Ageless goddess Nadja Auermann chimes in on great style, reveals her fashion icons and gives an unexpected response to the closest she came to being naked in public. [Guardian UK]

The darker side of the beauty world bared its shadow again this weekend: Indian model Viveka Babajee hung herself on Friday night. [NewKerala.com]

The super-skinny model debate continues in Australia, with another ban on the skeletal under consideration. Consider it a small point scored for real women. [Australian Telegraph]

Thom Browne’s “Space Odyssey” collection closes Paris Men’s Week with hot astronauts and a theatrical bang. [AP] and [NYT]

Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign posts an ad for models that are both “real” and “flawless.” If you understand how this works, let us know. [Jezebel]

Sea of Shoes Jane Aldridge goes thrift shopping with her mom and confirms that she is truly a master of vintage. See how she blends 70s, 80s and 00s style like nobody’s business. [Sea of Shoes]

Meanwhile, Rumi of Fashion Toast wears a 1920’s inspired leather flapper dress on Bleeker Street, confirming that she can look good in anything. [Fashion Toast]

Lastly, congratulations to Mary Tomer, the blogger behind Mrs. O, who got married this weekend. Her blogging about MO connected her to first lady favorite, designer Peter Soronen, who crafted Mary’s wedding dress. [Mrs. O]

Photo: AFPSource: AFP

Wimbledon’s first poet-in-residence finds inspiration in the evolution of fashion in women’s tennis. “I’m interested in that period when it began to be okay to show flesh and women began to move with freedom – it’s very symbolic.” [UK Guardian]

The Fashion Design Council of India announced today it is expanding the fashion offerings there and hosting the inaugural Pearl Delhi Couture Week next month. [Calcutta News]

We are dying over Eighties style icon Tina Chow’s jewelry collection the gal’s at Rare Vintage got their hands on. Anything from Tina is something worth having, or in this case, coveting.[Rare Vintage]

Pharrell continues to impress: His new line is a collaboration with Moncler, incorporating the eco-friendly fabric from his company Bionic Yarn. Colette can’t keep the puffy jackets and a sleeveless number—inspired by bulletproof vests—in stock. “I’m not about endorsing violence, no matter what kind of records I’ve produced,” Williams clarified. “That one is about being a warrior for the environment.” [Style File]

Marc Jacobs continues the trend of casting generations of models in Louis Vuitton’s 1950s-inspired ad campaign. Cheers on the age and hair diversity; now let’s see skin-color diversity. [Fashionologie]

Another trend that’s staying alive: shaggy beards, as seen in both Jean Paul Gaultier and Yohji Yamamoto Paris men’s shows. Scruff is now officially mainstream. [NYTimes]

MTV launched its own fashion site yesterday, reporting on everything from the Situation’s clothing line to Lady Gaga’s latest to a “fashion showdown” on the Hills. [MTV]

John Galliano receives the French Legion of Honor from president Nicholas Sarkozy. No word yet on what French First Lady Carla Bruni wore to the event. [WWD]

Valentino changes its image in the quickest way possible. Nudity. [Fashionologie]

L.A. milliners Ban.do create fun, bright hats, headbands, and vintage
hairpins we love. [NBC New York]

Alexander McQueen spring 2011; Photo: Chris Moore / Catwalking / Getty Images

The menswear spring 2011 shows finished up in Milan yesterday; editors jet off to Paris today. See the full wrap up of the collections at Style.com.

Tavi continues her domination of fashionland, this time with a guest blogging stint at Jezebel. where she’ll talk about fashion, feminism (YES!) and “issues facing adolescents and Daria.” We can’t wait. [Jezebel]

A play about Isabella Blow, she of the towering chapeaus, opens in New York next month. We’re picturing a theaterful of Blow devotees decked out in their millinery tributes, and no one having any clue what’s happening on stage. [Fashionista]

We love the seventies feel of Jessica Robinson’s jewelry, as profiled in Vogue. Her chunky bracelets only deflect fashion boredom, though, not bullets. [Vogue]

The goods just keep coming from American Apparel. After Gawker got it hands on employee documents the other week, now American Apparel issues a confidentiality agreement to employees with a $1 million penalty to those with loose lips. We had no idea they were paying so well over there! [Gawker]

Now Jersey Shore’s the Situation is working on a “couture” clothing line. This may turn out to be the first collection created with absolutely no shirts. [NY Post]