Céline Fur Sandals: The New Flip Fluffs!

The allure of having Muppet feet have finally spilled into the runways this year.

UK fashion designer Phoebe Philo's Birkenstock monstrosity is a hit and a turnaround for flipflops at the cost of £400-£600 a pair.

How long can you keep the fur fluffy? After some time and enough toe muck expect the furry ends to go stiff.

Kinda gross when you think about it.

Monique Lhuillier Pre-Fall 2013

Some interesting pieces from the Monique Lhuillier Pre-Fall 2013. Looks like the designer has been going through the Balenciaga and Dries Van Noten closet.

Cosmic light and textured prints define her prefall wardrobe, everything cuts close to the body.

Lhuillier still maintains the allure and detail known in her wedding couture work.

Burberry Fresh Faces for the Autumn/Winter 2012-13 Campaign

The British brand Burberry plans to stay on top for 2012, with its biggest ever flagship opening on Regent Street. Burberry profits rose 25 per cent to £265.4 million in 2011. Not bad.

Today Burberyy names Gabriella Wilde and Roo Panes as the faces to watch for their new autumn/winter 2012-13 campaign. We say goodbye to last season's faces Cara Delevingne and Eddie Redmayne.

Louis Vuitton is Dipping Dots with Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama

Louis Vuitton has officially announced their quirky collab with Japanese artist extraordinaire Yayoi Kusama. The woman whose all passionate about crazy brightly colored dots, which she puts on everything imaginable.

The LV range will inlcude dot-covered items like silk pajamas, dresses, trench coats, jewelry, bags, and shoes, all in vibrant primary colors.

As Marc Jacobs has a known affinity for artists, he looks to those willing to artistically interpret the Louis Vuitton brand. Overhype it for the hipster and fashionistas probably.

The products will be sold in Vuitton's 461 stores starting on July 11, with a second wave of goods arriving in October. Vuitton president Yves Carcelle says that Kusama, who is 82 years old, has been “very involved personally in every detail of the product.” Kusama is an icon in the abstract expressionist movement. In the 60s, she was all about pop art and painting polka dots on live nudes. Since 1977, she has been voluntarily residing in a mental facility where she has continued to thrive in various visual art and media.

Karl Lagerfeld is FAT!

The Plus Size singers are giving Karl Lagerfeld a mouthful.

Singer Beth Ditto had some choice words for Karl Lagerfeld for calling Adele "a little too fat" earlier this year. "Karl Lagerfeld used to be this really fat, eccentric dude," she said. "To me, only a person who was fat could get away with saying something like that."

So could it be that Karl Lagerfeld is human after all and fat like the rest of us? Touche!

Creative Price Tag : LVMH Buys Stake at Maxime Simoens

The future is looking bright for the design wunderkind Maxime Simoens, he might not have gotten the top job at Dior, but a recent cash infusion from Dior and LVMH owner Bernard Arnault should be a comforting consolation prize.

Arnault is reported to have purchased a stake in Simoens's eponymous two-year-old fashion label. The size of Arnault's stake in the business is unknown, but his investment indicates that he wants to keep tabs on Simoens. At 27, Simeons is so well-regarded in the French design world that he was widely rumored to be in the running to replace John Galliano at Dior. Until recently, Simoens was also the creative director of French label Leonard, but he left that post earlier this month — which made many believe that he would in fact take over for Galliano. It was announced shortly afterward that the job went to Raf Simons.

But just because Simoens isn't at Dior now doesn't mean he won't be in the future. A source suggested to WWD that LVMH may be interested in parlaying Simeons's talent into a future role at one of its bigger fashion houses, which include Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and Fendi, among others.

RIP Keith Varty: World Say Goodbye to Byblos Designer

Keith Varty is known for helming Eighties label Byblos, succeeding the legendary Gianni Versace - who preceeded him as the brand's artistic director. The designer died of cancer, aged 60.

"Keith Varty was the first of the first that set a standard, he was a young innovative British designer," said Varty's long-time friend Burstein. "Keith worked for Dorothee Bis in Paris before being wowed over to Italy by Gianni Versace, who then worked at Byblos. After two successful years, Keith Varty and Alan Cleaver took over. The collections could have been as modern today as it was then. He bought an infusion of talent from Britain into the Italian market."

Varty and his long-time partner Alan Cleaver were scouted fresh from the Royal College of Art in 1980 to work on Byblos - launched in 1972 by brothers Sergio and Arnold Girombelli - which was known for its huge impact on Eighties fashion, with its playful, colourful aesthetic. Sergio Girombelli lauded Varty for his "enthusiasm and talent" and described how he interpreted fashion in a "young and colourful way". Varty left Byblos in 1993 and went on to launch an interiors label - named Elericò e K&A Designs.