Alaia, Lanvin and Tom Cruise

Last night the world premiere of Knight and Day took place in Seville. I expected Cameron Diaz to easily upstage Katie Holmes on the red carpet, as Cameron never puts a foot wrong, but last night Katie was on top form in a white Azzedine Alaia dress. Katie wears Armani 95% of the time so Alaia was a lovely surprise, and I think she looked absolutely gorgeous.



Cameron didn't exactly disappoint as she looked lovely in a dark grey Lanvin dress (paired with those Lanvin heels) but I hated her choice of lipstick which made her look a little clown-ish.
I hope Knight and Day has more than one premiere (it's sure to go to LA and London, right?) as it would be lovely to see some more of Cameron on the red carpet. I think Katie won this round, but I can't wait to see what Cameron wears next. Maybe some Chanel?

Who was your best dressed last night? Katie or Cameron?

images from celebrity-gossip.net and celebutopia via thefashionspot.com

For the Love of Seams

Today I made a quick stop at the V&A to check out the Future Fashion Now exhibition. It features pieces from the Royal College of Art fashion MA graduates' final collections. It wasn't the best exhibition ever but there were some interesting pieces, so it's worth visiting if you're in the area - it runs until January 31st 2010.

There was one dress, designed by Abbie Shaw that caught my eye. I love the shape of it, and actually I was more interested in the paper pattern than the finished product.





The seams are much more noticeable when it's just made out of paper, and at the moment I'm a little obsessed with seams. Blame Azzedine Alaïa.

I went to Dover Street Market earlier in the week and spent a little too long stroking the seams on an Alaïa dress. He cuts so beautifully it could bring me to tears. I've been eating up the images from his Fashion Spot thread [you can view it HERE] so I thought it was only right to post some of his F/W 07/08 collection. I love all the pleating; I need to get some pleats into my wardrobe.









In the words of Rachel Zoe, I die!

Abbie Shaw images my own, Alaïa images from thefashionspot.com

Jourdan, Alaia and Gorilla Hands



Jourdan Dunn wears Azzedine Alaia and Marni Gorilla-style gloves in the September issue of i-D magazine. Photo by Emma Summerton.

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