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Britney Spears Fan Karl Lagerfeld Stuns Meg Ryan at Awards Show

4:23AM Kyle Buchanan | Here at Defamer HQ, we’d agreed that no recent video packed so many delightful moments into so short a time as Stephen Colbert’s rendition of “Peace, Love, and Understanding (f. Feist, Toby Keith, and a bear),” and then, a challenger emerged! Sure, there was lots of talk this morning about yesterday’s Britney Spears performance at the German ceremony known as the Bambi Awards, but precious little of that discussion centred on Spears accepting her award from eccentric designer Karl Lagerfeld. We’re at a loss to pick our favourite moment: is it Lagerfeld telling Britney, “[You are] coming back not only as a phoenix, but as a bird of paradise”? Is it Britney’s “Y’all, double-u-tee-eff?” reaction? Or is it the random cutaway to a totally confused Meg Ryan? You be the judge — the clip is after the jump: More »

Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Fashionably Wasted (Or Waisted?)

11:20AM Clem Bastow | Dear old Karl Lagerfeld might want to start eating something other than two lettuce leaves and a glass of air for his daily meals, since the lack of food seems to be driving him mental: he reckons Winegums is his new fashion icon. Now, about three months ago, we would’ve actually agreed with him. She looked especially good in that fluoro green/yellow mini-dress with the red heels and bag, wherever she wore that. Now though? Unless his diffusion line is going to be inspired by Michelle and Ferret, we’re inclined to move him down a few notches on the “fashion genius” scales. At Lagerfeld’s London show last week, ladies with beehives in every shape and height strutted down the catwalk in Amy-style clothing. Karl said of the singer: “She is a beautiful, gifted artist. And I very much like her hairdo. I took it as an inspiration. Because, in fact, it was also Brigitte Bardot’s hairdo in the late Fifties and Sixties. And now Amy has made it her own style. “So, when I saw her, I knew it was the right moment. Amy … she is the new Brigitte.” He then introduced his new chief of staff, who was in actual fact a standard lamp with a packet of Minties taped to the shade, and insisted that the gathered press address the lamp as “Coco”, before getting into a fridge box with the lamp and saying “Brrm, brrm – the press conference is over, ladies and gentlemen! My assistant and I are now going to drive to China to source fabrics for the new collection.” More »