Mikimoto has commissioned Japanese fashion designer Yojhi Yamamoto to create a collection for the brand. Such collaborations often require journalistic magic to bridge the gap between brand and designer, although this is not one of those instances. The pearl, the Mikimoto symbol, suggests an understated elegance synonymous with Yamamato’s cultivated body of work. 
According to Women’s Wear Daily, Hedi Slimane is working on art projects and editorial photography in the near future. Hopefully he’s ditched the Doherty fascination for these ones…
Singer-actor Usher has signed with Liz Claiborne Cosmetics to launch his own scent in 2007. This is a surprise, as I never knew they could perfume “sweaty 6-pack”.
