Queen Elizabeth II — Her Royal Fierceness, Vidal Sassoon Goes to the Big Salon in the Sky and Kim Kardashian Allegedly Banned from the Met Ball

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- While her high-profile, high-drama courtroom saga is now over, we can finally reflect on what really mattered during the Linda Evangelista child support trial: her FAAAAAABULOUS wardrobe. [NYT]

- Jourdan Dunn will be cooking with Hov. The Brit beauty tweeted that she’ll be appearing on Jay-Z‘s website, Life and Times – never heard of it till now — where she’ll be doing a cooking segment. [Modelinia]

- Kate Middleton who? For the State Opening of Parliament this morning, Queen Elizabeth II showed the Duchess of Cambridge how to royally turn it. Everyone else, just drink it in. This is what amazing looks like. [Styleite]

Agent Provocateur: Ryan Molloy of Women Management

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Since its 1988 New York inception, Women Management has worked with some of the most familiar faces in the fashion industry. The agency’s philosophy to embrace non-traditional beauty has launched the careers of supers like Kate Moss and Carmen Kass and given us the alluring versatility of women such as Lea T and Jourdan Dunn. And with representation in New York, Paris and Milan, it’s easy to see why Women is a dynamic force in the industry. I got a chance to talk with 5-year agent Ryan Molloy about why she loves the industry and what makes Women one of the best in the business.

Vogue Festival Draws a Fashionable Crowd

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Coachella wasn’t the only fashion-forward festival going down this weekend. On the other side of the pond industry luminaries — ranging from Tom Ford and bff Stella McCartney, to Diane von Furstenbreg and Dolce & Gabbana and Natalia Vodianova and Rachel Zoe – regaled attendees of the inaugural Vogue Festival with advice and anecdotes on a series of panels during the two-day event. After the jump, a few highlights.

Beyoncé’s Love Letter to MObama, Meet the Newest Victoria’s Secret Angel and Axl Rose v. the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Baby hit me 15 million times. Britney Spears is reportedly in talks to serve as a judge on the next season of American Idol The Voice X Factor for $15 million. [Huff Po]

- Beyoncé posted a super sweet letter she wrote — by hand, no less —  to fellow HBIC Michelle Obama on her Tumblr in which she praised the FLOTUS for her grace, humility and sincerity. And she ended it with a smiley face period, just like Barack Obama does in his letters to Congress. [Refinery29]

Quel Scandale! Paris (Fashion Week) Is Burning

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about Paris Fashion Week that brings out the crazy in everyone. Lest you forget it was around this time last year that John Galliano went swimming in a pool of anti-Semitic haterade, thus plunging the fashion world into a year-long speculative mission regarding his successor, Christophe Decarnin had his breakdown and falling out with Balmain and  Kanye West dropped the biggest bomb of his career – and I’m not talking about 808s & Heartbreak. Not to mention a few months ago during the spring 2012 season that whole fashion calendar war was ignited. This PFW promises to be, if not equally scandalous, at least worth the clutching of your collective Chanel pearls. Here are the top scandals burning down the City of Lights. 

50 of Our Favorite Foreign Models

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Although we love our homegrown beauties, most catwalkers come sailing through from Eastern Europe, various parts in Africa and of course, Brazil. So in celebration of our “Travel” month, we’re taking a trek around the globe to visit our favorite foreign models.

INDIE NEWSROOM: Well Someone’s Not Getting Another Vogue Cover (Thankfully)…Vogue Italia’s Couture Supplement Cover…The Ins & Outs and Ups & Downs of Catwalking

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Anna Wintour may finally, much like the rest of the world, be over Sienna Miller. Thanks to some car trouble, Sienna was a half an hour late to buddy Matthew Williamson’s fashion show. The designer foolishly kindly held the show for her, much to the chagrin of the Bobbed One who was seconds away from storming out and burning down the designer’s entire spring line. [Metro UK]

Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fierce

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss, or Jourlie as they’re apparently known…somewhere,  tag team a sexy photoshoot for i-D‘s “Exhibitionist Issue,” shot by Kayt Jones.

Going Behind the Allure

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Models.com and Vogue Italia take us behind the already epic “BlackAllure” editorial, with supers Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Sessilee Lopez and Joan Smalls hunching, giving and turning with their other soul sisters. This is what work looks like. Video after the jump!

Vogue Italia’s “Black” Out

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Nearly three years after its iconic “Black Issue”, Vogue Italia is at it again with the stunning editorial “BlackAllure” featuring nearly every working model of color…working it: Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Sessilee Lopez, Joan Smalls, Ajak Deng, Arlenis Sosa Peña, Melodie Monrose, Kinee Diouf, Lais Ribeiro, Rose Cordero, Mia Aminata Niaria and Georgie Baddiel.