Gareth Pugh.Photo: Getty Images
• Gareth Pugh will show his spring 2009 collection in Paris instead of London. He won the ANDAM Fashion Award, which comes with over $230,000 to help finance the label and location change. London, we feel for your loss. [FWD]
• Here’s a first look at Richard Chai’s Target line! [Nylon]
• Dior Homme is trying to woo back Hedi Slimane, according to a rumor coming out of L.A. So, you know, don’t freak out just yet. [Fashionista]
• Giambattista Valli is now making bridalwear — the functional kind that you can easily party in. [WWD]
• Cashmere label Degrees of Freedom designer Noelle Reno says she was asked to leave the label after she broke up with her husband and owner of a 51 percent stake in the label, Matthew Mellon (Tamara of Jimmy Choo’s ex). She says she’s been offered a gig reviving an old label, whose name she won’t reveal. [WWD]
• Alla Kudryavtseva knocked Maria Sharapova out of Wimbledon and said, “It’s very pleasant to beat Maria. I don’t like her outfit.” Rawr! [British Vogue]
• Esquire shot Marc Jacobs for its upcoming 75 most influential people of the 21st century issue. He appears doing yoga with his trainer. [WWD]
• Hermès has a new partnership with Monaco-based yacht-maker Wally. So they’ll fancy up the insides of some big boats at some point. [WWD]
• Giorgio Armani is launching a line of pens. Armani explains, “A handwritten note is today more than ever a sign of etiquette, elegance and sophistication. To carry an iconic pen is therefore a symbol of character and style.” Anybody want to make designer e-mail? Hm, Marc? [British Vogue]
• Um, why haven’t models formed unions already? [Jezebel]
• Anna Wintour went to Wimbledon after the Milan men’s shows. [Fashionologie]