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Teen Vogue Hires a New Beauty Director; Lady Gaga and Donatella Versace Get Weird

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Teen Vogue hired Elaine Welteroth, currently Glamour’s senior beauty editor, to replace beauty director Eva Chen, who reportedly stepped down in August. [Fashionista]

• And here’s a picture of Lady Gaga sucking Donatella Versace’s thumb. [Terry’s Diary]

• Octavia Spencer covers Elle magazine’s Women in Hollywood issue. Sarah Jessica Parker, Emma Watson, and Dakota Fanning also got their own covers. [HuffPo

• Watch the history of Chanel No. 5 in under four minutes. [Chanel]

• The grand prize winner of Oxygen’s new reality show The Face, hosted by Nigel Barker, and starring Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, and Coco Rocha, will become the face (yuk!) of Ulta Beauty’s fall and holiday ad campaigns. [WWD]

• Katie Couric interviewed a professional Kate Middleton look-alike on her show. [Styleite]

• Refinery29 is designing a line of handbags with DKNY. [WWD]

• W magazine’s publisher Nina Lawrence is going to be the new vice-president of global marketing and advertising sales for The Wall Street Journal. [WWD]

• Bill Rancic, husband of Giuliana, is shilling for Rogaine. [WWD]

Teen Vogue Hires a New Beauty Director