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Carine Roitfeld's New Fashion Project Not With Tom Ford; Alexander Wang Awarded $50,000

Carine Roitfeld's new project has nothing to do with Tom Ford, she says: "A long time he’s my friend, but I don’t want to go back, so I want to look in front of me … Because I did ten years with Tom, then ten years for Vogue Paris.

  • Carine Roitfeld's new project has nothing to do with Tom Ford, she says: "A long time he’s my friend, but I don’t want to go back, so I want to look in front of me … Because I did ten years with Tom, then ten years for Vogue Paris. Now I want to do something new. I don’t want to go back. But he’s one of my best friends, Tom" [The Cut]
  • Alexander Wang was just named GQ's Best New Menswear Designer, for which he will receive $50,000 [GQ]
  • Karl Lagerfeld is selling his six-floor, never-lived-in Gramercy Park apartment (which he bought in 2006 for $6.575 million because he "thought he’d move here and retire here," according to a source) for $5.5 million [NY Post]
  • 19-year-old Ukrainian model Juju Ivanyuk, who opened for Celine and Alexander McQueen last season, was chosen by Prada and Miu Miu casting director Russell Marsh to open and close the BCBG show yesterday (left) [The Cut]
  • Grace Coddington's memoir has stalled — "It's slow going," she says — because her co-writer Jay Fielden is settling into his new job as Town & Country editor [NY Post]
  • Alexander McQueen's sales continue to grow, a year after the founding designer's death [Vogue UK]
  • Which New York shows is Anna Wintour looking forward to? "I’m always looking forward to seeing the young designers in New York, Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Alexander Wang — all the designers that came out of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. And Olivier Theyskens' first show for Theory. That’s obviously very exciting" [NY Times]
  • Reed Krakoff cut his invitation list by 120 this season [@jimshi809]
  • Net-a-Porter is now putting out a print magazine; the first issue features Alexa Chung on the cover [Fashionista]
  • A preview of the new Lizzie Fortunato Jewels collection, which in addition to the signature bib necklaces includes woven belts and leopard print pony hair satchels for Fall 2011 [The Moment]
  • According to The Lake and the Stars's Maayan Zilberman, who cast plus size models like Alyona Osmanova and Inga Eiriksdottir in her Fall 2011 show today: "Agencies are horrified we're putting girls from plus division in with [skinny girls], and some agents said flat out they wouldn't put their 'good girls' with plus sized models" [@Refinery29@jezebeljenna]
  • New Barneys fashion director Amanda Brooks wore flats to the shows yesterday because her doctor told her to [The Window]
  • Androgynous male model Andrej Pejic has been cast in Yoana Baraschi's Feb. 13 show [Fashionetc.]
Editor's Pick

Coco Works the Camera For Three Separate Elle Italia Spreads

Somebody at Elle Italia really has a thing for Coco Rocha.

Somebody at Elle Italia really has a thing for Coco Rocha. The super-stunner is featured in not one, but three gorgeous editorials for the magazine's January 2011 issue — and I'm having a really hard time picking a favorite. Coco goofed around at a diner, wore high-energy brights, and channeled Grace Coddington in the trio of spellbinding spreads. Click through to see some of the best shots from each story.

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Candy Magazine Does Drag Versions of Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and Tavi Gevinson

>> Luis Venegas, editor and publisher of the “transversal style magazine” Candy, takes on the drag version of Anna Wintour to model and DJ Andrès Borque's Grace Coddington in the magazine's The Devil Wears Anna editorial.

>> Luis Venegas, editor and publisher of the “transversal style magazine” Candy, takes on the drag version of Anna Wintour to model and DJ Andrès Borque's Grace Coddington in the magazine's The Devil Wears Anna editorial. Franca Sozzani and Tavi Gevinson get play, too. [Frockwriter]

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A Brief, Romantic Encounter With Daria Werbowy in This Month's Vogue

We love a double-threat — brains and beauty like the gorgeous Daria Werbowy playing savvy reporter for Peter Lindbergh's lens.
Pictures of Daria Werbowy in Vogue

We love a double-threat — brains and beauty like the gorgeous Daria Werbowy playing savvy reporter for Peter Lindbergh's lens. Under the style direction of Grace Coddington, and playing dress up in Prada, Marc Jacobs, and Versace, Daria channels femininity, strength, and ultimately, a little romance for this month's Vogue. We can't help but get swept away with the vintage-inspired style and the desert landscapes.

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Lady Gaga Rumored to Be on Vogue's March 2011 Cover

>> Lady Gaga has appeared in Vogue before — in the December 2009 issue, she played the witch in a Hansel and Gretel spread, and Grace Coddington, who styled the shoot, said Gaga arrived on set "stark naked except for her white rubber raincoat and some very, very high heels!” Now, it's rumored that she scored the magazine's cover — for the second biggest issue of the year, March 2011.

>> Lady Gaga has appeared in Vogue before — in the December 2009 issue, she played the witch in a Hansel and Gretel spread, and Grace Coddington, who styled the shoot, said Gaga arrived on set "stark naked except for her white rubber raincoat and some very, very high heels!” Now, it's rumored that she scored the magazine's cover — for the second biggest issue of the year, March 2011. Will she wear Armani? [Fashionista]

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Anna Wintour and Marco Zanini Amongst Attendees at Sally Singer's T Magazine Fete

>> There was no shortage of attendees last Thursday at the Spotted Pig in Manhattan, gathered in honor of Sally Singer's recent appointment as editor of T magazine.
Photos of Sally Singer T Magazine Party at the Spotted Pig

>> There was no shortage of attendees last Thursday at the Spotted Pig in Manhattan, gathered in honor of Sally Singer's recent appointment as editor of T magazine. Singer was reportedly bashful about being the guest of honor as designers, friends, and Vogue cohorts all gathered to say their congratulations — among them Anna Wintour, who was one of the first to arrive — and Marco Zanini, creative director of Rochas, who flew in just for the event. Singer, who will debut her first issue for T on Dec. 5 (her first fashion issue doesn't come until February), is apparently done with hiring — she stated at the party that her staff of 40 at the magazine is set.

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Anna Wintour

>> There Are Now Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington Dolls —In celebration of Fashion's Night Out, Barneys commissioned Brooklyn artist Andrew Yang to create one-of-a-kind, hand-painted doll versions of Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour.

>> There Are Now Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington Dolls —In celebration of Fashion's Night Out, Barneys commissioned Brooklyn artist Andrew Yang to create one-of-a-kind, hand-painted doll versions of Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour. They took two weeks to make: “I had to special-order Anna’s wig and cut it myself to get the bob right. And Grace’s hair was the right color, but it needed a perm,” Yang says. The dolls will be auctioned off on charitybuzz.com beginning August 31, with the proceeds benefiting The New York City Aids Fund. [The Moment]

New York Fashion Week

>> Rag & Bone Team Up With RJ Cutler For Short Documentary —The September Issue director RJ Cutler was working with Grace Coddington on an animated film earlier this year, and although there have been no updates on that effort, Cutler does have another new fashion project debuting soon: He filmed Rag & Bone's Marcus Wainwright and David Neville as they readied for their Fall 2010 show.

>> Rag & Bone Team Up With RJ Cutler For Short DocumentaryThe September Issue director RJ Cutler was working with Grace Coddington on an animated film earlier this year, and although there have been no updates on that effort, Cutler does have another new fashion project debuting soon: He filmed Rag & Bone's Marcus Wainwright and David Neville as they readied for their Fall 2010 show. The short documentary capturing their preparations will screen on Sept. 8 at New York's Crosby Hotel and will be followed by a Q & A session with Cutler. For those who can't make it, the film can be viewed post-screening at rag-bone.com. [WWD]