Since the  U.S. Open starts today, Vogue asked eleven designers and a tennis legend to create customized versions of the classic tennis ball. The result is a selection of glamorous tennis balls, that remind  us more of current runway trends than of typical sports apparatus. See all the designs on the next page.

Grace Goddington has teamed up with Balenciaga to create a cat-themed “Pumpkin” collection, which will include the paper tote shown above, plus a  silk and wool scarf. The pieces will feature Grace’s drawings of her cat wearing Balenciaga looks from the past 10 years.  Good cause: 20 percent of the proceeds will go to animal rescue. Like it!

Take a look at our Top 5 covers of the week. This week’s most eye-catching cover for me is the 136th issue of Numéro displaying Lindsey Wixson and Edie Campbell.  Wixson already has been featured several times on the magazine’s cover, but this time looks more nymph-like than ever.

Which one is your favourite?

Numéro September 2012
Lindsey Wixson and Edie Campbell by Karl Lagerfeld.

POP Autumn/Winter 2012
Sui He by Vivianne Sassen.

Vogue Mexico September 2012
Carmen Kass

Elle Norway September 2012
Frida Aasen

Marie Claire Russia September 2012
Lyoka by Alan Gelati

Here we go with the second edition of our Top 5 covers of the week including, amongst others, Penelope Cruz for the W’s September Fashion issue. All of them very different but lovely in their very own way.

Which one is your favourite?

Vogue Germany September 2012
Salma Hayek by Alexi Lubomirski.

Elle Sweden September 2012
Frida Gustavsson.

Elle Slovenia September 2012
Valentina Zelyaeva.

Wallpaper September 2012
By Pierpaolo Ferrari.

W September 2012
Penelope Cruz by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot.

A longtime  favorite, Chioma Nnadi, previously with Fader and now a fashion writer at Vogue, was interviewed by Garance Doré. You get a glimpse at her background, the day she met Anna Wintour, what she loves about her job and  more :

“For me the most exciting part about the job is in discovery. I like featuring an under-the-radar designer hat you might not expect to find in Vogue. It was one of the reasons I started reading Vogue in the first place.

“Also, I’m a real nerd about fashion, and for me just being in an environment where I can totally indulge and say things like, ‘what do you think about this pink? Or these shoes?’ Being around people who are just as nerdy about fashion as me is really exciting. At the end of the day I’m not saving lives. We’re not writing about world politics. We’re writing about shoes, bags, dresses, hats.”

The rest of the interview here.

Another item to drive the #kanyemakesmeangry folks nuts, he’s featured in an editorial with “it” designer Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy in Vogue’s March issue. In other fashion news, he was spotted in the TopShop offices this morning so perhaps a collabo is in the queue? The talk has been swirling on that one for a minute but his presence in corporate firms up the rumor a bit. And then of course there’s his next collection to be shown during Paris Fashion Week on March 6th.

See another page from the editorial and the Twit pic of Kanye in TopShop on the next page.

Combining artistry with graphic appeal, fashion editors’ love affair with Prada’s vintage-auto-inspired shoe continues, from major blog attention when the shoes first appeared on Spring 2012 runways to grabbing full-page spreads in U.S. Elle’s (above) and Vogue’s January issues.

See Vogue’s take on the next page.

The post previous to this highlighting a book documenting the vogue scene, brought to mind a video of Amber Rose voguing at the Legend Ball in 2005. Def this female had a life before Kanye.

H&M is partnering on a capsule collection with the costume designer, Trish Summerville (that’s her in the above image front and center with the blonde mohawkish hair), for the flick Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which opens in December. In the fashion world the movie has already received quite a bit of buzz because Rooney Mara one of the actresses appearing in the movie was featured on the cover of Vogue’s November issue.

As for the collection, it has that Alexander Wang/Balmain, downtown rock ‘n’ roll feel to it, which is hardly new, even for H&M, and yet it’s still a bit of a watershed moment to see this look officially packaged to go mass.

Kate Moss is on the cover of Vogue’s September issue and her wedding is a major focus. Above is one “never-before-seen” shot from her big day which shows her matrons of honor from left to right: Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Jess Hallett, Kate Moss, Rosemary Ferguson, and in the bottom row, Sadie Frost and Lucie de la Falaise. 

On the next page you’ll also see first-time images of Carine Roitfeld, Naomi Campbell (in Givenchy), Lara Stone, Daphne Guinness, Kelly Osbourne, Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin, Paul and Stella McCartney, plus a few more. Via Vogue.