Be the Last Intern: Magnus Berger and Tenzin Wild’s The Last Magazine needs design and production interns. You need experience and three to five days free to work. {Starworks}

Break It Down: Peter Brant spends $500,000 a month on his polo ponies. He doesn’t understand why his soon to be ex, Stephanie Seymour, spends $50,000 a month on clothes when she could just fly to Paris and take them from Alaia’s studio. And that’s just the tip of their divorce iceberg. {Jezebel}

Sex on Fire Sells: The Kings of Leon have partnered with Surface to Air to make clothes. The Tennessee kids whipped up some flannel, denim and a leather jacket of course that’ll only be available at Copenhagen’s Paris Texas. {Blackbook}

Birthdays & More: Gemma Ward shares her big day with Anna Wintour, though almost forty years later. She was out and about in New York looking almost unrecognizable. {BryanBoy}

Let us count just five of the ways…

1. Your new retrospective book, Nick Knight, is phenomenally gorgeous. (The publisher sent us a copy but you can buy it starting on October 27th for $75, which is actually not a bad deal at all.)

2. Picking out which smattering of pictures to scan was incredibly hard but really fun. Thanks for making our morning so much better.

3. We forgot how much we truly died over that 2000 Dior campaign with a dirt-covered Angela Lindvall. Love, love, love.

4. You can do super high concept and impeccably simple equally well. What a gift.

5. SHOWstudio is totally badass and changing the industry in important and innovative ways.

Just keep doing what you’re doing. Thanks!

A few more of our favorite shots from the book after the jump. (UPDATE: We had to switch out a few of our scans due to some copyright issues…sorry!)

John Galliano let slip that Karlie Kloss is his girl for Spring 2010.

She won’t front Galliano (whose ads never appear stateside), but Dior. The designer launched his eponymous “timepiece range” in Paris last night and told WWD he’d been very busy casting the spring campaign.

But really, how hard can it be to cast the girl who’s cast in everything?

This season, Karlie’s in ads for Chloé, Uniqlo, Marc Jacobs’ Lola, Lacoste, Pringle of Scotland and Sportmax. She’s also holding down editorials in almost every single magazine, including a grand total of four in this month’s Vogue alone. So Dior’s probably just the start of her spring rounds which makes one wonder a) when she goes to school and b) how it’s possible to be over a girl before she’s eighteen.

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that bloggers must disclose any sort of payment for any sort of product reviewed or discussed on their blog.

It’s something I’ve tried to do, though we’ve never had an official policy on Fashionista. We get a fair amount of free stuff over here, in fact we probably get a handful of packages each week, but we only really post product reviews once obsessed, like with my new James Twiggy jeans, or confused, like that Lancôme vibrating mascara primer. More often than not, products come after we write about something we’ve discovered and fallen for on our own, as a thank you.

The New York Times wrote, “the move suggests that the government is intent on bringing to bear on the Internet the same sorts of regulations that have governed other forms of media, like television or print,” as if it’s a compliment; blogs are suddenly legitimate.

Which is great. Except that print publications, at least the ones we pay attention to, aren’t held to the same standards.

I finally came into possession of a tube of Lancôme’s vibrating mascara.

Or I thought it was mascara until I pulled out the wand and it was white - something called mascara primer apparently. I’m not big on fancy eyelash tricks. My mom once told me that if I used an eyelash curler all my lashes would fall out, and thanks to my Egyptian blood I don’t really need one, so a few swipes of Dior’s my usual morning routine.

But this intrigued me, mostly because it was vibrating and partly because I’d never even heard of such a thing. So this morning I stood in front of the mirror holding the mechanical wand dangerously close to my pupil and watched it spread my lashes into spidery wisps before layering black mascara over it. The only real difference is lash separation, but I secretly love thick clumpy eyelashes, so I’m not sure it’s worth the extra minute in the morning.

I’d show you before and after pictures, but that might be creepy. Do you use mascara primer? Has it changed your life?

This morning while we were having breakfast with some beauty publicist friends, they pointed out a Cover Girl ad in the new issue of Marie Claire that got us talking.

Now it’s not news to anyone that mass cosmetic brands often follow in the footsteps of the department store brands in terms of technology and formulas. But we’ve never see anything as blatant as this ad that very clearly spells out which CG mascara is knocking off specific Lancôme and Dior versions. As in “If you like Lancôme Definicils, try CoverGirl LashExact”. The full ad is after the jump.

Before you all start in on me, I realize that not everyone wants to spend on prestige brands, but this is a pretty direct attack, and a definite change in advertising strategies from the past.

Isn’t this just saying “We know you did it first and we simply don’t care”?

I will fully admit to having a fascination with crime thrillers, great episodes of Dateline, and serial killers. I mean, I’m not crazy obsessed but that stuff is darn interesting. And no one more so than Charles Manson.

He scares the bejeezus out of me. As did Helter Skelter when I read it. But, still…interesting.

This is also a topic I never thought I would be writing about or mentioning on this site. But it turns out that there’s a fashion and art exhibit called “ICON” being held at a studio in Culver City to celebrate the life of Sharon Tate, wife of Roman Polanski and victim of the Manson family.

Clothes from her closet by YSL, Ossie Clark, Dior, and Thea Porter will be on display.

Now, the lady was in Valley of the Dolls and that is very major in my mind.

But, an exhibit, really? Okay, but you might get some really macabre visitors.

After seeing the Richard Avedon fashion photography exhibit at the International Center for Photography, our love of fifties glamour is revived. We especially love the circle skirts that give volume to the models’ slim frames.

The fifties have certainly never disappeared from the fashion spotlight but what’s being accentuated of late, however, is the hips - going back to the Balenciaga S/S 08 runway or Galliano’s Lisa Fonssagrives-inpsired couture with its armor-like hip plates.

But it seems that the shoulders had to take their turn first.

Now that we’re all more than a little sick of that Balmain jacket, the hips taking center stage, quite literally in some cases.

Sasha and Carine brought the look to the beach and the past two nights, Beyoncé sang and danced in a gold Thierry Mugler leotard with padded hips at Madison Square Garden.

Seeing as this is an area of the body that often causes loads of female insecurity, do tell us, would you ever try out this look?

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

It wasn’t going to be long before designer Sean Monahan of Sea New York hit our radar. He’s kind of perfect for the current climate — a former Wall Street analyst who ditched his career in finance and turned designer.

He started out dressing his best friends which quickly turned into dressing Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Ricci, Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, Chloe Sevigny, and Alexa Chung. He wanted to create clothes that “make girls smile,” an ethos that whacks the sometimes unbearably heavy gravitas of fashion across the head.

Stocked by Barneys and Milk, his clothes are happy, lighthearted and full of frills, pretty prints and easy to wear dresses so it’s no wonder an army of models are also fans. His clothes kind of embody the “off-duty model” look.

Meanwhile, he’s quietly adding some big names to his design team. Monica Paolini, his best friend, muse and former design director at Betsy Johnson and Jill Stuart, is now on board as well as Emilie Roy of Dior.

There could be perhaps no two houses as misaligned as Betsy Johnson and Dior, so it will be interesting to see what the two new creative forces come up with.

As long as it stays light and fresh, we’re pretty sure we’ll love it.

—CHARLEY B.

Divorce, Supermodel Style: Peter Brant’s security folks allegedly got a little hands-y with Stephanie Seymour this weekend. It’s all very War of the Roses. But are the only ones secretly hoping this leads to a reunion with Axl? {E!}

Even More Drama: Peter Brant is not having a good week. Things aren’t going so well with Glenn O’Brien over at Interview either. {WWD}

My Girl Wants to Party All the Time: Steven Meisel gets up in the club, ’80s style for Vogue Italia. {Models}

Going Swimmingly: Giles Deacon is launching swim. He researched the collection by hanging out poolside at the Chateau Marmont. Somehow he forgot to invite us to come along. {Vogue UK}

In case you were wondering why a designer is bothered when a company rips off their designs, take the example of this ring from Dior Joaillerie.

On their website, they have a pretty cool video showing the four month process to craft one of their rings.

So when Fred Flare puts up their Crystal Flowerette Ring (which we imagine didn’t take quite so long to manufacture), they’re stealing Dior’s creativity without ever having worked through the creative process.

Yet again, this isn’t to say that we don’t wear and love mass-produced pieces. Of course we do. We just try to avoid the exact replicas.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

Another morning, another announcement of another actress/industry collaboration.

But luckily, they are making more sense with each passing day. We already know that the sublime Marion Cotillard and Dior are a perfect match. But throw in a short film? Perfection.

WWD tells us that come May 20th, the house will debut a 6 1/2 minute film, The Lady Noire Affair, on the internet starring the Oscar winner and directed by her La Vie en Rose director, Olivier Dahan.

And it’s a noir thriller!

We can’t wait to watch Mlle Cotillard traipse around Paris with her Lady Dior bag, in frocks designed by John Galliano, bien sur.

Resort collections may not get the same coverage as the regular Spring and Fall seasons, but they’re still very important to buyers as most designers use their Resort (sometimes called Cruise) collections to make designs that the average customer will actually wear.

So today’s news that both Dior and Gucci plan on scaling back their Resort 2010 collections for this June (Dior has cancelled their show altogether, and Gucci, which threw runway shows in both New York and Rome last season, is doing a simple presentation) comes as no surprise since the clothes will make in onto racks and into glossies whether designers host a full-blown event or not.

According to WWD, this leaves Chanel all alone in pursuing the same grand affair in Europe as always - Karl’s upcoming Resort 2010 will be shown on Lido Beach in Venice this year - but we’re (of course) wondering about Celine. June’s collection is supposed to be Pheobe Philo’s first for the brand, which means they must be planning some sort of event in Paris - unless the money has kept her grand entrance from being, well, grand.

The most successful rip-offs, the things that fly off shelves, are the products directly modeled on something that everyone from the die-hard fashion fan to the suburban high school girl is familiar with.

More Carrie Bradshaw’s Dior gladiators than Margiela.

But we’re guessing these have been knocked off because Rachel Bilson rocked the nude version of the half-sandal, half-boot shoe with some on trend boyfriend jeans last summer, not because Margiela’s the new cerulean.

But will they actually sell? Can Steve Madden market this $170 shoe to the mall going masses? And if so, can it come with an informational packet on how incredible Martin Margiela is and what he’s done for fashion in the past twenty-five plus years?

The best part is you can actually see how insanely luxurious the leather is on the Margiela shoe through this teeny tiny online picture and if they weren’t sold out everywhere, it’d only cost you an extra $400 for a million times more quality.

Safilo, the Italian sunglasses manufacturer, is looking for its own financial bailout - preferably in the form of a private equity fund.

Safilo makes pretty much everyone’s glasses, from the entire Gucci group to Marc Jacobs to Dior to Juicy to Armani and they’ve racked up about $753.8 million in debt according to WWD. So until they get their cash influx the Italian government is sponsoring a temporary shutdown of four of their factories.

Sunglasses used to be the easiest way for everyone to buy into a designer brand - the thought being that most anyone can scrounge and save $200 to put a little bit of Gucci on their face if they’re that desperate. Which is why when even the smallest labels get bought up by major corporations or gain serious financial backers sunglasses, perfume and accessories become the priority. But, like most luxury goods these days, plastic-frame profits have plummeted and are only expected to get worse.

So the question is, who’s so rich that they can pour almost $800 million into a company that makes $300 sunglasses in the middle of an international economic crisis?

I’ve professed my love of lashes to you before.

While I remain clueless to the rest of the beauty industry, lashes I know and love and thus regularly spend $27 every couple of months on Dior. But you couldn’t pay me $27 a day to take drugs to make my lashes longer. Especially not when said drugs may cause “red, itchy eyes and changes in eyelid pigmentation” and costs roughly $4 a day.

Because, ew.

The New York Times has a rundown on Latisse, the latest drug from Allergan (the geniuses who brought you Botox). Latisse has the same formula as the medication used for glaucoma, a formula whose side effects include longer, fuller lashes (“25 percent longer, 106 percent thicker and 18 percent darker”) and costs about $120 a month.

There’s something kind of asinine about using a drug that’s actually meant to cure a disease for purely cosmetic reasons (this includes Botox), but Latisse already has tons of fans and is expected to be an $80 million business by 2012.

So, would take drugs to make yourself prettier?

E-Luxury is no longer.

Well, technically it still exists but is transitioning into an “‘E-window’ into the world of luxury, by serving as an information reference for luxury in fashion, art de vivre, leather goods, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, gastronomy, cars, yachts and services,” instead of a place one can buy luxury goods on-line by this June.

So, it will be a super fancy blog through which parent company LVMH can promote its own brands and speak to those still able to afford all of the above by this summer. Spokespeople for the site say the change has little to do with the economy but is a result of so many brands ushering in their own online retail platforms.

Which means, if you’re the kind of girl who likes to buy her Pucci and her Margiela and her Tod’s all in one place, go now.

We interrupt this cold and snowy day to bring you something that, depending on your mood, will make you smile or make you cry.

If you’re having a good day and there’s a trip to Paris with bicycles and macaroons in your near future, Sofia Coppola’s commercial will make you want to skip down the sidewalk.

But, if you’re having a bad day and the only thing you have to look forward to is next week’s Gossip Girl, this girl’s ridiculously perfect, ridiculously gorgeous life might put you over the edge.

No matter which side you fall on, please note the Vogue shout out mid-commercial. Do you think that’s paid product placement or Sofia’s suggestion that life can’t be perfect without a copy of Vogue on the vanity?

“The company said it revises prices based on a policy ‘to offer its products at appropriate prices…’” - WWD, on Louis Vuitton’s reasoning for lowering prices in Japan by 7%, due to the country’s economic problems.