»Karolina Kurkova has an "unusual" belly button that "disappears" in photos, so art directors have to Photoshop a new belly button into her bikini pics [Page Six Magazine]
»Those ankle boots Kate Moss has been wearing everywhere? They're Marc by Marc Jacobs [Chic Report]
»The new jeans that are putting fashion editors into a tizzy [NY Times]
»Nina Garcia: Already stirring the pot at Marie Claire, before she's even officially there [The Cut]
»First look at the Colette x Gap collaboration [JC Report]
»Smokin' Donatella Versace [Jezebel]
»Donna Karan is vacationing with Calvin Klein in Africa [Chic Report]
>> Late last week, Fashionista got a tip that Marc Jacobs was to be married this past weekend in Paris to his Brazilian beau of three months, Lorenzo Martone.
However, the designer was confirmed to be at the Louis Vuitton offices in Paris earlier today by a member of the brand's press office, and working doesn't seem very much like typical newlywed behavior. In fact, the LV rep told Fashion Week Daily: "They're just rumors. There's no truth to it at all." And Marc Jacobs' New York rep sang the same tune: "Marc did not get married — nor does he have any plans to."
Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in France, but civil unions known as PACS, which can bring some rights to same-sex couples, are allowed. Word is that Marc and Lorenzo did host a brunch yesterday in Paris to "celebrate their relationship," and are off to Ibiza together in August. No word, however, as to whether that celebration was a marriage and the Ibiza trip is a honeymoon, or if they're just a simple party and vacation.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Just like Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour's got a new billionaire sugar daddy on her hands: Evgeny Lebedev, who donated the largest sum ever — $500,000 — to the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund last week. Who knows where his generosity to fashion will take him next; He's already partnered with Jefferson Hack to produce a Russian edition of Dazed & Confused. [Telegraph UK]
BussBuss turns us onto a lightweight blazer cut specifically for women. Who said garments inspired by menswear actually had to look like menswear?
After finally understanding the true necessity of sunglasses, Thrift Eye shows off her growing collection. Keeping sun damage away from your eye area has never looked so good.
A Few Goody Gum Drops is feeling generous and giving away a luscious purple fringed Botkier bag. Why buy what you can get for free?
Whole Foods tantalizes the environmentally friendly and foodies within all of us, but Chic & Untroubled uncovers their latest collaboration with Tom's Shoes. Whole Foods is proving much savvier than we gave them credit for.
Sending shock waves through perfumistas everywhere, Cuffington finally admits to not using fragrances until recently. Looking for help, she asks her readers to select her next fragrance purchase.
>> The Peter Som-Bill Blass situation is rather turning into a Nina Garcia and Elle-like saga. The latest? Despite Peter submitting his resignation last week, he is now back in talks with Blass owners NexCen about the Spring 2009 collection, thanks to the orchestrative abilities of Anna Wintour.
She coaxed him back on board, "for the sake of the label," which is currently on the selling block, and is much more valuable with Peter Som at the company. A new retention deal was reportedly struck last Thursday; but Som can get out of his contract at any time.
The basis for all the unrest seems to be Nexcen's financial constraints: The company can't support what Som envisioned for Blass. However, the prospect of a Spring 2009 collection shown to retailers only is being tossed around, and if Blass is bought by a company that can lend better financial support, Som is said to be willing to stay.
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>> THE MODELIZER —Naomi Campbell's got a new man: Russian real estate billionaire Vladisav Voronin, who she was spotted in Saint Tropez with in the past week, and has been dating for almost a month. [Chic Report, Daily Mail]
The Dolce & Gabbana Runway Snakeskin Lace-Up Bootie featured in our Island Life photo editorial might seem a strange evocation of the soul of cowboy. But what are these booties if not the cowboy boot reinvented?
And lest you are tempted to call us crazy, community member Style...A Work In Progress has cowboys on the brain as well. She tickles us with proper cowboy aphorisms like "real cowboys never run, they just ride away." In which case, maybe the cowboy is riding back again. With booties like the Dolce and Gabana snakeskins you can't run away, you can really only ride a taxicab into the sunset. And if you prefer a more traditional boot we even have a substitute. But we think faded dungarees, a white boyfriend shirt and booties are just the way to bring the cowboy back, ironically and very expensively.
>> Linda Evangelista may not have landed that rumored fold-out September 2008 Vanity Fair supermodel cover extravaganza (fellow model Carla Bruni-Sarkozy does the honors instead) but she still has her Fall 2008 Prada campaign. Out from the shadows she comes, to have a buttoned-up, laced-up go at this matronly Steven Meisel-photographed set that leaves me feeling . . . well, a little bit blue.
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