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the dark knight opened to coast-to-coast sell out shows in the u.s. on it’s first day, chris nolan’s follow up to the hugely successful batman begins raked in 60 million dollars.

day 2 took us from the gorgeously texturous louis xiv style of basso & brooke to a catwalk show focused on backpacks and suitcases to finally loads of light, flowing backless silky ‘the spy who loved me’ 70s style dresses. the heavily inspired diana von furstenberg unrath and strano show was packed to the rafters. and motorola and vanity fair germany threw the dynamic duo a fabulous party at weekend in berlin. but i have to admit, their winter line seemed more geared toward december in australia or southern california rather than in say, london.

you can watch bits from the shows here.

now in it’s third season, berlin fashion week continues to steadily grow. although it’s not quite paris or new york, it has a vibe that’s all it’s own.

Lac et Mel at Berlin Fashion Week

the event kicked off this morning with hugo boss. followed by the coco chanel inspired designs of gregor clemens for lac et mel, a leipzig based fashion label. later in the afternoon designer suzana peric, who has a penchant for tie dyed and bohemian prints, gave a much stronger show than last january.

suzanne weibe, whose conservative lines fit snuggly with german department stores, was cheered on by a couple of cross-gender fans in the front row. she rounded out her show with a parade of middle-aged female german stars. that was the most daring part of her event. which is not a dig. she probably does quite well with mainstream consumers who might get slightly adventurous every few years.

joop tied up opening day of the event. i emailed the german label a couple of weeks back asking for an invite as you can’t enter a show with merely a press pass, you also need a hard ticket, which you can only get from the label. someone from their p.r. office emailed me a few days ago saying well, basically ‘no.’ so the press office says, ask the designer. and the designer replies, basically we can only give you a ticket if you were personally invited by us.

earlier in the day i accidentally got a ticket to sissi wasabi, the berlin based label that’s i guess inspired by either japanese culture or merely sushi. when i asked for an invite to their gig, i was basically informed that loads of people had asked for tickets and i just might get on their list. and i thought, what does that mean? who emails someone to tell them, you just might be on our guest list?? with the exception of one or two pieces, the show was rather impressive. lots of detailed stiching with orange and gray leading the charge as their dominate theme.

here’s a short video from day 1.

if you can stand the buffering, you can go to the comcast website to watch some video clips from ‘the dark knight.’ but don’t get too excited. the new christopher nolan film, starring welshman turned american, christian bale, features stuff like filming in chicago and how they made the clown masks. or something like that. and you have to endure the endless buffering. aren’t you tired of hollywood being so paranoid that they won’t even allow fans to legally download a one minute video clip. instead, they force people who don’t have a highspeed connection –and even those of us who do, to watch less than quality level video.

too bad warner brothers decided not to have a worldwide opening for this films. those of you who live overseas might get so anxious that, well you, downloading is always an option innit, as michael caine might say?

here is a hilarious line from an article recently posted on the spectator.”Being fat can have a genetic component, of course. But more often than not it is the consequence of stupidity, laziness and gluttony.” it’ not a quote from david cameron, the head of the conservative party in the uk, but the article makes a reference to a recent speech he gave on personal responsibilty. and the journalists is arguing that you can help being fat or a drug addict.

but there’s a distinct difference between barack obama, who is black (and was raised by a slighly overweight unattractive single parent), telling black fathers they need to step up the plate and david cameron, the head of the british tory party (and possibly the next prime minister of the uk), who is white and was raised under well above average circumstances (with more than one but less than three parents), telling absent black fathers that they need to take care of their babies and their babie’s mama. or something like that. but cameron seems to have taken this issue to the african-caribbean churches in the uk and according to the guardian, they are in agreement with him. perhaps camron gets a pass because he generally doesn’t come across as racially insensitive and he can give a 50 minute speech without notes.

when john f. kennedy jr. visited berlin many moons ago in the pre-acid 60s, he said these infamous words: ‘ich bin ein berliner.’ translation. ‘i am a donut.’ when amanda from ’sex in the city’ attended the premiere of the aforementioned film in berlin last summer she said, ‘ich bin ein berliner.’ ‘i am a donut.’ hopefully obama won’t make the same mistake’

the l.a. times, an organization with around 1200 bodies 10 years ago, now has about 700. and the editor -in-chief of the chicago tribune is gone. but no matter what they say, the u.s. still has a lot of quality journalists. unfortunately, many of them are out of a job.

mike huckabee is meeting with fox execs this week to discuss hosting his own show. huckabee, who resurrected the legend of chuck norris earlier this year, is leaving for rwanda shortly with john mccain’s wife as well as tom daschle.

that’s what gawker thinks. according to gawker, madonna’s aging, long-time publicist, liz orsenberg, saw a promo of an interview with christopher ciccone, author and brother of the forthcoming scandalous book, and has been leaning on outlets like etnertainment week and the insider to not cover the book. weren’t madonna’s last 2 albums flops? is that the real reason why she’s no longer on warner brothers?