We were just obsessing over Whitney's Gucci Hysteria handbag ($1,395) — more on that later — and here she is flaunting it again. Beside her new hottie! Go Whitney. In front of the NYC Diane von Furstenberg store no less. Her black shirt dress is a proven classic but she Whitifies it with a vintage-looking brown belt, black t-strap pompom sandals (I appreciate the lower heel), and mixed jewelry. Try, try to focus on the classically redone outfit and not the two lovebirds — hard, I know.
>> MODA OPERANDI —Renzo Rosso has diversified once again, taking a majority stake in Viktor & Rolf. The Dutch duo are the latest addition to the Diesel owner's portfolio, in addition to Maison Martin Margiela, Sophia Kokosalaki, and Dsquared. [IHT]
Clearly, Dean and Dan of DSquared had fun with this collection. Then again, they seem to always have fun. Fun with male models, what? Quite a few of you fancied my Gucci boho boy so I'm wondering if you'd like to party with this Beat Street meets the Upper West Side guy. Pull the outfit apart and the clothes are cute, all together it's a hot mess. The orange argyle socks, not so much, but the blue polo atop ripe pecs, yes very much. Hottie or nottie?
>> The '90s supermodels are turning out in droves for the Fall 2008 campaign season: Linda Evangelista is starring in Prada, Naomi Campbell in Yves Saint Laurent, Claudia Schiffer in Chanel (below, top middle) and Salvatore Ferragamo, Kate Moss in Stella McCartney, Eva Herzigova in Louis Vuitton (below, bottom middle), Stephanie Seymour in Loewe, Amber Valletta in Dsquared (below, left), and Christy Turlington in Escada (below, right). Phew!
Without further ado, a first look at the supers' Fall work (nothing stellar yet, but you know they got paid a lot for it):
Nadja Auermann is conspicuously left out of the bunch, but only because she's turned down offers to focus on her fledgling music career — who knew?!
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Dsquared designers Dean and Dan Caten will supply their fashion expertise for season 10 of America's Next Top Model.
The duo will style the finalists for the show's promotional ad campaign poster, exclusively wearing Dsquared, with the theme of "Marlene Dietrich goes gangster gone wild; Bonnie, Bonnie, no Clyde," as Dean explained.
The designers will also be featured in an episode soon — no surprise, since in season 2, the final two candidates walked in a Dsquared fashion show in Milan.
Dsquared designers Dan and Dean Caten are quite the pop star fans. They had Rihanna walk their runway last week, and now they're making a cameo appearance in the video for Fergie's new single "Clumsy," which is set to drop this month.
The twin duo is shown styling Fergie for a fake modeling shoot, and then accompanying her down a Dsquared runway. True to the single's name, Fergie is less than graceful, and falls on the runway. Definitely something to look out for!
