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Fab Flash: Vanity Fair's Annual International Best Dressed List Is In!

FabSugar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:03:55 -0700

Who's the fairest of them all? Vanity Fair has that answer for you. The magazine's annual style poll is hot off the press and ready for your judging pleasure. Here's a glimpse of this year's hottest international style icons. My faves amongst those listed are: budding female tycoon Ivanka Trump, first lady of France and model/musician Carla Bruni, SJP, Bond Daniel Craig, hot mess Lapo Elkann, Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld, and Carine Roitfeld.

Women

Ivanka Trump
Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
Kate Middleton, Prince William's girlfriend
Sarah Jessica Parker
Fran Lebowitz, American author

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Iris Apfel
Tilda Swinton, actress
Evelyn Lauder, cosmetics executive, photographer

Men

Daniel Craig, actor
Matt Lauer, NBC Today show anchor
David Beckham, soccer god
Kanye West, hip-hop mogul
Morley Safer, 60 Minutes correspondent
Lapo Elkann, New York-born Italian industrialist, former marketing manager, and heir to the automaker Fiat
Bryan Lourd, Creative Artists Agency partner
Luis and Rafael Medina, sons of Spanish aristocrat
Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca

Couplings

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Kelly Lynch, actor, and Mitch Glazer, screenwriter and producer

Fashion Professionals

Alexandra Kotur, style director of Vogue magazine
Fiona Kotur Marin, handbag designer
Karl Lagerfeld
Christy Turlington Burns, model
Carine Roitfeld, editor in chief at French Vogue
Katherine Ross, senior vice president of communications for LVMH North America
Stacey Bendet, designer and owner of Alice & Olivia

Don't agree with who's on top? Vote for your favorites at VFDaily.com.

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Fab Flash: Vanity Fair's Best Dressed List

FabSugar — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:50:22 -0700

We can all view them in their glossy splendor in Vanity Fair's September issue - due out on Wednesday - but I chose to feature some of the Fab people who are considered to be Vanity Fair's sartorialist elite. Here's a glimpse for you to pick and ponder:

To learn who all made the cut, read more

Women

Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress
Princess Alexandra of Greece
Bee Shaffer, daughter of Vogue editor Anna Wintour
Ivanka Trump
Marjorie Gubelmann, one of New York’s most popular social stars
Renee Zellweger
Princess Mafalda of Hesse
Fran Lebowitz, American author
Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama
Tilda Swinton, actress

Men

Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France
Lenny Kravitz, rock god
Richard E. Grant, British actor
Tiki Barber, a news and sports broadcaster, author, and former American football running back for the New York Giants
Jonathan Becker, photographer
Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca
Lapo Elkann, New York-born Italian industrialist, former marketing manager and heir to the automaker Fiat
Luis and Rafael Medina, soccer player brothers
Hidetoshi Nakata, a Japanese former soccer player
Gay Talese, American author

Couplings

David and Victoria Beckham
The Earl and Countess of Cawdor
Damon Dash, music label executive, and Rachel Roy, fashion designer
Frédéric Fekkai, hairdresser extraordinaire, and Shirin von Wulffen, public relations director at Yves Saint Laurent
Mitch Glazer, screen writer, and Kelly Lynch, actress
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
David Lauren and Lauren Bush
Viscount and Viscountess Linley
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Ruben, fashion illustrator, and Isabel Toledo, fashion designer

Fashion Professionals

Amy Astley, editor of Teen Vogue
Tory Burch
Jefferson Hack, the co-founder and editor of Dazed & Confused
Liya Kebede, model
Alexandra Kotur, senior features editor at Vogue
Margherita Missoni
Stefano Pilati, head designer for Yves Saint Laurent
Michael Roberts, Vanity Fair editor
Katherine Ross, former senior vice president of public relations and communications at Prada USA
Hedi Slimane, former head designer of Dior Homme

Fashion Originals

Peter Beard, photographer, artist, diarist and writer
Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, photographer
Lisa Eisner, art-book publisher, photographer, and fashion-magazine veteran

Hall of Fame

Alba Clemente, actress & artist
George Clooney
Marina Rust Connor, socialite & contributing Vogue editor
Anderson Cooper
Sofia Coppola
Jemima Khan, a British socialite and a UK ambassador for UNICEF
Anna Piaggi, Italian fashion writer and style icon

Whew! The fashion issue is my favorite VF of the year and with Gisele on the cover I'm sure you won't be able to resist it!

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Biggest Headline of 2008: All Fashion Eyes on First Lady Michelle Obama

FabSugar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:22 -0800

2008 will be remembered for lots of intriguing events, people, headlines, movies - you know, the usual as the world turns kind of stuff. But, one woman captured the spotlight, ever so subtly, and we're only going to see more of her for at least the next four years. This Chicagoian is a lawyer, wife, and mother, but she is also a style maker. Throughout the year, I started noticing her more in publications like WWD and the New York Times, and when she made Vanity Fair's Annual International Best Dressed List in July, I was all eyes.
And the fashion flock took a quick liking to her, too. Also in July, several designers held a dinner in her honor in New York. She wore a black Isabel Toledo ensemble and adorned her neck with a Tom Binns piece. There, designer Peter Som said, "Michelle and Barack are hopefully the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. And she's fabulously styled. She seems that she has an amazing sense of self. She has impeccable taste, so she is not going to need any help from anybody else."

To read the rest about Michelle's rise to fashion fame, read more.

In August, the Democratic National Convention went down, and Michelle stepped it up in a couple notable looks. She stuck with her local favorite Maria Pinto in a turquoise sheath and you all agreed it was totally Fab. Then we saw her red and purple Thakoon floral shift. We loved it so much - it was so fun and unexpected - and Michelle was the Fab favorite of that week. To our surprise, Julianne Moore wore the same red and purple Thakoon dress in October, cementing the dress as a keeper.

Nov. 4 rolled around and one of the most highly anticipated elections in decades had everyone biting their nails. While Michelle's fiery Narciso Rodriguez dress wasn't my favorite, she made a statement. Nonetheless, the whole family was wearing the bold combination of black and red, and we were proud to have them represent our country. And, the idea of Michelle being a Vogue cover lady was very exciting.

Soon after, we caught up with stylist Robert Verdi and he talked about Michelle's controversial Narcisco dress and what he expects from the future first lady. Interesting stuff.

Most recently, WWD revealed numerous designer sketches that were drawn for Inauguration. From Oscar de la Renta to Christian Lacroix, our imaginations ran wild. Will she choose her local favorite Maria Pinto? An emerging American great like Peter Som or Jason Wu? Or maybe a creation out of left field by Moschino or J.Crew? Michelle has dabbled in all these designers. My guess is she'll wow us with something unexpected. Something modern, colorful, and hopeful.

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