>> Busty Model Ashley Smith Making Waves —With the success of Lara Stone and the current taste for more zaftig shapes, it was only a matter of time before more bustier-than-usual models flooded the scene.  Enter Texan Ashley Smith, who has Lara's gap teeth and the usual model measurements — 5'8.5" height, 24-inch waist, 34-inch hips, dress size 2 — with one notable exception: her 32D bust size. She shot with Terry Richardson back in February, and it's rumored that Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott are "in love with her." [Fashin, Fashin]

>> Mario Testino doesn't speak publicly often, but a sold-out crowd gathered at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston last weekend to hear him do just that. He touched on his methods — before photographing a famous subject, he researches portraits they've done in the past to see “what they can give me that they haven’t given anyone else” — as well as his detractors: “I’ve been criticized for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy. In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter.”

He talked about meeting Gisele Bundchen and trying to get editors to use her at the end of the grunge-waif era: “It was, ‘Uh, no, the nose, the waist, the breasts.’ They saw problems everywhere. A year later, everyone wanted her.” He also recalled his first meeting with frequent collaborator Kate Moss, who was 14 at the time and crying backstage over getting only one runway look in a John Galliano show.

Does he have plans for retirement? »

>> Philip Treacy Putting Together Isabella Blow Film —Just last week, it was announced that pieces of Isabella Blow's wardrobe — including 90 Alexander McQueen outfits, 50 hats from Philip Treacy, and shoes by Manolo Blahnik — will be auctioned in September. And over the weekend at Naomi Campbell's birthday party, Treacy had a further piece of news related to the deceased fashion editor; Andre Leon Talley reports: "He has a producer to do a film on Isabella, and [John] Galliano has already confirmed to play himself. Who will play Isabella? Treacy has a great trick up his hat, and it’s going to rock the world, but he cannot reveal it until this major new talent confirms." [NYTimes, Vogue]

>> A Full Look at Lara Stone's Custom Givenchy Wedding Dress —Two weekends ago, when Lara Stone married David Walliams, the only photo of her custom Givenchy wedding dress available was taken from the waist up. Now, a visual of the full dress, left, and if you haven't gotten your fill of custom wedding gowns for models, on June 9, Coco Rocha will be wed in her Zac Posen dress; just this morning, she Tweeted, "Just went for another fitting at Zac Posen's. The dress he's created for my wedding is amazing!! Better then anything I could have imagined." [TFS, @Oh_So_Coco]

>> For a recent chat with the Financial Times's Vanessa Friedman, Marc Jacobs wore a white button-down shirt with jeans instead of his usual kilt; is his addiction to the skort waning, perhaps courtesy of his fiance Lorenzo Martone's dislike of the look? “I just didn’t feel like wearing it,” Jacobs explained.

As for his compulsive gym habit, Jacobs says he hasn’t “been able to work out at all,” due to a torn rotator cuff on his shoulder; he's having surgery in a few weeks. His predilection for purchasing art, too, has been curbed: “Actually, I haven’t bought anything for a long time. The other day I bought a little 1962 Ellsworth Kelly at the Christie’s auction, but that’s it. It was a funny thing for me to buy, too. It’s just a white square with a yellow curve. Usually I like more figurative work – this is the sort of thing I’d look at and admire but not want to buy. But I just like it . . . it makes me happy.”

Plus: details on the Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 campaign »

On June 17, Uniqlo will unveil its latest collaboration, Uniqlo + Velvet. The lineup will offer jersey and cashmere styles in four separate mini collections to be released throughout the year. Jenny Graham and Toni Spencer, the co-creative directors at Velvet, designed West Coast-inspired basics like cropped harem pants, cut-out tee shirt dresses, and racer-back tank dresses for the Japanese retailer and named each collection after a California hotspot (Hollywood Roosevelt, Rodeo Drive, Venice Beach).

In September, a cashmere collection will follow the summer offering—with trapeze cardigans, off-the-shoulder tunics, and asymmetric long-sleeved tops selling for $99.90 and $129.90.

In other Uniqlo news, the retailer confirmed that it has signed a $300 million, fifteen-year lease to build a second American store (after SoHo) at 666 Fifth Avenue. It is the largest retail lease ever signed in New York.

Freja Beha Erichsen and Lara Stone appear together in an eighteen page editorial wearing menswear-inspired pieces from pre-fall 2010—styled by Carine Roitfeld and photographed by Terry Richardson for Vogue Paris.

Patricia Field is launching House of Field swimwear, eyewear, and beach towels with a party and fashion show on May 25, the day after the SATC2 premiere.

Donatella Versace became a mentor to Christopher Kane four years ago, a relationship that is paying off with Kane's well-received relaunch of Versus.

Jim Ammeen, president of Neema Clothing, owns the license for Halton menswear and has released a turtleneck-heavy, disco-era collection for men.

Michael Kors is expanding and moving his New York flagship with a three-story, 5,500-square-foot store on Madison Avenue.