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By Jenna Gisele Bundchen has given birth to a baby boy. Husband Tom Brady has a two-year-old son with actress Bridget Moynihan. [People]A Chantilly lace LBD worn by Audrey Hepburn in How To Steal A Million sold for $97,000. [AP] Naomi Campbell might do a modeling reality show in the U.K. Then she and Tyra...

By Jenna Diane Kruger nabbed a L'Oréal contract. [Elle UK]And yes, Siriano provides the contractually-obligated fierceness. [Racked] Asked to nominated a 21st Century "heroine" by Harper's Bazaar magazine, Sarah Brown chose Naomi Campbell, for her work with women's charities. Brown calls th...

By Jenna Julia Roberts will become a face of Lancôme, appearing in ads beginning early next year. Roberts earns up to $20 million per film, and could realize a similar amount from her first major beauty contract; the company won't say. [WWD] Kate Moss so admired a fellow wedding guest's bracelet tha...

By Jenna Lacroix made certain gestures toward becoming the kind of brand that produced profitable marginalia like sunglasses and perfumes — two scents were eventually produced under license by Avon, and Christian Lacroix did a designer water collaboration with Evian in 2007 — but fundamenta...

By Jenna Yoko Ono turned up to the Tokyo launch of Comme des Garçons' Beatles-inspired line. [WWD]Christian Lacroix may not have a confirmed buyer for his bankrupt fashion line, but he will design a tower in Dubai. [AB] 14-year-old style blogger wunderkind Tavi Gevinson is in Tokyo this week for Co...

By Jenna Designer Sophie Théallet has won the $200,000 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Award. "Thank you for making my American dreams come true," said she. [Style.com]Skating at an outdoor rink in London, Lily Cole knocked over a small child. [Daily Mail] Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric have announced the bi...

By Jenna Lindsay Lohan's first collection for Ungaro has been derided by yet another industry heavyweight: Emanuel Ungaro himself. The designer, who sold the business that bears his name in 2005, says Lohan's work was "a disaster" that left him "furious." [Independent] Glamour editor Cindi Lei...

By Jenna Alicia Keys has a jewelry line; her bangles and rings come engraved with the words of the Japanese pseudoscientist Masaru Emoto. You can't make this up. [WWD]Marie Claire has published some clear pictures of Rodarte's line for Target. [Nitrolicious] John Galliano's Christmas tree desig...

By Jenna Heidi Klum is not Superwoman, okay? She's not walking in the Victoria's Secret runway show a mere month after giving birth to her fourth child. She's just going to host it. Sheesh. Some people have such unrealistic expectations. [E!] Meanwhile, this year's angels have been named: Candice Sw...

By LatoyaPeterson Hertz has since devoted her career to debunking economic myths. After a year, she quit her World Bank job and spent another four years in Russia while getting her PhD in economics and business at Cambridge. Hertz published a book indicting the World Bank and the IMF for imposing American-st...

By Jenna Here are leaked pictures of Lindsay Lohan's spring campaign for 6126. The images were shot by reality-TV-star photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani. [Gone Hollywood] That was quick: Steve Madden has finalized a deal with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to manufacture shoes and accessori...

By Jenna Most stars take their precious fashion endorsement deals pretty seriously. So it's refreshing to see James Francomaking fun of his perfume ad. The joke is simple: He can't pronounce "Gucci." "Huh," he says, "I always thought it was Guckie?"

By Jenna Marisa Miller has earned the most coveted position of all the Victoria's Secret runway girls: Wearer Of The Diamond-Studded Bra. Her equipment costs $3 million. "It's surprisingly comfortable," says Miller. Sure looks it. [People] Sir Paul Smith would love it "if fashion shows died out co...

By Dodai Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise were surprise guests at a "massive" Scientology party in England last week. Four thousand other Scientologists — including John Travolta and Kelly Preston — were part of a "rapturous, fist-pumping crowd." It was the 25th anniversary of the Intern...

By Dodai The producers of Sex And The CIty 2 are pulling out all the stops: Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus and Liza Minnelli are all confirmed to do cameo appearances. It seems like each will play herself. [Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are in a "bitter pre-nup battle." Does this mean the honeymoon is ove...

By Jenna Move over, David Beckham: Cristiano Ronaldo is posing in the spring Armani underwear campaign. [AP]Beckham, who says he decided not to renew his Armani contract, is said to be looking to launch an underwear line of his own. [WWD] A fit model who worked at Guess? for three years is suing the co...

By Jenna Katy Perry, like Lady Gaga before her, has succumbed to the charms of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's fall collection. The singer wore this dress to the label's spring show — which is like wearing the band t-shirt to the concert. [People] Twelve Syrian fashion designers presented 60 looks i...

By Intern Katy Elijah Wood and Shirley Manson star in a new ad campaign for Oliver Peoples Spring 2010 Resort Collection. Hate to say it, but in this Mad Men-inspired campaign, both come across as a poor woman's Joan & Don. [Black Book] According to Paula Sutter, Diane von Furstenberg is "a techy." "She...

By hortense Gucci's Spring 2010 collection is filled with short, sleek dresses, broad shouldered jackets, gorgeous bags, killer heels, and various details that wouldn't be out of place at a giant S&M party in the year 2078.

By Sadie Model Lara Stone, size 4: "I don't want to be the fat one anymore, so, I have just started doing Pilates every morning, then going to the gym, running, and swimming." [ElleUK] BlackBook: "Given all of the hope Stone has offered in terms of representing the fashion industry eventually widen...

By Sadie The Gucci party for Mary J. Blige's women's foundation, Ffawn, at Gucci's Fifth Avenue store, was mostly elegant: Serena Williams, Alicia Keys, Devon Aoki, Estelle and LeBron James all looked sweet and sharp. And then there was that tunic...

By Jenna Colin Firth won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in former Gucci designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man. [Vogue UK]Did Louis Vuitton make a $590 knock off of this New Balance sneaker? [WWD] If anyone had told me Courtney Love was going to perform at the Alexand...

By Jenna Before coming to Burberry, Bailey worked at Donna Karan, and for another great recent fashion revival case, Gucci under Tom Ford. Although he didn't take much from Ford's sexy Cosmo-cover-line aesthetic, Bailey undoubtedly experienced an object lesson in how to design a venerable hou...

By Jenna Kate Moss's latest fashion contribution: tights that look like you took a drunken prat fall on a gravel driveway. [The Sun]The surprise guest of honor at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago: Miss Piggy. [WWD] Cindy Crawford: "I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am goin...

By Jenna For the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, the magazine interviewed Karl Lagerfeld, speaking as Coco Chanel. In character, the Grand Teuton shared such idiotic reflections as: "I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that." [FWD] A very painterly, Frenchified image o...

By jenna Michelle Obama wore Michael Kors to celebrate the National Design Awards winners on Friday. "What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that becomes useful," said the first lady, to a crowd that included Francisco Costa. [WWD] Meanwhile, Ikram Goldman — the Chica...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Chicago apparel manufacturer American Needle and the National Football League. American Needle contends that the league ran afoul of antitrust laws when its 32 teams canceled their individual apparel licenses to manufacture exclu...

By Dodai While Giorgio Armani notably cast some black models for his Emporio Armani show, as did Donatella Versace for hers, there was not a single black (or Asian or Latino) face to be seen on the runways at Jil Sander, Missoni, Burberry, Trussardi, Bottega Veneta, Gianfranco Ferre, Roberto Cav...

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel Speaking of celebrity largesse, Michael Jordan has unveiled the latest shoe to bear his Air Jordan imprimatur. It includes a carbon plate “to increase propulsion and explosiveness on-court,” because you will naturally want to wear a gleaming white $190-$230 pair of kicks to shoot hoop...

By SadieStein Rihanna has been made the face of Gucci’s new UNICEF campaign. Gucci's creative director, Frida Giannini, chose the pop star and founder of the Believe Foundation after seeing her perform at a UNICEF fundraiser in February. "When we decided to dedicate a full ad campaign, more than just cr...

By Sadie Stein Wal-Mart to pay 6.5 million in workers' comp. [WWD] Apparently "the bitchy one" has won Australia's Next Top Model. [News.com.au] Is this in poor taste in an election year? Not sure: JFK-inspired togs. [BlackBook] Gucci CEO weighs in on market challenges. [Business Week] Anorexic model makes...

By Jennifer How surprising: Prada isn't going public come June, as previously announced. (Actually, no one's surprised about this at all.) [NYT] Simon Doonan on why he loves Amy Winehouse: "I strongly disagree with her drug taking — I mean it's insane — but when I was that age I was a mess, too. I think she'...

By Jennifer Looks like ELLE International Creative Director Gilles Bensimon is on the masthead in name only; though Bensimon has historically shot every cover in the history of the American fashion magazine, his services were not needed for its upcoming April and May covers. Incidentally, Bensim...

The new Marc Jacobs ads featuring Victoria Beckham have finally been made public. And they're awesome. Also: We seem to remember a certain Glamour magazine beauty editor who took to doing this with a Gucci bag. [WWD, 1st item] Madonna swears that the Fox News reports aren't true and that she d...

By Jennifer A tipster tells us that this year, Conde Nast staffers are receiving "very big, engraved" umbrellas as their Christmas bonuses. "Engraved"? With what? Wintour's new lips? Anyone have a pic? Diane von Furstenberg is to China as Tom Ford is to Russia. Says DVF, ""I am totally impressed and ex...

By Dodai Natalie Portman gave Julia Roberts a necklace that read "Cunt" after they finished the film Closer because they used so many "dirty words" in the movie. Later, Julia gave Natalie one that read "Lil Cunt." How sweet! [Rush & Molloy]Jimmy Kimmel will be flying to New York City every day to...

By Dodai James Scully has been in the business for over 20 years, worked in Milan, and in addition to booking models for Harper's Bazaar, had worked for Gucci under Tom Ford. He argued that if Tom Ford said, "Bring me a beautiful girl," he meant a beautiful girl of any color, which is how Liya Kebede end...

By Jennifer Memo to models: It does not make us like you any more when you say things like, "But my whole family is tall and pretty!". [Fashion Week Daily] Olivier Theyskens is going to restage his S/S 2008 Nina Ricci show in interior designer/cracked out Top Design judge Kelly Wearstler's backyard in B...

By Jennifer At only 35 years of age, Gucci designer Frida Giannini seems blissfully unfazed by the somewhat tawdry legacy at the Italian design house she now helms, presenting clothes that, unlike her predecessor Tom Ford's sartorial representations of prostitution, are just plain pretty. And ve...

By Dodai Salma Hayek has given birth to a baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault. If you're thinking of sending a gift, keep in mind that Salma's baby daddy/fiancé François Henri Pinault, is the CEO of the firm which owns Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, so the kid's probably got everything she "needs". [P...

By Jennifer Not content with simply swinging around your status bag and walking in your status shoes and and flashing your status bling? Now you can barf up your status meal! Yes for the true blue fashionista comes a culinary experience that lets your innards and your friends know that if you have to as...

By Jennifer Designer Alice Roi can't decide if she wants to commit to a permanent boutique so she's testing the waters with a pop-up store in New York, open today through Sunday. Roi-designed accessories, long-designed, but never sold, will also be featured. [WWD]