La Roux Unplugged At Viktor & Rolf Monsieur

Viktor & Rolf’s menswear show this morning was an intimate engagement, so when they booked Elly Jackson—a.k.a. the front woman of dance/pop sensation La Roux—they requested something softer than the usual dancehall thrum. “I think Viktor and Rolf originally wanted me to do a cappella,” Jackson told Style.com. “It was a nice idea, but I wasn’t sure entirely how that would work.” They met in the middle with an unplugged set of three songs, including, for the models’ final exit, the worldwide hit “Bulletproof.”

“It works really well in the space,” Jackson continued, describing the slowed-down, acoustic versions of songs from her self-titled debut album. “It’s a lot more Viktor & Rolf. It wouldn’t really be right to do the songs as they are on the record in a space like this. I think the way we’re doing it now a lot more suits the V&R brand and the way they are.”

Speaking of the way they are—that’s just the way Jackson dressed. The flame-haired singer wore a custom-tailored suit from the Monsieur collection, combed her trademark quiff into a style resembling Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s own, and donned a pair of their signature glasses (which also appeared, by the way, intarsia-ed on a model’s sweater). The a.m. appearance marked Jackson’s first time at Paris fashion week, but the menswear-favoring singer (she doesn’t wear women’s clothing) said as much as she’d like to, she couldn’t stay for any other men’s shows—she jetted off to Glastonbury, where she’s performing, immediately after her set. But she, Horsting, and Snoeren may all meet again. “There might be a way to involve Viktor & Rolf in [the next music video],” she said.

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Victoria Beckham Debuts Rachel Zoe's Boot Collaboration with Brian Atwood

They may not have been made for too much walking, but the sexy thigh-high boots that Victoria Beckham donned Wednesday night certainly stole the show among the fashionable guests that gathered at the Diane von Furstenberg party at Claridge’s hotel in London. And with good reason! Stylist-to-the-stars Rachel Zoe helped design the super-high and uber-chic black suede “RZ” boots as a collaboration with her longtime friend and celebrated designer Brian Atwood. Featuring a chic chain detail up the back, the platform boots–which Posh paired with a barely-there black Giles corset dress–looked just as fabulous as the unexpected ensembles that Zoe pulls together for her A-list clients. And while pop star-turned-designer Posh got to debut the style from Atwood’s fall 2010 collection this week, the rest of us will have to wait until the boots arrive in stores later this month–as if we needed another reason to envy Posh!