In an ironic turn, Olivier Theyskens opens up to a financial paper, dishing about fatties in his designs and his similarities to a certain nineties TV drama. (WSJ)

A Top Model actually on top? Apparently, last season’s diminutive winner has landed Alexander McQueen’s spring ’11 campaign. We’ll believe it when we see it. (Houston Chronicle)

Tom Ford’s shoes might be hard to fill, but Frida Giannini is up to the challenge, reportedly brewing up a made-to-measure service for the house. Gucci Couture? Sounds juicy. (WWD)

It wouldn’t be New York Fashion Week without a subterranean after-hours hot spot. The Hudson’s Good Units is shaping up to be this year’s frontrunner, with some choice soirees in the works. (Page Six)

What better reason to pile on all your Demeulemeester sweaters and curl up with a good book than a new memoir by art-rock icon and perennial fashion inspiration Patti Smith? (Village Voice)