[Shanghai, December 3. Image via Getty.]

A model displays an outfit by German-born fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld during the Chanel Paris Shanghai fashion show in Shanghai on December 3, 2009. The show featured Lagerfeld's new collection Paris-Shanghai under the Chanel brand. AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

[Shanghai, November 19. Image via Getty]

A woman (2nd L) waits in front of public toilets in Shanghai during the World Toilet Day on November 19, 2009. The World Toilet Organization, the drive to improve sanitation around the globe founded in 2001 with 15 members and now having 151 member organizations in 53 countries, declared its founding day on 19 November, as World Toilet Day. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

[Shanghai, September 23. Image via Getty]

CORRECTION-DATE A Chinese woman drives her car through traffic as her dog looks out of the passenger window in Shanghai on September 23, 2009. The US has led rich nations in demanding that China and other developing nations commit to action in a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, whose requirements on rich states to cut emissions expire in 2012. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

[Shanghai, August 11. Image via Getty]

A young girl walks out of a metro station exit leading to a shopping mall in Shanghai on August 11, 2009. China's retail sales —the main measure of consumer spending, which the Chinese government sees as a key factor in boosting the economy — rose 15.2 percent in July 2009 compared with the same month in 2010. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

More photos of Sophie shilling French jewelry to unsuspecting Chinese after the jump, because she is so goddamned beautiful.

[January 30, Shanghai. Image via Getty.]

• After shooting her for a Dom Perignon campaign, Karl Lagerfeld expressed amazement at Claudia Schiffer's ability to play the diva at the heart of the campaign's storyline. We further express amazement that Karl got over his own whopping diva attitude to actually compliment someone other than himself. [WWD, 1st item]
  
• French designer Roland Mouret relaunching his new line Web 2.0 style on Net-A-Porter exclusively, with Victoria Beckham its celebrity spokesmodel. What vision! [Portfolio]
  
• Catherine Deneuve to design a handbag line! Which means that, sight unseen, some people (read: Jennifer) want one already. [WWD, 2nd item]
  
• Zara says cheap-chic competitors who use celebrity "designers" are cheating — since, um, duh they don't actually design? [Yahoo]

• Not-so-fast fashion: An Italian designer outfitted a gimpy 3-wheel car into her roving boutique. [WWD, sub req'd]
• Permira is thisclose to world domination! Er, we mean taking over 100% of Valentino. If pesky antitrust authorities don't get in the way, they'll have 60.2% of the label. Mwah hah hah. [WWD, sub req'd]
• Amsterdam-based designer Percy Irausquin is apparently one of the hottest up-and-coming names in fashion. Shouldn't he be from Antwerp or something? [Vogue UK]