Two Tough Cookies
By MAUREEN DOWD THE NY TIMES

He sets the fashion in politics. She sets the politics in fashion.

He worries about a short winter war and ferreting out rogues. She worries about short spring hemlines and deciding what's in vogue.

He is W. She reads W.

George Bush and Anna Wintour rule over very different universes. He's the leader of the free world. She's the queen of designer freebies. He's in charge of nukes. She's known as Nuclear Wintour.

He sees things in black and white. She sees a kaleidoscope of pastels. He summits with Berlusconi, Putin and Jiang Zemin. She summits with Versace, Prada and Jimmy Choo.

On the surface, it would seem that the chilly, driven Brit in stilettos who dictates how we look would have nothing in common with the cocky, laid-back Texan in cowboy boots who dictates how we live.

Yet the 56-year-old commander in chief and the 53-year-old editrix of Vogue have been thrown together — victims of a new literary trend known as Boss Betrayal (Read more (free regi. needed)

From IHT Italy Today:
Menswear catwalks are usually graced by the square jawlines, rippling muscles and smouldering rugged looks of – well, men. But at this year's Autumn-Winter collections in Milan, designers Dolce & Gabbana took a decidedly different approach, sending a pair of ultra-feminine supermodels down the runway in their latest masculine creations.

Club music and a wind machine added to the drama as Eva Herzigova and Naomi Campbell gave a woman's touch to the military look which dominated the Italian duo's collection on Sunday. Wonderbra model Eva nearly upstaged a perfectly-cut men's coat by sporting a see-through negligée underneath, while sexy Naomi showed off an olive green parka worn over a belly-baring bustier.

Of course, what would men's fashion week be without the guys strutting their stuff? And Dolce & Gabbana's male models did just that, displaying the label's multi-pocketed parachute trousers, khaki jackets and padded parkas with aplomb.

Other collections presented on the first day of Milan Men's Fashion Week included Burberry, Costume National and Jil Sander. The event will come to a close today.