Neglect to Spritz at Your Own Peril

Since I can remember, I've always worn perfume.  I don't have a signature scent, but choose to rotate through a few favorites.  The important thing is not to forget SOME type of fragrance in the morning.  It's not because of BO or men or vanity (though I'm plenty vain), but rather because of superstition.  Imagine how surprised I was when I was transcribing an interview with Aaron de Mey and he spoke about his mother having the same belief.  After all, Chanel once said, "A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future."

But it wasn't until today, when I read the interview with Lagerfeld in the UK Times that I decided maybe us crazies know what we're talking about.

Lagerfeld says as only he can, "I have no problem with journalists— many are friends.  Only if they are really stupid, or if they've got bad breath, or if they smell.  Yesterday I had a problem.  I said, 'I'm sorry, you've got to tell this woman that she needs to be taken away.  Her smell is not possible.'"

So help me God, I will never be that woman.

Roitfeld/Wintour '08

It's no secret that the fashion industry loveloveloves Obama.  Wintour, Calvin Klein and others hosted a fundraiser for him a few months back, which will be followed by another this NY Fashion Week. But now the campaign is pulling a Project Runway and has coordinated about 20 designers, including Isaac Mizrahi, Tracy Reese, Derek Lam and DVF to design official merchandise for the chic senator's campaign.  Rumor has it that Reese originally submitted a $400 silk dress that was shot down because of price (the pieces will be under $200).  I plan on buying the top she ended up creating— though I would have loved to have seen Michelle in the official Obama frock.

Twins

Since I can't have Karl Lagerfeld for my daily amusement, I figure his limited edition teddy bear, which will be sold next month at Neiman Marcus for $1,500, is the next best thing.