• Celebrity designer Jessica Simpson gave birth to a baby girl, Maxwell, yesterday. [Us]
• Amanda Brooks has returned to her blog, I Love Your Style, after taking a break during her stint as fashion director at Barneys New York. [WWD]
• French brand Balmain is launching Facebook and Twitter accounts today. [WWD]
• Half of Elle.com’s editorial team has left the site. [Fashionista]
• Footwear designer Jimmy Choo today launched Stylemakers, an interactive website featuring a photo gallery of street style images. [Vogue UK]
• The Hotel Métropole in Monte-Carlo has invited designer Karl Lagerfeld to redesign its exterior. [Telegraph.co.uk]
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• British model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is designing a lingerie collection for Marks & Spencer. [Telegraph.co.uk]
• Alice Temperley has created a collection for British high street store John Lewis. [Vogue UK]
• Yesterday, Azealia Banks Tweeted that she will perform at this year’s Met Ball, but today the Tweets have been deleted. [@AzealiaBanks, NY Post]
• The first official Calvin Klein Tumblr blog was unveiled yesterday. Blogger and model Hanneli Mustaparta serves as a contributor. [WWD]
• Tomorrow, a selection of Elsa Schiaparelli’s jewelry will be available for purchase on 1stdibs.com. [NY Times]
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• Diane von Furstenberg has told of the time she took Calvin Klein hiking in Peru. [Vogue UK]
• The fashion and culture-focused Antenna Magazine may be making a comeback. [Racked]
• Contemporary label Bar III is launching a series of pop-up shops across the country. [Lucky]
• Film director Baz Luhrmann is creating a film for the Met’s upcoming “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” exhibit. [Fashionista]
• Chloe has named Canadian designer Steven Tai as the winner of its inaugural design prize at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography. [Vogue UK]
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• Stylist and designer Rachel Zoe has signed on as a founding investor of 23rd.com, a new shopping site. [WWD]
• A new song by South African band Die Antwoord features lyrics about Alexander Wang. [NY Mag]
• Benefit founders Jean and Jane Ford have put together a film project, “Glamouriety,” which is expected to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. [WWD]
• Yesterday, it was revealed that Betsey Johnson has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [WWD]
• Calvin Klein’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Nick Gruber is heading to rehab. [NY Post]
• French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has been confirmed as a jury member for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. [Telegraph.co.uk]
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• Model Chanel Iman acts in a new short film for Reece Hudson. [Bullett]
• Footwear designer Christian Louboutin will create his own interpretation of the “glass slipper” worn by Cinderella in honor of Walt Disney’s rerelease of the film on Blu-ray and DVD this fall. [WWD]
• This year’s Costume Institute Gala will be live-streamed on the websites of Vogue, Amazon, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Telegraph.co.uk]
• To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Guess will release a coffee-table book titled “A Third Decade of Guess Images.” [WWD]
• Model and television host Heidi Klum is partnering with Babies ‘R’ Us on a line of baby products called Truly Scrumptious by Heidi Klum. [WWD]
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• For an upcoming Astor Cosmetics ad, Heidi Klum poses in body paint. [People]
• Animal Planet is reportedly considering a fragrance reality show to its lineup. [WWD]
• The Go-Go’s frontwoman Belinda Carlisle has launched a home accessories line called Belinda at Bergdorf Goodman. [WWD]
• Pop star and new mom Beyonce is People magazine’s Most Beautiful Woman of 2012. [People]
• Original street style photographer Bill Cunningham was the guest of honor at the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence award dinner on Monday. [DFR]
• Calvin Klein’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Nick Gruber has been arrested in New York following an altercation. [TMZ]
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• Pregnant model Alessandra Ambrosio has posed nude. [NY Mag via Facebook]
• Saks Fifth Avenue will be the host of the first ever 3.1 Phillip Lim shop-in-shop. [WWD]
• Australia’s Next Top Model reportedly won’t be back this year because the network couldn’t find a “suitable” host. [The Telegraph]
• Luciano Benetton has stepped down from his role as Benetton Group chairman, handing the role over to his son, Alessandro. [Vogue UK]
• French fashion house Cerruti has named Aldo Maria Camillo as its artistic director. [WWD]
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• Gwen Stefani is working on another childrenswear collection for Target. [InStyle]
• Australian model Abbey Lee Kershaw will make her acting debut in Mad Max 4. [The Telegraph]
• British designer Anya Hindmarch won Veuve Clicquot’s Business Woman Award in London Wednesday night. [Vogue UK]
• A host of bidders have entered the race to acquire beleaguered brand Aquascutum. [Vogue UK]
• Actress Carey Mulligan married fiancé Marcus Mumford over the weekend. Mulligan is said to have worn an ivory Versace dress. [Vogue UK]
• German photographer Cathleen Naundorf will release a coffee-table book featuring her large-format Polaroids of couture dresses. [WWD]
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• According to reports, MAC Cosmetics will today announce the launch of a limited edition makeup line with Carine Roitfeld. [WWD]
• Blumarine is launching a new fragrance, Innamorata, in Europe later this month. [WWD]
• Bravo is developing a new reality show about male models. Meanwhile, the Style Network is giving Betsey Johnson a reality show. [NY Mag, Racked]
• Contemporary line Calypso is launching a limited edition line of girls’ products. Also, Topshop has just launched a line of kids’ clothing. [WWD, InStyle]
• Clinique is expanding its popular Chubby Stick category to include eye shadow with the September launch of Chubby Stick Shadow Tint for Eyes, an eyeshadow in a crayonlike form. [WWD]
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• Newly-single Heidi Klum is rumored to be dating Thomas Hayo, her fellow judge on Germany’s Next Top Model. [THP]
• The Fashion Institute of Technology will present Carolina Herrera with an honorary degree in May. [WWD]
• In mid-May, Assouline will publish a box set exploring the fashion, fine jewelry, and perfumes of Christian Dior. [WWD]
• Later this month, the Korea Furniture Museum in Seoul will present a new exhibit showcasing samples from Gucci’s archives. [WWD]
• Pop star Lady Gaga will wear Giorgio Armani-designed costumes on her Born This Way Ball tour. [Grazia]
• Images of the Liberty of London x Doc Martens collaboration have been revealed. [SheFinds]
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