Is Agyness Deyn “slightly dim…filled primarily with airy, whipped pink goo”? Or is she a calculating controller of her own public persona? The Times investigates. [NYT]
The death knell for celebrity clothing lines has been ringing for some time, but it seems like now we really will be seeing the last of the contemporary vanity [...]

Sophia Kokosalaki is moonlighting again. The Greek designer, who briefly helmed Vionnet, will take on Diesel’s high-end contemporary line, Black Gold, in addition, that is, to working on her namesake collection. Those should be some pretty fabulous jeans. [WWD]
Stilettos for everyone! High-low takes on new meaning with the announcement of H&M’s latest collaboration, [...]

A longtime health care advocate, Donna Karan received an honorary nursing diploma last week from a New York nursing school. Should we expect scrubs for Spring? [WWD]
Pete Doherty’s up to his old tricks, by which we mean shooting up in an airplane bathroom and getting arrested. Good ol’ Pete. [The Sunday Mail]
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With Harvey Weinstein’s help, Amy Sacco made the Bung the official post-Met late-night hot spot. Josh Hartnett boogied with Lily Donaldson, Kerry Washington swung on palm trees with Rachel Zoe, Agyness Deyn holed herself up in conversation with Giambattista Valli, and Kate Hudson petted the feathers that Daphne Guinness left in her wake. Things only [...]

Jeremy Scott has driven his fun-filled train of style through nearly every major fashion capital in Western civilization, putting on shows in New York and Paris, and basing his operations in Los Angeles. But the city he’s considering for his next takeover could be London—at least that’s what friend Henry Holland explained. “We’d take him,” [...]

One-time Madonna flame A-Rod admits to using performance-enhancing drugs (even President Obama is disappointed), but now, he swears, he just does Kabbalah, which everyone knows is the gateway drug to Scientology. It’s a slippery slope, Alex. [New York Post]
Madonna, meanwhile, has found Jesus. Jesus Luz, that is, and by the looks of this Steven Klein [...]

Agyness Deyn was one of the hottest attractions last week at Saõ Paulo fashion week. In town to walk for the elegantly sporty mass-market brand Ellus, she’s also the star of their new campaign, joining a previous roster of superstars like Chloë Sevigny, Kate Moss, and Milla Jovovich. Backstage, the press was in a frenzy [...]

Is Paco Rabanne set for a comeback? The French brand—most recently designed by Gap mastermind Patrick Robinson and known now for its fragrances—may shift its focus to include beauty and clothes. Now we get to play the new designer guessing game. Who might it be? Well, there are a few out of work: Paulo [...]

“I guess it’s like an Academy Award for models, but a life-size one,” said Coco Rocha last night at the Rootstein Gallery, standing beside a mannequin made in her exact likeness, complete with her newly unveiled red hair. The Canadian catwalk queen is the latest fashion figure to be immortalized by the iconic mannequin maker. [...]

Alexander Wang, Vena Cava, and Albertus Swanepoel nabbed the three prizes last night at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, but the evening also featured a couple of prevalent looks, which we’d like to think of as winners in their own right. The first is the pant—particularly one that’s carrot-shaped and cropped—a trend which reached critical [...]