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Margiela Designs a Watch For G-Shock
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Margiela's Shock Watch, Armani's New Deal, and the Winner of The Face

Maison Martin Margiela is working with G-Shock to produce a limited-edition timepiece celebrating the watchmaker's 30th anniversary.
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Philip Treacy to Design Children's Hats
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Philip Treacy Designs For Kids, and J.Crew Sets Sail For Spring

Philip Treacy has designed a capsule collection of children's hats to celebrate the opening of the Sensatori Resort in Turkey.
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  • Philip Treacy has designed a capsule collection of children's hats to celebrate the opening of the Sensatori Resort in Turkey. [Vogue UK]

  • Did Phoebe Philo copy a coat by Geoffrey Beene for her Céline Fall 2013 collection? [Garmento]

  • The installations for the upcoming exhibit Punk: From Chaos to Couture are rumored to include a 40-foot-long styrofoam statue of Vivienne Westwood, which will be decorated with cellphone-generated graffiti. [The New Yorker]

  • Nanette Lepore will draw upon the prints and details of her ready-to-wear collection to inspire her first line of home goods, set to debut this Fall. [WWD]

  • Naomi Campbell is bringing The Face to the UK. [FabSugar UK]

  • Meanwhile, Kate Moss has unveiled a sequin-embellished presentation box she designed for restaurant chain Sushi Stop. [WWD]

  • Cass Bird summers at sea in J.Crew's vintage-inspired video for its Spring 2013 collection. [Fashion Copious]

Source: Courtesy of Philip Treacy

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Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurkova Face Off in Winter White

The Face judges, Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurkova, stopped by the SiriusXM Studios in NYC both looking impeccable in splashes of white.
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The Face judges, Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurkova, stopped by the SiriusXM Studios in NYC both looking impeccable in splashes of white. Coco matched up a structural white blazer with black leather pants, while Karolina opted to go all white in a sleek pantsuit, then added a dash of color via yellow pumps. Both models turned up the volume on polish, but Coco followed the black and white colorblocking trend and Karolina showed us that Winter white can be so damn chic. This is going to be one tough battle, but we're leaving it in your hands, who should win this faceoff?

Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha at The Face Premiere (Video)
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Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha on What It Takes to Be a Model

Last night's The Face premiere drew some of fashion's most recognizable model faces to the red carpet, including the show's "mentors" Coco Rocha, Karolina Kurkova, Naomi Campbell, and Crystal Renn.
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Last night's The Face premiere drew some of fashion's most recognizable model faces to the red carpet, including the show's "mentors" Coco Rocha, Karolina Kurkova, Naomi Campbell, and Crystal Renn. Fashion reporter Allison McNamara caught up with Coco and Karolina about what it really takes to be a supermodel, how competitive the whole process really was, and more. Click play to see what The Face beauties had to say — and don't forget to tune into the show's premiere on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Oxygen.

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Supermodels Flock to The Face's Pre-Fashion Week Premiere

Supermodels and celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, Brad Goreski, and Tyson Beckford celebrated the premiere of Oxygen's new reality series The Face last night in NYC.
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Supermodels and celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, Brad Goreski, and Tyson Beckford celebrated the premiere of Oxygen's new reality series The Face last night in NYC. The show features major models, including Naomi, Karolina, and Coco Rocha, guiding two dozen young hopefuls toward reaching their dreams. It was apt timing for the debut of the series, with New York Fashion Week kicking off tomorrow.

Last night, Naomi chose Alaïa, Coco went for a sheer Emilio Pucci gown, and Karolina showed off her curves in a Dimitri fringed dress. The men in attendance also brought their style game. Tyson Beckford, Brad Goreski, designer Zac Posen, and The Face's Nigel Barker all suited up for the occasion. The new show doesn't air on Oxygen until next Tuesday, but in the meantime, the first episode of The Face is available online now.

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The Face Premiere (Pictures)
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It's a Supermodel Showdown at The Face Premiere

At last night's The Face premiere in NYC, the red carpet might as well have been a catwalk.
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At last night's The Face premiere in NYC, the red carpet might as well have been a catwalk. The show
"mentors," including industry heavyweights like Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, Coco Rocha, and Crystal Renn (who could have very well been giving a master class in runway form as they posed for cameras and air-kissed down the arrivals), glammed up to promote their new show — and showcase their own eventwear M.O. Naomi went the elegant, albeit sexy, route in a body-hugging Alaïa gown, while Coco Rocha played the more dramatic angle in a sheer Emilio Pucci gown. As for Karolina, the leggy blonde opted for a flirty, brilliant blue, fringed Dimitri dress — which proved a perfect option for showing off her stems. Step inside to see the rest of the glamorous arrivals face off — including an appearance from Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo — then vote for the evening's best-dressed supermodel.

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Naomi Campbell

Watch It Right Here: The First Full Episode of The Face

"One photo has the power to make or break your career," Naomi Campbell says during the first episode of The Face, in which a group of 24 hopeful models is whittled down to 12 competitors.
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"One photo has the power to make or break your career," Naomi Campbell says during the first episode of The Face, in which a group of 24 hopeful models is whittled down to 12 competitors. "This is the reality of our modeling business."

It's a declaration that's dramatic, but also true. Campbell's message about the cutthroat nature of the business seems to be the thrust of the episode, which was released online a week ahead of its scheduled television debut.

Campbell and her fellow coaches Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha meet the girls during New York Fashion Week at the Spring 2013 show of fellow reality TV star Zac Posen. The coaches then put the two dozen young women through a series of tests, including a one-shot photo shoot and a runway challenge — eliminating girls who don't pass muster along the way.

But it's not all slash and burn. After the challenges, the coaches sit down with host Nigel Barker to assemble teams they think have a chance at winning the grand prize. A look at who makes the cut in the video below.

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Coco Rocha

Despite Evidence to the Contrary, Coco Rocha Does Not Consider Herself a Supermodel

She may have graced countless covers, editorials, and major campaigns, but Coco Rocha says that doesn't mean she's a supermodel.
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She may have graced countless covers, editorials, and major campaigns, but Coco Rocha says that doesn't mean she's a supermodel.

"I cannot ever call myself a supermodel. That was an era in time — when Naomi worked — and those girls owned the industry," Rocha explained in a recent interview with Time. "Nowadays, you do one cover and if it gets a lot of hype, you're considered a supermodel."

But even if she doesn't consider herself in the same league as Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen, and Naomi Campbell — her cojudge in the upcoming modeling-contest TV show The Face — Rocha has definitely succeeded in building her brand the modern way. "For any model who starts today, they have to go with the flow of here and now — for me, it was embracing social media." And boy, has she. The "nonsupermodel" currently has over 462,000 Twitter followers — and counting.

For that reason — and despite her protests — we can't help but feel that Rocha is definitely a supermodel for this day and age. A look at all the gorgeous images that prove it, in the slideshow.
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Emilio Pucci Designed Rita Ora's Concert Costumes
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Pucci's Radioactive Costumes, H&M's Design Award Winner, and the New Vogue

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.
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    All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • The costumes Emilio Pucci created for Rita Ora's upcoming Radioactive Tour feature key themes from the brand's Spring 2013 collection. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Did Anna Wintour lose the ambassadorship because of her boyfriend's taxes? [Telegraph]

  • Ten individuals were arrested in Bucharest for stealing about $2.7 million of Giorgio Armani merchandise in December. [WWD]

  • Vogue Thailand hit newsstands last week — and almost immediately sold out. The publication's Editor-in-Cheif, Kullawit Laosuksri, is the first male EIC of any Vogue edition. [The Nation]

  • Steven Alan is teaming up with Beauty & Youth United Arrows to open three stores in Japan this April. "They're very much a company similar to us," Steven Alan said of United Arrows. "They've promoted great designers and really understand the Japanese market." [WWD]

  • It turns out women owe the existence of high-heels to the men of the Persian military. The soldiers of the 16th century originated the heels as a way to hook themselves into their stirrups while riding into battle. [Jezebel]

  • Meanwhile, Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, says that we can attribute the ever-growing height of heels in the 21st century to an "acceptance of hypersexual shoe design as part of fashion." [Style.com]

  • The upcoming exhibition Mannequin- le corps de la mode at Paris's Cité de la Mode et du Design charts the evolution of modeling from the 19th century to the present day. [New York Daily News]

  • South Korean designer Minju Kim is the winner of this year's H&M design award. [Vogue UK]

  • Hedi Slimane designed more than just the clothes in Saint Laurent's latest boutique in Bal Harbour — he was also the building's architect. [Fashionologie Inbox]

Naomi Campbell in Elle Magazine February 2013
Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell: I'm "Never Gonna Get Away" From That Phone-Throwing Incident

Despite championing charities the world over, Naomi Campbell says she'll never quite escape her checkered past.
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Naomi Campbell in Elle Magazine February 2013

Despite championing charities the world over, Naomi Campbell says she'll never quite escape her checkered past.

In an interview featured in the February issue of Elle, Campbell — referring specifically to the 2007 case in which she pleaded guilty to throwing a phone at her personal assistant — said, "I'm never gonna get away from it. It's part of my history. I was remorseful and regretful. I've served. I did that time. And I never want to be in that position again."

But starring in Oxygen's new reality series The Face, which debuts next month, may help change how she's viewed.

"The first time I saw her cry in an elimination I thought, 'She's in this,'" said Oxygen executive Rod Aissa. "The public will see the Naomi that her friends know. That doesn't come across in a picture, but it does come across on television."

Still, the pictures of Campbell in Elle are worth a look. A selection of them here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Elle

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