• Highlights from this year's couture shows kicking off in Paris today include Giorgio Armani's 35th-anniversary show, John Galliano's show for Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld's show for Chanel, Alessandra Facchinetti's couture debut for Valentino, and the debut of the first Chinese couturier to show in Paris. [Telegraph]

• Nick Knight will have his superstar fashion friends D.J. on his Website, ShowStudio.com, starting July 9. Guest D.J.'s include Alexander McQueen, Naomi Campbell, and Stella McCartney. [WWD]

• Christopher Kane won the Scottish Designer of the Year Award at the Scottish Fashion Awards. [British Vogue]

• Online shopping continues to grow in popularity since it's so darn convenient. E-tail can expect double-digit growth until 2013. At least something can! [WWD]

• Steven Klein was photographing Karl Lagerfeld for a Vogue feature in Paris when the designer was recognized and pandemonium erupted. Klein said, "It's worse than Madonna." [WWD]

• Karl Lagerfeld was so swarmed he could barely make it to his front-row seat at the Dior Homme show in Paris, while Kanye West walked in without anyone even asking for an autograph. [Guardian]

• Kanye West and Carine Roitfeld were spotted hanging out together on the front row of the Dior Homme show. [Fashionologie]

• The Style network is casting for a Stylista-esque reality show in which three interns compete for a position at a top fashion magazine. [Fashionista]

• The company that makes upscale ribbons, bows, rosebuds, and tassels for bras for companies like Victoria's Secret bought Pascale Madonna Paris, a twenty-year-old lingerie brand they'll introduce to the U.S. market in August. [WWD]