Guessing Game: Jillian Lewis

Dressed like the prima ballerina during the entr'acte, Project Runway Season 4 runner-up Jillian Lewis sidles up to the bar during the GenArt Styles Fashion Show last week. In it she was competing again for a top designer prize and $10K, but lost again and flounced off into the sunset as she is wont to do. This pic was snapped by my editor, and despite the yellowish tint to the lighting and her plastic, Barbie-ish legs, I believe I spot Jillian sporting some floral CLs. Now, I've googled and googled looking for a clue to these rougies, but nothing. Let's not forget that Jillian loves herself some expensive footwear, as her first introduction to the Project Runway viewers involved her tossing off $600 Dries van Notens to run through the grass at Bryant Park.

Putting on the Louboutin Ritz

Images via Style.com

If you live in NY, the Met Gala is inescapable. Yes, it's over but the photographic fallout has just begun as outfits are critqued and ad campaign rumors fly. Let's take a look at the two most unforgettable Louboutin moments last night: the Louboutwins and Donna Karan's high steppin.
The Louboutwins: Mary Kate and Ashley were looking crazy nasty in some Diane von Furstenburg, with both dresses mainly highlighting their complete lack of breasts. Our man Christian didn't care though, as their small frames provide him maximum paparazzi exposure. Check out what he's sporting: a hot hot mens version of the Donjon Studded Boots from what feels like forever ago.
High Steppin': Diane von Furstenberg looks like a prize filly with her flowing mane and prancy gait. Showing she's been shod with the scarlet soles, DvF steps higher to differentiate the shoe's trademarks from the carpet.

"Society of the Spectacle" at Louboutin Madison

Christian Louboutin Madison Ave from Flickr: Cynner_SF

Stopping into the new Louboutin shop at 965 Madison Ave between 75th and 76th, the New York Times' Critical Shopper Cintra Wilson finds human caricatures and an argument against capitalism, but sadly few actual shoes. The article will forever go down in history as a testament to the state of American luxury consumption and Louboutin's concept of "very prive." A lovely little excerpt for your reading pleasure:

Louboutin pumps look right at home in the rarefied air betwixt chrome poles and mirrored ceilings, only they are around $900. This makes them not hooker shoes, but merely French.

Ain't that the truth. You see, environments of chrome and mirrors exist on two different levels; there are the $25 vinyl platforms for one and the $625 patent d'orsays for the other. All that's in the middle is mainstream, and "tell me--what lies at the bottom of the mainstream? Mediocrity." - Visconti's Death in Venice