FASHION Magazine

Doll “player” Veik would surely win any contest for “Dress your Barbie as Lady Gaga.” The intricate costumes include Jean Charles de Castelbajac’s Kermit coat and Gaga’s “Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance” outfits–there’s even a DIY for the mini McQueen anteater shoes! [Refinery 29, Veik Flickr]

Coco Rocha will be doing fashion commentary for the home crowd at this year’s Grammy Awards. Rocha will be working the red carpet for ET Canada. No telling yet whether she’s a Joan Rivers or a Ryan Seacrest. [Oh So Coco]

A new Comme des Garçons Barbie dressed in the limited edition “Jingle Flowers” print hits CDG stores this week. [Dazed]

Burberry designer Christopher Bailey has become a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He received his MBE medal from Queen Elizabeth II on Friday. [WWD]

A $600,000 shipment of dresses from Victoria Beckham’s Spring 2010 collection were stolen at knife-point from a truck in London last week. The pieces were bound for Neiman Marcus in the U.S. [Vogue UK, via The Cut]

“Banish the black, burn the blue and bury the beige. Think pink!” sang Kay Thompson in the video introduction to the Barbie by David Dixon show. Apt lyrics for a collection inspired by both the 1957 movie Funny Face and the Barbie doll. With the runway alit with a rosy glow, models with long, bouncy locks and pink-hued lips debuted classic pieces in feminine fabrics and cuts. A polka-dot sundress, a high-voltage magenta skirt, a pintucked day coat and a sequin-sprayed jacket were standouts. This season’s Barbie girl even looked grown up enough to be called Barbara.

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Can’t believe we missed this: Our favourite caftan-wearing Vogue editor, André Leon Talley, turned 60 on Friday. We’d send you more Louis Vuitton as a gift, but you appear to have it all [Proof]. [FWD]

If only we could all lose our tacky phone cases and upgrade to a dazzling Dior phone. With the price ranging from $6,500 to $13,400, Dior has designed a line of luxe cell phones bedazzled in different gems. From gold-plated with sapphire crystals to the diamond-encrusted flip phone, the flashiest phone to ever be flipped seems to have arrived. [The Cut]

Vogue Italia creates another all-black issue–starring Barbie. [Refinery 29]

Jason Wu bookends his days with cats. [Times of London]

Sigred Agren, our favourite model on the NY runways, poses with Bambi, Thumper, et al for Stella McCartney’s fall campaign. [Vogue UK]

Prolific fashion muse Barbie turns 50 this year and in honour of the style icon’s birthday, a line-up of top designers collaborated with Mattel to bring Barbie’s luxe life of mansions, convertibles and lavish wardrobe options into reality. The long list includes Volkswagen, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg. There’s also Canadian content from David Dixon, Cake and Town Shoes.

Rev up your air-kissers: Fashion Week officially got underway with the Holt Renfrew media cocktail party.  Upon arrival we took the escalators up to the newly-facelifted third floor–contemporary never looked so chic.  The walls have literally been brought down to reveal an au courant open-concept floor plan that highlights many of the lust-worthy labels that even those struck by this downward dog economy still covet.