Style: LVMH up, Kate Hudson's dirty makeup and the best $16 summer sunglasses

Shhh. Don't tell luxury goods behemoth LVMH that the economy is looking more and more like a waif. WWD reports that sales for the retailer jumped 12% in the first quarter of this year.

The Rage loves any woman who admits that she doesn't always wash her face and slather on La Mer before she snoozes. But when a celebrity admits to such hygiene laxity, she does a cartwheel. In this week's People, Kate Hudson says: "I like the leftover makeup in the morning. You've got to wash your face but there's always the leftover eye makeup, I love that." Okay, maybe she washes. But she doesn't scrub enough if she has residual smoky eyes.

Sunglasses get broken. Sunglasses get scratched. Sunglasses get lost. All the more reason to spend less than $20 this summer on a pair that is, well, expendable. These Flat Top Aviator shades from Urban Outfitters come in great vivid colors (red, mint green, blue and yellow -- to name a few) and at $16, you can buy a pair for every day of the week.

Photos: Louis Vuitton; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Urban Outfitters

Shop watch: Sigerson Morrison opens in Malibu

Next week, Sigerson Morrison opens an outpost at the Malibu Country Mart. Expect the metallic sandals, crayon-colored skimmers and bushels of great flats. (Shoes typically run about $395 to $450.)

Who: Sigerson Morrison
When: May 7
Where: Malibu Country Mart, 23410 Civic Center Way -- Malibu.

Coachella: Your look

The call for Coachella shots yielded this hotter than Hades look from reader Hilary-Kendall Fix. The Shutter Shades -- get them here for $18 -- are a fave of Kanye West and the Rage digs her ruched bandeau top -- available from American Apparel for $11 -- and wayward suspenders. 

Got a pick to submit? Do so and your style could be deconstructed too. Send to monica.corcoran@latimes.com.

Photo: courtesy of Hilary-Kendall Fix

White House Correspondents Dinner: B-list affair

Once again, the Rage is drinking moonshine before 8:00 a.m. This time, it's the recap of the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, which drew luminaries like Heidi Montag, Lauren Conrad, Pam Anderson and Ashlee Simpson. In 1945, Frank Sinatra attended and performed. Oh, and never mind the fact that Montag's reptilian Svengali manager-beau demanded that he be her plus-one. Are the organizers so desperate that they would mete out tickets to appease lame reality stars? Wasn't Audrina Patridge available so they could tape a "Hills" episode with George Bush in a cameo? If nothing else, here's one fun fact: Donatella Versace, according to WWD.com, was looking for Madeleine Albright. She wants to dress her -- maybe in this short jumpsuit and swing jacket (right at Neimanmarcus.com)?  "She's such a beautiful person," Versace reportedly said. "I love her."

Photos: I.Dreyvitser, WireImage.com

Disney brands Miley Cyrus as next Snow White

The Disney spin control camp and teen superstar Miley Cyrus' handlers had anything but a quiet Sunday. Cyrus herself -- clearly, anticipating fallout from an upcoming Vanity Fair shoot in which she appears semi-topless -- has said "I'm sorry" to fans in a preemptive statement on Usmagazine.com.  The picture, above, was taken by Annie Leibovitz and looks hardly scandalous. Cyrus and Disney have no right to cry foul. Anyone who has ever been on a celebrity photo shoot knows that there is an army of publicists and managers overseeing the photos taken and the overall image that will ensue.  (Cyrus' people say that VF took advantage of the 15 year old.)

It's obvious that Cyrus is frantically trying to back-pedal from the recent photos of her in a bra that showed up on the Internet. See them here. The shots--think "Lolita" meets "Hannah Montana"--were hardly Rated R. She looks provocative, which is no sin for a teen. The Rage thinks that Disney et al. are doing a major disservice to this teenager's career by taking a holier-than-thou stance on Cyrus' image. She's 15 and girls that age are starting to understand their sexuality. To try and trap this adolescent in amber just to maintain her lucrative part as a role model to little girls is selfish and unrealistic.

When it comes to celebrities, a whitewashed image is just begging for graffiti. It's only a matter of time before Cyrus gets tagged.

Photo: Lori Shepler/Los Angeles Times; Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair

Style dispatch: The look of Coachella

Image writer Emili Vesilind -- who has the complexion of a unicorn and hopefully, wore tons of SPF -- hit Coachella this weekend and reports back with a fantastic style report and photos. She writes:

Man, it’s hard to look cool when the desert sun is boring into your brain with the tenacity of a Fall Out Boy single. But style-savvy concertgoers at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, which descended this weekend on Indio, Calif., managed to look anything but withered.

Left: L.A. vintage sellers Jessica Willis, Jonathan Brown and Dechel McKillian turned heads in retro neon surf garb.

Ladies beat the heat in printed cotton mini-dresses (strapless, halter, tunic, freestyle) or short-shorts -- accessorized to the hilt with gladiator sandals, feathered barrettes, long chunky beaded necklaces, big floppy hats and Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. Fashion-loving guys opted for cropped baggy trousers with boots or high-top sneaks or T-shirts paired with skinny jeans, gussied up with fedoras or grandpa-style fishing hats.

Right: Kelsey Adams and Mandy Grassini from Em
Productions keeping their cool at the Anthem Magazine party.

But what would Coachella be without its fashion freaks? This year the rebels went native: There was a pack of roaming guys in Speedo bathing suits (see left -- cringe), a girl in a gold bikini teamed with gold hi-tops and a Scandinavian dude in nothing but a “Braveheart”-style kilt and pilot hat. Next year’s big statement? My money’s on chaps.

Got some bitchin' Coachella photos? Send them to monica.corcoran@latimes.com and maybe we'll post them here too.

Photos: Emili Vesilind

'Lost' won't let Hurley lose some weight

"Lost." You have to suspend every shred of disbelief to accept the preposterous premise of this hit show. But don't expect the Rage to swallow the fact that Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, the amiable yak of a man on the island, has not lost an ounce since he became marooned. It's been three months on the island and Hurley looks as if he wanders off to all-you-can-eat buffet in a cave every afternoon. The Rage is bothered by the fact that the show's costumers and makeup artists meticulously apply sweat stains and stubble to make it all feel so real. Yet no one has thought to consider the fact that an obese guy played by Jorge Garcia -- walking everyday on an island in extreme heat and eating minimally -- would shed about 4 to 6 pounds per week.

By now, Hurley should be "Lost's Biggest Loser."

Photo: Bob D'Amico for ABC

Hype or hope? The new Benefit cheek tint

My name is the Rage and I am a blush addict. Who can resist that just ran 4 miles or had 40 minutes of great foreplay flush?

WHAT: The new Benefit tint for cheeks and lips -- called Posie Tint--adds a subtle, pastel pink stain that will endure a tsunami.
HOW: Seriously sisters, this stuff stays on. If you used Benetint (the original cheek tint made from crushed rose petals), you know the drill: dot a drop of color to the apple of each cheek and then spread with a circular motion.
VERDICT: Hope and plenty of it in each drop.
BUY: Posie Tint only sells at Sephora for $28. The bottle will outlive you.

photo: Sephora.com

Miley Cyrus gets a crummy allowance for a billionaire teen

Today, People reports that Miley Cyrus is the richest teenager in the world. By year's end, this 15-year-old will be a billionaire. But how much allowance does she get from her parents? A measly $300 per month. Apparently, it has been reported that Cyrus has no personal credit cards either.  Total bummer. 
According to a study by Teenage Research Unlimited, 11% of teens aged 12 to 19 have their own credit cards. A 12 year old with a Visa? Priceless. An additional 10% have access to a parent's card too. Another finding revealed that 61% of teens know how to write a check, but only 41% can balance a checkbook. Um, the Rage doesn't know how to make the numbers line up either. Fourteen percent of teens -- according to a 2006 study by the Charles Schwab Foundation -- owe more than $1,000 in debt.
Hey kids, maybe Miley can help you pay it off!

How much monthly allowance should a 15-year-old receive? Especially, if she screams: "I want it now, Daddy! Get me that golden goose!"

photo: Paramount Pictures.

'Sex and the City': Who will die?

It's been leaked that one of the stars of the forthcoming "Sex and the City" movie must say "Ciao for now" and be buried in her best Manolos. Yes, alas, one of the women will die in the movie--so wear waterproof mascara. Clearly, the Rage would never gloat over the premature passing of anyone, but, hey, who do think should go? (You can rationalize this evil prognosticating with the fact that it is only a movie, right?)
Most bets are on Samantha because she has already battled cancer on the series--but a relapse would be almost too expected. Cynical Miranda seems like the one most likely to want to perish in a fiery bus collision. Then again, she has a kid and Hollywood hates to kill a mother.  Charlotte--ever the Pollyanna--would go out with a Waspy whimper.  Would anyone mourn?

The Rage thinks it has to be Carrie who must bid adieu to her shoe collection and gold lame hot pants for good.  This movie needs to make us cry harder than "Terms of Endearment" and "Beaches" combined. Hence, the Rage predicts that Carrie will either fall down a manhole as she rushes to meet the girls for brunch or asphyxiate herself with a Fendi boa.

Care to wager on which vixen will meet her maker?

Photo: New Line Cinema