Michelle another best dressed list -- with Fergie?

People Magazine has placed Michelle Obama and Fergie Ferg at the top of their best dressed list. While I'm (of course) not surprised that Michelle got the nod, I'm going to have to question to the integrity of People's "hot or not" fashion evaluation system.

Rounding out the top 10 -- and making a campaign statement for fashion -- was Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who was given high marks for a look that was "classic and confident."

"She has a look. She works it with confidence, and she knows what looks good on her," said People's Style Editor Clarissa Cruz.

But Obama played down the notion that her sense of style might be anything close to couture, telling People: "Some of my favorite summer dresses are from Gap and H&M."

Others who made the cut include: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Eva Mendes, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Heidi Klum.

OK. That stellar list of fashionistas makes me, once again, really question Fergie's inclusion on this list. Do they not have eyes?

Oh, and for those of you playing at home, Michelle continues to rack up the fashion accolades (even when she has the occasional off day) while for her rival future First Lady Cindy McCain is getting .... hmmm, sounds like crickets. At least some invertebrate find her fashion hot.

The Last Belated Celebrity Batch: Slash's B-Day

It was July 23 and it was legendary rock guitarist and incognegro Slash's birthday bash in Las Vegas, baby. With wife on arm and Fergie on vocals, Slash rocked out with a throng of curious guests, including a sighting from a dude I haven't spotted outside of captivity in years.

This is Slash and Perla Hudson, wife of Slash. All class, those two. Cigarettes and drinks in hand dressed in whatever was lying on the floor. I'm sure they sniffed it first before they put it on. It's that rock n' roll lifestyle, baby. We don't do laundry, we just stop wearing underwear!

Fergie Ferg and will.i.am who DJayed the bash.

Oh ... MY ... WORD! Who is that strange, tiny, ripped man? Cuddling up to the hard rock chicks with his shirt wide open is none other than comedian Tommy Freakin' Davidson. "In Living Color" star. Former addict. I had no clue that he and Slash were aces. Perhaps Davidson and Slash's ex-bandmate/ex-friend Axl Rose shared the same dope dealer at one time or something. Either way, he was the last person I expected to see shirtless in a sea of the skankiest looking rough riding rock chicks in the history of rough riding rock chicks.

Eh. Tommy's been a few times around the Mulberry bush as well, so maybe he's in his element. Work it, skinny boy.

will.i.am works it while Tommy D. poses with Christina Kim (and I don't trust WireImage on that being her name) and Anthony Lance (and Lord only knows who he is ... Snob nation? Any clues who these folks are?)

You know what time it is?

It's Fergie rocks it in the skin-tight, galvanized rubber black pants time!

I have to admit. Fergie is far more believable as a trashy rock cover band singer than an R&B/Hip Hop seductress. I mean, look at the way she thrashes it around in those scary-ass pants. You don't learn that shit. That's natural.

She's like a less attractive version of Tawny Kitaen straddling the hood of a car in a Whitesnake video. (Don't ask me how I know these things. I swear. My blackness credentials are in my other leather pants ... I say as I sing, "And here I go again on my own! Going down the only road I've ever known ...!")