Anna Sui brought the funk to NY's fashion week yesterday; highlighting plenty of A-line dresses, bright patterned sweaters, and mix-and-match separates (with ties!). The collection is inspired by the graphic aesthetic of Godard's films, and imbued with Sui's favorite colors and playfulness.

For spring 2012, Anna Sui is looking back — at the 1930s and 1940s. Her collection, shown yesterday in New York, featured strong shoulders balanced by nipped-in, belted waists, reminiscent of a film noir femme fatale. But the zany patterns, deep hues and quirky styling gave the presentation a playful twist. In a few…

You know what you're getting from Anna Sui — grooviness, girliness, whimsy, purple — but that doesn't mean you aren't always glad to see it! And this show had even more oomph than usual, if that's possible. Two words: animal hoods.

• Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld, who has helmed the magazine for a decade, just announced she's stepping down from her position to attend to "personal projects." This is major! The entire fashion world wants mommy! *whimper* [WWD]

• Want free jeans? Don't mind handing a corporation access to your personal data and real-time location? Gap will give away 10,000 pairs of jeans to Facebook fans who "check in" to its stores on an as-yet-unannounced date tomorrow. [Fashionista]

In September of 2007, it was reported that of all the 101 shows that took place during New York fashion week, one third employed zero models of color. Since then, we've tried to track diversity on the runway every season.

• SJP on Carrie's style influence: "I've never revealed as much or been so daring or made quite as many triumphant mistakes as Carrie. But I'm now bolder than I would have been had I never played this part." [People]

• The Met Ball may be more fun than we ever imagined — most parties are after everyone is wasties! Here's Anna Wintour, almost smiling. And dancing with P. Diddy. Wait, is Katy Perry crowd-surfing or just on a table? [VillageVoice]

• Eva Longoria Parker and Victoria Beckham are looking extraordinarily unlike themselves, even by the debased standards of airbrushed celebrity pictures, in these print ads for some LG phone. [SB]

• Now begins the round of stories comparing Terry Richardson to Helmut Newton, wherein friends deny he could be any kind of a sexual predator. "You can't scare him," says Tom Ford. Why won't Richardson answer these allegations, then? [TDB]