Katie Holmes, Face Of Ann Taylor, Coming To A Billboard Near You

- Ann Taylor replaced Heidi Klum with Katie Holmes for the spring season. The brand says it sought Holmes, who's also modeled for J. Crew and been the face of Miu Miu, for "her intellect, kindness and enduring personal style." [WWD]
Tom Ford Thinks A Lot About Fat Women And Their Rolls Of Fatty Fat
- Tom Ford, a man who immobilized his forehead with Botox, thinks people should go naked. Especially, well... "Fat women almost always look better without the constraint and lumpy pinching of clothes, all the straps and elastic squeezing and sucking." [ContactMusic]
Bloodsucking Insects Infest Juicy Couture
- After taking down Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Elle magazine, the dreaded bedbugs are now ensconced at the Fifth Avenue Juicy Couture store. We're picturing bedbugs in tiny velour tracksuits, talking on tiny pink bedazzled cell phones. [Gothamist]
Vogue Tries This Eco-Friendly Thing On For Size
Anna Wintour heard about this so-called "environmentally friendly" fashion, so she sent her crack team of stylists to go out find some of it, to put it in her magazine. Her very eco-friendly magazine. The result? $2,895 trench coats.
Lady Gaga And Marc Jacobs Share The Cover Of V
- A dejected, underwear-clad Lady Liberty-Gaga and a tuxedoed Marc Jacobs, shot by Mario Testino, cover V's newest issue. [NYDN]
- Lanvin for H&M is happening! The men's and women's collections will hit over 200 stores worldwide on November 23. [WWD]
Christina Hendricks As The Face Of London Fog
- Etsy isn't the full extent of Christina Hendricks' modeling — she is the new face of London Fog. Previously, the company's campaigns have featured Tony Parker and Eva Longoria, and Gisele Bündchen, whose pregnancy the company Photoshopped out. [NYDN]
Lindsay Continues To Impersonate A Fashion Designer; Lara Does Armani
- When Lindsay Lohan decided to expand her leggings line to a 280-piece collection, there was bound to be some chaff. But lace hoodies? Croc-embossed minidresses? A...thing made of sequins that looks like something Pamela Anderson wore? Dangerous precedents, all. [LATimes]
Lindsay To Collaborate With Ed Hardy; Boy George Believes In Comfy Shoes
- To pursue her goal of creating the world's ugliest clothing in every design category known to man, Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in talks to launch a line of handbags with Ed Hardy. [E]
The Evolution Of Homeless Chic
Vivienne Westwood's menswear show on Sunday featured models in frostbitten makeup carrying bed rolls and pushing shopping carts down the runway. It also made us ponder the evolution of the curious (and strangely recurrent) trend known as "homeless chic."
Alexa Chung Named Vogue's Best-Dressed; Fancy Stores Are Trying To Be Nice To Their Customers
- Alexa Chung has been named British Vogue's best-dressed for her "quirky sense of style." Also: Audrey Tautou, Freida Pinto, and Emma Watson. [ThisIsLondon]
- She's "deposed" Kate Moss, now "relegated to 10th place, only one spot ahead of Lady Gaga." [Telegraph]
Blackface: Officially A Trend
Here's a shot by Mario Sorrenti for the new V magazine. They can call it art, they can call it fashion. But they can't seem to call an actual black model, so let's call it bullshit. [Fashion Week Daily]
September Vogue: Last Ladymag Standing (And Jumping)
September
Vogue jumps out on the news stand for all the wrong reasons. On her fourth cover in three years, Keira Knightley's hair looks reminiscent of a baby primate (though not in a cute way), her pose is all wrong for the Balenciaga she's wearing, and her expression has a whiff of self-consciousness and striverdom…
