"Meredith Melling Burke ... walked in off the elevator in a beige 3.1 Phillip Lim chesterfield and beige trousers tucked into an impeccable black pair from Miu Miu -- that were completely flat! A sign of things to come?" Andre Leon Talley wrote in a recent blog post for Vogue. Blame it on Michelle Obama (who never seems to rise above a kitten heel) or fashion designer Maria Cornejo, who famously outfitted her models in flats-only this past Fashion Week, but the sky-high heel that garnered so much attention on SS09 runways may be being thrown out the window, or at least temporarily laid to rest.

Midway through May -- a slew of fashion aficionados, many of whom had flown down from New York for the weekend -- gathered in Savannah, Georgia, for the Savannah College of Art & Design's annual senior fashion show. Vogue's Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley (who holds an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from SCAD) was on hand to present Isabel and Ruben Toledo with the college's Lifetime Achievement Award. Designers Yigal Azrouël and Lars Nilsson were also present, taking in the collection presentations (partially the fruits of their own labor, as each designer played mentor to members of SCAD's senior class via its StyleLab program) from the front row. None seemed disappointed by the exciting and evocative show, which reaffirmed SCAD's reputation as one of the premiere fashion programs in the world. Given the collegiate atmosphere, when we caught up with the Toledos pre-show (Isabel having recently become a household name thanks to Michelle Obama wearing her design for President Obama's Inauguration, and Ruben revered for his iconic illustrations), our first question was what the couple, who met at school in New Jersey at the age of 13, were like as students.

● Style site Chictopia has combined forces with American Apparel for a hybrid ad campaign incorporating Chictopia users. [Chictopia]
● Is that Andre Leon Talley or Jay-Z in that fur cap? [Cityfile]
● Michelle Obama channeled Nancy Regan at the Inaugural Ball, rocking a Jason Wu cream-colored asymmetrical gown. [JustJared]

● Best thing ever: Get Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley’s fashion advice as your ringtone. [Cityfile]
● Recession be damned. Tomorrow, Louis Vuitton will offer a limited edition of their “Sprouse Collection” skateboard -- price tag $8,250. Proceeds go to Free Arts NYC program. [LifeFiles]
● Hard to believe: Rumor has it Vivienne Westwood would like to write the SATC sequel. [British Vogue]

Andre Leon Talley will not be styling Michelle Obama! Non-existent crisis averted. Confused? Let me back up a few months to June, when Mrs. Obama made a trip to New York to attend several fundraisers. The New York Post reported that certain unnamed political advisors became nervous after one fundraiser hosted by Andre Leon Talley (Anna Wintour's right hand man). These advisors worried that Talley would become a style Svengali to Michelle Obama and steer her towards unfortunate fashion choices, like the metallic bolero jacket he created for Jennifer Hudson at the Oscars. No less than Derek Blasberg recently caught up with Talley and got the real story: He hasn't offered any advice to Obama about what to wear. "I think that Michelle Obama does not need advice," intoned Talley.