• Australian model Gemma Ward (pictured) will play a mermaid in the new Pirates of the Carribean movie. [Styleite]
• Agyness Deyn launched an online magazine – NAAG – over the weekend with her friend Fiona Byrne. [NY Mag]
• British department store Selfridges has been named the Best Department Store in the world. [Vogue UK]
• Coach may collaborate with JC Penney on an accessories collection under a completely new label. [WWD]
• Daphne Guinness has bought the entire Isabella Blow wardrobe. [NY Times]
• Gucci Group is seeking legal advice after noticing that Cadbury’s latest Flake advertisement had several similarities to the Alexander McQueen Fall 2006 runway show. [WWD]
• Jimmy Choo’s Tamara Mellon will receive an OBE from the Queen. [My Fashion Life]
• Karen Elson helped save Nashville vintage boutique Venus & Mars by injecting her own money and clothes into the business. [Purple Revolver]
• Maryna Linchuk has a part in Sofia Coppola’s upcoming film, Somewhere. [Fashionologie]
• Michael Kors will next week receive the Oliver R Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research. [Coco Perez]
• Rory and Elie Tahari are legally separated. [NY Post]
• Sonia Rykiel will stage resort and pre-spring presentations in New York this week; it will be the first time the label has shown in the USA. [WWD]
• The Rachel Zoe Project’s third season will premiere on Bravo on Tuesday August 3. [EW]
• Welsh designer Julien Macdonald reportedly believes that a plus-size model winning Britain’s Next Top Model – on which he serves as a judge – would be a joke. [The Sun]
