In conjunction with Fashion Night Out, Dolce & Gabbana are making a bunch of limited edition tees featuring Naomi as photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, David LaChapelle, etc, etc, basically all the greats. Naomi will be signing the tees (though I’d rather she signed my Blackberry) at the Dolce & Gabbana store on Madison Avenue. Then the tees will be rolled out to D&G stores worldwide, with proceeds going to Naomi’s fave legal-defense-fund, I mean charity. And like I said last week, I’m finding myself more than ever overwhelmed by this stupid “FNO” event!  Next year, I guarantee, Wal-mart, Payless and all that ilk will be in on it, too, and it’s going to be one giant, meaningless mess, which it sort of is already. Via Thelifefiles (Note to Lifefiles staffers: see how easy it is to credit sites you get material from??)

Paper magazine just put up on feature with 12 creative women, who get a chance to explore their masculine side by dressing up as guys in a feature called “She’s Got Balls.” The transformation are pretty good, in a million years you’d never guess some of them. One of the best parts though are their quotes on the experience. Said Charlotte Ronson, transformed above, “I just had to stand there and be serious and not smile, and I’m very good at that.” So true that about men and seriousness! Two more after the flip. Try and guess…stumped? Float your cursor over the image and it will show the name.

Sweetly seductive is the jingling of a woman’s accessories, capturing her every move, however quiet. Staring at this image, one can almost hear the sounds they make in motion. Mentioned as a hot fall item on Elle back in March,  Tommy Ton recently captured them out and about. They’re designed by New York-base shoe designer Tania Spinelli for womenswear designer Jen Kao.

When first the news starting popping up that Corrine Day had passed, I honestly didn’t know who she was. But then it turns out I very much knew her work, as she is the photographer who brought Kate Moss to the light. The NY Times obit on her that was published today is a worthwhile read because you get to know the back story behind her and Moss, plus the details of someone who lived an interesting life. For instance, did you know that Day’s pics of Moss kicked up so much dust that Moss’s agent recommended she stop working with her. And she did though they did go on to do work later on. The photo here (via Iamfashion) is Day and Moss’s first shoot together, done when she was just 15.  On the art of photography, Day said, ““Photography is getting as close as you can to real life,” she said, “showing us things we don’t normally see. These are people’s most intimate moments, and sometimes intimacy is sad.”

In advance of the U.S. Open tournament, New York Times offers an ode to the women who are currently at the top of the sport’s game with an article entitld “Women Who Hit Very Hard.” The article is accompanied by images and slow-motion video of them in action. That’s the amazing Serena Williams above, of course. Dewey Nicks is responsible for the beautiful pics and the videos. Via Format. More pics after the flip.

V magazine’s issue No. 67 is dedicated to New York, with its leading editorial entitled entitled “High Society.” featuring New York’s modern-day socialites, photographed by Terry Richardson whose images refer back to the City’s socialite heyday back in the ’70s. Featured rich gals are Barbara Bush, Minnie Mortimer, Maggie Betts, Allison Sarofim, Rachel Roy, Shoshanna Gruss, Dr. Lisa Airan (above left) and Byrdie Bell (above right), with the upgrade that these ladies aren’t just lunching, they’re also career girls with various and sundry real hustles.

We finally get a closer look of the man behind the lens, Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil blog fame, who was interview by Dazed Digital on the opening of his exhibit “Pic Me Tommy Ton” at Canadian lux retailer, Holt Renfrow (where, irony of ironies, Ton once worked as temporary holiday help). In the interview, Ton talks about his designer obsessions, also his fave subjects, and when asked about who he wants to see in the upcoming New York shows, responds, “Reed Krakoff. And Celine, of course. But more than anything I just love the feeling you get of being at fashion weeks, surrounded by all the freaks. It’s like being at Hogwarts.” Cute!

NY-based photographer Julia Chesky had a dream-come-true moment with the recent opening of Lanvin’s first NY store, for which she photographed both both interior and exterior shots. Normally she doesn’t get past the glass windows so judging from her comments the new perspective was an eye-opening one. Our favorite images were the ones like this one that zeros in on details and take us out of the display. One thing that’s so often missed with lux lines whether the images are taken from runways or storefront or magazine editorials is the beautiful detailing that goes into the products themselves or the background items used to enhance the setting. That’s why close-ups of bags, shoes, accessories, and make-up are golden–we rarely get them. More at Chesky’s blog, Modelizing.

From on-line magazine New Wave we present an arresting editorial entitled ”Machinist.” Photographed by Kate Friend, it’s styled by Rachel Freire. The models are Diandra Forrest and Betty Adwole and they are wearing designs from the Machine-A boutique in London.

More images after the flip.