>> I was checking out the summer collection at A.P.C. yesterday, and I came across this tunic/artist's smock.  There's something very appealing to me about it, it's flowy, loose hippy-ish feel.  It very much reminds me of something you might see at Chloe.  So here I was perched to buy, and it was all sold out.  All. Sold. Out.  I hate when that happens.  I guess I shan't be led into temptation today.    

>> Hedi Slimane, king of skinny ties and skinny jeans, went through a preppy stage when he was younger -- he insisted on the "perfect polo shirt, the perfect khakis."  I guess we all have fashion moments we regret...

That fact and more about Mr. Slimane in an interesting article -- and I do mean interesting (Hedi eats baby food?)-- from the latest New Yorker.

>> Cintia Dicker was noticeably absent from the runways -- I got worried -- she's my favorite redhead.  FWD is reporting that she was just shooting a huge ad campaign rumored to be for L'Oreal.  Could they have scheduled it for a worse time?

I found a still of Lily Cole from the teaser for Marilyn Manson's upcoming Phantasmagoria -- the movie definitely has me intrigued, but scared as well.

>> I feel like Tanya Dziahileva has been everywhere lately -- on the fall runways, in editorials... and I'm wondering -- will she be the next Gemma Ward?  I'm not sure about her look -- her long blonde hair is gorgeous... but something about her pout bothers me a bit.  She does look nice in this shoot for Numero 70, though. 

>>  She's from Berkeley, California, but now calls Paris home.  She's just 24, a Parsons graduate.  She's Erin Fetherston (above, in red), and I've been watching her for a while now.  Her fall collection -- frothy, flirty, feminine -- was shown in a Parisian apartment, with votive candles, white roses, and the models circling the room, mingling with the guests.  But the clothes weren't the only thing debuting that night -- Erin's first fashion film did as well.  Starring Kirsten Dunst.  Filmed by Ellen Von Unwerth.  Big names for a fledging designer to be associated with -- but it doesn't surprise me that Kirsten was involved -- Erin's clothes seem right up her alley.  The film, named "Wendybird" after the collection, sounds beautiful -- in grainy black and white, it tells the story of five uniformed girls discovering a chest of dress-up clothes (all from Erin's collection).  So she's got beautiful clothes, good connections -- did I mention that she's eloquent, too?  What doesn't this girl have?  I'll have to get back to you on that one -- I've got nothing. 

>> Remember those Chloe platforms Stam fell in?  Apparently they were seven inches tall!

>> If you were Daria Werbowy, it's estimated you could command up to $20,000 CAD (about $17,300 USD) per catwalk appearance.  Not too shabby for a couple of 100 yard excursions...

**source: toronto sun

>> I was looking through the latest edition of Vogue Paris, when I came across this picture by Guy Bourdin -- I've always loved how unnerving and surreal his shots are -- there's this whole set he did with legs below the knee in heels walking around in different places that look straight out of a Dali painting.  But this picture, I like... because at first, it looks like there's just a leg, hanging there... and then you realize the rest of the girl is probably hidden under the cloth. 

>> Gemma?  Sasha?  Sasha?  Gemma?  ...Didn't realize how uncanny the resemblance really was until now...

>> Looks like Keira Knightley's going to back in US Vogue very very soon -- even after her Wizard of Oz editorial that bombed just last December.  Could our loquacious Vogue intern have predicted the covers correctly after all?

**EDIT: I have been informed that I should never assume anything ever again.  Also that this shoot is actually going to be in the UK Vogue, rather than US, as I mistakenly reported earlier.  (Thanks Sebastiana!)