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Gone are the days when celebrities and designers were just, well, celebrities and designers. Now with every celebrity endorsement comes with a prestigious title—one that we’re used to being associated with helming a major fashion house—the creative director.

While we can’t be too certain what part of the process these celebrity endorsements play other than lending their face or fame to the product, it has become increasingly common for musicians, actors, and designers to add a creative director title to their CVs (aka their Wikipedia pages). With the recent news of Alicia Keys becoming the Global Creative Director of Blackberry, and today’s announcement of Marc Jacobs as the newest creative director of Diet Coke—succeeding Jean Paul Gaultier—we’ve decided to take a look back at some of the weirdest and flat out funniest creative directors to date.

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We might as well pitch a tent and set up camp outside Holt Renfrew’s sleek Bloor Street entrance, because come September, it will be the place to be. Not only is Holt’s taking part in Fashion’s Night Out festivities September 6 (stay tuned for details!), but the store is also ringing in it’s monumental 175th birthday. In true Holt’s fashion, the Hot @175 anniversary will be rung in in style, with a slew of designer collaborations for sale in (what else?) signature magenta.

From its start in 1837 as a hat and cap shop in Quebec City to the go-to luxury mecca it is today, Holt’s has undeniably had a starring role in Canada’s retail legacy. To fête the occasion, everything from high-fashion designs like Christian Louboutin’s magenta-platform sling backs to fun finds like Pantone’s “Holt Renfrew Magenta” notebook will prove that even at 175, Holt’s still has it.

Brace yourselves folks, Jean Paul Gaultier has confirmed that he will be designing a costume(s) for Madonna’s upcoming MDNA world tour. This possibly could be the best pop artist–fashion designer collaboration we’ve seen since… well… the two worked together for her Madgesty’s Blonde Ambition tour in 1990. We wonder if this reunion collab will pay […]

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From pop stars to puppets, Jean Paul Gaultier has proven he can dress ‘em all. Diet Coke has appointed the eccentric designer to take over Karl Lagerfeld’s position as creative director, and the first commercial has him giving a tiny marionette a couture makeover.

We never thought we’d feel puppet-envy, but the ad—the first of three in a series entitled The Night & Day Serial Designer—features Gaultier (sporting serious Dr. Seuss-esque hair) creating a punk ensemble for the miniature Diet Coke-girl.

JPG is the first designer to appear in the brand’s films, and will be lending his eye to create a limited-edition collection of show-stopping bottles and cans along with developing online content, ad campaigns, and retail concepts. We’re sure the brand has high expectations for the designer’s version of the bottle, given his knack to create curvaceous perfume bottles.

The second and third installments of the series will premiere on March 9 and 10.

The 81-year-old owner of London department store Harrods has decided it’s time to retire. Mohamed Al Fayed sold Harrods to Qatar Holdings, a private equity firm with links to Qatar’s royal family, for a reported 1.5 billion pounds. [WWD and Fashionista]

Supermodel Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince of The Kills have formed a band together. Recording is already in progress and one of the finished songs is a Velvet Underground cover. Kate the new Nico? Let’s just hope she can sing as well as she can strut. [NME]