
Cross dressing now seems more normal than Britney, thanks to Hairspray and Top Model, and the fact that Britney’s insane.
But is it chicer than Doutzen in Lanvin?
Carine Roitfeld seems to think so - at least for this month.
She’s paired our favorite downtown tranny, Miss Andre J, with photographer Bruce Weber and the famed makeup model Carolyn Murphy. They’re posing adorably together in Montauk, recalling Andre’s sparkly quote from the Look Book, “Become Your Dream.”
It’s a really cool cover, and we say, you go girl! Or boy. Whatever.
Every time we see a picture of Michelle Williams, she looks even more Brooklyn. And this before and after shot of her new ‘do from People.com seals the deal.
We know she advocates against Bruce Ratner’s dreadful Atlantic Yards, wears weird/cool Chloe prairie dresses, and lives in a brownstone. But it must have been hard for her being the only blonde in Brooklyn.
Now, with her brunette locks and her Wayfarers on, were not sure if we could even pick her out from the Brooklyn brunch crowd.
Do you like the new Brooklyn Michelle, or do you want your Dawson’s Creek Jen back again?
—ALISON COOL

Bruce, 24 J. Crew Corporate
Got Him: In Soho, on Crosby Street.
Stalked Him: Because we like it when sneakers look professional.
Shot Him: Because the white Chuck Taylors, the jeans, and the tucked-in shirt were so clean and All-American - and as it turns out, he’s from Iowa!
He says: “This isn’t from J. Crew, actually. My shirt is from a thrift store and my pants are from Italy. I found them at a vintage shop in Florence, called Vintage 55.”
We say: Call me!
—ALLIE MERRIAM
Continue reading Streetwalker: Chic Magnet…
The fashion world is used to underage girls representing its brands: At fifteen, Gemma did Prada and Riley Keough did Dior, and whether Tanya D was fourteen or younger when she shot YSL is often discussed.
So Versace’s new teen face shouldn’t be shocking - except that it’s a sixteen year old boy.
As pegged by Paris Vogue, their new poster child is Tuki Brando, the grandson of Marlon and the son of Tarita Cheyenne Brando, a former model who committed suicide when Tuki was five. He was raised in Tahiti by his grandmother, and lived there until recently, when he flew to Paris for a L’Uomo Vogue shoot with Bruce Weber.
No doubt the new boy will be fun eye candy in magazines - but will he entice grown men to buy into the Versace brand?
And isn’t it odd that Versace’s men’s collections have gotten way more grown-up on the runways, thanks in large part to Cloak’s Alexander Plohkov, only to be faced by someone born in the ’90s?

My first band t-shirt was a Sleater-Kinney tee that proclaimed “show me your riffs” in white block letters on a black background. Wearing it taught me that a surprising number of people don’t know what riffs are.
That particular design isn’t in The Art of the Band T-shirt by Amber Easby and Henry Oliver but lots of others are:
A Bruce Springsteen muscle tank that proclaims “and on the eighth day God created SPRINGSTEEN,” the famous 1981 Rolling Stones lips tee, and lots of hipster favorites like a Yeah Yeah Yeahs scrawled with the lyrics to “Maps” designed by Karen O’s stylist Christian Joy.
Which brings us to the question:
Why haven’t there been more designer/band t-shirt collaborations?
Stella McCartney just signed on to do the shirts at the English music festival Glastonbury, but who else would you like to see joining forces? And what would their shirts look like?
We envision:
The White Stripes and fellow Detroit rock enthusiast Anna Sui
Lily Allen and Heatherette
The Horrors and punk grand dame Vivienne Westwood
Cat Power and her fan Karl Lagerfeld
Babyshambles and Kate Moss for Top Shop
Bjork and Balenciaga
And, given the t-shirt pictured, Fugazi and Anya Hindmarch?
—ANNA FIELDING GRIGGS

Things you didn’t know about Satorialist Scott Schuman:
*He has two young daughters, named Claudia and Isabel (pictured)
*He thinks his work is like Bruce Weber’s
*His wife is the design director for The Limited.
Read all about your new fashion crush in Nicholas Boston’s excellent Observer piece - and see his Karl Lagerfeld coup on Style. com - while we propose this:
Dear Scott, please shoot a new Limited ad campaign, featuring your wife’s designs and real (gorgeous) women on the street wearing them. It will be a smash; it will make The Limited relevant to the fashion world again… and who knows? Maybe after such a project, Phoebe Philo will jump ship from The Gap and come sketch peasant blouses for you guys - publicly, of course.