• Stylist Emmanuelle Alt, Carine Roitfeld's longtime right-hand-lady, is said to be leading the field of candidates to take over as editor-in-chief, while editor/novelist Virginie Mouzat may still be under consideration. (We previously looked at both candidates in more depth.) [WWD]

There were literally dozens of oddly digitally altered models and celebrities this year, with a swipe of the mouse resulting in wonky elbows, whittled waists, new hands and unnaturally lightened skin. Here we have the very worst.

• "Sources" are saying that Kimora Lee Simmons didn't leave Baby Phat, the fashion line she founded — she was fired. Allegedly, she was kicked out for being too spendthrift. For example: "It costs thousands of dollars to airbrush her."

• Crystal Renn is in an ad for Chanel's downtown New York store, which is reopening this fall. She poses alongside Lagerfeld boytoy Baptiste Giabiconi, whom she calls "the most gorgeous man I have ever seen, hands down."

In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, a woman celebrates her 105th birthday at a male strip club, Barbara Walters gets scary, and Chaz Bono opens up about sex reassignment.

Doctors in Japan have invited a 1-month-old 20-pound infant from Indonesia to be part of a study sponsored by a television network. Neighbors fear that baby Akbar will be exploited by the media because of his truly remarkable size. [UPI]

• A match made...somewhere. Miss USA contestants will be sporting barely-there bikinis from the Jessica Simpson collection. [NYDN]
• The nebbish-weight cage match between Woody and Dov continues, as Allen decries the jersey-meister's "rep-tarnish" tactics. [NYP]

• Sienna Miller is going to be the face of a new Hugo Boss fragrance. When was the last time you remember Sienna Miller actually acting? [WWD]

Last night I went to the Baby Phat/Kimora Lee Simmons Collection show, my first this Fashion Week, now that we have "scaled down" our coverage. The show was scaled down as well.

• Jessica Simpson is launching a line of luggage. Because that's the image of America we want to project when we travel abroad! [People]