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Tyra Banks Returns to IMG; Adriana Lima Returns to Magazine Covers

Tyra Banks has re-signed with IMG, so she might get some covers now. [Modelinia]

• The Gap is debt-free. [WWD]

Adriana Lima and her cleavage star in a lingerie-heavy cover shoot for Spanish Vogue. [Design Scene]

• Jonah Hill and Russell Brand will promote Get Him to the Greek by allowing E! to interview them in the window of Diesel’s Fifth Avenue flagship today. [WWD]

Jil Sander Navy, Raf Simons’s new lower-priced line, will launch for spring 2011. Navy includes bold colors not typically found in the label’s main line, like magenta, orange, and Kelly green. [WWD]

Preen collaborated with the English tailoring firm Gieves & Hawkes on a line of officewear. [Vogue UK]

• A London retrospective will showcase twenty years of Maison Martin Margiela’s designs. [Telegraph UK]

• PPR asked shareholders to approve the nomination of three women to its board today. [WWD]

• Michelle Obama’s unofficial stylist Ikram Goldman is said to be looking for a larger location for her Chicago store. [WWD]

Gilles Mendel designed the costumes for Call Me Ben, the New York City Ballet’s new show premiering in June. [WWD]

• A recent survey found that the average British woman wears £1,000 worth of clothes when she goes out. For some reason, that total includes cell phones and jewelry, which are counted as clothing. [Times UK]

Tyra Banks Returns to IMG; Adriana Lima Returns to Magazine Covers