Chic Report

If you know of a Mommy who needs to step up her fab, Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet has come to the rescue. This week, she shares her Mommy must haves. Motherhood has never been so Chic.

Even though Tavi is in the midst of studying for finals, the self-proclaimed pretentious teenager did manage to update her blog this week. Hurray! What was our favorite gem from the style rookie? “This morning I had Joni Mitchell stuck in my head and wanted to be comfy and decided to pretend it’s warm out,” the blogger wrote. OK then! Thanks for sharing.

Steven Meisel has shot another spring campaign for Louis Vuitton marking a three-peat for the Meisel-Jacobs coupling. The sultry Asian-infused ad features Rachel Zimmerman, Kristen McMenamy, and a foxy silver-haired Freja Beha Erichsen, who’s causing waves among twenty-somethings for her granny-chic ‘do.

Not since Meryl Streep in the Devils Wear Prada have we heard of such inspired casting. Sitting down? The legendary Miss Piggy will play a French Vogue editor in the upcoming film The Muppets. What’s not to love? It was reported last year that Miss Piggy’s character ends up becoming a Lady Gaga-esque character living in Europe. The film co-written and starring The Hangover’s Jason Segel opens on November 23rd

Designing duo and real-life besties Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs of Cushnie et Ochs reveal a few of their favorite things.

Chic welcomes Tony Award winner, Good Wife star and dear ami to the fashion world Alan Cumming to our panel of columnists. We’ve asked Alan to help you solve problems grande and petite in “Dear Alan.” Think “Dear Abby,” but not boring.

Of course Chloe Sevigny was the first to properly master Rodarte’s Fall 2011 collection. She wore the blue and white Ming print silk dress with pepulum detail to the Season 5 premiere of HBO’s Big Love in Los Angeles. No Kirkwood shoes? No problem. These coral lace-ups are especially sublime with the orangey, Lady Danger-esque lip. This girl really works it. We love! We want! We need!

When Chic asked designer Cynthia Rowley to be a contributor, she was inspired by Diana Vreeland’s famous Bazaar column, “Why Don’t You…”, in which the editrix offered offbeat and amusing suggestions to readers. One famous offering: “Why don’t you…wash your blond child’s hair in dead champagne as they do in France?”. Every week, Cynthia will sketch a different “unusual” invention that she’d produce “if only” she had the time.

Designer dogs revealed…

New Yorkers for Children has found a new presenting sponsor for its Eight Annual Spring Dinner Dance – New Year’s in April: A Fool’s Fête in Soigne K, the new Madison Avenue boutique that celebrates contemporary Indian designers who are not widely sold in the United States. The April event draws the organization’s younger patrons, and is frequently underwritten by a marquee fashion house such as Akris, Swarovski, and Emanuel Ungaro. The April 12 event at the Mandarin Oriental will be chaired by Allison Aston, Marisa Brown, Alina Cho, Nicole Esposito, Lydia Fenet, Rory Hermelee,and Susan Shin. Soigné Kothari, owner of Soigne K, Clare McKeon and Natalia Echavarria will serve as co-chairs. Advance tickets to the event, which start at TK, will go on sale next week at NYFC’s website.