Victoria's Secret Hopes You Will Go to the Gym in This Push-Up Bra

Victoria’s Secret wants you to work out in a push-up halter it calls the “Showtime Sport Bra.” As bras go, this one is long on the “show” and short on the “sport.” It has underwire and “push-up padding for lift & cleavage.” VS grades it only “medium support.” Sounds comfortable! Someone give this to Amanda Bynes. Never forget that as a woman it is your duty to look sexy and club-ready with boobs hiked firmly up to your chin at all times — even when sweating on the elliptical machine or the bench press. [Racked]

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Jennifer Lopez joined Karl Lagerfeld on the German talk show Wetten, Das…? and awkwardly brought up the fact that Chanel had only loaned — not given — her daughter a sparkly Chanel logo pin that the 4-year-old wore to the Chanel show last week. (Little Emme still went home with a white Chanel handbag for her trouble.) “Lent?” said Lagerfeld. “They took it back? Oh, that’s horrible!” [YouTube]
Then, on French television, Lagerfeld had to stand by awkwardly while a comedian put on a cat suit (that looked more like a panda costume) and called himself “Chat Lagerfeld.” [The Cut]

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Nicole Kidman is on the cover of the new Harper’s Bazaar. She says that when she dresses for red-carpet events, “I make sure to wear comfortable dresses, because I want to be able to go out afterward and, you know, bend.” The chartreuse Christian Dior dress she wore to the Oscars in 1997 is still in her possession. “It’s packed in a box with tissue paper, and it will be donated to a museum,” says the actress. And she has a closet full of other couture and designer pieces. “Whichever daughter loves clothes more will get dibs on all those. But I keep them in the same way that I’d keep a painting.” Kidman also says that one unanticipated benefit of aging is that at least she gets the dread tabloid BABY OR BURRITO?!?! arrow less frequently now. “I’ve always had a little belly. I mean, now that I’m 45, they don’t say, ‘Oh, she’s pregnant!’ as much.” [Harper’s Bazaar]

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Susie Bubble very delicately asks Donatella Versace what she thinks of people who think Versace is “tacky” in this video. “Tacky, never mind,” says Versace. “What is tacky? What is chic?” [Vimeo]

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L’Wren Scott’s new licensed eyewear collection will retail for $249-$399. [WWD]

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Stella Rose St. Claire — one of the “real people” shot by Lanvin for its fall campaign — caught the eye of Fashionista’s street-style photographer. Look at her nails! [Fashionista]

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• Jennifer Lawrence nabbed a fashion campaign. She will be the next face of Miss Dior handbags, a role previously filled by Mila Kunis. [WWD]
• Balenciaga’s little experiment in crowd-sourced questions for Kristen Stewart has one amusing effect: even the rejected fan-submitted questions are publicly visible, meaning people can see a) exactly how sanitized Stewart and Balenciaga’s peeps are making the proceedings and b) that people really, really want to ask the actress stuff about “Krisbians” (straight women who would “go gay” for her) and:
• How many volts is Rob’s power tool?
• [Fashionista]
• The blue gingham dress that Judy Garland famously wore in The Wizard of Oz is up for auction, where it is expected to fetch $500,000. [Guardian]
• Designer Alfred Fiandaca says he loves that Ann Romney wears clothes he designed years ago — like her pink debate suit, which is from 2006. “She’s secure enough to wear something she likes, no matter how old it is,” says Fiandaca. “That’s always been my fashion philosophy: if a man can wear a suit for seven to 10 years, why can’t a woman?” [WWD]
• Jourdan Dunn will be the host of an online cooking show called Dunn with Jourdan Dunn. The show will be released on Jay-Z’s YouTube channel. [Telegraph]
• Neiman Marcus released its annual holiday catalog, which always features headline-grabbing fantasy gifts (that are rarely, in fact, ever sold). This year’s include: his-‘n’-hers diamond watches by Van Cleef and Arpels ($1.09 million), a dinner and tequila tasting for 10 cooked by Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Jerome Bocuse, and Richard Rosendale ($250,000), and a jet pack ($99,500). [WWD]
• Turns out Lady Gaga wore some clothes from Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent (Or Whatever The Fuck It’s Called) spring collection to go visit Julian Assange in his hidey-hole at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. [Fashionista]
• Candie’s is launching a beauty line including nail polish, lip gloss, and perfume this November with Kohl’s. [WWD]
• L’Uomo Vogue themed its October issue around China — and it proved to be a big success with advertisers, with a 104% increase in ad pages over the October, 2011, issue. [WWD]
• Alexa Chung says the book she’s writing will be a little bit in the vein of Rookie, which recently released its first book:
• “It’s basically a compendium of drawings, photographs and I’m going to write about a bunch of stuff. It’s not like a “style bible”, which I keep reading it being reported as. It’s more like just imagery I find interesting and it’s going to have a sense of humor and I guess more into the things that Rookie has done. I don’t really know yet. I haven’t written it yet.”
• [Fashionista]
• The 99 Cent Store is looking for a location on ritzy Rodeo Drive. It is also looking for publicity: the chain took the unusual step of making a press release about this development. [WWD]
• Puma says it is ramping up its commitment to sustainable manufacturing practices. In addition to accounting “for the costs of its air pollution, greenhouse gases, waste, land and water use” in its manufacturing, it is introducing biodegradable and recyclable products, including sneakers and apparel. After the garments have worn out, they can be returned to Puma stores for recycling. [Reuters]
• Target has opened the first in a new chain of stores under the C9 Active Apparel name. This store is in San Francisco, and the chain will sell active wear from the Champion brand, which Target owns. [WWD]
• True Religion is for sale. Anyone wanna buy True Religion? [WWD]