BRITNEY SPEARS REVEALS HER FULLER FIGURE
Not only is the fashion industry focusing on flesh, but fans and critics are taking note of the newly brunette, scantily-clad pop phenom's post-vacation body during her latest performance on the Circus world tour.
[Daily Mail]

RACHEL WEISZ COMPARES BOTOX TO STEROIDS
During her recent sexed-up Harper's Bazaar photo shoot, thirty-something doe-eyed, Rachel Weisz, dishes on the expressionless faces of her fellow actors.
[Daily Mirror]

TAKE THE EXPRESS PLEDGE... NOT TO TEXT
Retail giant Express partners with ELLE magazine and The Entertainment Industry's Voice for Road Safety to raise awareness of the dangers of sending cell phone text messages while driving. Express says its customer is "typically" sending out electronic exchanges "a thousand times a month." The Patrick Demarchelier-photographed campaign will be featured exclusively in ELLE magazine via postcard and includes a pledge for people to sign.
[WWD]

MARION COTILLARD FOR DIOR BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Celebrity and fashion photographer extraordinaire, Annie Leibovitz, brings her signature storytelling style to Dior's second installment of the "Lady Dior Affair" in print ads called "Lady Red" featuring the smoking hot Marion Cotillard.
[Style Frizz]

MATRIARCH OF MISSONI
The mother of luxurious zig-zag knits, Rosita Missoni, says her success has never been due to a desire to make money, but rather creativity. Despite the rough economy, which has many high-fashion houses struggling, the namesake's company has been opening retail stores and posh hotels. Watch the video which includes a retro photo of the entire Missoni family donning their own brand of iconic sweaters.
[Design Scene]

THE "SMALLEST OF BIG COUTURIERS" FINALLY RECEIVES KUDOS
Virtually unknown 99-year-old Madame Carven was honored by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée Palace Museum. An innovator in the industry, Carven is credited as one of the first designers to introduce ready-to-wear lines and is the inventor of a woman's wardrobe essential, the strapless bra.
[WWD]