For its new Linea Rossa campaign, Prada has picked prizefighters—boxing champions Italian Roberto Cammarelle, American Bernard Hopkins, and a Briton from Pakistan, Amir Khan—to sport their shades. The glasses get in on the action, too, with sport-inspired names like Prada Upper Cut, Prada Jab, and Prada Barburner. [WWD]Despite what you may think, Daphne Guinness doesn’t [...]

If the amount of paparazzi outside an establishment is any indication of its popularity—which is the only barometer I use to measure this sort of thing—then the place to be last night in London was Claridge’s Hotel in Mayfair. There were dozens of paps loitering, leaning on their expensive cars and mopeds. (Side note: How [...]

Renzo Rosso confirms Martin Margiela has left his eponymous Maison. While this has been suspected for some time, Rosso cleared things up. “Martin has not been there for a long time. He is here but not here.” Ah, now we get it. [Vogue U.K.]Richard Nicoll is the new man behind Italian label Cerruti. He will [...]

Two matched pairs at last night’s Established & Sons dinner at the Milan Furniture Fair: from left to right, Renzo Rosso, Lapo Elkann, Anna Dello Russo, and Anna Piaggi. For more photos, see our party report.

Photo: Stéphane Feugère / Courtesy of Stella McCartney

Not everyone is scaling back in the current economy. Renzo Rosso just opened a massive three-floor “Diesel Planet Store” in the heart of Milan’s Golden Triangle, and he threw a raucous dance party there on the last night of a generally subdued four days of Fall 2009 menswear shows. As dry ice pumped through the [...]