The FiFi Report 227

  • "As the dramas unfold with each news bulletin, the international fashion season is looking like a metaphor for the state of the world: models on super-high heels tumbling in tandem with the markets; perforated materials to signal holes in the economy; some designers carrying on blithely as if nothing is happening; others trying to build a new geometry in aging edifices.Fashion Journalist Suzy Menkes, after the shows in Milan .International Herald Tribune
  • Oh my God! How cute is John Mayer? In the old days, I’da snatched him up now I’m too tired." Whoopi Goldberg.
  • "You can get into an elevator and actually pass gas, and people still won’t smell it." Jessica Simpson, on the wonders of her new perfume Fancy. She’s obviously tried it.
  • "The more sexy you make yourself appear; the less sex you’ll have." Miuccia Prada… or just spray yourself with Jessica Simpson’s new fragrance.
  •  "Who knew John McCain and I would have something in common? We both chose female running mates." Ellen DeGeneres, comparing her wife Portia de Rossi with Sarah Palin.
  •  "I thought it was a joke, and then I started to cry" Lynne Spears when daughter 17 yr old Jamie Lynn revealed her pregnancy in a note.
  • “I run four miles, seven days a week.I am eating more. I think you do eat more when you’re working out” Victoria Beckham. She is eating more …water. No joke.
  •  "David definitely spends much more money than I do. I don’t really go shopping any more." Victoria Beckham. Not much. Too busy eating.
  •  "When you have your BlackBerry taken away, it’s like the most painful thing ever." Paris Hilton, describing the most difficult part of her time spent in jail. EVER. She thought it was a joke, and then she started to cry.
  • "They arrived back at New York at 1 a.m., but sans ( without) luggage. For fashion people, that’s worse than sitting on the runway for four hours without any snacks." - Style.com’s Nicole Phelps, on a Continental flight that kept THE front rows in Milan a little empty. Painful.