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

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- 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]

12 Social Media Founders Gone Sexy

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Our idea of a perfect man? Abs you can wash your dirty clothes clean on + a brain that creates and codes social media empires. Give me an ass you can bounce a dime off and a back sculpted from marble, and I’m listening. Which is why, in our steamiest fantasies, we can Instagram the nerdy social media founding Twits into a sexy Facebooks that make  us go Googley-eyed. From [four]square to super stud.

MALE MODEL HUMPDAY: All A-Twitter

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The Twitterverse has its fair share of male models hashtagging and Instagramming their lives on and off the runway so this Male Model Humpday we give you the top tweeters who are — thankfully — often topless. 

Liquid Confidence: How To Futuristically Fade Your Nails

Edited by Nicole Vardo

It’s time to spike things up on your finger tips! It’s the easiest trick, we’re taking the ombre nail art trend to a different level. It only requires three different shades of your favorite nail polish colors, and a triangular makeup sponge. If you woke up on the wicked side of life today, try this futuristic fade with neon colors. Check out how FashionIndie’s mani came out after the jump, we used Bon Bon’s minature collection and Bikini from Pure Ice (sounds seductive, we know.)

INDIE NEWSROOM: MOBama Joins the Twitter…Blue Ivy Carter Sets Billboard Record…Models Strip in French Museum

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- The Twitterverse rejoiced after learning that Michelle Obama has joined the social media giant. And while the actual account will be run by the Fierce Lady’s team, her personal tweets will be lovingly signed, “MO.” With the hashtag: #HBIC [MOBama's Twitter]

Kanye West Takes to Twitter to Dispel Fashion Rumors, Reveals Secret Fashion Spy Career

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Kanye West fell into a Twitter K-hole late last night, delivering a tweet-de-force when he addressed the Dw account that had appeared on the site a few days prior and which, it turns out, was fake. And once that was settled, we wandered into some strange territory.

Demi Moore Opens Up About Ashton, Being “Too Thin” and the Jersey Shore

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Demi Moore sat down with longtime gal pal Amanda de Cadenet for her first interview after splitting with noted douchebag and ex-Twitterer, Ashton Kutcher in February’s Harper’s Bazaar. Moore and de Cadenet’s new show on Lifetime, The Conversation, is all about sisters doing it for themselves and then talking about it. Smelling an opportunity for a little promo-pro-bono, they took to Harper’s to converse on the things women love to converse about: namely body image, eating, relationships and eating again. Turns out even Demi Moore has insecurities that she can’t nip, tuck, lift or hire Rachel Zoe to conceal away. 

Kanye West Rumored to Move Design Studio to London, Still Show in Paris

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Though wildly hyped and nearly universally panned — but at least his homegirl Anna Dello Russo had his back — Kanye West‘s fashion line, Dw, is still alive and kicking. Not only does it have a Twitter account, a prerequisite for anyone’s official existence, but now rumor has it the Louis Vuitton Don is moving his design studio to London to be closer to the comforting glow of Central Saint Martins. 

Granny Carine: Julia Restoin-Roitfield Pregnant

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of multi-tasking maverick Carine Roitfeld, has announced that she’s pregnant. Well, she hasn’t announced it so much as Derek Blasberg has blabbed all over Twitter about it, but six of one, half dozen of the other. 

LOOKBOOKS Interview: Lorenzo Martone and the Power of Social Media

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Lorenzo Martone has made a business out of socializing that has taken him around the world and introduced him to a bevy of interesting personalities. With Ryan Brown, he co-founded the PR agency ARC NY whose clients include supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio (DNA) and recent Sports Illustrated cover girl Irina Shayk (Marilyn). Here, Lorenzo discusses how he handles the inevitable cross-pollination between his professional and professional life and how social media has changed it all.