The FiFi Report 252

  • “After a long, hard slog through the ups and downs of show business, Amy Adams is, at 34, finally a Hollywood Golden Girl.” And on the cover of W magazine.
  • With boyfriend Nate Berkus, Bally creative director Brian Atwood conjures a Milan apartment full of modern pizzazz in Elle Deco; Fabulous. Check it out here.
  • Love this behind the scenes video from the editors of US Harpers Bazaar: Laura Brown and Ana Maria Wilson talk about the May Model as Muse issue with Peter Lindbergh. Faaabulous.  Laura Brown surely is an Aussie with an American twang?
  • Check out the beautiful behind the scenes video of the Miu Miu campaign with Katie Holmes.
  • “Quentin Tarantino’s World War II saga Inglourious Basterds is one of several major titles that will compete for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize. Others include Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, starring French footballer Eric Cantona, and the latest films from Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion. Twenty films will compete for the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s event, which runs from 13 to 24 May.” Reports the BBC.
  • Read about “Why it’s good to indulge the urge to splurge. It doesn’t matter if it’s a £60 hair clip or a £400 pair of shoes, splashing out is good for you” says the London Times (I could not have written it better myself!)
  • There will be more of the hilarious WWWWD, The Cut reports. “At the end of Fashion Week we were treated to the first issue of World Wide Women’s Wear Digest, a spoof of Women’s Wear Daily that’s like the Onion of the fashion world. We’ve just learned the esteemed publication — boasting headlines like “Disoriented Palestinian Refugee Walks Chanel by Mistake, Becomes Official Karl Lagerfeld Muse” — will come out as a biweekly newsletter, starting with a Met Ball–themed issue on May 4.
  • Check out Emma Watson in Interview magazine…
  • Off to Milan? Of course you are heading to the Milan Furniture Fair. Read about the design community as it trickles into Milan for the setup of their shows here at Style.com
  • It’s official: Olivier Theyskens’s replacement as the new artistic director at Nina Ricci is Peter Copping.
  • “As Angela Missoni opens her first boutique in the UK, she tells the Telegraph how she intends to modernise fashion”.
  • Here is the Goss from last week’s Prada Fall ‘09 campaign shoot in New York. Fashion Week Daily reports ”The marathon undertaking lasted for four days and then Steven Meisel summoned a live horse to the set for one of the settings”. Sounds cool..
  • If in Paris please go to Colette and buy the Repetto by Karl Lagerfeld heels. Fabulous.