Still Going Strong: Indochine celebrated its new book earlier in the week after twenty-five years in business. Give us vintage Kate and Christy any day. {TheMoment}

Oh, Louie Louie: Lara may be fronting the actual spring/summer campaign for Louis Vuitton, but Daisy Lowe’s secured a spot in their “beach-wear lookbook,” whatever that means. She shoots in Miami this weekend. {Grazia}

Get Your Cavalli On: Isabeli Fontana just shot Roberto Cavalli’s spring/summer campaign with Carolyn Murphy. The first makes perfect sense, the second’s still confusing. {Fashionologie}

Catch This Wave: After spending last week in Costa Rica, I still refuse to wear a coat in New York. Thankfully, Vogue’s avoiding reality with me. This week’s Most Wanted appeals to your inner surfer girl. {Vogue}

Having trouble staying up to date on all the shows?

“Cavalli’s show owed a debt to Marc Jacobs’s notorious Grunge collection for Perry Ellis. But what a difference fifteen years makes in fashion! What was shockingly anarchic in 1993 now looks effortlessly chic. Here the spring Dust Bowl thirties chiffon dress and Liberty-print shirt are given a Cavalli rock-and-roll twist with the suede pants with cowboy cross-lacing.”

That’s Hamish Bowles’ quick summation of Roberto Cavalli’s SS10 collection shown in Milan last week. He’s done “Definitive Looks” for all the Milan shows over on Vogue.com which might be the best way to catch up on Italy before Paris starts.

But if you’re even further behind, or still looking for the few collections Style.com doesn’t cover, you can find Rad Hourani on New York Magazine and Jeremy Scott over on The Telegraph or a handful of Brits on Elle.

Because we know our runway pictures aren’t always as fun as our words.

Wishin’ and Hopin’: If I could look like this in ripped tights and a sweater for, oh, even five minutes…life would be good. {Topshop}

Modeling Dynasty: So Cara Delevingne got a modeling contract too. But we’re more interested in the fact that Alexis Carrington is her godmother. {Vogue UK}

D-Bags Unite: A little humorous reading for your afternoon. GQ ranked the douchiest colleges in the country. I (Abby) went to the number 2 school. I love my alma mater but I can’t really argue with that ranking and am well aware of how much people hate when Blue Devils are #1. And can I just throw in a “Go to hell Carolina!” for good measure? Okay, sorry, back to fashion. {GQ}

FNO in LA: Our in-boxes are overflowing with Fashion’s Night Out emails and we’re very much looking forward to all the festivities. Sounds like the west coast was feeling a little left out, so they’re jumping in on the action too. {All the Rage}

There were a few feathers in February, mostly of the rock n’ roll variety.

Black and brown ones peppered Ann Sofie Back’s collection while William Rast decorated his punky cowboy jeans with white. They were used best in Ann Demeulemeester’s elaborate headdresses. Meanwhile, they’ve translated rather funny for fall.

We embrace feathers in general - they’re both sexy and we imagine comfortable. But the idea’s not being executed properly off the runway. Why, for example, is this Haute Hippie long vest made in bubble gum pink? The woman who will spend $695 on an over-sized boa doesn’t want it in pink. This Cavalli top, though just printed with feathers, looks like a pair of massive wings. And this beaded, feathered hair piece from Urban Outfitters would make Ann weep.

If we want to wear feathers this fall, and we do, should we be starting our most elaborate DIY yet, or have you seen some more promising feathered accessories?

“‘I’m quite solitary at the moment,’ he [Roberto Cavalli] continues. ‘People like to see me as this big party guy. If I say I’m here alone, they don’t like it.’ That said, he isn’t exactly alone. Cavalli keeps a miniature monkey in a King Kong size cage and his German shepherd has the run of the place. ‘Stay away from the monkey — he’s bad with women!’ he [Cavalli] warns as he plants a big bacio on the furry animal’s mouth.” - We couldn’t help but giggle at this paragraph from JJ Martin’s T story on Roberto Cavalli’s dope (if not exactly our personal taste) house outside Florence.

Yesterday, we shared with you Roberto Cavalli’s quote about his carefree nature when it comes to the economic crisis, costs, and how we’ll all get through it with a little positivity.

During the couture shows in Paris yesterday, Cavalli also announced plans to launch a custom business for his clients, who also don’t have to worry about high prices at the moment (and of course we realize these still exist): Roberto Cavalli Saint-Honoré.

Eva Cavalli told WWD, “Clients who want a special outfit from Cavalli now will know that they can obtain it.” She made clear this is not the start of a couture collection.

“I never pay attention to costs — it’s not attractive to speak about numbers. Why can’t we just focus on the beauty of an object? I don’t know anything about the financial crisis. We’ll make a recovery by everyone loving their life, each other, and being positive.” —Roberto Cavalli to the Sunday Times. Oh, if only it was that simple.

Oh Hello: Ed Westwick’s celebrity crush is Scarlett Johansson. He also likes low-top sneakers and laments the fact that Chuck Bass has a billion dollars and he doesn’t. {NylonTV}

Drama Feed: Dolce & Gabanna’s AW09 campaign features lots of models, lots of Marilyn dresses, lots of fur and lots of dresses that we’d really love to have (especially if they come with one of the male models.) {Models}

Strap This: According to Garance, because according to the Italians, everyone needs a little strapless dress this summer, worn with flats during the day. This, we love. {Garance}

So What?: There’s a dude from Kentucky who diets so that he can walk for Cavalli and Co. He only eats twice a day. Mon dieu! {NYTimes}

“Okay, off ze top of mein head—a yellow Adrienne Landau printed chinchilla rex rabbit newsboy hat, worn mit ein Cynthia Steffe blue-violet velvet cadet jacket over a Cavalli back-belted chunky oatmeal sweater vest on top of a Cacharel gala shirt in silver, matched mit John Varvatos stretchtwill-brocade sailor pants over Stella McCartney patent snakeskin monk shoes offset by Costume National elbow-length leather gloves, und to accessorize, maybe a rudraksha-bead twenty-two-karat white-gold Neil Lane Infinity Pendant. Simple. Timeless. Classic.” Bruno on his definition of “creative black tie” to GQ. Sorry, we’re kind of obsessed today.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why the mullet’s become the hot cut in Hollywood?

I blame Taylor Momsen. She dabbled in mullets late last year. Then Taraji P. Henson inexplicably traded in her chic bob for a neck cape. And now Kristen Stewart? (Yes, we know it’s for a movie, but still.)

Why would anyone with access to the best of the best hair gurus choose to wear a style that’s more redneck than red carpet? And perhaps more importantly, what self-respecting stylist actually thinks this is a good idea for their client? Do they really want to be known as the master of the mullet?

On top of the catastrophe of the haircut itself, it makes any outfit look awkward. Can you imagine Taraji’s mullet topping off that gorgeous white Roberto Cavalli dress she wore to the Oscars? It does the designer a serious disservice because we’re all too busy staring at a loopy hairdo instead of even glancing at the the garment.

Usually when a style takes the celebrity world by storm (the Rachel, the Pob, etc.), it’s because it’s flattering even if you don’t look like a celeb, but I really don’t think there’s anyone, model or celebrity alike, who could pull this look off.

Unless of course I’ve missed the point and it’s supposed to be cool and kitschy? Please tell me it’s not.

—MEGAN MCINTYRE

Theodora Richards has left IMG to join her sister Alexandra on Wilhelmina’s roster.

IMG plays home to all the rock star kids: Lou Doillon, Julia Roitfeld, Liv Tyler, Elettra Rossellini, Daisy Lowe (yes, we use the term rock star liberally), but the gorgeous blond Richards sisters, daughters of Rolling Stone Keith and model Patti Hansen, are now holding down the Wilhelmina fort.

Theo’s starred in ads for Tommy Hilfiger and Roberto Cavalli for H&M, but maybe, with a package deal for the two sisters, they’ll get to join their dad in the realm of luxury advertising.

A family portrait for LV? Sounds do-able.

After having taken the entire summer off (she told IMG, her agency, that she was even turning off her cell phone), Daria Werbowy is in full force for 2009.

First she popped up in the Roberto Cavalli campaign (sometimes alongside Kate), then Isabel Marant (at left), then the February cover of Australian Vogue - and now she’s been named the face of Matthew Williamson’s H&M line - not her first foray with the Swedish megabrand - a campaign that will include television commercials alongside the designer himself (modeling the menswear), marking his own debut as a model.

Not too shabby considering all he has to do is keep it together next to the Canadian wonder model - but we’re wondering whether this means lines for Daria on TV, of course.

Natalie: “Do you know what an okapi is? It’s like a cross between a zebra and a giraffe.”

Britt: “Oh my god, that’s like Roberto Cavalli’s dream!”

Vogue UK gives some credibility to weekend rumors that Amy Winehouse has been signed to act as a sort of brand ambassador for Roberto Cavalli.

The deal: Amy shows up to events in Cavalli in return for free clothes.

Apparently, Cavalli decided to sign Amy after Posh declared to love her style - but we’re betting the whole Chanel thing might have had something to do with it, too.

But who knows. The last fashion related rumor about Amy - that she would start her own makeup and clothing line - seemed to disappear as soon as it was reported.

Maybe Amy is really just fashion’s favorite rumor girl…

The Telegraph has a fun incident involving Linzi Stoppard, a British socialite and musician recently busted in the dressing room at H&M.

The London violinist was so taken with a Cavalli for H&M dress that when she saw it hanging in another shopper’s dressing room, she promptly stormed in and took it for herself.

What’s really funny, at least to us, is that the dress was priced at $400 - hardly a must-have bargain! In fact, we suspect if Linzi patrolled Net-a-Porter or even most department stores in London, she could find a real Cavalli dress, albeit on sale, for about the same price.

Still, the silly story brings up an interesting moral dilemma:

Is it ever okay to pillage someone else’s shopping loot? When?

Think about that, then memorize this face, and if you ever see Ms. Linzi Stoppard - who is, according to her website, “what Dita Von Teese is to ballet” - hold tight to your over-hyped rayon halter gowns, and beware.

We are not in LA for today’s Victoria’s Secret show, but that doesn’t mean our spies aren’t.

So far, it seems the biggest news is the Spice Girls’ stage wardrobe, designed by Roberto Cavalli. But instead of the cat print cough-up he did for H&M, we hear the Spice Girls outfits will be highly evocative of their original plasticine style.

“He’s working with a Union Jack motif for some of it, and he wants to stay true to each girl’s original stage persona.”

We’re not sure Scary Spice is so thrilled with that, but it may appeal to a certain New York fashion editor, who used to dress up as the Spice Girls during high school and perform with her friends at birthday parties…