»Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Karen Elson, and Sarah Sophie Flicker act in a short film for Wren that debuts next Thursday [Style File]

»Which new models are creating the most casting buzz? [TI]

»Instead of farming out its production to cheap foreign labor, Mulberry is made by a young British "iPod-listening" workforce [Racked]

»Wilhemina Models is going public — marking the first agency to ever do such a thing [Forbes]

»Michael Kors's Project Runway fame has translated into five percent of his company's gross [NY Times]

»Style.com is launching a runway-to-iPhone application for fashion week [The Pipeline]

»Why has Erin Fetherston partnered with a cookie company? [Fashionista]

»Viktoriya Sasonkina's September 2008 Vogue Italia cover was inspired by Bette Davis [Women Management Blog]

»Chloe Sevigny, Agyness Deyn to host Christie's art preview; Andre Leon Talley is feting Jennifer Hudson [FWD, FWD]

»A peek into the home of Teen Vogue senior fashion editor Aya Kanai [The Selby]

>> INSIDER WIRE —The tents are already going up at Bryant Park, and fashion week is only a week away — so what is there to look forward to for Spring 2009? Rodarte switching from Christian Louboutin to Nicholas Kirkwood for their runway heels, Alexander Wang flying Alice Dellal in to co-host his after-party, Colette's pop-up store by Gap, a potential Ana Claudia Michels comeback, plus a whole bevy of new designers — including a ten year Alaia alum. [Style.com]

>> INSIDER WIRE —Vintage designer pictures are always fun, and this one is no exception: Anna Sui in 1981, as captured by former Interview photographer Edo Bertoglio. [Style Bubble]

>> The CFDA wouldn't support the British Fashion Council requiring models to obtain a health certificate, but they will be putting up a booth in the lobby and backstage of the Bryant Park tents during New York Fashion Week. 

In partnership with the Renfrew Center, a residential treatment facility for eating disorders, the booth will offer a clinician on site to answer any questions and provide referrals, information on the CFDA's current health guidelines, and an informational brochure on the signs and symptoms of eating disorders. 

Visitors will also be able to sign a proclamation of support for the health guidelines — the list of over 300 signatures already includes Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Derek Lam, Carolina Herrera, several editors, agents and models.

But health isn't the only issue on the CFDA's mind. Just last week, president Diane von Furstenberg and executive director Steven Kolb sent out a letter to the members, encouraging diversity on the runways:

We remain in full support of bringing more diversity to the runway and urge you to create shows that are truly multicultural. The fashion industry has great power. Together we can influence the vision of beauty so women can be celebrated no matter their size or skin color.

Only one short week and we'll see if either of these methods have any effects — somehow, I don't see the booth having any serious influence.
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>> THE MODELIZER —Kate Moss is solid gold — literally. Marc Quinn, the sculptor who brought us Kate Moss-in-awkward-yoga-pose two years ago, has cast the statue again, this time in 110 pounds of solid gold.  Here's a new accomplishment for Kate: The statue is being hyped as the largest gold statue built since the times of ancient Egypt. [E! Online, The Independent]

>> THE MODELIZER —Naomi Campbell's billionaire boyfriend Vladimir Doronin just bought her a $18.5 million penthouse apartment in Sao Paolo after she told him she wanted to settle down in Brazil — it's apparently her favorite country. She also has a clothing in the works with Daslu, the posh Brazilian department store. [Page Six]

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