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}

Basically what John Galliano brought to Dior’s fashion business in terms of genius, color, flair and all-around amazingness, Tyen has brought to the cosmetics side, as its Creative Director since 1980. Just check out those eyes in the picture and the rainbow shot after the jump. Simply incredible.

I’ve always been such a fan of the images created for the brand, and of course the products themselves. But I never new much about the man behind it all until I came upon a profile of Tyen in the latest issue of i-D.

In a nutshell, he obsessed over Vogue while growing up in Vietnam in the ’50s and 60s, moved to Paris at 17, and started doing makeup for the Paris Opera while he was attending Ecole des Beaux Arts. One opportunity led to another and now he’s been at Dior for 30 years.

I’ll let a few of his own quotes give you a taste of what makes him so fabulous after the jump.

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.

Last season, walking into Galliano, Britt and I were accosted by anti-fur protesters (neither one of us were wearing any), but yesterday I was accosted by manic fans trying to crash the show like it was Justin Timberlake’s last concert ever.

I hung out around post-Hermès since Galliano was in the same venue within the hour and watched, amazed, as girls embraced their inner Penny Lane, batting their eyelashes for photographers and security guards begging, pleading for entrance to get in the show. It was fascinating.

I tired before they did and snagged my spot at the end of a bench to get good shots, until of course the girls finally did get in and had nowhere to crash but the aisles until finally my sight was just plain blocked (so please excuse the pictures).

Photo Courtesy of WWDI didn’t realize until reading WWD this morning that Zac Posen was such a foodie. Turns out he cooks three times a week (even after the Met Ball), And like so many of us, his obsession began with cooking shows, and Martha. “I was a very depressed middle-school student and I watched [those shows] avidly,” he said. “And then Martha Stewart changed my life. Her first cookbook [Entertaining] was given to my mom, but I took it.”

If you want to taste some of what Zac has to offer, he’s cooking with Giada De Laurentiis and Aquavit chef Marcus Samuelsson at a charity event during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival. Tickets aren’t cheap ($325) but the money goes to hunger organizations. And we’re pretty sure the presentation will be divine.

We know Peter Som is supposed to be a pretty wicked chef too and we’d love to score an invite to one of his dinner’s parties. So, what designer’s aesthetic would you want to see applied to food? As much as I love Karl and Diet Coke (or Coca Lite), I would definitely need a more substantial meal. Stella could probably convince me to go veggie for the night. But I’m thinking Galliano might be my guy for an over-the-top feast.

Ed Note: And now for a quick break from all things Parisian!

There’s nothing I like more than a well-executed costume party, especially one that’s Great Gatsby themed. (Because fashion and F. Scott together is unbeatable in my book.)

So I was obviously jazzed about Thursday night’s College Ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Guys and gals took the Met by storm in a party to rival those of Gatsby himself. The scene was that of a society ball: dancing, drinking, and nibbling on hors d’oeuvres; a perfect reprieve from crazy college life.

My fashion expectations were set high for the night, thinking of John Galliano’s FW07 and SS08 flapper collections and the revolutionary 1920s styles of Mlle Chanel.

photo courtesy wwdMeet Camille Miceli.

She’s the woman responsible for the brilliant plastic, paper chain necklaces on Louis Vuitton’s AW09 runway.

After stints at Alaia and Chanel, she worked in Louis’ PR department right when Marc took over as Creative Director before working her way to the head of costume jewelry collections, a post she’s held since 2003.

But today, WWD announces she’s moving to Dior in October rounding out Bernard Arnault’s all-star cast of John Galliano, Kris Van Assche, and Victoire de Castellane.

While she and Galliano obviously share a funky aesthetic, it’s quite different and it’ll be exciting to see what she whips up for AW10 in such a different environment.

Lovely Linda: The supermodels of our teen years are killing it this season on the campaign front. Evangelista and Galliano can really never go wrong as far as we’re concerned. {SassyBella}

Lend A Hand: The LOVE blog is reporting that photographer Corinne Day is very, very sick and in need of some super expensive medical treatment, so they’re selling a limited edition Kate Moss print (that’s too NSFW for even us to run on the home page) There are only 500 available. Do get well soon, Corinne! {LOVE}

Ew, Ew, Ew: In case you didn’t believe us about how douche-y those Fashion Meets Finance events are, maybe you’ll believe the Paper of Record. We’re just going to go back into our happy places where things such as this don’t exist. {NY Times}

We’ve always had a bit of a blog crush on ShowStudio and now they’ve really gone and done it.

Nick Knight moved the site’s headquaters to London’s Bruton Place - parallel to the dream street that houses Stella McCartney and Matthew Williamson’s - and thought they’d get in on the retail action.

Today marks the opening of their very own store full of fashion delights including props straight from a few major runways. The Shop is part live studio and part gallery, selling things like a John Galliano customized Union Jack and a miniature Victorian greenhouse built for a Tim Walker/Coco Rocha editorial.

Oh how we wish we were in Paris to see these couture confections in person. But we’ll just have to settle for the internet with most of the rest of the world.

The first pictures we’re seeing look as delish as we expect from Mr. Galliano (showing at Dior’s famed headquarters on avenue Montaigne)

We can’t wait to see the collection in its entirety but already we’re liking the various states of dress (and undress, especially sans pants). And of course the hats.

What are your first impressions?

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

London’s abuzz with talk of a Galliano retrospective.

Like Westwood and Laurent before him, some think it’s time the Dior designer’s eponymous clothes receive full attention in an exhibition at say, the Victoria & Albert Museum.

But stylist, author and longtime Galliano cohort Camilla Morton’s been asking high and low for clothes to be lent, only to find a deficit. It’s not that there aren’t enough of Galliano’s clothes in the world, or that they aren’t museum quality from birth. The problem is that not enough have been collected, archived and preserved well enough to sit on a museum stage.

Which makes us think they’ve just been worn well and hard in lieu of preservation, which should thrill the designer. Plus, he’s not even fifty which means they can start repairing and preserving now for a retrospective in twenty years, no?

So take note Zac Posens and Mulleavys of the world, care for those samples of yours so we can admire their quality in a museum thirty years from now and say, “Remember when?”

—REBECCA SUHRAWARDI AUSTIN

We’re always excited when the latest Naomi Campbell gossip isn’t lawsuit-related, so it was great to hear that Karl’s shooting her in Moscow for a V Magazine spread. We love that two of our favorite icons are teaming up in the city that Karl paid homage to with his pre-fall collection in December. But actually, this was Karl’s first time in the city.

Makes us wonder: is it too presumptuous for a designer to base a collection on a place he has never visited? John Galliano is known for making extensive visits to Egypt or Japan to immerse himself in the culture before he goes to the drawing board.

Well, Karl did it, and he told WWD, “I like imagination and the way I think things could be, had been or should be — better than reality. You’re never disappointed by your imagination, but you can be very disappointed by reality.”

Reality has been coming up an awful lot in fashion. We raised our eyebrows when Riccardo Tisci said he was aiming for reality with the new Givenchy ads. Karl’s going in the opposite direction: even a real place has been imagined, for him.

So our final take on Karl and Naomi’s Moscow? It’s exactly the sort of fashion fantasy that we’d like to escape to.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

Honestly, one of the things that we found most revealing from Anna’s long-awaited 60 Minutes interview is that Morley Safer seems to be a bit of a hater.

Not of Anna, per se, but the fashion world in general.

We understand this is not his normal beat. But sit downs with the likes of Nicolas, Karl, and Galliano are not handed out lightly…and should be respected, Mr. Safer.

His voice-overs were way snarky. Deriding Karl for choosing what he called the “Dracula look” this season and stating that Galliano looks like he needs a better tailor!

Morley, what did the fash flock do to make you so surly?

On a separate note, from now on we will rather enjoy thinking of Anna as a doctor doling out stoic medical analysis at 4 Times Square, per Andre’s comparison. Hanging up layouts like x-rays and slicing up stories, hiding all personal emotion from her scared patients, er, editors.

What did you guys think of the piece?

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.

Kate Moss’ black long-sleeved dress for Topshop was named Dress of the Year by the Bath Fashion Museum.

The UK museum has the world’s biggest collection of historical fashion and announced Kate’s award while unveling past winners, too. Marni, 2003, Prada, 2006 and a Giles Deacon from 2007 - all of which will be exhibited through September

The honor’s usually bestowed upon designers like John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier which means that even design awards are getting recession friendly. One of the judges explained, “2008 is likely to be seen by our children as a watershed moment - the end of a glittering party…Circumstances demand we become wiser now,” which we get.

And yet this is still fashion, and despite our endless love for all things Kate and most things Topshop, there’s no way that’s the dress of this year.

Not when people make dresses like this, and like this, or like this.

Reader Jen found this familiar looking pink and orange dress by a brand called Single on the Cusp website. (In case you don’t live in one of the few cities with a Cusp it’s basically Neiman Marcus’ answer to Barneys Co-op.)

Anyway, since she was so obsessed with the Christian Dior resort original that Eva Mendes wore to the house’s Spring 08 couture show, she placed it immediately.

And since that picture ran everywhere for months, because Eva looked drop dead amazing, it’d be kind of hard for anyone remotely into either fashion or Eva not to realize that it’s a total rip of Galliano’s fitted-on-top, poufy-on-the bottom sherbet creation.

Yes, you’d have a hard time finding the original Dior a year later, but that doesn’t mean you should spend $300 on the copy.

We made our way to the 13th for the Galliano show last night.

Our cab driver dropped us off in the middle of the anti-fur gauntlet, “Ass-ass-in / Gall-ian-o.” One of us was wearing fur and bolted. The other lingered to Twitter a picture. We walked through security gates into a heaving crowd waiting for entrance to the venue - we were already ten minutes late.

We squeezed our way in between Lady Bunny, Carine Roitfeld and a sequined Balmain jacket - we had to stick our hands in our pockets not to reach out and touch the shoulders. But “in” was only a holding cell, and so we lingered by Milla Jovovich and talked about the fancy portable toilets.

They let us in and we thought, this must be what all those abandoned factories in Greenpoint look like on the inside. So we sat and watched the Times editors and Vogue writers hug their scarves around themselves. Rachel Zoe’s Brad gave Robbie Myers a kiss hello while Rachel posed for the cameras and her husband tucked into the back. Everyone was freezing and it started to snow.

Roxanne blared and a parade of hoop-skirted Russians came walking through the tunnel of blue and green light. They wore lace-up boots with tassels, coin-covered scarves, and corseted jackets. The last few virgin brides wore sheer white gowns with silver jewels and intricate head pieces. Editors choked and cried and coughed, but gleefully enjoyed the spectacle.

The girl next to us grabbed our arm and exhaled, “Now that is what fashion is all about.”

Dear John Galliano,

Why don’t you advertise in our magazines?

Is it because you think we can’t handle your fashion? Because we can.

We had a seven hour plane ride on which to read four different British magazines and in the midst of every single one - LOVE, Vogue, Bazaar and Elle - we paused to admire Sasha lounging in your colorful silks and powdered wig alongside the Fashionista typeface.

Anyway, you’re probably busy getting ready for Paris, but we think your people should call American people and start spicing up the ad pages on this side of the Atlantic.

See you in Paris!

Merci,
Fashionista

“But the problem isn’t limited to design. The overwhelming number of people in their 20’s at the shows guarantees that everything will seem new to them. So Mr. Jones can do pointless things to tailored clothes. John Galliano can summon his pirates and tri-cornered highwaymen. Jean Paul Gaultier can pop on the Afro wigs and issue some jivey pinstripes (with a mini-me line of children’s clothes). And Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy can evoke a Teutonic fantasy with laced black-leather leggings and severely buzzed heads. There is little demand to do something that’s actually new and relevant.” - Cathy Horyn, on Men’s Fashion Week, in the Times.