Your morning fashion and beauty report: Palm Springs Fashion Week opens, Keira Knightley debuts steamy Chanel ad

March 22, 2011 9:01 AM PT

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Just when you thought the fashion week ‘season’ was over, along comes Fashion Week El Paseo in Palm Springs/Palm Desert. It runs through March 27. [Style Section LA]

Keira Knightley reunited with director Joe Wright (they worked together on by ‘Pride & Prejudice’ and ‘Atonement’) for her new mini-movie ad for Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. The film starts with Knightley waking up in nothing but Coco Mademoiselle perfume, before zipping up her beige catsuit and heading off on a motorcycle for some racy driving around the streets of Paris. More happens involving a photo shoot, a handsome photographer and the unzipping of the catsuit. [Telegraph] [BellaSugar]

Evan Rachel Wood hit the red carpet Monday night for the premiere of HBO’s ‘Mildred Pierce’ miniseries (which debuts on Sunday) wearing a plum Elie Saab gown. But the real news was her honey blond hair, newly changed from the magenta red she’s been wearing lately. [StyleList]

Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour is featured on the cover of WSJ’s April issue and in a rare profile. ‘She’s a really powerful figure in America ... someone whose power extends beyond what she does,’ says WSJ Editor Deborah Needleman. [Yahoo News]

Could this be the ultimate in a girly good time? Former model Stacey Schieffelin’s yearly Pajama Party at Sea is scheduled this July. The Royal Caribbean cruise from Miami, with three island stops in the Caribbean, includes beauty makeovers, life-coaching sessions and a goody bag filled with $500 worth of beauty products. [BellaSugar]

Katie Holmes stars in a film promo for John Frieda Professional Hair Care’s new at-home foam hair color. [WWD] (Subscription required.)

Lacoste plans to launch its new Catherine Malandrino collection in April. [WWD] (Subscription required.)

-- Susan Denley

All the Rage

Susan Denley

Susan Denley is a former contributor to the All the Rage blog, associate features editor and editor of the Image section, which covers fashion, style, beauty – and their intersection with Hollywood and California culture. Over a career spanning four newspapers and two coasts, she’s been responsible for a wide variety of features and hard news beats as a reporter, editor or department manager. Denley left The Times in 2015.