Cindy and Laura: Just a Couple of Farmers' Wives at the RNC

Here are wife-mothers Laura Bush and Cindy McCain on stage Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention. Staff at Vanity Fair priced out what a couple of ladies who allegedly represent real working-class America might wear to such an event.

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

The Best Bits From Last Night's Project Runway (spoiler alert)

• Diane von Furstenburg's entrance, gliding down that white staircase!

• Kenley crying every five minutes at the enormity of designing for DVF (pictured)

• Kenley fighting like a cornered cat against Heidi Klum to defend her simple dress, and then Heidi's pissed-off grimace when DVF said she liked it (pictured)

• Stella getting auf'ed. ABOUT TIME

• Nina's back next week!

– Steven Corfe

CHANGE Your Shirt and HOPE for the Best

Costume designer Patricia Field wants you to wear her Obama T-shirts, available at her Bowery boutique or on her website. If her designs were good enough for Sex and the City, they're good enough for the country.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Isn't Fiction?

Remember when Mary-Kate lost her pants two days ago? Now, as unlikely as it seems, Blake Lively lost hers outside the Letterman studio yesterday. Guess it's not their turn to wear them. (Lively photo: Splash via Hwd Tuna)

Jay Bakker: Heeling Soles

In this ad for Kenneth Cole shoes, featuring Revolution Church pastor Jay Bakker, you don't see the shoes. You have to have faith that they exist.

Hope and Hair Plugs

The fact that Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden for his running mate has caused several Democratic strategists to worry that the old allegations of plagiarism against Biden might come back to haunt them. But as for now, it's not plagiarism they have to worry about. Rather, plugs are the problem. You see, Joe Biden is bald but, unlike many, he decided to do something about it. And if elected, Joe Biden will have the dubious distinction of becoming America's first vice president to wear hair plugs. But seeing as how our founding fathers were known to sport more than a few fancy wigs in their time, I don't see this as a deep-rooted problem for Biden. And besides, there are already campaign T-shirts available!

– AGNW

Sweater Queen: The Grandmother Lode (When It Rains It Pours)

Former WOW office manager Jeff Onassis writes: "For the past month I have been living with Grandma in Laguna Beach. The bedroom and bathroom I stay in are both filled cupboard-to-cupboard with books, dishes, unrecognizable antiques, and other old-people paraphernalia. It wasn't until today that I decided to dig in deeper to the other side of the closet that's blocked by a broken door – and to my delight, flound a fucking GOLDMINE of old ugly granny sweaters. Club Kid heaven! I have outfits ready for the rest of the summer now and have thrown together a little catalog modeling my new wears."

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Clothes Whores

Kristin Rasmussen sent us this photo she snapped of Marco, the contestants' stylist on the set of RuPaul's Drag Race. He's wearing a T-shirt the two of them altered to suit the workplace.

There She Is, Miss Community College

As-it-happens footage of the 1990 Miss Catawba Valley Community College pageant in Hickory, North Carolina. The excitement, the fashion, the hair. Does it look like the cameraman knows who's going to be crowned before the envelope is opened?

Clothes Whores

We've pegged production manager Jen Walter and her poodle Agnes for clothes whores again because a) they always look so darn cute and b) Jen's moving to New York and today's her last day at WOW. We wiped away our tears with the napkin that came with the cake at the goodbye party. (Photo by Thairin Smothers)

Julie Noted

Why isn't there a blog dedicated to JULIE CHEN fashions? Seriously, did you see her gold skirt last night? The woman is a FREAK! I LOVE IT!!!! I've searched high and low for the comprehensive Chen Fashion Blog and so far all I can find are:

HAIR - GLITTER - GENERAL CHATTER

– Randy Barbato

Doin' It Hommes Style

Lorenzo Martone. Marc Jacobs. Married. In France. Not legally binding. (Page Six; photo: BauerGriffin)

Sienna Miller: A Merkin Wasn't Workin'

A Hippie Hippie Shake post-production crew had to fluff up Sienna Miller's muff to make it suit a film set in '60s London. "Sienna was an absolute star throughout filming and her performance was flawless," an insider told the Mirror. "Unfortunately, Brazilians weren't common in the '60s and Sienna's part involved one or two nude scenes – meaning that her grooming habits were on full display." Wardrobe tried covering Miller's minge with a merkin but it looked...like a wig – and a weave might have been too labor-intensive. So it was CGI to the rescue. "Sienna's private parts were digitally enhanced," said the insider, "giving her a rather unruly, loud-and-proud bush." (Female First; photo via Egotastic!)

Crimes of Fashion: What They Were Wearing at the Arrest

What are the odds? (Mug shots via The Smoking Gun)

Karl Lagerfeld: Trés Sheik

Designer Karl Lagerfeld has signed a deal with Dubai Infinity Holdings to design limited edition homes on Isla Moda, the world's first dedicated fashion island, located on Dubai's The World project. Lagerfeld will design 80 stunning haute couture houses with lots of closet space expected, and the island will also feature a 250-room fashion hotel and a variety of luxury residential villas. (Luxist)

Talley Ho!

The story conjures up images not safe for the squeamish, but bears telling. The bulky six-foot-eight behemoth Andre Leon Talley, Vogue's editor-at-large (with the emphasis on "large"), was spotted shopping for XXL Calvin Klein thong underwear at Macy's recently. Urp! But the clerk, perhaps visualizing the product on the customer and realizing nobody wants to see that, denied Talley's request to open a store credit-card account. "It was a big fiasco," a source told Page Six. Talley, short on cash, left and returned later to pick up his banana hammocks.

Who Wore It Better?

Of course, for the paparazzi following Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy along the beach yesterday, it was only a matter of time before Carrey, under the guise of showing them how annoyed he was, would change into his wife's swimsuit. (Pix and vid at Pacific Coast News)

Quote Unquote

"I thought Sex and the City was supposed to be about cutting-edge fashion and there was nothing remotely memorable or interesting about what I saw. I went to the premiere and left after 10 minutes." – legendary London designer Vivienne Westwood, dissing the dresses in SATC, even though she designed the wedding gown for the film. (heatworld)

Rodrigo Rothen Wears the Emperor's New Speedo on the Runway

When Naomi Campbell is a no-show to walk the runway for your swimsuit collection, who ya gonna call? Apparently, only a male model will do. So stunning Brazilian Rodrigo Rothen filled in for the temperamental Brit at the Rosa Cha swimsuit show in Sao Paolo the other night. A witness reported to Page Six that he "strolled out in a Speedo and then stripped down naked under a shower on the catwalk," leaving the socialites in the audience requiring smelling salts. Fortunately, there's video to back up the story.

Seriously, How Cool Would This Be?

Possible or not, "I'm totally next."

The Butler Did It

After hobnobbing at the Versace summer fashion show during Milan Fashion Week on Saturday with the likes of Jermaine Dupri, Janet Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Tom Ford, Rupert Everett, Anna Wintour, Jay Fielden, and Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra, 300 meat pie Gerard Butler was seen the next day seated next to Wintour in the front row at the Dolce & Gabbana show, wearing a tie he probably had planned to accessorize with the suit he wore the day before until one of his people advised him against it. (via Just Jared; photo: WireImage)

Of Interest

What are the odds? Deejay and Pam editor Drew Forni and Pam story editor Jon Reiner both came to work today in DJ One Shot tees and camo shorts. And this is not the first time something like this has happened. (Photos by Steve Sims)

PETA PETA Olsen Eater

A picture of the new PETA advertising campaign unveiled this lunchtime on the Olsen Twins' Walk of Fame star on Hollywood Boulevard, and three varied responses to the accompanying story that PETA is encouraging young people to send locks of their hair to the twins for their birthday along with a note that reads "Please, use my hair instead of the animals'. Happy Birthday." Which of the commenters below do you side with? Discuss.

These big eyed animal killers are nothing but Wal-Mart trash!
Imagine the warm nest their hair could make for a baby rodent.
Karma is a powerful force and maybe one day soon karma will allow animals to wear the Olson twins ugly hair.
How anyone can kill an animal and feel sexy in the dead animals body amazes me.
Sick world we live in!
Posted by: boo boo | June 13, 2008 at 06:36 AM

PETA to me is on the same nasty list as the people who target abortion doctors and threaten their families.
PETA worships in the power of hate. They will never get my support, ever, even though I'm not even a fan of fur and it even makes me look fat.
You have to take a stand against bullies who rule by hate or democracy will disappear.
Posted by: Patricia | June 13, 2008 at 11:30 AM

I LOVE fur. I LOVE the way it feels. I LOVE the way it looks on me and the glamor, and I LOVE the way it makes you so upset. Last year I was wearing a chinchilla when one of you vandalized it with ink. That was OK with me because it was insured for more than it was worth. When I got a new one with the money, I got one that was a little longer (poor little critters).
Posted by: Sara | June 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM

– Steven Corfe

Kate Moss at a Loss for Hair

Supermodel (still?) Kate Moss was in Berlin touting her new fragance Velvet Hour (huh?) and they say she looked lovely in black minidress and blonde tousle as she posed for the photographers outside the Watergate Club. Not so lovely later, though, when a sizable portion of that tousle fell off her head and onto the red carpet as the ever-present photographers rushed to capture the hairy thing. (Telegraph; photos: WENN)

Recently Dead: YSL Tribute

"I've held on to these stunning YSL ads since 1985," says Linda Simpson. For more of Helmut Newton's Saint Laurent photos (and some Dean Johnson), check out Simpson's MyComrade site.

Terrorist Tees and Hoodies

A man flying to Düsseldorf was not allowed on his plane because he was wearing a French Connection T-shirt featuring Optimus Prime, the 40-foot robot with a gun for an arm. Security felt it constituted a threat and told him he would be arrested if he boarded the plane wearing it. I had a similar situation last November, on a trip to Toronto, when I was detained in customs for wearing my KidRobot hoodie with pictures of guns, crowbars, and sticks of dynamite (above). Those cartoon pictures can be deadly, man! WATCH OUT!

– James St James

Pup Culture: Bad (Dog) Hair Day Edition

"Oh, it's postings like this that make me wish I had hair," says James St James. "Sigh." (Image via goldenfiddle)

Sean Avery: Fierce Fashionista

New York Ranger Sean Avery started his internship at Vogue last Monday, according to a report in the NY Post. Why? "I wanted to immerse myself in fashion," he told Women's Wear Daily. "I couldn't think of a better place to do it than Vogue." His first gig was presenting a FiFi award to Vera Wang at the Park Avenue Armory, and it's said he'll accompany Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley to the couture shows in Europe next month. And he might even show up soon on the cover of Vogue. Most interesting, though, is that he's being paid the "same minimum wage as the other interns," because since when do interns get paid?