The debut of the relaunched men's footwear collection for Jimmy Choo has a little bit for everyone and includes many of the signatures found in the women's collection.

"It's basically for the boyfriend of our existing Jimmy Choo customer," as one company representative put it, "but also someone who appreciates details." (And by that she presumably means details beyond simply the fact that his lady friend wears Jimmy Choos.)

If you think there's not much excitement about the men's shows coming up in Milan and Paris (other than some more wacky suit lengths from Thom Browne), well, think again. Our very own  Adam Tschorn reports: "Based on the lineup of new and returning labels on the European calendar, one gets the distinct impression that the economic malaise of the last couple of seasons -- which saw luxury brands pairing down, scaling back, and opting for less expensive presentations, or in some cases, forgoing a spot on the schedule altogether -- may be waning."

Think Jimmy Choo for men. Think Thierry Mugler menswear ... and, of course, think Thom Browne.  And look for  Adam's regular blog posts from the shows, starting this weekend.

-- Alice Short

Photo: A look from Phillip Lim 3.1 spring-summer 2011 men's runway show in Paris. Credit: firstVIEW.com

As one might expect, the first fragrance from Jimmy Choo is strong, sexy, alluring and hits you on the head like a 5-inch spiked stiletto. The baby pink perfume, housed in a round, faceted bottle inspired by Murano glass, contains notes of Tiger orchid, toffee and Indonesian patchouli.

The outcome of these various notes smells warm, spicy and woodsy and isn’t for the woman who wants to go noticed during a night out -- in fact, just the opposite.

“The Jimmy Choo fragrance evokes a sense of feminine confidence, seduction and sensuality,” says Tamara Mellon, founder and chief creative officer of the luxury accessories brand. In fact, the scent is very fitting of Mellon and any glamour girl or femme fatal just like her.

Mellon will even be starring in the ads for the fragrance, dressed in a draped, off-the-shoulder, pink python print dress (similar to the print on the perfume’s box, which is patterned after a pink python shoe in the spring 2011 collection) and shot by Inez van Lamsweerde Vinoodh Matadin.

The scent certainly embodies a glamorous woman who isn’t afraid to make an entrance and possibly leave a distinct trace of her scent whereever she goes.

The Jimmy Choo fragrance collection is at Saks Fifth Avenue.

-- Melissa Magsaysay

Photo: Jimmy Choo fragrance/Jimmy Choo

Actress Emmy Rossum is well on her way to making a name for herself as a Golden Globe nominee (for "The Phantom of the Opera" in 2004) and budding fashion icon. Her most recent career endeavor is her role as Fiona in the new Showtime series "Shameless," where she plays the oldest sibling in the inappropriately shameless Gallagher clan.

Lucky for fashion fans, she's been busy on the media circuit this year, giving us plenty of envy-inducing outfits to fawn over. The 24-year-old starlet managed to claim headlines last week when she rang in the new year with a bang by going buff. No, not in the buff, but in the kind of low-key neutral color that turns heads without an excessive exposure of flesh. Rossum attended the New Year's Eve grand opening of the lavish Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas clad in a neutral nude colored, curve hugging dress by Julien Macdonald, gold Jimmy Choo heels and a cream Misela clutch.

Rossum elevated her neutral color with bands that snaked loosely around the dress. The color may seem delicate but the dress' body-conscious fit and thick straps are tough-chic and anything but subdued.

A neutral clutch and gold heels balanced all elements of the party outfit nicely.

You too can come off your holiday high of sparkling metallics and sequins and settle into 2011 with a more relaxed, neutral-colored dress. The bright colors and neon tones of spring are fast-approaching, so now is the time to take a color breather. Just keep things interesting with an eye-catching design. These delightfully neutral dresses should do the trick, without busting your post-holiday budget:

From left, the MM Couture by Miss Me Drape Mini Dress with sassy black waist detail for $92 on revolveclothing.com and the sexy knitted nude cut-out Bodycon Dress from TOPSHOP for $50.

For a simple clutch that is versatile enough to accompany you to all your 2011 parties, invest in one of these fun but neutral tones: BCBGeneration Maya Clutch available at Macy's for $48 or the Sparkle Nighttime clutch from Forever21 for just $7.50 -- that has to be less than the sandwich you bought for lunch yesterday.

For your heels, it might be fun to go vertiginously high, but any pair of strappy neutral heels you might already own will complete the look. Mix and match the bags and dresses to fit your budget and get ready to leap into a rainbow palette for spring.

Happy shopping.

Have an outfit you're dying to buy but need a frugal alternative? E-mail us a picture. We're up for the challenge.

-- Jenn Harris

Upper photo: Actress Emmy Rossum arrives at the Cosmopolitan Grand Opening and New Year's Eve celebration in Las Vegas. Credit: Ethan Miller / WireImage

Middle photo, from left: MM Couture dress by Miss Me. Credit: Revolveclothing.com. Knitted nude cut- out dress from TOPSHOP. Credit: TOPSHOP

Lower photo, from left: BCBGeneration clutch from Macy's. Credit: Macy's. Nighttime clutch from Forever 21. Credit: Forever21

[Updated January 5, 2011 at 3:52 PM. An earlier version of the post incorrectly stated that Emmy Rossum is 23-years-old.]

We are sorry to note the death of actress Anne Francis, one of our favorite TV babes of, oh, half a century or so ago. Her signature character, Honey West, brought high style to a medium that had been more comfortable focusing on the demure Donna Reed, Barbara Billingsley and Harriet Nelson, whose style encompassed circle skirts and strands of pearls. As my colleague Dennis McClellan remembers in his obituary,  the glamorous Honey was "outfitted in an eye-catching wardrobe that included a black snakeskin trench coat, a white beaded gown trimmed in sable and a tiger-skin bathing suit with matching cape." Oh, and her favorite accessory was a pet ocelot. [LAT]

For the first time in it's 18-year history, Kate Spade plans to use a celeb in its advertising. Actress Bryce Dallas Howard, left, will be the label's new face. [WWD]

And Jimmy Choo is introducing its first fragrance this month with ads featuring label co-founder Tamara Mellon. [StyleList]

Queen Elizabeth II released her annual New Year's honors list last week, and the world of fashion wasn't forgotten. The annual roster of high achievers in various fields included veteran fashion designer and outspoken advocate for Fair Trade cotton Katharine Hamnett and Ray Kelvin, founder of Ted Baker, both set to receive a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Footwear designer Beatrix Ong and fashion designer Alice Temperley will each receive an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), while Wendy Dagworthy, the head of London’s Royal College of Art fashion program, and Tanya Sarne, founder of the label Ghost, will each collect an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). The honors will be bestowed in ceremonies later this year. [WWD]

In 1982, Nancy Brinker fulfilled a promise to her sister Susan Komen by starting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, which has gone on to raise $1.5 billion to fight breast cancer. A pioneer in cause-related marketing, the foundation is now sponsoring its own fragrance, Promise Me. The fragrance, a floral oriental, will launch in April and be sold in department stores and drugstores and on television shopping networks. [WWD] 

For spring, MAC will introduce its Jeanius collection, makeup and nail polishes in a palette inspired by denim. [British Beauty Blogger]

Will a burst of fragrance from your phone replace a ringtone to identify a caller? Researchers at Keio University in Japan are working on it. [Trends Updates]

-- Susan Denley

Photo: Actress Bryce Dallas Howard, chosen as the new face of Kate Spade, at the premiere of the film "Hereafter," in which she costars. Credit: Jemal Countess / Getty Images

Nine years after exiting the men's shoe business, Jimmy Choo will be stepping back into the arena, launching a collection of dress shoes, moccasins, casual biker boots, sneakers and evening slippers for fall-winter 2011, the company announced Monday.

The new footwear for fellows will be produced in Italy with initial distribution limited to 30 men's specialty stores and department stores worldwide. The collection also will be available through the label's website.

Although the Jimmy Choo offerings for men were discontinued in 2002, the success of the 2009 Jimmy Choo for H&M collection (which included men's shoes) made the company reconsider, according to Chief Executive Officer Joshua Schulman:

"The H&M collaboration showed us that our brand is bigger than our business today and that there is a demand for the Jimmy Choo aesthetic in the men’s categories," Schulman said in Monday's announcement.

The collection will be presented to the press during the upcoming Milan men's fashion week, from Jan. 15 to 18.

-- Adam Tschorn

We are pleased that two of our fashion icons are on Forbes'  list of the 100 most powerful women. And how different in style, looks, spheres of influence, talents and so on  can you be than Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga? Go girl power! [LAT]

Steve Madden has upped his investment in Betsey Johnson and now owns the company. [The Cut]

I keep thinking that Diane von Furstenberg is popping up everywhere lately. Now she's just signed a deal for a new beauty line. [WWD]  (Subscription required.) 

Here's another cool costume idea for Halloween (yes, it's just a couple of weeks away and we're tossing out ideas here at All the Rage when we find good ones). Take your inspiration from "Sex and the City 2" and go Abu Dhabi style, with a turban, big gold jewelry, maybe a belly dancer outfit. [FabSugar]

Valerie Plame wore -- what else? -- Giorgio Armani at the Giorgio Armani and Cinema Society-sponsored opening of the film "Fair Game." In the film, Naomi Watts plays the former CIA agent. Sean Penn plays her husband Joseph Wilson. [WWD]

Tamara Mellon plans to launch a Jimmy Choo fragrance line. For some reason, that just seems odd to me. [Elle UK]

-- Susan Denley

Photos: Top, Michelle Obama with the world's most powerful man. Credit: Pascal le Segretain / Getty Images.  Bottom, Lady Gaga performs. Credit: Michael Buckner / Getty Images

From stilettos to sheepskin boots, Jimmy Choo's take on the UGG boot arrives in stores on Oct. 21. The collection of five styles of boots, including the "Kaia," a classic UGG shape emblazoned with leopard and zebra print, the "Siobahn," a cable knit cashmere-blend boot with lamb suede fringe and antique nickel studs, and the "Mandah," a black boot festooned with silver and gold studs (and the style featured in the ad campaign -- worn by Amber Valetta and shot by Ines Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin), brings the splashy Jimmy Choo sensibility to the Australian brand's casual, laid-back look.

None of the five styles are for the timid dresser. There's fringe, studs, stars, grommets, animal prints adorning most of them, very much making the shoe the statement, but when wearing them with denim cutoffs or a sweat suit (as many Southern California residents have been known to do), I suppose a little decoration doesn't hurt.

For those who can't wait to get their "Chugg" on, a set of the shoes will be traveling to Jimmy Choo boutiques across the country. Customers can pop in, try on and pre-order the style(s) they love. Orders will arrive at the store by Oct. 21. The preview shoes will hit locally, at the Rodeo Drive location (240 North Rodeo Drive) on Oct. 1, remaining there for just 24 hours.

[For the record at 10:46 a.m.: A previous version of this post stated that the Jimmy Choo UGG tour would come to the Rodeo Drive store on Sept. 21. The date for the stop is Oct. 1.]

-- Melissa Magsaysay

Photo: Jimmy Choo/UGG "Mandah" boot. Credit: Jimmy Choo

 
When is Savile Row not Savile Row? The stuffy home of expensive bespoke suits is in a dither over that very question, thanks in part to Matthew Farnes, a former star fabric cutter there who has opened his own business miles away, calls himself a Savile Row tailor and makes custom suits that start at $3,180. Oh, and he blogs. It's opened a whole debate over what "bespoke" means, led to the formation of a Savile Row Bespoke association and to an effort to set standards for specially labeled suits, kind of like Swiss watches. [Wall Street Journal]

Toms shoes, founded in 2006 with a mission to donate one pair of shoes to impoverished children for every pair sold, is on track to donate its 1-millionth pair next month. [WWD] (Subscription required.)

The Teen Choice Awards show was filmed on Sunday to air on Monday, but here's a preview of what you can expect on the (not red) carpet: lots of minis and platform or cage shoes. "Twilight's" Ashley Greene was demure in a strapless blush dress with floral detail; Kim Kardashian was smokin' in a black, one-shoulder ruched dress by Zuhair Murad; Kristin Bell was fashion-forward in a layered Stella McCartney. But my favorite was "Glee's" Lea Michelle, in a green palm print by Naeem Khan with her hair in the lovely beachy waves like the ones we told you about last week. [People] [Los Angeles Times]

Jimmy Choo, the fav of the "Sex and the City" crowd, may be up for sale. [VogueUK] 

Nifty product report: To keep feet that are enclosed in pumps or platforms fresh can be a challenge. Along comes Chu Shu Silver Linings. Made of antimicrobial silver, the $16 shoe liners are thin enough to be comfortable, and they keep feet smelling good. [FabSugar]

Lady Gaga was just named one of Vanity Fair's best-dressed style icons. But the getup she wore when she arrived at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago this past weekend got tongues wagging but didn't make the words "style" or "fashion" spring into my mind: fishnet shorts, a torn fishnet T-shirt and silver pasties. Several different words came to my mind, actually. [Daily Mail]

Baby-faced teen idol Justin Bieber, 16, has been named a spokesman for blemish product label Proactiv. Seems age-appropriate. [BellaSugar]

Brody Jenner is wearing his heart on his head, having shaved an "A" onto his scalp in honor of love Avril Lavigne. This seems a lot more practical than a tattoo, given the fleeting nature of relationships among celebs. Oh wait, he has one of those too. [People]

Marc Jacobs' business partner Robert Duffy says the brand is on the brink of doing plus-sizes. Not sure what that means: a real plus-size like 20 or an only-in-the-fashion-world plus, like size 10? [The Cut]

-- Susan Denley

Photo: A Jimmy Choo suede sandal from early this year. Credit: Jimmy Choo Beverly Hills

Some of Nordstrom's most loyal local customers were invited to a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday to fete swanky shoe company Jimmy Choo's new Choo 24:7 collection -- a line of signature styles hand-chosen by company president Tamara Mellon.

Mellon, who turned up to the lunch in a snappy leopard-print Yves Saint Laurent dress and black Choo stilettos, was joined by Pete Nordstrom, executive vice president and president of merchandising for Nordstrom.

"L.A. is so huge for us -- Young Hollywood has just been so kind," said Mellon, who mentioned how excited the company was that Sandra Bullock nabbed her Oscar for best actress in Jimmy Choo heels. "It was so fantastic to see her up there," Mellon said.

The petite executive added that the recession was what led her to reevaluate the shoe selection in her private wardrobe. "For 24:7, I kept thinking about what I went back to again and again in my own closet," she said. "And I ended up picking styles that were modern, but not trend-driven."

Pete Nordstrom said the department store has no plans to slow its growth in the luxury sector despite the still-sluggish economy. "Luxury gets led by the customer," he added, "and the recession hasn't slowed that down at all. It's an area we think we can really grow."

-- Emili Vesilind

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Photo: Jimmy Choo president Tamara Mellon and Pete Nordstrom. Credit: Donato Sardella/Wireimage.

Tamara Mellon appears Tuesday at Nordstrom at the Grove to launch the spring CHOO 24:7 Collection, featuring updated versions of Mellon’s favorite Choo styles meant to go from day to evening, starting at $415 for flats.

189 the Grove Drive, Los Angeles. (323) 930-2230. 1:30 to 3 p.m.

-- Max Padilla

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Photo: CHOO 24:7 Lance strappy silver leather sandal, $695. Courtesy CHOO 24:7.

All the L.A. lovelies turned out for the Jimmy Choo for H&M party in Hollywood last night, wearing pieces from the line that hits stores Nov. 14.

Nothing in the line is over $300, which meant the look was cheap chic. M.I.A. wore over-the-knee boots (the most expensive item at $299) with a sequined shark-emblazoned top by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, before changing into a dress that shimmied when she performed later in the evening. Nicky Hilton chose a sparkling little black dress accessorized with a star-emblazoned clutch, while sister Paris wore a Jimmy Choo for H&M cat suit and Hayden Panettiere slid into a pair of black leather leggings and a zip-up, sequin-covered cardigan.