The Boyfriend’s Back: Suzy Menkes says the 80’s are back in the shape of boyfriend suits. Does your boyfriend dress like this? {The New York Times}

Boys for Boys: Henry Holland, Philip Lim & Richard Chai make the perfect white tees for Topshop. We pout because they are for boys but realize we’ll probably buy them anyway {Refinery29}

Pretty Hair: If this is the season we finally relent and embrace pretty hair accessories, we will choose these, please. {Starworks}

The City Breaks: Whitney left DVF to go back to work for Kelly because Olivia got promoted/sent to London and she didn’t so now Joe Zee gets a bigger role on The City? Is it too much to hope it just ends? {New York Post}

Topless in Topshop: Someone got so excited to get to Topshop she forgot to put on her shirt! {Imaginary Socialite}

A while back, we noticed that Lauren Conrad’s Collection was curiously tucked into the DVF section of Bloomingdale’s in Soho. We’ve also recently noticed that everyone’s so taken with scenes involving Olivia Palermo on The City, that the name “Spencer” has ceased to draw the same level of ire as in summers past.

So it looks like the DVF empire has squashed LC’s before it ever really got off the ground. Not only is her show finally ending while The City becomes socially acceptable for conversation (ok, with some people), but it looks like her line has gone kaput, too.

The New York Post says it’s because of “the economic climate” but we think this is just what happens when little fish jump into the Pacific Ocean, camera crew or not.

Last year, Conde Nast announced a company-wide 5% budget cut and cancelled their usual holiday party at the Four Seasons, and a lot of people hoped that would be the end of it.

But on top of yesterday’s memo from Conde’s CEO Chuck Townsend sent out to employees to politely remind them to watch their spending (ie, Please don’t send your intern to Starbucks four times a day), comes word from WWD that the company’s publishers have all been asked to draw up reports on how they could potentially cut another 10% from their budgets for 2009.

Furthermore, the Post claims that Hachette, publisher of ELLE, is looking to move their offices to the Financial District, the older, downtown area of Manhattan with tons of empty commercial space and much cheaper rent, indicating that the company is looking to pull way back, too.

So what does it mean if some of the publishing world’s biggest names are planning major pullbacks before the first quarter is even through? …

With the ongoing LOVE affair and a couple Fashion Weeks now behind us, we almost forgot that the magazine industry is dying.

Today’s dose of print reality comes via the Post, who are reporting that T:Style, our favorite section of the Sunday Times (when it’s there), has been scaled down from fifteen issues per year to just twelve.

Coming down to the frequency of a normal monthly magazine may not sound so awful, but consider that T:Style is practically the last part of the Times that guarantees total fashion coverage, as opposed to the Styles Section, which revolved around GOOP this past weekend.

A puzzle:

Christian Siriano, arguably better known for structured jackets and layered ruffles than for popularizing the word “fierce” as an acceptable adjective, has just signed a deal with Payless to do a line of bags and shoes for Fall 09.

Apparently, the tired economy has gotten to his customers (and potential buyers), too, and he wants to ensure that “everyone” can get a piece of his brand.

The line debuts at Fashion Week in a couple months, but no word yet on the general design direction.

We’re not sure what platform, ruffly booties would look like, but we have a feeling we’ll be able to tell you all about it very soon.