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Lanvin is serious fashion, but that doesn't mean the fancy French house doesn't know how to have fun. Watch Karen Elson and Raquel Zimmermann make like video vixens as the dance in Lanvin's Fall 2012 collection. The best part: Alber Elbaz makes a cameo. Wait for it, waaaait for it!

WHOA.

Like this. But minus the ring. And in space.

Australian astronomers are reporting that they have found a planet made entirely of diamond. Straight-up space bling. Apparently, it's probably a dead star that lost its outer layers because of a pulsar star. Astronomers detected it with the help of radio telescopes and guess that a high-pressure environment caused the planet's carbon core to crystallize into diamond. 

Or something.

Surf brand Roxy produced this cute little video to show us how we can all look like surfer girl beach goddesses. Here's a hint: it involves a squirt bottle, sea water, bobby pins - and winning the genetic lottery. Also, helpful - the makeup line Roxy developed with Stila. And guess what? There's a video for that too!

News broke yesterday that Riccardo Tisci, Givenchy's creative director, designed the cover art for 'Watch the Throne," the new album from Kanye and Jay Z. That's pretty cool. And it makes sense, when you think about it. These are two dudes whose love affair with fashion is chronicled in their lyrics and their stage shows. Kanye went so far as wear a Celine blouse for his Coachella performance this year. That's love.

Image courtesy of Cup of Jo and Shannen Norman

Tom Selleck is going to be stoked.

According to this article in The Financial Times, designers are betting that men are ready for the short shorts of the '70s and '80s. Total Magnum P.I. steeze.

Conan would end up in the clink for this outfit/hair combo in Iran.

Guinness and her pin-screen contraption of genius. (Image courtesy of Lulu Guiness via NOTCOT)

Guinness, known for her cheeky handbag designs, made a life-size pin-screen toy and then let people have at it.  Obviously, it was awesome. Singles, couples, trios, kids, adults, dudes and girls all got made into real-life pin-ups.

Festival style. Girls in oversize sunglasses and whatever BoHo trend is "it" that year: floral maxi dresses, teeny tiny cut-off shorts, Navajo everything, plaid, feathers. Don't even get me started on the dudes. Skinny jeans, plaid, board shorts are all accounted for - and sometimes really strange stuff... like that guy who shaved a perfect cross into his chest hair because he just loved Justice so much.

Esquivel from David Hubert on Vimeo.

Designer George Esquivel knows how to make a good shoe. The fact that his shoes are all made by hand in L.A. makes them even better in our book. The Council of Fashion Designers of America and, um, Anna Wintour agree. In 2009, Esquivel was nominated for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. Here's cool video about the making of a pair of Esquivel's shoes. And turn the volume up. It sounds as cool as it looks.