The U.K. edition of Gentlemen’s Quarterly—a magazine that ought to know about such things—published its list of the 50 most stylish men in Britain online today. (The print edition, which will also include the ten worst-dressed men, not only in Britain but worldwide, arrives on Thursday.) The inclusion of young Romeo Beckham (#26, ten spots [...]

Gareth Pugh (left) has just opened his first store in Hong Kong, for which he shipped in tubs and tubs of black rubber paint from England. “What could be more me than a black box?” he asked of his design strategy. A black box full of nails, we’d say, though that might not be the [...]

At long last, Lanvin is opening its own Manhattan flagship. As usual, there’s no putting it better than Alber Elbaz: “It’s about time,” he said. Hear, hear. The new store bows on Madison and 68th Street in September. [WWD]Perhaps not as eagerly anticipated: Betty White’s clothing line. Can’t blame a (Golden) girl for riding the [...]

When I started contributing to 10 magazine, founder Sophia Neophitou—who does double duty as the fashion director of Harper’s Bazaar U.K.—laid down one ground rule: no celebrity coverage. (Which, as you can imagine, was something that took me a while to wrap my head around.) So I was a little surprised when 10’s editorial team [...]

Much anticipated and much debated, Megan Fox’s Armani underwear campaign is here. (The starlet replaces Posh—ahem, Victoria Beckham—as the female face of the line; fellow footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will replace hubby Becks, but he and Fox won’t appear together.) And while the world does not exactly lack for pictures of Megan in states of undress, [...]

After showing a collection seemingly geared to keep retailers happy, Yohji Yamamoto filed for bankruptcy today, which would explain this season’s (relative) lack of risk-taking. Let’s hope for something a bit more raw and deconstructed next season then, when we’re all rich again. [WWD]The live-streaming runway trend took off this season, and you can bet [...]

Since Victoria Beckham is one of my favorite (and valid) celebrity designers, I won’t be making any snide ladder climbing metaphors about her new Emporio Armani underwear campaign that just came out this morning. The images are quite the opposite of last season’s, which featured the global brand ambassadors languidly smoldering in some sort of [...]

Tilda Swinton + Ryan McGinley + Pringle of Scotland = Most unexpected campaign collaboration ever. Since McGinley basically only shoots models without their tops on, the chance of Swinton showing some skin, while unlikely, is not improbable. [Vogue U.K.]France’s trouble with jewelry heists shows no signs of abating. Yesterday, three men in Hawaiian shirts hit [...]

The long-expected bad news for Lacroix came on Friday, when employees were told that proposed cuts could effectively reduce the label to a licensing operation. The good news is that it’s still not too late for a rich fairy godmother to swoop in and save the day. So, fairy godmother, whenever you’re ready… [WWD]
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At the celebrity-starved, post-crash fall 2009 men’s collections in Milan, the big get is the newest star of AC Milan’s soccer team, one David Beckham. Dolce and Gabbana shuttled a group of editors to the San Siro stadium to watch the star in action from their VIP box Saturday night. But it was Giorgio Armani [...]