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YSL Retrospective Skips New York; Jay Manuel Gets Sued

Bar Refaeli for Hurley.Photo: Courtesy of Hurley

• San Francisco’s DeYoung is the only U.S. museum to host a 40-year retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s work. The exhibit opens in November and will include 120 accessorized outfits. [Fashionista]

• Tom Ford plans to open a store in Las Vegas eventually, possibly in a new $9 billion shopping center where Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Company, de Grisogono, H.Stern, Marni, and Rolex, among others, are opening stores. [WWD]

• Jay Manuel is being sued by talent agency Thruline Entertainment, who say as his manager they should have gotten a 10 percent cut of his $405,000 America’s Next Top Model salary. [TMZ]

C’N’C Costume National cast its fall ‘08 campaign on MySpace. [Fashion Week Daily]

Bar Refaeli stars in fall campaigns for Hurley International and True Religion. [WWD]

• Salma Hayek and French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, CEO of PPR (which owns Gucci), have called off their engagement. [Perez Hilton]

• Nina Garcia supposedly gets paid many thousands for appearing at special events. Hey, if we could cash in on our televised faces, we would too. [Gawker]

• Here’s a list of the top ten male model newcomers to the spring ‘09 shows in Europe. [Of the Minute/Models.com]

Rag & bone’s new shoe line hits stores in November. Here’s a look at some of their shearling boots. Get psyched for … snow. [Style.com]

Kate Moss is saving up for a private jet so she can travel around the world to launch her Topshop lines. [Telegraph]

• Diva alert: Lauren Conrad demanded three security guards escort her into Lily Pond nightclub in the Hamptons. [NYP]

YSL Retrospective Skips New York; Jay Manuel Gets Sued