WHICH lovely actress arrived on set for a photo shoot and then refused to wear the fur clothes the stylist had pulled? Did we mention the shoot had a previously announced fur theme?

WHICH pop legend turned down both an invite to the Costume Ball and the cover of Fashion Rocks? She tells influential photographers that she disagrees with what Vogue tells American women.

We know Gossip Girl doesn't exactly qualify as news. We know we reference the show a lot as it is. We know it's probably weird to cancel Monday night plans to make sure we're parked on the couch at exactly 8pm.

But you know what else we know? We know Gossip Girl's as good as everyone says it is, and not just for the fashion - yes, we love the plot lines, too.

One of the best parts about Gossip Girl, other than the accessories, is that it's turning out to be a sort of murder mystery, and we've realized that all of the episodes are littered with clues.

So allow us to indulge ourselves (and if the comments section is to be believed, to indulge you guys, too) by musing a bit on what we think is going to happen in the next two episodes.

Please don't click through if you aren't up to speed with the show. Spoilers abound...

Which super awesome, uber fashionable stylist still owes her poor assistant $2,500 from shoots that took place in 2007? The spreads turned out to be awesome and the assistant's sworn off fashion - but she still wants her money...

First, the glitter boys shot a prom-themed spread for ELLEgirl with Lydia Hearst right after the rumors of their demise swirled Gossip Girl-style all over the internet.

Now, we've learned that they're flying out to LA with Paper Magazine today as special guests at Playboy's Playmate of the Year Luncheon since they custom designed the winning bunny's dress - and we were told this by a concerned Heatherette fan that wanted to help "squash the rumors."

So now the real question is - are these one-time events for the sake of the good old days?

Or can we all expect a blowout show in September?

The problem?

Christian's been in New York all week, working on dresses for the MTV Video Music Awards (among other things).

So if it's not Christian raising hell on Haight Street, then who is flipping their asymmetrical haircut to the point of total damnation?

Well, who's seen Amy Poehler this week?

From: BoyWhoCriedFashion@newschool.edu

Happy Met Monday Girls!

Word is, Peter Som will be doing double duty at the ball tonight. He'll walk the steps once with a top model dressed in Blass, and then again a little bit later with a certain indie film actress with a big movie coming out this summer. The actress, who considered not attending the event, is being helicoptered into the city especially for the event at the behest of A.W.

Hope Peter's quads are in good shape.

xoxo
B

Update: According to WWD, the actress is Maggie Gyllenhaal and the model - Jourdan Dunn!

I entered the store surreptitiously to avoid detection, and did a little recon to find out more about the subject.

Pictures of Kira and Paris Hilton plastered on the walls, faux-Gucci sunglasses perched on the heads of mannequins, Bebe Sport-ish looking jackets except more bedazzled, employees decked in House of Holland shirts, and handlers making bold claims like "we're opening 400 stores" - Basically, it looked exactly like what you'd think a 15-year old would design. And the store was packed with customers.

Amused by the entourage but kind of freaked out by the surplus of pink sparkles, I did a double take when I saw the real girl, dressed down in a textured black coat, white jeans and pink platforms far too high for her to manage. I followed her outside and stopped her after a photo op.

Our conversation, if you could call it that, went something like this:

WHICH French fashion house's intern strolled into work yesterday after 1 pm because her boss was out sick? The problem is that several big fashion houses were rather desperate to receive looks for their shoots, and decided to go with other (more prompt) designers instead...

WHICH fashion assistant emails big PR companies, complaining about how wretched their own assistants are? We hear her roommate needs a job, and thinks she might like to work at one of them...

Tom supposedly approached Posh about the opportunity at her 34th birthday party in LA.

So far, Posh has styled Katie Holmes, Jack Nicholson, Ellen Degeneres and Jennifer Lopez for various magazine spreads, and her denim line, DvB, has been getting mixed reviews since it debuted in 2006.

The Hardy Boys job sounds more like just agreeing with whatever the real TBD costume designer decides on, but still, an actual job in fashion nonetheless. If she accepts the position (and if whoever's above Tom accepts Posh), she'll get a namecheck in the credits of the film.

WHICH socialite is luring her friends via email to a party by telling them Getty Images will be there, so it'll be a great time for photo ops? Don't forget your makeup, girls.

The curious thing is, Miuccia Prada and Alber Elbaz may not arrive at all.

We hear from an inside source that, as of today, neither the Prada head nor the Lanvin creative director have made plans to attend the Costume Ball, a curious notion considering both are huge Vogue advertisers and both are also pretty damn cool.

Even more interesting is that Prada most definitely has a table at the ball - they've even invited Tilda Swinton, Oscar winning awesomeness, to sit there.

Why are the designers avoiding the "Biggest Party of the Year"?

And is there any way that we could just dress up as them and go instead? Because duh, we'd totally wear glasses and a bow tie or a giant feather hoop skirt, just for the chance to shake George Clooney's hand and brush up against an Olsen!

WHICH popular model recently lost favor with a major fashion brand after a big campaign shoot? She insisted on doing her hair and makeup herself, and when she smeared her dark nail polish, she refused to let the manicurist touch her. "They can Photoshop it!" she snapped to the makeup crew in her posh accent.

Weird - we were recently told by someone close to the whole ordeal that the entire show is being filmed in fake offices (so no reason for the people with real jobs to feel like anyone's getting "under their feet"), and that the winning position is to assist the accessories closet (which, believe it or not, really is a job a million girls would kill for).

Maybe they just mean that staffers are often wrangled away from their desks and into shootings someplace else in town?

Because that would be annoying, though not really real. Surprise!

Which New York entertainer was approached online to join the cast of one of our favorite reality shows by a current "character"?

We shrugged.

Today, he told us, "I think Revlon might be going out of business, too."

So we asked, "What's making you say this?"

He gave us a really finance-y response, that went something like this:

"Their stock is trading at an all time low, and the company has been in a free fall since last June. Typically when stocks trade below $2/share, they're deemed very high risk. Revlon needs the reverse stock split to maintain minimum price requirements maintained by the New York Stock Exchange - it's kind of a mask for their financial problems. They're planning to report first quarter 2008 results on May 1, so things need to look good. Hence, the reverse stock split. It's kind of a last ditch effort before you go bankrupt."

So what's going to happen to Elle MacPherson's contract? And where would all of Bluefly's merchandise end up?

"It may be fine for someone else, but I'm just not interested in taking photographs of other people's clothes. My photos are about something that's really personal to me and the people that are involved in my life."

He's since gone on to shoot one of our favorite Kate Moss spreads ever, and create a video project for Puma.

Now we hear he's recruiting models around town for two major photo shoots - POP and French Vogue - both of which should be amazing. And though yes, the models in his shoot are often mostly naked, there's at least some fashion on display. And frankly, we love that he changed his mind since his photography tends to make the prettiest clothes even prettier.

So until those European shoots debut, you can still catch his very naked, very sunny "I Know Where the Summer Goes" exhibit at the Team Gallery in NYC.

First, technical designer Macky Dugan got his own label and his own studio, and then publicist Lysee Webb took a new job at Paper magazine, running their events and promotions.

Now we hear (from a TV producer, no less) that Traver is trekking out to Los Angeles, leaving Richie in New York to start some new solo projects.

That sort of makes Richie like, the Fergie of glitter t-shirt fashion, but whatever.

If indeed there is a Heatherette diaspora, the big question is, "Who will throw an insane fashion show next season?"

Then we remember Sean Combs and Gwen Stefani both have their own lines in the tents and we feel a little bit better.

But only a little bit...

Did Jennifer Connelly set a celebrity precedent for Nicolas Ghesquière?

Because we were really hoping the brand would return to the good old days of real models and launch more girls like Hilary, Coco and Suvi.

We love Charlotte as much as the next francophile, fashion obsessed girl, but try as we might we just can't picture her wearing those razor sharp black dresses.

Maybe Carine can give her lessons in dominatrix like dressing?