>> The details of Kanye West's upcoming womenswear label are coming hard and fast these days. Louise Goldin, who has not shown on the catwalk for the past two seasons, has been working with West, Goldin's Central Saint Martins tutor Louise Wilson recently confirmed: "I can confirm that Kanye has been to visit me twice at Saint Martins and we have briefly discussed this collaboration . . . I think we can expect a well-considered collection, you wouldn't expect less from a pair of professionals and I warn against dismissing it in haste. There are those who might assume Louise will be doing all the work and Kanye is just the face, I don't believe this will be the case – he researches thoroughly and is hands on and committed to his work."

Goldin and West have reportedly set up a studio in Paris, but Goldin is said to be keen to relocate to the United States, prompting rumors that West will show the label at New York Fashion Week.

West has also reportedly been working with Harper's Bazaar Australia fashion editor and street style favorite Christine Centenera (above) on the line. Centenera met West in March at the Fall 2011 shows during Paris Fashion Week, and has since been flown to Paris twice monthly to work on the collection in a consulting capacity. When asked for comment, Centenera apparently replied that West is a very private person and that it’s not her place to comment.

Photo: Phil Oh for Harper's Bazaar Australia

>> Carine Roitfeld, who is making her return to styling magazine editorials with V's September 2011 issue, has dropped a hint on what the 72-page cover story, shot by Mario Testino, might entail. For the themed "Heroes Issue," they chose Elizabeth Taylor to focus on. “She had the kind of elegance that went far beyond clothes,” said Roitfeld, who is rumored to be working with the magazine on several issues. [WWD]

>> The dress Ralph Lauren designed for daughter Dylan to wed hedge fund founder Paul Arrouet appears in the August 2011 issue of Vogue. Lauren, who reportedly consulted with Vera Wang on the dress's design, decided on a handmade duchesse-satin, silk-tulle, and georgette embroidered dress with a tiered, nine-foot train. "I had to do something that was better than ever before," he told Oprah before the June 2011 wedding, which took place at his 300-acre Westchester County, New York estate. "When you do something for your family or your daughter, I mean it's the only daughter I have — beautiful girl. I want to just give her something that she'd really treasure and give her something that would be really amazing. I want her to feel fantastic."

Lauren also designed the bridesmaid's dresses in Dylan's Candy Bar-logo colors, with specially-made Spanx if the wearer so opted. "I also was inspired by a New York Times front page of one of my father's Spring/Summer collections where they showed the finale lineup of all those vivid colors of satin evening dresses," Dylan explained.

>> Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott seem to have really run away with the Fall 2011 campaign bookings this season — among their clients: Calvin Klein Collection, Givenchy, Gucci, Tom Ford, Versace, and now Giorgio Armani, too. The duo took over from Nick Knight — who did Armani's campaign last season — capturing Sasha Pivovorova with slicked-back, strikingly bleached hair. [Vogue ES]