19-year-old Francesca Eastwood is a burgeoning reality TV star--her show, Mrs. Eastwood and Company, airs on E!--and, most notably, the daughter of screen legend Clint Eastwood. She's also dating celebrity photographer Tyler Shields. Oh, and: she just bought, and then promptly destroyed, a $100,000 handbag. All for a stupid photo shoot!

You guys, something is wrong with Kate Upton's jean shorts. Like, really, really wrong. I'm a little concerned!

Photographer Ari Seth Cohen may only be 30 years old, but he has single handedly overturned the hierarchies of street style with his fresh approach and unlikely subjects. You won’t find Cohen chasing after the latest IT blogger or fashion editor—he’d rather document the style adventures of an overlooked segment of our population: the 60 and over crowd. On his blog, Advanced Style, the San Diego native wanders New York City on the hunt for uniquely dressed older women with advanced style to prove that, despite what the media and the fashion world would like us to believe, style doesn’t have to come with an expiration date.

The cult boutique Maison Kitsuné recently opened its first store outside of Japan. Here's what you need to know.

This has been a terribly rough week in terms of losing creative, forward-thinking people who left a mark on popular culture. First rapper, activist and film producer MCA of the Beastie Boys Friday, then author and illustrator for all ages Maurice Sendak, and now the first celebrity hairstylist, Vidal Sassoon, who passed away today at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife and three children (his daughter Catya died in 2002).

Public interest in the campaign against sweatshops hit an all time high in the ‘90s following the news that high-profile brands like Nike and Gap were using sweatshop factories that paid women and children mere pennies to produce their merchandise. The anti-sweatshop movement, along with widespread public pressure, would ultimately force these companies to reevaluate the working conditions in some of their facilities. Although the fight for a sweatshop-free world may have evolved and strengthened over the years, it seldom makes the front-page news—that is until a major brand or celebrity is an offender. “It’s sad, but if you can implicate a name that is known to the public in this messy issue you can get attention,” says Robert Ross, a Clark University Sociology professor whose book, Slaves To Fashion, takes an in-depth look at the death and re-birth of U.S. sweatshops in the 20th century. “Every once and a while, we people who are concerned about these matters break through the crust of apathy and get a little airtime.”

Last night was the annual Costume Institute Ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, a yearly event in which the biggest A-list stars and some models I've never heard of gather together in crazy dresses to take pictures on a red carpet. It's like the Oscars, but nobody gets an award and everyone looks like a total weirdo. It's very fashion-forward! And, per usual, there were some hits, misses, and some outfits that looked like LSD flashbacks. Click through to see our photo gallery of this year's stand-outs!

"But wait!" you're probably thinking. "Didn't Kanye West release My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy a year and a half ago? And wasn't there a major collaboration album in between then and now? And didn't he just release a bunch of other new stuff, including two new G.O.O.D. Music tracks and The Solo Cut Formerly Known As 'Theraflu'?" Yes, all these things are true, indeed. But here we are, and today 'Ye released a new video for "Lost In The World," part of the finale of his last heavily-praised solo album and featuring vocals from Bon Iver and a prominent Gil Scott-Heron sample.

Still-gorgeous former supermodel Linda Evangelista is locked in a nasty custody battle with her baby daddy, luxury goods magnate Francois-Henri Pinault, who just so happens to be married to Salma Hayek. Evangelista, who once famously declared that she wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 is hitting Pinault up for $50,000 a month in child support so that their five-year-old son, the product of a four-month fling, can live in style. The only way that we can think to solve this dispute? A walk off. [USA Today]

NBC's couture competition show Fashion Star is down to the wire, so what better time for John Varvatos to show off some of his new threads? Menswear designer, show judge and rock enthusiast Varvatos opened the show with his new line. Per usual, Varvatos wore the rock influence on his sleeve, with a few jackets that looked like less electric approaches to the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art. In keeping with the aesthetics, his models walked out to Queen's "Now I'm Here."