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Cheap is the new chic. Swedish retail giant and knockoff wiz H&M announced Viktor & Rolf will produce a one time collection for both men and women.
It is scheduled for a November delivery date in 24 countries. The Dutch design team of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren hope to repeat the wild successes of past bargain-priced Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney collections.
The announcement came as a surprise since Miuccia Prada was widely thought to be the next big name designer in line to partner with H&M.

 
 
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Beware of drunken models on international flights. When Polish born Swedish model Marzena Kamizela decided to party with herself onboard a British Airways flight from London to New York the situation soon turned ugly.
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing for fear the crew and passengers were at risk. The 32 year-old former Versace model was stealing alcohol from a service cart, dancing in her seat, intimidating passengers and fighting with attendants.
She finally had to be taken down and cuffed by at least three flight crew members and was arrested by The Royal Canadian Mounted Police upon touchdown. She spent the weekend in jail and was fined 10,000 dollars. Kamizela is facing a much larger bill from the airline for the costs involved in diverting the flight.
Last month 23 year-old former Sports Illustrated Danish swimsuit model May Andersen was arrested in Miami for striking a flight attendant while under the influence.

 


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As an indication that women over 60 are becoming an important beauty care consumer group L'Oréal Paris signed actress Diane Keaton to a multi-year contract.
The Oscar winner will represent its new Age Perfect Pro-Calcium skin care line which will launch in July. It's the first L'Oréal Paris brand to target women aged 60 and older in the U.S. Although the terms of the agreement were not disclosed it is believed Keaton will earn about 1 million dollars a year for lending her smile to the brand.

 
...Los Angeles
 

Paris Hilton's $10,000 dollar Mother's Day gift bag was stolen when a delivery man put it down to open the gate to Kathy Hilton's home.
It contained Christian Dior shoes, sunglasses, handbags and perfume. A car just drove by and a passenger managed to snatch it. The elder Hilton will just have to settle for the thought that counts.

 
...New York
   

Tommy Hilfiger is said to be willing to put up $20 million dollars of his own money to produce a film about the fashion industry.
The plot involves an African American woman and her aspirations to become a fashion designer. The lead is expected to go to a big name star.
It is a topic Hilfiger knows something about. Forced to close his first jean store after it went bankrupt the designer said goodbye to his hometown of Elmira New York and headed to the Big Apple in the late seventies. He left penniless with nothing but a dream. Within a few short years he took the fashion world by storm with his Tommy Brand. Hilfiger recently sold his company for $1.6 billion dollars.

<<Tommy Hillfiger Spring/Summer 2006 Collection during New York Fashion Week.
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...New York
 

Russian supermodel Tatyana Simanava, 21, on route to Staten Island for a photo shoot in a luxury recreational vehicle mistook an emergency exit for a bathroom door and hit the pavement at 40 miles an hour on a busy Gowanus Expressway.
The driver spotted her in a rearview mirror and stopped. Miraculously she only suffered a dislocated shoulder, some bruises and a battered ego.

 
...Los Angeles
   

Supermodel and criminal flunky Leslie Ingram pleaded no contest in an L.A. courtroom to theft charges.
Last year the larceny challenged Ingram found a wallet in an L.A. supermarket and returned it to its owner minus several credit cards then promptly went home and order 1,000's of dollars of home furnishings online using her home address and phone number.
She originally pleaded not guilty to the charges but was asked to reconsider by the judge. As part of her plea bargain she will do community service and make restitution to the victim and credit card companies.

 

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