Aubrey O'Day, of Hairspray and Making the Band fame, will walk in Richie Rich's show for Hot Topic. Ms. O'Day also shot an ad campaign for the line with Lydia Hearst. [The Cut]

Rosanna Arquette was reportedly the friend who discovered make-up artist Paul Starr's body in his apartment on Tuesday. [Vogue UK]

Celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch has an advantage over Rachel Zoe because his new reality show on VH1 called Glam God With Vivica A. Fox, premiered last night, 18 days ahead of Ms. Zoe's Bravo show that will premiere on September 8. [WWD]

Meanwhile, Ms. Zoe said that her styling vision is significantly inspired by old Hollywood films. [WSJ]

Agyness Deyn is switching from DNA to Women Managament, but DNA will still represent her through the fall shows. [Fashionista]

Olympian Shawn Johnson is "addicted" to True Religion jeans. [WWD]

New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez will reportedly donate at least $500,000 to Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi. [TMZ]
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Model Agyness Deyn and Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. are engaged. [Us]

Woody Allen's new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona premiered Wednesday night at the Hotel Plaza Athenee on East 64th St.; stars Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall didn't show up. [WWD]

At the screening, Vicky Cristina Barcelona star Javier Bardem gloated over his sex scenes with Ms. Johansson, Ms. Hall and real-life girlfriend Penelope Cruz. [P6]

Mariah Carey is paying $125,000 to rent the Stone Meadow Farm in East Hampton for one week to celebrate her recent marriage to Nick Cannon. [P6]

Someone has been RSVPing for events under Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley's names, and now people are wondering who's playing a joke on Serena and Dan. [Rush & Molloy]

Marc Jacobs and boyfriend Lorenzo Martone—whom we still think are not married—vacationed in Ibiza with Kate Moss and her mom, Linda. Ms. Moss's daughter, Lila Grace, was on hand to snap the party photos. [Fashionologie via The Cut]

Diane von Furstenberg is teaming up with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create a resort 2008 and pre-spring 2009 collections of swimwear and other pieces featuring the artist's prints. [WWD]

Eva Mendes is pleased that her topless video ad for Calvin Klein has been banned in the U.S. (And yes, click through to see the titillating video.) [The Sun]  read more »

Halston, the '70s-tastic label revived last year by Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has announced that it will show at the Museum of Modern Art during fashion week, even though designer Marco Zanini departed from the label recently. [FWD]

Model Agyness Deyn and her boyfriend, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., wear matching shoes. [Jezebel]

Project Runway is suddenly not looking like an automatic hit, as the contestants are lackluster this season and the show is on too early (9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.). [Portfolio via Racked]

Gisele Bundchen reportedly gave her boyfriend, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a calendar featuring "specially shot" photos of herself.  read more »

It used to be that if a grown woman were wearing shorts, it would be for purely utilitarian, counter-style moments: jogging, errands on a hot Saturday, a trip to the Laundromat. That is no longer the case.

There is the return of the ’60s high-waisted hot pants, sent down the runway this season by Erin Fetherston and L.A.M.B. There is the Bermuda short that reaches right above the knee, from Tory Burch ($195) and BCBG Max Azria ($138), for the BlackBerry clutching gals in midtown, and the neat little cuffed and expertly tailored Fanciful Short by Alice and Olivia ($165) and Badgley Mischka ($138), preferred by those going for a Lower East Side look, like the actress Kirsten Dunst.  read more »

Agyness Deyn just can't help keeping her face out of the news, even if it means reportedly losing a Burberry gig because of it. The gal that brought the bleached boy-cut back to the Lower East Side has been keeping busy shooting music videos, launching an acting career, and moving to Williamsburg!  read more »

Agyness Deyn has been acting in a film currently being shot on Long Island and written and directed by her band-mate, 19-year-old Alanna Masterson, Danny Masterson's sister. [The Cut]

Ms. Deyn has also finally found her home in Williamsburg, where she will likely have a less famous face. [P6]  read more »

Graydon Carter gets the full Devil Wears Prada treatment in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, a movie based on Toby Young's subtly titled book about his experiences working at Vanity Fair. In the film, the editor-in-chief is played by Jeff Bridges and named Clayton Harding. [P6]

Lydia Hearst says that GG's Michelle Trachtenberg is her BFF while wearing nipple tassels.  read more »

The expansion and promotion of the Misshapes's je ne sais quoi continues apace. After months of planning, construction and a few obligatory hiccups, the downtown-dwelling, party-deejaying, trendsetting trio’s official Web site will launch, they say, as early as next week. The group hopes that by cutting the digital ribbon in the midst of all the mayhem at Bryant Park, the fashion-minded site can tap into the event's publicity machine.  read more »