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Fashion News Roundup: ‘Sh*t OscarPRGirl Says’ is Funny, Tim Gunn Hasn’t Been Laid Since 1983, and a Million People ‘Like’ Uggs

“Shit OscarPRGirl Says” Will Make You LOL: We get it, everyone’s really effing sick of all those “Shit [blank] Say” parodies. But just trust us (and WWD) on this one. It stars Andrew Mukamal, Erica Domesek, and John Jannuzzi and is really, really funny. And we won’t judge you for only using the Valencia filter on your Instagram after. OK we might a little. {WWD}

Tim Gunn is 29 Years Celibate: Sounds like someone’s not making it work in the bedroom. The Project Runway workroom mentor has revealed that an ex-lover so badly scorned him that he in turn completely gave up sex. I’m sorry Tim, but “this worries me.” {Celebuzz}

Kate Moss Gets Interviewed for Mango: In a behind the scenes video for her new Terry Richardson-shot Mango campaign, Kate talks the future of fashion videos and inadvertently shows us the vast difference that good lighting can make. {Modelinia}

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Fashion News Roundup: Seal Says His Divorce Won’t Be Ugly, Chaka Khan and Grace Jones Perform at a Lingerie Show, and Alexa Chung Has a New Styling Gig

Heidi Klum and Seal Aren’t The Kind Who Have Nasty Break-Ups: We’ve watched a lot of nasty celebrity divorces unfold (see: Demi & Ashton), but just a day after confirming his breakup with his supermodel wife, Heidi Klum, Seal is assuring us that his divorce will not be drama-filled (at least not publicly). The singer told Tavis Smiley: “We’re just not those kind of people. What one has to do in this situation is to remain civil, to retain one’s dignity, to be professional, and to understand that we are not the only people on this planet that are going through this.” {ONTD}

Get Ready for Zac Posen x Lord & Taylor: The young designer is teaming up with the retailer to curate a capsule collection of twelve dresses ranging from $149 to $199. More affordable Zac Posen? We don’t hate it! {StyleCaster}

Solange Knowles is Perfection in February’s InStyle: We dare you to identify the flaws in Solange Knowles’ shoot for InStyle magazine. Oh wait, you can’t, because it’s flawless. The DJ and new aunt rocks her signature prints and turbans for a super fun spread in this month’s issue of the glossy. We’ll be needing every single outfit in our size, thank you very much. {My Damn Blog}

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Fashion News Roundup: Karl Lagerfeld’s New Kitten Eats Paper, Gisele’s Lingerie Brand Is Going Global, and Anna Wintour and Scarlett Johansson Are Partying for Obama

Gisele Is Taking Her Lingerie Brand Global: Gisele’s lingerie brand is less than a year old, but she’s going for world domination with it. It’s already sold in Latin America, Portugal, Japan, and Israel. {WWD, subscription required.}

Christian Siriano Is Designing Bridalwear: This makes perfect sense, though its timing with Heidi’s divorce is just that much more heartbreaking *sob*. Siriano tweeted that it was an exclusive collection with Nordstrom. Next up: white satin pumps at Payless? {NYMag}

Karl Lagerfeld’s New Kitten Likes to Eat Paper: This item made it into WWD. That is all. {WWD, subscription required.)

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Fashionista’s Week in Review: Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Nabs Versace Campaign, The Gap is Investigating Kim Kardashian’s ‘Reputation,’ and Fox Fur Merkins Exist

The Best Celeb Dresses and Tweets of the Golden Globes: Relive that glorious moment when Angelina stepped out on the red carpet looking beyond flawless in Versace and your jaw accidentally unhinged – and read what our favorite fashion folk had to say about it.

Karl Gets a Kitty: Meet the insanely adorable Choupette Lagerfeld, who has the same color fur/hair as her owner.

Our Guide to Spring’s Best Nail Colors: Here are the top ten nail polishes you should get your hands on – or get on your hands – when the gloves come off.

Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Models for Young Versace: Holy strong genes. Check out the supermodel’s mini-me daughter, Kaia Gerber, modeling for her first campaign for Versace’s childrenswear line.

Would You Pay $225 for a Fox Fur Merkin? Apparently, some people already have. Real Housewives of New York alum Cindy Barshop talks to us about this wacky new trend-in-the-making.

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Fashion News Roundup: Tough Times for Ungaro, Date Set for Fashion’s Night Out 2012, and Designers are Putting Dragons on Everything

Ungaro Can’t Catch a Break: It hasn’t been a good start to 2012 for Emanuel Ungaro, which announced that, in addition to not being able to deliver its spring collection to retailers, it also won’t be presenting a fall collection at fashion week and has canceled all appointments for pre-fall. Current owner Asim Abdullah vaguely stated that the brand is going through an “internal reorganization” that will allow for Ungaro to become “profitable in the near future.” Hmm… This seems suspiciously (and perfectly) timed for former Ungaro guest-designer Lindsay Lohan’s 2012 comeback. Coincidence? {WWD}

Fashion’s Night Out is September 6: Yep, it’s happpppennning… Fashion’s Night Out 2012 will be Thursday, Sept 6. Mark your [Blackberry/iPhone] calendars! {Fashionista Inbox}

Christian Siriano’s Bridal Debut: Check out the Project Runway alum’s first bridal design, part of an exclusive collection he’s doing for Nordstrom. While the gown in no hot tranny mess, it definitely looks a bit tamer than what we’re used to seeing from the fierce designer. Here’s hoping he goes all out on the rest of the looks. {Glamour}

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Fashion News Roundup: Parsons Alums Design for Christian Louboutin, Brad Goreski Has a New Gig, and Rihanna Tweets Entire Hawaii Vacation

Parsons Alums to Design for Christian Louboutin: For the never-ending celebration of the brand’s 20th anniversary, Christian Louboutin is enlisting the talents of Parsons alums to design garments to fit the Loubi aesthetic. Five 2010-2011 graduates were chosen, and their designs will be on display at the Louboutin 20th anniversary event at Bergdorf Goodman in early February. Congratulations to the winners, we can’t wait to see what they’ve come up with! {WWD (Subscription required)}

Topshop and the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN is Teaming Up Once Again: for a collection of t-shirts designed by some of its most noted alums including Mary Katrantzou, Christopher Kane, and Meadham Kirchhoff. The collaboration is in celebration of Topshop’s ten-year affiliation with the NEWGN designer sponsorship, and will be available during London Fashion Week in stores and online at Topshop, as well as in the retailer’s LFW pop-up shop in Selfridges. {Vogue UK}

Rihanna is Having The Best Vacation Ever: The bleater singer has been snapping twitpics of herself in various bikinis all week, but last night Ms. Fenty let loose on Twitter sharing several shots of her island frolicks. At one point she tweeted @KhloeKardashian a picture of her on an elliptical machine in a bikini, “Come tap this.” If she won’t, we will. {Rihanna Twitter}

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Fashion News Roundup: Fascinators and Mini Skirts Get Banned from Royal Ascot, J.Crew’s CEO Mickey Drexler Doesn’t Like Shopping Malls, and Taylor Swift’s Frenemy Speaks Now

Fascinators Banned from June’s Royal Ascot: The Royal Ascot in Britain is cracking down on fascinators, cleavage, and, well… crack. A new, more clearly stated dress code is now officially in place for the event in an effort to swing it from chavy to classy: Strapless tops and above-the-knee hems are banned. Fancy fascinators will only be allowed in the grandstand areas; whereas the royal enclosure (aka the big boy seats) will allow only hats and headpieces that cover at least 4″ of the head at the base. Look out for K-Mid sporting the latest fad, hat-hair. {Fashion Foie Gras}

Justin Bieber Goes Brunette: Speaking of Duchess Kate: Clearly the latest casualty of the “Kate Middleton Effect,” baby Biebs has hit the brunette bottle. Now he’ll definitely be taken more seriously as an artist. Definitely. {US Weekly}

Just How Does Sarah Jaxheimer Do It? She has a cool group of friends, her hair is always shiny and awesome, and she dated the boy Taylor Swift crushed on in junior high. Check out Pop Dust’s exclusive and insanely hilarious interview with the elusive Sarah Jax, who may or may not be the mean girl in all of Swifty’s sad songs. {Pop Dust}

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Fashion News Roundup: Michelle Williams Covers This Month’s GQ as Marilyn Again, Taylor Swift Wants to Bake With Karlie Kloss, and Megan Fox May Play Elizabeth Taylor

Michelle Williams Is Still Marilyn Monroe, This Time on GQ‘s Cover: While we await the day magazines will get sick of the Marilyn Monroe theme they so adore, we will bask in Michelle Williams’ editorial shots for GQ, which are quite beautiful. {GQ}

Zappos Gets Hacked: 24 million accounts were affected Monday when a hacker let loose on the online shoe store. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial credit card numbers were accessed, causing the e-tailer to encourage its customers to change their password information for the Zappos site, as well as modify passwords for accounts on other sites if they were the same. We will never understand the motives behind hacking, but whoever caused all this trouble better have ordered themselves a good pair of Nikes to run in once the cops come looking for them! {CNN Money}

Taylor Swift Wants to Bake Cookies With Karlie Kloss: The Vogue cover girl (interrupted) reveals this and many more fascinating tidbits like how “awkward” she was in middle school and that her next album will be about (surprise!) heartbreak. {Vogue}

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Fashionista’s Week in Review: Justin Bieber Looks Terrified in V, a Plus-Size Editorial Takes Aim at Runway Models’ BMI, and Checking In With Moda Operandi

Justin Bieber Looks Scared in V Magazine: For a young kid with tons to be happy about – like the ability to make basically every under-15 girl in the Western hemisphere burst into tears of joy – Justin Bieber sure looks pretty miz in his covershoot for V Magazine‘s music issue. He’s certainly got that lost puppy thing mastered, anyway!

See the Complete Jason Wu x Target Collection: Finally! Images of the entire Jason Wu for Target collection were released online. And it did not disappoint – February 5 can’t come soon enough.

Kate Middleton Turns 30: Happy 30th birthday, Duchess Kate! Take a look back at her most royally fabulous looks.

Nude Plus-Size Editorial Claims Most Runway Models Meet Anorexia Criteria: In the world of fashion, size definitely matters. Plus Model Magazine pushes the ever-controversial topic of models with eating disorders to the limit in this provocative spread that uses hard facts to question what the norms of the fashion world.

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Fashion News Roundup: Lea Michele Is the Newest Candie’s Girl, Someone Got an Andrej Pejic Tattoo, and a Fly Is Named After Beyonce

Lea Michele is the New Face of Candie’s: Rachel Berry is set to succeed Vanessa “Baby V” Hudgens as the latest Candie’s girl. We get that both girls have starred in televised series about high school students bursting into song, but can you really picture the divalicious Ms. Michele accessorizing her Marchesa gowns with a pair of Candie’s? Precisely. {E!}

Man Gets an Andrej Pejic Tattoo, the Permanent Kind: Someone will be walking around for the rest of his life with this tattoo of androgynous angel Andrej Pejic. The new definition of ‘timeless fashion’? {Refinery 29}

Hasbro Trying to Monopolize Clothing: The toy and board game manufacturer is teaming with tee company Junk Food and Jay-Z’s Rocawear for some brand rejuvenation in the form of fashion tees and sportswear. The collections will be available at Kitson and Macy’s, respectively, this spring. Unfortunately, Monopoly money will not be accepted as a payment form. {WWD}

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Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies’ Clothing Line, Kate Moss’ Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works

Dolce and Gabbana Deny Discrimination Charges: After being accused of discriminatory practices barring Hong Kong residents from snapping photos outside their Tsim Sha Tsui store, Dolce and Gabbana has released a statement assuring the population that they are indeed not prejudiced. “Controversial statements reported in the Hong Kong press have not been made by Dolce & Gabbana nor its staff, and we strongly reject any racist or derogatory comments…we wish to underline that our company has not taken part in any action aimed at offending the Hong Kong public.” {WWD (subscription required)}

Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Clothing Line for Babies: Taking cues from Lanvin and Versace, Isaac Mizrahi is expanding his brand and designing for mini fashionistas! The 25-piece collection, fit for only the chicest of drooling, pulverized-carrot-throwing babies, will debut this fall in department stores. {WWD (Subscription required)}

Kate Moss for Rimmel London Comes to America: The supermodel chose five random colors designed a five piece collection of lipsticks for Rimmel London, set to drop stateside this week. {ELLE}

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Fashion News Roundup: Christian Louboutin Designs for Topless Dancers, Kim Kardashian Replaced by a Dog and Blue Ivy Carter Has a Swarovski Crystal Highchair

Louboutin Making Shoes for Paris Cabaret: Is this what Christian Louboutin was referring to when he said his shoes bring on an “orgasmic situation?” The French footwear designer is set to release a collaboration with Parisian cabaret Crazy Horse, which is well-known for its topless dancers. Wonder if he’ll be making matching nipple tassels… {WWD}

Skechers Replaces Kim Kardashian with a Dog: We would never have guessed that Kardashian overxposure had reached the beer commercial-loving Superbowl crowd. Skechers has announced that the star of its newest sneaker commercials will be none other than… a cute and cuddly French bulldog. Sorry Kim, looks like this bitch has got the last laugh. Or woof. {People}

Annabel Tollman Personifies Underwear in Calvin Klein Webisodes: Calvin Klein Underwear has teamed up with the stylist on a series of webisodes for its new “Naked Glamour” campaign. The three roughly-minute and a half long spots feature Tollman dressing models for a shoot, describing each bra style as the foundation of a character’s look: Confident, Sexy, and Strong. Tollman says she “wanted to encapsulate that moment of self-creation that we all go through [when getting dressed]” – seems like a lot of pressure for a bra! {WWD}

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