This gilded $14,770 Swarovski-studded Christmas tree stand is suited for an evergreen of Rockefeller Center proportions and certainly not for a shabby Charlie Brown tree. We never would have thought of plastering the tool that steadies our tree with Swarovski crystals, but who are we to whine about a little extra decadence?

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In-store cocktail fêtes are nothing new, but throw a bit of live music into the mix and the chicsters will come flocking. Last night at the Fendi store on Fifth Avenue, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz’s book John Baldessari: A Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Multiples, 1971-2007 was celebrated with a performance by jazz pianist Eric Lewis, who got the masses (including one Fendi-clad Brooke Shields, above) on their high-heeled feet. Party-planners, take note: bring on the music!

After the glittery madness that is the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, the revelry will rage on as friends fête the event at the after-party. There will be plenty of Angels hopped up on sugar and diving into the red velvet cupcakes by Baked by Melissa and Chicaholics sipping on Stoli Angel Elixir. Want to brew up the treat on your own? Try this ethereal recipe…

1 oz Stoli Gala Applik
3 strawberries
Sprinkles of vanilla sugar
Rose sparkling dessert wine

Muddle strawberries and vanilla sugar.  Add Stoli Gala Applik, shake well and strain into a flute.  Top with rose sparking dessert wine. Garnish with edible gold dust & pink aphrodisiac rose petal.

Jessica Stam may not have walked away with the Woodie of the Year Award (that honor went to Kings of Leon), but she certainly deserves an honorable mention for hitting all the right notes in a Balenciaga Resort mini during the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards last night.

On the day when the all the talk is about VS Angles, a trio of timeless supers manage to hold their own with this Kayt Jones’ cover of i-D. Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer all posed buff and proud for the winter edition of the magazine.

Going green has never been chicer, and now Pratt Institute is turning the spotlight on sustainable design. “Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion” opens today at the school’s Manhattan Gallery at 144 West 14th Street (2nd floor), guest-curated by fashion theorist and independent curator Francesca Granata and textile conservator Sarah Scaturro and featuring work by SANS, Uluru, Loomstate, Bodkin, Alabama Chanin, SUNO, and Slow and Steady Wins the Race, and by designers and artists Susan Cianciolo, Kelly Cobb, Tiprin Follett, Zoe Sheehan Saldana, and Andrea Zittel. The looks above, by (left to right) SANS, Bodkin, Alabama Chanin, and Tina Tyrell for SUNO are made of materials like undyed tencel and post-consumer recycled polyester, organic and recycled cotton, and tussah (or wild) silk.

The lovely Chic Report contributor Lonneke Engel is being honored in a way that you’re not. Our gal has been nominated for Holland’s Sexiest Vegetarian of 2009 by this Dutch organic website!

The Angels have descended again, and so it must be that time of year…The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is in full swing, and we are antsy to see what colorful confections await us inside Park Avenue Armory. Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, Marissa Miller and other winged supers will sail down the runway in perilously high Guiseppe Zanotti heels. “This is the first time we’ve worked with Giuseppe, and I hope to work with him again, because I think the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is a strange creature,” explained VS show stylist, Charlotte Stockdale. “It is couture-esque in the sense that apart from the lingerie, every single thing is custom made.” Par exemple, while a pair of heels may exist in a leopard print, you will only find the pale pink pony hair version stomping down the VS runway on the feet of an Iman or a Lima. The spectacle will take flight live this evening, and you can catch the recorded version while cuddled up on your loveseat December 1st on CBS.

Obviously he doesn’t really…but we did put the Barney’s creative director on the spot (along with several others of your favorite chicsters)–and you won’t want to miss it. Behond, the newest Chic Report video!

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Remember that ’80s flick, Twins, starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger? Based on this photo from last night’s tribute to Tim Burton at the MoMA, we would say Rachel Roy could also have easily been cast as DeVito’s unlikely physical counterpart…