Remember when we told you Sohpie Dahl was working on a new TV series to go with her cookbook, Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights?

And everyone kind of went, “huh?”

Well yeah, it’s really happening. Roald Dahl’s granddaughter and everyone’s favorite sometimes plus-size model is getting six episodes on the BBC Two under Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions.

She’ll cook her recipes while talking childhood, food, adventures and hopefully about her life as a model. Of course, our fingers are crossed for a slew of famous fashion guests cooking up a storm.

And in case you’re still worried about taking cooking advice after her rapid size 14 to size 4 drop she admits, “Cooking often serves as an emotional barometer.” So, there you go!

Sophie Dahl, the supermodel made famous by an extremely controversial YSL Opium ad (where she was shot nude, clutching her breasts) is on the verge of becoming the latest celebrity chef.

She’s about to land her own cooking show a la Nigella Lawson thanks to her recent cookbook on the joys of voluptuous cooking.

We admit, we fear a master class in raw carrots and linseed, but will jump for joy over cupcakes and delicious steak.

But here’s our question: Would you follow recipes from someone whose other claim to fame is going from a size 16 to a size 4 in weeks?

—CHARLEY B.

It might be because we love the man blindly, but for some reason we don’t balk at Tom Ford designing a movie the way we balk at Jessica Simpson designing shoes.

Vogue UK reports that the busy man’s starts production on his first film, A Single Man, next month. He adapted the script from the novel of the same title with the help of screenwriter David Scearce and he’ll be directing, too - someone likes to be in charge.

Though we bet directing the likes of Colin Firth and Julianne Moore will be quite different from directing the Sophie Dahl’s and Carmen Kass’s of campaigns past. We’re expecting, ok, hoping, for at least a bit of behind the scenes drama what with Ford’s diva ways, a Los Angeles set, a dramatic story and a stellar cast.

Of course, we’re also hoping Ford has a hand in the set and costume design, too. Anyone who sees the movie, who knows Tom Ford directed it, and who knows who Tom Ford is, will be paying more attention to the aestethic details than the story line anyway.

It’s been far too long since Ford’s had a hand in dressing women and as far as we’re concerned, there can never be too much of the man.

I’ve never really believed that women dress for other women, at least outside of the fashion industry. And if I had to pick a target audience for my wardrobe, it’d probably be a crush and not my girlfriends.

But in the Middle East where my family is, there appears to be a new crop of fashion-loving women proving that dressing up can be self-gratifying - even if nobody else can see your clothes.

Many women in Arab countries spend their entire post-adolescent public life covered from head to toe, and not in Balenciaga. Though lately, what’s underneath a woman’s robes is getting a lot of attention, as designer outfits flood the Middle East. Underneath the flowing gelabiyas, I’ve spotted a wealth of designer clothes in Egypt, along with perfectly coiffed hair, and stunning Louboutins. In the female-only parties, wedding festivals, and luncheons that are popular in the region, women show off their Western wear to family and girlfriends; men except their husbands will never see it.

Meanwhile, teenage girls are emulating Middle Eastern movie stars and singers - a phenomenon causing a lot of controversy, as Arab celebrities become increasingly provocative, and the teenage girls admiring them struggle with how to adapt to the new role models inside such a conservative culture.

A BBC photo essay explains the girls experiment with riskier fashion in the privacy of their own homes.

They’re literally dressing for themselves, looking in the mirror and getting total satisfaction from sharing their new look with nobody else. But it’s obvious that Arab women are interested in fashion and beauty. The industry knows it, Marc Jacobs opened his Dubai store last year, and even Al Jazeera is broadcasting an interview with Sophie Dahl.

How long until the fashion they see on pop culture becomes a reality in their wardrobes?

—BRITT ABOUTALEB