In the Trenches: Sasha and Malia are about to cause another round of skyrocketing coat sales at J. Crew - this time of the khaki trench variety. {Politico}

LVMH Making Moves? Christian Lacroix was spotted at the Givenchy show just after his own (perhaps final) presentation. Tongues are wagging that the Arnaults might just step in to save the house. {FWD}

If She Could Turn Back Time: Holy photoshopping! Britney Spears looks like it’s 1999 in these shots for Candies. We bet she wishes she could revisit that past too. {StyleWatch}

Who’s the Man? The chicest of the chic stay at the Ritz in Paris. This guy makes their loves run smoothly while they’re there. {W}

Michelle Trachtenberg’s danced around the fashion crowd for a bit now without actually attaching her name to anything (except for her stint as one of the faces for Candie’s at Kohl’s which she’d probably like us to forget.)

But now she’s throwing a party for Guess.

They’re re-opening their Soho flagship store at the end of July and Georgina Sparks, along with Marie Claire, will host the bash.

Which of course makes us wonder, will Michelle grace an upcoming cover of Marie Claire or join forces with Guess’ sultry models?

It also makes us wonder what went wrong in the world of Gossip Girls-turned-campaign faces. We’re still not over Leighton for Reebok or Ed for K Swiss, and Michelle for Guess is just as disturbing. They all have faces worthy of high fashion campaigns and Michelle and Leighton both have curves we’d love to see in runway clothes.

Make us proud Blake.

Today is Britney Spears Re-invention Day.

The 90’s pop tart’s launching both her Candie’s campaign and her new world tour which means she’s back to being a girl after being a Rodarte-wearing woman for a moment.

We’re drawing a twisted parallel to Interview - one of our favorite magazines that just can’t make up its mind. Its inner turmoil is awfully public and its readers are awfully confused. When Fabien Baron and Karl Templer took control last summer, they bled fashion into the magazine with a heavy dose of rock n’ roll edge. Kate Moss landed the inaugural cover, Stephanie Seymour was named Fashion Contributor and there were models in Margiela all over the place.

But now, with Baron and Templer out and Paris-based creative team M/M in, they told The Daily they’re going for “model-lite editorials” and a more retro design - not so interested in being on the cutting edge of the fashion world, apparently, which is strange since we’re pretty sure those who inhabit it are the ones who read Interview.

How much can a magazine drastically change its appearance, content and focus before seriously alienating its readers? More importantly, while all the controversy and behind-the-scenes drama has garnered Interview loads of press this past year, at some point, might it not be best to handle the changes and transitions quietly and let readers learn for themselves what is changing, instead of publicly and loudly declaring a new mission every eight months?