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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley may have made a name for herself on the runway, but if there's one thing the past two years have demonstrated, it's that the 26-year-old model, who has been working in the industry for a decade already, may be ready to shift from the catwalk to the silver screen. After appearing in Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011, the Victoria's Secret Angel is set to appear in Mad Max: Fury Road in 2014 — and that's not all the model-turned-actress and entrepreneur has in store for herself. As she divulged in the most recent issue of NET-A-PORTER's The Edit. See some of her best quotes from the interview below.

On her favorite color: "Red is my power color. I love red. I'm drawn to it. I feel great when I'm wearing it. It's a sexy, confident color. But it's got to be a deep, powerful shade."

On how being in Transformers: Dark of the Moon influenced her fashion: "The Transformers audience is quite…specific. They want to see you looking 'sexy.' It informed my clothing choices on the press tour. I tried to find a way of being sexy but subtle."

On her new tattoo: "It's a hummingbird by Scott Campbell, a tattoo artist who does a lot for Marc Jacobs...hummingbirds fly about my house in LA. There's a hideous bush that my gardener wants to cut down, but I won't let him because all the hummingbirds gravitate towards it. In the mornings, I can sit with a coffee and watch them."

On having her own line of lingerie: "The process, from understanding what people want, to seeing my products in stores is incredibly moving."

On her acting aspirations: "I'd love to do a period drama, or make a quintessentially British comedy."

Source: Courtesy of NET-A-PORTER.com

• Liberty Ross covers this week's installment of The Edit. [Net-A-Porter]
  

• Opening Ceremony has teamed up with upcoming film Spring Breakers on a capsule collection of beach-ready wears, which will hit stores and online on March 22 — the same day the movie opens in theaters. [The Huffington Post]
  

• Allison Williams is ready for the Met Ball: "The theme is punk . . . I've been looking through Sex Pistols photography," she said. "I'm really excited to commit to the theme." [T Magazine]
  

• Zaha Hadid has been commissioned to redesign Stuart Weitzman's Milan flagship. [Styleite]
  

• Anna Wintour was spotted having dinner with Michael Kors at Da Silvano. [Page Six]
  

• Marni's new perfume now has its own website. [Marni Fragrance]
  

Long heralded as one of the biggest online hubs for luxury fashion, Net-a-porter is expanding its reach to include beauty. The site will launch its "The Quintessential Edit" on March 20, which is slated to include products ranging from 3Lab to Chantecaille to Le Métier de Beauté. This shift is fresh off the heels of the site's inclusion of menswear and discounted goods. "As we started to expand it was a disconnect to not be able to offer beauty," Alison Loehnis, the company's managing director, said to WWD. "By being at the front lines, we have an enormous amount of insight and exposure to talent and also product."

The Quintessential Edit will have a home on net-a-porter.com, and the company stresses that there are no plans to create a stand-alone business. Loehnis said that Net-a-porter is and always will be a fashion business above all else. But she understands the importance of beauty curation. "It's so interesting because we have this panel of just under 10,000 customers that are superusers who provide us with amazing insight," she said. "Beauty is the chart topper without fail." The Quintessential Edit will be making plenty of customers that much happier.

In honor of its 60th anniversary, French fashion house Chloé, founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion, has re-released some of its most iconic fashion moments in a special anniversary collection. The celebratory array includes 16 exceptional creations by some of its past designers — Gaby Aghion, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, and Hannah MacGibbon — including McCartney's pop-art-inspired pineapple t-shirt and Lagerfeld's embellished violin cutout dress. The heritage styles, including accessories in a range of colors, are newly available at Net-a-Porter and Barneys New York; shop them below!

• Brazilian shoe brand Melissa has unveiled sketches of its collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld. [Telegraph]
  

• An H&M employee reportedly leaked that the fast-fashion retailer will make its much-anticipated online launch this June. An H&M spokesperson, however, said no such date has been determined. [Racked]
  

• In other ecommerce news, Carven has launched an online boutique to accompany the opening of its flagship on Paris's Left Bank. [WWD]
  

• BCBG Max Azria Group Inc. has tapped the financial services company Blackstone to advise the brand's potential $1 billion sale. [Business of Fashion]
  
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• Beyoncé's costume at the Super Bowl, designed by Rubin Singer, was inspired by Valkyrie, the goddess of war from Norse mythology. [ModMods]
  

• Net-A-Porter's Natalie Massenet has announced that, in addition to debuting a print magazine, the luxury ecommerce site will soon be readable in French, German, and Mandarin. [The New York Times]
  

• Barneys New York's dedicated warehouse sale website is now live. [The Shophound]
  

• The first-ever Global Kids Fashion Week will showcase designs from labels like Paul Smith Junior and Little Marc Jacobs. [Vogue UK]
  

• Anja Rubik says that the second issue of her biannual magazine, 25, is inspired by the soft, sensual side of erotica. [Nowness]
  

• Donatella Versace, Victoria Beckham, and Mario Testino are just a few of the confirmed speakers at the 2013 Vogue Festival. [Independent]
  

• P'Trique takes chic to the next level in his new music video. [Elle]