Whether or not they’re engaged, Naomi Campbell‘s Russian (and still legally married!) billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin has built her this, Campbell’s new holiday house on a private island in Turkey. The house is shaped like the eye of Horus, “an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health.” Horus, in addition to being the falcon-shaped son of Isis and Osiris, was the God of the sky, of war, and of protection. Horus House. Naturally. [Ecorazzi]
Armani released more photos of Rafael Nadal without his shirt. Shirtless Rafael Nadal, y’all. [JustJared]
Nobody was allowed to photograph the Tom Ford collection because Tom Ford loves to tease the press. The Telegraph‘s Lisa Armstrong offers these “sketches,” which she calls “terrible,” in lieu. [Telegraph]
But! Victoria’s Secret Angel and face of Tom Ford Candice Swanepoel Tweeted this photo of the look board from backstage. She took it down, but not before the folks at the Fashion Spot took note. [TFS]
Alexander Wang, Sophie Théallet, and Billy Reid designed t-shirts for Starbucks‘ 40th anniversary. The result? This Alexander Wang unisex spilled-coffee t-shirt that costs $85. [Starbucks]
The Wall Street Journal published a review of Giles Deacon‘s London Fashion Week show, but ran pictures from a ballet charity event with it instead of actual runway photos. The story went live yesterday and has yet to be corrected. [WSJ via Styleite]
- Yet another thing that celebrities are getting that we’re not: “armfuls” of free Target for Missoni, offered them by Jeffrey Katzenberg at a pre-Emmys party. Wait, these people are stars — why can’t they get real Missoni for free? [P6]
- Sienna Miller found a new way to bother Anna Wintour, aside from having teeth: she came more than 30 minutes late to Matthew Williamson‘s show — which we’re assuming means she arrived more than 30 minutes after everyone else had been seated, because 30 minutes after the official start-time of a fashion show, that’s pretty much “on time” — and took her seat just as Wintour was preparing to walk out. Miller blamed her car service for the delay. [Metro]
- Pippa Middleton went to the Temperley show, photographers freaked out. [The Cut]
- Get ready for animal-print everything: Roberto Cavalli has signed licenses to manufacture furniture, linens, wallpaper, textiles, and tiles. [WWD]
- Carine Roitfeld is still denying the rumors that she was fired from Vogue Paris after advertisers balked at the content of the December/January issue, which was themed around age and guest-edited by Tom Ford. (That was the issue with the infamous editorial spreads of older people being amorous and child models wearing grown-up clothing and shoes.) “My last issue was not too challenging,
I don’t think so,” says Roitfeld. “Vogue 20 to 30 years ago was more provocative, there was less censorship.” [Telegraph] - Rachel Roy says Amar’e Stoudemire was pretty pushy, for a non-designer, when they worked together on a fashion line. “Working with Amar’e was interesting because he has such a strong point of view. When it came to him looking at boards or sketches, there were things that he really wanted or things that I didn’t, and vice versa.” [P6]
- One of Band of Outsiders‘ designers, Ai Bihr, modeled the fall collection with her husband, a photographer named Cedric Bihr. [Fashionista]
- EBay has launched a “virtual outlet mall.” [WWD]
- Hilary Alexander, who is stepping down as fashion director at the Telegraph, will move on to presenting a reality show called Behind the Seams. [Lucky]
- Next time that a strange man in a Target store asks you to smell his leg, know that it might be David Beckham. [YouTube]
- And now, a moment with Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani:
- Ask her about Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi‘s indiscretions, and Sozzani takes a deep breath. “It gives the impression that Italy is one big casino,” she says, explaining that Italian female contempt for Berlusconi is “not about being a feminist.” It’s about a nation’s standing in the eyes of the world.
- [Time]
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