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Karl Lagerfeld Linked to Gossip Girl; See ScarJo’s New Mango Ads

Gossip Girl is shooting on location in Paris and Karl Lagerfeld was seen out and about with Blake Lively, so people are hoping this means he’ll make a cameo on the show. [Glamour]

Giambattista Valli will open its first store this year in Paris. [Fashionista]

• Bebe is shutting down its experimental PH8 streetwear brand. [WWD]

• Fashion blogger Garance Doré’s first ad campaign for Moschino is out, and it definitely has her signature breezy strolling-around-Paris-looking-lovely thing going on. [Fashionologie]

• Scarlett Johansson looks almost unrecognizable in Mango’s latest ads. [Design Scene]

Kate Moss stars in Isabel Marant’s black-and-white fall campaign. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Freja Beha stars in Valentino’s latest campaign. [Design Scene]

• Annie Leibovitz shot Hickey Freeman’s fall campaign in Los Angeles with a “buzzed about” actor. [WWD]

Victoria Beckham on skinny jeans: “When I wear a skinny jean, I like it to have a little bag around the knee and the ankle. It’s more modern than something that is tight, tight, tight.” [Teen Vogue]

• Charlotte Ronson: “I love [the Central Park Zoo] because snow leopards aren’t just for tourists.” [Refinery 29]

Karl Lagerfeld Linked to Gossip Girl; See ScarJo’s New Mango Ads