Dita Update

Everybody knows this already, so we can't pretend to ignore that burlesque queen Dita Von Teese and goth rocker Marilyn Manson are divorcing. Von Teese, whose real name is Heather Sweet, filed papers last December 29 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences". Other news about the split report fights over custody of the couple's two cats, Lily and Aleister.
The marriage lasted little more than one year, since Dita and Manson (real name: Brian Warner) were wed November 28, 2005, according to the court documents. The goth-style ceremony was held in an ancient castle in Tipperary, Ireland, officiated by cult film director and writer Alejandro Jodorowsky, that of The Holy Mountain.

The Devil wears Prada and dates Vatican real estate guy

They are the couple of the day, beautiful, rich and famous. She, Anne Hathaway, 24 years next November 12th, already a teen age idol in Princess Diaries, became a celebrity after Brokeback Mountain and then a real star acting with Meryl Streep in the last movie about fashion world. He, Raffaello Follieri, 28, was born in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy (the famous Holy Padre Pio home town) and is the head with his father Pasquale of a real estate group based in Park Avenue New York City, in charge of reselling buildings owned by the Catholic Church in America, thanks to solid connections with Vatican top officials and famous yet sometimes embarassing friendships.
There is enough to feed intercontinental paparazzi for a while, it sounds like the story of Stefano Ricucci and Anna Falchi, let's hope that, thanks God, this is not ending so badly... In the picture, the two are taking part in a charity funded by the Follieri Group in Nicaragua.
Anyway she's delicious and in The Devil Wears Prada, inspired by the character of US Vogue chief editor Anne Wintour, is perfect as the boss assistant, a ugly duckling who becomes swan and then flies away. The story is a little unoriginal but funny, and if not else there are a lot of beautiful shoes.

$500,000 of 9/11 victims fund money spent on designer shoes

One of the widows of the September 11th 2001 attack to the World Trade Center, Kathy Trant, whose husband Dan was a trader for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of North Tower, went public last year, saying she spent nearly all the $5 million she received from the U.S. government compensation fund in an attempt to allay her grief. "It's disgusting, I'm ashamed of it" she said, hoping that telling her story could help others with the same problem of compulsive shopping.
She traveled to Italy, Jamaica and Asia, obsessively gave gifts to friends and strangers, and spent $1.5 million on luxurious additions to her Long Island home, including a full basketball court and a floor-to-ceiling shoe rack, filled with half a million dollars' worth of shoes signed Prada, Marc Jacobs, Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Emilio Pucci and Vera Wang.
She became a celebrity after her partecipation in Oprah Winfrey TV show, where she candidly admitted she was down to her last $500,000. She was recently hosted by british Channel Four for Ground Zero fifth anniversary cover-up.

Stiletto Run

Berlin's Stiletto Run, held last August 19th and sponsored by Glamour Magazine, was widely reported and commented all over the press and other media. Some articles said that it was the first high heels race ever, but it isn't true. Similar races were held in Amsterdam on March 9th, and in Moscow on last July 8th. There are rumors about other races planned in July in St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, but there's no evidence about that.
Berlin edition was won by 25-year old psychology student Nadine Sonnabend, who taped rubber strips to the bottom of her shoes, beating the other 100 specially chosen perticipants on a 100 metres track, and winning the 10,000 € prize. The heels had to be (nearly) proper stilettos, at least 7 cm high and a maximum of 1.5 wide.

Dita Superstar

Lovely Dita Von Teese is getting more and more famous even in Italy. Fetish and burlesque icon, but formerly known only among few affectionate fans, she recently published the book "The Art of the Teese", and she's more and more often seen on "respectable" magazines or on TV, modeling on fashion catwalks (Moschino Cheap & Chic) or just attending to the shows with her husband, the cult pop-star Marilyn Manson. But she now seems to be getting more attention than he is. Or am I wrong?

The Red Stiletto

Things you find surfing the web. This Red Stiletto car was created by David Crow using a 1972 Honda CB 350 motor and running gear. The car took him four years to complete, and features an alloy tube frame with fiberglass shell and hand rubbed paint. The Red Stiletto was shown at the ArtCar Fest in San Jose, California, and reported by many web sites and blogs: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and maybe more.