>> Lara Stone is taking legal action, alleging that unauthorized photos of her appeared in French Playboy's June 2010 issue. Stone is suing both the magazine and the photographer, Greg Lotus. ''Playboy had no right to publish these unauthorised photographs," Stone said. "It's not the kind of publication I would ever choose to appear in. I feel I have no option but to take steps to protect my reputation.''
The offending photos (NSFW), below.
>> Rachel Zoe, Editor-in-Chief? —The new season of The Rachel Zoe Project premieres next Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 10 pm on Bravo, and while Zoe was promoting it yesterday, she was questioned about any aspirations as an editor. Her response? “To be honest, I never say never. I think being an editor in chief of a magazine is a huge, huge job. In order to do that, all the other parts of my job would have to be pushed aside,” she said. “I can’t imagine doing that in the near future. If I did do that, it would be a hybrid of a few magazines like W, Bazaar, Elle, Vogue, Love, V, Visionaire. I think it would incorporate a lot of art and high fashion and interviews with interesting people. It would definitely be oversized! With beautiful images and great photography. But that’s a huge, huge job.” [DFR]
>> Founding Vogue Russia editor-in-chief Aliona Doletskaya, once rumored to be a candidate for Anna Wintour's job, resigned from the magazine yesterday after 12 years.
In a memo notifying staffers, Conde Nast International president Jonathan Newhouse wrote: “Some time ago, Aliona Doletskaya told me that she would like to leave the Vogue Russia editor-in-chief’s post, which she has occupied for almost 13 years, and start a new life, probably to write a book or try her hand in a new field. As Russia—as well as the rest of the world—was still going through economically hard times, I asked Aliona to wait for a better time to do this. Now, it’s obvious that we are coming out of the crisis, thus I don’t want to interfere with Aliona’s plans anymore. I accept her decision to leave the magazine with great sorrow.”
Zoe Saldana appears in her first ad campaign for Calvin Klein underwear. The 32-year-old actress replaces Eva Mendes who represented the label for two years.
Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler in this week's Grazia: “Sometimes I think the people who buy our clothes live in a parallel universe. Hell, we can't even afford our clothes."
Tatler Russia editor-in-chief, Victoria Davydova, will be taking over the top position at Vogue Russia, replacing Aliona Doletskaya. She will be the youngest Vogue editor.
Kate Moss, Liv Tyler, and Gwyneth Paltrow are expected to appear on a new reality TV show, England's Great British Hairdresser, in support of friend James Brown.
Material Girl, the collection designed by Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes, is launching next Tuesday with a party at Macy's Herald Square in New York. The line's face and muse, actress/musician/model Taylor Momsen, was hand-picked by Madonna to appear in the brand's advertising campaigns and will be performing live with her band, The Pretty Reckless, during the Macy's event. We have early behind-the-scenes shots of Taylor, Madonna, and Lourdes on set shooting the Material Girl ad images, and it's clear the mother/daughter design team are taking their fashion roles seriously, especially mom Madonna who styled Momsen on set and even took a few photos herself—while sporting her other recent design collaboration, a pair of Dolce & Gabbana collection MDG sunglasses.
