Kanye West recently announced that he will be collaborating on a men’s shoe line with none other than Louis Vuitton. (Only the best for Yeezy.) He didn’t go into more detail, which leaves us to assume he has no other information at the moment — meaning he still needs to think of a name for his shoe line. That’s where our lovely readers come in: What should Kanye’s newest venture be named?

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Suddenly, after several years of being at the bottom of the fashion heap, black models are back on top. In a big way. Not only are they exclusively populating the pages of this month’s super-hyped Vogue Italia, Wintour & Co. also begrudgingly gave them some attention. At Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week, the designers of Dsquared used a group of models, led by Tyson Beckford, made up almost entirely of black men. And rumor has it that Lanvin’s show next week has an “all-ethnic lineup.”

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24-year old beauty and Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova is being criticized over her appearance in recent days at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, especially after a runway appearance in a bikini.One Brazilian paper blasted her back fat and cellulite, as did other outlets. The impetus for the stories were two still photos taken at the Cia Maritima fashion show at the end of last week.

We’ve said it many, many times before, but, unfortunately, it always bears repeating: FASHION IS THE STUPIDEST THING IN THE WORLD AND ANYONE WHO FINDS IT MERITORIOUS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED FOR MENTAL DEFECT!!!!!!!

We’re not sure if we have been blogging about the Olsen twins for too long or if Mary-Kate is actually looking like a non-hobbit in these pictures from a screening of The Wackness last night in NYC. She even managed to wear an outfit that doesn’t look like she pulled it out of her five-sizes-too-big grandmother’s closet. Is this another sign of the apocalypse?

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Which Italian designer told a woman he was groping on a dance floor that he likes ’slutty girls who dress badly’? She pointed out she was wearing one of his dresses.

Not just a straight Italian fashion designer, but a straight Italian fashion designer who’s also a boorish jerk. Hmmmmmm…

Vivienne Westwood — who designed a dress worn by Carrie in the Sex and the City movie — explaining why the film sucked after only watching the opening credits:

I thought Sex and the City was supposed to be about cutting-edge fashion and there was nothing remotely memorable or interesting about what I saw. I went to the premiere and left after 10 minutes.

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The much anticipated new issue of Vogue Italia, which features solely black models and topics affecting black women, hits European newsstands a week from today. Consumers will have four covers from which to choose, all of them featuring a different black woman.

Inside the magazine, top black models from Iman to Veronica Webb will populate 100 pages of fashion features, thus reminding the world that women of all colors are beautiful, just as long as they’re tall and possessed of a very specific type of bone structure.

The publishers of Vogue Italia say they’re happy with the latest issue and excited to go back to using mostly white models for another few decades.

Earlier, when I equated the fashion industry with a deadly disease, did you think I was proselytizing a bit too much? Well, maybe I was (surprise!), but I wasn’t wrong.

Take a look at yesterday’s Times article on New York City’s modeling scouts, and then tell me with a straight face that fashion and the ring of shitty predators in its orbit aren’t ravaging young people, both directly and indirectly.

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Christian Siriano spiced up the red carpet of the Tony Awards with what is surely his own bird-like creation.

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After being ripped to shreds by Us Weekly fashion police for an apparently unacceptable bike-riding outfit, Barack Obama proved why he should be running the country instead of Janice Min.

I got a hard time from all sorts of blogs who said I looked like Urkel. I knew that the AP was going to take a picture, and they were trying to portray it like [Mike Dukakis] wearing that tank helmet.

But I wanted to make sure that the children who saw that picture knew that even the Democratic nominee for president wears a helmet when he goes biking.

And once again, Obama wins.

Lindsay Lohan’s newest venture is fronting the Visa Swap UK campaign, a fashion swapping event in which everyone trades in their unwanted clothes. Naturally, LiLo provided a lovely statement to remind us of how not self-aware she is: “The concept of swapping clothes, getting something for nothing and refreshing your wardrobe appeals to everyone.”

Well, she would know.

Despite the ridiculous Manhattan heat, Mischa Barton felt the urge to put on tights and her best fringe boots while reminding people she still exists.

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Here’s something we’re sick of seeing besides the Jonas brothers themselves (what do they even do?): rolled-up jacket sleeves.

Kids, if you’re not mature enough to deal with the slight discomfort that accompanies wearing a suit properly in New York City in June, you don’t deserve $3,000 suits.

Sammy, Frank and Deano wore fedoras and closely cut sharkskin numbers 24 hours a day in Las fucking Vegas, an ocean of sand and sun, and they never pulled this shit. What’s happened to the American pop star?

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If there’s one thing in which Us Weekly shouldn’t be involved, it’s politics. So, naturally, the magazine has decided to judge the candidates based on their fashion — because the state of the country doesn’t matter if Barack Obama and John McCain aren’t looking good.

The target this week is Obama, who had the audacity to bicycle around Chicago in “ill-fitting jeans, a tucked in golf shirt and big tennis shoes.” The horror! Us‘ fashion police weigh in:

Although Hillary’s made some major fashion faux pas in the past (anyone remember a certain wedding dress?), we wouldn’t see her in a pair of pegged acid washed jeans, peddling a bicycle built for two with Bill.

Hilarious. Also, in case you were worried, “The Obama Girl won’t be singing about this!”

Despite the fact that celebrity clothing lines often fail with very public thuds, Lindsay Lohan, the girl with a problem for each one of her freckles, is going to go through with this wacky-ass leggings brand of hers.

Named 6126 after Marilyn Monroe’s birthday, Lohan’s leggings line looks just as ridiculous as it sounds, complete with oddly placed zippers, cashmere adornments and – oh dear! – kneepads.

If, unlike your friend who went to LA once, you don’t already own a bajillion pairs of American Apparel leggings, go out and buy some 6126s and do in them as Marilyn would have: cheat on your husband with married men who don’t love you and then zonk out on meds. Your brain won’t be in place, but your thighs will.

Elle magazine’s July issue features cover girl Mary-Kate Olsen and an interview that isn’t all that enlightening. The only thing anybody cares about is her relationship with the late Heath Ledger, and she responded by saying she refused to comment: “I won’t give you a word about that in the nicest way possible. Let’s move on.” To what, exactly? Because we don’t think anyone’s interested in hearing you discuss your keen fashion sense for hours.

The CFDA Fashion Awards, held last night at the New York Public Library, honored excellence in fashion design but also served as a venue for Victoria Beckham to crash as many photo opportunities as possible.

After the jump: How many Poshes can you find?

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Ashley Olsen attended the CFDA Fashion Awards last night in NYC dressed like a baby penguin. Also: Please tell us those pants aren’t about to be all the rage in America.

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