Blame it on celebrities and their Spanx, Lady Gaga's corsets, or Mad Men—but shapewear is officially back as a wardrobe basic. Thankfully, Cynthia Rowley is designing a collection of body sculpting undergarments that don't look like your granny's girdles. Called Slim by Cynthia Rowley, the new collection of high-waisted bikinis, body-hugging slips, and minimizing bras are color-blocked in nude with turquoise or black with gray and look nothing like those other flesh-toned biker shorts. Slim by Cynthia Rowley will be in stores this summer and retail for $118 to $226.

Freja Beha Erichsen, photographed by Craig McDean for Interview, is "Tough Ballerina."

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Sarah Jessica Parker recorded the audio guide for “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity,” the Costume Institute’s spring exhibit opening May 5.

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"By all means, pluck your mono-brow, dye your mouse-brown hair and work out to firm your body; after all, if fashion changes to celebrate hairy plump women you can go right back."—Paulina Porizkova in her latest Modelinia blog post.

>> Oscar de la Renta on the Question of Retirement —Oscar de la Renta said Tuesday that during a Toronto trunk show last week, he tallied sales of over $1 million in 48 hours. “For me, luxury never left. Although business was not as strong last year, we were not struggling.” He also addressed the question of his retirement: “People always ask me how much longer I am going to do this, and I say the day I learn everything is when I should stop. I am a curious person, so every day is a learning process. There has never been a time as challenging as now to create clothes. Back in the Sixties, my customers only got their clothes from one place. Today, that loyalty doesn’t exist as women want to project their own individuality through fashion. It’s about understanding the needs and aspirations of professional women that makes it so exciting.” [WWD]

>> In addition to a one hour special on CBS, Fashion's Night Out is now getting a public fashion show — billed the largest of its kind to be held in New York — on Sept. 7, three days before the global shopping event on Sept. 10.

The show, an extravaganza with 200 models including Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Raquel Zimmermann, and Daria Werbowy, will be held at Lincoln Center and produced by Vogue and SPEC Entertainment. It will focus on Fall clothes in stores at the time. “We felt it is important for people to see what wonderful fashion will be in stores at that moment,” explained Anna Wintour. “This show will focus on the key trends we’ve identified for fall so that shoppers will have plenty of inspiration to join the fun during Fashion’s Night Out.”

The show will be filmed for the CBS special, airing the following week. Tickets to the 1,500 available seats will go on sale this Summer through the Lincoln Center box office; a spokeswoman for the event said the prices had not yet been figured out.

Model, humanitarian, and LemLem designer Liya Kebede talks about fashion's potential to generate positive environmental change.

Join François-Henri Pinault, Lauren Bush, Maggie Rizer, and Julie Gilhart and participate in Christie's green auction by bidding online at CharityBuzz.com.

Loomstate for Barneys V-neck tees (made of 100 percent organic cotton and available in six colors) are selling for $40 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

From Edun to The North Circular, a list of ethical and sustainable fashion labels to know.

Eviana Hartman, the designer behind eco-friendly label and Ecco Domani winner Bodkin, has signed on to design a capsule collection for Hessnatur, a German clothing company known for its use of 100 percent natural fibers.

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>> Is Michael Roberts Gone from Vanity Fair? —Yesterday, WWD posted an item headlined "Michael Roberts Out at Vanity Fair" and beginning "After much speculation, it appears that Michael Roberts is officially on the way out of Vanity Fair." However, the item has since been taken down from both WWD's Twitter and the website. Roberts joined Vanity Fair as fashion and style director from the New Yorker in 2006. [WWD, @jyotika, @LibertyLndnGirl]