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Milan Fashion Week is in full swing and along with dark colors and patterns, asymmetrical hemlines, billowing skirts and excessive amounts of fur, there seems to be a strange make-up trend happening: lightened eyebrows.  Fashion It Boy Derek Blasberg even Tweeted “I'm getting into this eyebrow-less trend at Prada, Bottega Veneta and Versace,” adding to the makeup artist “(You're just the right amount of twisted, @PatMcGrathREAL...)”  So let’s take a look.

I remember specifically where I was when I first saw the Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 campaign featuring Raquel Zimmermann. Sprawled across a huge billboard above the McQueen boutique in LA, the vivid colors and striking details were so enchanting that I immediately pulled over, got out of my car, and walked up as close as I could to get a better look. It was just so beautiful and still gives me chills to this day, especially now that the designer is no longer with us. But McQueen's art will live on forever, and it's campaigns like these that capture the pinnacle of fashion just right, reminding us why we love this industry so damn much. And while not all 2010 fashion campaigns had as much impact, there were definitely a handful that hit it out of the park. Fashion Gone Rogue has done an ace job of rounding up the best of the best spring/summer and fall/winter campaign ads, which you can see here and here. Check out our absolute favorites after the jump.

● More images from the Mario Testino-shot Versace Spring 2011 campaign, featuring January Jones. [Racked] ● New T Magazine editor-in-chief Sally Singer shares her holiday wish list, which includes a Thai massage and cycling shoes. [T Magazine] ● The 18 winners of London's NewGen 2011 sponsorships have been announced, including BlackBook favorite Dominic Jones. [Style]

The first Versace advertisement featuring January Jones has arrived, with the Mad Men beauty posing nude with the brand's accessories for Spring 2011. Donatella Versace told WWD, "I am always on the lookout for the next Versace blonde...and in January I feel I have found a perfect Versace woman for the 21st century. She is chic and elegant but deeply sensual too."

I've the overseas buzz at Grazia to thank for this early-morning tidbit of news -- Georgia Jagger, one of the more overlooked of Mick's offspring (I always thought she was Jade after a good night's rest) has just signed on to be the newest ingenue sporting the disappointingly wearable current fares of Versace. (This follows on the release of Jagger's campaign for Rimmel.) Not that Versace needs a new face aside from matron Donatella's unique mug, burned into our retinas after a recent string of unintelligible interviews, but nonetheless the 17-year-old will play dress up for Mario Testino and grace the stack of opening ads in our Vogues and Ws and Elles, her barely post-pubescent face sporting makeup her mother, model Jerry Hall, barely wore even in the 70s. A weird fit that really causes us to ask -- how does Versace choose their spokespeople?

One thing that can certainly be said of Versace is that the iconic fashion house has stayed true to its roots through every venture, despite changes in trends, the economy, and creative direction. So it was no surprise that the home design team turned back the clock when tackling the direction of this year's fall collection. According to team member Laura Varani, the current collection is made up primarily of pieces "renewed from past collections, updated for today," which is certainly not to say they've run out of ideas. The aesthetic of the collection runs the gamut, from quintessentially Italian, classic pieces to pure modernity, with even a little macabre thrown in -- though much of it seemed like scaled-up dollhouse furniture. Pieces once considered too darling for actual living settings (think silver rococo couches with billowy pink cushions) beckoned to be sat upon, and in their "real life" size, made perfect sense.

Versace may have poo poo'd the idea of dropping its price point in reaction to the recession back in January. But now it seems the luxury retailer is singing a slightly different tune. While the Italian fashion house’s iconic, vibrant fashions won’t be selling for slashed down prices anytime soon, fans of Versace can soon get their hands on a diffusion line, says Luxist. Specifically, Versace is re-launching Versus, the slightly less expensive sister line to Versace, which Gianni introduced in 1989 “as a project for his sister Donatella."