We're actually surprised it didn't happen sooner.

Herve Leger rip-offs, that is.

H&M should have launched bandage dresses over a year ago, once Lindsay, Posh and every other red carpet regular decided it was time to revive the BCBG owned brand. But instead, we walked past an Express window yesterday packed with short, neon, skintight dresses that are more than just an homage to the designer who now goes by the Karl Lagerfeld sanctioned name, Leroux.

The only piece available online is black, which is probably the only color that works for a band-aid tight dress on a normal body. It's similar to Leger's most basic designs, including the one on the left worn by Jemima Khan last year.

So stop by Express if you need to attend a red carpet event, want to blend in, and won't spend $1500 on a dress that you can only wear post lemonade diet.

We were kindly sent cleaner photos of our newest Streetwalker, Scott Schuman. Click to check him out in his full glory.

We've struggled with this question for a while now.

The word "corset" usually makes us think of the word "tacky". But this spring, when everyone's wearing their underwear as outerwear, we wonder if we'll be seeing tiny, laced waists and heaving breasts walking past us on the street.

Women's Wear Daily profiles Mr. Pearl today, corset maker to Gaultier, Dior, and of course Dita Von Teese. He says, "To me, a corseted body, with the shape of the indentation at the waist, is beauty in extreme; it represents absolute femininity."

We agree, so long as it's done correctly. This is one trend that requires a significant investment if it's to be worn well.

Please do not buy a corset from Victoria's Secret and wear it with jeans; stay away from H&M's lingerie section or you risk looking like Lindsay Lohan pre-Rachel Zoe. Explore the look with Vivienne Westwood or Kiki de Montparnasse etc.

The look can be head turning if done subtly and on the right occasion, but a poor quality corset made of cheap satin and lace would be disastrous.

So would you wear one?

"Saturday, January 12: I realize that the studio needs to be rearranged: I move the sewing machines, clear off the twelve-foot cutting table, and decide that there is nowhere to put anything — a major offense for those of us who were born into the acute trifecta of Wasp, Virgo, and Montessori preschool. So, I order two shelving units and my blood pressure lowers from jack-in-the-box to mild fright." - Chris Benz, on collection making hysteria, in his New York Magazine Fashion Week Diary.

Reasons we love Botkier bags:

1. Most importantly, we're obsessed with the Sophie, at left.

2. Almost as importantly, they come in every size possible, so you can carry one whether you're packing for brunch or an 18-hour workathon.

3. Soon to be important, they're going to look really cute with the new line of Botkier shoes out later this year.

So we wanted to chat with the photographer-turned-designer behind the name, Monica Botkier, who leads the pack of designers making a killing on the huge statement bag craze. We've been wondering about her ever since we started seeing her designs sold in what seems like every store possible (Barney's, Harvey Nichols, Neiman Marcus, ShopBop...) and hanging from the elbows of the Angelina/Lindsay/Kate B/Heidi Klum type.

But despite the visibility of her bags, it doesn't seem like anyone really knows Monica. So we thought we'd facilitate a little introduction.

Monica, Readers. Readers, Monica...

If by the time February 4 rolls around, you're too tired to even bother going to any of the shows (which we would not recommend - that day includes Betsey Johnson, Proenza, Oscar, Chris Benz), then you can at least get your fashion fix on the Sundance Channel.

It's the first day of the channel's week-long series of fashion films and documentaries, "Ready to Watch."

And the best of the line up? Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, the segment that follows Marc around during the creation of his S/S '07 collctions for - you guessed it - his Marc and Louis Vuitton RTW lines.

Don't tell anybody, but here's a little sneak peak. Sundance says the best part is all the footage in Marc's workroom, a first for the designer who has never let anyone film his creative process before.

Our favorite part? When Irina mimes the difference between modeling for the Vuitton show (chin up!) and modeling for the Marc show (chin way down) - so cute.

Click to watch both - Enjoy!

Like fools, we totally missed out on Christopher Kane's TopShop collection.

But now there's a second chance to own a little bit of Kane for a whole lot less than normal (albeit, not the really good stuff).

NYLON reports that Kane and Lancome are launching a series of limited-edition lip glosses, an extension of Lancome's wildly successful Juicy Tubes line, meant to be the perfect on-face accessory to Kane's S/S '08 collection.

The glosses will be available at all Lancome counters, though we're not sure how long they'll last - but if you've already RSVP'ed to the February 2 launch party, then they're as good as in your bag.

Only somewhat related: Do you think the shades will be named after anyone?

Like, "Cocoa Rocha"? How about, "Heidi Plum"?

Last week, we busted Target for blatantly mimicking one of Diane von Furstenberg's best known patterns (and on a wrap dress, for shame.)

Now, Business Week reports that Diane von Furstenberg herself is suing Target for the copyright infringement, charging that Target's copies "nearly identically copy the scale, pattern and colorways of DVF's Spotted Frog Design," and that the shape of the copies are purposefully " 'wrap' dresses made of materials designed to look like silk jersey, a style consumers and the general public have come to associate with DVF."

We guess Target's designers don't have any friends at Forever 21. At least they could have given them the warning:

The inimitable DVF does not mess around.