Karl Lagerfeld breaks his silence on who should succeed him at Chanel: “I have a contract for life, so it all depends on who I would like to hand it to. At the moment, I’d say Haider Ackermann,” the Kaiser told Numéro. [WWD]Tom Ford’s got a new cover girl, and her name is Daphne Groeneveld. [...]

Over the course of a century in a print, Women’s Wear Daily has had given a ton to the designers it covers. And for its centennial celebration, those designers are giving back—and doing a turn for charity, no less. Starting tomorrow at 11:59 p.m., the WWD@100 Auction launches online, featuring exclusive, one-of-a-kind items sold to [...]

A few days ago, we called your attention to Miuccia Prada’s his-’n’-hers dressing, at her Spring 2011 men’s and women’s shows. Looks like there’s one famous couple that listened. Armani fans George Clooney and his girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, hit the designer’s runway show in Milan today in corresponding suits. Mr. Clooney opted for a peak-lapel [...]

Click here to watch the Spring 2011 Giorgio Armani show live-streaming from Milan at 10 a.m. EDT, right here on Style.com.

Style.com’s Fashion Feed brings you the best of the news around the Web and on Twitter, and ranks the most-discussed designers, labels, models, and celebrities. In our weekly series, we call out the top five designers of the previous week (with our handy gloss on the hows and whys).1. Karl Lagerfeld (pictured; last week: N/A)Couture [...]

Tory Burch has opened her largest store to date—in Seoul. South Korea, brace for Reva fever in 5, 4, 3, 2… [WWD]Jean Paul Gaultier, Paul Smith, Giorgio Armani, and Vivienne Westwood are among the designers who have signed up to costume Snow White and the Seven Designers, a pantomime show that hits London this October. [...]

The German stylist, editor, and writer Markus Ebner isn’t exactly overwhelmed with free time—he’s the contributing fashion editor of Die Zeit, writes reviews for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and edits Achtung, the fashion magazine he founded and now runs from Paris. That makes it all the more impressive that every two years, for every World [...]

On last night’s American Idol, Lady Gaga performed in a mostly-mesh Armani bodysuit. “To complement the spirit of Lady Gaga herself, I have let my imagination run free,” the designer said. OK, just so long as he doesn’t make a habit of it. [Vogue U.K.]On with their heads? Apparently, mannequin heads are making a comeback—one [...]

Dubai’s bottomless appetite for superlatives—biggest this, best that—makes it an entirely appropriate venue for a significant first from Giorgio Armani. On Tuesday night, the designer cut the ribbon on his first hotel. It takes up ten floors of the Burj Khalifa, at 2,717 feet the tallest building in the world. To make sense of a [...]

Iron Man himself may be a vermilion shade of superhero, but at last night’s L.A. premiere of Iron Man 2, Valentino red wasn’t on the agenda. The film’s two leading ladies, Gwyneth Paltrow (reprising her role from the first flick) and Scarlett Johansson, each opted for a cool, wintry white. Armani was the man of [...]