We went to tap off Taxi TV this morning when we saw Cindy Crawford walking down a runway and were like, “Whoa.”

And then we watched her entire Raymour and Flanigan furniture commercial. She talked about how fashion used to be her life but now function’s more important and while she’ll always have a place in her heart for the industry that made her super famous, she’s way more concerned with furniture design these days.

And then we started thinking about how Cindy Crawford’s kind of always been around and her face has been in like every single commercial/ad since she stopped landing Vogue covers. Which made us wonder, if she’d just disappeared for a bit, could she be hawking things like Prada and DSquared and Chanel instead of denim-covered couches?

Cindy’s arguably the richest, best known name of the supers, but she’s also the only one seriously lacking high fashion cred - we’ll take a moment to acknowledge her amazing November 08 French Vogue spread, but just because Carine missed her doesn’t mean designers are going to write a huge paycheck to put their clothes on her when she’s the face of a million products - and we wonder if that bothers her.

If you were a super, would you rather be a Cindy or a Linda?

—PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY KOST

We’ve been discussing the idea of men wearing short shorts (think above the knee, mid-thigh or shorter in length) all summer now and we’re still at arms.

Britt and Hayley both think hemlines shouldn’t creep too high, but just above the knee is ok. I’m all for them as long as the shorts aren’t too tight, and if the wearer has great legs worthy of being exposed. (Natalie thinks the higher the better, especially if you’re a soccer player, but she’s just gross like that.)

On the Spring ‘08 runways, everyone from Dsquared to Bottega Veneta featured thigh grazing lengths that quickly took to the streets. We’ve seen them paired with everything from tiny tank tops and Converse to button down shirts with boat shoes.

We love a guy that can take a risk and show some serious leg, but not with the possibility of indecent exposure (whatever, Natalie).

So guys, would you wear short shorts? And to the girls - should they?

—KYLE HAYES
(photo from The Sartorialist)

There’s something strange happening on the runway at the men’s Spring 2009 shows, and we’re kind of liking it:

First, Vivienne Westwood sent out a rather burly man to model little sandals and an enormous gold chain (he was actually an actor/bodyguard). Then, Dean and Dan Caten cast almost all black models for their line-up, which will supposedly be the case in next week’s Lanvin show as well.

And just yesterday, Yohji Yamamoto pulled his own model stunt, sending out ten (much) older models down the runway to balance out the baby softness of the usual model boys, one of whom was especially regular life-sized.

We don’t know where this is going to go with the other designers, but we’re extremely curious to see if any of this will be attempted during the women’s shows (we’re not counting Gaultier’s Spring 07) and how it’ll translate if it is.

But so far, we’re tickled. Especially after we read Yohji’s message about the models - “Let’s be happy.”

We know more than a few of you have already noticed the models at the Dsquared² show this week.

In reverse of how shows usually go, the majority of the models were black, with just a couple majorities.

Now, there’s a delightful rumor on COACD, that next week’s Lanvin show will have an “all ethnic” line up.

We’re just going to skip over the part where we debate the definition of “ethnic” and admit we know exactly what he’s talking about, so here’s the better question -

Is this in response to the upcoming Vogue Italia? Or would designers have made an effort to cast entirely non-white model line ups in their shows without it?

(And better yet, will this trend carry over into the women’s shows?…)

More proof that blondes will rule the Spring ‘08 campaigns, despite the hype of industry diversity:

Tanya D. will join Anja Rubik in the DSquared campaigns. When we try to imagine Helen of Troy, we usually picture Tanya, though presumably she’ll be styled less classic for the antics of Dan and Dean Caten in their latest ads. The Siberian model is now seventeen.

Meanwhile, WWD reports that blonde and banged Kate Moss was snagged by Donna Karan for her new Spring ‘08 spreads, a job that belonged to brunette Catherine McNeil last season.

We’re thrilled to hear about Tanya’s first booking for Spring (she’s so pretty! she’s so magical!) and we’re always down for another few pages of Kate. But it’s interesting to note that yet again, a very vocal piece of the industry has done nothing to sway the actual practices of it… at least not yet.

Also: When we go to Bumble + Bumble next week for our semi-annual color fest, we’re actually thinking of going dark brown… is this so totally wrong?