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The video for Lady Gaga‘s “Telephone,” featuring Beyoncé is out. In it, Gaga wears a gigantic black and white striped jacket and a bedazzled G-string bikini–in prison. Beyoncé’s outfits include a yellow latex dress with matching cowboy hat (and eyeshadow!). There’s more, obviously.

Model-turned-filmmaker Rie Rasmussen has beef with Terry Richardson and his approach to photography: “He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of.” Rasumssen ran into Richardson at a party and told him the same thing, in so many words; “I told him what you do is completely degrading to women. I hope you know you only [bleep] girls because you have a camera, lots of fashion contacts and get your pictures in Vogue.” [The Cut]

Steve Madden is apparently going to create the shoes for Madonna’s Material Girl collection for Macy’s. [WWD]

After abruptly shutting down shops at the beginning of the year, Yohji Yamamo has announced that the company will have a men’s fashion show in Tokyo on April 1. The collection itself is still in the works. [Daily Front Row]

Yohji Yamamoto presented a dark and dramatic collection at yesterday’s Y-3 show, which ended with Yamamoto taking down a boxer with his martial arts moves and, in turn, getting knocked out himself–a play perhaps, on his company’s recent difficulties. Click the images below to see pics from the show.

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Can’t swing the price tag for a cobwebby Rodarte? Knit it yourself. [Park & Cube via ReadyMade]

Yohji Yamamoto, which just closed it’s two New York stores, is under new management. [Vogue UK]

News of Yohji Yamamoto quickly and quietly closing his two New York stores last night left people wondering what lay ahead for the designer. It is now being reported that the closure of the NYC stores is just a part of a bigger ripple effect, with stores closing all over the globe. [Racked]

The big true or false question that invaded the fashion world yesterday–will Sarah Jessica Parker be taking on a role at Halston–is true. Halston has not yet disclosed what exactly SJP will be doing, but it will be interesting to watch how the fashion icon will work her style in to the brand. [Vogue UK]

Yohji Yamamoto Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection today against debts of 6 billion yen (about $69.4 million CAD). An investor, Integral Corp., has already stepped up with funds and the Japanese company with continue to operate during restructuring.

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Are you ready for some football? Alexander Wang mixed sweatshirt fleece and caramel leather for a pigskin-inspired spring collection.

Jason Wu went crazy with pattern and colour, but the show somehow still seemed refined. Cathy Horyn thought it was all a bit precious. [Style.com, NYTimes]

A video “prequel” to Gareth Pugh’s Spring 2010 collection, which reveals the line’s inspiration, debuted last night on showstudio.com. It’s suitably bizarre. [Showstudio]

Apt. 909 (909 Dundas St. W., 416-916-7599, apt909.blogspot.com), coincidentally also my apartment number, is a cozy vintage stop with an extensive archive of designer vintage that ranges from Louboutin, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier and YSL to the more eclectic gems from Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto. With ephemera casually scattered about in shop amidst antique decor, each piece is tagged like an artifact with handwritten descriptions by owners Elizabeth Gondek and Ria Jones.

Day two starts not with a bang, but with a “meh” at the Issey Miyake show. Designer Dai Fujiwara collaborated with karate masters to develop flexible fabrics for his latest offerings and the “katas” that the rent-a-karate-masters performed almost stole the show.