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The fashion-and-style scene has its share of celebrity goers-and-comers. But one that we’ve been noticing of late—maybe because, well, we didn’t peg him as the type—is rubbery comedian Jim Carrey. He cut a small but decided swath through fashion week and attended the dinner and after-party for Marchesa’s Spring ‘11 collection. (Here he is above, meeting Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, with husband Harvey Weinstein, as Rachel Zoe looks on.) He then got spotted by the fashion crowd at Tuesday’s Shakira concert at Madison Square Garden. (Several editors, including Style.com’s beauty editor, were on hand to see the Colombian pop star perform to celebrate the launch of her fragrance—though none were seen to take cell phone video of the performance, as Carrey did.) And last night, Carrey rubbed elbows with the hordes of Brazilian bombshells—Gisele and Fernanda Motta among them—at the after-party for the Brazil Foundation gala at the Boom Boom Room.

What gives? To be honest, we’re not sure. According to IMDB, he’s currently developing a film adaptation of Where’s Waldo?—maybe he’s researching striped clothing. (Two words in that case, Jim: Saint James.) Pet detectives, if you’ve got any more clues, feel free to leave them below.

Lasse Hallstrom's romantic comedy, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, has now amassed £3.1m since its release on 20 April.

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Continue reading the main story UK & IRELAND BOX OFFICE 1. Marvel Avengers Assemble - £15.77m 2. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - £1.08m 3. The Hunger Games - £0.74m 4. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists - £0.66m 5. The Cabin in the Woods - £0.56m

Marvel Avengers Assemble opens on Friday in the US and Canada, where it will be known more simply as The Avengers.

British comedy Outside Bet, starring Bob Hoskins and Phil Davis, made just £8,440 from 34 cinemas following some unfavourable reviews.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is second in the box office chart after taking £1.08m between Friday and Sunday.

Sci-fi action film Battleship slipped to fifth place after topping the charts in its first two weeks of release.

Marvel Avengers Assemble is the number one film in the UK and Ireland after taking £15.78m in its opening week.

The film sees comic book superheroes Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor and Captain America team up to save the earth.

The Hunger Games comes third, ahead of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and The Cabin in the Woods.

Its weekend takings exceeded those of Spider-Man 3, which had an £11.83m opening in 2007, and The Dark Knight, which made £11.19m on its 2008 debut.

There was no shortage of star wattage at Cannes this weekend, but it was a few newcomers who stood out on the fashion front. Girl-to-watch Elizabeth Olsen has enviable access to one of fashion’s most-desired labels; her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley are the designers of The Row. Olsen took the line day to night, wearing a pretty white shift for an afternoon photo call for her film Martha Marcy May Marlene and amping up the glamour in a high-slit, beaded black number for its official premiere. (Between the color and the slit,Cheap Jimmy Choo bags, we couldn’t help but remember Ashley’s Met gala look.)

Clémence Poésy, on the other hand, went lighter and sweeter but still scored a winning look. The French actress chose a silk and taffeta gown from YSL’s Edition Soir for the Saturday premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Photos: Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images (Olsen); Ann-Christiane Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Images (Poesy)

When Jeanne Lanvin founded her couture house in 1909, she made her name creating super-luxurious clothes for mothers and their daughters. This past summer, Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz reawakened the house’s childrenswear roots, unveiling his Lanvin Petite 25-piece collection in New York.

Much to the delight of the label’s new 2-to-8-year-old clients, Lanvin followed the launch with an international pop-up shop tour, which wrapped up last month in New York with a party where juice boxes, not Champagne glasses, clinked. Here, in this exclusive behind-the-scenes video taken at the Winter 2012 Lanvin Petite photoshoot,wholesale Baby Phat, a similar scene plays out. The girls show off the line’s second childrenswear collection, many of the pieces inspired by the main line, with Elbaz’s focus remaining on new fabrics and new technologies, just as in the pre-fall collection he showed last week. These tots are truly going to be Lanvin girls for life.
—Kristin Studeman

Photo: Courtesy of Lanvin

Chaos and confusion were the order of the day at Bernhard Willhelm’s Mexican-fiesta-themed presentation at Paris’ Kogan Gallery yesterday evening. But, according to the rambunctious German designer, who came dressed for the occasion in a sombrero and a coconut necklace, that was precisely the point. “The theme is ‘You’ll Never See What You Have Paid For,’ and then we went Mexican, but the collection is not Mexican,” said Willhelm. “It doesn’t really make sense, but that’s the only way to describe it.”

Models caused a stir on the street as they shimmied in front of the gallery window wearing cutout frocks printed with collaged human eyes, two-toned leggings, and retro trainers. Characteristic of Willhem’s conceptual perspective, the runway was an installation by New York-based artist Christian Holstad. Wrapping around the gallery, it featured totems made of discarded fashion magazines, hanging sculptures crafted from vegetables, fruit, and plastic wrap, and what appeared to be Styrofoam cakes spinning on old record players. The models,wholesale Versace, with their radioactive-pink lips and shredded-paper pigtails, effectively merged with the artwork: One girl smashed a cake against the window while showing off her tribal-print black and white tunic, while another incorporated a watermelon-topped umbrella into her strut.

Most of the designer’s playful street-cool looks were paired with metal MYKITA glasses with XXL cut into where the lenses should have been. “It means live large, even if you only have a little money,” explained the designer. Judging by the models’ lighthearted runway behavior, as well as the laughing, if not rowdy guests, Willhelm’s point was well taken. And perhaps, in these pressed times, his collection’s message makes sense after all.
—Katharine K. Zarrella

Photo: Courtesy of Bernhard Willhelm