Stress, Health Problems Factors In Fashion Model’s Suicide
Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova jumped to her death from her Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide Saturday. The 20-year-old had been featured on the cover of Vogue and walked for Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. [CNN]
Friends say Korshunova had been suffering from health problems and personal stress. [New York Post]
And in a shocking show of ghoulishness ('poor taste' doesn't begin to approach this one), Fox News has aired footage of her body. [Huffington Post]
Oy vey.Real World producers sign on for Project Runway. Bring on the hot tub. [Variety]
First seeing-eye cats guiding dogs, now designers collaborating! What's next, peace in the Middle East? [The Independent]
Tom Ford seeks to do the impossible: "“For this project, I wanted to reinvent patchouli . . . I loved the idea of mixing patchouli with white florals. We used patchouli orpur, which takes out some of the darker, smoky notes of patchouli. We mixed that with peony, bergamot, and jasmine,” says he of his new, Erykah-Badu-faced "White Patchouli." [Oh No They Didn't]
In a post-Sharon-Stone world: the future of Dior. [Financial Times]
Bella Freud: "I wish people would take more notice of what's going on in Palestine because if they knew the level of suffering of the Palestinian people, they would be outraged and appalled. People would demand that something should be done." [The Independent]
Gellin' like Magellan' is apparently complete nonsense. [Los Angeles Times]
Twiggy's daughter is staying off the runway. [Mail on Sunday]
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