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After Karl Lagerfeld shared news of his new kitten Choupette back in January, and later went on to allude to her life of riches (“She has lunch and dinner with me on the table, with her own food. She doesn’t want to eat on the floor. She sleeps under a pillow and she even knows how to use an iPad. She has two personal maids, for both night and day.”), the fashion world became obsessed with the sure-to-be-Chanel-clad kitty, with V Magazine even giving her a starring role in a fashion spread for an upcoming issue alongside Laetitia Casta. Then came the popularity of the Twitter account, Choupette’s Diary, fueling the insatiable need to know what the kitty does with her spare time. While she wouldn’t dare reveal the extent of her daily activities (“I understand the human fascination with my life but a feline needs her privacy,” she says), she did deign to answer some of our Qs regarding her former owner Baptiste Giabiconi, the new Chanel bag named for her and more.

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Socialite Lauren Santo Domingo just gave birth to a baby boy. We’re not sure how her body ever housed another body but in any case, congratulations! [Nypost]

Karl’s latest (and most ironic?) CHANEL short makes living dolls out of models Baptiste Giabiconi, Magdalena Frackowiak and Barbora Dvorakova. [Fashionista]

Baptiste Giabiconi wants to add pop star to his resumé, which as far as we can tell only includes an entry for “Karl Lagerfeld’s muse.” Giabiconi has released the music video for his first single, “Showtime,” which he previewed in October on French television. The 50 Cent–mixed track seems heavily influenced by Ke$ha’s glitter-pop sound […]

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The suspense is building: A trailer has been released for the Lanvin for H&M capsule collection that features Leigh Lezark serving strong tea to a furiously scribbling Alber Elbaz. . [Zet Fashion]

The Gap has decided to keep their old look after vocal fans complained about the new logo. [Huffington Post]

Baptiste Giabiconi previewed his single “Showtime” from his upcoming album on French television. Enjoy the video above. [Fashionologie]

Though it wasn’t part of Alexander McQueen‘s final collection in Paris last spring, feast your eyes on what may have been the last piece that the late designer touched. The silk swan dress, made for long-time pal Annabelle Neilson is a far cry from the more notorious McQueen pieces she’s worn in the past (a sheer jumpsuit, anyone?).  She wore this beauty to Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball in June. [T Magazine]

Hilary Duff tied the knot this weekend with Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie. Duff wore a Vera Wang dress of which there is only blurry cell phone pic. [Catwalk Queen]

Karl Lagerfeld has just released another short film featuring Dree Hemmingway and Abbey Lee taking a breather after a Chanel spree, hence the film’s title Shopping Fever. Of course, a Lagerfeld short wouldn’t be a Lagerfeld short without Baptiste Giabiconi smouldering expertly at the camera. [The Cut]

More in Lagerfeld-related news: He was spotted with Blake Lively leaving the Ritz Carlton in Paris, so naturally rumours of the Kaiser appearing on Gossip Girl are now rampant. We hope this is true, but it’s probably not. [Glamour]

Stealing is wrong, but Lara Stone and Baptiste Giabiconi make it look so right. Karl Lagerfeld’s black and white short film ‘Vol de Jour’ shows the two on a Chanel shoplifting spree, decked out head-to-foot in the designs. Even their getaway vehicle is luxurious—a Chanel motorcycle. [Grazia]

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Chanel’s Paris-Shanghai collection opened with a video–an imagined alternate history where Coco Chanel takes her first trip to China. In a potentially controversial move, Karl Lagerfeld styled his actors, including models Freja Beha Erichsen and Baptiste Giabiconi, as Chinese characters in yellowface. Lagerfeld defended his decision because of its homage to old films like The Good Earth and Madame Butterfly where European actors played Asian characters, saying, “People around the world like to dress up as different nationalities.” [WWD]

Famed fashion photographer Sam Haskins, who launched his book Fashion Etcetera at Milk Studios earlier this year, died last week at the age of 83. Haskins had suffered two strokes this year, which set him into a depression that led to his suicide.  [WWD]

Lucian Matis has been named the winner of the first FDCC Designer Development Fund award. The fund will be awarded annually in support of Canadian fashion designers who demonstrate potential for growth. A business mentorship with FDCC prez Robin Kay is part of the prize. “We want to extend the potential to build their brand and assist the designers with the necessary tools to help them emerge nationally and internationally in this new economy,” says Kay. [LGFW]

Georgia May Jagger will join Coco Rocha as the two new faces of Rimmel London’s campaign starting in 2010. [The Cut]

This week’s New York Magazine has named Anna Wintour one of the 12 most powerful New Yorkers. This news didn’t come as too shocking, but more confusing is the fact that the Vogue powerhouse is the sole woman to make the list. [The Cut]

That Baptiste Giabiconi Wallpaper cover is out. Thoughts? [Refinery 29]

No doubt Twi-hards are thrilled with the opening of Twilightbeauty.com, which hawks the series’ two makeup lines, Luna Twilight and Volturi Twilight. (You’ll have to fill us in on what those mean.) Included in the lineup is the much-hyped Twilight Venom from DuWop lip stain/conditioner, which looks like blood in suspended animation and a lot of sparkle everything. [Spoiled Pretty]

Karl Lagerfeld and Philippe Starck have created their own covers and editorial for Wallpaper’s October issue. Lagerfeld’s cover features his current muse Baptiste Giabiconi clad in a Dior Homme suit while Starck’s mixes images of an amoeba, a monkey, a monkey sporting shoes and a question mark.