FASHION Magazine

Lady Gaga has been named the new face of M.A.C’s AIDS Fund campaign. But she didn’t even show her face last night at the Accessories Council’s ACE awards, where she hid behind a netted lace headpiece.  We can tell it’s you from a mile away, Gaga. [The Cut]

Gisele Bündchen is on her way to becoming a fully licensed pilot as well as a new mommy. Next week she’ll take her in-air test—doesn’t the baby bump get in the way? [People]

Let’s all squeeze into Stella McCartney’s Gap kids collection. [Grazia]

Details have finally been released about the M.A.C-sponsored New York Fashion Week shows at Milk Studios. The shows aren’t being positioned as a parallel fashion week–the CFDA is supporting the initiative and the shows will be on the official NYFW calendar–though some speculate that there must be some annoyance on the part of IMG, who runs the Bryant Park tents.

The line-up includes some very heavy hitters amongst the young-and-cool-designers set:

Yé-yé girls take note: There’s a whole blog devoted to drawings of Serge Gainsbourg. [HintMag]

Confirmed: Maybelline is the new cosmetics sponsor of New York Fashion Week. More interesting is what will happen with M.A.C’s reported shadow shows at Milk Studios. [WWD]

Crocs is on the brink. The company has until September to pay the millions they owe their creditors. What will my 3-year-old niece wear on her feet? Won’t someone think of the children?! [WaPo, via The Cut]

Jason Wu, doll maker and darling of the Obama closet, has created a limited edition doll for Paris boutique Colette. But it’s already sold out. Tant pis! [StyleFile, Colette]

As a fashion cred consolation prize, use this handy dandy flow chart to get shot by The Sartorialist. You’re going to need menswear and some good accessories. [Refinery 29]

The German house of Escada could be R.I.P. by summer’s end. [Fashionista]

Instead of the traditional army of models bearing the same look, three distinct personalities walked the runway at Greta Constantine on Friday night.

Mlle: M.A.C senior artist Melissa Gibson described this look as a “throwback to the strong, chic French woman.” Lids were blended with a mix of Paint Pot in “Soft Ochre” and Eye Shadow in “Saddle” to “add dimension, not colour”. Mascara was nixed so that the inner portion of the eye, including the lash line, was kept light. “It still makes the eyes stand out, but more like a painting.