Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the new documentary Lagerfeld Confidential. Director Rodolphe Marconi was allowed unprecedented access to the designer who reinvented the Chanel label. Lagerfeld is witty and matter-of-fact without being arrogant. The documentary is subtitled, which I normally champion. But in this case, I wish they had dubbed it – I wanted to ogle the clothing more!
Some highlights:

Lagerfeld’s first show for Chanel, Spring 1983. The shoulder pads are bulky, the suits are very 1980s, and Karl’s hair is darker than …

Unless you got lost in your walk-in closet for the last few months, you know that Ugly Betty is the most fashionable show on television. I will be kind to those of you who have been having fun in your own closets. This campy prime-time soap stars America Ferrera as Betty, the homely but highly capable assistant at uber-chic fashion magazine Mode. She is given the job to keep the playboy editor-in-chief from sleeping with his assistant (a problem in the past). She is great at …