TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.

Byline: Elizabeth Snead

OUT OF THE ELLE WOODS: Hollywood has really gone to the dogs.

The most petted stars at last week's special screening of ``Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' were Gidget and Moondoggie, the Chihuahuas who take turns playing Reese Witherspoon's pampered pet, Bruiser.

But the tiny dogs are a big part of the plot when Elle Woods heads to Washington to fight for equality for a girl's best friend. No, not diamonds, silly, dogs. Gosh, like how shallow do you think blondes are?

The premiere was the third in a week, coming on the high heels of a huge one in the Hamptons and a big blowout in Manhattan. That's in part why Witherspoon wasn't at the screening. She was still in New York, shooting ``Vanity Fair'' - the movie, not the magazine cover. Plus she's pregnant, and the flight - even first class - would have been too much.

But Witherspoon's fans showed up at the Mann National Theatre in Westwood to see a bevy of stars, including Sally Field, (she plays Woods' congresswoman mentor), Michael Chiklis, Lacey Chabert, Troy Garity (Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden's son) Ed McMahon, Teri Polo (star of a fall sitcom ``I'm With Her''), Francis Fisher and political activist/author Arianna Huffington.

Jane Seymour got into the ``Legally Blonde'' spirit with a hot pink Diane von Furstenberg dress and a floral Moo Roo purse. Her hubby, James Keach, matched with his pink shirt. ``Pink is one of my favorite colors,'' Seymour said. ``I made my husband wear a pink shirt. He was so furious at me!''

The after-party was coordinated by Jeffrey Best, Hollywood's haute party planner. Haven't heard of him? Then you weren't invited to Best's weddings for Sarah Michelle Geller, Christina Applegate, Courteney Cox, LeAnn Rimes and Debra Messing.

``The whole idea was to make a party themed with all of Elle's favorite things,'' Best explained. Woods would have been tickled pink by the Tiffany-, Jimmy Choo- and Dolce & Gabanna-themed dinner and dessert buffets. Yummy apple martinis were poured in Fifi and Romeo's martini-glass shaped doggie water bowls.

Think it all sounds a tad superficial? ``To me, Elle Woods is a great role model for young girls,'' Best said. ``She's smart, Harvard-educated, dresses well and fights for what she believes in, even animal rights.''

And her nails are fabulous!

ICE, ICE, BABY: Diamonds in the Rough, an edgy new line of not-too- precious stones from French jewelry designer Pierre Garms, is rattling the diamond business in Hollywood.

Inspired by Nicole Kidman's $4 million Bulgari rough yellow and pink diamond necklace worn to the Oscars, Garms came up with a line of hip diamond jewelry for a younger, cooler customer.

The Frenchman, who lives in Venice, took uncut, unpolished white and colored diamonds - green, pink, yellow, lavender, cognac, champagne and blue - and suspended them in tiny blocks of transparent resin. The hand-polished smooth resin blocks and cylinders - some lightly tinted to match the stones inside - hang choker-style around the neck on leather, suede or wire cords. Each of Garms' raw diamond necklaces is a unique work of art, the perfect adornment for trendies of both sexes: tough on a guy's muscular chest and tender on a gal's slender throat.

All the rough stones (from LLD, the second-largest international diamond mining company) are certified. Even the tiny metal tag on the clasp is one of a kind. Some necklaces even include other natural materials mixed in or set around the diamonds, such as bits of turquoise and coral, sprinkles of sand and sparkles of crinkled copper and silver leaf.

Each necklace has a small cut-and-polished diamond set into the resin near the bottom to add sparkle and provide contrast to the rough gems in their natural state. And the 360-degree view lets diamond lovers ogle their valuable works of art from every angle.

Phillip Bloch, Hollywood stylist for ``Bond'' babe Halle Berry and ``Frida'' fox Salma Hayek, was one of the first in L.A. to check out the line for his stylish stars. Celebrated stylist George Bloodwell, who dresses such stars as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rachel Hunter, Angelina Jolie and Sharon Stone, is showing the necklaces to clients who want something unique. Emily Procter, star of ``CSI: Miami,'' has already fallen for the necklaces and picked out a cognac-colored diamond necklace from Garms' Meteor collection for an upcoming Miami event.

The funky, fashion-forward necklaces are relatively inexpensive - $600 for five carats, more depending on your carat count. If you want to be the first star on your block to sport a Diamond in the Rough, head to the hip new Valley unisex boutique Tryst, 12244 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, [phone].

(1) FIELD: Sally for Congress.

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(2) SEYMOUR, KEACH: In the pink.

(3) GIDGET and MOONDOGGIE: A couple of Bruisers.

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