We love the trend of modeling agencies starting their own blogs (thanks, Elite, for starting it!) because it gives us gossip and access to our favorite girls at like half the speed of stalking.

This week, Women Management launched their own blog, and here's what we learned:

*That Ryan McGinley shot Shannan Click (left) for his own personal work.

*That Mariacarla Boscono is friends with Sean Lennon (did they meet through Irina?).

*That Meredith Melling Burke totally digs Toni Garnn.

*That Julia Stegner shot a Maybelline campaign in the rain last Friday and we totally missed it!

Check it out for yourselves.

We've always wished Teen Vogue had an uber eco-conscious fraternal twin sister who would be the founding member of her school's Ethical Fashion Club, and tote around Naomi Klein's No Logo as her boldest accessory.

Ok, so not really, but we do think BBC's new online magazine Thread. is pretty cool, and fills a void we didn't know we had.

The shoots are styled entirely with clothing that fits the magazine's "Fashion Without Victim" tagline without looking extra crunchy.

Everything in the magazine must be at least one of the following:

- Made and traded sustainably
- Made of sustainable materials
- Recycled or vintage

As a part of the launch, on April 22, BBC Three will also air a four-part series called Blood, Sweat and T-shirts that sends six "fashion addicts" to experience life working in India's cotton mills. We think it's an excellent idea, so here's to hoping Thread's model selection improves a bit, and that the sentiment echoes with youth across the Atlantic.

Maybe next month's issue can feature Alexa Chung visiting real sweatshops in India rather than setting up her faux sweat shops in London.

-- JAZZI MCGILBERT

This video marks the first time we've really heard Raquel Zimmermann speak - and we're in love.

If Freud had had a sexy secretary, we imagine she would've been a lot like Raquel.

Watch her smile, strut, and seduce you with her "and I go hoome and go to zleep" accent.

Best line: "Freja, stop staring at me!"

Worst line: The requisite "I drink lots of water" non-tip.

Remember that NYLON party we went to a couple weeks ago?

Well, I walked away with the prettiest glass bottle of Chloé perfume. The smell, however, wasn't nearly as nice. But I tried it, just in case. Natalie said, "all wrong" and "too woodsy".

I tried again. My roommates loved it, and so did my boy neighbors. And the woman shopping in Jumelle. And the girl who stopped me on the street today to ask what "divine" scent I was wearing. Even Natalie asked, "Wow, what is that?"

I know scents vary depending on the person, but do they vary on the same person from the first spritz to the third? Did my skin somehow adapt? Is that even possible?

Ruth La Ferla just wrote about bloggers and the dramatic way in which they're changing the fragrance industry. They've cracked open the world of niche perfumes to an audience that's used to learning about new scents in People or the billboard above their gas station, giving giants like Estée Lauder and Coty a mini panic attack.

Natalie is indeed prompted to smell a new perfume based on a positive review whereas I'm influenced by the print ads, (ridiculous, I know). And yet we're both aware it's impossible to form an opinion of a scent without wearing it repeatedly.

If I'd read Chandler Burr's scathing review of the Chloé scent and trusted my initial sniff, I would have kept Chloé as a pretty paperweight. Instead, it's replaced the YSL Homme I've trusted for almost a year.

Do you read scent reviews? How do you determine which perfume is right for you without wearing it for a bit? And more importantly, has an offensive scent ever become your fave?

Before the grandiose Erickson Beamon birthday necklace gesture of Gossip Girl '07, we had no idea people actually cared about Erickson Beamon.

Britt recalls from her days in retail that the hideously overpriced costume jewelry would sit untouched for months, only randomly purchased by total randoms. In fact, the only time she ever touched any of it was when it needed fixing - the polished rocks (yes, actual rocks) were known for falling from their settings a bit too often.

So we were a little surprised that last week's big accessories news was a tame SJP outfit topped with a mélange of mismatched Beamon baubles, for which we hope she was dearly paid.

And today's first e-mail pitch? "Media Alert: Dita von Teese wearing Erickson Beamon!" from the Phillips de Pury party.

Somebody over there's working overtime to get glass and plated gold that starts at $700 a pop on everyone's mind - the question is, who'll be paid next for a red carpet plug? Paging Rihanna...

Tiffany, Steven Alan girl; Mara, tutor

Got Them: Lazing away the day on the corner of Prince and Mott.

Stalked Them: Because they were both wearing the same thing, except not really, and we wanted to know what they were drinking - a cappuccino and a watermelon juice, in case you're wondering.

Shot Them: Because, Hello, they were totally giving us an advertisement for Steven Alan style

They Say: (Actually, not much. We asked them why they were dressed the same, to which they only giggled.)

We Say: We love fifth grade chic!

--BRETT KANE

"Think of me as your eco-everywoman." - Cindy Crawford, in Vanity Fair.

Spotted on Prince Street yesterday afternoon.

A preview to the Met Ball?

Only to us...

Fashionista reader Kathleen writes in with these super-ugly Steve Madden shoes.

"Definitely trying to be Balenciaga," she says.

Sure - unless they're definitely trying to be part of a Toys 'R Us ad on acid.

The "Bukled Bright Multi" shoe costs $99.95 which is about an eighth of what the Balenciaga lego shoes cost. They boast a four-inch heel and an e-commerce option.

Dignity and batteries not included.