Kate Hudson Marriage Was Hanging by a Fringe
By Matthew Congdon

Chris Robinson rocks the John Lennon circa 1969 look.

HOLLYWOOD - Speculation is swirling with the surprise separation of six year spouses Kate Hudson, star of the oh-so-aptly named How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days, Fools Gold, and Le Divorce, from rocker hubby, Chris Robinson. All of Tinseltown wants to know, what turned this bohemian rhapsody so blue?

Did having Hollywood royalty for in-laws prove all that glitters isn't so Goldie? With Hudson a tender twenty-seven and Chris touting forty, did that generation gap have her seeing crow's feet on her Black Crows hubby? Could Chris not keep his Benjamin private? And what about Kate—they haven't even begun to play the Owen Wilson card.

Friends insist, none of the above. Like so many red-carpet relationships, it was all about who's in the closet. Yup, it's yet another case of "irreconcilable wardrobes." Seems Kate finally felt Chris's look was less karma cool and more Hate Ashbury.

Was there a blond-on-blond hookup on the set of You, Me and Dupree?

One longtime confidant from Kate's camp told us, "She thought it was kinda cute in the beginning. You know, 'Oh look, he's wearing a kooky macramé vest with a bathrobe sash draped around his neck—so Lenny Kravitz meets Laurie Partridge, so Maude at Chateau Marmont.' But that faded quicker than those dirty droopy T-shirts. Soon, she felt like she was waking up next to a bearded Janis Joplin every morning."

Another friend got right to the bell bottom of the problem: "Floppy hats, crushed velvet, clogs . . . this marriage never had a chance."

But apparently Kate wasn't so quick to throw in the hemp towel, and over the years tried massive amounts of therapy—retail therapy. Working closely with celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch, they tried to work through the two toughest problems that face so many of today's marriages—accessorizing and hair care.

In-a-gag-me-davida, baby.

Bloch admits his efforts met with little success.

"The man likes his droopy, loopy, hippie swami pendants. What was I to do? You ever try to tell a rocker less is more? That'll have 'em singing 'Surly with a fringe on top' quicker than you can say Bob Mackie's your uncle.

"And that hair . . . ughhh . . . I said 'Oh, sweetie, that Howard Hughes thing didn't even look good on Jesus.'

Then all during the three-hour session I scheduled with Frederic Fekkai, he just never made himself folliclly available. To me, that really showed a lack of commitment to the marriage."

Kate looks better undressed than Chris does dressed.

Celebratty Chatter learned that the last ditch effort was a surprise intervention by the Queer Eye's fab five. There were some initial moments of promise after raiding Kate's closet and using her leopard print Roberto Cavallis and Valentino flouncy blouses to turn his dumpster bleak into Ibiza chic.

But things quickly went awry when Carson applauded Chris's choice of a Chloe caftan as "genius couture" and thought it would benefit even more with a Judith Leiber clutch. Kate met with her lawyers the next day.

As of now both sides seem to be working hard to make the split as amicable as possible, but rumor has it that in addition to alimony, Chris is also seeking a spiteful settlement of half of Kate's Fendi bags, which he plans to have patchworked into a poncho. If true, sources say this is sure to spill into the courts, where no doubt Kate will be saying, "You, me and due process."