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Men.Style.com gathered these little gems from designer Rick Owens.

He is so wise:

1. I’m not good at subtlety. If you’re not going to be discreet and quiet, then just go all the way and have the balls to shave off your eyebrows, bleach your hair, and put on some big bracelets.

2. Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead.

3. I’ve lived in Paris for six years, and I’m sorry to say that the Ugly American syndrome still exists. Sometimes you just want to say “Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit.” Still, from a design standpoint, I’m tempted to redo the fanny pack. I look at it as a challenge—it’s something to react against.

4. When a suit gets middle-of-the-road it kind of loses me—it has to be sharp and classic and almost forties.

5. Hair and shoes say it all. Everything in between is forgivable as long as you keep it simple. Trying to talk with your clothes is passive-aggressive.

6. There’s something a little too chatterboxy about color. Right now I want black, for its sharpness and punctuation.

7. Jean-Michel Frank, the thirties interior and furniture designer, supposedly had 40 identical double-breasted gray flannel suits. He knew himself and is a wonderful example of restraint and extravagance.

8. I hate rings and bracelets on men. I’m not a fan of man bags, or girl bags either—or even sunglasses. I don’t like fussy accessories. Isn’t it more chic to be free? Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport.

9. With layering, sometimes the more the better. When you layer a lot of black you’re like a walking Louise Nevelson sculpture, and that’s pretty attractive. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is also one of the most attractive things you can do.

10. It’s funny—whenever someone talks about rules, I just want to break them. I recoil from the whole idea of rules.

As promised, A+Q – Zac Posen’s sister in the wedding dress designed by her brother.

Q – it’s time we set our brothers gay.

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One day, I knew you’d come. An office full of beautiful handbags. I’m trying not to constantly cream my pants.

I’d like to submit this to her “Desktop Series” here.

[Image via My (toilet-water-free) Blackberry]

I’m kind of obsessed with Vogue Teamster Lauren Santo Domingo these days. She has the style I wish celebrities’ stylists had. And did you see her wedding dress(es) – yes, there were plural. Nailed it.

Witness the full spectrum of her style here. (I should get some sort of link commission from style.com)

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It’s here! It’s here! Watch it now on CNN.com!!!

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Check out these keys to my heart (badump chiiii) by Alex & Chloe.

AND they are reasonably priced, if anyone wants to give me an “It’s Spring but Still Ridiculously Cold Outside So We Feel Sorry for You” gift. It would make me feel much better.

[Image via Alex & Chloe's Online Shop]

(and that was the worst title I’ve ever written)

Set your DVRs, my pets! Starting March 18th, CNN will air Revealed, a piece documenting French VOGUE editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld’s stylish journey through this season’s New York and Paris fashion weeks. Perhaps you also heard about Morley Safer’s upcoming 60 Minutes piece on poopy-head Anna Wintour. Well, this will be the broadcasting slap-in-the-face she deserves. We hate you Anna Wintour. There ARE photographers other than Annie Liebowitz.

GMT Time: (if you’re mathematically saavy, convert to your time zone!)

Wednesday, March 18: 09:30 & 18:30
Saturday, March 21: 08:30 & 19:00
Sunday, March 22: 05:30 & 18:30
Monday, March 23: 04:00

ANECDOTE! I actually was at a party where Carine was in attendance. She is, bar-none, the scariest looking woman ever – but DAMN she can dress.

[image via I don't know where]

Unless you’re Roberto Cavalli. Check out what he did to his chairs (ignore the scary woman) at the five-course dinner celebrating the launch of his new MasterCard.

I have 2 credit cards. Can I have a party? In my case, it would be a one-course meal of canned peas, but I’d still do this for decoration. A folding chair will never have looked so good.

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