Louis Vuitton’s re-thinking what exactly its customers aspire to.

On the one hand, Lara Stone’s replacing Madonna as the face of the brand. Madonna’s given Vuitton all the publicity she possibly can and Lara, French Vogue favorite, re-instills a high fashion edge; rotating both pop and fashion stars keeps both audiences interested. Steven Meisel will stay behind the camera.

Meanwhile, Vuitton’s sunglasses ads should make an impression on an even younger, slightly hipper customer. André Saraiva, the graffiti artist and man behind Beatrice, Le Baron etc, shot a group of kids including the Ronsons’ little sister Annabelle Dexter Jones and the not-so-child-like Olivier Zahm at New York’s Standard Hotel.

WWD says he’ll continue shooting the cool kids and their “party-all-night vibe”

Divorce, Supermodel Style: Peter Brant’s security folks allegedly got a little hands-y with Stephanie Seymour this weekend. It’s all very War of the Roses. But are the only ones secretly hoping this leads to a reunion with Axl? {E!}

Even More Drama: Peter Brant is not having a good week. Things aren’t going so well with Glenn O’Brien over at Interview either. {WWD}

My Girl Wants to Party All the Time: Steven Meisel gets up in the club, ’80s style for Vogue Italia. {Models}

Going Swimmingly: Giles Deacon is launching swim. He researched the collection by hanging out poolside at the Chateau Marmont. Somehow he forgot to invite us to come along. {Vogue UK}

Super stylist Lori Goldstein’s in need of an intern, now.

She just wrapped a campaign shoot with Steven Meisel and keeps busy freelancing for Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, V etc.

You’ll be responsible for managing the office, checking clothes in and and out, assisting on set and anything else that might come up.

They need someone both part-time and full-time, so the choice is yours, but the daily hours are 9:30 to 6:30 and you must, must live in New York. Experience is preferable but if you’re willing to work extra hard to learn, they’re willing to teach.

Email your resume and a spectacularly brief cover letter to Rebecca at Rebecca.Grice@gmail.com.

Good luck!

Last night we got a sneak peek at the fall collection of nail polishes from MAC and let us just say that we’re certain we’ve never been this excited about painting our nails.

The collection is a collaboration with editorial nail guru, Jin Soon Choi. This is a woman who refers to Steven Meisel as “my man” and has also shot with Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz, Craig McDean, and Michael Thompson.

Now, we’ve been sworn to secrecy for the moment (that’s not one of the colors in the photo), but promise you will not be disappointed when we can finally reveal the delicious shades. They’re edgy, editorial and incredibly chic.

The name “Eliza Cummings” might not ring a bell for you just yet, but get ready.

The London-born model, who walked in Marc and Rodarte in New York (she also opened Custo Barcelona) and nearly every good show in London and Milan so far, has been shot and confirmed as the April cover for Vogue Italia.

It won’t be her first time fronting a major glossy - she’s one of the twelve girls on the current ID.

But it’ll certainly be her first time front and center and all by herself, in something everybody in fashion knows and loves.

Also, her cover was shot by - who else? - Meisel.

Hedi Slimane’s photography resume (we imagine he has a separate one for design) is growing exponentially.

He just shot Prada’s Spring 09 ad campaign - for the boys of course.

The black and white images feature Louis and Claude Simonon, sons of The Clash’s Paul Simonon, looking more moody than punk. A statement from Prada said they focused on capturing the first time models in a state of “reflection and introspection”.

Meanwhile Steven Meisel shot at least eight girls including Toni Garnn for the women’s wear campaign.

Whether Miuccia chose the former Dior Homme designer for the boys because of his fame and influence on men’s fashion or because of his photo skills, we’ll never know.

If he got to shoot the women, too, then we’d know she was just as much a fan of Hedi’s work behind the camera as Karl was of his work on the runway.

Steven Meisel made a puzzle.

The image, of Meghan Collison, is from his patterns shoot from Italian Vogue December 2007.

It’s limited edition - as in only 1,000 exist - and it comes in a box both signed and numbered by Meisel himself.

Considering he’s not the most willing photographer when it comes to publishing books and prints of his work, it’s a rare opportunity to own an image of his that you didn’t rip out of a magazine.

But, it’ll set you back $750.

So, unless you’re a die hard Meisel fan, or a crazy obsessed puzzle person or miraculously unaffected by the current state of the economy, we suggest making your own.

Today we heard that Daphne Guinness will grace the cover of the imminent new Vogue Italia’s Couture Supplement, thanks to Steven Klein.

It sounds really exciting and interesting, especially since Daphne’s vibe matches the prim-goth vibe threading through Fall, thanks to Prada’s high-necked black lace and all the black lip gloss and pretty much any mention of Balenciaga ever.

It’s also fun because Daphne Guinness is chic, interesting, intelligent, imaginative… and over forty.

And in a world where 27-year-old Gisele Bundchen gets bumped from a lingerie campaign because she’s “too old,” that’s a very cool thing.

We’re looking forward to it, Ms. Guinness.

Yes, Meisel shot Toccara for the July Vogue Italia - in fur and lingerie. Faran reported this in Page Six Magazine a few weeks ago.

“However this story shows what a great model Eva is…[She’s] taking advantage of the props at her disposal. Her right hand gracefully holds her cigarette. She is aware of the dangers of smoking but doesn’t care.” - Women Management Blog on Eva Mendes’ Steven Meisel Vogue Italia shoot.

This just in from a source:

Steven Meisel has just shot an entire issue of Vogue Italia with all black models, hoping that other issues of Vogue start to diversify their own portfolios.

Apparently, all of the photo shoots have already happened, as model bookers at various agencies have been contacted and sourced for new, beautiful, not-white girls — and now they’re twittering about how cool the issue will be.

No word on when the issue will hit stands or who’s on the cover (Jourdan Dunn? Chanel Iman?), but whatever:

We don’t really report the news over here. We just break it wide open.

xoxo.

Last season, Trump’s Norwegian waif Siri stomped past every other new girl to win a slew of runway shows, some exciting ad campaigns, and the cover of 10.

This season, it seems Trump is going for it again with a little babe named Paul Pavlovska.

We hear the smoosh-faced beauty just shot her first spread with Steven Meisel - the same photographer who launched Coco and Agyness onto the covers of Vogue Italia, and eventually into major campaigns.

Our one complaint with Paul is that she looks a little young for us, though we seem to be the only fashion junkies with that kind of bias when it comes to teenage style icons.

The most immediate test of Paul’s appeal, of course, will come in three weeks when she hits various runways.

Stay tuned!