Sometimes when you mix two things that don't naturally go together, you get something magical—like salty caramels or a mule. But sometimes things go terribly wrong, and you end up with a hideous mutant. That is exactly what happened here, with this unholy combination of cargo shorts and a denim waist. (They're so ugly…

The Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2010 Ready to Wear collection hit the runways in Milan earlier today, providing us with some retro-inspired party dresses, see-through frocks, and proof that the no-pants trend isn't over just yet:

Did Tina Fey have anything to do with the Vogue letter just sent in her name to promote her cover? In any case, someone in marketing is about to have a rough day. That's G-A-B-B-A-N-A, as in "Dolce, advertiser."

Consider the curious case of Christian Lacroix: A wildly influential designer who never turned a profit. A master of color who never did a makeup line. A couturier who never made an it-bag. Here's what might befall him in bankruptcy.

Corsets. Daisy-Dukes. And lots of leathah. Dolce and Gabbana put the "Eurotrash" in "cowgirl," and the result was...beyond words.

• Says totally important designer Alaïa, whose designs Nuclear Wintour snubbed in the Met exhibit, "she behaves like a dictator and everyone is terrified of her...but I'm not scared of her or anyone." BURN! [WWD]

• So, why was Lithuanian-born model Auguste Abeliunate crying on the Jil Sander runway? Was it Raf Simons' severe, Germanic threads? Sander's in denial: "No model was crying on the runway!" says a rep. [WSJ]

• Designer Oscar de la Renta says Hillary Clinton, whom he's dressing for the Inaugural ball, is "very prudish about the type of clothes she likes to wear." It's a constant battle! [People]

Gabrielle! Ginnifer! Hiltons! Rachel! Random starlets! There they were, dressed to the nines (and sometimes, the negative nines) at the opening of D&G's L.A. flagship on Monday (sorry kids, no good events last night).

• Word is, Mrs. Ryan Reynolds née maybe-alien Scarlett Johansson will be fronting Dolce and Gabbana's latest campaign. For what? Um, no one knows. [Style.com]