»What did the men of Rag & Bone do with all those Swarovski crystals they won along with their 2007 Swarovski Award for Menswear? [Fashionista]

»Julia Stegner, Nicole Trunfio, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Egle Tvirbutaite and more celebrate 10 years of Milk Studios [Of The Minute]

»Carla Bruni-Sarkozy continues her brand loyalty by wearing a Dior Homme tuxedo in her new album promo images [WWD]

»More on Daphne Guinness's "scorching and controversial" September 2008 Vogue Italia shoot [Page Six]

»Francisco Costa gifted CK Jeans face Toni Garrn a dress after she told him she loved it [Chic Report]

»Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab, and Roksanda Ilincic all received funding from the British Fashion Council [Vogue UK]

»Vivienne Westwood did like the clothes in Sex and the City, after all [The Cut]

»A peek at Georgina Stoljilkovic for Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti Fall 2008 [Models.com]

»Stylists Leslie Fremar and Annabel Tollman move into an office space together [FWD]

»Fashion is fun!  During a shoot in Egypt for the September issue of Elle, the crew ate parasite-laced baba ghanoush and had to argue with the Cairo airport staff for 2 days before they could have their 14 trunks of clothing to photograph [Elle Tell All]

»Vivienne Westwood was not impressed by the Sex and the City movie [Fashionista]

»Tom Ford may be returning to womenswear . . . in two or three years [The Cut]

»Diane von Furstenberg speaks fluent Italian "thanks to [her] Italian husband and boyfriends" [WWD Blog]

»Topshop will be sponsoring the runway shows for Louise Goldin, Danielle Scutt, MeadhamKirchhoff, House of Holland, and Peter Pilotto at London Fashion Week this Fall [FWD]

»Lauren Santo Domingo, she speaks!  (So do Bonnie Morrison, Lawren Howell, and Kathryn Neale Shaffer) [Style.com]

»Alexander Wang has gotten inspiration at Wal-Mart, doesn't get hangovers [TFI]

»New details on Steven Alan's line for Urban Outfitters [The Cut]

»A clip from BET's documentary on the absence of black models, Fashion Blackout — funny that they didn't spell Andre Leon Talley's name right [Jezebel]

»Naomi Campbell is going bald, having a baby?! (Grain.  Salt.  Take it.) [NYDN, Daily Mail]

»A good round up of all the designers who got product placement in Sex and the City [VF Daily]

»Maggie Rizer did undercover research in preparation for her dog club, which is opening by the end of this year [FWD]

»Peeks at the Zac Posen, ADAM Adam Lippes, and Chris Benz Resort 2009 collections [WWD, WWD, WWD]

>> It has already been well-reported that Sarah Jessica Parker wore the same Nina Ricci dress to the New York Sex and the City premiere last week as Vogue contributing editor and socialite Lauren Santo Domingo wore to the Costume Insitute Gala on May 5. 

More interesting, however, is the story behing the mix-up — as Cathy Horyn reports, both Nina Ricci designer Olivier Theyskens and Mario Grauso, the president of the fashion division at Puig, which owns Nina Ricci, assured SJP that the gown had not been worn in anything but magazine shoots.  When she came to find out that wasn't the case, she felt deceived:

In the big picture, this is not important, but there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion . . . my affection for the dress hasn’t changed, but what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again.

Parker says she mentioned to Olivier during the fitting that she was surprised the dress hadn't already been worn:

He didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met.’  I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it.

When Cathy asked Grauso for a response, he of course said, "I’m upset that she’s upset.”  But then he went on to fumble for excuses — he clearly knew that Lauren had worn the dress to an event before, because he said he had no reason to mention Santo Domingo:

'Is Lauren a celebrity?  It depends on how you look at it.' He said he and Theyskens mainly thought of her as a friend. He then asked—somewhat incredulously, I thought—“Does everybody look at Style.com?'

A bad move on Nina Ricci's part, especially when they were just becoming red carpet gold.  I wonder what Anna Wintour, who so strongly favors Olivier, thinks about it?

*images: source

»Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is rumored to be working on an indie magazine called The Last with boyfriend Magnus Berger and stylist Keegan Singh [Fashionista]

 »Sofia Coppola has been hired to do a TV spot starring Maryna Linchuk for the Miss Dior Cherie fragrance, which will air in September [WWD]

»An inner tube was created for Sarah Jessica Parker's Vivenne Westwood wedding dress in Sex and the City, so that it wouldn't drag on the ground [FWD]

»Ann Demeulemeester uses primarily black and white because "Black to me is the colour of the poets, but I need white too, like a black and white photo." [Dazed & Confused]

»Alexander Wang for Uniqlo debuted today [The Cut]

»I still haven't warmed to Tyra Banks, even after reading the entire New York Times Magazine profile on her [Jezebel]

»Just like Alber Elbaz is doing Lanvin denim with Acne, Sophia Kokosalaki has announced she is doing an eight-piece capsule collection of black denim for her main line [FWD]

»Peeks at Alexander Wang, Versace, Roberto Cavalli, Yigal Azrouel, and Anna Sui Resort 2009 collections [WWD, WWD, WWD, WWD, WWD]