Maryna Linchuk

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• Laetitia Casta is the star of H&M's Holiday 2012 lingerie campaign. [NitroLicious]
  

• Joanna Coles has made her first big hire since becoming the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan. Paul Solomons will join her as the magazine's new creative director after serving in the same role for British GQ. [WWD]
  

• A source says Alexa Chung and recording artist Pharrell Williams "looked quite cozy together" at the launch party for Williams's new book. Do we smell a new fashion/music power couple in the making? [Page Six]
  

• Natalie Joos is working with New York's Housing Works to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Joos says the most-needed items right now are "toilet paper, paper towels, detergent, cleaning products, batteries and flashlights." [Fashionista]
  

• Why hasn't Zara expanded in the United States the way H&M and Uniqlo have? "[Americans] don't fit in the clothes," said an expert on Zara's business. "So why do it? Having to make larger sizes makes production so much more complex." [The New York Times]
  

• Maryna Linchuk takes on the role of a modern Lady Godiva in a new video for Interview Russia. [YouTube]

>> In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, DNA is suing Maryna Linchuk for breach of contract and Ford Models for allegedly luring her away. According to papers filed, Linchuk signed an exclusive management agreement with DNA in 2006 and then signed on for another two years in 2008. But, on April 15, 2011, she sent an email to DNA saying she was thinking of leaving the agency, and a Ford rep followed up soon after with a request that all of Linchuk's bookings and options be passed on to him. DNA seeks at least $2 million in damages as restitution for the "significant sums of money [advanced] to Linchuk and on her behalf." The suit continues: "From February 2006 to the present, DNA has invested heavily in promoting, marketing and managing Linchuk's career and professional image, preparing her for and helping her choose modeling assignments, shoots, etc. As a direct result of DNA's efforts, Linchuk has become a successful and sought after model." [Reuters]

The call to get physical was seen all over 2011 Spring Fashion Week. From Michael Kors's streamline sportswear to Prada's brights, it's clear that sporty is the new chic. Just take a peek at Maryna Linchuk showing off her sporty sensibility in the latest issue of Vogue Germany. Sure, an athletic bra is a bold way to go, but there are other ways to channel the trend. Mix and match a colorblock top with a chic pair of harem sweats; just be sure to finish with heels — your sneakers are better left for the gym.

• The verdict's in: major, major earrings — Vogue Daily
• Biggest headlines of 2010: Carey Mulligan's rise to style icon — FabSugar UK
• Michelle Obama makes history in vintage Norman Norell dress — People
• Tom Ford denies Carine Roitfeld collaboration — Vogue UK
• 10 dos and don'ts for wearing metallics and sequins — Stylelist
• All Saints celebrates its Meatpacking store with Maryna Linchuk and Alek Wek — Modelinia
• Stuff your stocking with goodies from J.Crew — Lucky
• 15 solid-gold holiday fashion trends at under $100 each — The Inside Source
• Jil Sander Madame medium frame top handle bag — Bag Snob
• André Leon Talley knows how our first lesbian president should dress — The Cut
• The weatherproof Winter boots you're looking for — Refinery29

• Vogue's Virginia Smith turned down the Barneys fashion director position last week, and now the other front-runner, Lane Crawford fashion director Sarah Rutson, has too. “I have no intention or plans to leave Lane Crawford,” Rutson said over the weekend [WWD]
• Tomorrow's British Fashion Awards will honor Alexander McQueen posthumously for Outstanding Achievement; McQueen's frequent collaborator Nick Knight made a short film of the designer's archives for the occasion, scored by Bjork: “It is being styled by Edward Enninful and will feature black models only” [Style File]
• The first image of Dolce & Gabbana's Spring 2011 campaign, which features Izabel Goulart, Alessandra Ambrosio, Maryna Linchuk, and Isabeli Fontana captured by Steven Klein, has leaked (pictured) [TFS]

• Giorgio Armani and Lady Gaga, who have a multimillion dollar partnership, finally met for the first time last night; Anna Dello Russo also met Gaga and brought her a doll [Styleite]
• See the Ann Taylor-inspired looks the 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists created as part of this year's competition [Fashionista]
• Hairstylist Didier Malige on Terry Richardson's childhood: "Now I see Terry as an adult, and at the time I knew him as three or four years old. His upbringing was totally liberal compared to a French kid of his age. They had a Fiat 500, which is a tiny little car, and he always had to share it with a huge poodle, like a royal poodle. And he always had to sit in the back with the poodle." [Into The Gloss]
• Juicy Couture co-founders Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor, who favor vintage pieces, furry vests, black leather pants, and vertiginous heels, plan to launch a new label next year, and they're dropping hints: “It will reflect the way we dress now. We have outgrown our track suits and grown up” [WWD]
• Sasha Pivovarova, who likes to make dolls, opens up her Brooklyn loft for T's cameras [T]
• Watch the music video for a young Jean Paul Gaultier's 1988 single, "How To Do That," featuring Naomi Campbell [Jezebel]
• 23-year-old Central St Martins graduate Thomas Tait only does private orders so far, but he's already got fans in Giles Deacon, Daphne Guinness, Stephen Jones, and Manolo Blahnik [T]
• Intermission Magazine's website just launched, featuring interviews with the likes of Gaia Repossi and Hanne-Gaby Odiele [Intermission]

>> There's no rest for the weary: yesterday, Isabeli Fontana, Alessandra Ambrosio, Maryna Linchuk, and Izabel Goulart spent all day with Victoria's Secret, and today, they're shooting with Dolce & Gabbana for the brand's Spring 2011 campaign. The quartet represents a move back to models for Dolce & Gabbana, of which Madonna has been the face for the past year. [@stefanogabbana, @stefanogabbana, @stefanogabbana, @stefanogabbana]