All sorts of fashion sites have said it’s been “confirmed” that Riccardo Tisci, currently the head designer for Givenchy, will be replacing John Galliano at Christian Dior. At this point the confirmation seems to be a lot of people repeating the same rumor on Twitter, making it far from official news. If it is him, just to get up to speed, Tisci was born in Italy, is 35 and began designing for Givenchy in February 2005. Christian Dior is publically traded and thus very numbers minded so if it is indeed looking at Tisci, it’s in part because Givenchy has grown since Tisci landed there, with an added plus that over his past few collections he’s begun to really hit his stride creatively. Another plus is that Givenchy, like Christian Dior, is a couture label so there would be less of a adjustment period in that respect.

Still, while he may be a great candidate and the only one on Dior’s short list, given the intense level of scandal it just experienced, you’d have to guess that its doing a very, very thorough background check of Tisci so even if he’s the company’s No. 1 nominee, it could be a minute before the announcement is made official.

Inspired by Miami’s Art DeEco with fun interpretations of retro swimwear, Nica Kessler’s Spring/Summer collection features a fun assortment of fun and effortless pieces that we had to share with you. Enjoy!

The open toe bootie was most likely not common in the fashion glossary , let’s say 5 years ago.However season after season this style combining a boot and a sandal becomes more and more irresistible and surprisingly classic we’d dare say it’s become a modern classic, a must have especially in this flawless tobacco brown by Gianvito Rossi available at  browns.

We  featured the young label’s signature clutches last year, today we give you a look at our new fave item from N’damus london, the corset belt “Corsi D’amour,” available now on Us Trendy. View more colors on the next page and purchase here.

Fresh out of Germany, the Umasan clothing concept is a highly versatile collection of  high end apparel inspired by the far east teaching of yoga coupled with a  love of design, simplicity and respect of the environment. Completely vegan, the line prides itself on producing this collection with a blend of  natural fibers and innovative materials such as protein and cellulose. On the next page take a colser look at Umasan.

Once again Karen Walker partners with Pointer to create a sleek pair of platforms , to be available for the fall ‘11 season. We’ll keep you osted on release date. Images courtesy of Pointer.

As mentioned in the previous post, we stumbled on some recent CK One videos, promoting the brand’s underwear line. In the videos, CK does what it does best, puts a bunch of sexy beasts in front of a video, films them in black and white at close range and lets the phermones flow from there. This one features Lara Stone, plus super stunner Cassie, who is apparently still working the half-shaven head look.

Found this cute GIF on a Lara Stone fansite the other day. It’s from a series of super fun/sexy videos Calvin Klein has done to promote its CK One underwear line….which coming soon.

Chanel presented its Autumn 2011 ready-to-wear collection for Paris Fashion Week today and as always the arrivals were as entertaining as the runway presentation itself. Karl’s girls always go all out, many of them wearing Chanel head to toe or at the very least carrying a quilted bag or clutch. Above is major girl of the moment, Alexa Chung, on the next page Lily Allen, Anna Wintour, Duffy, Emma Roberts, Leigh Lezark, plus a few more.

Famed street photographer Tommy Ton shares images of Proenza Schouler Autumn 2011 from the studio and backstage prior to the label’s NY Fashion Week Autumn 2011 runway show.