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Earlier this month, news broke that Katie Lee Joel and husband of five years Billy Joel were divorcing. "Page Six" suggested this week that Katie Lee's "friendship" with attractive heterosexual fashion designer Yigal Azrouël contributed to the split. Though Katie's rep said her relationship with the designer had nothing to do with the breakup, Us Weekly suggests otherwise in the new issue on newsstands today. A source close to Azrouël tells the magazine, “he definitely fooled around with Katie, but he wasn’t exclusive.” Leave it to Us to lay it all out on the table. Might this source also be suggesting there's truth behind "Page Six"'s report that Yigal cozies up to lady editors who can help his career?

Billy Joel & Katie Lee Joel: MARRIAGE OVER! [Us, print only]
Earlier: Is Yigal Azrouël Katie Lee’s ‘Swordsman’?

From left: Calvin Klein, D&G;, and Prada.Photo: Imaxtree

Milan Men's Fashion Week just wrapped up, so don't miss the last batch of our mantastic spring 2010 runway slideshows from Italy. As you can see, short shorts are definitely in. Tomorrow the parade of man gams continues in Paris.

Calvin Klein
D&G;
Emporio Armani
Dirk Bikkembergs

Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Alex McCord.Photo: Patrick McMullan

Real Housewives of New York stars Alex McCord and Kelly Killoren Bensimon went for different styles at the opening party for Second Time Around last night. Kelly opted for a black-and-white outfit topped off with white flats, while Alex showed up in a strawberry dress with a satin bodice and studded shoes.

Who looked better?

From left: M.A.C Cosmetics, Rimmel London, T. LeClerc, Chanel, and Givenchy.Photo: A.J. Wilhelm

With summer finally here, and the heat (and ever-present humidity) soon to follow, our makeup routines are about to go out the window. Instead of going completely barefaced, opt for a slick of color on the lips. It adds just enough polish, even when the city is sizzling. We gathered up 115 of our favorite lipsticks, glosses, balms, and stains in our latest Shop-A-Matic, and we asked Tia Williams of Shake Your Beauty to chime in with her favorite fifteen picks. From hot-pink lipsticks guaranteed to make notice-me lips to balms that leave only a hint of color behind, there’s a hue for even the most makeup-phobic. Plus, we gathered a group of volunteers to sample the shades so you can see how the color translates from tube to pout. Check out five of Tia's favorite shades.

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Simon Cowell and Sir Philip Green are going into business together. Apparently the two are practically best friends, and Sir Philip has even been advising Simon on his new American Idol contract with Fox. (Cowell has been offered a higher salary than Oprah, so being British isn't the only thing these two have in common.) In between these advising sessions and their mani-pedi parties, Simon and Sir Phil are also creating a global entertainment company together that will produce television content here and in the U.K. The company hasn't been named, and it's unclear how much cash Green will throw at the project. However it's a great springboard for a fashion venture, which could serve as a valuable marketing opportunity for Green's Topshop chain. A fashion-related show created by these two brilliant minds? It would have to be a model-competition series. Before a live studio audience. Can't you see it? Simon could tell someone they need to hit the treadmill every episode. Kate Moss could judge! (Or they could just title it Be Kate Moss and let Sienna Miller judge.) Marcus Schenkenberg could revive his career by hosting and then use his long-lost fame to land his own celebrity cable-news program! SiPhil (GreenCow?) will be unstoppable. Enjoy yours while it lasts, Tyra Banks.

TV’s Cowell and retailer Green join forces [FT]

Is that coriander he's smelling?Photo: Getty Images

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's new fragrance, Power by Fifty Cent, doesn't hit Macy's stores until November, but last night we got a preview whiff when the rapper turned beauty mogul unveiled the scent at a private event. The cologne is "a representation of a larger portion of my lifestyle," Fifty explained, adding that the scent's notes of lemon leaves, black pepper, and dark wood were his favorites, though he threw some coriander in there too, for kicks. "I sound like an expert, don't I?" Well, no, but at least that's four more ingredients than he knew last year! So who is his target audience? "Everyone human," he told us. Could he be more specific? Wannabe rappers? Moguls-in-training? Suburban mall rats? "Breathing," he clarified — as in people who breathe? And then we had our own powerful moment with Fifty: He grabbed our arms and rubbed them three times to (a) rub some Power off on us or (b) move us subtly in the opposite direction, diverting us away from his path. Either way, it was a power play. Considering he shoved us to the side with little more than an arm stroke, we're guessing his motives were rooted in option B. But when his arms left ours and we watched him dart away, we couldn't help but think he didn't smell half bad.

But these attempts just might work.Photo: Courtesy of Hollister

Things keep getting worse for Abercrombie. The company just decided to close all 29 Ruehl stores, and may close 100 of its 354 Abercrombie & Fitch stores as leases expire over the next two years. Yet the company is hopeful its first New York City Hollister store, opening at the southeast corner of Broadway and Houston on July 16, will mark the start of a less depressing future. The performance of this new Hollister store is important because it will help the company determine how to expand globally over the next few years. (Current plans include an eleven-story Abercrombie & Fitch, to open in December in Tokyo, which will be absolutely terrifying if it's anything like the techno-blaring Fifth Avenue outpost.) Marketing efforts for the new Hollister store are so aggressive, one might call them desperate. The company is calling the store "The Epic Hollister Store.” They've launched a promotional website for it at HCORideTheWave.com, separate from the main Hollister site.

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There is a virtual PR force field around the hotly anticipated The September Issue. No further screenings have been scheduled (it won raves and an Excellence in Documentary award at Sundance and played to a packed house at MoMA), and promotional copies are embargoed. Those in the fashion industry used to getting what they want have stooped to bootlegging. A cadre of editors and designers are in possession of the coveted gem, resulting in fashion screening parties. The movie nights are rumored to have popped up in New York, Paris, and a hotel in Moscow.

The verdict? “LOVE!” said one editor who wishes to remain nameless for fear of being sued over her watermarked copy. “I can quote it scene by scene.” But before you start hunting for a download, be warned. “Anything out there is illegal,” says Alana McElroy, a publicist for the film. Alas, the unconnected will just have to wait until the film's September release.

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Jennifer Lopez has decided to halt production of her Sweetface clothing line. Though Lopez was a pioneer in the celebrity clothing business, her hardly storied design career has been turbulent and, well, kind of sad. Try to suppress your shock. In 2001, she launched JLO as one of the first celebrity fashion lines. Remember her shows at New York Fashion Week? Despite the initial hype, the industry didn't take her as a serious designer, and the line never attained the success of, say, Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. label. (Hell, we practically forgot she had a line until today's news.) In 2007, Lopez finally decided to close JLO in the U.S. and distribute it only in other countries. But she thought America wanted more apparel by her, so she launched justsweet, which closed after only a few seasons at retail. If you find all this confusing and hard to keep track of, then you understand the main problem with the Lopez brand.

Angelina at Cannes.Photo: Getty Images

• Jonathan Saunders will show at London Fashion Week, instead of in New York, for spring 2010. Burberry, Pringle of Scotland, and Matthew Williamson have also recently decided to move their shows to London. [British Vogue]

• Marc Jacobs's men's collection could make its debut at Milan Men's Fashion Week next season. [WWD]

• Department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus are cutting inventory. If they have less stuff to sell, they won't feel pressured to hold the massive sales they started last year that angered designers so much. [Bloomberg]

• Angelina Jolie: "I don’t think too much about what to wear on the red carpet. I usually have three basic colours and I get the same shapes in different colours!” [My Fashion Life]

• Model Daisy Lowe is singing backup vocals in her boyfriend Will Cameron's band, Blondelle. Her voice is described as "okay" and a "bit squeaky." [Grazia]

• Model Jessica White is writing her first novel, an autobiographical tale of a girl who bounces back after being sexually abused. [NYDN]