I can never tell – are hipsters a regional thing? We had them in certain parts of Atlanta, and there are definitely as many of them as you could ever want in New York, and even my little college town had a fair number because it had a big music scene. But out there, away from the vegan restaurants and the American Apparel franchises, are hipsters a thing that you see, or just that you hear about in vague terms? I can’t tell. If you’ve never examined a hipster up close and personal, though, take a look at Dakota Fanning and you’ll see all you need to see.
Dakota is young, rich and interested in fashion, so she could have gone one of two ways – the tragic Lindsay Lohan route or the quasi-Olsen Twin route, and so far, it looks like she’s trying to take the Olsen path towards success. The tough thing about that path, though, is that it has so many potential fashion disasters along the way for people who aren’t as stylistically intuitive. I like Dakota’s white Celine Luggage Tote, of course, and her Louis Vuitton Mon Monogram Keepall isn’t bad, but…everything else going on with that outfit has to go. All of it.
Remember what I said yesterday about certain handbags and certain celebrities going together like peanut butter and jelly? That’s how I feel about Coco (Ice-T’s wife, for the uninitiated) and Louis Vuitton. Vuitton positions a certain part of its product line to appeal to consumers who, quite frankly, are far more interested in flash than they are in subtlety. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course; flash can be a ton of fun as long as you don’t take yourself or others too seriously.
By now, you probably all recognize the Louis Vuitton SC Sofia Coppola Satchel in rich burgundy leather that seemingly every too-cool-for-school starlet in Hollywood and New York carries on the regular. Dakota Fanning, Kirsten Dunst and now Miranda Kerr – this bag has an undeniable pull on the young and stylish in particular in a way that few bags do, and it’s an absolute beauty. Really, even if you’re not generally a Vuitton fan, it’s worth serious consideration, even if the prices tend to be a bit high. (That might be a diplomatic way to put it.)
It’s a very particular group of celebrities that are loyal to their Louis Vuitton SC Sofia Coppola Satchels. Many of them, like 
You guys already know how I feel about Dakota Fanning and her Louis Vuitton SC Sofia Coppola Satchel – love, love, love. They are both great, and they’re even better when they’re together. It’s the type of bag that looks good with literally everything – classic, neutral, not too dressy to be worn casually and not too casual to be worn to a job interview. Vuitton and Coppola did a great job with it, and it speaks well about the stylistic instincts of those who choose to carry it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Khloe Kardashian is by far my favorite member of the reality TV clan that everyone loves to hate. Not only does Khloe have a great sense of humor, but she seems to be the most human of her sisters. She even looks like a normal person at the airport, a place that her sisters and mom (but especially Kim) tend to use as an opportunity to don their favorite pair of heels and tightest pair of pants. Who wants to travel like that?
Even though I don’t watch any of the Kardashian shows at the moment, I’m vaguely aware that I’m supposed to hate Kourtney Kardashian‘s boyfriend/baby daddy Scott Disick, but I just can’t. He’s fascinating to me in a very weird way – the weird combination of Patrick Bateman and outlandish preppy swag is oddly endearing, even though I know very well that it shouldn’t be. Still, the dude’s got style.
Does Victoria’s Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr ever not look chic? As far as I can tell, the answer to that question is an utterly obvious “no.” I guess it’s not all that hard to look effortlessly fantastic when you’re a supermodel to begin with, not to mention a supermodel married to a handsome movie star, but Miranda gets it exactly right almost every time she leaves the house, which is something of an accomplishment, even for the well-heeled. Money can’t buy taste, after all.
There is perhaps no figure of greater controversy in reality TV right now than Taylor Armstrong of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. People just love to debate whether or not Taylor was abused by her now-dead husband Russell, whether or not she had an active role in his extensively fraudulent business practices and if she should have released a book so soon after his death. Rumors are circulating that Armstrong is indeed returning to Real Housewives for the third season, which starts filming in July, so it seems that all that arguing over her isn’t going to cease anytime soon.
I’m not a huge lover of children, but I have to give credit where credit is due – model Miranda Kerr has a CUTE kid. Like, super duper double extra cute. Cheek-pinching, belly-razzing cute, even to someone like me who is usually a tad ambivalent about such things. Of course, when your parents are a supermodel and a handsome movie star, you have genetics on your side from day one. Life is just that easy for some people.
One of the things I miss about having cable is being able to watch the few reality shows on TV that weren’t disgusting, vile piles of suck. Back in the day, one of those shows was Run’s House, which featured Rev Run from Run DMC and his big, happy family. They were funny, positive, generally loving people who made what was a genuinely funny reality show. They didn’t even have to get drunk and scream at each other to do it. Revolutionary television!
For some reason, looking at paparazzi pictures of Naomi Campbell makes me a tad nervous. First and foremost, she’s intimidatingly beautiful, particularly for what the modeling industry would consider far past her prime. It looks to me like Naomi has years of prime to go. Second, I always feel vaguely nervous that she’s going to come to life and beat me with her cell phone through her computer screen because I dared to make eye contact.
