Being a top model requires the ability to withstand some unpleasant encounters. “The snakes. I don’t mind snakes, but sometimes they’ve been quite…you know, snakes going up legs and snakes everywhere,” says Kate Moss, referring to one of her weirdest modeling gigs. [Huff Po]Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have brought on Prada’s U.S. president and chief [...]

Janelle Monáe has been announced as the performer for the New York amfAR gala next month. Sarah Jessica Parker has been confirmed as the evening’s host. [amfAR]Kate Moss has already shot a video for Mango with Terry Richardson, and today the label released its spring campaign featuring Moss. The images were shot by Richardson and [...]

Sir Paul Smith has designed seven stamps for the Isle of Man in honor of London’s Olympic Games this year. The stamps, which went on sale January 1, include images of tennis balls, pink bicycles, and racing boats. [
">WWD]Alexa Chung, who is currently promoting her new television show 24 Hour Catwalk, took a brief [...]

The Golden Globe and SAG nominations have been announced, and now, in the spirit of awards season, Modelinia has handed out a few honors of its own to this year’s hottest catwalkers. For its first-ever Style Awards, Modelinia judged models in five categories: Hottest Red Look, Biggest Risk Taker, Best Red Carpet Glam, Best Accessorizer, [...]

Versace has opened its first Young Versace boutique on the ground floor of the company’s headquarters in Milan. The kids’ line, which Versace debuted at Pitti Immagine Bimbo in Florence last June, includes girls’ and boys’ clothing for babies and kids up to age 12. [
">WWD]David Yurman is reportedly not too pleased with Kate [...]

When shooting the 2012 Pirelli Calendar, Mario Sorrenti lived out a fantasy most men would kill for: He spent a week in Corsica photographing 12 of the world’s most beautiful women, including Kate Moss, Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, and Lara Stone. Naked.“It’s different [from editorial] because you don’t have the restrictions of clothes,” Sorrenti said [...]

Sienna Miller has been cast as Tippi Hedren, the Hitchcock actress who appeared in The Birds, in a new film called The Girl. Hitchcock was reportedly obsessed with her and “made repeated sexual advances towards her.” [
">Vogue U.K.]It certainly was a banner year for Michael Kors. The designer, who celebrated the 30th anniversary [...]

Bargain Azzedine Alaïa? Yes, you read that correctly. The designer is hosting a charity sale, featuring pieces from his previous collections, in Paris from December 17-18 to benefit Foundation Imagine (Institute for Genetic Disease). Prices will range from €100 (or about $133) to €1,000 ($1,333). [WWD]Kate Moss has scored yet another Vogue cover. The supermodel [...]

Christmas in London wouldn’t be the same without Stella McCartney’s annual lighting of the Christmas lights at her Mayfair store. Apart from the comfort food and drinks always on offer—mince tarts, Santa biscuits, marshmallow lollies, mulled wine, and Guinness—equally comforting is the company: A musical Santa, a hawker of roasted chestnuts, and, every year, a [...]

The cause itself is unimpeachable, but the reason why the Hoping Foundation’s annual fundraiser for Palestinian children has become the best night out on London’s charity circuit is because it’s such damn fun. Where else on a gloomy Monday are you going to see Kate Moss coughing up £20,000 to motivate Boy George’s performance of [...]