And Amanda Bynes is giving out free Cartier on the street.
And Karl Lagerfeld's cat, Choupette, modeled for a car calendar and supposedly wasn't a diva.
And see how women's Halloween costumes have evolved over time. Hint: there's a lot less fabric these days.
And the history of Abercrombie & Fitch's glorious magazine, 'A&F Quarterly.'
All the fashion news we're talking about today.
TGIF! Here's all the news you need to know to take you into the weekend.
Jennifer Lopez takes W magazine back to her old block in the Bronx for the glossy's August cover story. {W} More details are emerging from yesterday's "compact" for labor safety in Bangladesh. Bangladesh left the meeting with a list of demands to be met by June of next year. {WWD} Gucci's Chime for Change brings girl power to the Internet with the launch of a new online storytelling platform. Led by journalist Mariane Pearl and executive producer Salma Hayek Pinault, the project combines five short films with written stories. {WWD} Amanda Bynes's totally-normal court outfit of choice? An aqua wig with a jersey-and-sweatpant combo. {US Weekly}
Helena Bonham Carter, 47, looks positively ageless on Vogue UK's July 2013 issue--quite fitting for the glossy's 'Ageless Style' issue. {Vogue UK} She & Him, ie Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's folksy band, has teamed up with Rad Nails on limited edition nail decals. We're a little bit dying at the thought of M. Ward getting into nail art--but these are pretty cute. {SheFinds} Beyonce and Gisele aren't the only ones who don't want to be Photoshopped. Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge reveals how she hates having her tooth gap removed in photos, and claims Photoshop "takes away the natural beauty of a person." {HuffPo} Kaiser Karl is out for world domination, with plans to launch five new Karl Lagerfeld stores in his native Germany and several more in China. {WWD, Subscription required.}
David, The Thinker, and now... Kim Kardashian? The reality TV star's pregnant bod will be immortalized into a nude statue entitled "L.A. Fertility" by artist Daniel Edwards. Visitors will be allowed to rub the statue's belly for good luck (obviously) during its exhibition at L.A.'s LAB ART Gallery on June 5th. {Refinery29} Well that was fast. Anne Hathaway has ditched her three weeks-young blonde 'do in favor of some more natural brunette tresses. {Grazia} It's celebrity Twitter war time! After tweeting advice to Amanda Bynes's fans to ignore the troubled actress's "scary and poor behavior," Chrissy Teigen received a full-on lashing from Bynes, calling her an "old ugly model...who's [sic] career is uninspiring." {US Weekly} Whoops! Miss Universe Canada pageant organizers have revealed that they handed the crown to the wrong contestant due to a simple "human error" of a typo. {HuffPo}
H&M has its eye on India: The retailer is reportedly planning to spend about $130 million on an initial 50 stores in the country. {The Business of Fashion} Naomi Campbell goes blonde on the cover of Vogue Brazil. {Fashion Gone Rogue} Here's a first look at Alber Elbaz's debut makeup collection with LancĂ´me. Unsurprisingly, it looks pretty adorable. {WWD, Subscription required.}
Taylor Swift covers Wonderland magazine, and dishes about relationships (obviously), happiness and the number 13. {Just Jared} Halle Berry and Michael Kors have teamed up on a new collaboration--but it's not of the clothing variety. The two stars are working together to fight world hunger through the United Nations World Food Programme--and make sure Berry's baby bump is perfectly clothed. {US Weekly} Amanda Bynes went to an adult gymnastics class in fishnets and a wig. She apparently cried when she tried to do a cartwheel and her wig fell off. Oh, Amanda. {NY Post}
These fake Saint Laurent campaign images dreamed up by VFiles (including Amanda Bynes, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan) are making our day. Obvi this would never really happen (right?) but Lohan "would die" if it did. Click through to see them all, plus a few of our own. Angela Chase for Saint Laurent anyone?
Beyonce posted a handwritten note on Facebook announcing her support for marriage equality. Guess which one of her hits she references? {Facebook} Rihanna's undercut was voted the worst hair trend of the past 13 years. See who else made the (unfortunate) cut. {Grazia} "Born March of '86..." Lady Gaga is celebrating her 27th birthday with a Mad Hatter-themed tea party, staving off liquor as she's still on painkillers post-hip surgery. {The Sun} Tommy Hilfiger's limited edition surfboards will be hitting the shores in May! Prepared to be swept away. {Vogue}
One of Michelle Williams's multiple AnOther covers (left) is stirring up controversy. {Jezebel} So what exactly does creative ambassador-at-large do? Barneys's Simon Doonan tells all.{Business of Fashion} Designer Disney: Designers the Small World over, including Alber Elbaz, Philip Treacy, and Sibling by Sister, are redesigning classic character costumes for Disneyland Paris's 20th anniversary fashion show on March 23. {Vogue UK} Cindy Crawford got honest with Oprah about her four-year marriage to Richard Gere, which ended a hundred years ago in 1995. {HuffPo}
We know what you've been thinking, because we've been thinking the exact same thing: What the market really needs right now is an ex-Nickelodeon-child-star-turned-tabloid-mainstay to create a clothing line. And we're in luck--because People is reporting that Amanda Bynes, is designing her very own "fashion line."
We've always thought well of Amanda Bynes, especially after her teen hits What a Girl Wants and She's The Man. Anyone who can dress up in drag and