Nike is designing custom race suits for the U.S. athletes that will be  headed to the Olympics next month, and now some more in-front-of-the-camera “celebs” will have a designer of their own.

Ports 1961 will be the “official” designer for NBC Universal, and will be creating the looks and outfits of the four femal commentators on  NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and USA Network.

The creative director of the label says, “I wanted to do something in cooperation with the Olympics.” The New York-based brand is owned by Ports International, which has a strong presence in China.

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 Placement of their clothes in a TV show is always great publicity of a designer - although in the case of Michael Kors, he turned that axiom on its head.

The designer says his new line was heavily influenced by the AMC show, “Mad Men,” and so he hosted a screening of the season two premier at the Bryant Park Hotel. “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm was of course on hand, looking every bit his character in a crisp Armani suit, although he admitted, “I’m a little less formal than this usually, but I do like nice clothes. Life’s too read more ....

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Rag & Bone has a devoted celeb following in Sienna Miller, Julianne Moore and Gisele Bundchen to name a few.

Now, they can get their fix of the brand right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. Marcus Wainwright and David Neville -the designers behind Rag & Bone - signed their lease for their first store, WWD reports.

The store front will be on Christopher Street in New York’s West Village. We weren’t too worried about A-listers being able to get their hands on some of the designers best duds, since they’ll always have a team of people working read more ....

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Lindsay Lohan donned a rather, shall we say, unattractive outfit yesterday - but it was all for her upcoming role in Ugly Betty. We love how Ugly Betty can make a normally gorgeous girl look pretty homely.

No exact word on what the plot of these upcoming episodes will be, but Lohan will be reprising her role of Betty’s highschool nemesis. We wonder how they’ve cast her, since she looks like she’s wearing a fast food joint uniform - making her seemingly much less successful in adult hood than her former classmate, Betty, who is an assistant at a big read more ....

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 If you’ve ever wished you could play the part of an heiress, here’s your chance, and the clothing is all laid out for you. Paris Hilton launched her line, Dollhouse, this week, which features some of her signature fashion moves, like flirty dresses, jackets, tops and of course, jeans (which will probably be too tiny for any “real” person to wear anyway.

And even if you don’t want her face emblazoned across your chest - in true Paris style - there are other options that are a bit more rock-n-roll.
Even if you’re not a Paris Hilton fan, you have read more ....

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Kate Moss boarded a private jet (must be nice, right?) in London today, wearing an appropriately grey ensemble - which suited England’s summer weather quite nicely. And look at that crazy hat! Yet somehow - probably due to the fact that she is Kate Moss - she manages to make this whole look work. I’m really into vests and she’s paired this with the hat and jeans for a relaxed menswear look.

She also made the grey look slightly summery by using a pair of Grecian sandals to cap off the outfit. She’ll no doubt bring a splash of style read more ....

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It’s hard to imagine that celebrities wouldn’t sometimes fake pregnancies and have surrogates deliver their real babies - a la the fake “celeb” couple in an episode of Dirt! - because they turn up with such amazing bodies so soon after giving birth. Apparently Nicole Kidman is crediting yoga, in part, with her rapid transformation. She was always tiny, so maybe she just has an easier time dropping the weight - not to discredit what no doubt was a lot of hours on the yoga mat and a lot of dollars paid to a trainer.

She stepped out to a read more ....

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What could be better than a star spokesperson who already uses the brand’s product (or at least claims to)?

Getting her to do double duty for two different lines. As we’ve mentioned, Calvin Klein tapped Eva Mendes to be his newest spokesmodel for the launch of Seductive Comfort by Calvin Klein Underwear and the Secret Obsession scent, and the print ads are out - although they won’t be in magazines until September!

Moss has been a fan of Calvin, she says, since she modeled the brand with Kate Moss and Mark Wahlberg in the eighties. (Who knew Calvin Klein ads read more ....

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No doubt Victoria Beckham was one of the ones to help the nueavo bob gain a foothold in its recent resurgence. But now - according to Britian’s Daily Star - the popstress turned fashion plate is angry with one (formerly?) close friend who she things stole her thunder.

The Star reports that Victoria has been very chummy with Eva Longoria (who, as we mentioned earlier, has had her own Posh-ifying experience, as she recently cut off her long locks) and has been complaining about this style theft to her new friend. The Star says that a source close to Posh read more ....

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Well, it does according to one of Ashley Tisdale and Nicky Hilton’s fave brands – not that they would necessarily know. Although I guess they’d know that the converse is true: Luxury rocks. Speaking of luxury, back to the brand. Trash&Luxury has released its latest set of couture-inspired T-shirts. These particular ones show a shadow of Coco Chanel, emblazoned by the words, “Poverty Sucks.”

In my opinion, this shirt is a bit baggy to be worn as-is, but that tends to be the way the fans like ‘em. And when it comes to an icon to have on an anti-poverty-themed read more ....

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