For those of you who haven't been abducted by Heatherette and dragged, drugged, on a plane, you may not know about the Life Ball.

It's a giant celebration in Vienna every year that raises incredible funds and awareness for AIDS research and prevention.

Each year, a fashion label is chosen to host the event and throw a giant runway show before the dance begins.

Last year, it was (yep) Heatherette.

This year, it's Agent Provocateur.

It's exciting enough that there will be a giant runway show staged in a Hapsburg palace consisting entirely of corsets, underwear, and lace, but there's something even giddier for the event:

Kate Moss is coming!

Of course it makes sense, considering she's the face of Agent Provocateur, but still - so exciting.

We'll have spies at the party, so stay tuned - the actual party happens in May.

We were walking by LUSH today, and one of their employees was outside.

She was dressed in about a hundred plastic bags, all pinned to her apron to form a very ugly dress, and she was screaming, "Turn in your bags! Turn in your bags!"

It's too bad we were so creeped out, because it was an excellent idea:

Bring in your plastic bags to LUSH and get something much, much cooler: The chance to sample some of the cool company's signature bath and shower goodies, and the knowledge that instead of your bags filling a landfill, they'll actually get recycled.

But what about recycling the bags yourself by wearing them as a dress?

We wouldn't recommend that - it's a little too Marjorie-The-Trash-Heap from Fraggle Rock.

Oh god, please tell us you're old enough to remember Fraggle Rock...

We're getting a little Gossip Girl crazy around here.

The sun is out, we're eating Sour Skittles, and there are only 5 days left until "The Greatest Show of Our Time" returns, (we're obsessed with NY Mag's running commentary and look forward to it almost as much as we look forward to the show itself).

Fred Flare's thrilled too.

Their "What's New" section boasts a Canvas Jenny Tote and a Blair baby doll dress. The tote's kind of eh but the Blair dress comes complete with a bib, buttons and ruffle - she'd totally wear it with white tights and patent pumps.

We searched for a Chuck grandpa cardigan or a brightly colored Serena scarf but no luck yet. We'll be checking back for more inspired titles.

(Editor's Note: Please enjoy this shot of Chuck at SubMercer courtesy of photog extraordinare Faran. Britt's to the RIGHT, but she didn't think her beauty could hold up next to Mr. Bass. Check out that ripped jersey and exposed dog tags, ladies!)

So everyone's in a tizzy over the Daily News' story today, claiming that the filming of Fashionista's driving ELLE staffers crazy, and that no one thinks the winning contestant will be given a job.

Weird - we were recently told by someone close to the whole ordeal that the entire show is being filmed in fake offices (so no reason for the people with real jobs to feel like anyone's getting "under their feet"), and that the winning position is to assist the accessories closet (which, believe it or not, really is a job a million girls would kill for).

Maybe they just mean that staffers are often wrangled away from their desks and into shootings someplace else in town?

Because that would be annoying, though not really real. Surprise!

To: Natalie@Fashionista.com

From: BigLove@HBO.com

Spotted:

Chloe Sevigny heading uptown on the R train, looking so relaxed and chic.

She must have been shopping but I couldn't see what was on the bag she had in between her feet.

Interesting that she's in town, considering it's campaign season.

;)

We probably haven't watched PBS since the last time we tuned in for Sesame Street, but we think we might have to forgo TiVo'ed Gossip Girl episodes for a little educational broadcasting tonight.

Illicit: The Dark Trade, a National Geographic Special, airs at 8pm EST, and we're too curious to not see how deep into the world of fake bags it'll go.

The documentary is based on the 2005 best seller Illicit, by Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief Dr. Moisés Naím, who thinks that the economy surrounding fake goods could be more dangerous than terrorism - definitely comes off as an overstatement, but maybe we'll understand after we see it tonight.

And if it sounds like enough of you tune in, too, maybe we'll even have a little class discussion in Community tomorrow.

For now, we just think it's too bad it couldn't premiere in tandem with the Murakami exhibit.

When we checked out the Rogan for Target line courtesy of NYLON yesterday, we thought, "Oh my god, I need those shorts/that dress/that vest/nearly all of it."

And apparently, we're in some sort of topsy-turvy fashion dimension, because Julie Gilhart feels the same way.

According to The Daily, Julie's convinced her friend Rogan (and apparently some mega-store execs), to let the Barneys flagships in New York and LA carry the line before it even debuts at Target.

This is probably the first time anything under $80 will have sold at Barneys, even if it's going for sale on the Co-op floor, so we fully expect round-the-block lines on Madison come May 8th when the line debuts a full ten days ahead of the super chain - Barneys LA will carry the line starting May 15.

But you'll have to act fast if you're already imagining those leopard shorts with Chloe wedges - the clothes will only be available at Barneys for five days, after which you'll have to make the trek to your nearest Target (or cough up shipping) if you want to get in on the fun.

No wonder male models have such a hard time.

While high fashion brands eschew the Cocos and the Chanels in lieu of actresses and It girls for their clothing campaigns, designers continue to use models as the face of their fragrances, (most of the time).

But it doesn't hold true for the boys. Matthew McConaughey struck an awkward pose for Dolce, McDreamy's doing Avon and WWD guesses Frida Giannini's already signed James Franco for Gucci.

An interesting choice because:

- We bet most people who shop at Gucci don't even know the mostly indie actor's name, even if he was the bad guy in Spiderman.

- We'll forever picture him circa 2000 in Freaks and Geeks - and we bet Frida hasn't seen it.

- After seeing a couple of men's shows in February, we know there are some seriously Gucci-esque male models out there.

But billboards with Franco's face on them? Well, we'll never complain.

"After recently sitting close enough to Madonna at a restaurant in Mayfair to see the svelte star's lunch of a single boiled egg, I wonder if the saying 'Blondes have more fun' is really true." - Emily Zak, Vogue UK editor.

We really have no idea what Peaches Geldof does every day.

We hear about sightings and projects - first that she would design a capsule collection for PPQ after closing their show for Spring, then that she would be getting her own MTV reality show editing a magazine - and now we're hearing about another gig, too.

Peaches is said to host a best-dressed series on British channel Fiver with bestie Daisy Lowe. The show will include commentary and interviews with the women who made it to Glamour's Best Dressed List of 2008, so there's maybe that very slight chance that Kate Moss will actually drop by to discuss her jeans-tucked-into-boots techniques.

Think Daisy can convince step mum Gwen onto the show as a pundit?

Guess we'll find out soon - the series begins at the end of this month, and then we'll know for sure whether she's a Mary-Kate or a Paris.

WWD reports a rather fun rumor this morning -

That Audrey Tautou is in talks to replace Nicole Kidman as the new Chanel No.5 commercial girl.

If the story holds true, Jean-Pierre Jeunet will direct Audrey, as he did in Amélie, and we're sure the whole thing will serve as a sort of pre-commercial to the Coco Chanel biopic, Coco Avant Chanel, Audrey is set to headline.

But will she run around paris in a floaty pink dress?

For whatever reason, we have the feeling this one's going to involve Audrey staring in the mirror of a beautiful vanity table, but we'll see...