The Man Who Would Be King: P Diddy's fashion week documentary about his quest for LOVE! INSPIRATION! and REBELLION! and style's CROWN! was so MIND-CRUSHINGLY AWESOME! that we couldn't watch more than 12 seconds of it. [NYMag]
Style Points: This seasonal scorecard of surviving menswear designers is probably the best digest of critiques we've seen all year... except our own, of course. [NYTimes]
Shock Teese: Our favorite burlesque star, Frau Dita Von Teese, once - surprise, surprise - filmed some kinky girl-on-girl porn, some of it hot, some of (particularly the bit with the shoes) not so much. Not to worry, we still file her under "classy broad." [Fleshbot, soooo NSFW]
Budget Kawakubo: H+M will borrow the outré edge of Comme des Garçons for a limited line this November. [Vogue UK]
Spelunking: Share your mancave with the world. [CNN iReport]
Guy Liner: Pete Wentz creates a make-up line for men, you know, because buying women's make up is kinda gay. [Styledash]
Easy Marc: Fake Marc Jacobs ads come from real jokers. [Forbes]
The Great Divide: H+M line *Divided* opens it's first standalone store in the English-speaking world. No news yet on a US location. [Vogue UK]
Monarchist Republic: In other Brit boutique news, The Banana Republic opens it's first store in England. No news yet on a US location. [Telegraph UK]
Vandalism: We might just have to break some windows and steal these new Raf Simons boots. [Hypebeast]
"From Caped Crusaders to Hoodies": Sounds like Middle School to us. No, seriously, read on. [WSJ]
Board Liar: Some clever jasper was fronting like he was a board member of the Gucci Group. Why didn't we think of that? Might have had something to do with 20 years of hard time. [DNRNews]
Fred's Flair: Are you properly dressed for Fred Rogers Sweater Day? [Huffington Post]
Fashion Police: India has banned "Fashion Television" (which, frankly, we thought had been cancelled years ago). Next time you're watching models traipsing down a runway on the tube, just remember how lucky you are to be an American. [MeriNews]
Vengeance is Hers: Guy Trebay reports that Miuccia Prada called her new collection, "revenge on men for the social and sartorial contortions they impose on women." Run you fools. [NY Times]
Blue Crush: Kate Bosworth's beau asked if she was Kate Hudson when they first met. Great "neg" dude. [NY Observer]
Wooly Bullies: There is no escaping the fur. [AFP]
Shoe Shine: The bestest sneaker polish kit ever. [Cool Hunting]
Hot Wrap: "Gossip Girl" character drives sales of polka-dot J.Press scarf. [Racked]
Hip Waders: The new Levis Red line—jeans for anime characters.[Denimology]
Bye Bye, Miu Miu: Prada discontinues the men's side of their bridge line. [WWD, 1st item]
Designer Knocks Off: Margareta ven den Bosch, the longtime head of design at H+M is retiring and being replaced by pupil Ann-Sofie Johansson. Now, maybe, that Ma and Pa shop can finally sell some clothes. [DNR]