The FiFi Report 255

  • In the annual TIME 100 issue, they name the people who most affect our world. And see the red carpet video here for the Time 100 dinner.
  • See all the glamour and chic direct from Cannes Film Festival.
  • Actress Ginnifer Goodwin is on the cover of W.
  • We love the shots and videos from the Chanel Cruise 2010 show in Venice. And see the slideshow here.
  • “They accessorize the most famous bob haircut in the world. They add to an aura that is both glamorous and mysterious. But the dark glasses play a more practical role says legendary editor Anna Wintour, who is seldom seen without them. She reveals why she wears them and much more to Morley Safer in her first long-length interview for U.S. television to be broadcast May 17.” See the trailers video here.
  • “In a rare public appearance, Anna Wintour spoke to Jonathan Tisch at the 92nd Street Y. Topics included how Vogue stays relevant in the recession and how to look good without spending a lot of money. Fur might not have come up had the members of PETA in the audience not interrupted. “This woman skins animals alive!” they shouted. As they tossed a banner over the balcony and called Wintour a shame, the editor’s expression was a mix of polite restraint and Is there no security in this place? Drowning out the sounds of the chant “Fur Shame! Fur Shame!”, an audience member yelled, “I love you, Anna!” to booming applause.” Read more here.
  • Marion Cotillard plays the femme fatale to the hilt in “The Lady Noire Affair,” a mini movie making its debut May 20 on the Internet as Christian Dior puts more star power behind its brand and, the French firm hopes, more content into fashion advertising. The six-and-a-half-minute thriller, which reunites the Oscar-winning actress with “La Vie en Rose” director Olivier Dahan, bristles with Hitchcockian tension as Cotillard totes her Lady Dior handbag, and its contents, to the summit of the Eiffel Tower amid swelling music and trailing a gaggle of gangsters. It will appear at ladydior.com, Reports WWD. See the trailer here
  • “Le freak, c’est chic. He’s the great fashion eccentric whose leather jackets have made him one of the best-selling designers of the decade. Sarah Mower meets Rick Owens, the man who reinvented a classic.” Reports the Guardian.
  • Donatella Versace blogs from her trip to Washington and the White House Correspondents dinner for the Huffington Post. “Michelle Obama looked fierce. They’re a couple who knows how to dare. I’m sure she has people around her telling her it’s too much. She looked great in Alaia. I want to know her size. I want to send her clothes. But I’m a bit shy.” Fashionologie.
  • The editor of Vogue UK, Alexandra Shulman, chats about featuring a naked Natalia Vodianova on the June cover “putting a nude on Vogue is quite a risk because, obviously, people buy it to see clothes. So we’ll see what happens.”
  • Sandra Bullock in on the cover of US Harper’s Bazaar.
  • Megan Fox is on the cover of US Elle.