[Rome, October 6. Image via INFDaily.]

• Balenciaga asked Cindy Sherman to create a series of six of her trademark in-character self-portraits for the brand. In each, naturally Sherman wears Balenciaga head-to-toe. [The Cut]
• Pop covergirl Britney Spears might perform at the magazine's FNO party. [DFR]

• Judging from this ad, Avril Lavigne's perfume, Forbidden Rose, smells like eyeliner, cast iron, a decaying forest in winter, and an incongruous hair-bow like the ones your mother used to make you wear for family pictures. [TLF]

• Monica Bellucci, who gave birth just six weeks ago, Domenico Dolce, and Stefano Gabbana shot a La Dolce Vita-themed Martini Gold ad together in Rome. Stefano tweeted the whole thing. [Daily Mail, WWD]

[Rome, June 30. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

• Natalie Portman will be the latest face of Christian Dior perfumes. She joins a stable that includes Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, and Monica Bellucci. Some common perfume ingredients are hazardous to health; some are animal products. Is perfume vegan? [WWD]

• When asked if she's looking at colleges, Miley Cyrus said she's not going now but, "I'm a firm believer that you can go back at any age you want, because my grandma went back to college at 62 years old."

• Lindsay Lohan and her mother Dina crashed a Golden Globes party thrown by The New York Times Style Magazine. Oh, and:

• 'Sup Twihards? This column alleges Robert Pattinson is a "hot property" thanks to New Moon's record-breaking box office this weekend…

• Lindsay Lohan's Hollywood home was burglarized over the weekend. Dina Lohan says: