Take a Relentlessly Cute Flight on Air Hello Kitty, the Azealia Banks-Nicki Minaj Met Gala Confusion and Jessica Simpson Delivers

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- American Apparel continues to lose money while pervy CEO Dov Charney continues to rake it in with a $10 million paycheck. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. And for AA, that’s apparently herpes. [The Cut]

- Taiwan’s Eva Airlines allows you to fly in style, that is if you have the style of a 13-year-old Japanese schoolgirl. Eva’s line of Hello Kitty-branded airplanes is basically JetBlue on a potent combination of acid, ketamine and adorable. [Buzzfeed]

Madonna’s Record’s Record Drop, There but for the Grace of Kelly Goes Kidman and the Wedding Gifts That Keep on Giving

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- American Apparel CEO/noted scumbag Dov Charney doesn’t think that he’s “inappropriate at all”  and that all those lawsuits are just “a testimony to [his] success.” His success at being completely unaware of his own inappropriateness. [Styleite]

- Thank you for tweeting a friend. Betty White has joined Twitter! [Twitter]

- Madonna has set yet another Billboard record…this time for the biggest second week drop in chart history. Madge hasn’t seen a fall like that since she bent over to look at her face in the mirror. [Paper]

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]

American Apparel’s Dov Charney May Not Be a Sex Slave Master After All

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Remember that time American Apparel CEO/human trash dump Dov Charney was accused of holding one of his employees as a “sex slave” on her 18th birthday, leading to a $260 million lawsuit? Well, a New York state judge has approved a motion by Charney’s lawyer to have the case  settled in arbitration, rather than in open court. Everything’s coming up Charney!

INDIE NEWSROOM: Ebony Tumbles/ Bieber Goes with God/ Brad & Rachel Continue Verbally Scratching Each Other’s Eyes Out

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- Ebony‘s gotten into the Tumblr game and they’re digging into their archives where gems like this stunning Diana Ross cover from 1970 are just sitting around waiting to be fawned over. [Ebony Tumblr]

American Apparel Bidding on eBay

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Dov Charney and co. are bringing their trademark blend of sex and sleeze to eBay when they launch an e-commerce American Apparel store through the popular auction site September 1.

MUSE OF THE WORLD: Gaga’s Taking It to the East on V, Chanel’s Kinda Racist & Oprah’s Final Makeover Show

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- Lady Gaga channels Bollywood and…an Asian butterfly(?) for two V Magazine covers shot by Inez and Vinoodh and styled by main gay Nicola Formichetti. [Nicola Formichetti's Blog!!]

FASHION SCRAMBLE: Halston’s Finances Halted + Dov Loses Majority Stake in AA +Taking Royal Wedding Madness to the Extreme

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- Seems like Halston‘s president and chief creative office, Sarah Jessica Parker could see the brand Carrie’d away [badoom-cha!] to a new home. They’ve hired an investment bank to decide whether an infusion of cash or perhaps a complete sale of the company is in order after a lackluster four years under Hilco Consumer Capital and The Weinstein Co. [WWD]

MUSE OF THE WORLD: Cindy Crawford’s Still Super, British Police Will F*** Your S*** Up and American Apparel Will Live to Smut Another Day

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- I love when a supermodel — not just any supermodel but one of the THE supermodels — has a moment. The legendary moled one, Cindy Crawford, covers Vogue Mexico,wearing both Burberry and her 45 years flawlessly, photographed by Tesh. [Design Scene]

MUSE OF THE WORLD: No More Lives to Live, Dov’s Playboy Dreams and Backtracking with Matthew Williamson

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- Here’s proof that there really isn’t life after 40. ABC is cancelling 40-plus year old soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live, leaving only General Hosptial to carry on the softly-lit torch. So where does that leave Erica Kane? How will she survive without rivals to plot against, bitches to slap and men to steal? Or will she just fade silently into that great realm of grand diva bitches…Palm Springs. [Daily Beast]