Tamara Mellon

Kelly Cutrone passed on MTV's New York-based Hills spin-off; instead, she will executive produce her own show and become "the Ryan Seacrest of fashion." [The Cut] 

The Accessories Council's Excellence awards will be held on November 3 at Cipriani on 42nd Street; accepting awards will be Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon, Stella McCartney, Vogue editor Sally Singer, and Emilio Pucci. [WWD]

French holding company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is pulling in profits and its stock is rising despite the recent economic downturn. [WWD]  read more »

Candace Bushnell is insisting that the use of designer labels in her writing is about women's identities, not dropping brand names. [Vogue UK]

"Not interested," said Christian Louboutin, when asked if he might ever expand into designing clothes. [Vogue UK]

After bringing success to her own brand of Jimmy Choo and helping revive Halston, Tamara Mellon has been named the director of Revlon cosmetics. [FWD]  read more »

Halston, the '70s-tastic label revived last year by Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has announced that it will show at the Museum of Modern Art during fashion week, even though designer Marco Zanini departed from the label recently. [FWD]

Model Agyness Deyn and her boyfriend, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., wear matching shoes. [Jezebel]

Project Runway is suddenly not looking like an automatic hit, as the contestants are lackluster this season and the show is on too early (9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.). [Portfolio via Racked]

Gisele Bundchen reportedly gave her boyfriend, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a calendar featuring "specially shot" photos of herself.  read more »

Less than a day after designer Marco Zanini was reported to be out at Halston, the fashion house recently revived by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon, Fashion Week Daily is reporting that celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe may also be departing.

"She has no creative control over Halston," said a brand spokesman back in February when Ms. Zoe reportedly failed to appear for Halston's fall show. "Her main responsibility is as an adviser for red carpet and celebrity styling." Sources at Halston are wondering if she will follow Mr. Zanini out the door.

Georgina Chapman, Mr. Weinstein's wife and designer for Marchesa, is apparently not taking over the creative role, leaving Ms. Mellon, who, according to unnamed sources, may be taking on a more prominent creative role at Halston.

One year after hiring Marco Zanini away from Versace to be Halston's new creative director, Harvey Weinstein and Tamara Mellon, who took over the fashion house last July, are already reportedly looking for a replacement.

According to Women's Wear Daily, sources inside the company's Soho headquarters say that Mr. Zanini no longer works at the office. And while the Spring collection to be shown this fall is designed by Mr. Zanini, sources speculate that the announcement of a new creative direction could be made before the fall shows.  read more »