TingTing Hollywood: Denim

LOU DOILLON FOR LEE COOPER

Doillon in the High Rise Shorts from her collection and the Mini D Stonewash Cropped Blazer

Lou Doillon, the daughter of Jane Birkin (for whom the Hermes Birkin Bag is named) has been designing a collaborative collection for Lee Cooper for the past three seasons now. Have you seen it?

Speckled with great basics and some adorable denim pieces, Doillon's eye for offbeat style is leading her right into fashion's hall of fame, and helping her own up to that family history.

"I was lucky to have a proposition from Lee Cooper, so I went with it, and now I'm doing the best I can. I hate buying jeans, so I was excited to make some I'd actually want to wear. And Lee Cooper and I go back a long way, my mum did some hilarious, ultra-sexy ads for them in the '80s. Plus, I like working with denim because jeans were made for very practical reasons, and that's very much in keeping with my attitude toward dressing," said Doillon of the first collection last season.

The collections have been markedly androgynous with drops of femininity speckled throughout, seen in the slight bell flares, the model's curling Farrah-Fawcett-esque layers or their platform heel. All in all, however, the clothes rival back and forth between posh and preppy to something like the artful dodger. In fact, although Doillon proclaims that she meant to start out modestly, her exact inspiration for the 60-piece per season collection did actually come straight from "Oliver Twist" himself.

With high waist jeans, waist coats and tops named for her sister, "Charlotte" (Gainsbourgh, yep), the price points are not bad, and have even been slashed for Spring Sales. Check it out at the only place you buy it online: www.leecooper.com/lou_doillon

Lou styling her models, above at the Lee Cooper shoot for F/W '08

Pictures from the afterparty of Doillon's runway show. Shown here is Doillon alone, and then Doillon with Mischa Barton and Milla Jovovich, all wearing looks from the Lee Cooper Collaboration.

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MinnyB: 14/04/09

SOMETHING CLASSIC, SOMETHING BLUE

Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger; Denim jacket, Zadig & Voltaire

Leave it to French Vogue to be true eclectics. In March's issue, Australian model Catherine McNeil wears nothing but faded denim and baubly strands of expensive pearls...the vibe turns out to be chic and modern- the Chanel look without the Chanel.

Jeans, Levi's; Denim jacket, Calvin Klein Jeans

Denim jacket, shirt and jeans, all 7 For All Mankind

Cut-offs, Guess Jeans; Denim jacket, 7 For All Mankind

Di: 12/04/09

RIHANNA IN HELMUT LANG'S CROPPED DENIM JACKET

Rihanna arrives to Barbados on Friday in a Helmut Lang Cropped Denim Jacket. The girl is banging out her designer denim outfits these days. Katie Holmes has lost her denim tiara. Rihanna for the win!

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Jessie: 7/04/09

NICOLE RICHIE IN ESPRIT JEAN JACKET

Nicole Richie and baby daddy Joel Madden went to the opening of the Esprit store in Hollywood. Nicole wore a silk scarf and an Esprit denim jacket over her black Rick Owens tube dress. Stylin' Mama!!! Think these two will ever get married, now that they are on baby #2?

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Jessie: 3/04/09

RIHANNA IN CITIZENS OF HUMANITY JEANS

Rihanna was papped wearing a denim on denim ensemble for a meeting with her newly hired interior designer at the Cooper Building in L.A. She wore Citizens of Humanity Avedon Skinny Leg Jeans with a simple white tank and an Alexander Wang Denim Leather Motorcycle Jacket finished with a cherry on top! Those Balmain Studded Crystal Sandals too, omg!

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Jessie: 30/03/09

MALGOSIA BELA IN APRIL 09 I-D MAGAZINE EDITORIAL

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Malgosia Bela poses in the i-D Magazine April 2009 spread, "Everywhere Kiss Me," wearing a variety of denim pieces including Tommy Hilfiger Jeans, a Levi's Jean Jacket, Guess denim shorts, and pink Ksubi jeans. In my opinion the photographer, Katja Rahlwes, did a great job on capturing the 80's vibe they were going for. This would have been very cutesy for PlayBoy, perhaps? You'll see what I mean after the jump.