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So I was reading WWD today, when I came across this little gem. Apparently, Rosie O'Donnell is angry. I know, shocking.

In her play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, one character takes a jab at Eileen Fisher stating, "I just want to say, that when you start wearing Eileen Fisher, you might as well say, 'I give up'."

While the line was humorous and rather accurate, O'Donnell was furious saying, "I'm really objecting to the Eileen Fisher comment being that I just purchased every single thing she makes and threw out everything else I own. Literally, my entire wardrobe is only Eileen Fisher... that and sweat suits."

Yeah, Rosie. By no means does an entire wardrobe of sweat suits and Eileen Fisher scream, 'I give up.' Not at all.

Don't look so angry!

So here's the deal. The majority of fashion press, by and large, has a high propensity for leniency when it comes to runway critique.

We aren't the majority of the fashion press.

Granted, things happen- Lindsay Lohan, for example. But I might as well get this one off my chest.

I wasn't terribly impressed with Karl Lagerfeld's S/S 2010 line.

Being Fashion God is a tough job- especially when you have your own line, Chanel, and 1/2 of Fendi to run and need to constantly churn out new ideas. At first glance, Karl Lagerfeld this season appears to largely be an assortment of rompers, shorts, and high-waisted skirts that have been dressed up and down for variety. Upon closer inspection, you realize that Karl is dressing his female alter-ego.

Like these gems.

The collection also featured some classic regurgitations of what one would expect to find in any Chanel showing.

All well designed. All perfectly wearable. Chic, but as a whole the collection felt uninspired and repetitive.

Let's just hope this runway suffered only because Karl has something spectacular up his sleeve for Chanel.

Oh the things Haider Ackermann did with leather for A/W-they made us swoon, but not quite so much as the press did after Tilda Swinton wore one of his looks to the Cannes Film Festival. The designer admits that the onslaught of media attention "piled on the pressure" but that didn't stop him from whipping out another fantastic collection, this one inspired (apparently) by colonial India.

I have to admit, upon perusal of the collection's 32 looks I was left wanting for something to back this up. Aside from a few looks in saffron and the odd jodphur inspired pant here and there, I didn't really see what Ackermann was talking about. Semantics aside, the runway was killer. The draped leather jacket, executed in the creamiest leather imaginable is rising to become his signature piece. The beauty of it is that you can work a leather jacket into an ensemble for any season- in A/W it's a daywear essential, and for S/S the same jacket in lighter material complements an edgy evening look. Pairing the jackets with floor length gowns is another look Ackermann seems to have mastered- it reminded me of Balenciaga's tuxedo jacket/gown play for A/W.

So despite a somewhat ill-fitting title, the collection did not fail to impress; we can easily see the Haider Ackermann jacket becoming an essential for every girl's closet very, very quickly.

Hot pink and orange and heart motif, oh my! Thank you, Lindsay Lohan, for confirming our belief that Hollywood and high-fashion make a dangerous, disastrous combination. Lohan, the new "artistic advisor" for Ungaro, worked with Estrella Archs to create a rather dated collection that Style.com called "disappointing." See for yourself.