Kim Kardashian attended the opening of a Sydney Jimmy Choo store, but I think people may have been distracted from the shoes because of her over the top and icky bustier outfit. Not a good look Kim.

Tara Mellon, the founder of Jimmy Choo, is in the process of suing her own mother for $10 million. The court case is over a breach of contract. Nothing screams “family” like suing!

Katherine Heigl honored the title of her new movie, 27 Dresses by attending the premiere in a sparkly Bill Blass dress with matching Jimmy Choo shoes.

Lately Lindsay Lohan is almost always seen toting around her Jimmy Choo Carolina Oversized Clutch as she prances around New York City. The purse features black eel skin with water snake leather. It’s closed up with both a zipper and a gold clasp, and can be used as is or with a removable chain link strap.

You can get one for just over $1600 if you’d like!

Fashion designer Jimmy Choo told the British clothing chain Warehouse he’d sue if it didn’t pull a a cheap copycat of his $1,350.00 luxury clutch, “The Marin,” toted by such celebs as Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff.  Warehouse finally removed the black purse, destroyed thousands of bags and reached an out-of-court settlement with the designer.

Choo and his firm have also won battles against Oasis, Jane Shilton, M&S, Shoe Studio and New Look - some of which had to pony up hefty sums for copying his footwear and handbag designs.

A spokesewoman for Jimmy Choo, Hannah Merritt, said:

“We will not tolerate copies of our products being sold, as we spend significant sums on creating unique and novel designs.”

Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin are donating some of their top shoe designs to the 7th On Sale Charity Auction, an annual event where thousands of items from the world’s best designers are sold to raise money for AIDS charities. Read the rest of this entry »

Shoe designer Jimmy Choo is launching a new fragrance. The posh company has inked a deal with beauty brand Selective Beauty. Read the rest of this entry »