Lauren Hutton (Nov. 17, 1943) That signature gap has been captivating audiences for four decades. both on and off the runway. Hutton easily transitioned from model to actress with roles in American Gigolo and The Gambler, but never forgot where her roots lay. Lest we forget, our senior citizens can still turn it.

Photo: Life

Color Palette: Chartreuse, coral and shades of white

Mood: Lauren Hutton visiting an aquarium wherein she finds a disco club

Statement Pieces: A belted tuxedo wrap blouse, drawstring palazzo  pants and of course the requisite statement gowns

Front Row: The mob scene before the show was further amplified by the presence of PJ Runway host/German giant Heidi Klum

Gossip: It was basically impossible to hear your own thoughts let alone the inevitable  snippets of bitchery

Music: A melange of techno dance music

Halston with his girls — Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli and Michael Jackson

Ford relates this particularly hilarious anecdote while discussing his new beauty collection that includes a line of color cosmetics and skin care. “I’ve cared about cosmetics and makeup since I was a kid,” says Ford, referring to an adolescence obsessed with the glamorous guests on The Merv Griffin Show, such as Hollywood modeling agent Nina Blanchard, and Vidal and Beverly Sassoon. So powerful was this fixation that Ford still identifies strongly with the 70s. His ultra-colorful cosmetic collection recalls the heyday of Studio 54 and its coterie of glamour goddesses, like Jerry Hall, Lauren Hutton and Bianca Jagger.

And while his cucumber experiment might have gone awry, Ford has not forsaken his beauty regimen. He uses his own skin care products such as the Traceless Foundation Stick for the corners of his eyes and nose, and he sometimes sleeps in the oil-based serum, Intensive Infusion Concentrate Extreme.

I’m assuming the effect is similar to this:

[WWD]

“‘One picture is worth ten thousand words’* and these carefully selected images are set to inspire anybody fascinated by either fashion, foibles, or simply the photographs themselves,” Elizabeth Walker says in the book’s introduction. “It is all about stylish contrasts, strange situations and rarely glimpsed pictures; all set to get the mind buzzing and the creative juices flowing.”

*Frederick R. Barnard 1927 Printer’s Ink

It’s difficult to put this amazing book into words when the story in-between the covers are told through photographs. And so, here are some of the coolest images that will surely inspire your wardrobe this week.

Rolling Stones Brian Jones sports a striped suit in 1967.

Lauren Hutton rocks a menswear-inspired look at Studio 54 in 1978.

Kate Moss wears a white fox wrap at Mario Testino’s London exhibition in 2002.

Diana Ross wearing a graphic black and white jumpsuit in 1983.

Joan Collins looking gorgeous in high-waisted jeans in 1955.

And there is more where that came from. Walker explores 13 trends that have been relevant since the 19th century until modern times.

What owning this book says about you: I love fashion history and the evolution of trends throughout the years. I’m a classic girl always looking for ways to update a definitive dressing movement.

What your dinner guests will say upon seeing this book on your coffee table: This book goes so well with the vintage clothes in your closet. I love Oscar Wilde in that fur coat!

How this book will make your fashion brain grow: By learning where trends came from and how they’ve evolved throughout the years, you’ll find new ways to recycle your classic pieces. True style comes through knowing the art and adaptation of fashion through time.

If you like this, you’ll love: American Fashion, Special Edition by Charlie Sheips

- André Leon Talley ranks Beyoncé in Emilio Pucci as his best dressed from the Met Gala last night, though he modestly put himself at the lowly position at #12 when in reality he was the only lady to really turn it out on that carpet. [Vogue]

- Livia Firth, wife of this year’s Best Actor Oscar winner Colin Firth, had a meeting in the ladies room at the Met Ball with Stella McCartney, Lauren Hutton, Yoko Ono, Salma Hayek, Rihanna and Hilary Alexander and was gracious enough to tweet pics of it. [Refinery29]

- Mert & Marcus by Mert & Marcus. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

- John Galliano fired his lawyer, Stephane Zerbib over “apparent irregularities in respect of his firms administration of Galliano’s financial affairs over a number of years.” Sounds like someone had their hand in the couture cookie jar. [Vogue UK]

- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, also known to commoners as Kate Middleton, wore White Gardenia Petals by Illuminum on her special day, thus ensuring that White Gardenia Petals by Illumnum will sell-out in a matter of minutes. [Grazia]

Lauren Hutton (Nov. 17, 1943) That signature gap has been captivating audiences for four decades. both on and off the runway. Hutton easily transitioned from model to actress with roles in American Gigolo and The Gambler, but never forgot where her roots lay. Lest we forget, our senior citizens can still turn it.

Photo: Life

Grace Jones (May 19, 1948) Part supermodel, part mental patient, part disco/New Wave/dancehall queen, Grace Jones is an enigma, wrapped in a question, wrapped in a kimono. Her distinctive style and personality are a constant source of inspiration, from musicians like Rihanna and Lady Gaga to magazine editorials, who find her a favorite subject in particular. And is it any wonder? That type of crazy comes along but once in an androgynous moon.

Beverly Johnson (Oct. 13, 1952) Bev Johnson’s name will go down in history as the first black woman on the cover of U.S. Vogue. The 1974 cover was groundbreaking as Vogue has and continues to be and probably will always be the definitive fashion bible. Johnson’s entree into the big leagues was a watershed moment for models of all diversities. Bev was only 22, so when you peak that early I guess the only way you can go is Def Jam’s How to Be a Player.

Photo: Racked

Janice Dickinson (Feb. 15, 1955) Our second Top Model judge (but first, in terms of service rendered), Janice Dickinson is all but unrecognizable today after the full facial transplant she’s had done over the years. But at her peak in the 70s, she was darkly exotic and really the definition of drop-dead gorgeous — looking at her older pictures I literally want to kill myself. In 1979, she claimed she coined the term “supermodel” (though the credit is often given to Andy Warhol a decade earlier) when her manager told her that she shouldn’t work so hard because she wasn’t Superman. Janice’s response: ”I am not Superman. I am a supermodel.” And then she threw a drink in his face and preceded to make out with him. Classic Dickinson.

Iman (July 25, 1955) With her long, graceful neck and statuesque beauty, Iman looks like she was actually plucked out of a Somalian village and thrown on a runway, but in reality she was discovered by photog Peter Beard while she was studying political science in Nairobi. Upon coming to New York in 1975, however, she happily played along with the myth that Beard had discovered her as “a teen tribeswoman tending 500 cattle and sheep in a Kenyan game preserve.” What followed is one of the greatest careers in modern fashion history: a muse for Yves Saint Laurent, Issey Miyake and Calvin Klein, an entrepreneur and the one woman (or man) to tame David Bowie.

Photo: Styliiista

Jerry Hall (July 2, 1956) After dropping some acid at a party, Jerry Hall was convinced she could make it as a model. Hailing from Texas, she was the All-American girl of the 70s, who just happened to do some very naughty things with some notable Europeans; chief among them Mick Jagger, from whose superstar loins was spawned their pillow-lipped progeny, supermodel-on-the-rise, Georgia May Jagger. It’s clear that in this case, she definitely gets it from her mama.

Lauren Hutton is one of fashion’s greatest icons, and she looks absolutely stunning in this photo from the February issue. I can’t wait to read the entire article, but here are some highlights:

On modeling: “I became a model to see the world, to make enough money to travel and experience other cultures,” she says. “I knew I had to get to New York to get to Africa.”

On starring in Tom Ford’s ultra exclusive fashion show: “He said, ‘I’m going back to fashion.’ I said, ‘Oh no, why? I like your work, but I love your movies!’ But, anything for Tom, and he knows that.”

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen asked her to pose for their lookbook in 2008: “I think I was 64 at the time and they were 22,” she says. “I thought that was fantastically hip. I did it, and they paid me in clothes, which is great.”

LINK LOVE: Harper’s Bazaar

The clothes are classic Tom Ford: a glittery mix of sophisticated sex appeal and high-voltage glamor. But who can look at the clothes when the women modeling them are just as stunning?

Julianne Moore, Natalia Vodianova, Carolyn Murphy, Lauren Hutton, Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Daphne Guinness, Rinko Kikuchi, Lakshmi Menon, Daria Werbowy, Rita Wilson, Stella Tennant, Lou Doillon, Amber Valletta, Liya Kebede, Du Juan, Anja Rubik, Abby Lee Kershaw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Joan Smalls, Liu Wen, Freja Beha Erichsen, Julia Reston-Roitfeld, Jac Jagaciak, and the Queen of World, Beyoncé all stomped and vamped their way down the runway, flanked by the Anna Wintours of the world to the tune of fellow hoofer Karen Elson‘s “Pretty Babies.”

Needless to say, it requires multiple viewings.

Anabela Belikova, Erin Wasson, Jacques Naude, Lauren Hutton, Julia Stegner, Mark Vanderloo, Ryan Heavyside, Daria Werbowy, Sasha Pivovarova and Lara Stone all star in the Summer 2010 H&M campaign shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Video after the jump…

LINK LOVE: Design Scene

To celebrate “Two Decades of Glamour” Badgley Mischka has recruited some of their Hollywood favorites.

Eva Longoria, Carrie Underwood, Brooke Shields, Lauren Hutton and Anjelica Huston will appear alongside the designers in an ad campiagn for Badgley Mischka’s 20th anniversary.

The ad campaign, by Annie Leibovitz, will debut in April magazines.

Lauren Hutton interviewed Lindsay “nothing to promote except myself” Lohan for the February 2009 issue of Interview.

Again, she doesn’t say anything particularly revealing or interesting. But uou have to admit, the camera loves her. And vice versa.

Photography by Mert and Marcus.

Article and photos on Interview.

“….What hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don’t get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to last forever.”

Interviewed by Lauren Hutton for Interview Mag

Lauren Hutton is the new face of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s new clothing line. She will be the star in the ad campaigns and walk in runway shows. (It’s unclear which Olsen-designed line she’ll work for — the Row or Elizabeth & James.)

Mary-Kate told ContactMusic they don’t care that Hutton’s 64: “She’s just a wise woman and she’s a traveler and she’s obviously a style icon.” Ashley said, “She’s older and she’s beautiful, and that is sexy to us.”

Thanks NY Mag

This party is so hip they had it in a hotel that hasn’t even finished construction, how avant!

Lily Donaldson and Julia Stegner

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Lauren Hutton

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