>>  Apparently someone can say no to taking it all off for Tom Ford.  As guest editor of Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, Ford prearranged with Rachel McAdams' publicist for her to appear naked in a group portrait alongside Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johannson, and others.  When McAdams showed up to the shoot and found out (as her publicist forget to mention that tiny little detail to her), she stormed back out, firing her publicist on the way.  Surprising that she was so clueless, considering Tom's reputation for liking skin, and the fact that he's told reporters that "the entire issue would be naked."

**source: radar online

>>  It's monumental, it is.  After starting the whole celebrity-instead-of-model trend with Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman, Marc Jacobs is reverting back to old school for Louis Vuitton.  "We just wanted a fashion icon more than the celebrity thing," Jacobs explained over cola and cigarettes at the China Club. "I certainly feel Gisele is iconic and recognized all over the world as Gisele. Also, the clothes were hot and sexy and colorful, and we thought she would exaggerate the strength and the heat of the collection." 

So here Miss Gisele is, working different poses and handbags for each month:  yellow suede for February, perforated monogram for March, printed silk scarf bags for April, denim ones for May and a multicolored fringed number for June. "It's the bag-of-the-month club," Jacobs teased.  How tempting.  Tempting for me to vomit, that is.  Not because I hate Gisele, but because something about Louis Vuitton is just always off to me...like those abnormally vivid colors you're seeing.

**source: wwd, chic

>>  Take a cigarette (or maybe you prefer the cigarette pants instead), breathe in, and exhale...  because Paris is in New York.  Kaiser Karl cleared out the Chanel flagship for a pre-fall showing.  I'm seeing high necks, I'm seeing skinny pants, tuxedo shirts, short gloves, and did I mention the monochrome palette?  A couple of hits (think classic Chanel skinny suits, berets, and a dress that reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor) and a couple of misses (a net overlay dress with a huge brooch at the middle, a dress with a clown collar), but everything with a twist of retro.  And besides, the Kaiser still has time to fix the wrongs.  I do love a good sneak-peak, don't you?

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