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Style goss, frock worship and wardrobes of the famous...

Mena Suvari goesnude at theMMM/H&M collablaunch

GG FAREWELL PARTYSNAPS Were sad Gossip Girl is over,but wed have given anything to have been atthat bash to help Chasesponge down IDOL SUccESS Cutie-pie Dean Geyer istotally killing it on the newseason of Glee MARc hEARTS US Ruby-Jean Wilson joins Codie Young and Andrej Pejic as thelatest Oz model toland a campaign for MarcJacobs. Onya! ANGUS STONES FIRST SOLO TOUR Who can resist that hot indie hair and his bluesysmooth vocals? Notus GRAZIARIThmETIc Weve devised our own form of measurement! Youllcatch us describing the length of something as about two-handbags long

Chase takes thecake

MMMs improbable perspex pumps and monster jeans

DVF even sits like anicon. Sigh

THIS WEEk I had the pleasure ofmeeting a style icon, the very charming Diane von Furstenberg. Iamfascinated by the concept of Style Iconic-ness. I wonder what itd be like to walk around all day being an icon. Someone meets you for the first time and your know their brain is whizzing with only one thought: Youre an icon. You do your grocery shopping, smudge your lipstick, prod your iPhone crossly when its connection fails, all in an iconic manner. When does iconic-ness start? When does iconic-ness drop? Id suggest adesigner becomes a Style Icon after heor she invents a Wardrobe Staple: Yves Le Smoking tuxedo, Cocos boucle jacket. Ms Furstenbergs Staple is her iconic wrap dress something Ineglect to own, tomy great shame. My wardrobe is woefully bereft ofstaples. Its a pity because one of theways ordinary people can become Style Icons is to wear a lot of Wardrobe Staples in a very considered, classic, iconic manner. I constantly forget toupdate my wardrobe each season with A Perfect Blue Jean or ASimple White Tee, and instead crowd it with un-iconic shiny things.

Ido own a soft caramel leather skirt from bassike, which surely counts as aStaple (because bassike = basic = Staple) but the odds of me ascending to the status of Style Icon any time soon areslim. Keep flying the icon flagfor all of us, DVF. THE POLAR opposite of BrandDiane von Furstenberg wouldhave to be Maison Martin Margiela, which hurls its mad collabwith Swedish fast-fash megaliths H&M into stores worldwide on November 15. Unlike the welcoming and supremely wearable DVF, MMM famed for its overall doolally aesthetic that includes using bits ofold wigs as jewellery and giant padded coats apparently made of mattresses is a shadowy operation. Martin Margiela himself vanished from his own company years ago, under circumstances no one can entirely recall (I like to imagine thatone day he clicked his fingers andfroze into a panel of perspex shaped like three headless horses anda stopped clock) and now the anon Maison does all the design heavylifting. But despite or perhaps because of Mysterious Martins absence, the house still makes fascinating, and feverishly covetable, apparel. I own a couple of pairs of beloved MMM boots which are tilted andruched at improbable angles, andsome of the H&M pieces those megagiant jeans (sowitty!) and those perspex pumps (Martin?Are you in there?) arethe stuff of dreams. But the fact theyre not shipping here is the stuff of nightmares. H&M!If you can resurrect a design house that doesnt even have adesigner, then you can rustle upantipodean courier service.

Ruby-Jean is MJs new gem

Is your bag ruler metric or imperial?

GOING UP GOING DOWN

OUR AGGY SADS Frowns our fave grunge girl Agyness Deyn has retired from modelling. Thankfully well still getourfix from her upcomingfilmroles CELEBRITY LOVETATTOOS Eva Longorias just zapped off her tribute to cheating ex Tony Parker. Ouch. Think before you ink, people HARRYS BUZZ cUT Our fave One Directioner wants to shave all his hair off for charity. Well hand over our salaries for younotto, Haz! VIcTORIAS SEcRET PUSh-UP SPORTS BRA Cleavage on the treadmill? Give us a break! RIcK ASTLEY INcONcERT It appears hes, ah, Never Gonna Give It Up
Aggy says bye-bye

Harrys hair scare

Sorry, is it still 1987?