>> Kate Betts Suggests the Answer for Ailing Fashion Magazines: Publish Less Often — You know it's bad when top editors willingly suggest that they should be doing less in print.  Kate Betts, editor of Time Style & Design, which comes out six times a year, says of the Web-induced acceleration of coverage pace: "If I'm going to a fashion show, I think about how I'm going to cover it on many levels. Now, you have to think what could be a video interview, what could be a Time interview. It is kind of exhausting, and every season, it's amped up even more. It's almost too much information. Maybe fashion magazines should only come out twice a year." [Adweek]

>> Peter Copping's First Nina Ricci Collection Said to be "Great" —We have yet to see any work from Peter Copping for Nina Ricci — his first collection for the line, for the Cruise 2010 season, was supposed to come out late last month and seems to be running a bit late — but it sounds like it's something to look forward to. Kate Betts's has "an extremely reliable Parisian source" who says that Copping's Cruise 2010 collection is "great." [Kate Betts Twitter]

>> Valentino Fall 2009 Couture Said to Be "Radical" —Valentino has made some major personnel changes recently in hopes of reinvigorating the brand under the direction of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, and the designer's third effort — their Fall 2009 couture show tomorrow — is to be "shrouded in black," according to TIME Style & Design's Kate Betts. Meanwhile, a Times UK editor who attended a collection preview says it's "incredible. It's Valentino meets gothic. Radical." [Kate Betts Twitter, Times UK Twitter] 

>> Fall 2009 Chanel Couture Inspiration Revealed —Chanel's Fall 2009 couture show isn't until tomorrow, but this evening Karl Lagerfeld hosted a select few editors — including TIME Style & Design's Kate Betts — who reports that the collection is inspired by "floating panels." [Kate Betts Twitter] 

UPDATE: Apparently the set involves a huge No. 5 bottle and the theme is '70s nightclub. [Grazia Twitter]

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL —Louis Vuitton released the latest edition of its Annie Leibovitz-lensed "Core Values" campaign, featuring astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Sally Ride, and Jim Lovell staring up at the night sky in the California desert.  This segment of the campaign, which in the past has featured Catherine Deneuve, Keith Richards, Sofia and Francis Ford Coppola, among others, marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and symbolizes the brand's efforts to attract sophisticated customers — Kate Betts noted yesterday that this ad "is the coolest one yet." [WSJ]