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Lady Gaga has tapped two fashion houses - Armani and Prada - to help  outfit her for the overseas leg of her Monster Ball tour, which began last week in Manchester.  says .wwd.com

Alexander McQueen funeral: fashion world bids farewell to designer: There was a private funeral service for Lee Alexander McQueen. The service is for family only but  memorial service open to McQueen’s friends and supporters will take place later this year, although no date or venue has been confirmed  “We are focusing right now on the Paris show, which takes place on March 9,”. Bless dailymail.co.uk

One of Alexander McQueen’s closest friends, Daphne Guinness, will exhibit part of her wardrobe at the Fashion Institute of Technology in September 2011.  Says .wwd.com

Cult film Zoolander, which came out in 2001, is getting a sequel  courtesy of Paramount and the original film’s star, Ben Stiller. Fashionologie.com

Off to London? You must check out the Irving Penn exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. npg.org.uk

King karl Lagerfeld has teamed up with German luxury safe maker Döttling to create a limited edition safe, which the company is calling the world’s most expensive. Listing at 250,000 euros, or $339,000 at current exchange rates, the safe, which Lagerfeld has named the “Narcissus,”is all Karl. Says WWD

Model Karen Elson Has an Album Coming Out — a live, acoustic version of the title track, “The Ghost Who Walks.” See the video here www.youtube.com

Pierre Cardin: ‘The Entire Fashion Scene Nowadays Is Nothing But Costumes’ huffingtonpost.com

Heading to Milan ? You must read about where the best places are to go and where to eat in in Wmagazine.com

Love , love Claudia Schiffer interview in Fashionair: what a lovely English accent Fashionair.com

CATHY HORYN has ” been scanning the London shows and reading the reviews and it’s plain, that the female silhouette is being revisualized” read more here …runway.blogs.nytimes.com