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See Gisele’s New Cover; Oprah Helped Gaga Get on the Met Gala Stage

Gisele Bündchen is on the cover of this month’s Mexican Vogue. The shot could be from the same shoot she did for the cover of Korean Vogue. [Design Scene]

• Vito Schnabel reportedly got Terence Koh on the phone to coax Lady Gaga out of her dressing room to perform for the Met Gala. Oprah Winfrey also supposedly sweet-talked her. [Page Six/NYP]

• Lady Gaga on how she got her Met Gala gig: “I’ll never forget when Anna Wintour called me to play at this event, she called me and said, ‘I would like you to play at the Met gala, but I just want to make sure, because I’ve seen you perform before, that you won’t be swearing during the performance.’ So Anna, I will do my [bleep]-ing best!” [Page Six/NYP]

Ralph Lauren and Hamish Bowles wore jeans to the Met Gala. Bowles noted it was the first time he wore jeans “since I was 19.” [Fashionologie]

• A British judge ruled against banning saggy pants. [StyleList]

• New York label Lyell, designed by Emma Fletcher, is shutting down after seven years. [Fashionista]

Daria Werbowy appears in the newest issue of EXPN magazine and discusses how snowboarding compares to modeling. [Rad Collector]

• Miley Cyrus has a pouf in her new music video “Can’t Be Tamed.” She’s also wearing a corset that costs $25,000. [Just Jared; Us]

Naomi Campbell appears in the latest issue of V magazine, but not as herself. She’s reinterpreted and drawn with Swarovski crystals. [My Fashion Life]

• Ruth la Furla on ABC Carpet & Home: “There were plenty of other temptations, some modestly priced, others made for the kind of global drifter who camps out on Daddy’s dime.” [NYT]

See Gisele’s New Cover; Oprah Helped Gaga Get on the Met Gala Stage