Clockwise from top left, eyelash necklace by Stephanie Simek, Hairrings by Bijules, brooch by Melanie Bilenker, Braided Band, tricolor Hairring, and Hairball by Bijules.Photo: Courtesy of Bijules NYC and The New Museum Store

The Paris spring runways were covered in hair, from sky-high wigs to Cousin Itt wannabes. Well, that trend already seems to be catching on. Above you see a smattering of accessories made from human hair. What, you don't want to sport an eyelash necklace? We'll admit the idea of wearing someone else's hair is a tad creepy. But it doesn't seem to be going anywhere, so get used to it. And maybe you, too, will embrace that deliciously icky feeling of random hair on your face. Here's what's pictured above.

Eyelash Necklace
This sterling-silver necklace by jewelry designer Stephanie Simek models a fringe of lashes made of sterilized human hair.
Price: $45
Where to Buy: The New Museum Store

Hairrings
The original "Hairrings" (earrings made of hair, har-har) by Bijules are available in four different shades of synthetic strands and come with a comb to ward off tangles.
Price: $198 per pair
Where to Buy: Court and Cry Wolf

The "first" skin-care line by a female plastic surgeon.Photo: Courtesy of En Pointe Skin Solutions

FRAGRANCE
• Balenciaga is relaunching a series of fragrances under Coty to stretch the brand to new audiences. Yes, stretch it to us. We want. [Cosmetic News]

• Tous is launching Tous in Heaven, a fragrance targeted to teens with purple and black packaging meant to project a more "rebellious image." Anything's more rebellious than their usual teddy-bear logo. [Cosmetic News]

MAKEUP
• L'Oréal is sponsoring a law and business ethics degree at the University of Cergy-Pontoise in France. We wonder if they're giving out scholarships for free products. [WWD]

• Avon is making a cheaper version of press-on eye shadow. Since when did press-on makeup get big enough to get knocked off? [Kiss and Makeup]

SKIN
• Plastic surgeon Christine Rodgers launched a new skin-care brand called En Pointe Skin Solutions. It's being billed as the first line by a female plastic surgeon. The packaging has ballerinas on it, and it's bright pink. Feminist solutions, people. [WWD]

Photo: fabsugar.com

Little Jenny Humphrey is growing up, bitches! Or rather, Taylor Momsen is. Remember when the 15-year-old Gossip Girl star signed with IMG a few months back? Well, homegirl is not only working but working it. Here you see a sampling of her new spread in the October issue of Crash magazine (see the rest here). With darkened, full eyebrows and red or flesh-colored lips, she chews on straws and wraps chains around her neck. Rufus wouldn't approve, but we can feel her angst. Can you?

Sneak Peek! Taylor Momsen Models For Crash Magazine [FabSugar]

Photo: Courtesy of Chadwick Tyler

London native Imogen Morris Clarke has that je ne sais quoi quality that's got casting directors in a tizzy. Before she hit a single runway, the 16-year-old had been featured on the cover of Japanese Dazed & Confused. And when she made her catwalk debut, she walked for only the best: Rodarte in New York, Prada in Milan, and Alexander McQueen in Paris. Her quirky doll-like beauty harkens Twiggy's era, which we love. Apparently Mario Testino does too, having just lensed the Brit for D&G’s ad campaign. With Japanese Dazed & Confused requesting her again, it looks like this teen's career is about to get busier.

Model Profile: Imogen Morris Clarke

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Jay Manuel and Miss JPhoto: Courtesy of CW

We don't know why someone didn't think of this until eleven cycles in, but the CW is spinning off America's Next Top Model. The new series is called Operation Fabulous (working title, but we hope it sticks) and stars Jay Manuel and Miss J. Alexander. They'll travel the country giving makeovers to lucky participants in each town. Reuters reports:

In various towns, the duo will select five participants and give them "Top Model"-style overhauls — how to dress, wear their hair and makeup and bring out their confidence with the support of family, friends and their community.

The project seeks to capitalize on a fan-favorite "Model" segment, when contestants are given head-to-toe high-fashion makeovers supervised by Alexander.

Sure, we may already have two similar shows starring Tim Gunn and Carson Kressley respectively, but this one is by Tyra Banks! She'll executive-produce the series along with Ken Mok, whom she worked with on America's Next Top Model and forthcoming fashion-magazine-assistant reality show Stylista. And now she has one more mechanism with which to mold the nation's adolescent women in her image. And we thought the economic crisis was scary! If you're brave enough to put yourself in the hands of "J and Jay," the casting call is here.

"Top Model" spinoff heads to catwalk [Reuters]

This is how Marisa Miller sells motorcycles.Photo: Courtesy of Harley Davidson

• Abercrombie & Fitch sales dropped 14 percent yesterday, and the company saw its shares fall 14.8 percent in September. Don't look so surprised. [WWD]

• Karl Lagerfeld has officially become a proper noun in the French dictionary, Le Petit Larousse Illustre. He also illustrated this year's cover. [British Vogue]

• Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller is the new face of Harley Davidson's new V-Rod Muscle motorcycle ads. Good for her. [Models Blog]

• Marc Jacobs was spotted wearing another skort. This time, with boots and socks. [Grazia]

• Tyson Beckford reportedly asked Victoria's Secret model Noémie Lenoir for a kiss at a party, but she declined. Tyson, making out in bars = not classy. [NYP]

Bags people are actually buying.Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

Yesterday the stock market lost more points in a single day than it has in 21 years. Some negative thinkers are calling it a crash. But the fashion industry has proved there is a light at the end of this pitch-black tunnel, and it shines thanks to handbags. LVMH announced yesterday revenues actually increased in the third quarter, thanks to "remarkable" sales at Louis Vuitton. LVMH revenues grew 6 percent over three months through September. And Louis Vuitton alone enjoyed double-digit growth in the same period since its Damier Graphite and Monogram lines are "still enjoying exceptional momentum." Leave it to the fashion industry to inject that dose of positivity everyone's griping about into These Economic Times. LVMH said other brands performed well, too, like Fendi, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, and Givenchy and that accessories continue to "see strong progress." So don't buy gold! Buy handbags.

LVMH Sales Leap [WWD]

Backstage at Prada.Photo: Imaxtree

Backstage at fashion shows, models don't get privacy when they change. Tell you something you don't know, right? No, sorry — we might not, since we just read a really long story about models getting naked backstage in today's New York Times 'Styles' section. Reporters, photographers, makeup artists, hairstylists, security guards, and general hanger-onners are all backstage when the models prep for the runway. Guy Trebay, who has seen hundreds of models changing backstage at the shows, writes:

What is strangest, perhaps, about this particular form of employment — for which there is no comprehensive job description — is that being around rooms filled with unclad women and men is anything but stimulating.

Maybe that's because — according to men we're not sure we believe — runway models aren't hot. They just... look like runway models

“When you see some doll walking down the catwalk in some sheer thing or nearly naked, it’s fashion,” Mr. Blanks remarked in Paris last week. “If you saw that same girl pole dancing in a club, it would be hot.”

Marc Jacobs as camel toe last year.Photo: Getty Images

Marc Jacobs's holiday parties are legendary. The theme is executed to the nines and attendees dress up with the same enthusiasm. They don't just put on a headband with furry triangles and call themselves cats. Oh no. They go to the Halloween spa in Iceland and get treatments that enable their bodies to grow actual fur and claws for a day. Well, not really but the preparation required is just about as intense. So what do the posh fabulous people invited have to prepare for this year? Marc just revealed the theme: "Rock and Roll Circus." According to WWD the invite references the documentary The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus about the Stones' 1968 concerts. That part's all fine and well, but can someone tell us what is up with all the fashion-meets-circus stuff lately? On Saturday, Diesel's 30th-Anniversary party in Brooklyn has the same "Rock and Roll Circus" theme. And what's more, Heatherette designer Richie Rich's ad campaign for his forthcoming Hot Topic line has a "dark circus" theme. So... are clowns going to pop up on the runways in February? Alongside models in stilts? Oh wait — they already do that.

Fashion Scoops: Rock the Boat [WWD]

This is the November cover of W, shot by Brad Pitt. As you can see, Angelina is breast feeding her baby. There's more where that came from inside the issue — which hits stands October 21 — also shot by Brad. Indeed, we appreciate that she appears stripped of the veneer that plagues magazine covers more often than it helps them. Don't get us wrong — we're sure this was Photoshopped considerably (just because all images in magazines are) but it's nice to look at a cover and not wonder how much thinner they made its subject.

Angelina Jolie Breastfeeding — W Magazine Preview [Just Jared via Jezebel]

Horsewomen of the gossip apocalypse.Photo: Getty Images

We know that this is one stressed-out country right now: Between the contentious presidential election and our collapsing economy, all we want to do is cry into a pint of Ben and Jerry's — but we can't, because going to buy it burns too much expensive gas. That's why now, more than ever, we need to maintain a steady diet of shallow and salacious celebrity gossip stories to take our mind off our own troubles. But as the banks have failed, so too has our beloved rumor mill. Instead of scandal, we're getting D-list drama; Hollywood is serving us lukewarm leftovers when what we REALLY need is a nice, palate-cleansing gossip sorbet. What gives, Tinseltown? Where's the love?

Dreamy Gerard ButlerPhoto: Getty Images

Maybe Roger Federer shouldn't have left Anna Wintour hanging on the front rows at Fashion Week. According to the New York Post she has a new crush. His name is Gerard Butler and he's a Scottish actor who stars in Guy Ritchie's new movie, RocknRolla, and previously starred in 300 and P.S. I Love You. Sounds innocent enough. But who is this man, really, who Anna reportedly "talks about all the time"? We did a spot of research and, well, there's no easy way to say this, A-Dubs, but he's kind of a bad boy.