Fashion news: Marc Jacobs on posing nude, zitless Biebster new face of acne meds and Urban Outfitters’ painful irony

Marc Jacobs, who recently posed nude for the campaign of his latest men’s fragrance Bang, explained the process in an interview with Calvin Klein. “There’s nothing I can wear in this ad that isn’t going to look ridiculous. At one point, I tried jeans and a shirt, and it didn’t work. So then Juergen said, ‘Take off the clothes.’ So I did, and that became the ad…I did feel good about the way I looked, so it was easy and—well, a guy looks better to me with no clothes on than with clothes!” [Harper’s Bazaar]

Despite the fact that you can hardly walk two strides without tripping over a Zara or an H&M, both European fast fashion retailers will open their online boutiques this September. No tripping necessary. [Guardian]

We present to you the silver spoon among colouring books, a 12 page beauty by Hermès with a mild price tag of $130. Not the best investment considering the possibilities of being shredded, spat up on and, worst of all, the kids could colour outside the lines. [The Cut]

Is Alexander Wang opening his first store the former Yohji Yamamoto New York flagship? [Racked]

As we all know, irony is the hipster’s best accessory, but we wonder if this time Urban Outfitters has gone too far. The retail monster has recently opened an Upper West Side location, with a facade emulating old store fronts of old Ma-and-Pop businesses that used to dominate New York before big box retailers (erm, like Urban) pushed them out. [The Cut]

Zoe Kravitz, 21-year-old daughter of Lenny, has just scored her first big modelling gig, for Alexander Wang, no less. [Huffington Post]

Megan Fox is surprisingly clothed in her latest Armani ads. [Huffington Post]

It’s not like we’ve ever seen a zit on the kid, but Justin Bieber is now the face of Proactiv. Probably the single most effective method of marketing since the Old Spice Guy. [Globe and Mail]

Carla Bruni Sarkozy has teamed up with Jean Paul Gaultier to create an HIV-awareness T-shirt reading “Born HIV Free,” to come packaged with issues of Elle France. [WWD]

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