For those of you that might not follow celebrity news as closely as others, lately there’s been a rash of break-ins to celebrity homes including those of Rachel Bilson, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Orlando Bloom.

While this is not surprising in itself, given that there would likely be some very nice goods found in any of the above, what is surprising is the news of who allegedly committed the crimes and why—a band of teenage girls obsessed with clothing and jewelry. Talk about a new level of high school shenanigans.

According to police sources of the LA Times, the girls studied celeb magazines, television shows, and websites to pick out what clothing they wanted, cased the homes and stole their chosen items.

Seriously, that is (allegedly) a super creepy extreme to take your love of fashion. And this is coming from people who really love fashion.

Daphne Guinness is, in our opinion, one of the coolest women on the planet. And come September we’ll be able to own just a little piece of her when her first fragrance, Daphne, is finally available.

Frankly, at the just announced price $140, it’s probably the only bit of her we’ll ever be able to afford. But we’ll take it.

These days it feels like everyone and their sister has a fragrance and most of them don’t make one bit of sense to us. We’re talking to you, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.

So it’s refreshing to see a woman who is a true arbiter of style, with a very signature presence, creating her own scent.

Guinness tells WWD, ““For me, [scent] is time travel. It takes you away from the everyday and you are transported to something in your past. It’s a very mysterious thing. It’s magic.”

We wholeheartedly agree and can’t wait to transport ourselves into the land of Guinness, even if just for a moment.

Parlux, the fragrance giant behind scents from Jessica Simpson, Andy Roddick and Paris Hilton, has inked a revolutionary deal with Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West and an unnamed female celebrity (probably Beyonce).

They’re partnering with Parlux via Iconic Fragrances LLC., a different fragrance company owned in part by Jay-Z to make their deliciously sweet perfumes. But instead of just getting a check, the four famous faces will share in the profits through royalties and the Parlux stock they’re about to inherit.

“What they have done is, for the first time, they’ve calculated not how much they can sell but what they can make in profits and how the company can succeed,” says Parlux’s chariman.

We can’t wait to see how all of Kanye’s aggressive fashion research plays into having his own fragrance. Will the bottle cull influences from both Christopher Kane and Louis Vuitton or will he capture the scent of the bustling first row?

Stay tuned.

If you’d told fourteen-year-old me that in ten years I’d be sitting across the aisle from JC Chasez, the editor-in-chief of French Vogue, American Vogue and Paris Hilton at Justin Timberlake’s fashion show in New York, I’d have thought you were mad.

When Carine magically appeared in the first row decked in pink Margiela fur, heads huddled, “Are we at the right show?…What is she doing here?”

Then suddenly Anna was there, with Bee, just four seats away, “Um, we must be at the wrong show. I just wanted to see what Jessica Biel looks like in person. William Rast doesn’t even advertise in Vogue! I’m so confused.”

But then, thankfully, JC Chasez and his bright blue sweater vest sat just one seat from Carine (awkward!) and I knew I was in the right tent. I also suddenly remembered the moves to my 1999 cheerleading dance to “Bye, Bye, Bye”.

Meanwhile, the Americana collection paraded down the runway. The clothes were inspired by movies like Thelma & Louise; they reminded me of Isabel Marant’s Spring collection, very Western with fringe, studs, beaded embroidery, feathers and patchwork denim. Even Justin managed to work in a bit of Balmain influence with shoulder pads inside his vintage-like t-shirts.

Alas, no Jessica Biel, but Carine and JT in the same room more than made up for it.

Update: Apparently, she was there. Oops, now you know just how big the tent is!

If we were Twittering, we would tell you that Jill Stuart’s front row - the one that’s boasted Hilary Swank - now has the Hilton sisters. Blame the economy!

Just like with the Cory Kennedy/Paris Hilton tee from earlier this year, Cobrasnake and Ksubi are teaming up once again, this time for an exhibition of Mark Hunter’s “social photography” (press release’s words, not ours), in Ksubi’s Australian stores.

The exhibit includes 200 signed photos lovingly curated from Mark’s hard drive, all of “young girls” (press release’s words, not ours) once featured on Cobrasnake, shot in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, LA and Sydney.

If you want to catch the exhibit, titled “Too Young” (press release’s words, not Girls Gone Wild’s), stop by the Bondi Beach Ksubi store in Sydney at 6pm, or at the Armadale store in Melbourne on the 28th (full details after the jump).

Mark himself will be on hand, signing limited-edition tees and prints available for purchase, which, unbelievably, people will actually buy (ok, our words).

More on NYLON!

I can’t stop buying bathing suits. Even though the closest I’ll come to taking a dip this summer is spraying myself with water after tanning in Washington Square Park, I still keep a (growing) pile in my closet.

So while perusing Topshop’s swim section today, I came across another very cute suit. Love at first click. The skinny blue stripes are a little bit nautical, the bow is just girly enough, and the whole look is very ‘I’m vacationing on my yacht this summer.’ But my next thought was, would I actually wear a cutout one-piece?

Sure you see lots of these suits strutting down the runway or in some impossibly luxurious magazine spreads, but in real life? Paris Hilton’s a big fan, which might tell us a little something, but I’ve never actually seen one on a real chick, in real time, and I’m not sure how I would feel if I did. There’s something about them that comes off as over-the-top, or rather silly - and think of the tan lines!

I think for now, I’ll hold off - maybe I’ll get it when I purchase that yacht.

But more importantly - would you wear one?

—HAYLEY PHELAN

“One day in the distant future, the children of our children’s children will look back upon the ‘aughts’ for retro inspiration and stumble upon the sartorial black hole that is Paris Hilton. Her egregious crimes against fashion are too numerous to list here, but in this photo of Her Tragedy, accompanied by her boyfriend Benji Madden, the offending look is very wannabe It couple: If you took a snapshot of Kate Moss and Pete Doherty from two years ago, photocopied it 27 times, covered it in Velveeta, ran it through a Hot Topic sample sale and then sold it as a cheap knock-off on Canal Street, it would look like this picture.” —Elizabeth Spiridakis on The Moment.

This morning as I was chauffeured to work in my town car, I received a message from Natalie via telegram about a Russian billioneiress coming to New York with plans to take over the country by making everyone wear pink - in case you haven’t heard, the much-hyped Kira Plastinina store on Broadway is finally open. Needless to say, I had to investigate.

I entered the store surreptitiously to avoid detection, and did a little recon to find out more about the subject.

Pictures of Kira and Paris Hilton plastered on the walls, faux-Gucci sunglasses perched on the heads of mannequins, Bebe Sport-ish looking jackets except more bedazzled, employees decked in House of Holland shirts, and handlers making bold claims like “we’re opening 400 stores” - Basically, it looked exactly like what you’d think a 15-year old would design. And the store was packed with customers.

Amused by the entourage but kind of freaked out by the surplus of pink sparkles, I did a double take when I saw the real girl, dressed down in a textured black coat, white jeans and pink platforms far too high for her to manage. I followed her outside and stopped her after a photo op.

Our conversation, if you could call it that, went something like this:

“If she comes past the shop, hopefully she’ll just keep walking…I don’t really covet that sort of thing.” - Alexander McQueen, on Paris Hilton, in the LA Times.

The Miu Miu Harlequin girl is haunting us.

Seriously.

We see her face on Kirsten when we flip through Vogue. She stares up at us from the “dress” on Byrdie Bell. She even shows up when we scroll through Net-a-Porter. But the odd thing is, we never see faces on girls in real life.

Whether it’s the futuristic Lanvin dresses from Spring 07 or the Dorothy dress from Heatherette Fall 07, wearing someone else’s face on a dress just seems innapropriate.

Okay, certainly if you’re Paris Hilton, wearing your face on your chest is as natural as wearing one of the Kitson-induced “Team…” tees of years gone by. And I’ll admit, I actually fell in love with Naomi Campbell all over again when she wore the “Naomi hit me, and I liked it” tee shirt to poke fun at her own violent habits.

But honestly, could someone without an ego the size of Alburquerque pull off an outfit dominated by someone else’s beautiful face? Are most women really that secure?

—BRETT KANE

Vogue has joined with the Fragrance Foundation to bring you one of the best contests we’ve ever heard of:

The Fragrance & Film Festival.

In honor of the 36th Annual Fifi Awards (it’s like the Oscars for perfume,) Vogue is calling upon the creative masses to shoot a short (2 - 3 minutes!), inspirational film about any of the participating fragrances for a chance to win a trip to the 2008 Fifi Awards in NYC (where the film will be shown to industry execs and celebrities), national exposure on ShopVogue.tv, and, oh yeah, $10,000.

The winner will be chosen based on “creativity and the ability to express the brand identity of the featured fragrance.”

And which fragrances can you choose from for inspiration? Missoni, Gucci by Gucci, Paris Hilton’s Can Can (this is no joke), and Usher for Men and Usher for Women.

Oh, one catch - you cannot make fun of the fragrances in any way, so no to everything that popped into your head when you read “Can Can.”

Hopefuls must submit their shorts by May 1.

But you can send us your entry at any time.

A few weeks ago, Sienna Miller was photographed wearing blue cheapo sunglasses in Heathrow Airport.

ELLE Magazine loved it; we did too.

Then FabSugar found Paris Hilton, also wearing bright blue shades. Even though she is dating the darling Benji Madden, we still don’t approve of Ms. Hilton’s personal style - but still, more blue shades.

The whole thing made us wonder where else they might go, and this morning, we found out:

Onto hipster boys.

The good news: These things cost like $3 on St. Mark’s Place or at Venice Beach or even CVS.

The bad news: Well, you can just fill in the blank with that one.

Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton may be feuding, but Jeremy Scott doesn’t care.

The designer just styled Ms. Lohan for an upcoming issue of Paper Magazine, but despite his BFF status with the wrecked starlet, he’s still showing Hilton some love:

Specifically, wearing the Paris-and-Cory-Kennedy tee shirt that Ksubi whipped up this year.

Thanks to Jacques for taking this photo in Paris, and let’s muse for a moment on this oddness:

Last year, Paris was on Heatherette’s t-shirts.

This season, she’s representing a subversive Aussie clothing label.

Identity crisis, or just a need to be in every photo?

It’s no secret that Paris Hilton’s new shoe collection is gooey, pink, and begging for a small dog to chew it up (and thanks to Perez for the preview).

What’s more surprising (or maybe not) are its origins:

Paris’ dainty little sandal is a pretty exact copy of the Christian Louboutin sandal more commonly called the “Tibouron 70.”

We don’t know why it got that name, but we do know this:

Paris has way cuter shoes in her closet to rip off!

Seriously.