Just because NYFW is over doesn’t mean the runway shows are done. The shows abroad have begun, and it seems London Fashion Week won’t disappoint.

Early favorites include Vivienne Westwood’s Red Label, Christopher Kane and Nathan Jenden. Dame Viv can do no wrong, Christopher Kane continuously makes things everyone wants to wear, and Nathan Jenden managed to make all black look fashion forward.

The Oscars happened. Slumdog Millionaire won big, but I didn’t like Freida Pinto’s granny lace dress. I wasn’t impressed by Kate Winslet’s gown either. Marisa Tomei wowed me, as did Anne Hathaway. Miley Cyrus wore her 16th birthday cake on the red carpet and complained that it weighed too much. Silly Miles, sprinkles are heavy.

British stylist Katie Grand’s highly anticipated publication LOVE has hit newsstands across the pond just in time for Fashion Week. The Gossip’s Beth Ditto graces the cover, and its clear the uber stylist’s latest effort will be a wild success.

Kanye West tried to compliment Dame Viv across the pond, but she doesn’t know who he is. Guess she doesn’t appreciate the way West and his mullet “push the boundaries.”

I’m loving Amber Marie Bentley’s ecologically sustainable jewels. They’re made of recycled gold and sustainably harvested gemstones, and they are G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. Ok, so they’re thousands of dollars – a girl can dream!

KFed wants to start a children’s clothing line. You know, because he has such impeccable style himself. Guess rapping didn’t work out.

I’ve been looking for the perfect overnight bag, and I think I may have found it in Canopy Verde’s green Cassia weekender! It’s made of organic cotton and uses chemical-free embroidery.

Stella McCartney has teamed up with Net-a-Porter for a capsule collection set to include trenches, dresses and skinny jeans. It ain’t cheap – items start at $185, but the eco-conscious designer’s pieces are the always the perfect blend of classic and trendy.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Elizabeth and James line is expanding into menswear. As Ashley so eloquently put it, “we always knew there would be a man, a James.”

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Ok, so we took it one step too far. She hasn’t actually agreed to do porn as of yet. Octo-mom/Angelina Jolie/Nadya Suleman has been offered a deal with Vivid Entertainment, maker of adult films. Seeing as girlfriend suffers from a serious lack of funds when it comes to raising her serious amount of bebes, we think there’s a chance she might not turn it down.

They’re offering her full medical and dental (dam) coverage for herself and her entire family – this sounds like an irresistible deal to us. We don’t even get dental! Vivid says she’ll get $1 million big ones if she signs as a ‘contract girl’. Here’s what we want to know: who in their right mind would want to see crazy Octo-mom in the nude?

While we doubt Octo-mom would use contraception in her movies (since she wants as many babies as she can possibly create), we’d like to remind her that there is such a thing as a biodegradable condom. While these eco-friendly (non)rubbers don’t protect against STD’s, they’re a great option for doing the dirty with people you know are clean.

Sarah

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Happy National Eating Disorders Week! We’re all fasting, right? Don’t forget that binging and purging is also acceptable. So what ‘green’ things have I done since last Thursday? Well, I bought a new wastebasket for my bedroom made of 100% recycled plastic. It helps ease the pain of knowing that what goes in said wastebasket will likely end up on a barge bound for a landfill on Staten Island.

Looks like the Obama’s want to adopt a Portuguese Water Dog. Michelle Obama gave People Magazine the big scoop this week. The dog will arrive in April after the family returns from vacation. The exact dog hasn’t been chosen, but that hasn’t stopped Malia and Sasha from naming it. So far, Michelle has had to put the kibosh on “Moose” and “Frank.”

Gossip Girl has been on hiatus for a few weeks and Lindsay Lohan is suffering from Nate Archibald withdrawal. Samantha Ronson’s bi-curious buddy has been coping with her delirium tremens by stalking Chace Crawford to the tune of 50 text messages a day. LiLo’s just angling for a guest spot on GG. After all, the roles aren’t coming in like they used to and being a roadie for a dj must be tiresome. I mean, how many tie-dyed kerchiefs can one affix to SamRon’s ipod before feeling burned out?

Let’s talk about my dreams. I’m referring to the semi-interactive movies that go on in my head when I sleep. I had a disappointing one last night about growing my own vegetables. I was overcome by the locavore creed that food doesn’t get more local than your backyard garden. I was completely immersed in the local food movement and then I woke up and realized I had neither a green thumb or a plot of land from which to reap the fruits of the Earth. Beats the recurring dream I usually have where a bunch of kids roll up on me and are all: “Yo Bacon Bits, we saw you shakin’ your thang-thang out at the disco last week.” And I’m all: “Crip walk son! Real gangstas don’t dance!”

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Reports are surfacing that Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have called off their engagement. As is usually the case when one star is rising while the other has, well, fallen, it is difficult to keep a celebrity relationship alive. The BH 90210 star and the Transformers hottie have been together for 5 years and even have matching tattoos. Reportedly, the break-up was amicable and they remain friends. Hear that? Its men around the world rejoicing. Maybe an eco-friendly pet name, like Sir Save-a-lot or Captain Planet, could have saved their relationship, guess we’ll never know.

Christine

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Home, home on the range. Where the deer and the antelope play…ok, so ye olde country tune doesn’t exactly describe the streets of New York. But apparently, former hillbilly Justin Timberlake doesn’t care for deer, or antelope, because rumor has it he’s looking to put down roots with his long term GF Jessica Biel here in NYC. Wonder if it has anything to do with the success of his William Rast line at Fashion Week, or the fact that Anna Wintour sought him out to talk Vogue covers with Katy Perry.

Perhaps it’s because he just can’t resist eating at his uptown BBQ joint Southern Hospitality on the regular. If JT moves here, we’ll totally schlep uptown for some chicken wings. We’ve done our share of apartment hunting, and we’d like to impart a bit of wisdom on JT and Jess: CLEAN. The cleaner the place is, the less likely you are to be bombarded by animals that aren’t as pretty as antelopes. We’d recommend the new earth-friendly cleaning line from The Container Store. Made out of recycled soda bottles, these green buckets, mops and brooms are a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint. Happy house hunting!

Sarah

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Happy Wednesday comrades! I write this week’s political update from my couch as I watch reality TV’s response to Masterpiece Theater, The City, which my DVR was nice enough to record. But let’s not get into that, there are more important issues at hand. Like Barack’s first speech to Congress. Not too shabby. Pelosi on the other hand was like an overzealous pageant mom.

This week, the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and regulatory agenices revealed that if banks don’t pass their stress tests that began Tuesday, the government will demand a stake in failing banks. Example: the US government could buy 25 – 40% of Citigroup’s common stock. Looks like hairbrained Republican fearmongers may actually have been onto something.

Hola Fidel! Republican senator Richard Luger made a strong argument for loosening the Cuban embargo and the new spending bill revealed today supports him.

During her visit to Asia this week Hillary Clinton and Chinese officials agreed to make environmental issues a strategic dialogue in their relationship. Unfortunately, the progress was dampened by controversy over Clinton’s failure to properly address human rights violations in China and her quote about Chinese leaders, "we pretty much know what they’re going to say." In response to angered human rights activists, she defended herself saying, "I think that to worry about something which is so self-evident is an impediment to clear thinking. And I don’t think it should be viewed as particularly extraordinary that someone in my position would say what’s obvious." Fair.

Apparently, Bernie Madoff is deathly afraid of curves. Go figure.

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Matthew McConaughey’s bare chest has resurfaced in Rio de Janeiro. Matt and his baby mama, Camila, are in her home country to celebrate Carnival. The annual festival is kind of like Rio’s version of Mardi Gras, one last (huge) party before Lent begins. Other celebs, including Gisele Bundchen and Kevin Spacey, were also in town celebrating over the weekend. Maybe their Oscar invites got lost in the mail? Even as the good times rolled, MM still found time to get in a good (green) workout. Matthew was spotted running on the beach, stretching on a public bench, and using equipment at a local playground to do a few impromptu pull ups. As Matt proves to us over and over again, there is no better workout than the old school outdoorsy kind.

Christine

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Two days after Hugh Jackman proclaimed that musicals are back (see Oscars video above), it’s announced that Spider-Man The Musical will hit Broadway next year. The show will feature music from The Edge and Bono (apparently, not with U2 on this project), and it will be directed by Julie Taymor who helmed Broadway’s version of The Lion King as well as the musical-film Across the Universe. So far, no word on whether Batman will be opening a competing show on the greener White Way.

LD

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This week, I attempt to make a family dinner from scratch. Verdict? Maybe Yan Can and Me Can’t. That’s alright. I have other redeeming qualities, such as…my feminine wiles. (There’s other stuff too, but I don’t like to brag.) Good thing I’m not in a hurry to trap a man into fifties suburban bliss. Although, I admit I can’t wait to have my very own old school husband spank my face with TLC, Chris Brown. Nothing like some fresh ice to make the swelling go away; I take all my relationship advice from Rihanna.

In any case, I’m contemplating the (sparse) choices in the fridge. I entertain a few possible combinations: I could dice the carrots and apples and orange peels, mix in Kraft mayo and pretend that it’s fruit salad. Toss in some turkey and it’s fruit salad a la questionable lunch-meat. Or, I could melt cheddar cheese on a Tortilla wrap and pretend it’s an authentic quesadilla—I have only years of Taco Bell, Chipotle, and McD’s confusing Snack Wraps to thank for my comprehensive and perfectly unracist understanding of Mexican food and culture. In the meantime, my badass green self will most certainly not stand in front of an open, power-leeching fridge for more than thirty-five minutes – no sir! I promptly paw a few loose items (celery, Kraft cheese, an ounce of Mary Jane) and whomp the door shut with the practiced finesse of an environmentalist doing her part to cut face-time with fridge lights.

Speaking of delicious food properties, California may legalize marijuana for recreational uses so as to collect taxes. In the meantime, the stuff in my brownies is for, um, my pelvic bone, which I threw out when I, uh, was saving the children of Mumbai by watching Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire. Other totally unexpected, left-fielding/nut-kicking Oscar moments include Heath Ledger’s family making me cry and Kate Winslet winning. Figures, of course, that this is the first year (in my life, it would seem) that I haven’t watched a single Winslet feature. I do hear she plays a great Harvey Milk.

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Fashion Week came to a close Friday, but I spent the entirety of this weekend trying to regain my sanity and gather my composure in order to bring you the last of our coverage. Hopefully, you followed my Twitter right up ‘til the last minute, and were right there with me as I sat front row across from the devil herself.

Thursday morning we headed back to The Eyebeam, a super cool venue, to watch Unrath & Strano unveil the longest collection we’ve seen. Most of the clothes, though well tailored, were unimpressive. Then, at the very end, the designers pulled a triple whammy and sent out three INSANE dresses.

We then rushed over to the star-studded Rebecca Taylor show, which sent gorgeous fabrics in bright colors and muted pastels down the runway. Taylor also featured leopard prints I could buy at Forever21. I noted this as “puzzling” on my Twitter. I still feel this way.

Afterwards, we interviewed What Not to Wear’s Stacy London! She told us she’d flown in from vacation just for Rebecca’s show. They were old friends. When we asked her about green fashion, Stacy told us to watch out for John Patrick Organic. She also told us she’s an avid recycler. We love her!

Next, we sat front row at Ports 1961, across from Anna Wintour, with a great view of the live band! Ports tied with Nanette Lepore as my favorite collection, and I was majorly coveting the models’ flat shoes and long hippie braids.

Post Ports, we headed back to The Eyebeam to catch Kai Kuhne. My cohorts were unimpressed, and I wasn’t feeling the Golden Girls-esque wigs, but there was one jacket I fell in love with. Kuhne is known for impeccable tailoring and for the most part, the designer didn’t disappoint. However, the clothes were just a bit boring.

Friday brought a later start and a show that helped us close out Fashion Week with a bang. Tadashi Shoji sent an array of beautiful dresses and gorgeous separates down the runway. Arlenis opened, Behati Prinsloo (one of my fave models!) closed. Ladies and gentlemen, that’s a wrap! See you in September!

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