The lovely ladies competing for a spread in SELF Magazine, a contract with Wilhelmina, and $100K on She’s Got the Look are not your average models. They’re all proudly flaunting a little detail about themselves that most models strive to conceal at any cost: their age.  It’s hard to be cynical about a show that according to celebrity stylist and SGTL judge Robert Verdi, “is desperate to show the beauty and diversity of women over the age of 23.” And these women, ranging in age from 35 all the way up to 72 are smokin’ hot. “There’s been a major cultural shift,” Verdi explains, “women are now allowed to be mothers and to be sexy, to be married and to be sexy.”

Like many fellow fashion peeps, my mag’s budget matches my waist size, so even though find myself sitting out the men’s spring/summer 2010 shows, but that’s no reason to throw a pity party.  Ok, maybe it is. Few things match the thrill of that Lights up! Look One! moment that begins each blaring fashion show. Far from the front lines of the men’s spring/summer 2010 shows, I’ve decided to quit the pity party, crack open some Clicquot and dish on the faves, raves and follies that jumped at me--all from my dusty computer screen.

Beyonce is joining the ranks of the world’s many singer/songwriters turned fashion designers (a roster that includes Beth Ditto and Kim Gordon among others). And she’s doing it with the help of her fashion designer/manager mom, Tina Knowles. The line in question is called Sasha Fierce for Deréon - the latter being Tina’s seasoned fashion operation, and the former Beyonce’s altar ego and title of her last LP - and will be marketed at the under-18 demographic. The collection “includes a full range of sportswear, outerwear, handbags, footwear, eyewear, lingerie and jewelry,” says Women’s Wear Daily and will retail alongside Deréon’s teen line, which is stocked at stores like Macy’s and Dilliards. And, according to Tina it’ll reflect the “edgier and trendier” vibe of Beyonce’s alter-ego’s “daring and outgoing attitude.”

You looked fabulous strutting around last night in sky-high stilettos, but this morning, your dogs are looking decidedly unglamorous. Your pedicure is busted, unsightly calluses are increasing in size, and your feet ache so badly, even slipping on your favorite pair of flip-flops seems a cruel and unusual punishment. Restore your feet to their pre-party glory days with spa quality pampering; enter Peppermint Foot Therapy by Upper Canada.

He’s shot everyone from Charlotte Rampling and Thurston Moore to Victoria Beckham. Yet Juergen Teller seems to prefer life behind the scenes. The German photographer rarely gives interviews, but in light of a soon-to-be released Steidl tome documenting the photog’s last 20 years of ads for Marc Jacobs, Teller is speaking out. The Independent sat down with the iconic artist and fashion photographer to talk the past two decades of MJ advertising photos. Some of the best moments from the piece are after the jump.

Muse: Basso & Brooke Resort 2010 collection.
Style: Vivid color splashes, digital prints, distorted patterns, and futuristic motifs.

YSL’s latest ads are out, and they follow suit with the brand’s supermodel-centric spreads from seasons past. For FW09, Stefano Pilati once again enlisted the help of photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin as well as famous face Christy Turlington. Seeing as in the last few years YSL’s ads have featured the likes of Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Claudia Schiffer, it appears the French fashion house has officially been bitten by the supermodel comeback bug. However, rather than feeling dull as a result of the familiarity of the mannequins in question, the pared-down ads are charming as ever.

Stylist to the stars (turned reality-TV star herself) Rachel Zoe is following Gwyneth Paltrow’s stead. The birth-mother of bronzed/size zero/Starbucks-clad LA chic is launching a newsletter of sorts called “The Zoe Report.” While no word on the specifics of the soon-to-launch dose of “daily glamour” have dropped, Zoe’s freshly debuted namesake site, not surprisingly, proclaims, “it’s going to be bananas!” According to the sign-up process, subjects to be discussed by the maven of Hollywood style include: shoes, accessories, handbags, apparel, beauty, and lifestyle.

The joys of summer are many and well documented. But summer, with her oppressive muggy heat has a definitive dark side, and I’m not talking about Lip Venom V, the new Twilight-inspired lip gloss from DuWop. For many, myself included, summer’s sticky temps have me regressing all the way back to freshman year of high school. No, I’m not dying my hair with food coloring or wearing too-short skirts; my skin is a disaster. At that funky in-between age where I’m stuck between anti-aging night creams and products with happy teenagers on the packaging, for these hot summer months, I’m solidly back on an anti-acne regimen, albeit of a more adult variety.

This year’s Costume Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York will go down in history as one of the more memorable. Kate Moss showed up in a matching turban and toga, Madonna made headlines for her LV-approved bunny ears, while supermodels boycotted on behalf of Azzedine Alaïa; not to mention, Rodarte’s after-party at subMercer produced one of the most high-profile fashion feuds in decades: Kiefer Sutherland head-butting Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough. But don’t expect the fashion faux pas or feuds to be replicated next year, says Fashion Week Daily. “According to two well-placed insiders, one very closely involved with the Museum, the 2010 Costume Institute Gala will be a much less splashy affair—a move the museum is said to welcome. The guest list will consist mostly of trustees and benefactors who purchase full-priced tickets instead of the designers, models and Hollywood types who once sat at their comped tables.”