Quick Bites: Mad Man, GP in the kitchen, thought for the day, stylish Rice Pudd, Pop Culture & Chanel you can eat..

• Our favourite Mad Man Jon Hamm and Vicky Cristina Barcelona’s Rebecca Hall star in a gorgeously styled pictorial promoting the new Ben Affleck directed movie The Town. See the full story at wmag

• Meanwhile over at Vogue we are salivating over Gwyneth Paltrow’s chic Tribeca kitchen. Click the link for a behind-the-scenes interview with our ultimate FFF and Vogue’s August cover girl vogueus

• Thought for the day: “Applying makeup without a great brush is like trying to eat a meal without cutlery.” Christian Guglietta, Sisley international Makeup Artist. Amen to that. Click here for Christian’s FFF Last Supper. We want an invite!

• We are delightfully in love with this different take on a classic dessert favourite: Roasted Plum and Creamy Chai Rice Pudding. Tiny, tart and totally delicious, this is stylish comfort food if ever we saw it. Thank you mytartette

• The Dairy Godmotherhas launched a new line of artisanal popsicles — Pop Culture. Think icy cold treats in flavours like Vietnamese coffee, grilled pineapple pink peppercorn, and cantaloupe with mint chiffonade.  Lip smacking delicious and cool-to-boot!  dailycandy

• When fashion meets food. Marvel at graphic designer Fulvio Bonavia’s super clever photography in his new book “A Matter of Taste”.  Mulberry Chanel bag anyone? stylefrizz

Quick Bites: YSL launch, Gwyneth, Blake Lively's tipple of choice & the Polaroid collection

Thursday night’s YSL “Belle d’Opium” fragrance launch in NYC saw a myriad of dress codes. Our faves?  Maggie Gyllenhaal in strapless magenta and Ashley Olsen in a trenchcoat and headscarf. YSL not? huffpost

Need some inspiration of the cocktail variety? Take a peek into the star’s cocktail shakers and find out their tipple of choice. We love Blake Lively’s and Nicole Richie’s choice of a Chocolate-Spiked Mint Julep. Chin Chin! instyle

Gwyneth Paltrow made a fleeting appearance at Ralph Lauren’s Wimbledon Party at his Bond Street store this weekend in a Stella McCartney dress, which Vanity Fair’s Elizabeth Saltzman informed us was originally intended for the Iron Man premiere in London but, owing to the ash cloud, had remained unworn until last night. “I loved the ash cloud,” Saltzman said, “It reminded us that we really are very, very small and insignificant. It didn’t matter who you were, or whether you had a private jet, no-one was flying. Tamara Mellon was stuck in New York for her daughter’s birthday and there was nothing to be done about it.” vogue.uk 

Polaroid is pretty much synonymous with Andy Warhol, but he is just one of the fashion-friendly artists whose work is featured in Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, a preview of the upcoming sale at Sotheby’s. Snapshots by David Bailey, Guy Bourdain, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Deborah Turbeville, Lorna Simpson and Robert Heinecken are among the snapshots. wwd

Quick Bites: Karl does Coke, Grace Kelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Couture cakes, True blue (red) Louboutin love

• Karl Lagerfeld has lent his silhouette and design brilliance to a limited edition range of aluminium bottled Coca Cola Light. Encased in an elegant sleek box, slip open a hidden drawer to reveal your bottle opener. Almost too chic to drink! Pre-order yours at colette

• We are keeping an eagle eye on our letter boxes waiting for our new Vanity Fair to land. It features Style Queen Grace Kelly on the cover ahead of a special retrospective exhibition at London’s V&A opening this month. vanityfair

• Meanwhile over at UK Vogue, our modern-day Grace Kelly, Gwyneth Paltrow is the May covergirl, shot exquisitely by Mario Testino. UK Vogue

• We are always on the look out for that perfect fashion food collusion so we are licking our lips over this delicious gallery of curious couture concoctions including this cake featuring Louis Vuitton’s now-iconic rabbit ears. Be inspired… vogueuk

• Who has more red-soled shoes than any other woman on the planet? Christian Louboutin has revealed his best customer is romance novelist Danielle Steele. We are red (green) with envy.  vanityfair

Quick Bites: Comb-overs, Lourdes Leon, ta-ta Takashimaya & Jamie on Goop

• Could the comb-over be making a comeback? Amber Valetta sports what looks like a curled-up woodland creature on her head on the April cover of Vogue Italia. Oh dear fashion God, please say it isn’t so? OH but how we love her tailored shirt and sheer sweater combination. Chic, chic, CHIC! huffpost

• Our ultimate mini-fatale, 13 year old Lourdes Leon is calling the shots with ‘Material Girl’, her mother’s new fashion collaboration with Macy’s. Take a peep at this online interview where Madonna talks Lola, wardrobe thieving and stylish genetics. et

• We are devastated! One of our fave department stores, the immaculately chic Takashimaya will close its New York flagship store come June. Known for it’s finely edited collections, serene tearoom and died-and-gone-to-heaven perfume department (seriously), make the most of it whilst you can NY-ers! Takashimaya, we salute you. wwd

• Over at Goop, Gwyneth is gushing over Jamie Oliver. “Sigh. Jamie Oliver. I love Jamie Oliver. I love his food, I love his books, I love his app, I love the mission he is on.” We hear you Gwynnie, we too love Jamie and his passion for real food and the associated health benefits … mind, body and spirit! Read Jamie’s interview with Goop here, and be inspired by his delish and quick recipes.
  

Gwyneth and the good GOOP

We have a super-sized crush on Gwyneth Paltrow and her online alter ego GOOP. In fact, we would consider her one of our new culinary heroines.

We especially love her quick roast chicken and potatoes with salad. The maple syrup dressing is a hit with non-salad-eating mini-fatales, and watching an Oscar-winning-former-vegan deftly dissect a chicken at warp speed with a tea towel thrown oh-so-chicly over her shoulder is enough to make us think Gwyn is one of us.

Gwyneth has copped a bit of flak over her site, but quite frankly we won’t hear it. She has pulled together an entertaining mix of food, lifestyle, fashion and travel tidbits we adore reading.

We salute you Mrs Martin, keep the good GOOP coming.

Pictures: www.goop.com