Jude Law’s Dior Homme Sport Commercial DebutsAlso, get a peek at Marimekko’s new eye palettes, self-tanner sales are up in the U.K., and the market for high-end baby skin care is booming.
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Hedi Slimane Might Launch His Own LineThe former Dior Homme designer says he plans to return to fashion and has held meetings about starting his own label.
Couture Shows Kick Off Today; Alexander McQueen to D.J.Get psyched for Galliano’s Dior show and Lagerfeld’s Chanel show. Plus, Alexander McQueen will guest D.J. on Nick Knight’s site, and a new fashion intern reality show is casting.
Rehab Shmehab! Mendes Lands Another Calvin Klein CampaignEva Mendes can’t lose. When most other starlets hit the damage-control circuit post-rehab, Mendes remained the face of Calvin Klein fragrance and even got a free shopping spree on her birthday.
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Meet the New Guy: Cole MohrAfter a solid month of nothing but staring at beautiful girls, our eyes were craving a little man meat. So we heaped ourselves a serving of Cole Mohr, a Houston, Texas, native who happens to be the latest addition to our Model Manual.
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Will Dior Homme Designer Hedi Slimane Head Out on His Own?Hedi Slimane, the hollow-eyed waif designer for whom Karl Lagerfeld lost 90 pounds, is out at Dior Homme, according to WWD’s redoubtable Paris bureau chief, Miles Socha. Even though Slimane is an international superstar who single-handedly made a moribund label into the hottest thing on the planet his ultraskinny black suits changed the way men dress he’s reportedly getting tossed from the LVMH-owned company for diva-ish behavior and protracted contract negotiations. (His contract was left unsigned for nearly a year, as reported yesterday.)