Hot off the heels of her awkwardly adorable Lanvin dance session with Raquel Zimmerman, British multi-hyphenate Karen Elson has just released her latest project: a vintage-inspired capsule collection with footwear retailer Nine West. Not only does the line of shoes, handbags, and jewelry reflect a genuine nostalgia, but the range feels very much like something we'd find in the model-actress-singer's closet, like the Moonlight granny boot pictured here.

In an unusual twist on typical by-appointment fashion presentations, Tom Ford’s Spring 2011 line of womenswear is being unveiled via a three-minute video featuring a who’s-who of fashion and film and set to “Beautiful Babies” by Karen Elson, who's also seen in the clip. Draped over such bold-face modeling names as Amber Valetta, Karlie Kloss, Carolyn Murphy, Coco Rocha, and Daria Werbowy, the clothes seem to play second fiddle to all the super-recognizable faces.

Tom Ford is everywhere these days! After editing the holiday issue of French Vogue, sharing some snaps of his super-secret runway show with Harper’s Bazaar, and outfitting models in his new line in American Vogue, Ford decided to chat with W Magazine about the lovely ladies who first wore his womenswear looks last fall and who inspired his designs. This embroidered silk dress with fringe was designed for Karen Elson: “Karen is such an exotic beauty, I always love dressing her in a color that plays off her skin tone and hair color,” Ford tells W. “The cobalt blue of the dress seemed exactly right.”

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On a cold, rainy afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee, supermodel Karen Elson, sequestered in the upstairs quarters of a pink-walled boutique, happily shows off a few favorite pieces. She pulls a long white tulle overdress from a rack laden with velvet bias-cut slip dresses from the 1930s.

Blame it on the economic downturn and the increasing push from high-fashion designers to appeal to a wider demographic: big name brands from Rodarte and Zac Posen to Derek Lam are getting into the fashion advertising game for the first time this season. According to Women’s Wear Daily, Derek Lam shot his first ad campaign in San Francisco last week -- the fruits of which feature model Karmen Pedaru in Fall 09 Lam, shot by seasoned fashion photographer Solve Sundsbo. But Lam is by no means the first designer getting his feet wet with advertising this year.

The Citizen's Band founder balances theatre and politics

What the connection is between models and opening boutiques in Nashville, I may never know. But come October 23, redheaded runway star Karen Elson will follow in the footsteps of supermodel Niki Taylor, owner of Abbie & Jesse’s, and open a clothing store of her own in Tennessee’s capital city. Refinery29 notes the details.

In this digital age, lookbooks are largely archaic -- now it's all about the short-film lookbook. It's now often customary for hip designers to assemble their celebrity pals for a fashion-cum-performance art piece. Wren designer Melissa Coker is carrying the torch this season. She has her pals model Karen Elson, Sarah Sophie Flicker (of the Citizen's Band), and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld (daughter of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld) showing off her Spring 2009 collection. Coker and her filmmaker pal Alia Raza combined dialogue from Robert Altman's 3 Women and Woody Allen's Another Woman to create a short called "Another 3 Woman." Raza explains, "It's less about the literalness of what is occurring on screen and more about what remains in our minds and influences us after we've seen a film or a work of art."