• Jil Sander is doing another +J collection for Uniqlo for spring. She shoots the campaign in New York this week. [FWD]
• Frost French wants to cast Gemma Ward at her current weight for its ad campaign, because founders Sadie Frost and Jemima French want a real girl. [Fashionista]
• Alber Elbaz: “A few seasons ago I decided to have a screen in my studio, so when I did the fittings I would look at the screen. I’m really scared of bloggers, and I know this is how they judge me. But I realized that whatever looks good onscreen doesn’t always feel good on the body. So I decided to leave the computer — sorry to the lady from Google — and I went back to trust my eyes. And that’s what I do in fashion.” [Fashionologie]
• Heidi Mount tweeted that she did a film with Karl Lagerfeld this week. [Sassybella]
• Vogue’s design director, Danko Steiner, is leaving the magazine to pursue photography after four years of working there. Anna Wintour has enlisted Raul Martinez, founder and chief creative officer of AR New York, to be a creative consultant to Vogue and Vogue.com. [WWD]
• Comme des Garçons collaborated with North Face on a down vest. Yoke pockets, people. [Hypebeast]
