Fast forward to September 2007: Karlie Kloss, Teen Vogue cover girl, adds Juicy to a "three way tie" between Miuccia and Marc.

And then last Thursday, veritable cute girl Emma Roberts, talks shop with Stacie Farber, and sandwiches the suburban staple between Luella, Marc, and Miu Miu on her list of favorites.

Are they paying these girls to say this? Do adorable, rational teenagers with access to anything money can buy really choose Juicy over say Charlotte Ronson or Trovata?

Because if so, we are really out of touch with high school girls...

--BRETT KANE

Genevieve Jones is teaming up with artist and t-shirt maven Dana Veraldi (whom you probably remember from the Agyness Deyn tees of last season) on a new project that's TBA (but we bet it's connected to Genevieve's hyper-cute jewelry line).

To celebrate, Ms. Dana created the Genevieve Jones t-shirt.

Much like the actual Genevieve, it is cut petite, and very stylish -

But with a good, sharp sense of humor.

Margherita Missoni and Damon Dash are working together to create a new line of sneakers for ProKeds to benefit Orphanaid Africa.

The line will consist of six pairs of sneaks covered in collages of Africa-inspired prints (we'd kill for shoes with a tiger on them), and will be sold at Barneys and Colette.

No word yet on a launch-date, but we're willing to bet the event will merit an in-store visit from Damon himself - but will Margherita fly back from her new home in Paris for an appearance on Fifth?

Starting April 13, all Barneys stores will accept all those "vintage" tees from Urban you bought when you first started school, and hand them over to Loomstate so Rogan Gregory can turn them all into a way cooler limited-edition t-shirt collection to be sold exclusively at Barneys for the holidays. Proceeds will benefit 1% for the Planet, and the whole thing is sponsored by the Sundance Channel.

If it strikes you as a rip-off to return to Barneys after eight months and buy back your own old stuff (mixed with a bunch of other people's old stuff), take comfort in that you'll receive a 20% discount on the line (and on other Loomstate) for exactly fifteen days in April.

And if the whole thing strikes you as a little too cool for green, you could at least show up to the kick off event at Barneys on the 22nd to be DJ'ed by, of course, Paul Sevigny.

WWD reports that the 17-year old basement store, piled high with what seems like every copy of every magazine ever (they have over a million editions), will close up at the end of this week, due to a steep rise in rent.

The Gallaghers are moving their archive to their barn in the Catskills, and you can still buy certain editions from Vintage Magazines.

We have no idea where design assistants will go to flip through old issues of Charm, but we guess Gimbel Library (Parsons) and Gladys Marcus Library (FIT) might get a lot more interesting people hanging out in the study cubicles now.

"The allegation that Prada or Miu Miu have utilized models managed by IMG based on anything more than their talent is ridiculous and flatly untrue. We have the privilege of representing many of the most beautiful and sought after women in the industry and we are outraged that those model's hard work is being disparaged."

We welcome other feedback (and got a ton of it the past few days), but we can vouch for this: IMG is right, their models do work incredibly hard.

The latter just posted their newest trend category called, "Can't Touch This," (which also happens to be Vogue's new phrase of choice). The collection includes a pair of silky, silver pants with the baggiest crotch we've ever seen.

The page boasts that "harem trousers are the essential wardrobe staple this season." Unless you're MC Hammer and your trying to make a comeback, we beg to differ.

We've yet to see someone wear them off the runway, probably because unless you're almost six feet tall with spindly legs and no hips, this style of pant might not be so flattering. Plus, you'd have to be prepared to field an army of guys serenading you with that song.

But then again, we're often surprised at how people can make really ugly stuff like this look really cute.

Are you wearing them?

What's Hedi Slimane doing in Los Angeles?

We got some e-mails spotting the former Dior Homme designer in various L.A. hot spots.

Is he casting more skinny boys for an upcoming photo exhibit?

Or is there something more business-worthy going on?

Hit us up if you know - tips@fashionista.com - and if you see Mr. Slimane and want to talk to him, here's a hint:

Bring him a jar of baby food and you'll have his heart forever.

At the Victoria's Secret Pink party in Miami last week, Brody Jenner told Behati Prinsloo (and basically anyone who would listen) that he was very close to starting his own modeling agency in Los Angeles.

Mr. Jenner joins Donald Trump and Janice Dickinson in the list of TV boldfacers who've launched their own agencies, but while Trump's girls are steady bookers in the high fashion world and Dickinson's lot are more soap opera than style, Jenner will probably cull the beachy, the spray tanned, and the bikini born.

In other words, we'd bet anything that his first client will be Audrina Patridge.

Good luck, Mr. Jenner -

Surely this career move can turn into an entirely new TV series, if you'd like it to...

I personally think pretty much every hair style, whether up or down, looks better just a little bit messy - random out of place wisps and the occasional lump add character. Plus, by the time it's warm out, I'd rather spend the extra five minutes on something other than my hair.

So here I am, on my balcony, with almost dirty, definitely messy hair, 4 bobby pins and no mirror. If I hadn't stopped to let my roommate snap a picture of each step it would have taken one minute. I swear.

But, I have pretty thin hair, so the thicker your mane the more complicated and time consuming this look can get.

It's really easy. I promise.

Oh, and please excuse the super tacky chipped nail polish. I'm embarrassed.

"That makes me laugh...People who are like, 'I'm dressing for myself!' But Rihanna! You're wearing a latex bikini!" - Alexa Chung, on modesty in her modeling career, to The Guardian.

The deal: Amy shows up to events in Cavalli in return for free clothes.

Apparently, Cavalli decided to sign Amy after Posh declared to love her style - but we're betting the whole Chanel thing might have had something to do with it, too.

But who knows. The last fashion related rumor about Amy - that she would start her own makeup and clothing line - seemed to disappear as soon as it was reported.

Maybe Amy is really just fashion's favorite rumor girl...

We said, "Omigosh, they stole the Damier Speedy from Louis Vuitton! That's so wrong!"

He said, "But Ezekiel is a skater brand for sixteen year old girls. They can't buy a Louis. So why shouldn't they have this?"

We said, "Because they should have a Le Sportsac or a Gap or a Banana Republic, like we did when we were in high school."

He said, "But this is so much cuter. And Le Sportsac is overpriced."

We said, "But it's kind of against the law. And maybe if you colored all over it with paint pens, it would be better..."

And that was pretty much it. The Ezekial bag sells for $44 (also overpriced, Josh!) and the Speedy is $650 at eLuxury, which - trivia - is the only authorized online site to sell Louis Vuitton.

Every man was in an Armani style power suit, presumably on his way to work, and about the age of my dad. Designers were definitely targeting who they thought could buy their clothes, moneyed older men, by featuring them in their ads.

Now, even though the target consumer probably hasn't changed, menswear ads seem to be going the way of womens' - that is, featuring too young boys who could never afford the clothes and overly sexual scenes (almost always homo erotic) suggesting that maybe menswear designers think that guys in rock bands can keep them in business.

Even Zegna, that final refuge of buttoned up men in expensive suits, has had an about-face with boys in windbreakers, and one of them is too bashful to tell the other guy he likes him. Z Zegna is expensive Sunday brunch gear for CEOs, not really fodder for a bromance.

There's just something about a 16-year old boy in Dior Homme that's a little too jokey for a brand that should be aspirational. Though we've been wondering the same thing about women's ads since forever.

--BRETT KANE

There's a swirl of agents and casting directors buzzing about a very dire rumor. Some have accused Prada's longtime casting director, Russell Marsh, of accepting bribes from IMG and Women to put their girls front and center in Prada and Miu Miu's casting. According to the rumor, Miuccia's team had no knowledge of the bribes, and according to Style.com, the evidence that IMG and Women girls are usually on Prada's opening and closing moments (and of course their Sasha Pivovarova campaigns) is quite solid. Although we've always believed that those two agencies, collectively, have the best stash of girls anyway. It's also true that Meghan Sutherland had a Prada moment last year, but you may have noticed she was missing this season from the runways...

Furthermore, there's an email going around, purportedly from Russell Marsh to his contacts, saying he needs to "go away for a while." But we remember when the faux Olivia Palermo email got out last year, so we know how easy it is to forge an email address.

So why is this rumor going around and around?

Either it's true, or a very vicious agency feels violated because their best girls got nixed from the Prada runway or campaign, and they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Also:

We get emails every day from people asking how to get into the fashion business. This is probably a good example of why you may not want to try.

And of course, if you know anything about this, email tips@fashionista.com and fill in the blanks.

The 60 second up-do is the only way, or at least the only chic way, to guarantee all of our long hair stays out of our face and off of our neck.

We never understood why Sienna Miller received such negative reviews for, among other things, pulling her wispy blonde hair up into the same look.

Now it seems the criticism has dissipated and pretty girls everywhere are catching on to the easiest and cutest way to wear long hair.

We've spotted Mamie Gummer, Lauren Conrad, a random fashionista at Style.com's party, and Christy Turlington (for Chanel) with Heidi braids atop their heads - and that's just this week, it's not even summer yet!

So if your hair's not long enough, start using horse shampoo, forego monthly trims, and please, please, please don't stick a fake braid on your crown.

Got Her: Texting a friend at Style.com's party at Glass Houses last night

Stalked Her: Because anyone who goes out in green tights deserves to be noticed

Shot Her: Because upon closer inspection, we realized the tights are genius (we noticed her from across the room and it was super packed), and there was something really cool happening on her back (click through!)

She Says: "I originally had on just black tights, but they had a huge snag in them, so I switched to this green pair I got at Target instead. And this is actually a long, open-backed top! I sewed straps into the back, and made it into a kind of dress!"

We Say: We're green, people.

Now get this- Tuesday, psychologist Richard Wiseman unveiled the results of his name association experiment. Which names top the list as "most associated with success"?

Elizabeth and James, of course.

Good news for MK & A, and anyone named Elizabeth or James (although we guess this one didn't really work out for Jessie Spano), but if this experiment is any indication, all you Lisa's and Brian's out there might want to reconsider that diffusion line...

[Click through to see a new video of the Spring lookbook]

--JAZZI McGILBERT

Seriously, do not click through unless you want to watch a major potential spoiler...

Natalie and Britt: Hi!

Agyness: Hi! How are you?

Britt: Good, how are you?

Agyness: Great!

Natalie: Wait - aren't you supposed to be in Paris shooting Reebok right now?

Agyness: I'm so not endorsing Reebok. I just went to a party! My friends work for Reebok and I was in Paris and they were all like let's hang out! So someone snapped a picture of me. But then everyone was like, "Agyness signed a contract with Reebok!" - but I didn't!

Britt: It was a just a rumor?

Agyness: Yeah! So, big scoop girls! Tell everyone.

Natalie and Britt: Done.

Rumor Mill: Karl Lagerfeld is having a dinner tonight at the Waverly Inn. Fashion editors, models, Mary Kate. Field Trip to Bank Street!

Well, in addition to his work achieving a whole new level of antiquity in a few years, we at least know he's going to have a career in making fun videos.

Tomorrow night is the premier of his first video installation work in NYC, "Not Yet Titled (Making Faces)", (a take on Bruce Nauman's own video work), to be shown in the lobby of the Tribeca Grand through Sunday night, when the private bash hosted by Terence Koh and Shamin Momin (the Whitney curator), takes place.

We highly suggest making the pit stop way downtown if you want to see 20-foot tall videos of boys in their underwear making faces at each other from across the lobby.

See you there!

(Click through to see a few more stills...)

If you missed it, or if you don't want to read a 1,200 word article on your monitor, here's the big news:

1. Sometimes, lipstick contains crushed beetles.

2. Sometimes, perfume contains whale puke (sort of.)

But what fun fact did the article totally miss?

Sometimes, perfume contains a note called "civet" which in reality should be called what it is - a French perfume ingredient that comes from the anal gland of the civet cat.

Yes.

And some of the fragrances that contain it? Shalimar, Musc Ravageur and, oh, Chanel No. 5.

Don't believe us? Check out this report from scent master Chandler Burr in an old T: Style for the full story.

Tanya D. for BCBG.

The Belarusian model stormed every catwalk this season, starred in her fair share of editorials and has now, allegedly, landed a much deserved campaign.

We wonder if she'll stay on as the face of Michael Kors.

We also wonder how she keeps getting booked for such all American designers when her stunning face screams, "Versace!"

We just got a glimpse of Christian Siriano's first dress post Project Runway win.

And where did it appear? On television, of course!

American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke wore it during her performance last night.

We're guessing this is just like a beginner's Sudoku for Christian, who's supposed to be designing for Posh, and who recently shouted dreams of making MK's Met Ball gown.

So far the look is getting pretty mixed reviews online (everywhere from "fierce" to "hot tranny mess"), but if you're interested and have $1,000 or so to spare, you can bid for it on Clothes Off Our Back.

If you really do love it, you've got about two weeks to come up with the cash. But it would be like a reality TV perfect trifecta if a winner from Amazing Race or Survivor was the one to actually win the bid.

The B Waldorf top from Forever 21. We're pretty sure this is supposed to be an imitation of a dark dress Blair once wore (she was in her room, possibly talking to Jenny, possibly in the beginning of the brunch episode... anyone?) but the name just really seals the suggestion on this one.

The funny thing is, Forever 21 already kind of did this top over a month ago (eons in fast fashion galaxy), except that time it was a Phillip Lim knock-off. And mustardy.

The even funnier thing? The first thing we all said over here was, "Blair would never wear that."

Yes, she's real.

I've been obsessing over this vintage ring at the counter. The black metal would take up a good third of my finger and it's punctuated by pin-head size pieces of glass. It was gone by the time I went back for it and I'm obviously still not over it.

But then I saw this one by VintageFilligree, and it'll do just fine.

It looks Victorian but it's size is modern. I love a big ring that's still feminine and it's hard to find something funky that stops just short of making me look like I'm gearing up for a fight.

Then again, if I do get in a fight, it can't hurt.

The 18-year old is tall, blonde, thin, and adorable, but there's one thing separating her from other teenage models:

Her mom is Melanie Griffith.

Just in case you forget, the screen icon is featured as part of Dakota's portfolio package on IMG's website, though we don't think you can book them as a package deal unless you have a really good day rate.

We hope this trend continues among other model daughters of famous moms. For instance, in their stable of thoroughbred girls, IMG has Theodora Richards (daughter of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen), Margherita Missoni (daughter of Angela Missoni), Daisy Lowe (daughter of Pearl Lowe and Gavin Rossdale; stepdaughter of Gwen Stefani), and Julia Restoin Roitfeld (la fille de Carine).

Wouldn't it be cool if all those moms got onto their daughter's comp cards, too?

Britt: Of course she is.

Natalie: I didn't even know Wet Seal was still around. Apparently it's a line of t-shirts with pictures "inspired by her sense of style, her personality and her album artwork."

Britt: Ew, I'm picturing Jessica strutting around in plastic shoes, Ashlee drawing on her t-shirts and Pete strolling in wearing DKNY girl's jeans.

Natalie: HA! When she and Pete get married they can design housewares for Sears. And Jessica can pitch it on QVC!

Britt: They are so creative. Why couldn't I have been born a Simpson?

(both dissolve into a fit of giggles)

Lauren Conrad came to visit the NYLON office this week, and I swore I would mop the floors all month just to get in the meeting.

She was very nice, very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about her clothing line, and unbelievably pretty in person. She was also so social that I wondered if she'd ever done anything more fun than go to a party - when we mentioned two big NYLON events coming up, her eyes got huge like she'd just been given some free Chanel shoes.

Actually, she was wearing Chanel shoes, little flats; they were kind of amazing.

Anyway, we took a bunch of photos of her Fall '08 clothes, but I also paid particular attention to her nails. It's no secret that at the Fashionista office, we've always claimed (and only half as a joke) that whatever Lauren did with her fingers, every girl in America would do later.

For about two years, she's clung to Chanel's Black Satin varnish, but this week, it was something different: Totally clear with nothing else.

For those who care, even secretly, I've attached a close-up below.

xo F.

Especially impressive are this season's photo shoots, which actually resemble real magazine spreads - last week's Nu Rave Spin-Art session looked dangerously close to a past POP editorial, while this episode's music shoot was straight out of Conde Nast: Fashion Rocks. We dug it, especially the acknowledgment of "Emo" as a legit genre, and the way Fatima looked like a real Vogue model - if only she weren't such a downer!

But there was one thing to take issue with:

The "nude" shoot bestowed on Russian surfer Anya.

In a few terrifying shots, it looked like she was baring all - and we mean all - on public television, and then we realized:

She was wearing an itsy bitsy thong to shield her itsy bitsy vagina.

We're not sure it counts as a nude shoot if the model gets to wear underwear, but we were also mystified that the Top Model producers flashed so much random skin.

Surely after all this time, they don't need more ratings?!

(Note: Please at least look over your shoulder before you click through if you're at work...)

"She didn't really have the sense of how to do things: she wanted stuff to fall on top of her and into her lap...I don't know how she'll do, I mean, I wouldn't hire her, but she could grow." - Kelly Cutrone, on Lauren Conrad's performance on The Hills, to Faran when she was at The Daily, in May 2006.

Sure - they were both obsessed with society girls.

Now the painter David Foote takes his shot at stardom - or at least a steep commission from a wealthy family.

David's drawn Patrick McMullan regulars like Jessica Joffe (left) and Olivia Palermo, and he puts them all up for exhibit next week at the L Gallery Studio, with a party hosted by Brian Wolk and Claude Morais of Ruffian.

We expect the portrait subjects will attend their big unveiling, but which socialite will lend her patronage to Mr. Foote for a future painting of herself?

Like the Spring '09 collections, that's still TBA...

But today, I finally got the ultimate vindication: during a field strip to the meatpacking district, we spotted Blake Lively on set (Spice Market! They're probably still there!) walking in head to toe black and leather pants.

[Side note: We also saw a very poorly styled Michelle Trachtenberg - guess she's not going to be a lovable character after all.]

But back to Blake's pants - I first started thinking about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer staple again (oddly enough, another Michelle vehicle) after Alexander Wang's Fall 2007 80's supermodel homage collection, which included leather pants just like his Fall 2008 (at left.)

Then, a friend brought back from home a pair of CK’s circa 1997 - terrible, but just the idea that she was thinking about them had my mind reeling.

Cut to Barneys CO-OP in Soho last week where a Rag & Bone pair (for women, let me say here that no man should attempt this look lest he should resemble Bret Michaels) caught my eye. And I mean, if the denim gods at Rag & Bone are sewing their label into slinky leather non-leggings, we should take note.

I just feel like as we move away from Lolita-inflected dresses of seasons past to fall’s body conscious sportswear, it seems right again to see women embracing that ultimate body conscious staple; a literal second skin.

Right?

--BRETT KANE

"Every day I have a moment when I say to Chris, 'Maybe we should cash in. I'll make handmade lotion, and you'll write music and sell it on the Internet.' " - Kate Hudson, in Vogue, June 2004.