UPDATE II: Women's Wear Daily reports that Jil Sander will appoint a new creative director "in the next few days." If Gala magazine is correct, that new creative director will be Sander herself.
UPDATE: Raf Simons is indeed leaving Jil Sander!
Posted February 23, 2012 | 02/23/12 08:41 AM ET
After months of quiet on the Christian Dior creative director front, it seems a new designer might finally be at hand.
In a new development, German magazine Gala reports that German designer Jil Sander will be returning to her eponymous label, which she abandoned as head designer in...
42 Comments | Posted February 23, 2012 | 02/23/12 06:58 AM ET
Most fur-loving celebrities, such as Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, try to steer clear of PETA whenever they can.
But the animal rights group, known for publicly chastising stars who dare to wear fur, actually took the side of a very famous face in a recent fur...
15 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 02/22/12 02:58 PM ET
And so it begins.
Now that Kate Upton has been pulled from the depths of Youtube and crowned Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue covergirl, we can expect to see a lot more of the 19-year-old blonde.
Just a week after her nearly-nude cover debuted, Kate's posing...
23 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 02/22/12 12:56 PM ET
We may not be a fan of all her decisions, but Joan Rivers has won us over with her awesome New York closet.
We've seen her tiny closet space before, when she described her love of Valentino and distate for denim. This time around,
45 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 02/22/12 10:24 AM ET
Seeing celebrities and models who are skinnier than you makes you feel pretty crappy about yourself, right?
Maybe not. According to Postmedia News, a new study is turning the conventional wisdom about body image and self-esteem on its head.
In "The Skinny on Celebrities: Parasocial Relationships Moderate...
26 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 02/22/12 07:37 AM ET
We love when rumors turn out to be true -- especially good ones about Andrej Pejic. A month after a French TV reporter dropped the hint that the androgynous male model had a big beauty deal in the works, Women's Wear Daily confirms that Pejic is...
72 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 05:54 PM ET
Kate Upton may have won swimsuit modeling's biggest prize: the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue. But Sophia Neophitou, creative force behind the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, had to go rain on the 19-year-old model's parade, telling the New York Times:
"She's like a...
125 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 04:52 PM ET
By any measure, Adele has already had a pretty fantastic 2012: she landed a Vogue cover, swept the Grammys with six wins and just took home Best Female Artist Award at the Brit Awards this evening.
But if that shiny rock on her left hand in...
150 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 02:26 PM ET
Sadie Frost and her 12-year-old daughter, Iris, had a fun mother-daughter day out in London, attending Tuesday's Vivienne Westwood runway show. But Frost, BFF to Kate Moss and ex-wife to Jude Law, ended the day by apologizing fans who were scandalized by Iris' outfit choice.
Iris sat...
31 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 11:23 AM ET
In the midst of the chicness that was London Fashion Week's front rows and parties, Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture decided to consummate their unlikely marriage with a gala and a very bizarre red carpet.
We're all in favor of the seemingly odd pairing of...
169 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 07:24 AM ET
It's not rare for a girl to indulge in some retail therapy when she's feeling down. So perhaps with Prince William still on his six-week deployment to the Falkland Islands, leaving Catherine alone for Valentine's Day, the duchess went shopping for a new dress.
On Tuesday...
6 Comments | Posted February 20, 2012 | 02/20/12 11:18 PM ET
Episode 8 of "The Bachelor" brought the infamous Hometowns, when the Bachelor gets to journey to the remaining contestants' homes and see them in their element -- for better or for worse.
In terms of relationships, things were generally pretty successful. Bachelor Ben Flajnik drew closer to both Nicki...
192 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 05:54 PM ET
Update 2/16: Joanna Mastroianni, the designer of the fashion show where Zelda Kaplan collapsed, has released a statement:
Joanna Mastroianni wishes to express her deepest sympathy to the family, Mia Morgan and all close friends of Zelda Kaplan. At the age of 95, Ms. Kaplan unfortunately passed away yesterday during...
1 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 05:54 PM ET
Zelda Kaplan, who celebrated her 95th birthday this past summer, collapsed while sitting front row at the Joanna Mastroianni fall 2012 show at Lincoln Center Wednesday afternoon.
The Post is reporting that Kaplan has passed away; we will update this story upon further confirmation.
According to...
43 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 05:54 PM ET
Update: The Associated Press has confirmed, through a Roosevelt Hospital spokesperson, that Zelda Kaplan has died.
From the Associated Press:
Kaplan was a friend of the designer’s stylist, Mia Morgan, according to the designer’s husband, Gideon Lewin, and had attended a number of Mastroianni’s shows.“I was sitting...
34 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 02:37 PM ET
Here's a fun intersection of fashion and royalty: Princess Charlene is gunning for an Oscars invite.
Or so Page Six says. Styleite tipped us off to the short blurb in the Post, which reports, "Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert are hoping to attend...
22 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 11:24 AM ET
When Viola Davis appeared alongside Anna Wintour at the Vera Wang Fall 2012 show on Tuesday, many asked the inevitable question: is a Viola Vogue cover on the way?
Maybe. But it's the same question everyone asked last season, when unlikely Wintour pal Nicki Minaj sat...
5 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 08:43 AM ET
When Miranda Kerr made her post-baby runway return in August, she chose Aussie retailer David Jones.
On Wednesday she returned again, eschewing New York Fashion Week for Sydney, Australia, where she wore designs by Dion Lee, Josh Goot, Kirrily Johnston and others for David Jones' Fall...
33 Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 02/15/12 07:44 AM ET
As New York Fashion Week nears its final hours (or so we'd like to imagine... we're exhausted!), we've been scanning the scene and taking in some of the stranger sights. There have been some expected moments, like the inevitable models falling, and then some unexpected.
Our biggest surprise...

Posted February 23, 2012 | 02/23/12 08:41 AM ET