“A source close to Richards” — ten bucks it’s Kim’s Demi Moore-esque younger sister, Kyle Richards —  told Star Magazine,“People involved with the show are concerned and might have to step in … friends and family don’t talk about what’s going on with Kim.” Anyone who’s watched season one of Beverly Hills knows that, according to Kyle, Kim is “a fucking liar” and an alcoholic. Apparently, Kim has even “admitted on the show to taking a cocktail of prescription pills, including Lexapro, Trazadone and Topamax.”

I’ve only seen this season sporadically, but homegirl is high as a kite. A kite on meth. But there’s a light at the other end of the tunnel for Kim Richards. And in that light is a book deal and maybe, if she plays her cards right, some fine editorial work.   [Radar]

- Kelly Bensimon, Alex McCord, and Jill Zarin were officially fired from Real Housewives of New York, and I officially lost all interest in the show. [Gawker]

- Luckily for Kanye West, the French Fashion Federation does not require its designers to be literate. Kanye’s womenswear collection is set to debut at Paris Fashion Week. [Fashionista]

- Fashion people are as bat-shit as you think they are. [NY Times]

- Ungrateful bitch Young designer Jessica Rogers has accused Nicki Minaj of stealing one of her designs. [The Cut]

- Broke bitches so crusty. #disgustme [NY Times]

“Before the night was over, Ramona Singer, their blonde frenemy, had breezed through each event with a glass of pinot grigio in hand.” Hopefully it was her own eponymous brand of pinot flowing through an IV drip hidden in each glass. But that’s the Ramona Singer you want when you invite her to an event. Drunk, crazy-eyed, loud — in short, amazing. “They’re definitely ‘in character’ when they come out, which makes it kind of fun,” said Dan Rattiner, editor-in-chief of Dan’s Papers.

Money can’t buy you class but it can buy you a better weave.

-  An alleged source allegedly close to Kate Moss has allegedly confirmed to Vogue UK that the super will wear a dress by John Galliano to marry Jamie Hince. I’m just glad they finally picked up my call. [Vogue UK]

- Stella McCartney will be launching a new line of lingerie called Josephine Marrying that will make its debut crumpled up in the corner of Kate Moss’ conjugal bedroom. [Olyafirst]

- Paris Hilton apparently has no idea what’s going on in or around her vagina anymore. [Jezebel]

- Justin Bieber and Jimmy Fallon hop on each other’s schtick to parody the Bieb’s “Someday” fragrance. [Styleite]

- A Teri Hatcher drag queen masquerading as The Countess Luann de Lesseps talks her way through another mediocre dance wannabe-hit, this time with the help of a fairly uninterested/drunk Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon. [Refinery29]

First there’s the Newsweek cover, which becomes all the more terrifying the more you look at it. At first glance I thought, “Oh, that’s nice…” then I noticed how badly Photoshopped it is and that Diana has apparently been digitally aged to represent her 50 years. And then some.

Even more disturbing is Diana’s expression which seems to say “This is a really bad idea but I had no say in it and I am completely embarrassed to be dug up and put in what looks like an off-the-rack number from Sears.”

But now the article. Brown interviewed some 250 people for The Diana Chronicles so she knows a thing or two about the Lady Spencer. At 50, Brown asserts, Diana would — like her mother, “a handsome woman to the very end” — still be “great-looking” albeit “there is no doubt she would have kept her chin taut with strategic Botox shots and her bare arms buff from the gym.”

She would be friends with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, dress like Michelle Obama, be jealous of Queen Rania of Jordan and sleep around with a lot of really rich dudes. That Dodi al-Fayed character, Brown conjectures, would be tossed to the wayside for his “hopeless unreliability.”

As for  her son William‘s new bride, Kate Middleton, Diana “would have had to adjust to a broadening of the limelight.” Brown cites a particular moment when Diana’s handsome mother, Frances Shand Kydd, “suddenly burst out” before her daughter’s marriage: “I have good long legs, like my daughter!”

Brown, no doubt sensing an unrelenting bitchiness in tone, goes on to highlight the Princess’ charity work and reasons that “in the world disasters of the last few years—9/11, the tsunamis, the Pakistan earthquake, Hurricane Katrina…Diana would have been first at the scene in a hard hat with a camera crew (and, by now, 10 million followers on Twitter).”

Newsweek seems particularly obsessed with Diana’s social media presence having doctored up these two gems:

That’s right, there’s an entire fake Facebook page — a Fauxbook, if you will — revealing that Diana would love her some Ramona Singer and Sue Sylvester. She’d also put aside that whole Charles and Camilla business. Not only would Parker-Bowles fictionally be her FBook friend but Prince Charles, as Brown believes, would be “her best male friend in later years.”

Reaction to the article has been divisive to say the least. The word tacky has been bandied about and many of the article’s 130 (and counting) comments use “tasteless,”  “offensive,” “inappropriate,” “disgusting” and “poor taste”; and at least one commenter was prompted to cancel her subscription.

I guess that’s what you get for disgracing a beloved celebrity’s image with a poorly-conceived and shoddily-executed publicity gimmick disguised as a tribute. Who knew?

What do you think of Newsweek‘s portrait of Diana at 50? [Newsweek]

Carine with Spiegel journalists and an expression that seems to say, "This is why I need an agent."

1. On fashion:

“Fashion needs glamour, provocation and broken taboos.”

2. On Anna Wintour:

“She is actually very nice.”

3.  On wearing fur:

“In these politically correct times, you can’t even go out on the street in New York or London without getting a pie thrown in your face.”

4. On being labeled the “Queen of Porn Chic”:

“The little girls wearing makeup were never naked; it said ‘No Smoking’ under the pregnant woman; and why shouldn’t old people kiss?”

5. On Yves Saint Laurent:

“Yves Saint Laurent was the first person to openly admit to being a drug addict.”

6. On why women don’t need bags:

“I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover’s hand.”

7. On wearing flats to go for a walk:

“I don’t go for a walk very often.”

8.  On money buying you class*:

“You can’t learn how to be elegant.”

9. On Karl Lagerfeld:

“Good old Karl. Superhuman Lagerfeld.”

10. On turning it:

“You should always be one of the best, whatever your age group.”

11. On John Galliano:

“You have to be very unhappy and lonely to praise Hitler in public while completely drunk.”

12. On future plans:

“Perhaps I’ll become a muse for designers again.”

13. On looking normal:

“The glamour’s limited to my feet.”

14. On up-and-coming designers:

“In a way, we’ve already seen everything. What else could they hope to invent?”

15. On the democracy of fashion:

“I was always saddened by the idea that elegance was only something for a minority.”

Link Love: Der Spiegel

*Sidebar: If you bothered to watch that video from The Countess of Real Housewives New York “fame,” you’ll notice that the camera lens was apparently slathered in eight pounds of Vaseline before shooting began. Money can buy you better production values.

- Target is apparently offering a Mossimo knock-off of Proenza Schouler‘s PS1 bag and Jack and Lazaro are none too happy about it. Target on the other hand will neither confirm nor deny the allegations but they did say something about being rubber and Proenza being glue. [NYT]

- Noted actress, Tea Leoni…it is 1998, right? Anyway, Tea Leoni will be starring in a new HBO pilot set in the fabulous, fast-paced world of fashion titled Spring/Fall. The show is being written by one of Six Feet Under‘s scribes and produced by the kids who brought you The September Issue, so Tea Leoni might actually have a career again. The 90s really are back! [Deadline]

- The second gal to accuse Dov Charney of…well, being Dov Charney took to the airwaves to speak to Today. My guess, for a company already on the verge of bankruptcy, this isn’t going to help. Just sayin’. [NY Mag]

- Katie Holmes got down with the Real Housewives of New York at a premiere party for her new fashion short film with John Frieda…hey, remember that time Holmes’ Dawson Creek co-star, Michelle Williams, got nominated for an Oscar? Twice? [Daily Front Row]

- View co-host and EGOT-er, Whoopi Goldberg admitted that she was stoned as a Marley on 420 when she accepted her Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 1991 ceremony: ”So I smoked this wonderful joint that was the last of my home grown. When he [presenter Denzel Washington] said my name and I popped up, I thought, ‘Oh fuck… okay, up the stairs… around to the podium… there’s millions of people, pick up the statue, get the statue.’” Oooh, Whoopi’s got that home grown ish? Can a bitch come over and hold your Oscar in a very similar state of mind? [DListed]

What better way to bring together MC Tim Gunn, a couple of Real Housewives, Wendy Williams, Lydia Hearst, Mickey Boardman, and the Blonds than a runway show chock full of New York’s most amazing designers–Diane von Furstenberg, Anna Sui, Yigal Azrouel, Richard Chai, Simon Spurr and Narciso Rodriguez?

runway photos courtesy of Andrew Werner

The fundraising total from the evening is estimated to be upwards of $250,000, thanks in part to the amazing live and silent auctions. Guests bid on luxe package prizes like Mike Ruiz prints, Betsey Johnson dresses, and an “Enchanting Italian Getaway” vacation.

As GMHC and its legion of amazing supporters proves, there’s nothing more fashionably fabulous than a generous heart.

See more photos from the Fashion Forward event on LOOKBOOKS.

Somehow Bravo got it in their head that it was a good idea to reproduce the trash-ion that the Real Housewives of Orange County, New Jersey, New York, and Atlanta wear.  Royal Plus has apparently agreed, and the two are teaming up to produce a Real Houswives-inspired line. I don’t even want to know what this might look like, but I’m sure it can be perfectly accessorized with a fake tan and big boobs. Thoughts?

LINK LOVE: Cocoperez