Your morning fashion and beauty report: Blake Lively is the new face of Chanel's Mademoiselle bags, Queen Latifah for 'beauty loyalty' at CVS and more details on the royal wedding

Your morning fashion and beauty report: Blake Lively is the new face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle bags, Queen Latifah for ‘beauty loyalty’ at CVS and more details on the royal wedding

By Susan Denley

Jan. 5, 2011 8:43 AM PT

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-- ‘Gossip Girl’ star and fashion ‘It’ girl Blake Lively’s ties with Chanel deepen: She’s been named the official face of the brand’s new Mademoiselle handbag collection, designed by creative director Karl Lagerfeld. Ads featuring Lively will hit magazines’ April issues. [Telegraph]

-- Valerie Bertinelli wore a blue silk chiffon dress by David Meister and Jimmy Choo shoes at her surprise (to the public, at least) New Year’s Day wedding to longtime love Tom Vitale. Ex-husband Eddie Van Halen was among the 100 or so guests at the wedding at Bertinelli and Vitale’s cliffside home in Malibu. [People]

-- Clarence House has released more details about the not-at-all-secret pending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton -- how she’ll get to and from the ceremony, who will officiate, that Queen Elizabeth II will host the reception and Prince Charles the after-party. But still no word on that all-important detail: the dress! [WWD]

-- Queen Latifah, one of Cover Girl’s cover girls, will tout the CVS drugstore chain’s new beauty loyalty program on television Wednesday evening, during the People’s Choice Awards. [WWD] (subscription required)

-- Did you know that bright red lipsticks might contain beetle juice? I think my beauty loyalty just took a hit. Fortunately, starting Wednesday, the FDA will require labeling to explain when beetle extracts are used. [StyleSectionLA]

-- Was it just yesterday that celebs such as Emma Watson were cropping their locks? A counter-trend, ‘Rapunzel’ hair extending below the waist, is now being spotted on women such as Beyonce and Solange Knowles. Thanks to the magic of hair extensions any length goes! [BellaSugar]

-- LVMH Chief Executive Mark Webber, who is also chairman and chief executive for Donna Karan International, has been named man of the year by the American Apparel and Footwear Assn. [WWD] (subscription required)

-- Susan Denley

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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.