VENUS WILLIAMS' NEW CLOTHING LINE

venus has lot$ to smile about. (source)

i saw this posted on one of my favorite blogs, crunk&disorderly, yesterday. venus williams - the better dressed williams sister - did an in-store appearance to celebrate the launch of her new clothing line "eleven," at steve & barry's manhattan mall store. so would you wear it?

THE RUNDOWN: SIMMONS SISTERS

the simmons girls giving absolutely no fabulosity at puffy's launch party for his new underwear collection. (source)

the clothes - or the little bit you can see in this picture - just look awful! there's nothing special about what either girl is wearing - even with the accessories they've piled on to the look. and furthermore, these poses look wack. not into it.

MARC'S LUXE VISION

the book comes encased in this limited edition, gold louis vuitton mirroir book case. (source)

(new york) you've heard of luxury clothes, cars, planes, and even perfumes. but a luxury book? that's exactly what marc jacobs whipped up for visionaire magazine. for the latest installment of the quarterly pub, jacobs came on board as guest art director. according to fashion week daily, he helped pull together some iconic images of celebs we love like drew barrymore, lil kim, stella mccartney and selma blaire. it's a 192 page "collectors' book," and will be available october 1st. like all luxury goods, it comes with a heft price tag: $375.

JUICY BITS: KARL'S NEW SHOW, STELLA'S NEW BABY + MATTHEW'S NEW MONEY

oscar de larenta with paula s. wallace, honorary chair of the fashion cares gala.

karl lagerfeld will stage his "superluxe" pre-show for chanel in london, england. (wwd.com)

omg! my favorite designer, stella mccartney, is pregnant again and will give birth to her baby in december. (i know it's tmi, but i loves her!) (new york post)

oscar de la renta was the guest of honor at the annual fashion cares gala in atlanta last night. (fashionweekdaily.com)

mathew williamson just got a new investor: tsm capital. they announced monday that they are buying/own a 22% equity stake in his company. (fashionweekdaily.com)

SEAN JOHN WOMEN'S DEBUTING THIS FALL

cassie and ... i have no idea who these other two are. but all are beautiful! (source)

is sean john's women's line finally going to be a reality!? at least that's what this picture and a post from missbehave magazine's website suggest. i love this pic and i (surprisingly) love the clothes. it's fresh, fun, and very feminine. can't wait to see more!

THE RUNDOWN: THE JOLIE-PITTS + EVE

angelina is cute, but it's her kids who standout. (source)

so it's not that angelina looks uber stylish in this shot - it's more that she looks like an oasis of calm while walking with a three rowdy children that's remarkable. what is stylish in this shot though is pax's swagger in his crew neck cotton tee, and zahara's pose in her light, summer tunic. can we also get into the fact that her hair is actually done! thank the lord for small - but ever important - miracles.

why, eve? why? (source)

honestly blaynista's, i loved this look until i looked at her ankle. did you just notice it too? it's the same chunky, "d-u-i" anklet lindsay lohan made infamous a few weeks ago. i guess you can't help if you have to wear it, but must you show it off? this skin-tight, cleavage baring dress, was sultry, sexy and just this side of slutty and combined with eve's flawless hair (finally) it is an amazing look - but i just can't get past the chunky, ankle jewelry. it's not cute, classy or even sassy. i don't know what's worse, the fact that her drunk driving forced eve to wear this or the fact that her poor fashion judgement forced her to show it off. me no like.

JUICY BITS: HAUTE PARTIES, HAUTE NEWS + A HAUTE EDITOR

jay alexander strutted his stuff at a haute party this weekend. (source)

everyone is reporting on this: nicole miller is going fur-free for her september fashion show, and plans to fully exclude fur from her fashion line as early as next year. (wwd.com)

lookout for an exclusive interview with india-jewel jackson, glam.com's beauty editor, this week on the blay report. (theblayreport.com)

myspace.com is launching a crazy major fashion initiative called - what else - myspace fashion which will provide exclusive look into the closets of celebrities. it officially launches on tuesday. (wwd.com)

we hear the party for haute nigeria magazine held at the manhattan place in new york city, was indeed haute. fash celebs like jay alexander and model oluche made an appearance. fabulous job girls! (theblayreport.com)

ralph lauren will hold his september 8th new york city fashion week runway show at central park's conservatory garden. (wwd.com)

KIMORA'S PHAT NEW POST

kimora has something even better to smile about now. (source)

the fab lane just got....well...fabber for kimora lee simmons. according to wwd.com, she's just been promoted to "creative director" of phat fashions. in addition to even more money, the runway designer/diva, will now enjoy "creative oversight" over all men's, women's and children's apparel and accessories under the phat fashions label. this means, she will be responsible for managing product development, marketing, and advertising for all the labels under phat fashions. interestingly enough, she got this promotion after her hubby, russell, quit the company.