Our favorite news from last night’s dinner party:

Genevieve Jones is teaming up with artist and t-shirt maven Dana Veraldi (whom you probably remember from the Agyness Deyn tees of last season) on a new project that’s TBA (but we bet it’s connected to Genevieve’s hyper-cute jewelry line).

To celebrate, Ms. Dana created the Genevieve Jones t-shirt.

Much like the actual Genevieve, it is cut petite, and very stylish -

But with a good, sharp sense of humor.

Rebecca from Stylehive just clued us into the best collaboration we’ve heard of since Proenza for Target -

Margherita Missoni and Damon Dash are working together to create a new line of sneakers for ProKeds to benefit Orphanaid Africa.

The line will consist of six pairs of sneaks covered in collages of Africa-inspired prints (we’d kill for shoes with a tiger on them), and will be sold at Barneys and Colette.

No word yet on a launch-date, but we’re willing to bet the event will merit an in-store visit from Damon himself - but will Margherita fly back from her new home in Paris for an appearance on Fifth?

If you were planning on using some old t-shirts as rags or just bottom-of-the-dresser-drawer fluff, you might want to hang on a couple more weeks.

Starting April 13, all Barneys stores will accept all those “vintage” tees from Urban you bought when you first started school, and hand them over to Loomstate so Rogan Gregory can turn them all into a way cooler limited-edition t-shirt collection to be sold exclusively at Barneys for the holidays. Proceeds will benefit 1% for the Planet, and the whole thing is sponsored by the Sundance Channel.

If it strikes you as a rip-off to return to Barneys after eight months and buy back your own old stuff (mixed with a bunch of other people’s old stuff), take comfort in that you’ll receive a 20% discount on the line (and on other Loomstate) for exactly fifteen days in April.

And if the whole thing strikes you as a little too cool for green, you could at least show up to the kick off event at Barneys on the 22nd to be DJ’ed by, of course, Paul Sevigny.

Attention designers, fashion students, interns and magazine addicts: Gallagher’s on 12th Street is (almost) officially no more.

WWD reports that the 17-year old basement store, piled high with what seems like every copy of every magazine ever (they have over a million editions), will close up at the end of this week, due to a steep rise in rent.

The Gallaghers are moving their archive to their barn in the Catskills, and you can still buy certain editions from Vintage Magazines.

We have no idea where design assistants will go to flip through old issues of Charm, but we guess Gimbel Library (Parsons) and Gladys Marcus Library (FIT) might get a lot more interesting people hanging out in the study cubicles now.

This weekend, we received an official statement from IMG about the Russel Marsh rumor. Here’s what it said:

“The allegation that Prada or Miu Miu have utilized models managed by IMG based on anything more than their talent is ridiculous and flatly untrue. We have the privilege of representing many of the most beautiful and sought after women in the industry and we are outraged that those model’s hard work is being disparaged.”

We welcome other feedback (and got a ton of it the past few days), but we can vouch for this: IMG is right, their models do work incredibly hard.

Here’s a considerably less salacious story from the modeling world:

At the Victoria’s Secret Pink party in Miami last week, Brody Jenner told Behati Prinsloo (and basically anyone who would listen) that he was very close to starting his own modeling agency in Los Angeles.

Mr. Jenner joins Donald Trump and Janice Dickinson in the list of TV boldfacers who’ve launched their own agencies, but while Trump’s girls are steady bookers in the high fashion world and Dickinson’s lot are more soap opera than style, Jenner will probably cull the beachy, the spray tanned, and the bikini born.

In other words, we’d bet anything that his first client will be Audrina Patridge.

Good luck, Mr. Jenner -

Surely this career move can turn into an entirely new TV series, if you’d like it to…

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…

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen recently debuted the Spring 2008 collection for their cheaper-than-the-Row-but-still-not-that-cheap label Elizabeth & James. It’s already available all over the US, and oddly enough at Urban Outfitters in the UK (or not that odd, Britt says Urban is boutiquier across the pond).

Now get this- Tuesday, psychologist Richard Wiseman unveiled the results of his name association experiment. Which names top the list as “most associated with success”?

Elizabeth and James, of course.

Good news for MK & A, and anyone named Elizabeth or James (although we guess this one didn’t really work out for Jessie Spano), but if this experiment is any indication, all you Lisa’s and Brian’s out there might want to reconsider that diffusion line…

[Click through to see a new video of the Spring lookbook]

—JAZZI McGILBERT

So we ran into Agyness at Style.com’s party at Glass Houses last night, and here’s what she had to say:

Natalie and Britt: Hi!

Agyness: Hi! How are you?

Britt: Good, how are you?

Agyness: Great!

Natalie: Wait - aren’t you supposed to be in Paris shooting Reebok right now?

Agyness: I’m so not endorsing Reebok. I just went to a party! My friends work for Reebok and I was in Paris and they were all like let’s hang out! So someone snapped a picture of me. But then everyone was like, “Agyness signed a contract with Reebok!” - but I didn’t!

Britt: It was a just a rumor?

Agyness: Yeah! So, big scoop girls! Tell everyone.

Natalie and Britt: Done.

When we first heard that Polaroid was discontinuing its instant film (a fashion crowd favorite), our first thought was, “What’s going to happen to Jeremy Kost?”

Well, in addition to his work achieving a whole new level of antiquity in a few years, we at least know he’s going to have a career in making fun videos.

Tomorrow night is the premier of his first video installation work in NYC, “Not Yet Titled (Making Faces)”, (a take on Bruce Nauman’s own video work), to be shown in the lobby of the Tribeca Grand through Sunday night, when the private bash hosted by Terence Koh and Shamin Momin (the Whitney curator), takes place.

We highly suggest making the pit stop way downtown if you want to see 20-foot tall videos of boys in their underwear making faces at each other from across the lobby.

See you there!

(Click through to see a few more stills…)

Today’s rumor?

Tanya D. for BCBG.

The Belarusian model stormed every catwalk this season, starred in her fair share of editorials and has now, allegedly, landed a much deserved campaign.

We wonder if she’ll stay on as the face of Michael Kors.

We also wonder how she keeps getting booked for such all American designers when her stunning face screams, “Versace!”

We think we just hit (in Faran’s words), reality TV meta overload -

We just got a glimpse of Christian Siriano’s first dress post Project Runway win.

And where did it appear? On television, of course!

American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke wore it during her performance last night.

We’re guessing this is just like a beginner’s Sudoku for Christian, who’s supposed to be designing for Posh, and who recently shouted dreams of making MK’s Met Ball gown.

So far the look is getting pretty mixed reviews online (everywhere from “fierce” to “hot tranny mess”), but if you’re interested and have $1,000 or so to spare, you can bid for it on Clothes Off Our Back.

If you really do love it, you’ve got about two weeks to come up with the cash. But it would be like a reality TV perfect trifecta if a winner from Amazing Race or Survivor was the one to actually win the bid.

Natalie: Ew, I just read that Ashlee Simpson’s designing a line for Wet Seal.

Britt: Of course she is.

Natalie: I didn’t even know Wet Seal was still around. Apparently it’s a line of t-shirts with pictures “inspired by her sense of style, her personality and her album artwork.”

Britt: Ew, I’m picturing Jessica strutting around in plastic shoes, Ashlee drawing on her t-shirts and Pete strolling in wearing DKNY girl’s jeans.

Natalie: HA! When she and Pete get married they can design housewares for Sears. And Jessica can pitch it on QVC!

Britt: They are so creative. Why couldn’t I have been born a Simpson?

(both dissolve into a fit of giggles)

Can you connect John Singer Sargent and Andy Warhol in one step?

Sure - they were both obsessed with society girls.

Now the painter David Foote takes his shot at stardom - or at least a steep commission from a wealthy family.

David’s drawn Patrick McMullan regulars like Jessica Joffe (left) and Olivia Palermo, and he puts them all up for exhibit next week at the L Gallery Studio, with a party hosted by Brian Wolk and Claude Morais of Ruffian.

We expect the portrait subjects will attend their big unveiling, but which socialite will lend her patronage to Mr. Foote for a future painting of herself?

Like the Spring ‘09 collections, that’s still TBA…

Who knew Perez Hilton was a source of breaking fashion news?

Yesterday the Manic Panicked blogger posted a shot of Agyness Deyn in Paris, getting photographed for the new Reebok campaign!

We think the face of Armani, Mulberry, and Burberry will be a brilliant fit for the brand, especially since they’ve let Scarlett Johansson and Christina Ricci put their stamps on the sneakers before.

There’s only one problem:

Agyness has famously claimed she never works out -

How will that fare with a sporting goods company?

Maybe nu rave dancing and DJing counts as cardio…

Last night’s hysterical launch of Heatherette’s makeup line brought a lot of cotton candy, a great streak of Teyana Taylor (who is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous in person), too much glitter (who’s surprised?), and one bit of sad news:

Heatherette’s technical designer, Macky Dugan, is going out on his own.

The New Zealand native, who came to Heatherette almost five years ago, is opening his own studio (well, actually sharing a studio with super-cool designer Sue Stemp) and starting a new collection of clothing called “Macky Dugan” - which, we suppose, is better than Mackarette.

His contributions to the brand won’t be forgotten - Richie and Traver have been pretty constant with their praise of the cute blondie (left) and how his technical expertise helped the label build more sophisticated shapes and complicated patterns - plus that infamous paper pineapple dress as seen on Lydia Hearst last year.

“I’m doing menswear,” he told us, but when we pouted, he quickly amended it to “Unisex! Unisex!”

We wonder if those tuxedo jackets will come with purple sequins (please?).

Want to be Hedi Slimane’s next piece of meat?

Go to V Magazine’s website.

They may have lost their Editor-in-Chief to Interview, but they’ve gained a sequel to their wildly successful modeling contest, V A Model. Their first winner, Amanda Laine, got a shoot with Mario Testino, a contract with Supreme, and the opening slots at McQueen and Miu Miu (what?!). She also closed Louis Vuitton (double what?!).

Now V opens their contest to boys. If you win, you’ll score the cover of V Man (which recently had Brad Pitt as its star), plus a photo shoot with Hedi Slimane and a contract with Ford Models.

Clearly, these stakes are huge, so if you think you look like Ashton Kutcher in his pre-Demi days, zoom on over and good luck!

Gossip Girl premieres in the UK tomorrow night, and so we have some words of wisdom for our British counterparts in preparation:

1. Stock up on head accessories (think bejeweled headbands, scarves, big barrettes) now before everybody else decides they’re Blair and shows up to work glittering with Stacey Lapidus holding back last season’s bangs.

2. Stock up at La Perla or even with Elle MacPherson’s lingerie. You will seriously reconsider striped underwear after Blair gets down to a vintage slip in “Victor, Victrola.”

3. Get ready for teenage school kids embellishing their outfits with ribbon trim and a hot glue gun - thanks Blair!

4. Do not ever begin a conversation with, “Can you believe Serena slept with Nate?!” or something like that, lest your desk mate bends a stapler around your monitor. All Friday morning conversation must begin with, “Hey, did you see Gossip Girl last night?” and continue from there.

Ok, now we promise to shut the hell up about GG until it actually returns. Well, if we don’t think of anything else about it, that is.

Diesel needs a women’s press manager, like now.

If you want the job, you…

*Have previous fashion PR experience.

*Live in NYC.

*Love Diesel, love denim, love cutting-edge culture, love music, love runways with crazy holograms.

*Are connected with fashion editors, stylists, and hangouts.

*Are smart enough to send a really good resume and cover letter to Erin Hawker, erin_hawker@diesel.com.

Bonne chance!

To: Natalie@Fashionista.com

From: Timothy@Elle.com

Laura Dahl’s Longfellow leggings will be featured this Wednesday morning on the Today Show and we need a tall and long-legged model to be featured wearing them!

The stats are below. We will need all contact info asap…Thanks!

Availability: Wed, March 26th 9am to 11am
Place: Today Show Studios - Rock Center
Age: Mid 20’s to Early 30’s
Height: 5’10” +++
Specifics: LONG legs

So e-mail info@lauradahl.com if you think you can pull these off 7am.

Good luck!

If you had any doubt that Michelle Trachtenberg is the next big prime time thing, think again.

Just four days after the announcement of her induction into the Gossip Girl cast, and we’re already being bombarded with PR e-mail blasts like, “Michelle Trachtenberg selects Lela Rose for the 25th Annual Paley TV Festival for Buffy the Vampire Slayer!”

We’re already wondering which of the GG cast will end up the Katie Holmes of the bunch, the one that actually continues to be legitimately famous well after the show has ended.

We’d normally bet on Blake, just because she’s so cute, or maybe Leighton because it appears that she can really act, but now we’re thinking it could end up Michelle, who has by far the most experience of the cast - and she hasn’t even filmed her first scene yet.

Clearly, at least a mid-summer Teen Vogue cover is in order here.

There’s been plenty of talk about the actual building Zaha Hadid constructed for Chanel’s two year Mobile Art Tour.

But IHT finally sent someone inside to tell everyone who can’t hop, skip and jump to Hong Kong exactly what happens when 20 international artists are challenged to interpret Chanel’s 2.55 bag.

The author says it “feels like a very elaborate Chanel commercial.” While most chose to render a physical interpretation of the iconic handbag, the Japanese artist Tabaimo created a well in which the viewer looks down on walls covered in “floating objects, representing the dreams of Chanel customers.”

We’re very curious as to what the dreams of Chanel customers look like. Do they involve Karl? Are they littered with double ‘C’ rhinestone earrings? Do visions of 2.55 bags wearing tweed jackets dance in their head?

Guess we’ll have to wait for the exhibit to hit New York in September.

In the meantime, we might stop by the Chanel store after work and see if anything comes to us.

We hear from some chatty party planners that diamonds have a brand new face:

Eve.

The rapper, actress, and designer of Fetish Clothing will add “bejeweled spokesmodel” to her name this spring, when she helps Cartier with their Love Charity bracelet.

Based somewhat on the iconic Cartier Love bangles, the Love Charity program sells limited-edition baubles, with all proceeds going to good causes.

In the past, everyone from Eva Mendes to Rachel Weisz has donned a bracelet and partied for charity, but now that Cartier’s run out of celebs-who-arrive-everywhere (including Julianne Moore, Ms. Mendes, and Rihanna), they’ve picked someone fresh, and dare we say it, gorgeous.

No word yet on what Eve’s Love Charity bracelet will look like, or which other celebrities will be sharing her spotlight, so stay tuned.

Kirsten Dunst was supposed to be the next collaborator with cashmere line Lutz + Patmos, but we’ve gotten word of another one:

Richard Meier.

The famed architect will also launch a capsule collection for Lutz + Patmos this year, though his selection will be considerably smaller than Kirsten’s line - just one item.

It’s a very underwhelming belted gray cardigan, with a deep V-neck and a charity tie -

$10 from every sweater goes to Architecture for Humanity, an urban foundation that promotes better buildings for better lives (a principle that we feel also applies to fashion, but more on that thesis later).

The sweaters go on sale this summer, in the U.S. and also in Paris, where they can be found at the coolest store ever, Colette.

Click through if you’d like to see a very luxurious but very boring sweater designed by Mr. Meier.

According to a poll conducted by Debenhams, (the British Macy’s), Wonderbra, and all push-up bras, are the greatest fashion invention ever.

A spokesperson for the department store calls them a “weapon for millions of women across the world,” saying it beat out bootcut jeans and miniskirts because “there is no shame in faking the body beautiful.”

Really?

We think it’s weird for women to distinguish something that exists purely for men as the most important fashion invention.

If we had to pick something, we’d probably anoint the stiletto heel, the white t-shirt, denim in general or just bras overall since they eliminated the need for corsets and we should all be grateful for that.

Is the push-up bra the backbone of your wardrobe?

Who says BoomBox is dead?

Henry Holland is launching his next big project in a week, and it’s basically a rave.

Starting Wednesday, March 26, Mr. Holland and his neon posse will take over Movida, a club on Argyll Street in London’s West End.

The DJs for the shindig, which happens once a month, include Henry, Agyness, Sam Ranger, and Matt Irwin, plus someone named “Fleur Holland” whom we hope above hopes is Henry’s grandmother, but she probably isn’t.

Meanwhile, in other news, kids in New York now have to cross an ocean just to find a club with a decent dance floor.

Anyone want to help us out with that?

Those shopping uptown this week may notice something cool:

Giant stacks of the new ELLE Accessories magazine lining the walls and the windows.

And upstairs at H.B., there’s even more -

All of the accessories - scarves, bangles, shades - are laid out on giant white trays with black block lettering that mirrors the ELLE Accessories layout.

It’s incredibly clever - you’re literally shopping the magazine - and also points to the changing relationship between magazines and retailers. With recession fears and online shopping encroaching on big fashion boutiques like Henri Bendel, it seems the two establishments of women’s fashion need each other more than ever. But whether it’ll convince you to buy $80 bangles is another question.

Personally, we’d love to see ELLE Accessories open a freestanding store of their own, curated by their editors - we’d wear anything that Kate Lanphear picked out!

These days, it seems like a lot of people get a TV show for reasons unknown, and then try to make a name in some kind of industry, often fashion. But at least Simon Doonan knows that it should probably be the other way around.

WWD reports that Simon’s memoir, Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints, is being turned into a TV show on BBC 2, and will be produced by the same people that brought us Absolutely Fabulous and The Office.

But the show won’t be totally factual, just based on Simon’s childhood in industrial Reading, leading up to his search for glamour in London. Expect to see SImon fleeing from police in Vivienne Westwood bondage pants.

The show debuts this fall, so casting and scriptwriting have got to be in full swing. Hopefully, this program will work out a lot better for the BBC than Lily Allen’s failed Lily Allen and Friends.

So who will play Simon?

Not even Simon knows that yet, but we’re hoping BBC 2 has Rhys Ifans on speed dial…

Now we really can’t wait for the return of Gossip Girl.

The Daily Intel reports that Michelle Trachtenberg, known as Harriet the Spy in our world, is set to play the role of Georgina Sparks (rumored to have been first offered to Mischa Barton), Serena van der Woodsen’s arch enemy, in the coming weeks.

Georgina is supposed to return to Constance Billard after a stint in rehab and shake up the life of GG’s Golden Girl, no doubt by catching the eye of Dan (Michelle is from Brooklyn, after all), and simultaneously playing around with Chuck for good measure.

Look out for fights on the steps of the Met, Serena in Topshop, Blair in Chanel, and Georgina in Heatherette.

But we’re sure when the Met Ball’s worked into the script, we’ll see Teen Vogueette Michelle in a form-fitting, strapless Ralph…

We guess British socialite Peaches Geldof was taking notes when she beat out Agyness to open PPQ’s show in London last season.

The young label (think Richie Rich and Trevor Rains’ style, except British and with less glitter), has just announced that Peaches will design a capsule collection of mostly dresses, all around a color palette of peach and black.

The line hits racks this Fall.

In other Peaches news, Catwalk Queen has been reporting for a while now that Peaches has scored her own MTV reality show (to be produced by her father’s company, Ten Alps), in which she will play an editor of a celebrity magazine, to air in the UK.

We have no idea how this qualifies as reality TV - even taking into account the new mock meaning of “reality” - but sit tight for details.

The last week in March is going to be heaven for fashion bloggers:

Not only is Cathy Horyn giving a talk at the Met on style and the internet (aaah!) but Diane Pernet brings her Shaded View on Fashion to the Tribeca Grand for a screening.

The movie is called You Wear It Well and it’s already toured Paris and Los Angeles, showing a series of fashion-focused short films created by some of our favorite people.

There’s a collaboration between Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh, an animated short by Ruben Toledo (at left), and a film by menswear designer Kim Jones.

The project was helmed by Pernet and Dino Dinco, and airs on March 31st at a special screening.

We wonder how many girls will show up with their laptops in hand…

So we hunted down the duo responsible for the now already infamous Marc/Juergen ad spoof of SS08.

The guys responsible, from concept to styling, are Thomas Larsson, who played Borg, and Greg Hart, who played McEnroe, of creative agency Hart+Larsson.

The official explanation, via e-mail:

Hello Natalie.

Hart+Larsson

But we bet you’re still sitting there wondering, “why?”

“The Marc Jacobs Spoof Is From Here. Stay Tuned For More Details.”

And here’s their Flickr page…

Thank you readers!

We all know Miuccia Prada is really into art and Rem Koolhaas, and now she’s bringing her two loves even closer together in her hometown.

The Prada Foundation just bought an exhibition space in the south of Milan to be turned into a museum, (design by Prada-stores architect Koolhaas), within the next three or four years.

There’s going to be a full story on it in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, in which Miuccia explains that, “art is more or less [her] second career.”

The space is meant to be not just a museum, but a “cultural center” with room for Miuccia’s “collection” to be on view.

Could this be the future venue for Prada AW12? (God that looks weird.)

Maybe Sasha can donate some of her drawings, then it would really be an art/fashion collision…

Pipes burst on 14th street last week, flooding, among other things, Alexander McQueen’s New York showroom.

While it rained inside, stores closed, PR girls cried, and very expensive bags got very wet.

Now, it’s being reported that McQueen will host a mini-show of his AW08 collection at Milk Studios for his best clients and favorite fashion press.

The fashion industry’s favorite photo studio is right across the street from the still damaged showroom. Which means there are some stunning dresses stashed somewhere within a one-block radius.

First one to spot feathers sticking out of a garbage bag wins.

The Marc Jacobs spoofers may still be anonymous and the Anya Hindmarch thieves haven’t been found, but at least one good fashion mystery has been solved this morning.

Yesterday, Racked had a minor freakout when photos from an “unnamed Target collection” surfaced on their website. The photos were labeled “Go! International Private Label” and Racked suspected they were secretly from Richard Chai.

They’re not - which is sort of a relief because most of these clothes are not so cute.

Instead, the clothes were created by Target designers in an attempt to “bring top apparel trends to Target in between each limited-edition GO International designer collection.”

It’s cool that Target’s designers are now being given the edict to go for trendier, cooler creations for their customers, and we adore well-made dresses for $40, but we also can’t help but sigh and know the truth:

“In between each limited-edition GO International designer collection,” we’re searching for the actual designer collections on the sale sections at Net-A-Porter, Barney’s Coop, and Bluefly.

If your dad’s name is Gordon but everyone calls him Sting, and your older sister’s name is Fuschia, it might seem like no big thing to switch from Eliot Pauline Styler Sumner to Coco.

Sting’s youngest daughter makes her major modeling debut in the SS’08 Burberry ads, you can spot her to the left of Agyness. And it’s official, if your parents are British music, theatre or model royalty, Christopher Bailey is your new best friend.

According to Marie Claire, Coco’s also the subject of “a bidding war” among various record labels desperate to sign her band, I Blame Coco.

She looks great in the ads, even next to Lily and Agyness, and if Sting’s her dad, she must be able to carry a tune.

But didn’t she realize the name Coco was taken?

Even WWD can’t figure out who’s behind the fake Marc ads we all sat watching yesterday afternoon.

All they could confirm was what we already knew - that there’s no way the ads are real Marc.

It looks like nobody has any idea who shot them, or even the identity of the two guys who played dress-up for it.

Our bet goes to a Parsons photography student making a show of his final project. In which case, we’ll all be dancing at the exhibit opening in no time.

We’re starting to think London may be super fashionable but really unsafe, because we have no idea how a band of burglars is still getting away with storefront smash-and-grabs.

Once again, Anya Hindmarch, this time the one on New Bond Street, was robbed late at night. The thieves broke through the front door using a sledgehammer (who gets away driving around on a moped with a sledgehammer?) then made away with thousands of dollars worth of bags.

Even though the police know the thieves were two men wearing silver hoodies and light-colored helmets, they still didn’t catch them.

In fact, from all the store robberies over the past few years, and all of the arrests the police told us they made in December, so far only one person has actually been put in jail - for breaking into Mulberry and Louis Vuitton - and for just 26 months.

Here’s a tip - don’t do any late night window shopping in London.

Are you sick of “green fashion” yet?

If not, you may want to breeze through Whole Foods, where Lauren Bush’s famous line of FEED 100 bags go on sale starting May 1.

The bags cost $29.99 and can carry all of your groceries, your gym clothes, or even your Barneys purchases, and all proceeds go to the UN’s World Food Program.

This isn’t the first time Whole Food’s been in the eco-bag business:

Last year, the store famously rolled out the $15 Anya Hindmarch bags, which sold out in roughly 90 minutes.

We think the whole thing is pretty admirable, and encourage you to save up for one of the totes if you haven’t already got something sustainable to replace plastic grocery bags -

Though if you read this blog, you obviously already do!

The first time Kate designed for Topshop, we loved it because we love her. This time around, we’re feeling love once again, but it’s entirely independent of our love for Kate.

Her new collection launched today, and despite the lackluster reception at Oxford Circus, we’d wear at least 90% of it.

Natalie’s already put in her order for the daisy print tea dress and the embroidered tunic dress, and it better not come until it’s warm out because she’ll be dancing in the street as soon as the package arrives.

Britt’s obsessed with the Spotty Bandeau Dress and the Irina-esque Boyfriend Blazer.

And Faran, well, she cried.

And we both would have loved to have been at the party where Stefano, Karl and Kate huddled together and decided to sprinkle stars on pretty much everything this season.

Reality TV may be the best thing to ever have happened to so many kids in LA -

Not only did Lauren Conrad just show her first collection at LA Fashion Week, but now we hear she’s starting her own accessories line.

Overheard on set of her mark commercial, Lauren gushed that she was so excited about her new, unannounced accessories line.

We can already see polka-dot headbands, bright yellow plastic bangles and patent leather clutches made for posing outside of Les Deux.

We wonder if it’ll be under her own name, or something like “L by Lauren.” Or is she going true socialite style and designing for Samantha Thavasa?

Stay tuned…

It looks like Marimekko has been up to more than just their collaboration with H&M -

The Finnish company has just announced a collaboration with beauty giant Avon. Marimekko has agreed to license its signature pattern, Unikko, to Avon for the makeup range, which will consist of just four products - an eye shadow, face powder, lip gloss and mascara, in addition to accessories.

We know we’re going to start seeing girls whip out bright pink Marimekko/Avon makeup bags on the subway come October, when the line debuts. But we’re hoping the print isn’t just relegated to cute packaging. We’re hoping Avon takes a cue from our favorite limited edition compact ever, YSL’s Opium palette, and make the actual makeup in the favorite print and colors of Marimekko.

We’re not sure how wearable a bright fuschia and yellow eyeshadow duo would be, but wouldn’t it look so cute on our dresser?

Against everything that we understand, the fashion industry seems to love Pete Wentz.

He’s designed his own line, Clandestine Industries, beat Rachel Bilson to designing a capsule collection for DKNY Jeans, posed for the Gap, and now, the prince of guyliner is partnering with Nordstrom to bring his junior high mall-kid aesthetic to other junior high kids at the mall.

According to WWD, Wentz is launching a junior sportswear line (not unlike Heidi Montag, may we remind,) still under the name Clandestine Industries to launch in April. The clothes, consisting mostly of jeans and tees are meant to be unisex (oh this is going to go over so well with 12 year-olds shopping with their moms,) and will be sold in Nordstrom’s BP sections, where we’ve been secretly buying flats for years.

Nordstrom already has a plan in the works to prime shoppers for the emo overload coming this spring - a Pete Wentz CD-DVD featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the design collaboration and some previously unheard songs by Wentz will be available just before the line debuts.

We’re betting on an Ashlee Simpson guest design collection next. Because really, at this point, why not?

Faran just got back from London, where she reports that girls have thinned out their Irina-Lazareanu bangs of last year, turning their blunt and long bowl cuts into something shaggier, thinner, and more shredded.

In short, all the girls are now copying the haircut of Daisy Lowe - meanwhile, all the gay boys are copying the haircut of Agyness Deyn, and have even been dubbed “The Ag Hags” by Grazia Magazine. Amazing.

But while mimicking Agyness is understandable, the rumble for Daisy is slightly stranger:

She’s not quite famous, not so visible, and generally more under the radar.

Of course, that seems about to change:

We hear that Daisy has indeed clinched a campaign spot with Burberry, although those rumors might stem from her recent appearance at the Teen Vogue / Burberry Brit party in their Soho store -

Ms. Lowe was recruited by Amy Astley to host the event, though for her part, Astley didn’t change her trademark bob to show her admiration of Teen Vogue’s latest muse.

Topshop’s third collection with Kate Moss launches tomorrow, but that’s not the only exciting thing happening for the brand:

They’ve got a very cool collaboration in the works with Helmut Newton’s foundation.

The legendary photographer left behind an incredible legacy of fashion photos, and Topshop has been given special permission to use them in the store - and to recreate Newton’s famous (infamous?) “fashion machine,” a one-of-a-kind photo booth that allows the model to be her own lighting designer and photographer.

Topshop girls will get a chance to play with the machine inside their famous flagship store, and at least get a chance to pretend they’re Kate Moss…

Meanwhile in more Topshop news, their latest designer collaboration happens with William Broome, the graphic designer best known for his work with Marc Jacobs.

Calvin Klein can’t get enough of Eva Mendes these days.

They named her the face of their perfume, showered her with post-rehab presents and just named her the new body of their underwear line.

Tom Murray, the president and CEO of Calvin Klein, told Vogue UK, “We are trying to get across that these new products are for fuller busted, shapelier kinds of women.”

It’s a big leap for a company that’s glorified waif-like figures like Kate Moss and Natalia Vodianova who barely even need a bra.

Now that they’re embracing voluptuous women for their underwear campaign, can we get some curvy girls on the runway too?

Nordstrom is following in the steps of Barneys by going a little greener.

The Seattle-based department store introduced a reusable shopping tote to West Coast shoppers this past Saturday, featuring a cityscape illustration by Ruben Toledo; the tote won’t be available in Nordstrom stores across the country until later this year.

And for those of us either unwilling to part with $22 (the cost of the bag,) or too forgetful to bring the tote along on shopping trips, they’re getting ready for another green initiative - 100% recyclable shopping bags and gift boxes.

As of right now, the bags are only partially earth-friendly due to propylene handles; but those will soon be replaced with cotton ones, which will be filtered into stores while the old ones phase out, a move that should be completed by September, just a couple months before the new and improved gift boxes should complete their own transition.

We’re are all for this and hope that other retailers, big and small, follow suit. The next logical step? Companies like Urban Outfitters and Victoria’s Secret laying off on the 70 or so catalogs we get in the mail every five seconds.

It’s funny how differently people can react to the same thing.

When the Sex and the City trailer leaked online, a lot of reactions went like, “How could Steve do that?” or “Carrie can’t get married!” But there were other people, we’ll call them “us,” who wondered things like, “Is she really wearing that?” and most confusingly, “Why the hell does Carrie need an assistant?”

Really, the Carrie character works approximately three hours per week, so we couldn’t imagine what sort of plot line would make Carrie so busy that she’d need a paid understudy but that still wouldn’t interfere with her life of lunches out and shopping.

And now we know - apparently in the movie, Jennifer Hudson, who will play assistant to SJP, is supposed to be as fashion obsessed as Carrie, but smarter about her money. So when Carrie asks over-the-top Jennifer (whose character still doesn’t have a name on IMDB,) where she’s been getting her stash of designer bags from, Jennifer smartly answers
“Bag Borrow or Steal” (think of it as a Netflix for handbags.)

And coinciding with the movie’s premier? A Sex and the City line on BBOS sponsored by New Line Cinema, of course.

Back before the Fashion Week madness, we reported that runway favorite ThreeAsFour was doing a capsule collection for Gap as part of the deal that Gap struck with the CFDA/Vogue fashion fund after a hefty donation.

Now WWD fills in the rest reporting that 3.1 Phillip Lim, Band of Outsiders, Michael Bastian and Philip Crangi will also design limited-edition collections (all having to do with the white shirt) for the mass brand this year.

The clothes hit stores next month, but you might have to do some hunting for some of it - as of right now, it looks like only Phillip Lim’s designs will be available in most Gap stores (including Gap Canada, UK and Japan.) So if distribution is decided by popularity or name recognition, we’re not sure where ThreeAsFour will land - but we’re hoping right on Broadway so we can just swing by on our way to work.

In the meantime, we’ll be sure to put up the ad as soon as possible, featuring guest appearances by Chanel Iman, Jessica Stam, Lily Donaldson, Du Juan, Catherine McNeil, Anja Rubik, Doutzen Kroes and Irina Lazareanu.

Thought Lauren Conrad’s line would be the first and last fashion venture related to The Hills?

Think again, because it looks like closet pal Whitney Port is now getting in on the trend.

WWD reports that Whitney is launching her own line, to be called Eve & A (not to be confused with Adam Lippes’ first line, Adam + Eve,) a collection that will consist of seventeen pieces, mostly partywear.

The line premieres in LA this weekend, but we don’t doubt we’ll see it on Whitney herself when The Hills comes back to life later this month.

Not that Whitney has any actual experience in design, though we have to admit - we always thought she looked really cute whenever we saw her trying to keep up conversations with LC.

Would a short, pink tiered dress look funny while interning for Kelly Cutrone?

Guess we’ll find out.

Guess the London police didn’t arrest everybody involved in the string of London smash-and-grabs -

The Salvatore Ferragamo boutique on Old Bond Street was raided late Monday night by a duo on mopeds, just like with a lot of the other robberies.

Except these particular burglars changed the usual strategy - instead of smashing the windows and grabbing whatever was on display and then riding away, the thieves rode straight through the front glass door (this is starting to sound like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie) and left carrying armfuls of designer bags.

Stay tuned for follow-ups - we’ve been in touch with the London police since the Marc raid right before New Year’s and will let you know when the kids are finally revealed.

But just one thought for the cops - you might want to start cracking down on fashionable moped riders. Clearly this is the untapped source.

“As a destination for fashion insiders and the people who wish to dress like them, this may be the most influential place in retail at the moment,” wrote Eric Wilson of Opening Ceremony in The New York Times this morning.

Really?

We think it’s more like this: Opening Ceremony has only become well known, outside the fashion clique, by making brands like Topshop and Target accessible to New Yorkers.

But as far as directly influencing the fashion industry, and even the retail industry, our immediate thought was, “What about Barneys?” Isn’t Barneys the store powerful enough to propel unknown kids to style icon status, like Proenza? Isn’t Barneys to blame for the national influx of “Goyard” stamped canvas bags? How many stores can claim a Creative Director with an internationally recognized face, like Simon Doonan?

Even if you don’t agree that Barneys is the “most influential store” out there, it seems like quite a stretch to bestow the honor upon Opening Ceremony - a store that is apparently now taking notes from Target with their new celebrity clothing line.

While we usually love most of their clothes, nothing about the store appears revolutionary - not to mention that our readers repeatedly express their disappointment with Opening Ceremony in our comments section.

“Most Influential” is a pretty hefty title; on which store would you bestow the label?

There is apparently nothing on this Earth that cannot bear the mark of a fashion designer’s logo -

The Daily Telegraph reports this morning that Henry Holland has iced a 2lb chocolate egg from Thornton’s (kind of like Lindt, but not,) with the Holland coat of arms to be auctioned on Ebay next week for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

He used purple, yellow and all the other HH colors and included his new motto ‘Passio Factionis’ - passion for fashion - for the design.

No word on whether Aggy will be on hand to present it to the winning bidder.

But we do know this: Don’t bother bidding if you don’t plan on eating it. Two pounds of melted chocolate and icing is not exactly the best accessory to tartan.

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.

It looks like close friends aren’t the only people that trust Rachel Bilson to design clothes - now a major company is putting their faith in her, too.

Rachel Bilson just struck a deal with DKNY Jeans to design her own junior sportswear line for them - and it looks like it might be the beginning of an ongoing partnership.

According to WWD, Rachel’s line, which she’s named Edie Rose, will consist of about fifteen pieces, including sweaters, button-downs, jeans, and a color palette of black and white with occasional bursts of the very 2008 yellow.

Rachel is also set to appear in the ads, and probably lesser red carpet events in the clothes.

Edie Rose will be sold in major department stores like Macy’s and Nordstrom starting this September.

Expect to see her front row at Spring ‘09 Fashion Week wearing a cute yellow top, dark skinny jeans and a short jacket - but only because she really likes it, of course.

From: Redacted@besttradepubever.com

To: Natalie@Fashionista.com, Britt@Fashionista.com

Hi,

I’m the internship coordinator for WWD’s fashion and accessories editorial departments and I’m currently hiring FULL TIME interns for Summer 2008. And I want Fashionista readers.

Ideally, I don’t want my name/email address published, because I know I’ll be flooded with random emails, so if you could only include the Gmail address that I’ve set up (WWDInterns@gmail.com), that would be awesome. Can I be “Internship Coordinator”?

Thanks,

“Internship Coordinator”

There you have it - and speaking as a former WWD intern, I can tell you this is an experience not to be missed if you’re really serious about working in fashion - you’ll leave knowing everything about everything. And the cafeteria is not to be missed!

Good Luck!

Last year, Topshop revealed their highest group of website hits came from their MySpace page.

This year, they’re using their online fan base to its full advantage.

Today we got an email from The Arcadia Group, also known as TopShop’s parent company, saying they had a new online press person whose only job is to get images, samples, and scoops to the internet media.

The idea makes sense, since TopShop is a youth culture company, and if you’re under 30 (and not Amish or in med school), you basically live online.

But it’s impressive to see that such a major financial force is taking the rumblings of highly unqualified blogs like us into their fold, and also their consideration, and realizing that it’s not just market pages and celebrities that drive sales.

Although, that photo of Iekeleine Stange in the striped Topshop dress from last month?

Hello, we’re still waiting for our order to arrive in the office.

The city’s bid to take Fashion Week out of Bryant Park seems to be getting closer to official.

The Daily News reports that whoever wins the back-and-forth bid for the 10th Avenue rail yards is obligated to host New York Fashion Week after its run its course at Bryant Park after the S/S 2011 shows (a far-away date that the CFDA and Mayor Bloomberg have fought to keep despite the city’s campaign to keep Fashion Week from congesting all of Midtown.)

Right now, the bid for the rail yards is still up between a few major city players, including Condé Nast, but whoever comes out in the end (the lucky winner gets to put up $20 million upfront, then an eventual $1.5 billion when all is said and done,) should be announced by the end of this month, if not sooner.

As much as we can’t imagine Fashion Week not centering around Bryant Park, the move would make all those Chelsea/Bumble & Bumble shows a lot easier to get to.

But Fashion Week next to the West Side Highway? Not so chic.

Right on the heels of news that Abercrombie + Fitch is doing very well financially, and that at least London will see the revival of the A+F Quarterly, the New York Times reports some bad news for the brand -

After donating $10 million dollars to Ohio’s Columbus Children’s Hospital for a new emergency department and trauma center, it turns out that the donation may be refused entirely because of urging from fifteen organizations including the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Parents for Ethical Marketing and several doctors who work at the hospital.

They argue that accepting the donation and naming the part of the hospital that would be gift from A+F (as they have in response to all other corporate sponsorships in the past) would send a “grievously wrong message” because of the advertising and clothing.

We’re not sure that it’s so wise to refuse $10 million when ground on the new center is set to break this fall, but at the same time, we kind of see the coalition’s point.

One thought - Why is no one talking about accepting the money without naming the wing after A+F?

Target has decided which designer will follow Jovovich-Hawk and Rogan for their GO International line -

New York designer Richard Chai.

Chai made a name for himself after working for Marc Jacobs (and helping launch Marc by Marc) and reviving Tse.

We have a feeling Richard Chai is going to become a lot more well known outside the fashion community in the coming year - In the past month alone, he’s announced plans to design resort, pre-fall and a men’s line in addition to this capsule collection for Target.

The line will debut in August, so expect little jackets with rounded seams, a bright dress or two and at least one sheer, flowing top.

Teen Vogue and MTV want to send you to Paris to “help make Lauren’s dream your own.”

So, if you need to borrow Lauren Conrad’s dream for a moment:

1. We’re sorry.

2. Don’t date boys like Jason and Brody - they’ll totally ruin your dreams.

3. Whatever you do, don’t wear anything from LC’s clothing line. It screams “America”.

4. Practice your accent - “Bun-Jurr” is not acceptable.

5. Hope that MTV re-hires the cute boy who showed Lauren around Paris to give you an equally good tour.

Bonne chance!

Faran, officially the Digital Director of NYLON, is looking for an intern to start right now - and if she likes you, maybe you can stay on for the summer.

Obvious, but we know you’ll ask anyway:

Yes, you have to be in or around NYC. Yes, you have to have good writing skills. Yes, you have to be college age (no, 17 doesn’t count.)

And it would help if you totally love NYLON, probably if you also love Fashionista, and definitely if you come to the interview bearing gifts of Kits Kats and gum drops.

We also recommend Clueless, online Scrabble, Shakespearean plays and Harry Potter as good conversation starters.

E-mail an Olsen-sized cover letter and resume to Faran directly at Faran@Nylonmag.com.

Good Luck!

Does anybody have an extra $40,000 dollars laying around?

Because we’re going to need it to get a piece of Kate at next month’s Christie’s auction.

On April 10th in the middle of the afternoon, 135 prints from the private collection of German photographer Gert Elfering will go up for auction at Rockefeller Center.

Nude prints of Kate and Gisele shot by Irving Penn are among the most sought after, as are Avedon portraits of Brigitte Bardot, a semi-topless Lauren Hutton, and even The Beatles, along with prints shot by Man Ray, Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus and Horst P. Horst.

We’re kind of wondering where some of these pieces will be hung once the lucky betters take them home. Would it be in bad taste to have a naked Kate in the entry way? How about nude Gisele in the kitchen?

Here’s your chance to get in on the new Interview - the fashion department is looking for interns!

You will:

1. Catalog tons of clothes in the library of the Astor building at Broadway and Prince - so you can slave in style.

2. Get to know tons of publicists via e-mail when you hound them for fashion credits for all spreads.

3. Tag the issues for monthly mail-outs.

4. Assist on shoots.

5. Arrange look books in Annabel Tollman’s office.

6. And, if they like you, help with market work, try on samples and think of heds and deks.

Send resumes (one page, seriously) and cover letters (no more than two small paragraphs, and in the same attachment as the resume, seriously) to Sydney Wasserman at SWasserman@Brantpub.com.

PS. Like all fashion internships, this one is unpaid, but they do reimburse you for your Metro card.

With WWD reporting that Paolo Melim Andersson and Chloe have officially broken up, we find ourselves looking back on their relationship the same way we did when we found out that Lauren and Brody parted ways. Admittedly, they weren’t together very long, but we really liked where things were going.

For us, Paolo was like a latter day Karl Lagerfeld, creating stark, startlingly cool clothes, and some of the most exciting shoes we’ve seen in a while. And ok, so we get that Cathy Horyn isn’t a fan, but really, is she a fan of anyone?

We’re sure that Hannah MacGibbon (former assistant to Valentino) will do a fantastic job in the top slot, and Phoebe Philo was herself promoted from assistant to Creative Director, so there is a recent precedent for an anonymous designer making waves at the house. We just really hope that she takes this time to create something personal and unique like Paolo did, rather than retreading on Chloe’s bestsellers (see the Paddington themed Overload of 2006).

We can only take comfort in the fact that Paolo lasted longer than Lars Nilsson at Gianfranco Ferre.

—BRETT KANE

Those who appreciate Erin Fetherston’s clever imagery as much as her clothes (if not more) might want to make a London pit stop, where the designer’s films are currently on exhibit.

The London’s Institute of Contemporary Art is housing her celluloid chic as part of an exhibit on fashion’s collisions with film, where Fetherston’s short movie Ladybird joins work by Galliano, Kim Jones, and McQueen (all British boys, we might add).

The exhibit seems inspired by Nick Knight’s ShowStudio revolution, which sparks film and video collaborations between artists and designers - in the past year, the fashion powerhouse has collaborated with Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss on bitty style movies.

Also in the past year, there’s been a huge jump in video being integrated into the runway seasons: Besides Thom Browne’s memorable farm-boy movie (in lieu of a catwalk show), there have also been movie projections from Marc Jacobs, Diesel, and Hussein Chalayan as part of their collections.

Meaning: Erin’s in good company.

It’s that time again, when the Cosmetic Executive Women group picks their favorite products with help from the beauty industry (that would be editors, beauty writers, makeup artists, models, photographers product developers, marketers, and publicists… phew).

The nominees include the long-lasting lipstick repped by Beyonce (left), almost every Neutrogena skincare product, and a heap of goodies from Burt’s Bees. There’s also a lip product nominated that’s called Sexy Mother Pucker, which is just awesome. As usual, some of the finalists for each category are wonderful, and some just have huge advertising budgets.

Below is a list of them all - we have no doubt you’ll discuss them at length in the comments section.

The awards go out on Friday, May 2.

They’ll be hosted by Mario Cantone, who is very funny, but who was also featured in ads for Sunsilk, a haircare line owned by Unilver, who also own Dove, a brand nominated for several CEW Awards.

Anyway.

With all kinds of denim still saturating the market, it’s clear that Levi’s is trying really hard to make sure they stay on top.

First they paid for a massive product-placement deal with Project Runway, sponsoring not just a challenge but also a contest where Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia judged Levi’s designs from fashion students and devotees of Christian Siriano.

Now we hear the brand is headed to South by Southwest, the Austin music festival, for a much cooler partnership with the Paris brand Surface 2 Air.

Beloved by Cathy Horyn and Karl Lagerfeld, the streetwear brand will zoom to Texas to help make denim a little more exciting for the I’ve-seen-everything-cool-and-I’m-cooler crowd.

Will the high fashion jeans be better than the bands?

Well, let’s put it this way: indie rockers, like models, usually have an expiration date, but a pair of jeans that actually fits you is forever.

A few seasons ago, Julianne Moore “guest designed” a line of cashmere for Lutz + Patmos.

Now the excellent actress is hosting an opening for the rival cashmere house TSE.

The label celebrates its Soho store with a big party on March 11, with Ms. Moore doing the honors (presumably in some expensive neutral-colored knitwear).

Whether this means Julianne is now a face of TSE or whether - like Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, and Miss Sixty - she’s just an enthusiastic participant of fashion (and perhaps a well-paid one), you’ll have to ask her yourself next week.

Or next season, when she’s the inevitable celebrity judge on Project Runway…

If you happen to find yourself in Paris this summer, you might want to stop in at the Café de la Paix to try out their newest dessert, Catwalk.

The pastry, designed entirely by Elie Saab as part of the café’s Designer Dessert series, is made of five unbelievable sounding layers (although we think it might be a little too cute to eat):

From top to bottom: a thin slab of dark chocolate, a red fruit cream, a caramelized puff pastry, a milk chocolate Chantilly and a soft chocolate biscuit.

Our only criticism: The blueberry is a cute touch, but even better? A tiny little Naomi figure posing at the end. Maybe the waiters could even come out singing RuPaul’s Runway?

Past Dessert Designers for the café include Paco Rabanne and Philippe Starck, and the Elie Saab is available only from May 15 to September 15.

Now whether you’d fit into an Elie Saab gown after the Elie Saab dessert is another story. (Oh, you know we had to take it!)

Those following the fashion media industry might want to take note:

Daily Candy, the website that struck ’90s gold with their 24-hour shopping updates, is sort of making a magazine.

Called Daily Candy dossier, it’s already been released, but will get a big boost this week during L.A. Fashion Week, where (at least according to press releases) the tiny magazine will get distributed.

The idea is interesting for two reasons:

1. It follows Fashion Wire Daily and IQONS in releasing a print magazine well after its online presence is established.

2. It’s a leaflet that will only distribute during Fashion Weeks, competing with The Daily (no candy) in New York, The Daily Rubbish (also no candy) in London, and also WWD for industry attention during those big and editor-saturated events.

Good move? Odd move? And why aren’t they giving away actual candy with it?!

[Editor’s Note, 3/7: It turns out Daily Candy’s print edition is still a far-off in the future idea - but still check out their site for every other second updates during LA Fashion Week.]

Marie Claire UK reports that Posh Spice is in talks with Fox to host her own reality fashion show.

The name? Fashion Nightmares.

We’re torn.

We think Posh would make a totally entertaining and adorable host - we could just picture her quoting That Extra Half an Inch every time she comes across a soccer mom in slouchy sweats.

But we’re not so into the idea of her telling women why trouser jeans will improve their lives (a la Clinton and Stacey,) and seeing her teeter through “beauty pageants and backwater towns” in tiny Roland Mouret dresses and ginormous DVB shades acting like an alien from Fashionista Land trying to convert the bourgeoisie.

In short, we’re not sure we’re ready to see Posh make other girls cry.

But of course, we’ll watch no matter what.

As a sneak preview, check out Victoria tonight on Project Runway as a Guest Judge. We can’t wait to see Christian freak out about her fierceness.

—BRETT KANE

Gwyneth Paltrow is the face of Damiani diamonds, and Lily Cole was famously the face of DeBeers (or infamously, actually: she quit the campaign after learning about mining atrocities).

Now another jewel company is luring celebrities:

Stephen Webster.

The diamond firm has got Christina Aguilera to star in their upcoming ads, which premiere in April’s W… well actually, they premiere here, but you get the point.

When WWD reported that Aguilera was the official inspiration of Stephen Webster’s new Sterling Silver Collection, we doubted the ads would look very good. And though Christina does look appropriately glamorous, there’s the question of whether she’s the right face for a stone linked to Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and everlasting love…

Well, she did sing What a Girl Wants, which in most girls’ cases is jewelry… though among us and our friends, it’s more often some sort of French Fry combo.

Le Métier de Beauté is looking for interns!

You need to be:

1. Available 2-4 days per week.

2. “Presentable” (read: Don’t show up with cake-y foundation lines, or orange.)

3. Someone with prior (actual) work experience (preferably in beauty or PR.)

4. Someone who doesn’t mind making 90+ phone calls a day, and nicely.

E-mail Joanna Vorachek Austin at jva@metierbeaute.com if you think you can handle perkiness, prettiness and punctuality all at the same time.

And this internship is actually paid, so we fully expect you to collect approximately 700 of the Precision Liquid Eyeliners at left upon arrival and send to us (Attn: Natalie) immediately as a thank you.

Not too long ago, we reported a very fun rumor - that Alexander Wang would follow in the steps of Phillip Lim, Alexander Plokhov and Lutz & Patmos and design a capsule collection for UNIQLO.

WWD confirms the rumor this morning, reporting that the collaboration is a part of UNIQLO’s Designer Invitation Project. Other young designers showing capsule collections along with Wang include Juliana Jabour, Tim Hamilton and Loden Dager.

The collection, just eight pieces, will be available in stores for only the month of May, so we expect the whole thing to be sold out by May 3rd. Stay tuned for scans.

The best part? Every piece of the collection will be under $79, with some pieces at just $29.

Now that’s cheap - actually, inexpensive - fashion we can get behind.

What’s worse than the pun in this title?

The fact that Crocs has released their own phone accessory.

It’s called the Croc-o-Dial (seriously!) and it’s designed to protect your phone from getting knocked around and breaking.

The case will retail for about $30 and also has a flat-backed panel to hold credit cards, drivers licenses, and notes of apology for buying anything connected to Crocs.

Fortunately, it’s only available in Europe…

For now.

Portfolio reports that Lindsay Lohan has lost her ad campaign for Jill Stuart.

The rehab refugee’s replacement?

Hilary Swank.

It’s true the actress has an Oscar, an immense amount of talent, and killer abs.

But would you buy a dress from her?

Our guess is no, and here’s why:

Because much like puppies can smell their own moms, young women can sense when someone has been dressed, versus when they’ve actually picked a gown off the floor and gone with it.

Ms. Swank’s talent and poise are her own. But her plunging silk necklines and diamond-dripped details?

Those seem more out of place on the Next Karate Kid than a polar bear in the desert (and yes, that was a vague Lost reference, with apologies).

We’ll see how Stuart’s profits do next season. And then we’ll applaud her team when they hire a new face, like Sienna Miller, and let Swank get back to acting.

She’s the perpetual face of Fendi and a favorite of Vogue, but now the expensive blonde smile of Raquel Zimmerman is going for a more approachable market:

She’s booked the latest H&M campaign.

The Brazilian bombshell, who plays guitar on the side, was already the poster girl for Viktor + Rolf’s diffusion line, which debuted at the Swedish chain.

Now Raquel ditches the boys and goes solo, appearing in a series of really cute bikinis and tropical prints in their upcoming resort (or is it Cruise? We can’t keep this stuff straight…) advertisements.

Past H&M faces include Fashionista’s mascot Cintia Dicker (that’s her Polaroid on the top right of our blog), plus Anja Rubik, Daria Werbowy, and once Madonna posed for them, too.

And who’s never had an H&M campaign?

Kate Moss. Stella McCartney chose the model when her own line was in stores, but once Kate was (publicly) caught with drugs, they rescinded their offer. Reportedly furious, Stella handed the Polaroids of the ad shoot over to several newspapers and also Dazed and Confused. Does anybody have a scan?

WWD reports that Donna Karan is relieving herself of 20 years of clothes, accessories, and stuff from her house(s). We wonder…

How will she fit a warehouse full of stuff in her studio? Will it spill out onto the street Brooklyn yard sale style?

Will people really buy her old bed? And sleep in it? Does it come with Donna Karan linens?

We hear she’s selling couture gowns and runway samples from her own collections. But how will that fit into her $20 to $2,000 price range?

Do you think her inspirational rock will be fore sale? Because it would make a great paperweight

Will there be security to fend off crazy Barbra fans from trampling everyone else?

We hope so. But if this sale foreshadows a collection for WalMart ala Norma Kamali, we will cry into our Seven Easy Pieces.

March 14 and 15, the Steven Weiss Studio - Be there!

—BRETT KANE

Need further proof of Agyness’ absolute place in fashion history?

The big news from the weekend: Agyness Deyn bumped Kate Moss from the top of Tatler’s Best Dressed List.

Why this is amazing: The top two ladies on the list are (well) above the usual model age of sixteen. Also, everyone’s love for Agyness might signal a move towards healthy, good-natured models being the new favorite, and quirky (read: insane) style winning over the likes of Keira Knightley (usually in Rodarte) and Natalia Vodianova (usually not in anything that great.)

Also, somebody ousted Kate from the top of the most stylish pack, even if in Tatler? An admirable feat all on its own.

But?

Agyness’ fast rising star (fast for those who just heard of her late last year and now could identify her in a million model line up) could soon explode in an industry that tends to overdose on trends/looks/models before kicking them to the curb forever.

So will Agyness soon be last minute’s news, or is this just the beginning of a Kate/Naomi-like reign in the modeling world?

Months will tell.