Chic Report

In random news of the denim-sphere…Last night, the Nate D. Sanders auction house in Los Angeles sold a pair of 501 Levi’s worn by Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain for a whopping $21,013. The weathered trous, sized 34 x 36 inches, came with a pair of faded yellow workman gloves with “Ennis” (Ledger’s character in the film) written in black marker on the inside. Coincidentally, the jeans sold exactly 140 years after Levi Strauss invented his iconic 501s.

Downtown doyenne Rachel Comey is hitting the East End with a new retail partnership, thanks to Montauk’s Surf Lodge. The designer is expected to open a shop-in-shop July 12-14 and July 19-21, housing RC swim, coverups, sandals, bags, and accessories. Plus, watch out for Rachel Comey x The Surf Lodge, the hospitality brand’s first in-house collection featuring casual, limited-edition tees and sweatshirts for men and women. The collab will be sold at The Surf Lodge as well as on RachelComey.com beginning Memorial Day Weekend.

Catch her if you Canne! Joan Smalls won over Hollywood heavyweights yesterday at the premiere of Cleopatra, walking alongside red carpet regulars like Adrien Brody, Jessica Chastain, Dita Von Teese, Milla Jovovich, and Rosario Dawson. The 24-year-old stunner posed for the paps in a white, plunging Emilio Pucci gown reminding us why she’s still the number one ranked model in the world. Werk.

Sneak attack! Comme des Garçons is teaming up with Converse for a third collab called PLAY, and we’ve got your first look. The new kicks feature an all-over heart motif atop a Pro Leather silhouette, a popular design that debuted in 1976 as a basketball shoe. The sportif styles for men and women will be available in three colorways–milk, black mid, and ox–and will be sold for $130 to $140 on Dover Street Market’s website and at Comme des Garçons NYC store starting on May 28 followed by a rollout in Paris and London on June 1 and Tokyo on June 21.

To borrow Gloria Steinem’s all-time favorite word, Glamour’s “These Girls” event made for a “fan-f*cking-tastic” night! An awe-inspiring team of today’s most talented and funny women gathered last night at Joe’s Pub to deliver a series of monologues that were balls-out honest, gut wrenchingly funny, and, at times, even tearfully emotional. This time (the last “These Girls” went down back in October) Dianna Agron, Alexa Chung, Zosia Mamet, Lucy Punch, Emma Roberts, and Amy Schumer got in monologue mode, and Steinem and Amy Pohler were the evening’s special guests.

Model Tyler Williams is wearing a new hat these days with the creation of Naomi and Lavender, an online shopping site that’s becoming the destination for the California girl. But let’s not let them have all the fun! We got Williams on the phone to get the skinny on the site and how being his Mom’s very own stylist helped spark this endeavor.

Carine Roitfeld’s ongoing “7 Looks” series of styling moments for CR Fashion Book takes on a Chanel bag in its latest installment, modeled by Xaio Wen and shot by Max von Gumppenberg and Patrick Bienert. It’s Coco’s classic quilting and chain straps as you’ve probably never seen ’em (avec sweatshirts, cornrows, and slung from body parts that usually don’t get handbag-ed up!). Here’s an exclusive peek at two more shots from the series…

There’s something so Herb Ritts about this shot of Cindy Crawford on the cover of the June issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain. Alas, it was Nagi Sakai who took the shot of the legendary mod in Hollywood. Cindy’s wearing a black and white dress by Elie Saab. Nice.

As we were looking for the top looks (or not so top) in Cannes right now, who knew one of our fave styles would come out of Greenwich, Connecticut? Jessica Alba wore this black Fendi number yesterday when she was honored at the Champion For Children Award Ceremony, and we’re digging it. It’s that leather belt that we’re bonkers for. That’s the sexiest Greenwich, Connecticut has been in a long time.

Rihanna has signed model Erin Wasson to come on board her upcoming reality show, Styled To Rock, for the Style Network. Wasson will join Pharrell Williams as a mentor to aspiring designers who get to dress RiRi for a high profile event. A few other perks are thrown in there, too. The show hasn’t started filming yet, but is set to air later this year.