The ridiculousness continues…

Court papers filed on Tuesday show Louboutin got information from a private investigator who said Christian Dior was planning to launch a red-soled shoe collection next season. The PI was hired to find information on the YSL case, but instead found information about Dior. Louboutin will not press charges against Dior, and Dior denies the claims.

The case against YSL presses on, with remarks from both sides getting snippier by the second. YSL says:

“Louboutin’s trademark should have never been granted…We just don’t think that any fashion designer should be able to monopolize any color.”

While Louboutin’s team shot back and said the claim was “utter rubbish” and “unless you are living in a cave” the consumer recognizes a red sole as a Louboutin. But don’t worry, Louboutin doesn’t claim to own every red under the sun. Louboutin’s lawyer Harley Lewin said:
“We are not claiming to own every red under the sun. There’s a particular red that Christian uses on his shoes, a bright, lacquered red. We aren’t saying burgundy or orange-red, we aren’t saying pink. We don’t own any other red but that red.”

The case will be decided on Friday by New York judge Victor Marrero.

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It’s the fashion eye-roll seen ’round the world: in April,Christian Louboutin, one of fashion’s most iconic shoemakers, filed a lawsuit against fashion house Yves Saint Laurent for manufacturing shoes with Louboutin-style red soles. Louboutin trademarked his red varnished heels back in 2008 and is seeking $1 million in damages (which we calculated to be the equivalent of 250 pairs of Louboutin shoes).

The most recent courtroom update involves an arguably snarky rebuttal from YSL, essentially pooh-poohing Louboutin’s claims. According to The Daily Mail, Louboutin claims to be “the first designer to develop the idea of having red soles on women’s shoes,” in spite of the fact that YSL has used scarlet soles on select shoe styles since the ’70s — long before Louboutin’s innovation in 1992.

Court papers filed by YSL state that “Louboutin was fradulent in his trademark application claim that he had ‘exclusive’ use of the red sole:

“Red outsoles are a commonly used ornamental design feature in footwear, dating as far back as the red shoes worn by King Louis XIV in the 1600s and the ruby red shoes that carried Dorothy home in The Wizard of Oz.”

Louboutin also went head-to-head, or heel-to-heel, with Brazilian shoemaker Carmen Steffens for producing shoes with his “signature” soles. In both lawsuits, Louboutin claims that the other designers’ red-soled shoes are being mistaken for those by Louboutin, creating a false identity for his company.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Paris-based designer Christian Louboutin, whose pumps have graced many fabulous and famous feet, sued fashion rival Yves Saint Laurent over the use of the color red on shoe soles.

“Mr. Louboutin is the first designer to develop the idea of having red soles on women’s shoes,” said the trademark infringement lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.

Since January, Louboutin said in the suit, he has asked luxury company Yves Saint Laurent America, a subsidiary of the Gucci Group, to stop selling red-soled shoes in the same select Manhattan stores as he does.

“Defendants’ use of red footwear outsoles that are virtually identical to plaintiffs’ Red Sole Mark is likely to cause and is causing confusion, mistake and deception among the relevant purchasing public,” the suit said.

The suit asks for a U.S. judge to impose $1 million in damages and order YSL to stop manufacturing similar designs.

The Gucci Group was not available for comment and the U.S. branch of Yves Saint Laurent declined comment on the lawsuit.

Since shortly after Louboutin founded his first boutique in 1991 in Paris, the suit said, all his shoes have had red-lacquered soles. They can fetch more than $1,000 a pair.

“The Red Sole has become synonymous with Christian Louboutin and high fashion,” it said, adding that Louboutin had trademarked the design in the United States in 2008.

New man, new look and a new book. Jenny McCarthy is hot, hot, hot. Now on a book tour for her 7th book, Jenny is looking gorgeous with a twist of humor. The cameras are watching her and justifiably so. Here she is leaving Chelsea Lately looking like a proper bombshell with her YSL Easy Y Satchel in fuchsia and Christian Louboutin shoes.

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Katharine McPhee was spotted last week as she was getting ready to autograph copies of her new album titled Had It all. This newly-blond bombshell was looking pretty stylish for the occasion. Her outfit consisted of a black mini dress worn over opaque black tights and a black leather motorcycle jacket. But wait, are those brown boots she’s wearing with her all-black outfit? I have said this before, but I will say it again… Neat! I am really loving this brown paired with black trend. It has such a refreshing feeling to it! But what’s even more enticing about Ms. McPhee’s ensemble is her lovely handbag. It looks to be the Yves Saint Laurent Muse in Black Patent. Wow! Now that’s hot! And it looks especially nice with her black leather motorcycle jacket, giving her overall look a nice balance between tough girl and professional chic.

It’s Heidi Montag again and she seems to know how to make almost any designer bag look obnoxious. This is so unfortunate. Another thing that is unfortunate has to be the fact that Heidi and her overly annoying husband, Spencer Pratt continue to be spotted coming and going from talk shows.

Here the dynamic duo (and I use that term with complete sarcasm) was photographed visiting It’s on with Alexa Chung in NYC. Once again, Heidi is carrying her beloved Yves Saint Laurent Y Tote. We’ve seen her carry this bag several times before, but the more she carries it, the more I start to dislike it. Even more along the lines of dislike, that furry vest she has on. I am sure it actually might not look that bad on someone else, but I can’t stand it on Heidi.

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Keeping comfy in sweats, Ashley Tisdale and boyfriend Scott Speer head out of Paty’s Restaurant after having an early lunch in Toluca Lake, Calif. yesterday afternoon (November 27).

Ashley may appear to be dressed down for the occasion but she’s carrying a Yves Saint Laurent Muse Handbag with a Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis Key And Change Holder and wearing Ugg Australia Sundance II Boots In Chestnut and a pair of Gucci 1827 Sunglasses.

I’m a complete and total fangirl when it comes to Lady Gaga. I think that she does no wrong, musically or fashionably, and I queen out so hard whenever one of her songs come up on my iTunes shuffle or when I see her on TV. I fully intend to buy tickets and go see her the next time she plays in Atlanta. I’m pretty close to worshiping her.

And one of the reasons that I love her so much is because she totally and completely embraces the ridiculousness of high fashion – not that many other people would dare to wear the utterly fabulous Marc Jacobs Neon Poncho – straight out of his Fall/Winter 2009 runway show – to the AIRPORT? There are only so many people on Earth that are that fierce. And to top it off, she’s again carrying (or her bodyguard is carrying) her Yves Saint Laurent Studded Easy Tote that we spotted her with not long ago. I’m actually a bit surprised – it’s not often that Lady Gaga repeats a bag! But when a bag is that fabulous, repeating it certainly isn’t bad.

It was a family affair at Scout Willis’s high school graduation, and not simply because papa Bruce, mama Demi, and step-dad Ashton were all in attendance. Scout’s actress sister Rumer, also at the event, seems to have inherited her mother’s taste for Yves Saint Laurent handbags . Rumer brought her own lovely black Easy bag along, and though her outfit isn’t very graduation-esque, the bag looks fab. But then, when doesn’t a YSL handbag look fab?

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Love her or hate her, Sienna Miller certainly has fabulous taste in desginer handbags. This classic taupe ostrich-skin Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche handbag is just plain stunning, yet surprisingly suitable for everyday (hmmm…must tell my accountant that next he balks at my spending habits). While Sienna’s striped nautical top and jeans would have also looked great with a cream or navy purse, the YSL adds a nice extravagant touch.

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