Although the CFDA event had managed to rustle up a blue-wigged Lady Gaga along with a bevy of red carpet regulars - all predictably flashing a lot of flesh - anyone trying to de-code what was currently fashionable Stateside would have come away very confused.

Besides Kirsten Dunst rocking a tux trousersuit and Chloé Sevigny wearing Dolce & Gabbana white lace, the overall dress code - dominated for some odd reason by scarlet - looked more like a Pussycat Dolls convention than a celebration of current trends.

It hardly mirrored Angelina Jolie's latest Louis Vuitton "Core Values" campaign image which absolutely sums up where Planet Fashion is right now. This depicts the American mother of six, barefoot in silk khaki combats - the sort we know cost more than $2,000 (Dh7,346) - wearing dewy make-up and a deconstructed hairdo, posing with her monogrammed Alto carryall bag, which would cost several times the annual national wage in Cambodia, the site of the shoot, as it happens.

You digitally download as a pdf file so you can start sewing your new BFC Ink doll cardigan immediately. The Adobe pdf viewer is required. You simply print out the pdf and you’re ready to start. The Guidebook provides the pattern pieces and step-by-step instructions for creating the Trendy Slouch Cardigan for your 18 inch BFC Ink Doll. *Before printing your new guidebook, ensure the ‘page scaling’ is set to ‘none’ in the print dialogue box. If it is set to ‘shrink to fit’ the pattern will not be properly sized. Your daughter wants new doll clothes, why not use that excitement to teach her a valuable skill – sewing. It’s a skill she’ll use her entire life....

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