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Karolina Kurkova and Andrej Pejic’s Jean Paul Gaultier Ads Are Out; Harper’s Bazaar May Be Launching in France
• Jean Paul Gaultier's spring ads featuring Karolina Kurkova and Andrej Pejic are out. [Design Scene]
• The launch of a French edition of Harper’s Bazaar is reportedly in the works. [Daily Front Row]
• The trailer for Bill Cunningham New York, the documentary on New York Times photographer and street style pioneer Bill Cunningham, has hit the Internet. [Racked]
• Cathy Horyn asked Giorgio Armani if Lady Gaga influenced his latest couture collection and he “shook his head firmly.” [NYT]
• Behold: Photos of Miranda Kerr’s baby Flynn hanging out with his dad, Orlando Bloom. [Pop Sugar]
• Forever 21's design practices are even sketchier than you thought. [Jezebel]
• John Cross, the former public relations consultant at Tory Burch, has been named senior director of U.S. public relations at Jimmy Choo. [WWD]
• Amy Astley didn’t actually think Teen Vogue was going to launch, so she got pregnant. "I was nine days away from giving birth — I was so fat. I had gained, like, forty pounds I was huge! And they said, ‘We’re going to launch Teen VOGUE, and we want you to edit it.’ I literally gave birth to my second child Ingrid as the magazine was being launched." [Into the Gloss]
• Village Voice columnist Michael Musto had some not-so-nice things to say about Calvin Klein and his 21-year-old boyfriend. [Village Voice]
• Alber Elbaz, Gareth Pugh, Francisco Costa, and several other fashion luminaries are designing cakes for AnOther magazine's tenth birthday. [Fashionista]
• Jennifer Missoni, Margherita's younger sister, is going to guest-star on a few episodes of Gossip Girl. [Nylon]