Controversy has erupted over the references to aboriginal art in Rodarte's fall collection. Megan Davis, an aboriginal law professor and an expert member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, says that she finds the collection offensive. "The thought of seeing women walking around in this…

Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have listed their favorite episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, whom they call "one of the most powerful female characters ever developed." Included are Season 2's "Passion," and "Becoming" (the one where she kills Angel), Season 3's "Consequences" and "Prom," Season 4's silent…

Rodarte showed a spring collection that was eminently "wearable" — which I guess is fashionspeak for "there were no horror-film-inspired dresses that looked like they were bleeding this time around." And nothing made of tentacles of black leather, either. Nor any rag-bag collages. What front-row guests like Elle and…

Whatever happens on Oscar night, 6 of the Rodarte tutus worn by Natalie Portman as she descended into madness (or did she?) in Black Swan will be part of a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, "Rodarte: States of Matter."

For the first time since its famous all-black issue of July, 2008, Italian Vogue has printed a magnificent 17-page editorial, featuring twelve black models. The story is definitely reaching for a languid, finger-curled, Harlem Renaissance feeling. Let's explore.

• A picture of Lady Gaga's forthcoming Vogue cover has hit the Internet. She's wearing Haider Ackermann, and her hair is most decidedly pink. One more interior shot after the jump. [TFS and @ItsShavon]

• For the first time, Gemma Ward has publicly confirmed that she had a relationship with Heath Ledger. "I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years and it was something spurred by Heath's death."

• Khloe Kardashian, her late, lamented red hair, and a mask apparently made of plastic packing straps and a packet of studs from the nearest Michaels star on the cover of NY skate shop Yellow Rat Bastard's in-store mag, YRB. [Racked]

• Zoolander II news! Owen Wilson says he and Ben Stiller are at work on the the long-awaited sequel, which should be released in 2012. Wilson also says he wants Lady Gaga to make a cameo. [Monsters&Critics]

• Designer (and husband of Barneys creative director/fashion sage Simon Doonan) Jonathan Adler is selling a needlepoint pillow emblazoned with the pro-ana proverb "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Which, as Adler should know, is pretty much anorexia's catchphrase. [Racked]

• Mila Kunis, who's also in that movie about the ballet dancers or whatever, is Nylon's covergirl. "It's always trippy to walk into a room and be confronted with a life-size cardboard image of yourself," she joked at the party. [WWD]

• Katy Perry, shot by Alexi Lubomirski for the subscriber cover of the new Harper's Bazaar, looks gorgeous, if a bit crusty-lipped. She also looks a lot like Jean Patchett on the iconic Erwin Blumenfeld Vogue cover from January, 1950. [JustJared]

• Karl Lagerfeld gave the Pirelli calendar — which traditionally features "artistic" nude shots of top models — the theme of ancient Greek and Roman mythology. And he added one (clothed) Julianne Moore and, a Pirelli first, several (unclothed) men. [Telegraph]

• Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy Jackson — and their late brother's estate — have an apparel line under the Jackson 5 name hitting stores in February. It naturally includes a version of the "Thriller" red leather jacket. [WWD]

• Detmar Blow on Alexander McQueen: "Money changed him and then drugs changed him. I remember reading of how he had flown his boyfriend somewhere for £130,000. What did Issie get? Some clothes. I find that quite shocking."

• Sad news for those who were eagerly awaiting our Boob Slings in the mail: JWOWW's clothing line will not go into production, due to a trademark dispute. All customers who pre-ordered Ms. Woww's spangled wares are to be refunded. [Radar]

Today in "expensive shit," we have Rodarte's new socks, which at $500 are the world's priciest hosiery. An openwork mix of mohair and alpaca, the socks are apparently "too delicate to wash." So you'll save on that.

• Michelle Obama wore Donna Karan to the $10,000-a-head fundraiser Karan threw her. PETA protested the event, because Karan uses fur, and PETA will do anything for a headline. "She is gorgeous and smart," said guest Diane von Furstenberg. [WWD]