The idea of Christmas in France is quite simple: Kate Moss on top of Kate Moss with a side of Kate Moss. Guaranteed to make everyone feel haute.
Read what came out of December issue of Vogue guest-edited by Kate Moss in the midst of of the cocaine debacle.[FWD]

Twiggy, Beatles, Andy Warhol, Biba, Carnaby Street – sixties icons are rocking the fashion of 2006.
Soundtrack: ‘Leader of the Pack’, Shangri-Las.

The sixties wouldn’t be the hoot that they were without the sexy op-art dresses as shown here in Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Diane von Furstenberg, Alberta Feretti, Louis Vuitton, Chloè, Pucci and Burberry.
Sixties dresses of 2006. Très fabuleux!

It’s time to stock up on graphic t-shirts. The sample sale kicks-off the night of December 1 at Ashley Tyler’s Greene Street showroom.

“Anna Piaggi is a brilliant fashion editor, an international arbiter of taste and design, and a legend in the world of fashion. Founder of the avant-garde magazine Vanity, she has for a decade expounded her personal vision in her mesmerizing “Double Pages” for Italian Vogue.”
We just wish Anna Wintour was this imaginative. (Click to enlarge and scrutinize further)

Muumuu dresses are officially the hottest new trend of 2006. Shapeless granny robes were all over the runways this fall: Marni, Chloe, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu and Prada to name a few.
You’ll wear it and you’re gonna luv it. (Click to enlarge)

Not to be outdone, Olsen twins have already jumped on the Muumuu bandwagon. We’ll have to fill out our beta-blocker prescription and soon follow.

They need to install a Mystic Tan booth at Hogwarts.
Just saying…

Striped sweater – check, leggings – check, Burberry lace-up boots – check, white frames – check, Edie Sedgewick haricut and earrings – check, check. You missed nothing, honey.

We just caught ourselves examining the front row’s outfits on style.com. Why should they escape the scrutiny? First up is our favorite Carine Roitfeld, the woman with the thickest eye brows in the business.
Fur, animal prints, La Dolce Vita style. Subdued she is definitely not.

I am very fun after one glass of vodka. I am more beautiful, too.’ She takes a tranquilliser, Lexomyl, every day to stay calm. Running the magazine is ‘like walking on eggs,’ she says. ‘All these egos.’ You’d say she had a very French directness. ‘But I am not French. I am Parisian. I don’t love the French.’

We all know what I want for New Year’s, right?

Have you seen the 2006 Pirelli Calendar yet? It’s absolutely scandalous! *Clutches pearles*

We finally had a moment to sit down to watch this week’s America’s Next Top Model episode. We were happy to see Jenny Shimizu make an appearance on the show. (Although she’s not really known for modelling as much as for banging Angelina Jolie).

Lisa was eliminated and we are sad about that. Her bi-polar fits were the best part of the show. Oh and the obnoxious Miss Jay should lay off Kim and her “boyishness”. His gender issues are apparently a bit larger than hers. Once Kim goes there will be no reason to watch that show anyway. Their editing is way too transparent for anyone over the age of thirteen.

Gemma Ward in semi-erotic photoshoot for French Vogue. Our girl is all grown up now. Look inside and see why this year’s fashion revolved around Gemma … and YSL for that matter.

I think I’m becoming a big Givenchy fan. More belts
Monique Lhuillier, YSL, Givenchy, YSL (click to enlarge)

Fashion Addict are not the only ones to have a crush on Carine Roitfeld. Gawker announce their unbridled affection for Carine, feelings shaped by Roitfeld’s frank words on the fashion industry:

“They have to sell bags, bags, bags, bags, bags, bags. I hate handbags.”
[Translation: I don’t give a shit about about Marc Jacobs’ quilted Stella bag.]

• “Maybe if you write it, they send me some [pants]. You never know. My size is small.”
[Translation: I’m adorably shameless.]

• “Botox? No. I don’t like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.”
[Translation: I fear Nicole Kidman.]

• “Every day you have to think you are a soldier. It’s true. Always have to fight. I’m fighting to keep a level to the magazine.”
[Translation: Reese Witherspoon does not belong on my cover.]

• On why she doesn’t wear fur: “Because it has a smell.”
[Translation: It’s not about PETA.]

• On being shy: “I keep my hair down as my protection. With a drink it is better. I am very fun after one glass of vodka. I am more beautiful, too.”
[Translation: I’m just a normal drunk!]

• And, on Anna Wintour: “She taught me a lot. Maybe she think I go up too much, I don’t know… I want good relations with her. But…”
[Translation: I’m just as afraid of her as you are.]

Ahhhh what’s life without a Victoria’s Secret show.
More photos on hollywoodtuna.com

We love the Style Section’s new feature on clothing of past decades. It brings to show you nothing is really new.
Fashion from before you were born

They should do this at Barneys. More Pics
Louis Vuitton Store. Click to enlarge

(Big merci to frostfrench)

You have to read this with Italian accent:
From: bibi@xxx.com
To: fashionaddictdiary@gmail.com
Hello Fashion Addict,
I just wanted to report to You the made-in-italy shopping blog I collaborate: Red Apple Trends. It’s a blog for normal girls and women, who talk about shopping and trend news on the mobile or in front a coffee. We are daughter of 80’s telefilms, of Sex & The City, of make up mistakes, of expeditions to outlets and sales, of aperitives at the bar, of chatting about wrong men, and much more.As You see, nothing new! But with our style.
Kind Regards,
Bibi
http://www.redappletrends.it
http://redapple.sweell.com

Italians, they are so fabulous! And their blog is awesome. It’s in Italian and in English, so check it out.

Guess where we’re going to be tomorrow morning.

Take note: FWD announces next year’s It bag. Yes, we are looking at you, Balenciaga motorcycle fiends.
Look for B.Fendi in bright blue

Style.com hips us in that Russian Fashion Week was just like Olympus Fashion Week and even cooler. Because it’s in Moscow. Trendy!
Photos from RFW

Only the real Devil gets to wear Prada. All that’s left for poor Meryl Streep is Bill Blass. Not that we have anything against it. We only wish all respectable elderly matrons wore Bill Blass… Women’s Wear Daily reports that “among the items, all for Meryl Streep, who plays magazine editor Miranda Priestly: a pumpkin cashmere coat, a blush python jacket and skirt, an Oxford gray pinstripe suit and a fox fur-trimmed jacket.
Miranda Priestly will have to stick to Bill Blass (click to enlarge)

Stylist Patricia Field brought in Chanel items for Anne Hathaway; Gucci lent her several Boston bags and handle totes in crocodile and the La Pelle Guccissima embossed logo leather bag; Calvin Klein offered its offices on 39th Street for a scene, and Valentino shot a cameo. That designer’s European offices said no clothes had been lent, but the film’s publicist said some items from Valentino were being used.” [WWD]
Muahahahaha. Guess who’s in trouble now!

Editorial photoshoot by Patrick Demarchelier:

- Ankle boots
- Opaque tights
- Edwardian blouses
- Floaty frocks
- Corsets
- Pearls

Essential ankle boots will also go with our essential skinny jeans. (click to enlarge)

We were not prepared to face the truth…

Kate Moss, minus the Photoshop.

Photo via perezhilton.com, obviously.

Airport security should love this little bag of tricks.

Mod! Mod! Mod! The fashion world has gone mod. Everything has to be mod right now. Even Nicole Richie is mod; which is probably the only photoshoot of Richie we liked. It is not easy, swtiching from Skanky to Twiggy and Nicole gets a credit for trying. The 60’s waif look is achieved through enhancing your famished features with short dresses, gigantic earrings and overly made up eyes. [More Photos]

New York Times’ Guy Trebay’s search for a truly American top model comes up with one measly girl from Maryland: Hilary Rhoda – the only American who actually managed to get booked for the catwalk shows this year. Here’s a topmodel eligibility test for you. If your last name doesn’t end with -ova, apparently, you have no chance. “American” doesn’t fly with model bookers since the days of Cindy Crawford. And who could blame them, with all that square-chinned Jessica Simpson-Paris Hilton overkill out there. Trebay leaves it off on a cheerful note: Brazilians and Slavs who dominate the catwalks now will one day look so generic that American models will seem exotic again. He must have missed the memo about Chinese girls being the next big thing.

Flamboyant and campy is what we like. Don’t you just wish you could walk out in public dressed in purple leather jacket and matching underpants?

Photo: Transformation into a tranny is now complete.