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The 12th Annual ACE Awards was held November 3rd in New York. The show was hosted by The Accessories Council, whose aim is to promote sales of accessories to consumers. Here is a brief rundown of some of the winners of the ACE Awards.

“Designer Of The Year”: Nicolas Ghesquiére from Balenciaga. Maybe most noted for Balenciaga’s Motorcycle Bag.

[caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Fergie Balenciaga Motorcycle Handbag"][/caption][caption id="attachment_589" align="alignnone" width="211" caption="Lauren Conrad Balenciaga Motorcycle Handbag"][/caption][caption id="attachment_592" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Tori Spelling Balenciaga Motorcycle Handbag"][/caption]

“Influencer Of The Year”: Cate Adair, costume designer for “Desperate Housewives”

“Innovator Of The Year”: Lorraine Schwartz, who has designed jewelry for Beyonce.

“Retailer Of The Year”: Banana Republic, accepted by creative director Simon Kneen.

“Green Designer Of The Year”: Stella McCartney

“Brand Of The Year”: Jimmy Choo

“Marylou Luther Award For Fashion Journalism”: Sally Singer.

“Hall Of Fame”: Emilio Pucci

Here are photos from the awards show.

This seems to be a favorite topics for all the entertainment magazines, so here we go. A lot of the photos are from previous years, but that’s all I could find.

[caption id="attachment_422" align="alignnone" width="206" caption="Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon (2008)"][/caption][caption id="attachment_424" align="alignnone" width="206" caption="Cheryl Burke"][/caption][caption id="attachment_426" align="alignnone" width="216" caption="Brooke Shields"][/caption][caption id="attachment_428" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Holly Madison"][/caption][caption id="attachment_430" align="alignnone" width="226" caption="Kelly Ripa as Hannah Montana and Regis Philbin as a Jonas Brother"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_396" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Katy Perry"][/caption][caption id="attachment_398" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Jamie Lee Curtis, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Willow Smith"][/caption][caption id="attachment_400" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Jason Priestley and Family"][/caption][caption id="attachment_402" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The Today Show with Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, and Al Roker"][/caption][caption id="attachment_404" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Christina and Jordon"][/caption][caption id="attachment_406" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Kelly Ripa"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_409" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Reese Witherspoon"][/caption][caption id="attachment_411" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Britney Spears"][/caption][caption id="attachment_414" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Petra Nemcova"][/caption][caption id="attachment_416" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Teri Hatcher"][/caption][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Carson Daly"][/caption][caption id="attachment_420" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Avril Lavigne"][/caption]

I think it’s hard for people to make an unbiased opinion about Lauren Conrad’s Spring 2009 collection. First, there are those who are just jealous of the Hills star. Why wouldn’t you be? She has a blessed, but fictional, life. Second, there are those who just love the star because of her “character” on the Hills. Well, I do not watch the Hills, so I feel somewhat unbiased in the situation.

So, here is my professional opinion about her new line. It’s OK. Nothing special, but not outstanding or horrible. I would actually say that I’m slightly more positive than negative because most of her designs are actually ready-to-wear by the mass market, rather than most designs on the runway that have to be adapted by the mass market. I can imagine most people wearing Lauren Conrad’s line, though most people wouldn’t think it was really designer clothing.

There new gossip is the Lauren Conrad has, on occasion, hooked up with Audrina Patridge’s on again off again boyfriend Justin Bobby. I had to admit, I do not watch the series. I think it’s because I saw one episode and it was obviously very staged. Especially when you have one shot from the outside of Lauren Conrad entering a car and then another shot from inside the car also entering the car. But wait, the original shot from outside of the car does not show any camera man inside the car. Interesting!!! So, I would love to hear arguments that this show is “reality” television.