Headlines This Week 10/2

• The Gareth Pugh show just walked in Paris. According to various tweets, editors and buyers liked Pugh’s “soft” spring 2010 approach, which included lots of gray and giant feather hats. NYMag.com
• Bondage, in all its soft slashed leather and hardcore body harness forms, is here to stay. At least that was the message designer Frida Giannini seemed to be sending with her newest Gucci collection, which made its runway debut this past Saturday in Milan. Elle.com

• Rock & Republic spiced up their new ads with a little bit of raw sex appeal. Fashionindie.com

• Never one to play it safe, Rihanna hit the streets with a daring new look, and we don’t mean her minidress and laser-cut thigh high boots. Check out all those heavy blonde highlights. People.com
• Lauren Conrad, the 23-year-old reality star, just announced that her debut novel “L.A. Candy” is being made into a movie (the book has been on the New York Times bestseller lists for 14 weeks). JustJared.com

• Rachel Zoe has never made us want a furry vest. But Opening Ceremony’s new Where the Wild Things Are collection, created in collaboration with director Spike Jonze, has us longing for not only a furry vest, but furry dresses, skirts, tails, and ears. NYMag.com

Headlines This Week 9/11

• Apparently Vogue wouldn’t consider Posh for the cover for four months, so she jumped over to Elle for an immediate coverspot for the October issue. Hey Vogue… Ouch? Popgloss.com
• While Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw has shown no signs of letting go of her designer duds — she has already been spotted in two pairs of Christian Louboutin pumps! — Ugly Betty’s Wilhelmina Slater, played by Vanessa Williams, looks to be cutting back on spending due to the recession. People.com
• Everybody wants to get their hands on Stella McCartney’s lacy goodies; she even wore her own lace creation at the Met Gala. Rumer Willis then donned McCartney’s intricate lace blazer at the Sorority Row LA premiere. Rachel McAdams stepped onto the Venice Film Festival red carpet wearing the lace dress version from resort. FabSugar.com

• Well respected designer Robert Danes is looking for new interns, and we think you indies deserve the first crack at the job! FashionIndie.com
• Target has transformed its iconic Times Square Bullseye billboards into an artistic homage to New York City with larger-than-life commissioned works from four emerging artists. FashionTribes.com

Headlines This Week 4/10

• DON’T SPEAK IS BACK! Gwen Stefani gets done up in the latest fashions for an upcoming cover of Elle magazine, assuming the July Music Issue. No Doubt will appear in their first live appearance after a five-year hiatus. They will kick off  The Today Show summer concert series on May 1st. FashionIndie.com
• Halle Berry appears on the cover of May’s Harper’s Bazaar, prompting the Daily News to label her the “latest victim of overzealous Photoshopping.” A magazine-cover subject (gasp) Photoshopped? They don’t say. The paper notes that she looks “older than usual.” The retoucher did not, you’ll notice, completely remove the bags under Berry’s eyes. NYMag.com
• The WTF of this week goes too… Sears. The U.S. arm of Teijin Fibers Limited is partnering with Sears and the maker of the retailer’s private label apparel to fashion men’s suits from a blend of wool and polyester fibers that are produced from recycled PET bottles. GreenerDesign.com
• Saggy pants, baggy pants, slouching, whatever it’s called – that fashion of wearing them waaaaaay below the point where the boxer shorts begin. Is it errant fashion legally banned by Riviera Beach? Or does the wearer have a constitutional right to display himself the way he wishes even if it involves underwear? PalmBeachPost.com
• I mean I like her, she doesn’t have to work so hard at it. Country superstar Taylor Swift has had the opportunity to wear beautiful dresses to events like the Grammy Awards and ACM Awards, but there is one gown that isn’t just sitting in the back of her closet: her prom dress! Swift has given her long cream and gold Jessica McClintock gown to Hearst Magazines’ DonateMyDress.org, the first national network to bring together local dress drive organizations across the U.S., to help girls give and find the dress of their dreams. People.com