Giles Deacon up and left London Fashion Week last season while everyone else was heading in the opposite direction.

Thanks to his ANDAM award, he had the opportunity to show in Paris, he did, and now he’s not coming back to London.

As if you could say no to Paris.

Despite the fact that the Giles show was always at the top, the Marc Jacobs of London Fashion Week if you will, and the fact that Giles’ Paris show was alone on the very last day of fashion month, he said, “Sales were up 42 per cent for the spring collection, and a lot of new buyers came to the show. I work in London, employ people here, but I need to look at the bigger picture.”

If showing in Paris means more dinosaurs, we’ll happily jump on the bandwagon.

Best Of: Now that Fashion Month is actually and officially over (too many forgot about Giles yesterday), the best of the month’s fashion’s been rounded up for your viewing pleasure and consequent envy. {Style}

Watch Out: Just in case you were trying to ignore her, two days after Becka Diamond was named NylonTV’s newest host, the actress is Who What Wear’s Girl of the Month - a coveted title that means she’s not going anywhere. {WWW}

Real or Rubbish: There’ve been a few whispers suggesting that once Condé Nast finishes their 25% cuts, they’ll bring Elle on board from Hachette. In that case, does Condé own every mainstream fashion magazine? And imagine a holiday party at which Katie Grand, Anna Wintour and Joe Zee all answer to the same boss. {FWD}

Lily Allen’s landed the cover of ELLE UK’s October issue in honor of the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week.

They’ve put her in a blond wig and custom outfits by Brit designers including Richard Nicoll, Stella McCartney, Burberry and Giles. The crystallized, body con Louise Goldin’s her favorite.

In this behind the scenes video, which also features photographer Rankin talking about how “uber-cool” Lily is, she says she’s never really been into the whole Kate Moss, Sienna Miller thing and jokingly claims Alexa Chung’s her London Style Icon.

It’s the graphic rock star make-up we really couldn’t take our eyes off of though.

Scratch that.

It’s no longer a rumor but now a fact. The Gossips’ Beth Ditto’s already been shot for the inaugural issue of Katie Grand’s LOVE magazine.

We’d kind of expected the magazine to go the model route what with their high fashion cred and ridiculously cool circle of friends but we can’t wait to see what Katie does with Beth on the cover.

Ditto’s graced the pages of POP and Jalouse, not to mention the cover of NME, but we’re expecting something totally new, with lots of Giles, of course.

For too long, zippers have been hidden amidst layers of fabric, disguised in neutral colors - the point being, you don’t see them. But not so this Fall; finally, zippers are having their moment!

And, really, we couldn’t be more ecstatic - nothing toughens up a tight dress like a metal zipper ripping through the middle, like this sweet Vena Cava. And à la Wang, a prominent zipper on a pair of pants adds interest and street cred (bonus points if they’re leather). Of course, zippers on jackets are nothing new but what is, is their unabashed silver teeth (as opposed to discreet black), their extra length, and prominence.

And hey, it’s easier than buttons.

—HAYLEY PHELAN

Since the 90’s and the Fall runways are what’s on our minds most right now, we’ve been giving a lot of thought to black lipstick.

We saw it at YSL and Giles, and we kind of secretly see it on ourselves, but only with the right invitation, and only if we could pull it off without venturing into Morticia Addams’ territory.

We figure we could always switch it out for a super deep red or aubergine to go with super soft eyes, but then it might just look like dark lipstick, which isn’t nearly as exciting as a total mouth blackout.

But more importantly - would you wear black lipstick (on a night other than Halloween)? Or is this too reminiscent of that other 90’s blunder, Goth?

(And if you already have, then please tell us how you worked it - we seriously want to know!)

—AUDREY SMITH

The Good News:

Net-a-Porter has finally reinstated their “Shop by Designer” function on the sale pages, which means you’ll have something to do if - like us - there’s absolutely nothing going on in your office today.

The Bad News:

Even on “sale,” this Giles dress is still almost $1000.

Also, it’s called the Kruger dress -

Though despite its clean lines and cool shape, we doubt Diane Kruger will leave her Chanel allegiance for it.

Maybe Giles really meant Freddy Kruger, since the red streaks kinda look like slasher blood?