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...

Rumors are popping up everywhere that Victoria Beckham might be the costume design consultant for Tom Cruise's next movie The Hardy Boys.

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.

We'd bet money or even shoes on the fact that someone at the Costume Ball will arrive wearing Prada, and someone will arrive wearing Lanvin.

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.

So everyone's in a tizzy over the Daily News' story today, claiming that the filming of Fashionista's driving ELLE staffers crazy, and that no one thinks the winning contestant will be given a job.

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"?

The other day, a Fashionista friend that works in finance told us, "I think Bluefly might be going out of business soon."

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?

In 2003, hipster artist extraordinare Ryan McGinley once told The Advocate that he wasn't interested in fashion editorial work:

"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.

Industry insiders have keenly noted two departures from Heatherette in the past two weeks:

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...

WWD reports rapidly circulating rumors of Charlotte Gainsbourg for Balenciaga AW'08.

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?

Which international fashion company doesn't recycle, whether it's stacks of lookbooks or empty bottles of champagne? Oh yeah, and they're probably better known for their eco-friendly stance than their actual designs.

WHICH fashion editor with style to die for is in talks for her own accessory line? What a relief it's something like that instead of a reality show.

PS: Welcome back to America, Kristin Rawson!

To: Natalie@Fashionista.com

From: CoolGuy@OnSet.com

Subject: Leighton for Marc!

I just walked past the Chelsea Piers where I saw Blair from Gossip Girl getting shot by a huge crowd wearing that peachy-colored halo thing Georgie wore on the runway.

It looked weird - she was just sort of jumping around with a weird look on her face. Not sure if anybody liked it.

Took a few pics, but with my phone, so they're a little blurry - hope you like anyway...

Thanks!