Which well-known avant-garde British designer brought his video fantasies to life last week by bedding porn star (that means hustler) Aiden Shaw? Like anyone couldn't do it for two hundred quid. That's a blind gossip item from Chic Happens. Blind as in only a blind person could miss the reference. Let's see... Avant-garde British designer. Hmm, I wonder. Google has the answer. Clue: Leigh Bowery is Australian, and dead.
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Lessons Learned from This Week's (REGULARLY UPDATED) Edition of Chic Happens:
1. If you're Christina Aguilera, note that pulling down your top and having your female stylist "suck your tit" may be considered a bit declasse in the London magazine world.
2. When starting your own tacky sandal line, introducing the single half of Chic Happens to any hot boys you know may be good insurance against bitchy comments in his REGULARLY UPDATED HintMag column. (Okay, so it was never explicitly stated that Heidi Klum's personal trainer was hot; I'm just assuming.)
3. When doing a photo shoot for Maxim, do not wear a skirt that says "I Love Cocaine." [Ed. NoteJust out of curiosity, where does one get a skirt that says "I Love Cocaine"? Not that I'm thinking of buying one. And would said hypothetical skirt be available, in, oh, a size 2 or 4?]
Chic Happens [HintMag]

LookOnline outs Michael Gross's blind item from yesterday as being Nadine Johnson, fashion flak and wife (or soon-to-be ex) of Page Six columnist Richard Johnson. Writes LookOnline, "Michael Gross stature as a great writer for him to stoop to the level of say hintmag's gossip monger Horacio Silva is very sad." Incidentally, sitting on my desk is an invite to the Project Alabama show on Friday. The return address reads "Nadine Johnson."

Supermodels in the making

Hint ed robbed by Brazilian drag queens [Chic Happens]

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