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Randy has the cold, hard model-gaze of a killer. Yet don’t be fooled – his bark is bigger than his bite. Backstage everyone calls him “man’s best friend.”

Seb has a taste for theatrics and enjoys the conceptual side of fashion. He’ll muzzle any mutt who says modeling isn’t hard work.

The spotlight always shines favorably on Paulina. You can pick her symmetric lines and body out of any crowded dog park.

Dorine’s career never quite recovered from that backstage butt-sniffing rumor. But everyone knew she was doomed before the incident. Never on time and notoriously high maintenance, producers hesitate to hire her.

I, for one, am happy to see Esmerelda back on her feet. We all heard about the dogfight at the Marc Jacobs show. Three stitches across her tail, she looks completely reinvigorated.

Steve embodies the word “professional.” You could put a clown suit on him and drop him in Afghanistan – he’d still maintain his cool.

All hail Ruff, the reigning king of fashion. Word has it he’s up for dogtime achievement at the next Vogue awards. (That’s good ’cause he’s tired of jumping through hoops as a dog model.)

Sally’s success extends beyond the runway. She’s a budding designer on the verge of launching an eco-friendly dogswear line called Green Poopy for Pups.

Sassy is hot and she knows it. Some call her a bitch, but she’s quick to point out that that’s true.

Everyone knows Franchesca is bulimic. Yet she’s never hidden the truth. In fact, she’ll be the first to admit she barfs and then eats it again. Once she was spotted licking horse vomit.

It’s very special to see Hanz back on the runway. The pet world was howling at the news of his bout with cocaine. We’re pulling for you, brother.

Latifa and her sister Laquifa burst onto the scene as plus-sized pooches. As you can see, they’ve slimmed down after embracing a dry-food-only diet.

Some were surprised to see fashion’s elite booking Tommy – it’s rare to see such a bulky build donning high fashion. But seriously, how can you deny that face? Don’t you wanna just scratch him behind the ears?

Petra won last season’s America’s Next Top Canine. As soon as she finishes digging a hole in the backyard, she’s moving to New York and joining the Elite Models team.

Everybody loves Chanel. Her beauty is matched only by her dedication. The only complaint I’ve heard – it’s like pulling teeth to get her in a bathtub.

Here’s a list of what to get the dog or dog lover in your life by Manny Serrano:

Unlike other generations of actresses, none of these eight women are living in the margins of men. They’re creating complex characters that are often at the center of the film. Jennifer Lawrence headlines a generation of fearless, fiercely talented actresses who are putting the boys to shame.

September Issue of W magazine Covers:
Yaya DaCosta, Jennifer Lawrence, Greta Gerwig,
Kat Dennings, Jessica Chastain, Zoë Kravitz,Emma Roberts, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Kat Dennings
“My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn’t get it, so I hate the lottery.” Since that rejection, Dennings, 24, has become an indie favorite—the smart, seductive, prickly downtown darling in such movies as Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Charlie Bartlett. Her curves and her attitude—bemused but sweet, self-aware but curious—set her apart from other young actresses. As a kid growing up near Philadelphia, “I wanted to be Christopher Walken,” Dennings says. “I saw a film version of Puss in Boots, and he was Puss. He had a mouse tail hanging out of his mouth, and he said ‘Growl’ as only Chris Walken can. That performance made me want to be an actor.”

Emma Roberts
“I always wanted to be an actress, and my first audition, when I was nine, was for Blow, playing Johnny Depp’s daughter. I think everyone in my family was shocked because they sent me on the audition to kind of shut me up about the acting thing.” Roberts, 19, has been acting in movies from that point forward, playing everything from Nancy Drew to an orphan who runs a hotel for dogs to a troubled teenager in It’s Kind of a Funny Story, which is out September 24. Like her aunt Julia, Emma has an all-American sunniness mixed with an attraction to darker subjects. “I don’t know that I’d do a full-on nude scene, ever,” Roberts says. “I’ve never had a full-on sex scene…but we’ll see.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I would love to know what it’s like to be blond, but every time I mention the possibility of going blond, people act like the world’s going to come to an end. I will say that having pink hair was really fun.” Winstead went pink (and blue and green and red) in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which was released in August. A veteran of television, she was cast by Quentin Tarantino as a snappy, sexy actress in 2007’s Death Proof. “It was never explained why my character was in a cheerleader’s uniform for the entire film,” Winstead says. “But the outfit made it easy to get into character.”

Zoë Kravitz
“When I was young, I wanted to be able to read minds. I would try to do that with my dogs. It didn’t work.” With a mysterious quality that seems at once innocent and worldly, Kravitz, the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, has defied racial stereotypes. The script for The Brave One, in which Kravitz gave a startling performance, had called for a European-accented blond, but the actress’s audition demanded a total rethink. “I’m a pretty obnoxious person,” Kravitz says, “so I’ll make a sex scene as uncomfortable as I can just to break the ice.”

Greta Gerwig
“I grew up in Sacramento, and it seemed like movies were handed down from gods.” Gerwig, who earlier this year starred opposite Ben Stiller in Greenberg, began her acting career as the leading lady of Mumblecore. The movement was born when a group of filmmakers met at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, and decided to make movies together. The budgets were minuscule and the films largely improvised, but the acting was fresh and realistic and vibrant in the style of John Cassavetes. “A lot of Mumblecore was about awkwardness, especially with sex,” Gerwig says. “I think a lot of sex is very awkward. Instances of awkward lovemaking probably outpace instances of beautiful, seamless lovemaking, at least in my experience.”

Jennifer Lawrence
“As a kid I wasn’t shy. I’m an extrovert who wants to be an introvert.” Lawrence’s lack of shyness has resulted in one of the boldest performances of 2010: her Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone. Like many actresses of her generation, Lawrence started young—at 14, she left her home in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to New York. “I don’t know if I was driven or stubborn or both,” she explains. “But I didn’t think I could fail.”

Yaya DaCosta
“I want to do a silent film, even though it’s out of fashion now.” DaCosta, who studied dance as a child, has an innate stillness and elegance that would be ideal for the cinematic intensity of images without words. In 2009’s The Messenger she played an army wife who has lost her husband, and her grief went beyond speech. Similarly, when Mark Ruffalo tells her character in The Kids Are All Right that he wants to end their relationship, the shock and pain are registered in her eyes. “I grew up watching a lot of old stuff,” DaCosta says. “The first movie I remember seeing was The Red Balloon, which is silent, and it made me feel things that I’d love to make other people feel.”

Jessica Chastain
“I was the girl who never thought I’d be anything but an actor, so what I’ve really had to struggle with is having patience.” Born in Northern California and a graduate of Juilliard, Chastain was cast by reclusive director Terrence Malick to star opposite Brad Pitt and Sean Penn in The Tree of Life, in theaters this fall. He may have seen her performance in Salome, opposite Al Pacino, where she did the Dance of the Seven Veils. “My character’s goal was to give herself away,” Chastain says. “To be completely naked. So I went to some strip clubs in L.A. just to be, like, Okay, this is normal. There’s nothing taboo about it.”

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Roberto Cavalli  is set to expand his fashion empire with a collection of pooch couture, which will include satin-trimmed doggy bathrobes, printed silk shorts, shearling jackets, and velour tracksuits designed for small and medium-size dogs.

“Roberto and I have always loved animals; we have so many of them around the house,” wife Eva Cavalli said in a recent interview with W Magazine. “It came as a natural conclusion, therefore, to bring a bit of our style to the canine universe.”

Eva says she and her hubby love animals and wanted to bring their signature sense style to the canine world.

“Who doesn’t love dogs? They’re reliable, faithful and caring. I could not imagine my house without them or our other animals. They’re true members of the family.”

Accessories include quilted dog carriers and patent-leather collars and leashes. The Robert Cavalli Pets Line is priced from $110 for a t-shirt to $1,200 for a patent-leather quilted carrier.

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