The British Fashion Council just released the nominations for this year’s awards and surprise, surprise Kate Middleton favourites Sarah Burton and Erdem (yay!) are up for the Designer of the Year award alongside the always-thrilling Christopher Kane. Other big nominations include Victoria Beckham for Designer Brand of the Year, even after last year’s controversy started [...]

Rumours: Steven Meisel apparently photographed Kristen McMenamy, Freja Beha Erichsen and Raquel Zimmermann for a Louis Vuitton campaign. [WWD] The Telegraph‘s Belinda White really didn’t like the leather pants Brad Pitt wore to the Paris premiere of Megamind [Telegraph] Tattoo artist Scott Campbell, who created Marc Jacobs’ SpongeBob ink, has made tattoo-print pieces for Louis [...]

Marc Jacobs took the season’s trend for Asian-inspired pieces and ran with it at Louis Vuitton. There were colour-blocked cheongsams, sequined obi sashes on skinny lurex knits, a Panda face tunic in sequins, pyjama pantsuits, lantern fringe and fan-shaped beading. Kristen McMenamy ended the show topless with painted-on zebra stripes and a pair of tuxedo [...]

Gareth Pugh forsook the standard runway show in favour of staging a video presentation for Paris Fashion Week. The video, produced by ShowStudio contributor Ruth Hogben–she’s also created pieces for Pugh’s past collections–features Kristen McMenamy from every angle. Is a Runway Show Really Necessary? [IHT] Read our full coverage of the Spring 2011 collections»

We asked the industry’s top hair and makeup artists—from Oribe to François Nars–to name their favourite models from the past and present. Click the images below to see who made an indelible beauty mark.

Designer Francisco Costa continued the cool allure of the Calvin Klein label with his fall 2010 line-up of minimalist, techno-inspired pieces. New must-haves for the urban warrior include silk folded raglan shirts, cashmere shifts, stretchy long sleeve dresses, and silver column dresses. Absolutely divine. The stark palette of midnight blue, black, azure, ivory and silver [...]

Donatella Versace just wants fashion to be a fun, ego-fuelled mania again–like the good old days. To wit: Kristen McMenamy and Linda Evangelista once battled over who had blonde hair with black roots first. “I was called on as a witness to say who was the first to do black roots in blonde hair. At [...]

Christian Lacroix may have a buyer in Bernard Krief Consultants, which would save it from Pierre Cardin-like licensing fate. [WWD] Celeb hairstylist Ted Gibson joins Stacy and Clinton on What Not To Wear, replacing Nick Arrojo. [Beauty Counter] The V&A hosted a retrospective with Giles Deacon for their Fashion in Motion series. Dazed has a [...]