While you were sleeping, Paris Fashion Week was sashaying along, and Brit designer Stella McCartney presented her fall/winter 2013 collection earlier today. Reuters describes the clothes as having a "structured, masculine feel in line with McCartney's tomboy sensibility." I'd call them ugly, droopy, cavernous and bleak.…

Besides Beyoncé and the Clydesdale, there was something else eye-catching during the Super Bowl: Calvin Klein's first-ever Super Bowl commercial. Calvin Klein Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp, hired creative director Fabien Baron of Baron + Baron to create the 30-second spot, shot by Steven Klein and…

Last night, Kanye West asked his Twitter followers if they thought it was ever okay to use the word "bitch." (Well, by "ask" we mean he tweeted incessantly for quite some time, as he is known to do.) "I usually never tweet questions but I struggle with this so here goes...is the word BITCH acceptable?" Kanye posited. "To be…

There is a dress so gorgeous, so flattering, so magical that it's causing celebrities to throw caution to the wind and live the major faux-pas that is wearing the exact same ensemble as another celebrity. That dress is The Octavia, a $1600 feat of fashion by Stella McCartney that upon wearing, will make anyone look…

There's a bumper crop of Met Ball fashion gossip this morning. When asked on the red carpet how she felt in her teal Stella McCartney dress, Madonna told a reporter, "A little bit fat." Really? Knowing that makes us kinda sad. [The Cut]
Unlike last year, Anna Wintour did not dance at the Met Ball. Even when Jay-Z and…

The semi-annual trade show known as New York fashion week started yesterday, and after doing the rounds of shows, I managed get into a party at the Stella McCartney store. It was sponsored by PETA, and Tim Gunn, Olivia Munn, and Taraji P. Henson were the guests of honor. I walked in, collected a glass of red, ate a…

• "Since Wonder Woman has this amazing strength," explains a spokesperson, everything's oversized. Products range from $14 for fake lashes to $49.50 for "a brush set with its own metallic utility belt," and are expected to generate sales of $20m. [WWD]

• Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld, who has helmed the magazine for a decade, just announced she's stepping down from her position to attend to "personal projects." This is major! The entire fashion world wants mommy! *whimper* [WWD]

• Angelina Jolie is shilling fine jewelry again, with former Asprey executive Robert Procop. This black necklace she wore to a Salt premiere is one of their pieces. The jewels will be "priced individually," with proceeds going to Jolie's charity. [WWD]