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One of the first things that struck me about the Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco is the chatter. On my recent visit, the chatter came not from the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, but from the mannequins.

(The L.A. Times calls this a “delicate diamond bracelet,” but I think it looks more like Carrie Bradshaw meets Jacob the Jeweler.)

Are You King of the World? And do you have at least $189 million and fancy yourself a steward of history? You’re in luck!

On April 11, more than 5,000 items and artifacts recovered from the Titanic will be auctioned off by Guernsey's Auction House in New York.

Scarlett O'Hara's iconic green dress made from a pair of curtains in "Gone With the Wind." (Photo courtesy of gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com)

Now more than ever, Hollywood stars are setting fashion standards across the globe with what they wear off-screen, when not long ago they were better known for the elaborate costumes they wore onscreen.

Listening to NPR this morning I caught a story about a pair of sisters--Claribel and Etta Cone--who recently donated their vast collection of turn-of-the-20th-century art to the Baltimore Museum of Art. It wasn't until the interview turned to the subject of how the Cone sisters could afford to buy such treasures, that I made the connection to the sisters' surname. Cone sisters=Cone Mills, the denim giant in Greensboro, N.C. Ah-ha! 

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is opening a new exhibit this weekend that's sure to provide plenty of creative inspiration for costume designers who pride themselves on cutting-edge originality.

During my recent trip to New York to cover the men’s trade shows, I got a chance to check out the Japan Fashion Now exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Museum at FIT. I loved it so much, I told a friend when she went to New York. And now—since the exhibition has been extended until April—I’m telling you. GO.

An embroidered hemp jacket by the Miao Tribe

The Craft and Folk Art Museum, located at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, has launched an online shop at The Egg and The Eye. The shop sells a curated selection of clothing, jewelry and accessories by artists, designers and artisanal communities from around the world.

Black Swan's Natalie Portman and Laura Mulleavy on set

Mark your calendars, kids! The Mulleavy sisters will be presenting their first solo West Coast exhibit come March. Rodarte:State of Matters will show from March 4 through June 5 at the Museum of Contemporary Art at the MOCA Pacific Design Center.

There’s still time to find new inspiration in old Europe.

While everyone was shopping over the holiday weekend, I dropped by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see—for the second time—the “Fashioning Fashion” exhibit at the new Resnick Pavilion.

Lady Gaga wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood and Perez Hilton

I don't know whose outfit was more amazing for the reveal of the new Lady Gaga wax replica in Madame Tussauds in Hollywood.

While Lady Gaga's attire was skimpier, Perez Hilton's was more fuzzy and pinker.