Abercrombie Wrestles with Its Sexuality, André Leon Talley Gets His Own Show and Stefano Pilati Talks YSL

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- Marie Antoinette may have lost her head but at least homegirl kept her shoes. A pair of the infamous queen’s pumps dating back to 1790 sold for over $57,000 at a recent French auction. [WWD]

- Abercrombie & Fitch got in touch with its not-so-inner homosexual with this Bruce Weber-directed homage to hot boys groping each other wrestling. Seriously, when is A&F going to stop circling the gay porno airport and bring that sucker into a well-lubricated landing? Video after le jump. [Huff Po]

Kim Kardashian’s Newest Scent — Flour Bombed, Details on Carine’s New Mag and Marc Jacobs’ Stolen Moment

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- Abercrombie & Fitch has responded to that faux site offering racist pants and thankfully its response didn’t involve a “yeah, so what’s your point?” [WWD]

- Some noble citizen, perhaps mistaking the launch of Kim Karashian‘s new fragrance for a Viktor & Rolf event, flour-bombed the unsuspecting reality star on her own red carpet. [Styleite]

Savile Row Objects to Abercrombie & Fitch and Its “Crappy Clothes”

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Abercrombie & Fitch — that bastion of expensively-tacky preppy clothing and scantily-clad male models — is planning on opening a new childrenswear store in Savile Row – that bastion of elegance, refinement and fine English suiting. But the bespokers have bespoken: over their lifeless, immaculately-tailored bodies. 

Abercrombie’s Cruel & Unusual Punishment, Jessica Simpson Bares Baby Body for Elle and Chanel’s Kid Play

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- Lana del Rey was allegedly caught in the middle of a photoshoot for Versace. But seeing as there is nary a heel nor a cut-out present, I’m not, much like Lana del Rey’s music, buying it. [ONTD!]

- Abercrombie & Fitch employees are apparently forced to do push-ups and squats as punishment, which seems excessive since breathing in that tonic water they call cologne on a daily basis is punishment enough. [Huff Po]

- Damn you, Demi Moore, do you know what you hath wrought? Jessica Simpson is the latest, but certainly not the last, starlet to jump on the exposed and expecting bandwagon, as she bares her belly for the April issue of Elle. [Elle]

MALE MODEL HUMPDAY: Have Yourself a Bruce Weber Christmas

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‘Twas the Day of Male Model Humping and all through the web/ Dreams of Abercrombie catalogs dance through our heads/ Beautiful naked mens running in black and white/ And you know, not an African-American in sight?/ But put aside your differences, for hark, the big man cometh/ With rounded belly, white beard and a wife  (yeah, I don’t get it)/ Bruce Weber slips down our chimneys packages of joy/ For every dude-loving girl, tranny and boy. 

Rehashing for the Cash-in: Situation Belatedly Suing Abercrombie & Fitch

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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino of Jersey Shore “fame” is suing gay softcore porn outfit and occasional retailer Abercrombie & Fitch over that little PR stunt they pulled back in August. If memory fails you, A&F released a statement trying to distance themselves from the reality star, which quickly backfired when Fitch’s stocks plummeted later that day. Now, Sorrentino is asking for $4 million in damages.

MALE MODEL HUMPDAY: Body of Art

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As FashionIndie‘s “Art, Architecture & Design” month winds down, let us not forget to pay homage to those living works of art, those gorgeous male Galateas, those statues rendered in flesh and blood — the male model. By the loosest definitions “artsy” but by no means tasteful, Male Model Humpday presents: “Body of Art.” [NSFW]

Abercrombie & Fitch Has Got Themselves a Situation

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Revered luxury brand Shameless flesh peddler, Abercrombie & Fitch is offering the Jersey Shore‘s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino compensation to stop wearing their clothes because he apparently hurts their image in a strange case of the dumpster calling the garbage can “trash.”

MUSE OF THE WORLD: Abercrombie et Fitch, Boozing Your Way to Better Skin and Versace Loves the Kids

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- Gay porno outfit Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch did what it does best, and really all it ever does: get male models shirtless. And now they’re doing it in Paris! They’re so diverse. [Style Rumor]

FASHION SCRAMBLE: Osama’s Death Is a Good Thing, Who Knew? + The Royal Wedding Dress, Deconstructed + Vera Wang’s YSL Connection

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- With Osama bin Laden‘s assassination this weekend, it’s time to consider what really matters as a result of this historic precedent: the economy. Though stocks rallied following the news of his death being widely propagated — including Kohl’s, Urban Outfitters and Abercrombie & Fitch –  but the buoy had less to do with Osama and more to do with the current upswing in the economy. So I guess we shouldn’t expect a commemorative A&F Al Quaed-erly catalog anytime soon. [WWD]