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  • Phew! Lydia Hearst's kidney stones won't be keeping her off the runway: the "leggy trooper" is determined to walk. [NY Post]
  • Marc Jacobs enjoys the freedom of kilts: "I was just recently fascinated by the whole men-in-skirts controversy of the nineties. No. I got one and I started wearing it and it made me happy, so I bought more. And now I just can't stop wearing them." [NY Post]
  • NPR discovers that people are interested in political fashion. [NPR]
  • Which is good, cause apparently there's a political tee "arms race" afoot! "A search on the site for Sarah Palin already yields more than 2,500 results. John McCain gets about 9,000, and Barack Obama about 20,000 (Joe Biden paraphernalia is in very short supply.)" [LA Times]
  • Kate Moss has cut her hair. [ElleUK]
  • Agyness deep-conditions her newly-bobbed coif. "Yeah… or else they’d fall out! Because I bleach them. I go to Laurie Foley." [Elle]
  • And if this makes you admire Agyness enough to totally trivialize the election, why, you can wear a political button supporting her "candidacy!" "Modelinia.com created these buttons with slogans like “Vote for the Stam,” “Cast a Tally for Ally,” and “Coco 2008,” all for the week’s most popular models to match this year’s political theme." [Fashion Week Daily]
  • Fast Fashion Cheat Sheet. [Esquire]
  • Laetitia Casta is the face of "Notorious," Ralph Lauren's newest women's fragrance. [UPI]
  • WHEN WILL TOP SHOP NEW YORK OPEN? STOP TAUNTING US! [NY Mag]
  • Monique Lhuillier's fashion week caffeine consumption: "I've been getting between four to seven hours of sleep, and I've been drinking 4 cups of coffee on average during show prep. Normally, I barely have one!" [Elle]
  • Model Miranda Kerr's mom may be a savvy business manager but, "We talk every day and she texts me every time she gets on a plane and lands again to say she's safe. It's important for our peace of mind. She's still our only little girl." [News.com.au]
  • To appeal to European women, Nike swaps the aggressive "Just Do It" for the vague "Here I Am." [WSJ]
  • Fashionistas talk recession: Says one critic, "I don't think enough designers are thinking about it. The clothes we've seen so far have been embroidered and beaded or very elaborate, and they only mean something to the top one-thousandth percent of the population." [Slate]
  • Irina Lazareanu is giving Fashion Week a pass to work on this alleged "album with Sean Lennon" that's been in the works since they were a couple. [WWD]
  • No one knows what to make of the new trend in shiny happy moddles. [IHT]
  • Hey, want a $1,000 tote bag? "To mark Vanity Fair’s Campaign New York, Lambertson Truex teamed up with artist Donald Baechler to create a limited edition tote. The bag features a print that is the background of one of Baechler’s paintings." Oh, well in that case! [WWD]
  • That Blahnik that Big proposed to Carrie with is selling at Bergdorf's. For $945. Manolo will be there to autograph said shoes. The sad thing is, you just know they're gonna fly. [NY Times]
  • Yoga outfitter Lululemon beats the recession blues. [WWD]
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  • Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton has quit her job as a buyer for British chain Jigsaw. The Brits think this means there's an engagement on the horizon! We think, uh, Middleton probably realized that, um, once you have dated Prince William your connections can probably land you a job in an industry slightly less ridiculous and soul-deadening than fashion? [Vogue UK]
  • Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour went to meet with NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday. When asked by the press what they met about his staffers answered, "to convince the mayor to wear Brooks Brothers suits." Clever!
    So you mean it wasn't because she has some radical new plan for fixing the ailing public school system? [New York Daily News]
  • And speaking of our public schools, manufacturing a $62,000 Guerlain lipstick = not gonna help things! [Sassybella]
  • Model Helena Christensen is a DJ, or anyway she's "done it like 10 times" and "justs sit[s] with all [her] CDs and thinks about what [she] want[s] to listen to." Yup, that pretty much makes you a DJ these days! But is she as pretty as Leigh Lezark? [Fashion Week Daily]
  • Estee Lauder is ousting their own: William Lauder, Estee's grandson, will be "stepping down" within next two years and some Proctor & Gamble exec who oversees their snack foods division is taking the gig. Which, um, seems like a perfectly natural fit to us? [WSJ]
  • Le barf: W hotels has partnered with Puma allowing its guests to create their own custom-designed pair of sneaks from their room. The in-room "design center" is supposed to look like a Mongolian barbeque. [SO. DUMB. SRSLY.-Moe] [Fashion Week Daily]
  • Juicy Couture has set up shop on Rodeo Drive. Which maybe would have been a shrewd business decision when 1. People were still shopping on Rodeo Drive and 2. People in L.A. still wore Juicy, including while shopping on Rodeo Drive, but now it just seems like some investor gave them too much money and they have to spend it somehow. [Fashion Week Daily]
  • Isaac Mizrahi goes on Martha Stewart's show Dec. 21. [WWD, 2nd item]
  • Says designer Donna Karan of her new fragrance Delicious Night: "We're out at night, being naughty, having fun, enjoying the city tonight. This is a fragrance that can carry you from the day into the evening, like someone you want to cuddle up to." Did we mention Donna is dating a male model? [WWD, sub req'd]
  • What makes Zac Posen's Japanese food-loving mama Susan so proud? That her son can "recall what he wore to every event, everything he's put on in the last 27 years." Gifted! [NYP]
  • Pointy-toed shoes: Apparently back? [FabSugar]
  • The prodigiously talented Anya Hindmarch has been nominated for two British Fashion Awards. And by "prodigiously talented" we mean... you know what we mean. [Vogue UK]
  • Elle magazine's International Creative Director Gilles Bensimon: Really loves handbags! [Fashion Week Daily]
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