Marc Jacobs has released a new tee in support of gay marriage, each with the words "I pay my taxes, I want my RIGHTS!" Perhaps this movement was inspired by his March engagement to cutie, Lorenzo Martone???


Bret Paterson, manager of the  Marc by Marc Jacobs Accessories store in NYC says they've been selling. The response has been positive as they've been unpacking them over the past couple of days — mainly a mix of "well, they deserve it," remarks and delighted laughter, he says. According to a rep from the showroom, both are available in limited runs of around 200.

I would LOVE to see someone brazenly rock this t-shirt at the company picnic!

Source: The Cut

The Council of Fashion Designers of America had their awards ceremony and the big winners were: Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte with the Womenswear Designer of the Year Award; Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection tied for the Menswear Designer of the Year Award, and Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler won Accessory Designer of the Year.

The Swarovski awards for emerging talent, meanwhile, went to Alexander Wang for Womenswear, Tim Hamilton for Menswear and Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry for Accessory Design.

Anna Sui was honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, and the International Award went to Marc Jacobs for his work at Louis Vuitton. Ralph Lauren won the first Popular Vote award.

First Lady Michelle Obama received the CFDA’s Board of Directors’ Special Tribute. She's just fabulous!

WWD editor in chief Edward Nardoza was honored with the Eugenia Sheppard Award, while Jim Moore, creative director of GQ, took the Eleanor Lambert Award.

Now, for MY red carpet vote:


The Good
Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein


Kerry Washington in Doo.Ri


I really wish that Rachel Zoe would pack on a couple of pounds so her clothes don't always swallow her whole, but she looks nice.


Molly Sims in Dolce & Gabbana...I wouldn't wear Marilyn Monroe's face all over my dress, but you have to love the play on the classic Marilyn-with-the-wind-up-her-skirt look. That's artistic genius right there!


Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte. The shoes are definitely unexpected, but I get it!


Nobody pulls off pregnant like Heidi Klum...NOBODY.


Coco Rocha in Michael Kors.


Hilary Rhoda in Calvin Klein...just gorgeous!


Diane Kruger can do NO wrong! She's wearing and is pictured with Jason Wu.

The Winners? Hilary and Diane...hands down.


The Bad
I don't expect Vera Wang, who is known for her elegant designs to necessarily wear that style, HOWEVER, I DO expect more than this.


Again, Tracy Reese is one of my favorites, but the bodice of this dress didn't do much for her silhouette.


Tory Burch in Tory Burch


Rachel Roy in one of her designs. Love the dress, hate the shoes. They are too heavy and harsh for that dress.


*deep sigh* Donna Karan


Kate Mulleavy, Kirsten Dunst and Laura Mulleavy. While I assume that Kirsten is in Rodarte, I am going to venture to say that the designers, Kate and Laura are not. Darn shame too.


Ashley Olsen in a vintage dress. I would've liked this as a jumper. This boxy dress just swallows her little frame up.

Okaaayyy, so I'm noticing that the trend here is that all of the Bad looks are designers. Those that can't do...???

The Ugly
Zac Posen and Doutzen Kroes in Zac Posen...I LOVE Zac Posen, but I'm not liking this red satin and chiffon explosion.


Anna Sui...uh uh.


Too bad Erin Fetherston wasn't wearing fur. PETA would've done her a favor by splashing some red paint on her. Girlfriend needs some COLOR!


Daphne Guinness in Proenza Schouler. I think this was one of those situations where your shoes matched at home, but then you get out to your destination and you realize that the lighting OUTSIDE of your home is NOT the same.



The Miscellaneous
I guess Ricky and Ralph Lauren have been to so many of these that they are just to jaded to care about a dress code...I kinda like that.


One of my favorite couples: Marc Jacobs (right) and his fiance Lorenzo Martone (left)...they're SO cute!


Ms. Diane Von Furstenberg is such a classy woman.


Alexander Wang with Dree Hemingway in his design. Now Alexander looks fine, but I'm afraid to witness the men's short and dress shoe trend in the real world. I know that its bound to go terribly wrong...


Source: WWD

Actors, artists, and fashion industry people were dressed to impress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala on Monday for “The Model As Muse” exhibit.

Quite naturally, there were some that impressed, and some that depressed...

Here are looks I really liked:

Here is Eva Herzigova in Dolce & Gabbana and Chopart...loving those shoes!


Kate Moss looked very elegant in and with Marc Jacobs *doing my back exercises as I type*:


Kate Beckinsale looked very elegant as well. I love LOVE navy!


Iman NEVER disappoints:


Claudia Schiffer looked bad...in a good way. I do wish she would've done something more with her hair though:


Gisele Bundchen wore a cute sassy number:


Heidi Klum (who's on baby #4) looked absolutely radiant! Nobody wears pregnancy and post-pregnancy like Heidi!:


Of course, Victoria Beckham was there stylin' and profilin':


And my favorite look was Lily Donaldson. Her dress and shoes were ON POINT!:


And then, there are the looks, I didn't like at all:

Kirsten Dunst looked like an ol' lady:


I didn't like it when Beyonce did this sculpted dress, so I certainly don't feel Emma Roberts in it:



Mary-Kate and Ashley looked identically whack:



Leighton Meister...WTF were you thinking?!


And Madonna...ok, so when we say that some celebs can get away with "anything," we don't mean anything:


Then we had what looked like a casting call for a Bram Stoker film:






And here are some randoms that I wanted to throw in:

My girl, Diane Kruger in Chanel Haute Couture:


Ciara in Emilio Pucci...I'm sure she's wearing some thigh-high boots under that gown:



Amber and Kanye are still hanging in there. She looks great...somebody got a tan, but um, Kanye? Where are your socks?


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2009 Costume Institute Gala Benefit - Lifestyle News - WWD.com