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The Emperor Kate Moss Has No Pants

Jenna — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Kate Moss's latest fashion contribution: tights that look like you took a drunken prat fall on a gravel driveway. [The Sun]
The surprise guest of honor at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago: Miss Piggy. [WWD]

Cindy Crawford: "I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini." [Redbook]
Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon is still talking "exclusively" to gullible (or merely cynical of their readers' attention spans?) publications about her Navajo-inspired jewelry line. "My mother looked like Pocahontas and was obsessed with jewelry, so I really learned at young age how accessories can change your look in an inexpensive way," explains the ex-model. At least she didn't say she was going to take Pocahontas out of the canoe and put her in the disco? [People]
A French graffiti artist/media prankster tagged a dripping Chanel logo on the side of a Giorgio Armani store in Hong Kong. He was arrested. [ChicReport]
As one of Fashion's Night Out's eleventy-billion events, André Leon Talley is hosting a life-sized board game tournament. You could play in it. [The Cut]
And here's a ...deal? If you spend $2,500 on Dior merchandise at Fashion's Night Out, you can have your picture taken with Charlize Theron. [WWD]
i-D has become the first — and so far only — major fashion magazine to feature women of color on its front cover for the September issue. Earlier this year, Sessilee Lopez and Chanel Iman tweeted separately on the same day about doing "a major surprise cover," which led fashion watchers to assume the two models would be featured together. It turns out that cover was i-D, and models Jourdan Dunn and Arlenis Sosa are also pictured. [Fashionologie]
There is now a rumor going around about the rumor that Haider Ackerman is replacing the (rumored retired) designer Martin Margiela, which would have it — on rumor, you understand — that Margiela's rumored retirement is all one big hoax from the rumored identity-playful Belgian designer. Allegedly. [Hintmag]
There are yet more pictures of a gorgeous Isabeli Fontana in +J, Jil Sander's hotly-awaited new line for Uniqlo. [Uniqlo]
PETA is planning shareholder action at Talbots' shareholder meeting next year over the company's use of Australian wool; PETA holds that Australian sheep farmers' use of mulesing is inhumane. [Dealbook]
After losing their sales commission, a majority of the employees at three New York Cole Haan stores have voted to unionize. [Crain's]
Time is calling Abercrombie & Fitch, which has experienced ten straight months of double-digit sales declines, the worst recession brand in the world. [Time
Also in the red: Esprit, down 26%. [WWD]
If director RJ Cutler had to compare The September Issue to the Clinton campaign what would he say? "The similarity I would focus on is one of leadership-people who are passionate about what they do and are doing it under high stake circumstances. It's a good way of describing Anna Wintour. It's a good way of describing James Carville. And George Stephanopolous. And Grace Coddington. Though they certainly dress differently." (We'd have gone with, "NA.") [Fashionista]
Speaking of Vogue: The Australian iteration's putting out a book that's "as much about trends of the time as it is about fashion." [News.co.au]
Oh yeah, here's the way to pull in the kids: on Friday, the Gap "dressed 1,200 New York Stock Exchange traders in its new 1969 Premium Jeans." [New York]
Gucci's put out a limited edition watch, sales of which go towards Mary J. Blige's "Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now." WWD describes "The Gucci for FFAWN Twirl watch" as "a sleek black PVD bracelet decorated with the signature double-G motif and a monochrome dial, and its rotating case has black diamonds. The $1,895 watch turns on itself to switch from a bracelet to a timepiece and is engraved with the words 'Gucci for FFAWN.'" It looks like a snap bracelet! But presumably won't be recalled for safety reasons! [WWD]
American Apparel takes to the web cam. Don't worry: it's just tutorials on how to do different (sartorial!) stuff with bits of jersey and string. [AdRants]
Speaking of new media, Henri Bendel's defeated the purpose of it entirely by sticking a model in their window for hours at a time, pretending to net-surf. You can friend her. [Observer]

You're Going To Need This Puppy To Get Through The News

Megan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:40:00 EST

The Bidens plan to add to their household by getting another puppy from the pound. Double puppy snuggles! [Huffington Post]

Rod Blagojevich says he's, like, totally innocent and is definitely not going to resign so that he has something to offer prosecutors in his eventual plea deal [Politico]
Hillary's pay cut is final. [CNN]
In better news, she might create a post at the State Department for Iran outreach, without even insisting that Iran accede to all our demands first [Washington Independent]
Plenty of people seem to be ticked about Ron Kirk's appointment to USTR because he's not anti-trade enough. [The Hill]
James Carville is trying to get more donations for Media Matters, since it's difficult to raise money in this economic climate, and is using the conservatives linking Obama and Blagojevich to do it. [The Hill]
Al Sharpton is defending the selection of Rick Warren to say a prayer at the inauguration, since he hasn't gotten enough media attention by meeting with Caroline Kennedy this week. [Huffington Post]
Al Franken is up in the Minnesota Senate recount, though, which might end by 2010. [Think Progress]
Bush unveiled his auto bailout, but Ford's not opting in [BBC]
The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the portraits of George and Laura Bush. Laura's got some sort of soft focus thing going on that Barbara Walters hopes to patent in film-format soon. [National Portrait Gallery]

You Know How Dudes Sometimes Just Stop Calling?

Moe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:45:00 EDT

I hate that! But it happens to the best of us. Bill Richardson pulled it on his old boss Bill Clinton! And his trusted aides have not exactly been chill about it. "Mr. Richardson's endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver," James Carville told the Times re: the Obama endorsement. [NY Times]

Can liberals and conservatives bone happily...

Moe — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:30:25 EST

Can liberals and conservatives bone happily ever after? Conservablogger Bridget Johnson admits she didn't think so — until she had a college affair with a guy she calls Karl. Karl worked at a restaurant where some customers used the N-word, and his "Irish temper" flared. "A guy passionately promoting racial equality was hotter than a conservative ex-boyfriend who'd dedicated his entire campus existence to crushing the 'libtards,'" she writes. Plus "leftist boyfriends won't criticize or act creeped out around your gay friends." Now Bridget pretty much dates lefties who are "sick of ecoterrorists." But holy torture chamber, Bridget, if dating conservatives is as bad as you say I, um won't be reaching back across the aisle anytime soon... [Pajamas Media]