Designer Monique Lhuillier to do Schermerhorn show

No, she won’t be performing a concerto.

But Monique Lhuillier – a household name among fashionistas — will do a fashion show at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center next year.

This runway-in-the-Schermerhorn thang is nothing new. Oscar de la Renta has put on two such shows so far.

Monique will be showing off her 2009 Fall Collection, which apparently is so impressive that they used capital letters for “Fall Collection.” Local connection: Monique designed the wedding gown for the youngest Gore daughter, Sarah Gore Lee.

The event is a fund-raiser for the Nashville Symphony at the Thor Johnson Scholarship Fund.

For more info, find Amy Jacky, director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra League, at 687-6541 or ajacky@nashvillesymphony.org.

Local jeweler-to-the-stars lands her bling at Jamie

So here’s your chance to look like the stars — or at least wear the same jewelry as some of them.

“Betty Badd,” a.k.a. Betty Malo, wife to singing sensation Raul Malo, has designed pieces for Lindsey Lohan, Jamie Foxx, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and several other stars inside and outside country music.

Now you can buy Betty Badd pieces at the exclusive Jamie store on West End Avenue, right near Belle Meade. Seems the store wants to get some younger shoppers, and it gives Betty a chance to try some more conservative pieces — or at least more conservative than her usual edgy stuff.

Gaylord takes us inside da club of FUSE VIPs bash

No cameras were allowed inside the FUSE VIP opening, but Gaylord Opryland Resort was kind enough to provide these pics.

Kim Kardashian, Niki Taylor, Billy Ray to be at FUSE

This VIP opening for Gaylord Opryland’s new “Vegas-style club,” FUSE, is getting to be quite the buzz.

Confirmed, fer sure: Kim Kardashian, Niki Taylor, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus, Eddie George and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter.

And Joe Nichols, Lady Antebellum, American Idol alum Diana DeGarmo, Titans kicker Rob Bironas, Chuck Wicks (Stealing Cinderella), Danielle Peck and Lorrie Morgan are confirmed.

But it’s the “maybe” list that’s really interested. Invited and considering:

Snoop Dogg (who just made a country music video with Willie Nelson), Whitney Houston, Mario Lopez, Daisy Fuentes, Gabrielle Union and all the A-list Nashville country singers.

Kid Rock is set to host.

And you’re invited — after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. That’s when the public can come.

Cher came here just for the Merle Haggard show

Mystery solved: Turns out Cher is in town because one of her best L.A. buddies is a huge Merle Haggard fan, and Cher wanted to surprise her friend by taking him to the Hag show tonight.

Cher’s friend is jeweler-to-the-stars Richard Starks, creator of the Chrome Hearts line, for you fashionistas.

Cher booked a private jet and told Richard and his wife she had a surprise for them and they took off without Richard knowing where he was going.

Cher and Richard and their significant others spent significant time with Merle before the show. Then the Cher posse sat six rows back, center, for the actual Ryman show itself.

Other celebs in the house: Jewel and her bull-rider champ man, Ty Murray; country couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert; Gretchen Wilson; and John Anderson.

Double your fun: Olsen twins are in town for Bonnaroo

Who knew that Mary-Kate Olsen’s “Boho-chic” look came with an actual interest in Boho culture?

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were both spotted together outside a West End Avenue/Vandy area hotel Thursday night.

They apparently had quite the posse of bodyguards and various handlers.

And the Olsen twins were NOT interested in hanging out with a couple of autograph seekers who approached around 10 p.m.

But they apparently were interested in some sort of Bonnaroo fashion: The twins were wearing what one witness described as what “looked like a homemade quilt made into clothes.”

Cowboy couture: ‘Country Weekly’ hold fashion show

That’s right, country singers can whip on the high fashion, too, and Country Weekly held a fund-raiser fashion show Wednesday night at Wildhorse Saloon.

Check out these pics, yo!

Seen in the City: Niki and her hubby at Green Hills mall

Supermodel and Bravo Make Me a Supermodel host Niki Taylor was seen walking hand in hand with her race car driver hubby, Burney Lamar, Sunday at the Mall at Green Hills.

My spy (who happens to sit next to me in the newsroom) says she saw them around 1:30 p.m. leaving the mall.

Niki was wearing a bright red plaid button-down shirt with jeans, hair pulled back, virtually no makeup — but still absolutely beautiful.

Burney was also wearing clothes.

The two walked out to what appeared to be a new white Hybrid SUV.

You go, green girl!

Seen in the City: Miley and her mom fall into the Gap

Looks like Miley Cyrus has found a fave spot for retail therapy while shooting the Hannah Montana movie in Middle Tennessee — and that spot is the Mall at Green Hills. (Sniff sniff!)

Here is a pic of Miley in a dressing room there. Kidding! This is actually one of several new ab-showing pics that have surfaced on the Web, pics that Miley supposedly made for alleged boyfriend, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. I got these from the Memphis ABC affiliate Web site.

Back here in Nashville, Miley’s Memorial Day shopping trip landed her at the Gap at the Mall at Green Hills from 4 to 4:30 p.m. You might remember it was raining, so Miley and her mom, Tish, were probably looking for something to do inside like the rest of us.

Staff at the Gap said female customers whispered “Is that Hannah Montana?” to each other while their boyfriends and husbands looked confused. A few customers eventually walked up to Miley to ask for autographs, and she obliged.

Miley bought several V-neck shirts in different colors and her mom — who said she was freezing — bought an entire outfit and wore it out of the store.

“They were very nice and personable and not rude at all,” one store staffer said.

The total bill was under $100.

Miley has been to that mall several times, and, on a previous trip, she was nice to fans who approached her at Panera.

Good to know she’s nice to the home folk.

Oscar de la Renta in Nashville? I know, right?

The Nashville society and fashion crowds were all a-twitter Tuesday night as fashion icon Oscar de la Renta his own self showed at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center for a fund-raiser fashion show.

There were a handful of celebs as well, as Rascal Flatts hosted, and singers-songwriters Billy Dean and Jennifer Hanson were in the crowd.

The event raised more than $200,000 for the Nashville Symphony’s music education programs.

Mr. de la Renta confirms he’s designing Jenna Bush’s wedding gown, but he said very little about it, other than it’s going to be a country wedding, and Jenna looks great in his gown.

He also says he’s a big Johnny Cash fan — but never bought his music until after he saw the biopic Walk the Line.

Mr. de la Renta, though, not so familiar with Nashville’s iconic country couture designer who put Johnny Cash in black.

“Manuel?” he said, shaking his head.

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