler dotted top and ruffled skirt at the launch of her perfume Apothia, and Tara sported hers with a fedora and boyfriend blazer. Draw inspiration from these ladies and get polka-dot tights if you don't yet have a pair. Then use them to spice up any of your holiday ensembles, especially your little red and black dresses.

>> Imitation's Tara Subkoff has flirted with film over the years, racking up bit parts in movies like American Pie and As Good As It Gets, but now she's taking the relationship to the next level — literally. Subkoff attended the 2011 Oscars  — and the Vanity Fair Oscars party — at the end of February with King's Speech director Tom Hooper (who won best director), and they've reportedly been together ever since. [AVENUEinsider]

>> After undergoing surgery for a brain tumor at the end of last year, Tara Subkoff is back on the scene with a new fashion venture: Imitation. The forthcoming line allows her to "bring back" her former label Imitation of Christ in "its most basic incarnation," she tells Harper's Bazaar, "easy-to-wear staples with an edge . . . I'm inspired by Coco Chanel and her use of jersey. I'd like to do that with Imitation. I want something as effortless as a T-shirt, but in dress, trench, and jacket shapes."

Subkoff added of her time doing Imitation of Christ: "The name got so big, and it appeared to be such a giant success, but like most things that are artistic and creative and amazing, it was never this financial powerhouse. It was an art project. It was rewarding to spearhead, and it was a great collaboration with Matt Damhave and so many other amazing people, but I had to work about four or five other jobs — a shoe collaboration with Easy Spirit and consulting for Sara Lee Apparel (which owned Wonderbra, Hanes, and Playtex) — just to keep the company afloat."

>> Jessica Stam has no problem getting backstage at a show when she's working, but when she's attending? That's another story.

This morning, when Stam and Tara Subkoff tried to go backstage at Charlotte Ronson before taking their front row seats for the show, they were told by PR they're weren't on the list. "Jessica Stram? Stam? No, not on the list . . . Tara who? Nope, sorry."

Jessica, clearly less than thrilled — she was front row at Charlotte Ronson last year and is a friend of the designer — finally called in reinforcements, and was led backstage.

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