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Oscar de la Renta to Live-Stream His Resort Show Today; Linda Evangelista Lands Talbots Campaign

Oscar de la Renta is streaming his resort show live at 1 p.m. today on his website. In other ODLR tech news, the designer says he appreciates Twitter but won’t do it himself, and just ordered an iPad. [WWD]

Linda Evangelista is the new face of Talbots. [Page Six/NYP]

• Bebe and CBS are partnering on a line of 90210-inspired apparel to launch this fall. (That’s the new 90210, so expect to see more Bebe-esque party dresses than bodysuits and mom jeans.) The collection will be introduced on-air and in stores. [WWD]

• Annie Leibovitz has taken to bargain hunting. The photographer bought four aluminum Eames chairs on sale at Design Within Reach (though she plans to return them). [Page Six/NYP]

• Four Italian bidders are interested in buying cashmere knitwear firm Malo. [WWD]

• Kelly Cutrone treated the ladies of People’s Revolution to new bikes. She says biking is “A perfect combination of eco-warrior, cardio, cool girl and danger. I love all those things, except cardio.” [NYT]

• Repetto is expanding beyond ballet flats to include more heeled styles. The label also plans to collaborate with Opening Ceremony, Colette, and Rodarte for fall 2010. [WWD]

Cynthia Rowley has been a judge on Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model, and her husband, Bill Powers, will be a judge of Bravo’s new series Work of Art. Rowley jokes, “We like to tease our kids. We tell them that if they misbehave, then we will vote them out of the house.” [Page Six/NYP]

• At a Piaget-hosted event at the New York Public Library, Jean Paul Gaultier joked that he wished he had designed “the best accessory in the world — the condom.” [Page Six/NYP]

• Jessica Alba wears Alexander McQueen in a fashion editorial for Korean Elle. [Fashion Indie]

Oscar de la Renta to Live-Stream His Resort Show Today; Linda Evangelista Lands Talbots Campaign