- American Apparel is struggling along. But in addition to its other
problems , it is facing a "cash crunch." Dov Charney is reluctant to sell to more outside investors, however, because he wants to hold onto his 53% majority stake. [NYPost]
Amy Winehouse's Line For Fred Perry Is, Predictably, A Mess
- Amy Winehouse's line for Fred Perry is out, and the clothes look a little like the kind of argyle-tastic thing André 3000's girlfriend would have worn to go boating in 2003. Only shorter. [Yeeeah]
Emily Blunt Politely Declines The Photoshop, Thanks
- Emily Blunt told British Elle that Photoshop is over-used. "I don't like it when they stretch you out and make you all long and skinny. It makes you look like a Barbie. Who the hell looks like that?" [Elle UK]
Karl And Claudia Do Blackface; Rihanna Might Book D&G
- To fête the 60th anniversary of the German photography magazine Stern Fotografie, Karl Lagerfeld shot six different covers featuring Claudia Schiffer. We could have done without the blackface one and the yellowface one. [SB]
Heidi Without Makeup; Posh To Outfit Beyoncé?
- Heidi Klum, one of five models including Jessica Stam to make People's Most Beautiful list this year, poses for the tabloid in a so-hot-right-now makeup-free shot. [HuffPo]
- The Kardashian sisters have added bikinis to their trashy Bebe line-o'-knockoffs. [People]
Jacobs & Martone Split; Katy Perry's $2,500 Jimmy Choos Light Up
- Marc Jacobs and his fiancé, Lorenzo Martone, are reported to have broken up. Jacobs flew solo last Tuesday at the wedding of his business partner, Robert Duffy. [NYPost]
- Duffy and his husband, Alex Cespedes, made the Times' weddings section. [NYTimes]
Model Calls Out Photographer For Sexual Harassment; Steve Madden To…
- Model Rie Rasmussen, upset Terry Richardson included her picture in his book Terryworld alongside images of young girls performing sex acts, confronted the photographer at a party in Paris for using his position of power to exploit women. She said:
Solange, Zooey, & Leona Book Campaigns; Balenciaga Blacklists Vogue…
- Zooey Deschanel and Solange Knowles are joining Kate Moss, Coco Rocha, and Georgia May Jagger as the faces of Rimmel. [WWD]
- Meanwhile, Leona Lewis is the next face of American cotton's long-running "The Fabric of Our Lives" campaign. [Sun]
Couture Week Is Fun; 49-Year-Old Jimmy Choo Wears Three-Inch Heels "To…
- This picture of Tavi and Alexa Chung pulling faces at photographers is adorable. That is all. [IsaacLikes
- Obama's Weatherproof billboard was finally taken down. No word on whether the company has gotten Sarah Palin to agree to an ad. [Gothamist]
