And…scene. Boy, was this a painful season of PR. We’re not sure we can be convinced to go back for more. But we will keep you spoiler-free in the meantime.

1. Did you look at Heidi and think “Holy Pink!?”

2. Nina’s face at Irina during judging, who didn’t love it?

3. Really, that much black wasn’t a conscious decision? Really? It’s not necessarily wrong, but c’mon.

4. When you saw the black headbands, didn’t you just think Carmen Kass in every single Michael Kors show you’ve ever seen?

5. Were you mad when Tim didn’t reference Balenciaga re: the shoulders?

In the worst season of the show ever, we finally know who’s showing (or sorry, already showed) at Bryant Park…last February. And now, on to the questions:

1. Seriously, Michael’s not involved in choosing who’s going to Fashion Week? No offense to Cynthia Rowley, who was lovely, but that’s just infuriating. Lifetime, please realize you cannot film this show in LA and still have it be relevant.

2. Cindy! Um, what’s your secret and how do you still look that damn amazing? Can we please get the number of your derm? Thanks much.

3. Mayor Villaraigosa, don’t you have a budget crisis to deal with? Also, if you think Los Angeles is the “creative capital of the nation” and “leading the way in fashion”, we cordially invite you to visit New York. Bring on the hate, west coast, we can take it.

4. Did anyone else think this Getty challenge would have been better suited for an early round where we could have seen a wider range of viewpoints? It really is one of the most culturally sound places in LA (and the views are ridiculous), making it the perfect place to get an early glimpse into everyone’s vision.

There’s already so much buzz surrounding the Victoria’s Secret fashion show’s return to New York that we kind of feel like we’re prepping for an entire fashion week.

This morning, the press trekked downtown to District (that building Amy Sacco’s done something with) to meet the ten finalists in the Angel competition. After three weeks of Victoria’s Secret boot camp, one will win a spot on the Armory’s runway come November 19th.

America picks the winner; there are, of course, cameras following the wannabe Angels everywhere and their boot camp webisodes will air on both CBS.com and VSAllAccess.com. Voting opens to the public on November 9th.

Now to the important part - the girls. They range in age from 18-year-old Katelyn from Boston who’s never modeled a day in her life and happily confesses to stuffing her bra to 25-year-old Tika from Albania via Detroit who’s been happily married for seven years.

Green’s Growth: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Sir Phillip Greene, except of course the answer to the age old question, can he finally conquer America. So far so good, but even Kate Moss can only get Topshop so far. {Bloomberg}

Party Time: Heidi Klum and Seal threw their annual Halloween bash in LA this weekend. We spy crows, Gaga, a single lady and best of all Kelly Osbourne and Luke Worrall as bacon and eggs. {Modelinia}

Bazaar’s New Moon: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are apparently on the next cover of Harper’s Bazaar. Vampire anything “At Every Age” seems rather hard to manage with them not aging and all. Pattinson’s also landed the December cover of Vanity Fair though he, unlike Shia and the others, isn’t christened the next _____.{WWD} & {VanityFair}

West Coast Style: The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists took their show on the road to Los Angeles, the Chateau Marmont to be exact. And there was a Lisa Love sighting which made us miss her days on The Hills. {Vogue}

1. Bob Mackie. Seriously, Bob Mackie. Why has this not happened sooner?

2. Also, that means where is Cher? I love Christina, but if we’re bringing her in as a judge then I’m thinking David LaChappelle should have been the other guest.

3. How f*&^%ing “on” was Tim tonight? My favorite was the the Guinevere meets Vampira reference.

4. Who didn’t laugh when hearing that a designer was going to “Blast the industry with my knowledge.” Yeah, bring it, bro. Can’t wait.

5. Did Gordana forget what verbs are?

6. Do you really believe these people have been dressing celebs for years? No, other contestants, they have not.

In Her Shoes: Holy crap. Constance Jablonski walked in a whopping 72 shows this season with Liu Wen right on her tail with 70. Well done, ladies. {Models.com via The Fashion Spot}

Congrats to the Klum/Samuels: Doesn’t it seem like Heidi Klum was pregnant forever this time around? Well she finally had that baby girl, and named her Lou. Awww. {Modelinia}

All About Arlenis: Who knew she liked Christian and merengue music? Not us. Also in the likes column: boxing, Rachel Roy jumpsuits, massages and that Oscar de la Renta dark blue dress. {W}

Agent No More: Vivienne Westwood’s son Joe Corré is leaving Agent Provacateur. Word is he’ll keep his shares, but will no longer be involved in the creative—instead focusing on his menswear line, A Child of the Jago. {Vogue UK}

1. Who misses Tim saying, “Don’t bore Nina”, since you know, Nina’s never there anymore? So yes, Lifetime, that means we’re still kind of in a fight.

2. Michael, thank god you’re back. Will you please bring a few more bons mots along the lines of “teal charmeuse disco pumpkin” next week? It makes Thursdays at 10 pm way less dull than they’ve been lately. Thanks.

3. Also, how much did you love that he couldn’t contain his disgust as Louise’s dresses came down the runway? Because seriously, wow and ew, those things were Bad News Bears all the way around.

4. If Tim hates leggings so much, how could he ever support Lindsay Lohan’s design efforts for anything, let alone Ungaro?

5. Should we introduce Louise to Peter Copping so she can learn something about pretty, romantic ruffles?

Ugh, yet again I’m feeling very disappointed with my old friend Project Runway. But here we go.

1. I said I wasn’t going to ask again and I won’t. You know what I’m talking about. And we are officially in a major fight, Lifetime.

2. Did anyone else have flashbacks to that disastrous Stella dress that Kate Hudson wore to the Oscars (for her Almost Famous nom) when they said there was a Western category?

3. Um, and I guess Western-haters didn’t know it was about to come around this season in Milan, did you? Thanks D&G.

4. How much does Christopher love Edward Cullen and all things Twilight? So much.

5. Also, don’t you want sit with Christopher “I don’t want to do a gingham dress” and show him Christopher Kane’s S/S 10 collection? I do.

1. Seriously, where is Michael? This LA thing is really causing a problem.

2. Is Mitchell maybe Godric from True Blood’s twerpy younger brother?

3. Where’d you get those tights, Rachel?

4. Couldn’t you totally imagine Donna Karan wearing that brown t-shirt Johnny and Irina made to some Hamptons shindig?

5. Who else has a hankering for some macramé?

6. Why does avant garde automatically translate to a large one-shouldered number for so many contestants over the course of this show?

As if New York Fashion Week wasn’t enough to worry about, a solid chunk of the fashion pack is in Vegas right now at the Capsule tradeshow.

The gossip is, of course, making its way back to New York at a rapid pace. So far we’ve learned that most designers are actually giving peeks of their SS10 collections - the ones set to debut on next week’s (ah!) runways. News of a few major collaborations is trickling in, too.

We also hear Victoria’s Secret is in the process of building a metal cape. That would be a ton of metal, melted down and shaped onto the back of some poor angel for their next runway show in New York this December.

The thought makes Heidi’s wings at left look positively comfortable.

We didn’t get a chance to watch the first episode until last weekend. Our apologies for not recapping. But we’re back to analyzing Heidi, Tim, Nina and the gang as they take over FIDM and Lifetime.

1. Where’s Michael? You know he would have had some zingers for Malvin’s sling, Mitchell’s shorts, and Ra’mon’s darts.

2. What up with the chicken fetish, Malvin?

3. Don’t you bet Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn have really fun date nights? Bowling perhaps?

4. Speaking of Rebecca, isn’t it still hard to remember to drop the Stamos from her name?

5. Did Qristyl (don’t even get me started on the spelling of her name) actually call something outdated and then show up to the runway wearing what looked like a full-length patchwork leather skirt and a really bad jean jacket?

So this weekend Karl Lagerfeld took a “dig” at Heidi Klum, his second of the year.

In February he said, “Heidi is no runway model. She is simply too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde - that is commercial!” and now he claims not to know who she is, “I don’t know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is.”

First, you can’t break down someone’s body and then say you don’t know they exist. Second, which high fashion designer is more commercial than Karl Lagerfeld? Third, you don’t make money when Claudia Schiffer knows who you are, you make it when Middle America knows your name (though we don’t believe for a second that Schiffer’s never heard of Klum). Fourth, Lagerfeld makes gorgeous, brilliant clothes, but avant-garde at this stage? Non.

Most frustrating of all is the unfortunate truth that models don’t make major money walking Balenciaga or doing editorials for Purple, but from major beauty contracts, from Victoria’s Secret or J.Crew catalogs and eventually, from becoming a brand.

It’s kind of like how designers don’t make money by designing the most extreme avant-garde clothes, like say Gareth Pugh or Olivier Theyskens, but by hooking themselves up to a major brand, like say Fendi or Chanel and putting their name on overpriced teddy bears.

Summer Lovin’: Thank God P. Runway is returning soon for our viewing pleasure. Entertainment Weekly breaks down the new season…and got Tim Gunn to make that face in a picture. {EW}

Kate, Inc. Grows and Grows: Miss Moss is launching another fragrance called Vintage because of her love for “anything old…except old men.” {Grazia UK}

Miuccia Muses: CNN Asia scored a sit down with the designer. She says frivolity can be a good thing. Since we feel what Miuccia says always goes, we’re taking that mantra into the weekend. {Fashionologie}

We’re Peeling: Seeing how one of us (um, Abby) is way fidgety and has a bad habit of picking off her nail polish and causing unseemly nail breakage, a polish that’s literally designed to be stripped off without remover sounds pretty darn genius. {WWD}

Lifetime’s begun casting for the seventh season of Project Runway - which means it’s officially started again.

And if the rumors are true, it’ll be the second, or third? in which Heidi Klum’s pregnant on the runway.

So, if you’re dying to be the next Jay/Jeffrey/Christian, you can fill out an application here.

But only do so if you can get to Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Seattle after you’re chosen. That’s where they’ll check out your clothes in person and let you know if you get to meet Heidi and Tim.

Applications are due April 24th, so you better get cracking.

In 2008, Christian Siriano won Project Runway Season 4. Since then, he’s showed a couple collections, gotten his designs on celebrities like Tori Spelling, designed a line of shoes for Payless, and last week, Saks announced that they picked up his entire Fall collection.

This week, Victoria’s Secret says the petite designer’s created a limited-edition line of Very Sexy makeup to appear alongside Heidi’s.

The line will consist of eye shadow, eyeliner, lip gloss, a bronzer/highlighter trio, and a brush and bag, with each item priced a few dollars more than VS’s regular line of makeup.

Incredibly, no hair products are in the works, but more pressing, would you buy makeup from Christian Siriano/Victoria’s Secret?

—PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY KOST

[PS This set of photos is particularly beautiful.]

Michael Kors is thinking neon this season.

The man’s added an edge to his trenches and sheaths. He stuck Natasha Poly in leather and more leather, threw Raquel into a sleeveless camel trench with a perfect fur collar, Frankie Rayder (!) wore sequins, Coco did tweeds, Arlenis wore a Sherlock Holmes trench, Bruna got to wear a hot pink fur coat and hat, Anja slipped by in an asymettrical chartreuse shift, Carmen Kass wore more fur than I’ve ever seen and it was almost all accessorized with perfectly chunky chain necklaces.

The clothes were particularly quiet after spring’s stripes and spots - even the neon pieces were tailored and conservative.

Front row seating was a bit mixed up - the Vogue-ttes usually get to sit by the door for a quick exit but this time Anna & Co. made their way further down the runway, across from Mario Testino, while Heidi Klum, Molly Sims and Jane Krakowski held court by the pit.

And that was about the freshest thing happening at the tents this morning. Off to Marchesa!

Warning: I didn’t have time to get coffee pre-Michael Kors, so please excuse the blurry pictures, they’re a result of my blurry head.

Barbie’s 50th meant major sensory overload - not delicious seven course meal overload but one too many cherries atop the sundae overload.

It went a little something like this: Kimora Lee Simmons on one end of the runway and Vogue’s Marina Rust on the other, both holding Barbie wielding children. A Real World: Brooklyn cast member sat on the right while Heidi Klum sat on the left, sandwiched between Miss J and the ubiquitous Robert Verdi who wanted to chat with Simon Doonan. Simon was trying to catch up with Diane who joyously embraced Suzy Menkes while Peter Som looked on calmly from his center perch. Rachel Roy’s daughter handled the paparazzi better than Lindsay Lohan and the soccer moms behind us tried awfully hard to make sense of The Blondes while I enjoyed a breakfast of Barbie chocolates.

The show opened with a Barbie through the ages sort of montage and ran to a Barbie-fied Top 40 soundtrack; Ken got to wear Kenneth Cole (ha!); the crowd went wild for Bob Mackie’s creation; the video screen told us that, “A plastic tan never fades” and for the second time this week confetti rained down atop our heads.

Because she’s a Barbie girl, in her very own Barbie world.

—PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY KOST

Heidi Klum may be coming under fire for her Halloween costume as Kali, and her once-successful TV show may be on the skids, but she’s got at least one more project about to make its debut:

Dancing and playing air guitar in her underwear for the new Guitar Hero.

She imitates Tom Cruise in Risky Business and plays Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Segar.

We guess it’s been long enough since a fashion figure joined forces with a video game - you might remember that Karl posed as a DJ in Grand Theft Auto 3. The next logical step would be someone posing for Nintendo, who’s been trying to break into the fashion demographic for a while.

Gemma as Princess Toadstool in a new Super Mario Brothers? Makes sense to us..