Roberto Cavalli has had a rocky start to 2009 with his Just Cavalli show being pulled from Milan Fashion Week. However, it's great to see him with a smile on his face again as he opened a new boutique in Paris with a little help from his celebrity friends. Milla Jovovich, who has been a front row fixture, partied in a white Spring '09 Cavalli dress and killer heels. Diane Kruger also wore Cavalli in a chain-mail Autumn '09 dress with a fur bolero. Other attendees included Adriana Lima, Jade Jagger, Kanye West and Peaches Geldof and Cory Kennedy who have been watching shows together all weekend.

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This is already one of the most talked about exhibitions of 2009 so I couldn't wait to get down to The V&A to check it out. It opened at the end of London Fashion Week with a big party (with lots of hats!) and runs until the end of May.

Stephen Jones is one of the most celebrated milliners of the modern age and has designed headwear for many of the major fashion houses including John Galliano, Giles Deacon, Gareth Pugh and Comme des Garcons. Instead of just celebrating his own creations, this anthology looks back at hats throughout history until the modern day. Here you will find a vast range of headpieces from the Ancient Egyptian styles to Sarah Jessica Parker's Philip Treacy creation.

The exhibition explains every element of hat making from the actual process, to inspiration, to the salon, to the client, with many historical references along the way.

As well as including some of the most famous milliners of the 20th century like Elsa Schiaparelli and her shoe hat, it also includes some upcoming names such as J. Smith Esquire and Piers Atkinson.

This is definitely worth seeing and I would recommend booking tickets as it is very popular. Also, be sure to check out the gift shop afterwards for many Jones-esque treats! If you've already seen the exhibit, what did you think?

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Aside from a brief stint with H&M, it seems surprising that Madonna is yet to add a clothing line to her CV. Her style has defined decades and her penchant for revealing items has become synonymous with her music videos.

This morning it has been suggested that the Queen of pop is likely to collaborate with Christian Audigier on a fashion line. Audigier has previously been linked with the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, as rumours circled about a collaboration.

Madonna and Audigier are expected to hold a big press conference in the next few weeks to confirm the plans but for now everything is being kept under-wraps. The Mirror implied that she would work with Audigier's Ed Hardy line but he has dismissed that, “It’s a completely new project. It’s a new brand. Actually, it’s more than a brand.”

Although nobody will yet confirm the collaboration Audigier told WWD, “I’m preparing a huge deal." The mind boggles as to what the line would include. She is a fan of Ed Hardy baseball caps (she is pictured this weekend sporting one) and is rarely seen on stage without fishnets!

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