NEWS

• Tyra Banks has announced a slew of changes for the next cycle of America’s Next Top Model, including new judges and a public voting system. [NY Mag]

• Aerin Lauder is launching Aerin LLC, a global luxury lifestyle brand. [WWD]

• Barneys New York has revamped its website. [WWD]

• Amanda Ross has been named fashion director at Departures magazine. [WWD]

• Model Elettra Wiedemann has created a coat in collaboration with Gryphon. [Vogue]

• J. Mendel’s Gilles Mendel has designed a limited edition line of Wellington rubber boots for Hunter Boot Ltd. [WWD]

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• Julia Restoin Roitfeld and her long-term boyfriend, Robert Konjic, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl. [Vogue UK]

• Tomoko Ogura has been named senior fashion director at Barneys New York. [WWD]

• Designers Anna Sui and Zac Posen created capsule collections for Edition01. [Fashion ETC]

• Giorgio Armani is teaming up with actor Sean Penn to raise money for charities working in Haiti. [Vogue UK]

• Vogue Australia editor Kirstie Clements was ousted from her job yesterday, just hours before it was announced that Harper’s Bazaar Australia editor Edwina McCann was taking over. [SMH]

• Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy are creating costumes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s production of “Don Giovanni.” [WWD]

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• British model Agyness Deyn has been chosen to star in a film adaptation of Sunset Song. [Elle]

• Model Karlie Kloss and designer Jason Wu are teaming up to participate and raise money for the 2012 AIDS Walk in New York this Sunday. [Vogue UK]

• Jewelry designer Alexis Bittar is expanding with a higher-priced collection. [LA Times]

• Alice + Olivia has teamed up with Chandon on a limited edition bottle design. [SheFinds]

• Bloomingdale’s has launched a new iPhone app, the Big Brown bag app. [WWD]

• Carine Roitfeld is reportedly staging a fashion show at the Cannes Film Festival that will feature only black outfits. [Fashionista]

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• Actress Julianna Margulies is now the face of L’Oréal’s Women of Worth program. [Allure]

• Chanel showed its cruise collection yesterday in the gardens of Versailles. [NY Mag]

• A series of designer stamps celebrating the last 60 years of British fashion have been unveiled in honor of Britain’s Olympic and Jubilee year. [Vogue UK]

• Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana has announced her engagement to Rohan Marley. [Modelinia]

• Transexual model Lea T has made her first post-op catwalk appearance. [Telegraph.co.uk]

• To celebrate its long-standing association with the Cannes Film Festival, L’Oréal Paris is publishing “Inside Cannes: The Golden Edition,” a book of behind-the-scenes photographs. [WWD]

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• Designer and new mother Jessica Simpson will produce a collection of maternity wear thanks to a new deal with Destination Maternity. [WWD]

• Alessandra Ambrosio has posted a picture of her newborn son, Noah Phoenix. [Twitter]

• Bergdorf Goodman will celebrate its 111th birthday this year with a documentary film, a book, and a collection of exclusive products. [WWD]

• The making of Carine Roitfeld’s new magazine, CR, is set to become the subject of a new documentary, entitled Mademoiselle C. Meanwhile, CR has hired its first staff. [ScreenDaily, NY Mag]

• NBC has renewed Fashion Star for a second season. [THR]

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• Mischa Barton launched her contemporary collection, Mischa, in Dubai earlier this week. [Vogue UK]

• The organizers of Australian Fashion Week are expected to announce that the spring/summer shows will move to late March next year from their current slot in May. [WWD]

• Beleaguered brand Betsey Johnson has begun its liquidation sale. [Reuters]

• Thanks to a new joint venture, Christian Louboutin is expanding into the beauty category. His newly-formed company, Christian Louboutin Beauté, will launch its first products in 2013. [WWD]

• Giorgio Armani has unveiled his official uniforms for the Italian National Olympic Team. [Telegraph.co.uk]

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• Carey Mulligan is selling her Met Gala dress on eBay, with all proceeds going to Oxfam America. [NY Mag]

• Israeli model Bar Refaeli will appear in a new movie, Kidon. [Modelinia]

• According to milliner Stephen Jones, Bill Gaytten is leaving his role at Dior and going to work solely at John Galliano. [NY Mag]

• Chanel confirmed yesterday that it has signed Brad Pitt as the face of its iconic No. 5 fragrance. [WWD]

• Model Christy Turlington Burns won’t be celebrating Mother’s Day this Sunday as a mark of respect to mothers less fortunate than herself. [Vogue UK]

• Elle.com has tapped Amina Akhtar, former editor of FashionEtc.com and The Cut, to be its new executive editor. [WWD]

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• Alessandra Ambrosio has revealed the name of her new son: Noah Phoenix. This is Alessandra’s second child with fiancé Jamie Mazur. [Just Jared]

• Thomas Tait, Vika Gazinskaya, and Calla Haynes are some of the finalists for this year’s ANDAM Fashion Award. [Style.com]

• Trina Turk has teamed up with Banana Republic on a capsule collection. [WWD]

• Brad Pitt is reportedly the new face of iconic fragrance Chanel No. 5. [E!]

• A new site for stylish moms, ElizabethStreet.com, will debut today. [WWD]

• Japan Fashion Week is moving to a new part of Tokyo. [WWD]

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• Nicole Richie is designing a capsule collection for Macy’s called Nicole Richie for Impulse. It will launch in mid-September. [Style.com]

• Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio has given birth to her second child, a son. [Just Jared]

• Former Emanuel Ungaro designer Esteban Cortazar is relaunching his signature brand exclusively at Net-A-Porter. [WWD]

• Two former Fashion Star contestants, Lizzie Parker and Nicholas Bowes, are joining forces to launch Lizzie Parker Blue Label. [WWD]

• Flash sale site Gilt Groupe will host a warehouse sale in New York later this month. [WWD]

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