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Jourdan Dunn's son, Riley, hasn't turned 3 yet, but his model mom says he already has a burgeoning — and noticeable — interest in fashion.

"It's hard being away from my son because we are really superduper close. I mean, he is a little mama's boy," Dunn says in the inaugural episode of The Cut's Inside the Model's Studio. "He's 2 years old, but he's just got personality for days. He's such a boy. Like, he loves his music, he loves to play rough, but then he loves fashion. Like, he puts on a coat and then he goes in front of the mirror and checks himself out."

This isn't the first time Dunn has spoken about Riley recently. Last month she opened up to The Sunday Times about Riley's sickle cell disease, saying she would use her platform to raise awareness of the illness. She added then that the industry stood by her through her pregnancy and after she gave birth. She walked in Jean Paul Gautlier's Spring 2010 show seven months pregnant, and Victoria's Secret once called Dunn in for a shoot while she was still breastfeeding an infant Riley.

"They set up a little curtained area for me to use the breast pump," she said. "Not very glamorous, but, ultimately, I'm a mother first, then a model, and generally the industry is really supportive. This is a good career for a working mother."

Source: Twitter user missjourdandunn

Erin O'Connor's star is on the rise once more. The 34-year-old British model had been snaking in and out of fashion for 15 years before making strong showings in Zac Posen's Resort 2013 lookbook this June and again in Jean Paul Gaultier's Fall 2012 Couture show this July, and now she's here to stay.

"I'm recarving my career yet again, because aside from missing the people I've built relationships with in fashion, I miss posing the most," O'Connor said in an interview with Style.com. "I love the physicality of my job and how my mind and body are most happy when I'm expressing and moving. My face was always secondary to body alignment and the dynamism of making a moment come alive."

Does that mean she'll be creating memorable moments during Fashion Weeks in New York and abroad next month? If so, then she's already well primed for the runway. Gaultier reportedly assigned each of the models in his Couture show a famous woman of the past — like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn — to impersonate on the runway. But he told O'Connor, "You're just going to play yourself. You are already an absolute diva."

Photo courtesy of Zac Posen

It's common knowledge that Kate Moss is one of the most beautiful women in the world, but what's not so well known is the sheer difficulty of locating someone who looks like her.

"We're looking for a Kate Moss body double, but it's very difficult to find anyone of her shape," said Alison Jackson, known for her portraits of celebrity lookalikes. "Kate has the perfect configuration, everything's perfect. How do you find that? Some people have the torso, some the legs, but, so far, no one has the full package."

Recently, Jackson has photographed doppelgangers of Victoria and David Beckham, Queen Elizabeth II, and Katy Perry and Rihanna.

Photo: Kate Moss photographed by Sonia Sieff for the September 2011 issue of Elle France.

Arizona Muse has added her voice to the chorus of people who support changing the name of Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent Paris.

"People who aren't in the fashion world might not know that a new designer has joined the brand, so this is a clear way of signifying that there's been a big change," Muse said in an interview. "It's the sort of thing everyone will notice, not just fashion people."

Karl Lagerfeld has also thrown his support behind the change, saying, "Paris needs some new things, some stimulation . . . I think it's interesting and it's important. Something fresh was needed."

And while other industry giants like Pierre Bergé and Betty Catroux have also backed the shift, reaction among the public has been mixed. When Saint Laurent Paris unveiled the new logo on its Facebook page this week, one fan of the brand decried it as "an act of disrespect."

Hedi Slimane, who was appointed the brand's creative director in March, announced the change in June, emphasizing that the iconic YSL logo will be preserved for use on some products. The new name should be fully integrated into the company's brand messaging by September, when Slimane stages his first show for Saint Laurent Paris.

Photo: Arizona Muse photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Yves Saint Laurent's Spring 2011 campaign.

Model Liza Irizarry says she plans to sue Selita Ebanks for assault and battery, claiming the Victoria's Secret Angel punched her in the face and broke her nose outside a Miami nightclub last year.

Irizarry, who works for Telemundo, says she kissed Ebanks's boyfriend on the cheek in greeting when she saw him in front of the Dream club in Miami. She alleges that a drunken Ebanks did not react well to her salutation. "When she saw me, she said, 'Don't be kissing my man," Irizarry said in an interview. "That's when she hit me on the nose. I went to swing back; that's when all her friends jumped in. I felt hair-pulling and fists coming at me."

Irizarry says the nose injury required surgery days later. Her suit will seek damages covering pain, suffering, and medical costs.

Ebanks's lawyer, Paul Rothenberg, said the suit "is nine months old and completely without merit" and called Irizarry's claims "baseless."

When London hands the Olympic flag off to Rio de Janiero — which will host the games in 2016 — news reports say Alessandra Ambrosio will be on hand to help with the festivities.

The Victoria's Secret Angel is expected to participate in the flag handover, a portion of the closing ceremony that has been touted as the "most visible celebrations of Brazilian culture in London's history." Ambrosio's precise role in the event has not been specified, but her modeling agency, Models 1, has confirmed that she will travel to London as a representative of the 2016 games.

Plans for a host of British supermodels to participate in the closing ceremony were revealed earlier this week. Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Stella Tennant, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Georgia May Jagger, and Lily Cole will reportedly put on a fashion show displaying clothing from Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen during the extravaganza. The rest of the ceremony will celebrate British music and will feature performances from Queen, One Direction, Annie Lennox, and Adele, among others.