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Following up Jovovich-Hawk, Richard Chai will be the next designer to create a low-cost line for Target GO International.

So who is Richard Chai?

The Korean-American designer is an Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation award winner and his resume boasts stints at Donna Karan and helping Marc Jacobs start his Marc diffusion line. Richard Chai  then went on to work his mojo as Creative Director of TSE.

Chai now has his own line and a shop in Soho. He’s known for minimalist designs and has an eye for detail and fit. The guy cuts great pants.

You’ll be able to nab Richard Chai’s designs from Target come August.

Richard Chai Spring/Summer 2008

LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen to share Vogue cover

Would you have guessed that Anna Wintour even knows who LeBron James is, much less be willing to have him on the cover of her sacred fashion bible?

The New York Post dropped a dime that basketball star LeBron James will join Gisele Bundchen on the April cover of Vogue for the annual “shape issue”.

If Vogue is finally going to put a man on the cover, I demand it be Andre J .

Hey posh girls!

Yes, I know the prêt-à-porter shows have been going on and I have been under a very large rock. So for the next few days, I’ll try to play catch-up with a blitz of fashion week shots from London, Milan, and Paris.

Again, apologies all around, but lets start the posh posting.

The trailer for the highly anticipated Sex and the City movie has been unveiled, although the trailer reveals, well…not much at all really.

The annual Pirelli calender has finally been unveiled, although a bit more modestly than in years before.

The 2008 calendar was dedicated to China with a “pearls of the Orient” theme and shot entirely in Shanghai.

The photos are meant to celebrate traditional Chinese beauty, but run into a bit of cultural confusion with some models styled with geisha-like white faces one might expect in Japan.

Photographer Patrick Demarchelier chose an East meets West summit of fashion’s hottest faces — Agyness Deyn, Coco Rochas, Doutzen Kroes, Gemma Ward, Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Donaldson, and Catherine McNeil plus models Mo Wan Dan, Du Juan and actress Maggie Cheung.

This year’s calendar has a lot less sex and much more of a fashion editorial feel than previous years. I’m not sure if that’s because it’s dedicated to China, a more modest society, or for some other reason, but I certainly miss the sexed up version.

If you’ve got your hands on a coveted Pirelli calendar, you are a very posh chick. The calendar is not for sale and is gifted to a select list of Pirelli’s VIP clients and associates.

The rest of us will just have to view the 2008 Pirelli calendar online.