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• Kate Moss raised over $300,000 for Comic Relief after reading an excerpt from Fifty Shades of Grey on the radio. [Telegraph]
  

• "I tried to approach the bottle design as I would when I dress a beautiful woman," Alexis Mabille said of the bottle he specially created for Cointreau. [Elle]
  

• Gucci has tapped Italian businessman Lapo Elkann to design a collection of made-to-measure clothing with creative director Frida Giannini. [Vogue UK]
  

• Beyoncé is rumored to have asked Julien Macdonald to design the costumes for her upcoming Mrs. Carter tour. [Grazia UK]
  

• Steven Alan has opened its first home boutique in New York City. [T Magazine]
  

• Meanwhile, Thom Browne will debut his first flagship store outside of the US in Tokyo on Saturday. [WWD]
  

• GQ has announced the best new menswear designers in America, who will design capsule collections for Gap this October. [GQ]
  

• Leslie Fremar tops the list of Hollywood's 25 most powerful celebrity stylists, with Petra Flannery and Rachel Zoe following closely in spots two and three, respectively. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  

• John Malkovich has launched an exclusive collection of Summer clothing and accessories from his label Technobohemian. [Yoox]
  

• Karl Lagerfeld never lets his professional guard down — even when he sleeps. [Harper's Bazaar]
  

Clive Owen made a cameo last night at the Milan opening of Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's latest presentation of artist Richard Hambleton's creations. Vladimir, who kept close to his mother, Carine, mingled with a crowd that included Rachel Zoe and her husband Rodger Berman. Clive, meanwhile, caught up with the Armanis, Giorgio and Roberta. After a few months out of the spotlight, Clive's back on the scene with his latest evening out and his recent appearance at the BAFTAs with wife Sarah-Jane Fenton. He was just off filming Trust, David Schwimmer's latest directorial project, and Clive evidently has another few projects that he's deciding between for the future. He said, "I'm not sure what I’m doing next."

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>> The September 2008 issue of Vanity Fair may not have given us the supermodel cover we were hoping for, but in exchange, it does give us the annual International Best-Dressed List.  The fashion industry was well-repped, with designers (Karl Lagerfeld, Stacey Bendet), models (Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Christy Turlington), editors (Carine Roitfeld, Alexandra Kotur), and even a muse or two (Tilda Swinton, Iris Apfel, Fran Lebowitz) all making the cut. 

But perhaps even more fun than perusing the list is browsing the quippy reasons Vanity Fair gave for picking each person.  A choice few, below:

Alexandra Kotur, Vogue style director, "Because [she's a] Kotur de force."

Carine Roitfeld, "Because she's the rogue editor-in-chief."

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy "Because we like her French twist."

Christy Turlington, "Because she put the chic in sirshasana."

Fran Lebowitz, 2008 Hall of Fame inductee.

Iris Apfel, "Because she's the Apfel of our eye."

Karl Lagerfeld, "Because the Kaiser is wiser."

Katherine Ross, Senior VP, communications, for LVMH North America, "Because she turns the heat on in Vuitton."

Lapo Elkann, "Because he's in the Lapo of luxury."

Stacey Bendet, "Because she's Ms. Fancy-Pants."

Tilda Swinton, "Because she's a great Scot."

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