And if the Peoples’ Choice Awards, to be handed out on January 6, 2010 - two days after we all return from vacation - are any indication, the big fashion influencers of the the 2010 awards season will be: Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson. Designers - are you listening? The Peoples’ Choice Awards are NOT indicators of the Oscars or the Golden Globes. They don’t have much to do with credibility or acting ability. But they have everything to do with popularity, big ratings and money, money, money. The top nominees, or the “pop-culture juggernaut,” as the L.A. Times called it, is “Twilight.” Just in time for “New Moon” to come out, the first movie picked up six nominations this morning for the 2010 People’s Choice Awards, including favorite movie, favorite franchise, and the on-screen team of leads Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. The trio also received individual acting nods, with Pattinson and Stewart nominated for movie actor and movie actress and Lautner for breakout movie actor. HBO’s camp treasure “True Blood” got noms for TV obsession and TV sci-fi/fantasy. Star Anna Paquin also was nominated for TV drama actress. It’s also fun to note that Jennifer Aniston, Blake Lively, Katherine Heigl, Tina Fey and probably Heidi Klum will be there - since “Project Runway” is nominated for best tv competition show.

Here is a full list of nominees, announced today in Beverly Hills at the SLS Hotel:

TV drama: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House,” “Lost,” “NCIS.”
TV comedy: “Desperate Housewives,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Office,” “Two and a Half Men.”
TV drama actor: Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Matthew Fox, Patrick Dempsey.
TV drama actress: Anna Paquin, Blake Lively, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Heigl, Mariska Hargitay.
TV comedy actor: Alex Baldwin, Charlie Sheen, Jim Parsons, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Carell.
TV comedy actress: Alyson Hannigan, America Ferrera, Amy Poehler, Eva Longoria Parker, Tina Fey.
TV obsession: “Dexter,” “Gossip Girl,” “The Hills,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “True Blood.”
TV talk show: “Chelsea Lately,” “Live With Regis & Kelly,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Tyra Banks Show.”
TV sci-fi/fantasy: “Heroes,” “Lost,” “Supernatural,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “True Blood.”
TV competition show: “American Idol,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Project Runway,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Survivor: Samoa.”
Animal show: “Animal Cops,” “DogTown,” “Dog Whisperer,” “It’s Me or the Dog,” “Rescue Ink.”
New TV drama: “Eastwick,” “FlashForward,” “Melrose Place,” “Mercy,” “The Forgotten,” “The Good Wife,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Three Rivers,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “V.”
New TV comedy: “Accidentally on Purpose,” “Brothers,” “Community,” “Cougar Town,” “Glee,” “Hank,” “The Cleveland Show,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family.”
Movie actor: Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Reynolds.
Movie actress: Anne Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart, Sandra Bullock
Action star: Christian Bale, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Shia LaBeouf, Vin Diesel.
Comedic star: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Ryan Reynolds, Vince Vaughn.
Breakout movie actress: Anna Kendrick, Emily Osment, Ginnifer Goodwin, Miley Cyrus, Zoe Saldana.
Breakout movie actor: Chris Pine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sam Worthington, Taylor Lautner, Zachary Quinto.
On-screen team: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”; Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, “The Proposal”; Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga”; Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”; Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
Family movie: “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” “Up,” “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Independent movie: “(500) Days of Summer,” “District 9,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Paranormal Activity,” “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail.”
Franchise: “Harry Potter,” “Star Trek,” “The Twilight Saga,” “Transformers,” “X-Men.”
Comedy movie: “17 Again,” “Bride Wars,” “He’s Just Not That Into You,” “The Hangover,” “The Proposal.”
Favorite movie: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Star Trek,” “The Hangover,” “The Proposal,” “Twilight.”
Male artist: Eminem, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw.
Female artist: Beyonce, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Taylor Swift.
Country artist: Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift.
Breakout music artist: Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Kris Allen, Lady Gaga, Susan Boyle.
Hip-hop artist: Eminem, Flo Rida, Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, T.I.
Rock band: Daughtry, Green Day, Kings of Leon, Muse, Paramore.
Music collaboration: Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester, “Good Girls Go Bad”; Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”; Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”; T.I. & Rihanna, “Live Your Life”; The Lonely Island & T-Pain, “I’m on a Boat.”
R&B artist: Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Usher.
Pop artist: Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, the Black Eyed Peas.
Web celeb: Andy Samberg, Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus, P. Diddy, Will Ferrell.

We love “window shopping” on Anthropologie’s website - it’s true that some pieces look better online than in the store, but with Anthropologie, that’s generally not true. There are great sweaters and coats under $200. And we found this dress, called “the thousand tier” dress - in black or grey, with lovely sheer cap sleeves - that retails for $188.00. We noticed that it’s not dissimilar from the dress on the Banana Republic Christmas campaign poster - a black tiered dress. But Anthropologie’s clothes generally fit better than Banana Republic. And we like the smoky grey option - very now. Very winter 2009. And it will still look good this spring.

We’ve seen jeans that look like leggings (Siwy brand and the Hussein Chalayan for JBrand legging style); leggings that look like jeans (essentially blue leggings), but now Joe’s Jeans is doing a “Jegging” that really marries the two. After all, they’ve been living together for a while - now they’re shacking up. Big time. Joe’s did 42 different washes, which is a LOT. They retail from $82 to $98 at Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue. And they look fine tucked into those very high boots, ladies. It’s a nice economical way to update your wardrobe fast. FYI, we are NOT a fan of the Joe’s Jean campaigns that are hyper sexual and tacky - but we do like these jeggings.

You probably already have your calendars marked for November 14th, when the Jimmy Choo collection hits H&M - and it’s not just shoes, but bags - and CLOTHES! It’s the first Jimmy Choo venture into clothing. Expecting it to sell out faster than a Smartcar on sale for two grand, H&M has already posted instructions on its website about HOW to shop for Jimmy Choo. It involves lining up at the stores, getting a bracelet while you’re online - needless to say, if you’re not there early - VERY early -this Saturday morning (6am or 7am, we’d say), you won’t get to buy any of the MUCH publicized Jimmy Choo pieces. But the shoes all look very sky-scrapery anyway. But here’s another important H&M date: December 5. This is the day our FAVORITE Parisian designer debuts a lingerie collection for H&M - just in time for holiday shopping. Sonia Rykiel, the famous flame haired Parisian knitwear designer, really is the essence of Paris sophistication and sweater-girl culture. Sonia and her daughter Nathalie Rykiel will do two lines for H&M spring 2010: the first is all lingerie and related accessories for women, with exclusive pieces to be launched in-store 1500 H&M stores on December 5, 2009. And at the same time, Sonia Rykiel will make this lingerie collection available in Sonia Rykiel’s major boutiques around the world - another first for H&M. Now, there’s lingerie - and then there’s FRENCH lingerie. Any lingerie designed by Sonia Rykiel is going to be dead chic. Then there’s a second collaboration for spring 2010, featuring an iconic Rykiel knitwear collection for women and girls (1.5 to 8 years old) accompanied by playful accessories. This second collection will be launched in around 250 H&M stores on February 20, 2010. The spring knitwear is colorful and it’s all very chic - and worth getting up at the crack of dawn for. And these pieces would look on any girl of any age and size.

Penelope Cruz does not vary much from very love of wearing all-black. And it is nearly winter everywhere but Los Angeles. In Rome for the premiere of her new Pedro Almodovar movie, “Broken Embraces,” she wore a Dolce & Gabbana cocktail dress, a cropped black blazer (sharp) - but then heavy suede boots that ruch up a bit. We love the boots and her very long hair - but with a fullish skirt that’s to the knee, the boots look a bit heavy. We think the heavier higher boots look better over leggings or with short skirts. A dress with more fabric in the skirt deserves a low boot or a high heeled shoe, like a Louboutin or a Sigerson Morrison bootie. Also, wouldn’t it be nice to see Penelope wear red or dark pink lipstick with this all-black look? Or carry a red bag? It needs just the slightest dose of color. But then again - things are different in Europe! - Merle Ginsberg

Prada is releasing a book of all of their diverse projects in fashion, architecture, film and art, called PRADA - with 708 pages of red carpet looks, art projects, video stills, photos from high concept campaigns, etc. Beyond any other fashion company, the Italian brand has certainly diversified into other other art forms, and worked with both established and very underground graphic designers, filmmakers, artists and architects in everything they’ve done - from their travelling exhibition on skirts, that went from Tokyo to Milan to NY to LA, and their films liked “Trembled Blossoms.” They bring fashion truly into the realm of culture and the arts. The book was celebrated in the brand’s Milan store, it’s New York store designed by Rem Koolhaus, and now the event and book are coming to L.A. The event is this Friday night, and clearly the Italians are not spooked by the Friday the 13th aura. It’s a private event, but we will be reporting from it. We always love to see what people wear to fashion culture events. Do they want to show their fashiony sides - or their cultural sides? And is there a halfway mark?