M.I.A. washed ashore in a shark top from Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's spring 2010 collection and over-the-knee black boots at the Jimmy Choo for H&M launch event last night in Hollywood.

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Dearest Anna,

We've had our ups and downs this past year. But as you turn 60 today, you remain a continued source of inspiration! In the past year, you became a movie star, continued your crusade to let women everywhere know it's okay to wear the same thing twice in public, and exhibited fierce — but not too fierce — diva behavior at every chance (at least in restaurants). You're just the kind of diva boss lady we hope to be one day! But also, you weren't afraid to let your hair down every now and then. Oh, and you got Michelle Obama on the cover of Vogue! And in no way is that less special now that she's also been on the covers of Prevention, Glamour, and a bunch of other magazines. Mostly because on your cover, she wasn't wearing a giant waist belt. But this isn't about her — today is your day. Over here we celebrate birthdays with cupcakes and singing and getting irresponsibly drunk after — possibly during — work. And that is why we need a woman like you — who would do none of those things — in our lives.

Please accept this blogcard, which we specially commissioned from artist Christopher Sauvé, just for you. Happy birthday!

xx
The Cut

Lady Gaga arrived two and a half hours late to the ACE Awards presented by the Accessories Council at Cipriani last night. She wouldn't talk to reporters, but explained in her acceptance speech for the Stylemaker award, "I had no gloves and I felt like the outfit needed gloves. So [stylist Nicola Formichetti] and I decided to paint me white. Guess that’s what happens when you don’t have the right accessories."

Meanwhile, Diane Von Furstenberg — who did have the right accessories — explained that she didn't actually get mugged in Madrid, though she had tweeted about being robbed. “I got pickpocketed. No one attacked me,” she said. “I don’t want to give a bad rap to Madrid, but it was annoying, and I had the stupid idea of tweeting it, and then the whole world knew about it.” She's new to Twitter, you see.

Michelle Obama isn't the only one with a December Glamour cover. She shares that honor with Rihanna, who speaks in the magazine about Chris Brown, that photo, and fashion:

In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn’t wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself ... My hairdresser just said, “I don’t feel like doing your hair anymore — I want to cut it.” I was like, Finally!

In other words, she became a diva.

Rihanna: Back On Top! [Glamour]

Last night, Lady Gaga attended the Accessories Council's annual ACE awards, where Marc Jacobs presented her with the Stylemaker trophy. You can see she earned it last night in her fall clothes: semi-thick tights and a long-sleeved velvet shirt. Naturally, she had a net of lace over her face to either make a scene or ensure she wasn't able to eat or drink anything there (maybe she's a spiller). Ironically, M.A.C. has just named Gaga a face for their AIDS Fund campaign, along with Cyndi Lauper. M.A.C. will make a Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick and a Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick for $14 each, with all proceeds going to the M.A.C. AIDS Fund. So maybe now that she's the face of a makeup company, she'll have to wear less crazy crap on her head so she can properly shill. The lipstick goes on sale March 18.

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN [WWD]