>> Adriana Lima Has a Baby Girl —If there was any question of whether Adriana Lima was going to pop up to join Heidi Klum in her hosting duties at Thursday's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show taping, here's your answer: not likely. Lima welcomed her first child, Valentina Lima Jaric, with husband Marko Jaric yesterday in New York City. [People]

>> Riccardo Tisci, fresh off a stint in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend to support Oi Fashion Rocks with a combination men's, women's, and couture fashion show, arrived fashionably late by half an hour yesterday for a guerrilla appearance at Barneys in New York — his first for a trunk show, which was only announced the afternoon before.  Endearingly adorable in sneakers and with braces, the designer was on hand to see the launch of his new lower-priced (by forty percent) Capsule collection, which focuses on his iconic white shirts and studded pieces, with a few exclusives for Barneys on tap.  We were able to steal a couple of minutes of his time:

You were just in Rio, how was that?

I just got in [to New York] this morning, so I'm a little tired but happy.

You dressed Ciara for her Fashion Rocks Rio performance; she later Twittered, "I'm going to be Givenchy's Muze! So excited!" Do you agree?

Yes, she is a muse. I had never met her before, but it was one of the most amazing moments of my life. We really clicked; I can respect her as an artist and a woman and she respects me as an artist and as a man.  I look forward to working with her again soon.

Would he collaborate with H&M? »

>> Just today, Swarovski announced that they were going to clothe Michael Jackson head to toe for his "This Is It" tour kicking off next month — his costumes and sets were to feature over 300,000 crystals, in 53 different shapes, 43 different sizes, and 27 different colors.  In April, The Imagist reported that Balmain stylist Emmanuelle Alt "would weep" if Jackson allowed Balmain to do his tour costumes because she was "100% obsessed" with him — a fact reflected in Balmain's flashy runway pieces.

Jackson had catapulted himself back into fashion's eye in recent months after he was spotted in a number of different Balmain looks — no doubt courtesy of Emmanuelle Alt — and a favorite gold studded Givenchy jacket.  At the news of his death this afternoon, an outpouring of reactions — some incredulous — came from models, editors, and designers alike — those from a few, below.

"This is unbelievable..."

>> Adriana Lima Wants a Big Family—Adriana Lima recently made a return to high fashion in Vogue Paris and Love editorials, walking the Fall 2009 Givenchy runway and appearing in the subsequent campaign, but the model, who is expecting her first child in December, may have other things on her mind these days. "I never saw myself being married and having a child." When she met husband Marko Jaric, however, "everything changed. I knew he was the one and I could see myself married with him and with a big family." [People]

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL — Adriana Lima has been amping her high fashion cred back up for a while now, scoring appearances in Vogue Paris and Love and sending shockwaves when she walked for Givenchy Fall 2009.  Riccardo Tisci must have liked what he saw, because it sounds like she's been cast in the collection's campaign along with three other girls who a source promises "are incredible as could be for this collection." [TFS, TFS, The Imagist]

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>> Victoria's Secret may not have the cachet of say, Balenciaga, but it can make a model a millionaire.  Although the lingerie company is currently taking heat for its rash-causing bras, its event of the year — the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show — is still on schedule for taping in Miami Saturday night.

The Angels — Heidi Klum, Alessandro Ambrosio, Selita Ebanks, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller — will all be there, but more pressing: Who are the unnamed 30 models who have also been cast for the show? 

Fittings have been going on for the past week at least, and yet no names have leaked — the closest to a hint is this photo, above, of what appears to be Lara Stone in a Victoria's Secret outfit.  She's not your typical VS model, but the possibility of a multimillion dollar contract in the future is enough to make any model try something new.
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