Jil Sander, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, D&G, and Dolce & Gabbana are the latest runway collections to be featured live online during Milan Fashion Week.

This Friday Giorgio Armani will kick things off with a live stream of his Emporio Armani collection on the new Emporio Armani website at 10:30AM EST. Later in the day (1:45PM EST), Jil Sander will showcase the fall collection at jilsander.com, and on Saturday Giorgio Armani presents his main runway show at 8:15AM EST exclusively on Vogue Italy's website.

Meanwhile Dolce & Gabbana takes things a step further, not only offering shows live on the website and Facebook page, but also optimizing the video stream for iPhone and Android mobile devices. Check out both shows from your video-enabled phones at live.dolcegabbana.mobi. D&G takes place Thursday, February 25 at 9AM EST, and the Dolce & Gabbana collection will be shown on Sunday, February 28 at 7AM EST.

>> Prada Cast Tomorrow to Reportedly "Surprise" — With London Fashion Week winding down, Milan really kicks off tomorrow with the likes of Fendi and Prada.  The latter, whose model cast is always closely watched, is rumored to be worth keeping an eye on again this season: "Just when you thought Prada had no more surprises left...this line up will shake the earth with surprise.." Adds a commenter in response: "I can confirm that this is true...to a degree . . . it all depends on what your hopes are. there will be same-old but also surprises."  The show will be livestreamed on Prada.com. [@ChrisINTERVIEWS, Fashin, Fashin, Prada]

UPDATE: More hints: "what do the current issue of LOVE and this seasons casting for Prada have in Common? I'm biting my tongue so hard it hurts." And "Madame Prada's avant-garde house is feeling the presence of a few rather...uhm... angelic beauties to twist up the cabine this season . . . Prada faves are being unconfirmed by the gaggle . . . Peeps are saying it's the house's answer to the CFDA's size and age question." [@ChrisINTERVIEWS, The Imagist]

UPDATE #2: Seems the Victoria's Secret Angels are the prime candidates: Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, and Miranda Kerr are all currently in Milan. [Fashin, @MissDK]

>> Hedi Slimane recently agreed to do his first interview in almost three years with Style.com, provided that he could answer all questions via email.  As a result, you have Slimane's views on a possible return to fashion design, potential fast-fashion collaborations, and the state of the fashion system.

He's not ruling out that he will design fashion once again (but avoids answering whether it would be for a house or his own label).

"I am not really studying one project but different options and collaborations at the same time. Obviously, I know what I want and precisely how I want to do it. When the time is right, what’s the rush?"

"I also don’t understand what the hell people do with all those clothes" »

Lady Gaga takes Armani on tour.

The future of fashion through the eyes of Hedi Slimane.

Karen Elson has an album coming out. Check out her first video.

Purchase pieces from Burberry's Fall 2010 collection until the end of the week.

According to Christopher Basso, of Basso & Brooke, dressing Michelle Obama is better than dressing Madonna.

Olivia Palermo through the lens of Scott Schuman.

>> Karen Elson Has an Album Coming Out —Karen Elson has dabbled in music a number of times in the past, but it sounds like this time she's making an official foray: she just released the debut video from her upcoming 12-song album — a live, acoustic version of the title track, "The Ghost Who Walks."  The song can be downloaded from Elson's official page, and the album, which she would only describe as "spooky," is produced by her husband, The White Stripes' Jack White, and recorded at his Nashville studios.  Expect a Summer release. [KarenElson.com, Spin, Beauty Counter]

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