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(Getty Images) Remember how, way back in February, everyone was like, "Ahh! What will Alexander Wang for Balenciaga look like?" And then everyone saw his debut collection, and they were like, "It's so...youthful," and then they (Okay, I) kind of forgot about it for a few months? Well, Wang's Balenciaga creations are back in the spotlight, thanks to the designer's first-ever ad campaign for the fashion house. BEHOLD: The moody shot, which was lensed by Steven Klein, features model Kristen...Read Full Story

One of my favorite events on the annual international fashion calendar—right up there alongside Paris Fashion Week and the after-Christmas sale season—is my yearly May pilgrimage to Georgia for the Savannah College of Art and Design BA fashion show.Each spring, the design college stages one of the most elaborate and best-produced graduate presentations of any school. The students, who've completed four years of painstaking study—and a full year of mentorship by a rotating cast of the industry...Read Full Story

(Versace) Last night, at a splashy New York City party where Heidi Klum and Taylor Momsen rubbed shoulders with Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, Donatella Versace launched the first Versus collection since the departure of creative director Christopher Kane. The label has undergone a lot of changes since last season. For one, Versus is reissuing updated versions of its archival pieces (available for $250 to $1250 on Versace.com). And Donatella tapped London-based designer J.W. Anderson to...Read Full Story

(Topshop) What would you do if you saw a woman wandering through the scorching desert, dressed in a fur vest and a pair of angel wings, pausing only to run repeatedly into a brick wall, and then, when she reaches water, walking straight in, arms at her sides, with no intention of swimming? Call the cops? No need! It's just Kate Bosworth, being whimsical, filming an ad for her new Topshop 'Festival' collection. Yes, even though Coachella is over, the UK music festivals haven't even started yet...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) As you may have heard yesterday — We meant to report it, but we were really busy! — John Galliano is teaching a course at Parsons.The four-day master class, titled "Show Me Your Emotion," will consist of just three days in the design studio with the former Dior designer — he still has his Oscar de la Renta gig, remember — followed by a critique and Q&A session with Galliano and Simon Collins, Dean of the School of Fashion. In an email to Parsons students, the school stated that...Read Full Story

(Visionaire) Visionaire has gone metal! Not, like, Black Sabbath metal (although, can you imagine?) The magazine's latest issue is printed on giant sheets of aluminum-stainless steel alloy, so when alien archaologists discover it thousands of years from now, after all of our paper glossies have been destroyed in our war with Mars, they will think we worshipped Kate Moss. Which is kind of true. [Fashionista] Noted cat lady Grace Coddington sketched kitties in what she wished celebrities had...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Do you break out the Purell when you have to grip a subway pole? How about after you use a public restroom that happens to be out of soap? You do? Great! But do you de-germify yourself after you rummage around in your handbag? That might be a good idea, science says, because your purse is a petri dish of disgustingness. Researchers at Initial Washroom Hygiene have found that the items women usually tote around in their handbags, like, say, lip gloss and keys, carry more...Read Full Story

(Thinkstock) Vampires are naturally stylish, no?Just because they're undead doesn't meant they want to be unfashionable.If you're a vampire—or just want to look like one—Scarlett Stoker's new eBook Dracula in Dior might be just what you're looking for.The new book, which bills itself as "The Ultimate A-Z Fashion Guide for the Undead and Those Who Wish To Be," is a newfangled guide to looking like a vampire without resorting to old-school outfits like corsets and capes. New, modern vampires...Read Full Story

(PacificCoastNews.com) If pregnant women who pass up the maternity section in favor of buying regular clothes in larger sizes or more forgiving cuts are a thing (and WWD says they are), then Kate Middleton must be their mascot. The Duchess of Cambridge has worn exactly one maternity outfit (in public, anyway) since announcing her pregnancy — a polka dot Topshop dress. (Bauer Griffin)But, for once, rather than sparking a trend, the royal is merely following one. “We do not carry maternitywear...Read Full Story

(Sotheby's)Diane von Furstenberg and Manolo Blahnik created bespoke masks for a Sotheby's auction benefiting The Elephant Family — an initiative that aims to protect Asian elephants and their habitat. [Vogue UK] Peter Som is the latest designer to lend his talents to Anthropologie's Made in Kind initiative. His print-filled collection, which hits stores May 17th, is inspired by “social eccentrics, women of style that had a little something quirky or a little strange about them.” (Think: Edie...Read Full Story