Agent Provocateur

A must-read roundup of our most popular stories of the week. You're welcome.

A must-read roundup of our most popular stories of the week. You're welcome.

"I love beating the shit out of tires for fun."

And Burberry is helping holiday shoppers via Twitter.

How many lace corsets would £200 million buy you?

Because sometimes, it's not just about getting laid. Sometimes.

The poster for Carine Roitfeld's documentary Mademoiselle C is here, and her fantastic behind takes center stage. Watch out Pippa, there's a new tush in town! {The Cut} Cara Delevingne is apparently to blame for the decline of an entire product market, just for having eyebrows. But seriously--tweezer sales are down, and Google searches for Cara's name and "fuller brows" are way up. You do the math. {Daily Mail} Amanda Seyfried mixes grunge and punk for the September issue of Glamour Paris. {Fashion Gone Rogue}

Sixteen years after her tragic death, Prince George's grandmother, Princess Diana, is still making headlines. Here she is covering Vanity Fair's September issue. {Vanity Fair} Heidi Klum actually gets to say more in her native tongue than auf wiedersehen! in her new ad for a German mascara. {HuffPo} Penelope Cruz is making her directorial debut in a short film for L'Agent, the Agent Provocateur line she designed with her sister Mónica, starring both her super-pregnant sister and husband. {WWD} Victoria Beckham says she has a new Victoria, Victoria Beckham girl. Is she anything like the Victoria Beckham girl? Has Victoria Beckham become the Victoria, Victoria Beckham girl? Is anyone confused? {Grazia}

Now that we all know what not to wear after a breakup (yoga clothes for a week, too tight tube tops, bangs) I wanted to explore what to wear in the days after a split. See, the next time I have a big breakup I want to be classy about it. I don’t want to send nasty drunken text messages and be the girl who flashes everyone in a bar. I want to craft a style that will allow me to look like a lady who is handling my breakup with grace and dignity. On the inside I may be a basket case, but on the outside I want to exude a beautiful calm. I am not good at exuding a beautiful calm even during the best of times, so I asked my friend, the stylist and fashion guru and host of the show What Not to Wear, Stacy London, how to dress for success in the days after getting dumped.

Olivier Zahm wanted to photograph the latest Agent Provocateur campaign, starring Crystal Renn, in a setting where one "can accidently meet a handsome stranger." Where else but a gas station? {WWD} It's only January, but we think Malia Obama has already earned that elusive "Photobomb of the Year" award with this epic pic from yesterday's Inauguration. {Us Weekly} Kanye West partied in Paris last weekend to celebrate Pyrex Vision’s new exhibit at Colette, where the burgeoning brand (designed by his style consultant Virgil Abloh) unveiled exclusive gym shorts. Perfect for Kanye's Workout Plan. Or Madonna's, because... {MTV Style} Madonna is releasing a work out video, which we can only pray involves Vogueing. Can someone explain why this took so long? {HuffPo}

Beyoncé hit the town this weekend wearing a very unique pair of earrings supporting her favorite presidential candidate. Hey, does anyone else get the feeling she's voting for Obama? {HuffPo} Mathilde Castello Branco has stepped down from her position as creative director of Azzaro, after only a year at the label. Branco's next movement is not yet known, and while there's no word yet on who will replace her, Azzaro released a statement saying they will "shortly be announcing her successor." Stay tuned.{Vogue UK} This strikes us as highly unlikely, but apparently supermodel Kate Moss is helping One Direction hottie Harry Styles decorate his new place after he rang up asking her for help. (Harry, I once interned for an interior designer - just throwing that out there.) {Sugarscape} What is more distracting on the red carpet: the white makeup powder on Jon Hamm's face or his, erm, visible bulge? {The Cut}

Summer is here! Well, basically. Even though the season won't officially change until June 20, the weather--and our work ethic--is telling us that summer is already well underway. And we couldn't be happier. Obviously, the first order of business whenever summer rolls around, is making sure you have your new favorite go-to swimsuit on hand. Shopping for bathing suits isn't always easy--or fun--which is why we've gone ahead and done most of the heavy lifting for you. Click through to see the top swimsuit trends this season. We guarantee you'll find a suit that'll suit (ha) you.

Madonna Barely Wears Agent Provocateur on New Single Cover: Along with her droves of loyal fans, Madonna can now count lingerie brand Agent Provocateur as one of her biggest supporters - in the extremely literal sense. No denying that Madge looks gooood on her "Girls Gone Wild" single cover, but we've just one caveat: While it's no secret that some things go south with age, it seems Madonna's nips have full-on vanished. Life is a mystery... {Telegraph} Coco Rocha's New Online Beauty Show: Is Coco Rocha gearing up to be the next model mogul a la Tyra and Heidi? The Canadian cutie is set to host a new online reality series airing this April called Canada's Best Beauty Talent, which will feature hair and beauty experts competing for a showcase in a magazine spread. You go Coco! {HuffPo Canada} Downton Abbey Actress Looks Dead in Dominic Jones Jewelry Campaign: Would you buy jewelry from a dead person? Or more specifically, a dead Downton Abbey actress? Dominic Jones seems to think so--his latest campaign features Downton actress Jessica Brown Findlay and model Mary Charteris posing in what could easily be an ANTM shoot challenge inspired by The Others. {Refinery 29}

So turns out that hard-to-believe story in the Telegraph about Michelle Obama dropping $50,000 at an Agent Provocateur, (which the White House swiftly denied), wasn't just false--it was pretty much completely made up, according to a recent item published the Telegraph. The retraction reads: Further to our article “First Lady’s luxury buys boost Agent Provocateur” (Jan 30), we would like to make clear that the “shopping spree” involving Her Highness Sheikha Moza and Michelle Obama that we referred to in fact never occurred, and that Her Highness has never been shopping with Mrs Obama, at Agent Provocateur or otherwise, and has never sought to have any part of New York closed off to enable her to shop undisturbed. We apologize for the distress and embarrassment this article caused.

When we first read reports that Michelle Obama and the Queen of Qatar had reportedly spent $50,000 at Agent Provocateur, we were skeptical. Besides the fact that we can't quite imagine the First Lady (or the Queen of Qatar for that matter) being such an ardent fan of the brand's saucy, often-bondage-inspired underthings as to inspire a $50K shopping spree, we also found it hard to believe that such a media-savvy woman would publicly spend that much on anything (let alone kinky lingerie) during the time of her husband's reelection. It was hard to believe because it wasn't true.

If their public hand-holding, one-on-one dinner dates and adorable family Christmas card hadn't convinced you that the flame in the Obamas' marriage is still very much alive then this certainly will: The First Lady reportedly dropped $50,000 in lingerie at Agent Provocateur, according to The Telegraph. Apparently part of Madison Ave was closed off so that MObama and Queen of Qatar Sheikha Mozah could spend time in the luxury lingerie store. The two evidently liked what they saw because they snapped up enough goodies to total $50,000. What's more, the Telegraph is reporting that the mere rumor of Mrs. O's lingerie spree has boosted sales by up to 12.5%. It's been proven that the first lady has seriously selling power (a Harvard B-school study made that clear), but does the woman who shops Zara and H&M really spend $50K at Agent Provocateur?

In just a few years, Linda Farrow has become one of the coolest names in designer sunnies. The Linda Farrow label has been around since 1970, but has been rejuvenated in recent years thanks to an expanding roster of ongoing collaborations with designers we love, like Matthew Williamson, Dries van Noten, Alexander Wang, The Row and most recently Prabal Gurung and Oscar de la Renta. At a recent press preview for the spring 2012 Linda Farrow collections, we caught up with Tracy Sedino, who, along with Linda Farrow's son Simon Jablon, revived the brand in 2004, when they began licensing deals.

Remember that scary and boob-filled Agent Provocateur short film we showed you last week? It was to promote today's online launch of the lingerie brand's new Soiree collection, which is described in WWD as "high-end" and "ultraluxurious." Sarah Shotton, creative director of Agent Provocateur told the trade, “It’s about dressing up, luxury and a lot of hand-embellishment...It’s really fun…I get to use very beautiful fabrics.” All of that hand-embellishment and beautiful fabric, which includes things like napa leather and Swarovski crystals, will cost you. Prices range from $312 for knickers to $24,000 for a one-off piece that you'll have to fly to London to get your hands on: It's a playsuit handmade from tassels and Swarovski glass beads sold exclusively at Harrod's. Doesn't that just sound like the one thing missing from your closet right now?

Agent Provocateur Soiree 2011 from Agent Provocateur on Vimeo. Just in time for Halloween, Agent Provocateur is getting all sexy creepy on our asses