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No one could ever accuse Betty White of being ordinary. Whether she delivered a quintessential Rose quip on Golden Girls or rapped with Sandra Bullock in The Proposal, the 99-year-old delighted in defying expectations, and we delighted in watching her. Perhaps that’s why the news of her passing on December 31 came as such a shock […]

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While it’s easy to slam David Beckham – and anything Becks related- as excessive, Stephano Gabbana (of Dolce & Gabbana) will argue that that excess actually revolutionized men’s fashion. “Here was a soccer player who is straight, with a wife and children, and men were saying: ‘If he wore it, I can wear it too.’ Before that it felt like men’s fashion was just for gay men or strange people – men were afraid to wear something special.” [Vogue UK]

Lanvin will open its first New York boutique by the end of this week. “It’s about time,” says creative director Alber Elbaz. Great, now take that same mentality and shift it to the other side of the border… [WWD]

Hearing about makeup artists’ brushes with celebrities—especially if they’re slightly salacious—is often the cherry on top of the conversation. Smashbox pro lead artist Lori Taylor’s stories weren’t dishy, but that didn’t make me love them any less when she was in town last week to preview the brand’s Fall 2010 launches. Given that the company’s roots are in Los Angeles—the line was created to meet the demands of shoots at a photo studio of the same name—Taylor runs into the Hollywood elite frequently. When she mentioned she had been doing touch-ups at the recent MTV Movie Awards, of course I had to press for names. None were too impressive, but the one that did make me squeal out loud was the mention of the last living Golden Girl, Betty White.