Glenn Beck's Gold Obsession Infects Ladymags

This season, fashion is heavily into gold. Models are dripping in gold chains, draped in metallicized leathers, or covered, like Siri Tollerod here, in actual gold leaf. I can only assume the ladymags are listening to too much Glenn Beck.
America's Next Top Model Judge Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
- Stylist and sometime America's Next Top Model judge Nolé Marin has been accused of sexual misconduct by a male model, who says that Marin fondled him at two photo shoots, and offered to kick-start his career in exchange for sex.
Fashion Week: The Best Of Backstage
This fashion week, we sent photographer Nilina Mason-Campbell to document the goings-on behind-the-scenes. Herewith, models reading, designers preening, dressers dressing, and, um, Alan Cumming.
Kim Kardashian To Take Manhattan; Models Still Thin
- Kim Kardashian isn't just coming to the tents to show her Bebe line — she'll join Felicity Huffman and Estelle, among other celebrities, in a fashion show to raise awareness of heart disease. [WWD]
Kate's Balmain Copied; Punky Brewster Does Kids' Clothes
- The UK supermarket chain Asda has knocked off the Fall '09 Balmain dress that Kate Moss wore out dancing — and burst the seams of — two months ago. Asda's version costs just £16. [Telegraph]
