“I’m not going to name names because that’s not fair, but we all are. I just want to let people know that if you think any of these blonde bombshells aren’t drug addicts, trust me, they are, because I’ve done drugs with them,” Kelly Osbourne on Young Hollywood (but Kelly didn’t your mum tell you: just because everyone does it doesn’t make it right.?).
“ When I’m around people who have bad energy, I usually carry some water and I just kind of, like, put it on myself. It’s not like a holy water, just something to cleanse myself if someone’s really negative. And I carry around crystals too. I feel it’s important to protect yourself.” Kate Hudson likes to protect herself from Kelly Osbourne
“I think I have a disease, actually. I always fire housekeepers. I like everything clean. You can actually eat off the floor of my house, that’s how clean my floors are. “ Giselle Bunchen is addicted to cleaning (A model eats? She stays slim by eating off the floor).
“ When we go my kids always say, ‘Aren’t you hungry, Mommy? And I look at the fries and think it’s just not worth it. “ Cindy Crawford is a mutation of the species.
“I didn’t have a butt double, I promise, that’s my butt. I worked hard for it.” Jessica Simpson does not have a double butt or half a brain
“If you have a woman like that, it makes your job very easy; You have all this blowing up, blah-blah-blah. Then, when you go into the office, oh my God, it’s fantastic. You know what I mean?” Flavio Briatore is addicted to supermodels which makes him want to escape to the office for some peace.
“He has a sensitivity chip that’s missing” Jennifer Aniston does not realize that Brad Pitt thinks with his biggest organ
“ I’m living my youth late so I enjoy the innocence of a great make-out. I’ve had that battered VW van for years. I think it’s sexy and hot to get to grips with a guy in my passion wagon.” Teri Hatcher is addicted to her shaggon wagon (and has a new self-help book, Burnt Toast, offering fans advice and inspiration…)
“ Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I’ve thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely..” Jennifer Aniston holds a self-pity party (try reading Burnt Toast instead).
“When you talk about a great actor, you’re not talking about Tom Cruise.” Lauren Bacall knows an Alien when she see one.

My oversized handbag is filled with so much stuff it weighs a ton. And If I swap arms regularly I get a lovely even workout on both arms. But now it’s time to go a bit lighter on the weights so I was thrilled to find fabulous Moleskine notebooks are now available in a skinny size and in a pack of 3. The perfect size to throw in the Balenciaga they are covered in an elegant, simple, natural coloured cardboard (with chic stitching on the spine) which means they are easy to find in the big black hole.

$12 at Borders Books or Moleskine.

All this gorgeous sunny, warm weather is making it increasingly difficult to throw on all your fabulous winter clothes. Climate change is really getting to me. So it’s time to do something and contradict all the outrageous consumption and non-stop shopping that is the mantra here at FiFi HQ. It’s time to not just recycle my clothes and wear vintage YSL it’s also time to head to The Neco hardware shop. Energy saving is the item du jour and Neco Hardware is a store that specializes in high quality energy efficient products. Find Light globes for your chandelier that last 10 times longer and use 80% less energy $16, all Natural Laundry Liquid Concentrate, certified biodegradable nappy bags and even toys. Also you can have a home energy assessment for $149 (just hide all those shoes and bags) and to save even more energy you can now sit on your fat bum and simply go to the website and order online. http://www.neco.com.au

The only hairy monster I ever want to see is one behind bars in a zoo. Not looking back at me in the mirror. So if you are not able to get to the beauty salon and want gorgeous smooth and soft legs I suggest you try the best razor I have ever used. The Schick Quattro for women. It has a conditioning stripe with Aloe and Vitamin E and 4 clever blades with a pivoting head but ewww! Why do they have to make these things in tacky pink? How about snazzy silver or white? I don’t want any pink in the bathroom but I have relented because this cool razor also comes with a suction cap holder so it can sit on the shower wall waiting to be used. Bless.

$11.99 The Schick Quattro for women from major department stores.

While most Paris designers are getting ready to take time off In August, Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz is traveling to Beijing to start working on a huge fashion show he’ll stage in the Chinese capital on Sept. 18. It is planned as part of the closing festivities for the “Year of France in China.” Other events in the cultural extravaganza will include an exhibit of French art and dance, as well as a Christian Lacroix retrospective. WWD
US Vogue says to go here http://www.carpediemtravel.co.uk/ for the best luxury houses and villas to rent in Greece ….( The website is not much to look at, it’s all very exclusive).
Ever wanted to buy some of the fabulous old fashion shots from Vogue? Go to http://www.condenastart.com/ and you can buy famous photos from the 1920’s to the 1950’s. The best are from Horst P. Horst and George Hoyningen-Huené,
(Note: they won’t ship framed photos internationally).
For divine modern furniture check out Armani Casa website http://www.armanicasa.com
Following from the success of the fashion shopping magazine ‘Lucky’ (Shop Till You Drop is the copy) Conde Nast in the US has now launched Domino, a shopping magazine for homewares. Click on the site and use the mouse to actually turn the pages of the magazine. Cool. http://www.dominomag.com
In Paris? Check out the new vintage jewellery store Karry ‘O (62 Rue Des Saints Peres) for one off vintage baubles…
Here’s a great travel site: http://i-escape.com/.
A new resort has opened in Vietnam by the same hoteliers responsible for the gorgeous Soneva resorts in The Maldives http://www.sixsenses.com/evason-anamandara/index.php
Go to this website to buy the very clever ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ guidebooks to the grooviest, and sexiest hotels in the UK and now Europe (it’s not the movie, it’s the idea that you use the name Mr. and Mrs. Smith when checking in ) .http://www.mrandmrssmith.com.
Check out Stella McCartney’s husband’s furniture company in London Established and sons…cool name http://www.establishedandsons.com
This is the groovy website of the Thompson Group of boutique Hotels from 60 Thompson St in New York to the new Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. http://www.thompsonhotels.com/thompson.html
Have I mentioned this old fashioned glamorous villa on Capri? http://www.villalescale.com
Check out the cool Jeffrey Bilhuber designed interiors for this hotel in New York http://www.cityclubhotel.com/
Still after a cool Hotel in New York? Try the chic Hotel on Rivington on the lower east side …Amazing views! http://www.hotelonrivington.com/
Off to the Greek Islands? Stay on Santorini in one of the Rocabella Suites….luxury ! http://www.rocabella-santorini.com/

http://www.ebooks.com/
We all know there is something fabulous about reading a good book and holding it your hands and turning the pages but why use more trees when you can now download books from the internet? Choose from all the top best sellers from ‘French Women don’t Get Fat’ to the new John Irving novel ‘Until I Find You’ for US$16 …and there are thousands of others to choose from. And think how fabulous it is for traveling; you can download it all to your mobile phone, laptop or Blackberry. Which can only mean one thing: more room for shopping.

http://www.current.tv/
AL Gore is one of the guys behind this new TV station in the US and it sounds very clever so check out the website.
“Current is a new, independent cable and satellite TV network, available in 20 million homes around the United States We follow the global pulse via Google Current, a real-time view of what the world’s searching for, presented every half-hour around the clock. We slice the rest of the schedule into short pods — each just a few minutes long — that range far and wide, from international dispatches to profiles of cool people to intelligence on new trends.

Go here to see The Vanity Fair cover of Jennifer Aniston and the story inside…
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-08-01-aniston_x.ht
Sienna Miller is apparently six weeks pregnant with Jude Laws child, according to American magazine Star who claims the couple told their parents the news just 2 days before Jude confessed to an affair.
Angelina Jolie’s adopted son, Maddox calls Brad Pitt “daddy.” According to Us Weekly, while filming an Edwin Jeans commercial for the Japanese market Maddox started crying for Pitt, yelling, “Where’s my daddy?”(who’s your daddy now?) ,
Mischa Barton has gone back to Brandon Davis.
Holly Hunter (47!) is expecting twins with actor boyfriend Gordon MacDonald.
Jennifer Garner is reportedly thinking of calling her baby Violet and is expecting a little girl
Demi Moore is not looking very pregnant …
Jennifer Lopez is… reportedly pregnant
Dannii Minogue has found love with a Frenchman Jeremy, France’s hottest TV star and the best friend of Olivier Martinez.
Angelina took Brad for a ride aboard a private plane in LA ( he was in the passenger seat).
Sienna Miller has won back her role as Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick in forthcoming movie Factory Girl
Naomi Campbell is being sued by her actress friend Yvonne Scio who called police claiming the supermodel had punched and kicked her for wearing a similar dress. Scio told police she was rushed to hospital with a split lip and severe bruising, after the catwalk beauty violently attacked her at the Eden Hotel in Rome, Italy. (Similar dress? fare enough too)
Gabby Karan de Felice, ( Donna’s daughter) gave birth to a son Sebastiano It is de Felice’s second child with husband Gianpaolo de Felice.
Legendary film producer Robert Evans is set to wed for the 7th time after a whirlwind courtship with Lady Victoria White.
Apparently, Martha Stewart just couldn’t resist the call of a yoga class and violated the terms of her sentence by attending a yoga studio near her estate and now must serve an additional three weeks of home confinement. Wants to relax a bit longer)
Nicole Kidman is not dating and just friends with Keith Urban.

The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer’s Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World by Todd Pruzan
William Norwich in the August issue of US Vogue recommended this book and it has had rave reviews (see below). “ No matter who your ancestors were, and where they had the misfortune of living, Victorian children’s book writer Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer had something nasty to say about them. From describing Europe (”It is dreadful to think what a number of murders are committed in Italy”) or Asia (”The religion of Taou teaches men to act like madmen”), all of these assertions come from a woman who only twice set foot outside of her native England.. Mrs. Mortimer’s views are consistently appalling. One hundred fifty years later, three of her very forgotten classics have been compiled into one volume, The Clumsiest People in Europe, reviving the comically misinformed and startling prejudices of this unique Victorian eccentric.
“Sick yet fun little volume…with a sour-faced alacrity that wouldn’t seem out of place in the Bush administration.”New York Times Book Review.
“…Wonderfully odious, travel-based misanthropy…by turns unsetteling and hilarious…Here, at last, is irritable-bowel-syndrome-as-travelogue.”
$13 http://www.amazon.com Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (June 6, 2005)

The Christmas list:
The Houses of Martha’s Vineyard by Keith Moskow
I think the verb ‘to summer’ most likely originated here. I’d love to summer in Martha’s Vineyard every year but I‘ll just to make do with this fabulous book. “This beautifully designed volume presents twenty-four Vineyard homes, built in the past twenty years, by internationally renowned architects, among them Robert A. M. Stern, Steven Holl, and the Polshek Partnership. Glorious color photographs, detailed architectural plans, and project descriptions document the challenges and solutions reached by each architectural firm. Chic.
$50 from http://www.amazon.com Publisher: Monacelli (June 2, 2005)

Economy:
Tree of life: always excellent here for the cheapest little sundresses. There are lots to find in cute retro cotton prints and halterneck $45; wrap versions are cool and so is the red and pink hibiscus print halter neck dress $45. Also I like the silver Indian toe thongs for $29, they will be everywhere this summer and the caftan tops are here as always. Kookai: have a bit of an African print story happening: check out the rust, burgundy and beige jersey tube top $89; the same in a wrap top $119; and the wrap, swirl print, dress $169.There is a cute red shoestring top $39; a cute s/s T shirt top in beige $39 and a khaki tie front cotton blazer $199.Portmans: Bless, they have a cute, white tank with a smattering of brown beads on the shoulder $39; a military khaki jacket as seen last week $99 and some cool big square oversized sunglasses $39. Esprit: have lots of black or teal drapey jersey tops $59; black and white graphic print, 50’s skirts embellished with black sequins a la Easton Pearson $199; a cute pink and cream stripe cotton cami $59; and of course twill blazers $89. I like the black velvet blazer $139. Cue: The Mui Mui esque print dress is cool in browns and yellows $215. Check out the as reported last week the Prada-ish stripe sweater $151; the cute knit T shirts in orange or khaki green $85 and the cream chiffon blouse $159. There are scary mustard shorts $139. Just Jeans: I am loving the big square oversized sunnies (not ombre) $39 and the cool aviators. So much hippy here and THAT pink is lurking too…Mollini: have great shoes here for the cheap but chic prices. Maybe because I don’t see anything in watermelon I am impressed. I see orange and silver, gold and a dull dark green. Fabulous. Check out the cool faux snakeskin heels $149; a version with a lower heel $149 and wedges galore. Find simple black ankle strap wedges for $128 and also in satin too. A must buy for summer. Seduce: I see watermelon. In a caftan. Nuf said. But check out the black jersey top with a woven straps $79 (very Balenciaga or was it Chloe?); and the fab white ruffle blouse a la marc Jacobs 2 seasons ago $139 is perfect for now. Supre: They have the cheapest, black, skinny jeans $50; the cool gathered front T shirt seen everywhere $15 and other cool baggy T shirt tops in every colour for about $30. Wear under your jackets to add some colour. There’s a big, hippy chic trip happening here so buy it up if yopu must and then recycle it and give to St. Vinnies next season. It’s a win win. Also check out the very short, very Lily Pulitzer dresses in great retro prints $35. True. FCUK: there is a cute Elle style raffia cowboy hat $39.

Business:
Bulb: Have some fabulous resin bead necklaces, very Dinosaur Designs in reds and oranges for just $35! From a fashion label in Brazil. The bracelets are $25 and very chic too. Also check out the funky Florence Broadhurst print clutch bags too.
My Island Home: Have some divine red resin necklaces and beads too that are stunning…Plus some raffia umbrellas in white just new from Italy (also in a pale pink or pastel bluehttp://www.myislandhome.com.au.
The Sydney Antique Centre has the most gorgeous bangles in a lot of fabulous colours, perfect for summer.
Bettina Liano: There are a few cool things here and not just frilly boudoir pieces. Check out the Missoni slinky, stripe everything in reds and oranges…think it’s too much of a rip off but all the same it is cool. Check out is batwing stripe top $359 (ouch); a skirt and a T shirt $168. There are a quite nice side pocket grey pants $239; a groovy grey waistcoat $245 (The first I’ve seen. They are hot thanks to Kate Moss and Elle. A waistcoat will be the item du jour when I find a few more). There is a grey cool blazer $530 too. Check out the chic, white muslin hippy dress $320 or it a short top?; and a white muslin frilled wrap $95 .
Country Road:The Missoni stripe is here too but I suggest you don’t get too excited. Check out the excellent scoop neck gathered T-shirts $59 (everyone has done them, Supre and Sportsgirl to name two) but this one is nice quality $39 and comes in great colours. There are some cool grey slouchy pants $169; a grey exposed seam flippy skirt and a very funky flaxen linen silver boxy jacket (Chanel shape; Jil sander fabric) $299 ( was that leftover from last season?) and I do like the metallic tanks but I just see it in a very pastel pink or green. Nuf said. There is a metallic silver/grey raw edged skirt $199 with cute pleats; a cement drop waist skirt $179 and a camel beige pinstripe pants $199.
Armani Exchange ;Can’t quite work out where all the hot pink and trashy looks in here are coming from. Bizarre especially from Armani. So steer away from the hot pink and go for the cotton shirred red top $99; the nice fitted V neck red sweater $169 and the rib high neck cream knit with press stud patent buttons $169. Max & Co: The sale is still on with a few racks left. Buy the great coats ( as if you need them here in Sydney) and check out the black skirts $100. I do see watermelon but also new is a white peasant skirt $390 (if you are off to Ibiza); a black jacket with tie front $898; a cool grey or white tank with a sequin trims for a subtle bit of bling $180; and a rough knit, stripe sweater and top $130. Oh, I do like the tan slouchy bag $420. Cool.
Saba: it’s about the bright blue. And pink. Please explain. So check out the Missoni stripe tops $125 if don’t want to go to Missoni, Country road or Bettina Liano.

First :
Myer: I spy with my little eye some new Manolo Blahniks. Check out the divine, must buy, tan ankle straps with an open front and a bit gladiator ish (trimmed in pink) $1200; the hot pink heels with tiny poms poms $1200 and the gorgeous gold heels $1200. There are also DKNY shoes: check out the flat T bar sandals in green snakeskin $299 and clover green cork wedges $429. The Michael Kors orange, yellow and hot pink suede mini platforms heels are cool $499 and so are the darling Marc Jacobs orange patent flats $539. Papoucci: Has a very good Jimmy Choo style leather bag in camel and also in not so very exciting pastels. Oh, please why not in good colours? $499. Also check out the never ending and fabulous Tods here in every colour. I like the new ballet flats with a rubber sole $525 in great colours.
Ralph Lauren: Check out the gorgeous crop to waist trench coat (which makes it a jacket) very chic $899 in black; the beige shrunken blazer $699 and the cable knit poncho is still here at 30% off and now $599.
Weekend Max Mara: still have a rack of fabulous things on sale. Yes, they are classic but it’s Max Mara darling. There is also 50% off some knitwear which is gorgeous: a cream or black rib sweater for those weekends away now $266; and some very Balenciaga paneled style black or grey jersey dresses now $200 .if you like light blue and lilac you should pop in here for summer.
Max Mara:has a divine dark brown slouch bag with double handles and a big buckle $999.
Cosmo Shoes: Need some boots? Go no further! You will find every boot you’ve ever dreamed of here and a few you could never have imagined! For all sorts of prices. Yes, there is still the $200, $300 and the $400 racks and they are worth going through. New is the fabulous YSL heels with a brass ring (of which Robert Robert did such a lovely copy) in black or tan $900 and with a fringed tongue. Buy the heels or the flats. Check out the Jimmy Choos flat rope sandals $$$; the new divine Jimmy Choo bags $2200 and the raffia patent mules $650 by Sergio Rossi. The D&G huge camel bags are divine…

Yogurt Cake from Claudia Roden ( in the latest Vogue Entertaining and Travel)
Need to whip up a delicious Sunday afternoon tea but don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen? (Not when you could be reading cooking magazines instead). This lovely lemony cake is a cinch to make and is very similar to a cheesecake but a little lighter and cuter…now start pouring the tea…

For 6
4 large eggs separated
100g caster sugar
3 tabs plain flour
400g Greek Yogurt (or any creamyYogurt)
grated zest of I lemon and the juice

·Preheat the oven to 180.
·Zest the lemon and juice it too.
·In a bowl beat the egg yolks with the sugar so it’s just so lovely and a thick pale cream.
·Beat in the flour, (it loves it).
·Then beat the yogurt (stop it, I like it)
·Then beat in the lemon zest and juice
· Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the yogurt mixture
·God, that was hard non?
·Make sure it’s all mixed awfully well and then
·Pour into a baking tin (moisturized of course).
·Bake for about 50 minutes or until the top is a lovely brown and looking quite gorgeous.
·The cake does puff up a bit like Pamela Anderson but don’t be worried it will deflate again like Ashley Olsen when it’s cooled
Serve it with icing sugar sprinkled over it looking chic and with outrageous naughty cream or yogurt

The Miracle Of Bern by Director: Sönke Wortmann (German with subtitles)
The Plot: Grumpy old Man returns home to his family in Germany 10 years after the being a POW in WW2 to find he had a son he never knew about (who is obsessed with soccer) and a teenager who is into naughty things like rock n roll and Jazz. But hey! Don’t let the idea of a film in German about football set in unglamourous postwar Germany put you off. It’s a very sweet story revolving around the world championship soccer match and lets face it, who would know anything about that?
Who: Never mind, you will never have heard of them anyway.
Acting: Excellent. The young boy is the cutest, sweetest thing. Bless.
Interiors: The sets are amazing; the furniture from the 50’s looks so cool.
Designer inspiration: Shot in the old fashioned colours of a 1950’s postcard, it’s awfully lovely to look at and so very Marni Spring summer 04.
Blood’n’ guts: No blood but ouch! The grumpy old man gives a real belting (and it’s not a Gucci one either).
Car chases: With all the testosterone flying around in the soccer match it’s amazing there isn’t one car chase (but cars didn’t go fast enough in post war Germany).
Smooches: it’s a soccer movie…
Best line: ‘Women and soccer don’t mix’
Waterproof mascara? I’m recommending the Chanel one, it should deal very well with the cute ending and the wet eyes.
Best review: ’ I’m giving it 4”. David Stratton
Tom Cruise/Alien sighting? No, but the grumpy old man could do with some Prozac, sorry vitamins, to get over his depression.
Botox: Could have done with an injection of something to give to the baby crying next to us in the cinema (Oh my god! it’s true).
When Harry met Sally romance Richter scale: This movie gets a rating on the schmaltz-o-meter (it’s a German word after all).
See it or donate to the Prada bag/save Katie fund? This film is as soft, sweet and retro as a rose print Prada dress; you’ll feel so feminine watching all the macho boys playing Soccer you’ll forget that black is back for at least 2 hours. Hint: the name of the movie spoils what happens in the end…