Carine Roitfeld Announces Shock Resignation

- 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]
What Vogue Actually Pays Its Models
It's not much! Filings made in association with a $3.75 million lawsuit include the earnings statement of one of the plaintiffs, the Polish supermodel Anna Jagodzinska. That ledger tallies gigs for American Vogue, Vogue Paris, and an H&M campaign.
Women In Their 50s And 60s Are Fall's Most Surprising Ladymag Trend
When Tom Ford guest edited Vogue Paris' Holiday issue, he put in an editorial that's a little unusual for a fashion magazine: it features only "mature women" who haven't gone under the knife.
Karl Lagerfeld Thinks It's OK Kate Middleton Is A Commoner, Because She's Fashionable
- Krazy Kaiser Karl, on Kate Middleton and Prince William: "For the royals, apparently the royal blood is not in demand any longer." But no matter, because Middleton is "beautiful and elegant," and "chic in a way the position needs." [WWD]
And This Is How You Totally Dominate The Cover Of Vogue Paris
- Here's Russian model Natasha Poly, rocking brown hair and bright eyeshadow on the November cover of Vogue Paris. [@VogueParisLive]
- Victoria Beckham Tweeted a super-close-up picture of her husband looking hunky and wearing a pair of her new sunglasses. [@victoriabeckham]
And Now, Some Performing-Arts Thighlights
Meet Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle, as photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for the November, 2010, issue of Vogue Paris. Click for full-size sexytime.
Tyra Banks Made Her Own Couture Mask For French Vogue Party
She Tweeted: "So FRENCH VOGUE mask is sum cheap FISHNET stockings I got n crazy store n Paris! I cut em up n made it y'all. N did my ow hair n makeup." Congratulations! You are still in the running…
Heidi Klum Cuts Ties With Victoria's Secret
- Heidi Klum is turning in her diamond-encrusted bra. After 13 years, she is officially resigning as the head Victoria's Secret Angel. Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima are reportedly being considered for promotion. [NYDN]
Check Out All The Old French Vogue Covers
To fête its 90th year, Vogue Paris has published a gallery of 50 of its covers. We've always dug Filippa Hamilton's and Liya Kebede's, both from 2002, but now Andy Warhol's portrait of Caroline de Monaco might be our favorite.
Karl Lagerfeld Will Let Only Nobu's Creations Touch His Rarefied Lips
- Fashion diva Karl Lagerfeld held up a luncheon given in his honor because he refused to eat any food not made by Nobu. [Telegraph]
- Breaking: Anna Wintour briefly removed her sunglasses before the Derek Lam show. [NYObs]
Marion Cotillard Ditches Her Eyebrows For French Vogue Cover
- Vogue Paris picked Marion Cotillard for its September cover, and bleached her eyebrows. Strangely enough, the French actress has never been on the cover of Vogue Paris before, though she made American Vogue's cover last November and this July. [@VogueParisLive]
Naomi Campbell Must Testify About That Blood Diamond, Says Court
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone ruled that prosecutors can subpoena Naomi Campbell to compel her to testify about blood diamonds witnesses report she received from warlord Charles Taylor in 1997. Campbell had rebuffed prosecutors' attempts to interview her. [AP]
