I Just Sh*t Myself Akimbo

Handle the May issue of Vogue Paris with care. There are enough chiseled cheekbones on this cover to induce severe bleeding.

Pepe serves as guest editor for this month's mag and corralled several of my favorite actresses...and Gwyneth Paltrow, for what is literally perfection.

They're all wearing Gap (Red) T-shirts benefiting some charity, which explains Bono's presence amidst all this sapphic delight.

And Pepe and Meryl are clearly fucking, which explains this little slice of heaven.


I love when actresses bump Oscars.

40s Akimbo // Elie Saab

In regards to all the tough-girl talk in fashion right now, let's examine a surprise AnA favorite from Fall 2009: Elie Saab, who found a restrained voice this time around with a pleasant slew of 1940s day dresses, smart black dresses, hot uni-shoulders and red lips and Kate Winslet Oscar hair. It's strong like Rosie the Riveter without the Rosie O'Donnell mess.

Saab has found a muted palette that unlike the over-somber attitude of other designers doesn't weigh us down. The blue still has an aquamarine kick. And the graphic numbers are an exciting direction even if the below the knee looks a tad matronly.