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We’ve got another hot battle on our hands today on Who Wore it Best?: Jumpsuit edition. Rebecca Hall is back for another round of judgment on her red YSL number, but this time we’re having her face off against Rachel Weisz, who wore a creamy vintage jumpsuit to last night’s premiere of The Whistleblower. Does Hall’s look (which, for the record, we liked–ignoring the somewhat ill-fitting bustier top) fare better here, or does Weisz’s stab at relaxed glam come out on top?

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It is a rare occasion indeed for Torontonians to rub shoulders with a fashion titan like Yves Saint Laurent‘s longtime partner, and co-ounder of YSL Rive Gauche, Pierre Bergé. But rub shoulders they did–an elite group, anyway–at the after party for the world premiere of Pierre Thoretton‘s documentary, L’amour fou. The film, which traces Saint Laurent’s career through the lens of his relationship with Bergé, and the ultimate auctioning off of their collection of art, furniture and objets, features extensive conversations with Bergé, as well as talks with the designer’s muses Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, who were staples on the Paris fashion scene.

At first we thought Rebecca Hall was wearing a flowing, strapless dress to premiere of The Town last night. [See all the looks on the red carpet.] Then we realized she’s actually got on a flowing, strapless jumpsuit, from the YSL Resort 2011 collection to be precise. Do you like it?

An employee was found dead at the American Apparel headquarters in Los Angeles. Data analyst Danarichie Lyndon Sindo had been feeling ill and was found in a restroom yesterday. Currently, police are not investigating Sindo’s death. [Gawker]

Spring 2011 LG Fashion Week will take place October 18 to 23 and will, once again, be at Exhibition Place. [LG Fashion Week]

L’ Amour Fou, a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent’s rise to fame, his partnership with Pierre Bergé and their decision to auction of their art collection, will be showing at the Toronto International Film Festival. [TIFF]

After an influx of underage models, it’s a refresher to see some older talent in campaigns and editorials. The Fall Louis Vuitton ads feature a trio of supermodels well out of their teens (Natalia Vodianova, 28, Karen Elson, 31, and Christy Turlington, 41), while the 39-year-old Kirsten Owen made a triumphant appearance on the Joe Fresh runway at LG Fashion Week in Toronto.

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin recently photographed Mississauga’s own Daria Werbowy, who at 26 is hardly geriatric, but certainly not a kid, for Yves Saint Laurent’s fall campaign, which features her elegantly perched at the bottom of a lavish staircase. Looking at the adverts it’s no mystery why the pair now refuse to photograph anyone under the age of 18–a move they made about five years ago.

Apparently American Apparel doesn’t do curves. Plus-size model/adult star April Flores recently visited the AA showroom to ask why there are no larger sizes. She was outraged to hear, “that’s not our demographic.” [Jezebel]

An Australian company has taken wearing your phone on your hip (a trend popular among suburban dads) to a new level. iClothing has introduced a little black dress with a pocket large enough to fit an iPad. How very 2010 of them.  [Mashable]

Trendy apartment hunters need not look further! The left bank apartment on rue de Babylone that housed the late Yves Saint Laurent from 1970 onward is now for sale. Asking price is a humble €23.5 million.[NY Times via Fashionologie]

Have you ever imagined Anna Wintour sitting on the toilet flipping through porn? Neither have we. Artist aleXsandro Palombo’s did, however, with his new collection of graphic drawings, Toilet Chic, featuring various members of the fashion elite sitting on the can. [Refinery 29]

Lucian Matis told Ryerson’s weekly student paper, The Eye Opener, that it’s time to move on from LG Fashion Week and that he plans to show his next collection in New York. [The Eyeopener via Toronto Life] See the full Lucian Matis Fall 2010 collection

People are whispering because Yves Saint Laurent’s creative director Stefano Pilati was absent from the Metropolitan Opera Gala in New York–a big YSL-sponsored event–but the company CEO  said at the dinner that the designer is simply busy working on the next collection in Paris. We know, right? Getting work done instead of going to a party? Scandale.  [Grazia]

The Chanel show, held today at Paris’ Grand Palais, was set against melting icebergs with models splashing through in short bouclé dresses with wide furry hems, paneled knits and fringey yarn trims. Notable were the shaggy Sasquatch boots. (A few pairs went thigh high!) The finale was a blizzard of abominable snowman coats, fuzzy white […]

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Lindsay Lohan was a no-show this morning at the Ungaro show in Paris. The details are still hazy but we’re gulping down the juicy gossip: WWD has reported that Lilo does still hold the title of artistic director, while chairman Asim Abdullah reported backstage that she was not involved in the Fall 2010 collection. To be continued. [Telegraph]

We don’t discuss the federal budget too much here on FASHION Diaries. In fact, this is probably a first: The 2010 budget, announced Friday by finance minister Jim Flaherty, includes the elimination of import duties—that had sometimes been up to 14 per cent—on raw materials used to manufacture apparel. [@NOWLifestyle]

Rumours of Gareth Pugh taking on the role of Creative Director at Alexander McQueen can be put to rest. A statement from the designer’s PR said this morning, “Further to speculative reports, Gareth Pugh is not in discussions with Gucci Group about a creative director role at Alexander McQueen.” [Vogue UK]

Put on your earphones and listen to the biographical ballads of Yves Saint Laurent. French singer and composer Alain Chamfort has recorded an album, Une Vie Saint Laurent with songs about the designer’s life. [W]

Editors shouldn’t get too disgruntled over people who aren’t them sitting in the front row at Fashion Week. Apparently it doesn’t mean much anymore anyway. [The Cut]

The CFDA Health Initiative panel met yesterday to discuss “The Beauty of Health: Resizing the Sample Size,” touching upon the premature age of models and health issues that continue to go hand-in-hand with the fashion industry. [Vogue UK]

Lady Gaga is a powerful force in both fashion and music–one that Black Book says could take on Anna Wintour in numbers alone—while the “Bad Romance” video has 30 million hits on YouTube, an issue of Vogue has a circulation of about 1.2 million copies. Racked’s recent reader’s choice poll of the best Photoshopped image of Gaga suggests the public’s obsession with her bizarre everything is here to stay. By the way, the Mona Lisa Gaga won with 44% of the vote. [Racked, Blackbook]

With the auction of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s items done and over with, their Paris duplex is next up for sale. With a garden and 5,400 square feet of space, the apartment is expected to sell for around $30 million. [WWD]