District L

Reminisce old world glamour with its sexy and reckless Le Lido roots. If we've learned anything in 2009, it's that glamour is itching for a comeback. Let's introduce 2010 to luxe.

Purple Diary

Last Nights Party

Thank you! Come again!

Hop On The Spiral Bitch

Cheat sheet alert! I've compiled a reference guide of things that should not enter the new decade.

1. Dissing the pint-sized prodigy, Tavi

2. The word "hater"

3. Uggs

4. Crocs

5. Models popping out babies at a rate that rivals Jon & Kate

6. Electric Feel by MGMT at runway shows. (Love the song, but its runway life is over.)

7. Tyra

8. Designer lines at Walmart or Payless

9. Korbel "Champagne"

10. Christian Audigier's assault on the fashion industry

Adam Lippes celebrates his birthday on Christmas Eve. Designer Mara Hoffman is currently enjoying Peru. Richard Renda spends every free moment photographing the winter wonderland that is New York. Designer, Farah Angsana is in Los Angeles celebrating the holidays with her family and friends.

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It's that time of year, dear fashionstas, when we take the time to stop and reflect... and then criticize celebrities on their unfortunate fashion choices.

Call it holiday spirit,  but I find it unfair to make fun of actors and actresses. The only difference between them and the chubby, weird kids in our high school's drama club was a traumatic night at the Beverly Hills Hotel with Jerry Bruckheimer.

But if you're coming down with a case of cabin fever, click here and be amused.

How did they leave out this one?!

The office of Grazia magazine turned apocalyptic when an intern, upon her departure, told her boss that she had been getting her full-fat lattes as opposed to skim-milk lattes the whole time.

Please. We don't believe this story one bit. Even a starving monkey on Ritalin could tell the difference between skim and whole milk.

It is vast public knowledge that Christian Lacroix has been reduced to a licensing operation by a Paris court. But, District L was shocked to hear that a new decade will bring a new look to French railway employees. Earlier this month, French railway operator SNCF told WWD that 20,000 employees would be wearing Lacroix-designed uniforms in the new year.

Tavi, the 13-year-old fashion blogger, has incited industry murmurs since her first front-row invite. Even Anne Slowey has something to say about her. Many people question her blog and her style, wondering if her look and voice is all her own.

"The way in which Tavi speaks about fashion on a video clip doesn't embody the same level of sophistication that is in her writing, neither in tone nor in content," Slowey writes in Elle News Blog.

Well, clearly, Anne. Imagine being a tiny 13-year-old, surrounded by crew and cameras? Most self-assured adults even have a hard time speaking in front of a camera properly.

Many of us have seen Tavi around during our fashion week follies, and we know DAMN WELL that this girl knows her fashion. This past September, I starred in awe at the little chicster as we waited outside for Thakoon at Eyebeam. She had such poise, confidence and sophistication for a girl that age, that I almost considered having children of my own. Ha, just kidding.