Christian Dior has enlisted its second Black Swan star, Mila Kunis, to be a face for the brand. Kunis, who calls herself a “jeans and T-shirt” type of girl, joins the ranks of Dior ambassadors like Swan co-star Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, and Sharon Stone. The actress is the new face of the Mikael Jansson-shot [...]

This week at Milk Studios in New York, 62 photos (several of them previously unseen) of Marilyn Monroe will be on display for a two-day photo exhibition called Picturing Marilyn. The Dior dress she is wearing in her famous shoot with Bert Stern has been re-created and will be on display at the exhibit preview [...]

Couture-inspired silhouettes popped up in droves on the Spring runways, so it makes sense that peplums are having a moment. In the late forties and fifties, Christian Dior added flounces to the waistline of jackets as part of the New Look. This season, everyone from the current team at Dior to designers like Jason Wu [...]

“I want a woman from our age,” Maxime Simoens, the newly announced creative director of Leonard, tells Style.com of the look he has in mind for the label. “It was a bit old, in my opinion. I really want to give it sophistication and modernity. “The young French designer, who has taken the reins from [...]

What makes Chinese artist Zhang Huan a fashion darling? It’s not immediately obvious. Zhang, who has traipsed around the Whitney Museum while encased in raw meat, created enormous Buddhas from cowhide, and painted large-scale canvases using incense ash—all in the name of art—has also previously been commissioned by the likes of LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, [...]

Tyra Banks’ debut fiction book, Modelland, has become a New York Times best seller. The book has secured the number two spot on the list and has reached number one on the Barnes & Noble charts, and is reportedly going to be adapted for the big screen. [Vogue U.K.]Sir Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell in [...]

In March, you will be able to step into Christian Louboutin’s shoes in a whole new way. The Design Museum in the U.K. has paid tribute to the designer’s 20-year career with a retrospective exhibit “exploring how he has managed to transform shoe design and offering insight into his creative process.” [Vogue U.K.]What better way [...]

It remains to be seen whether Carine Roitfeld has a new magazine up her couture sleeves, but she seems to have several styling gigs in store. First there was her Chanel Fall 2011 ad campaign, and now a Jean Paul Gaultier spot, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin with Kristen McMenamy, has hit [...]

There arguably couldn’t be a more perfect time for Stephen Jones to be in New York talking hats—what with the American fascination with fascinators (see Princess Beatrice, newly minted Internet meme) lingering from last Friday’s Royal Wedding. The natty milliner was in town for Monday night’s Met gala and to introduce his collaborative exhibit with [...]

There’s another seat open at the designer fashion table. News broke today that Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi (above), creative directors of Gianfranco Ferré, are out at the Italian house (no word on their namesake collection, which presumably will continue for the present). Reports blame dwindling sales for the duo’s departure. But they’re only the [...]