Dominique, 24, singer

Got her: Texting her way down Mott Street on her way to work.

Stalked her: Her vibrant red hair color caught our eye. Though the outfit holds its own, too.

Shot her: Because she makes all black look so fresh and summery.

She said: “Well, I have to wear all black for work. Other than that, 50s vintage everything, plus designer vintage—” yes, the Chanel bag she’s swinging is real “—It’s all about flea markets, flea markets, flea markets.”

We said: We’ll take advice from anyone who wears all vintage, has tattoos and avoids looking like a crazy Amy Winehouse wannabe.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

The internet is helping circulate the rumor that Amy Winehouse is set to design a capsule collection for Fred Perry, a British label that produces clothes like these.

But frankly, we don’t buy it yet, because:

1. Remember that “fashion and makeup” line that was announced about a year ago, then never mentioned again?

2. Remember when Roberto Cavalli hired her on as a sort of brand ambassador, and she was supposed to show up to events wearing Cavalli?

Yeah, we remember, too. Plus, Amy for argyle sweaters and polo tees? Um…

Once a month, after school, I used to walk across town to get my braces tightened by my dentist.

Dr. Cashion was a folksy man, as in, he didn’t wear gloves when he touched my teeth. I’d wait in the operating chair, listening to his assistant tell knock-knock jokes until Dr. Cashion shuffled my way. I’d inevitably bust out of there forty minutes late and speed-walk back to school, late to orchestra and suffering from my stretched jaw.

My reward for all that pain? A smile as symmetrical as college-ruled paper. Yet, I’ve been wondering lately, with the influx of crooked-teethed stars, whether it was all worth it.

“Straight teeth are bullshit,” said Keira Knightley. Amy Winehouse’s mouth looks like Stonehenge and Kirsten Dunst’s teeth aren’t exactly picture perfect. Of course, best of all is Chuck Bass’ crooked grin. It’s not like these people can’t afford perfection but rather they’re saying, “I threw my retainer in the trash and you’re going to like me regardless.”

The problem with braces isn’t that they’re one more symbol of unnatural beauty, not that they cost thousands of dollars and not that once removed the changed teeth often return to their natural state, but that braces are also, when forced on children, unethical. They make kids’ gums ache for years and cut up their cheeks. “It’s like forced plastic surgery for children,” says my straight-toothed friend Josh - without anaesthesia, of course.

“I was totally obsessed with my two front teeth being straight from ages 12-19,” says my friend Tamzin, who had braces twice. “Then the second time they went back to being crooked, I said, fuck it - it’s not meant to be.”

So embrace your crooked smiles, don’t force your kid to get braces and admit it, you want to make out with Chuck Bass, British teeth and all.

—GLENNA GOLDIS

Shortly after waking up in London for the shows this morning, I was told, “First Stop - Topshop,” and obviously jumped for joy.

But when Faran saw the glee on my face, she rephrased, “No. The Topshop show.”

OK. I could handle that.

We walked down a very long, dark concrete ramp into a warehouse-like space. Half was set up as a café with checkered picnic tablecloths, champagne and fish and chips.

Half was, of course, the runway. It was a smaller space than I expected with an awesomely disheveled Alexandra Shulman in the front row and swirly circular lights in the background. There were boxes on our seats with silk horseshoe scarves - sweet.

The Katie Grand-styled show was equal parts Crybaby, rodeo, Working Girl and Amy Winehouse. There was Vlada and there was Jourdan. There were candy colored rompers, Varsity Letter-like jackets and cardigans, denim jumpsuits and various head decorations.

If the current Topshop fare is anything like it, my credit cards can rest easy.

But I will be teasing my hair tonight.

The new Guess? ads are out, and they’re great, but a little bit sad.

After all, if Amy Winehouse were healthy, she’d look exactly like this picture of a sultry beehived babe, as embodied by Aussie model Nicole Trufino.

It’s clear Guess? is taking a page from Karl Lagerfeld’s latest Cruise collection, which was based entirely on Ms. Amy and featured Coco Rocha wearing yesterday’s eyeliner and hair more teased than a nerd in eighth grade.

We like the direction where Guess? is going, straddling their pinup girl heritage with something more music-infused and borrowed by high fashion.

Maybe for Fall, they’ll make it look like Duffy?

England’s Glastonbury music festival is always full of famous faces, but apparently they’re not so recognizable when covered in mud and swaying to music.

A modeling scout, accompanied by a “couple of young, blonde catwalk-model types,” spotted Kate Middleton dancing to Amy Winehouse in the VIP section and allegedly had no clue who she was.

He walked right up to her, commented on her cheek bones and tiny waist and handed her a card. Not that we think she’d be interested, but would she even be allowed to model?

And more importantly, would this work? If we pretended to be totally clueless and approached our favorite models in the street to tell them they’d be smash hits in the industry, would they buy it?

Amy Winehouse may be elusively avoiding fashion contracts - and also detox and jail - but her influence rings clear.

Even when she herself can’t be present on a photo shoot, she seems to leak in anyway. We saw it in Vogue Italia when Lara Stone posed with massive painted tattoos on her body. We saw it in the Chanel Cruise show, when Siri wore crazy cat eyes and teased hair, and in the new Chanel ads with Coco.

And now, we’re seeing it on the Sephora website, where they grab Kat Von D, the tattoo artist and fetish model from TLC, dress her up like Amy Winehouse, attempt to sell her makeup line, and call her a beauty insider.

On the upside, she must be cheaper than the $1 million rumored to be Amy’s fee for a private appearance - and Kat will be clean and sober on a photo shoot.

Vogue UK gives some credibility to weekend rumors that Amy Winehouse has been signed to act as a sort of brand ambassador for Roberto Cavalli.

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…

Suzy Menkes’ new video just went up on IHT’s website.

In it, Menkes declares, “There’s only one icon who mattered in Paris this season, and that was Amy Winehouse.”

She takes us on a whirlwind tour of the runways, from the beehives at Dior to the cat-eyes at Commes Des Garçons and attributes fashion’s interest in the cracked out singer to Karl Lagerfeld’s initial fascination with her retro look.

The best part is when Menkes informs the audience that Winehouse’s most popular song is called “Rehab.” And that in that song “she sings, “No, No, No,” but the fashion world is saying ‘Yes, Yes, Yes’.”

So Amy Winehouse is slated to perform at Louis Vuitton this weekend, and of course we’re jealous and want to scream.

But perhaps the folks at LVMH also want to scream, since apparently they’re paying a hefty bill for taking Karl Lagerfeld’s muse and putting her up on a rival catwalk:

We hear Amy will snag $1 million for her appearance, which shakes down to about 1000 Louis Vuitton bags.

Seriously, for that kind of money, she better be getting an LV tattoo on her ass.

Not that we’d ever, ever want to see it…

Although, you know, Juergen Teller probably would.

Thoughts on Amy Winehouse producing her own fashion and make-up line:

1. There are some people - Vivienne Westwood, Mary-Kate Olsen, Anna Wintour, in this case Amy Winehouse - that we love to look at, but don’t actually want to look like.

2. We could maybe like the clothes, even though we’re pretty sure we can buy them now at H&M. But make-up? Seriously?

3. As intern Brett so eloquently asked, “What is it with famous girls thinking they can try out whatever ‘career’ they want?”

4. The line will apparently include hairspray. Will it come with an instruction manual on beehive styling, too?

Can’t wait.

Karl Lagerfeld isn’t the only one taken by Amy Winehouse:

We hear after his Chanel Paris-Londres show, which he claimed was alight with Winehouse’s style, the Bumble & Bumble University team crafted a special hair class to teach their hair flock how to make a modern beehive.

“It was amazing,” tells a model from the class. “They made this amazing beehive using only my actual hair, which isn’t that long. I looked so cool.”

Could the beehive - or maybe we should call it a half hive - replace the traditional up ‘do at proms and formal functions? Maybe, but if it needs a whole hair class to figure it out, a flat iron and a cute headband from Goody might be a saner choice for party girls without stylists.