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This week, Papermag reported on these fantastic cut-out Keds shoes that I would actually wear. Keds teamed up with Tokyo design label, Green, to create these little gems. They are a take on the ultra-classic lace-up canvas sneaker but with a little late 80’s womens studies professor in leather sandals twist. While the colors are… do-able I’d much prefer them in pastel Blue, Peach, or Gray. But their cute none-the-less.

This is way better than their collab with Mischa Barton. When’s that contract going to be over, anyway?

Paper reports that they found these at the Loveless boutique Japan. I’ve been searching all morning trying to find them in the U.S. with no luck. Can anyone help? BTW, I don’t need to know how cool you are or which celeb you ran into when you saw these. I just want to know where to find these. Thanks!

-Camille L

Though I love hoopla, I’ve been kind of ignoring this LeBron James/Gisele Bundchen story. However, today, I’ve finally decided to write about this because it’s really growing into a major thing. The controversy is about LeBron’s ferocious pose that has him manhandling Gisele. Some people are saying that this is a perpetuation of racial stereotypes, with Lebron, who happens to be the first black man ever to grace the cover of Vogue, taking on a King Kong-esque demeanor:

About the Annie Leibovitz cover, Vogue spokesperson Patrick O’Connel says:

“We think LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen look beautiful together and we are honored to have them on the cover.”

For his part, LeBron says:

“Everything my name is on is going to be criticized in a good way or bad way,” James told the paper. “Who cares what anyone says?”

Others, including me, say this is BULL-logna! They knew what they were doing when they chose this cover. Don’t be stupid. I don’t necessarily think it’s racist, because Vogue is artistic, and this could possibly be proving a point, but they were definitely trying to be provocative. Duh. Do you doubt Anna Wintour?

On a side note, I just realized what a cool name LeBron is.

– Valentina

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I’d heard about the Michelle Williams fashion spread in the April issue of Elle, but hadn’t seen it in the flesh until today. She looks amazing! I love the way she channels good ol’ Edie Sedgewick in the image above, and the rest of the pics are pretty delish, too.

Mwah! I love it.

-Valentina