All the week’s fashion news that’s fit to reprint.
Beyoncé teams up with Topshop
Topshop has tapped the noted House of Deréon fashion designer and living legend Beyoncé Knowles to launch an activewear label in 2015 comprising clothes, shoes and accessories that span dance, sports and fitness categories. Drop the mic; pick up the mic. (Three sets of eight reps.)
For sale: storied fashion house
The Luxembourg-based investment group Luvanis is selling off Paul Poiret and currently accepting first-round applications online. Going, going….
Susan Sontag: Sephora shopper
U.C.L.A.’s Library of Special Collections disclosed the contents of Susan Sontag’s 1990s and early-aughts computers — and, according to the Los Angeles Review of Books, Sontag received emails from Sephora. Hey, “Bonus gift with your Mini Makeover” is practically part of the literary canon.
Lottie Moss’s latest gig
Lottie Moss, the half-sister to you-know-who, posed for Red Valentino’s fall ads — the 16-year-old’s first big commercial gig, but surely not her last.
Hillary in Vogue?
A breathless Daily News reports that the “hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD…” (per Clinton’s Twitter bio) and Anna Wintour recently browsed a clothing rack at Michael Kors’s studio. A Vogue spokeswoman refuted the ensuing cover rumors, remarking, “Anna just went by to say hello to Hillary,” of course.
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me Bill Blass by Chris Benz?
Ahead of Bill Blass’s spring 2016 relaunch, the designer Chris Benz has been named creative director. Mazel tov!
Lean in like Beckham
Management Today dubbed Victoria Beckham the top entrepreneur of 2014. In an editor’s letter rattling off the litany of reasons for the selection, Matthew Gwyther writes, “She is what she is. And what Mrs. Beckham is has created a company that is both real and wildly successful. Philip Beresford, who compiles the MT Top 100, is the author of the Rich List, and you don’t pull the sequined wool over his eyes.” You just don’t!
Timbielake: pregnant?
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel could be expecting a baby come April. “Cry Me a River” is, after all, lullaby material.
Helen Mirren’s makeup contract
L’Oréal Paris anointed the 69-year-old actress the brand’s U.K. ambassador. Excellent choice!
Victoria’s Secret’s “perfect” storm
This week in “What could go wrong?”: The lingerie brand released an ad depicting the push-up-bra-clad models Behati Prinsloo, Lily Aldridge and Jasmine Tookes alongside the tagline “The Perfect Body.” Cue the change.org petition.
What not to wear for Halloween
No, it’ll never be time for the Sexy Ebola Containment Suit. (Boots not included.)
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