Fashion news: Prada’s feverish ad, Christy Turlington thoughts on modelling, and McQueen spam

We were sort of hoping to see Don Draper peeking out from behind the beehives and a crooning Angela Lindvall in Prada‘s fall commercial. [YouTube]

Are people really so gullible when it comes to spam? If Alexander McQueen left you £7,000,000 in his will, wouldn’t you think you’d know who he was without a Wikipedia link? [Jezebel]

T’was tweeted: Kelly Cutrone has just sealed the deal to write her second book. How does “Bitch – Babe in Total Control of Herself” sound for a title? [Twitter]

Toronto Star’s “style czar” Karen von Hahn is thoroughly disgusted by what some people have been wearing on Queen Street on the hottest days of the year. According to the Czar, the flip flop-wearing Malibu Beach wannbes should trade in their look for the linen clad and panama hatted style of the Mediterranean. [Toronto Star]

A recent survey says that men are only slightly behind women in their primping procedures. On average, women have 16 products and men have 11. In other news, 78 per cent of participating males visited a spa in the last year. That number for women? 80. [Jezebel]

Crystal Renn says she wants to create a plus-size line. [Style List]

The Gossip Girl rumour mill mills on. This time, a Fashion’s Night Out themed episode is in the works, featuring a cameo by Vogue staff Hamish Bowles and Lauren Santo Domingo. Apparently, there will also be a new girl, Eva, played by Clémence Poésy. [Fashionista]

Christy Turlington recently said, “There’s nothing rewarding about modeling. It was a fun opportunity that allowed me to see the world but spiritually and intellectually there is nothing rewarding about the profession at all.” [Huffington Post]

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