>> BLOWING THE COVER —As promised, Lily Cole's October 2008 cover for Playboy France is here.  Inside, 14 pages of a sixties-themed "Sweet Lily" editorial by Xevi Muntane and as Lily requested, accompanying interviews by her friends Jean-Paul Gaultier, Terry Gilliam, and more. [This is Devon, TFS]

>> THE MODELIZER —Lily Cole did her first major lingerie cover for lad mag Arena last May, and she's doing another lad mag cover for October 2008 — wearing even less.  Look for the flame-haired model on the front of Playboy France, holding a teddy bear and wearing nothing but a pair of white socks.  Inside, there's a 14-page spread inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson album. [Telegraph]

»Marc Jacobs's site has been overtaken by sequined, lip-synching drag queens [Chic Report]

»A "one season new" model has the Vogue Paris September 2008 cover; More dish about Vogue Italia August 2008 and the impact of the magazine's "Black Issue" [TI, TI]

»Ibiza: Still the fashion industry's vacation destination of choice [Style File]

»Alexander Wang has a "big secret surprise" planned for his fashion week afterparty [Fashionista]

»Hayden-Harnett for Target, rumored to be in the works for Spring 2009 [WWD]

»Elle may have a reality series, but it was still inspired by Anna Wintour [The Cut]

»Lily Cole is gracing the cover of November 2008 Playboy France [Page Six Magazine]

»Reese Witherspoon is likely shooting with Mario Testino in Paris for an upcoming Vogue cover [PopSugar]

»The CK Jeans Fall 2008 campaign is rumored to feature 17 models in total [Style File]

»Du Juan does David Yurman Fall 2008 [Of the Minute]

»Chanel Iman, Victoria's Secret Pink lady [Fashionista]

»Jessie Randall's 93-year-old grandfather bought out the entire Loeffler Randall for Target stock at his local Florida store to give as gifts [The Cut]

»Coco Rocha was shown Lily Cole photos on her first shoot for inspiration [Fashionista]

»Urban Outfitters made a cartoon Karl Lagerfeld shirt [Nylon]

»Vogue Italia is rumored to have Linda Evangelista, Guinevere van Seenus, and Karen Elson lined up for their August 2008 issue [TI]

»Derek Lam sells a majority stake, is ready to go big [The Cut]

»Daphne Guinness is shooting with Steven Klein for the September 2008 Vogue Italia couture supplement [Chic Report]

»Tom Ford doesn't like people filming his new house being built [Fashionista]

»Vogue Paris' Geraldine Saglio! [The Sartorialist]

»Toccara Jones in Vogue Italia July 2008 [TFS]

»Oddly, Elie Tahari went with Erin Wasson and Terry Richardson for their Fall 2008 campaign [Fashionista, TFS]

»Style.com is expanding with a new beauty site [Fashionista]

»Lily Cole blogs? [Catwalk Queen]

»Edita Vilkeviciute for Fall 2008 Etro [TFS]

»A Spring 2008 Gap ad features Chanel Iman, Julia Stegner, Coco Rocha, Du Juan, Vlada Roslyakova, Anja Rubik . . . and a shoddy Photoshop job [ONTD_FF]

»Is Lily Cole edging Kate Moss out at Rimmel? [The Cut]

»An unnamed male designer had a face-lift gone wrong last year [Page Six]

»Models had to practice walking on a simulated dirt runway before doing Givenchy Fall 2008 couture [Style.com]

»A first look at Heidi Mount in Bally's Fall 2008 campaign [FWD]

»Meredith Melling Burke wears a mustache! [Fashionista]

»The full Richard Chai for Target collection [FabSugar]

»Roberto Cavalli: Taking his company off the market [The Cut]

»Calvin Klein may be using Kirsten Owen, Guinevere van Seenus, and Agyness Deyn in a new CK One campaign [Fashionista]

»Full Givenchy and Loewe Resort 2009 collections [Style.com, Style.com]