I know a lot of people are doing lines but my first job, other than stripping, was on 'Mommie Dearest' as an assistant in wardrobe. My first boyfriend, his mother was a third generation wardrobe lady so she ran the Paramount wardrobe department... And I was in charge, some of the time, of throwing stuff out... I didn't know anything about fashion and I didn't know what a season was, but I knew what a mousseline was and I knew what a peplum was by the time I was 15, so... I'm experienced that way.

On why she thinks American Vogue sorta sucks:

I love British Vogue. It's the only Vogue I read. Why? Because it's more on-trend - though I hate that fucking phrase; it's like piece-y, for hair. It's just...I believe it more. I mean no offense to Anna Wintour or US Vogue, it's just UK Vogue is more, "Oh, yeah, that's me! Oh, I want that! Oh, I want that! Oh, I want that!" I just really, really relate to it more.

I mean, there's always a hint of - I've been studying a lot of fashion lately - there's always an homage to Yohji but the way he does it is really accessible (no offense to Yohji). But he's able to make something that would look like a giant cloud on somebody else, really wearable.

I'm going to Fashion Week in Paris to see this kid. He sent me his whole collection from Tokyo. His name is Suzuki Takayuki. It's all whites, it's all creams, it's amazing. I mean, he sent me the whole thing. It's gorgeous. He's showing in Paris and I'm gonna work his clothes. He's, like, 24, a genius. The swing coat has muslin in it and cheesecloth... But I'm pretty fast. Like, I found Sophia Kokosalaki before she had a collection. By the way... I gave her a two-piece Victorian that I got on Portobello so she still owes me a dress out of that.

Catching Up With Courtney Love [The Fashion Informer]

• Ashley Judd is designing an el cheapo clothing line a la Sarah Jessica Parker. The lucky recipient of this collection: The clothing chain Goody's. Which makes sense in the "paradigmatic" sense until you're like, wait a second, Ashley Judd? Who the fuck ever paid attention to her outfits? Does simultaneously belonging to the Judd family and not having big hair account for some huge personal style statement? [WWD]
  
• David Lynch is slated to direct the TV ads for the new Gucci fragrance. It would be funnier if the scent was also "inspired" by David Lynch, and we could imagine it smelling of decomposing human flesh and surrealism, but we guess this is just what you do these days when your last really memorable project was cancelled 15 years ago. [WWD]
  
• Levi's premium line, Red, is "inspired" by Japanese design. Which was funny because all the Japanese designers are ever trying to do is recreate classic Levi's. [WWD]
  
• Appearing in the new Burberry ad campaign: Up-and-coming English rocker boys lounging alongside the stable of Burberry girls Agyness Deyn, Lily Cole, Kiera Gormley, and Georgia Frost. The word the publicists have chosen to apply to this collection? "Medieval." Right. Because there is something so totally Canterbury Tales about the combination of trenchcoats and professional cokeheads. [Times of London]

• In honor of his eponoymous label's 10-year anniversary, Matthew Williamson is moving his Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show back to London after a lengthy tenure in New York. Good luck getting the fashion editors out there to see the show! [Vogue UK]
• Nautical style somehow warrants an entire exhibit featuring designs by Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana and others at England's National Maritime Museum. Funny how the ice caps are melting into the oceans and this is what the maritime curators give us. As Lily Allen might have pointed out. [Vogue UK]