There are many reasons we really want to go to Art Basel in Miami. From (of course) the art to the beyond chic crowd and parties. And just the general fun one can have in sunny Miami because you know, “Miami, Miami, you’ve got style. Blue skies, sunshine, white sand by the mile…” (If you get that reference, we’re pretty much automatically friends.)

But I digress. We just learned about another cool thing that will be at the upcoming Art Basel: a super swanky vending machine at the Mondrian Hotel filled with special edition goodies curated by Interview magazine.

Inside you’ll find this Pringle of Scotland t-shirt (pictured) designed by artist David Shrigley, hand-drawn Vena Cava shoes, art from the Gossip Girl set, old archival issues of Interview, and even an out-of-print copy of the Fabien Baron art directed Madonna Sex book.

So much better than the Doritos and Snickers you usually find in a vending machine.

Chanel-o: If Craig McDean had shot this with Baptiste Giabiconi instead of Constance Jablonski (for Interview), Karl Lagerfeld might have exploded from excitement. That would’ve been fun. {Models}

It’s It: This went up at the start of the week, but in case you missed it & you’re still wondering just who Becka Diamond is, this guide to the It-Girls of fall 09 will prove extremely helpful. {Style}

Ca-Caw: Thank you Malvin from Project Runway for inspiring the kids at EW to edit this little piece of Arrested Development awesomeness together. We were just remarking on Lindsey and Gob’s chicken dances earlier in the week. And by remarking we mean re-enacting. Happy Friday! {PopWatch}

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy: Barneys is about half way through their warehouse sale & shoes just got knocked down 40%. Meanwhile, we saw their awkward TV commercial last night and still wonder why they don’t just use Simon Doonan. {Racked}

Sketched Up: We read about Igor & Andre yesterday morning, the blog from California- based fashion illustrator and model lover Danny Roberts, but wasted an hour of our life on it last night. His work is spectacular. {Igor&Andre}

Late yesterday, WWD reported a major shake-up at Interview:

Editorial director Fabien Baron and creative director Karl Templer (considered one of the best stylists in fashion, especially because of his work at Calvin Klein with Fabien and designer Francisco Costa) have left the magazine simultaneously.

The departure comes as a major shock after all the hoopla of Fabien restoring the Andy Warhol-founded magazine to its former glory via better interviews, a fresh art direction, and more fashion than ever before. We all remember the major Kate Moss September issue of last year post re-launch, which landed Interview on Time’s list of best magazine covers of 2008.

The official reason? Fabien says he now wants to concentrate on his other business, creative agency Baron & Baron, and Karl also cited “other projects” as his reason for quitting the publication after such a short amount of time.

The good news? The departure couldn’t have been too big of a surprise, since WWD’s already reporting that creative direction will be picked up by M/M Paris, the French creative duo responsible for art direction at Jil Sander, Yohji Yamamoto, Purple, and a music video for Bjork, among many other things.

But what would make two of the biggest names at a magazine everybody really wanted to be as good as they imagined it could be walk away about a year into the job? Stay tuned…

Dolce & Gabbana’s February interview with Interview is now online.

Read it to find out their thoughts on each other, their current customer, etc.

But really, we just wanted to show you this picture.

It’s almost the weekend!

This just in:

If you’re planning on checking out the the massive March issue of Interview (of course you are) then you can expect one teeny-tiny cover girl.

Mary-Kate Olsen has been shot for the cover, decked out in “tons” of Proenza.

So who will be her interviewer? (Glenn? Ashley?) Sadly, we have no idea.

But if you do…

“To our mind the work of a fashion designer is so different from that of an artist! We usually work in a necessarily more collaborative manner. We present our work twice a year, using the same medium, respecting the same human form, within an industrial framework, using industrial means of production, and having our work translated through the chain of distribution for our work.” — Maison Martin Margiela, on why fashion is not an art form in the new Interview

Here’s your chance to get in on the new Interview - the fashion department is looking for interns!

You will:

1. Catalog tons of clothes in the library of the Astor building at Broadway and Prince - so you can slave in style.

2. Get to know tons of publicists via e-mail when you hound them for fashion credits for all spreads.

3. Tag the issues for monthly mail-outs.

4. Assist on shoots.

5. Arrange look books in Annabel Tollman’s office.

6. And, if they like you, help with market work, try on samples and think of heds and deks.

Send resumes (one page, seriously) and cover letters (no more than two small paragraphs, and in the same attachment as the resume, seriously) to Sydney Wasserman at SWasserman@Brantpub.com.

PS. Like all fashion internships, this one is unpaid, but they do reimburse you for your Metro card.