“I realize that the various threads are connected today and that people like fashion — there is a vitality. But I don’t want to take advantage of artists — I want to be good in my work by myself. Although if you knew how many important artists have asked me to do a collaboration with bags! But I want fashion for fashion and art for art. So the Transformer concept was not for a generic space, but to be very specific, with all things separate in one building.”— Miuccia Prada discussing the Transformer collaboration with Rem Koolhaas in Seoul.

Chloë Sevigny mentioned to style.com that she’d be interested in collaborating with a high-end company, voicing admiration for Sofia Coppola’s collaboration with Louis Vuitton.

Now, we’ve loved Chloë since Kids and her intern days at Sassy, and think she has great personal style, but her collection for Opening Ceremony was…fine. The pieces she rocks best usually aren’t her own designs. So, I’m not sure why she should garner so much positive attention as a potential designer.

It’s not that I think actresses or singers or artists shouldn’t be able to try their hand at design (I too am loving the Sofia-designed Louis bag), but just because a gal (or guy) dresses well, doesn’t mean they should be invited into the fashion industry to run around like a kid in a candy shop.

Everyone cheers for Chloë but freaks out about Miley and Lindsay. The freak-outs are for good reason, no arguments here. But I’m also personally done with Chloë as fashion designer.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

Today’s WWD had all the details about the upcoming jewelry collaboration between Alexander Wang and Paris Kain of Abraxas Rex, maker of some of the biggest jewelry you’ve ever seen.

The capsule line is supposed to explore outrageous ways of wearing accessories like earrings (“We want to push the meaning of embellishment”) with outrageous price tags to match (“$350 to $975 wholesale”). The collection debuts at Alex’s Fall 09 show next week.

But here’s what’s interesting: In the article, Alex reveals that he wanted the jewelry to be “sleek and streamlined” to match his collection. Huh?

Turns out, Alex’s Fall 09 will veer away from his usual languid silhouettes, and into new territory, one that comes with adjectives like “constructed” and “tailored”.

Could this be the direction that also made Alex decide to sort of branch into menswear?

We’ll probably never know, but there is officially buzz around Valentine’s Day.

We loved collecting Scratch ‘n Sniff stickers in early grade school, which is why we’re immediately obsessed with these t-shirts by Charlotte Ronson and Mika Hatsushima, artist and owner of the street wear brand, Cream of the Crop.

The shirts, which say “Love Me” on the front and smell of Jelly Beans, come in the colors seen at left, and will be available at Charlotte Ronson stores in NYC and Japan starting January 29th.

The tiny line’s meant to coincide with Valentine’s Day, but we think this is the best possible shirt for Sunday brunch with your Chuck Taylors and best friend, no?

Though you may feel an inexplicable urge to head to Dylan’s Candy Bar after…

Eight months ago, when Lanvin and Acne Denim announced a collaboration based entirely around denim, we thought, “Huh?” But then we remembered that those bright poufs Alber designed for Spring 08 were made of polyester, and decided to file the collaboration under “Maybe” in our heads.

As of now, the results are in on Acne’s site (look by look slideshow after the jump), and we’re kind of half-pleased, half-disappointed.

An example: Though we could see the dress at left on someone like Charlotte York (yes, we went there), the girl would also have to have the bank account to match. The dress is $810, putting it in the middle of the range’s price spectrum. And it’s made of denim.

Is it just us, or does that seem like too much money for a dress that might only live up to its wonder if you get to walk around saying, “Yes, it’s Lanvin”? Because it’s not like it has the same show-stopping quality as those polyester clouds so synonymous with Alber.

Or maybe, we’re being cheap?

When we heard from our Inbox that Puma and Sergio Rossi were collaborating on a capsule collection to be sold at Colette starting January, we got excited. We like Sergio. We like Puma. We love Colette. So this should work.

But:

They’re sneaker-heels. The last time I wore sneaker-heels, I was about ten and going through my Spice Girl phase - since then, I thought we all decided any sort of shoe that tries to combine high-heels with sneakers was out of the question, so much to our surprise, Sergio and Puma are doing just that.

We’re not exactly sure where one wears sneakettos, but we do know that considering the purple satin lace-ups and Mary-Janes with gummy white soles, we won’t be wearing the collection anytime soon.

It’s too bad. We love the parts (Sergio, Puma, Colette), but the sum, well, we’ll save our kicks cash for Lacroix + Gola.

—HAYLEY PHELAN