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Kate Upton Played Football in Her Louboutins; Ray-Ban Ad Features Gay Couple

Kristen Stewart for <em>Elle</em> UK.
Kristen Stewart for Elle UK.

• Kate Upton threw a football at a net multiple times while wearing Louboutins and smiled her way through Fox & Friends. Can’t decide which is more impressive. [Page Six]

• Ray-Ban’s latest ad features a gay couple holding hands. [HuffPo]

• To be clear, Calvin Klein sent his former boyfriend Nick Gruber to rehab on his personal plane. A source said, “There was a fear that if Nick flew commercial, he might go to the bar first. He had to be delivered there.” [Page Six]

• Kristen Stewart made her “Kristen Stewart face” for June’s British Elle. [Design Scene]

• Heidi Klum lit the Empire State Building last night in honor of bone-marrow donors. [Jezebel]

• On Wednesday, the CFDA threw a send-off party for its first Fashion Incubator class, which included Prabal Gurung, Bibhu Mohapatra, and Waris Ahluwalia. Gurung said, “It’s not like we hung out everyday, but it was like a family. They even gave us a yearbook.” Where do we get a copy? [WWD]

• Jean Paul Gaultier will, in fact, sit on this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, confirming earlier reports. [Telegraph UK]

• Giles Deacon won the Designer of the Year award at the annual World Fashion Awards in Moscow. [WWD]

• Here’s a look at Whitney Port’s debut jewelry line. [SheFinds]

• Taylor Jacobson on her upcoming Oxygen reality show, LA Style: “[It] portrays a younger generation of stylists, in different genres of styling. It’s the making of a music video; editorials — it’s not just straight up red carpet, like a couture dress with Neil Lane jewelry.” She added that it’s an “opportunity to clear my name and kind of break off from [my persona on Rachel Zoe]. I want to show how I’m a stylist, and be known for being a stylist.” [Fashionista]

• Fashion bunny Fifi Lapin released a new book, The Wonderful World of Fifi Lapin: Style Secrets of a Furry Fashionista. Woof. [HuffPo]

• Joan Smalls covers GQ South Africa in a cropped bomber jacket, peep-toe pumps, and her underwear. [Zimbio]

Kate Upton Played Football; Ray-Ban’s Gay Couple