Competing Isabella Blow Biographers Attack Each Other

- Detmar Blow and Tom Sykes are trading jibes with Lauren Goldstein Crowe over their dueling Isabella Blow biographies, both of which hit U.S. bookstore stores this week. Everyone is sniping at everyone over the email, sometimes in ALLCAPS!!!
What The Hell Is Britney Doing In A Wedding Dress?
- Britney Spears is on the cover of Pop magazine, and inside, she's photographed in a wedding dress complete with veil.
Solange, Zooey, & Leona Book Campaigns; Balenciaga Blacklists Vogue Editor
- Zooey Deschanel and Solange Knowles are joining Kate Moss, Coco Rocha, and Georgia May Jagger as the faces of Rimmel. [WWD]
- Meanwhile, Leona Lewis is the next face of American cotton's long-running "The Fabric of Our Lives" campaign. [Sun]
Claire Danes Shills For Weird Lash Product; Christian Siriano Returns To Bravo
- Claire Danes and her spooky, enhanced spiderleg eyelashes will soon be staring down at you from ads for Latisse, the eyelash-growing goop that has this totally minor side effect where sometimes it permanently changes a user's eye color. [AOL]
Letterman In "Sextortion" Plot; Kanye & Gaga's Tour Canceled
- Last night, David Letterman revealed that a CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from him because he had sexual relationship with female employees.
Cate Nabs Vogue Cover; Naomi Attacks Photographer
- Australian Vogue's September cover is out, and it features a stunning illustration of Cate Blanchett. [WWD]
- Meanwhile, Fashion Week Daily is reporting on a rumor that Victoria Beckham might be American Vogue's October cover model. [FWD]
Kate Moss Destroys Hopes Of Kills Fans; Emma Watson To Design Own Line?
- One of the hazards of dating a rock star: When, mid-fight, you want to throw some of his stuff into a pool, there's a slight risk that he might have unreleased, non-backed-up new songs among his personal effects. [Mirror]
This Recession Will Change Everything (About The Way We Dress)
Everyone has a theory about what the recession will "mean" for fashion. Wanna hear often correct New York Times critic Cathy Horyn's? Oh yes you do!
David Revealed; Supermodel To Design Spring Line
- Before digesting the latest round of layoffs, garment worker intimidation, stupidly expensive luxury crap, and magazine turmoil, say a hearty Good mornin' to David Beckham in his fancy new Armani underwear ad. Hello David. [People]
Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
- Gisele Bundchen garnered an estimated $25 million in the past year, notching up campaigns for everything from Dior to True Religion jeans. Rounding out Forbes' 10 top-earning models list are posers like Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Kate Moss and — the sole biracial model represented — Emanuela de Paula. [Forbes]
But Aren't Makeup Ads About Making Women Feel Bad So They Buy Dumb Products?
- Freida Pinto and Evangeline Lilly are new faces of L'Oreal. To mark the occasion, Lilly said she's proud "to represent a brand whose ambition is to...contribute to the fulfilment [sic] and well-being of everyone." [PRNewswire]
Art Collector Sues Louis Vuitton For Fraud
This Los Angeles man paid $12,000 for two limited-edition prints by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. But what he actually bought was off-cuts of fabric left over from the Louis Vuitton factory, stretched and mounted.
A New Vuitton-Murakami Handbag Line "Will Help Make New York Strong Again!"
- Takashi Murakami: would you just look at that fucking face? That is a face that will almost melt your cynicism away. You'll forget most people know who he is because he designed a line of handbags for Louis Vuitton...
- And that handbag line got knocked off to the point that he's arguably America's most famous…
Designers, Old School Supermodels Have Super Style At Murakami Show
Last night the Brooklyn Museum kicked off its new Louis Vuitton-sponsored exhibit on artist Takashi Murakami, who made a name for himself Stateside for putting whimsical art all over old-school Vuitton handbags. At the event: Once blue-haired Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs (left) who, a la Amy Winehouse,…
March Vogue: Just Us, Or Does Drew Look Scarymore?
- (Photoshop of) Horrors! It's Drew Barrymore on the March Vogue and something just does not look right. [Just Jared]
- You won't be seeing Lily Allen in her underwear anytime soon: the rumors about her being the latest face of Agent Provocateur are allegedly BS. [Sassybella]
- The Gap's spring advertising campaign features…
