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Padma Lakshmi Covers Indian Vogue; Chaiken and Capone Makes a Comeback

• Padma Lakshmi lounges on rumpled white sheets on the cover of Indian Vogue’s January issue. [Design Scene]

• Chaiken and Capone, a clothing label that was popular in the nineties for their great-fitting pants, is relaunching this spring at Barneys Co-op and Neiman Marcus Cusp stores. [WWD]

• The Aisle New York, a flash-sale site for designer bridalwear, launched yesterday. [Official Website]

• Nicki Minaj’s tight leather dress split up the back during her New Year’s Eve performance at Mansion in Miami. Unfazed, she summoned her stylist onstage to stitch her up while she kept singing. [Page Six/NYP]

• Kim Kardashian wears Tom Ford pajamas and a La Perla bra on the cover of Glamour’s January “Guy Issue.” [Refinery 29]

• On New Year’s Eve, Lady Gaga had dinner with her boyfriend, Luc Carl, at the West Village tapas bar Caliu. She almost went unnoticed, but the fact that her long black dress had a train gave her away to some fellow diners. [Page Six/NYP]

Padma Lakshmi Covers Indian Vogue; Chaiken and Capone Makes a Comeback