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Just because Karl named the collection after the city doesn't mean he has to like it. After just a day in town he'd already racked up a list of complaints, first up: the men in Moscow aren't hot enough.

Karl Lagerfeld does not like Moscow

Just because Karl named the collection after the city doesn't mean he has to like it. After just a day in town he'd already racked up a list of complaints, first up: the men in Moscow aren't hot enough.

Sometimes I'm inclined to regard Tracey Emin as Jade Goody's long-lost sister. For both, achievement has been inseparable from publicity; their careers derive from the merchandising of personal traumas, which take us on involuntary tours of their tormented innards.

The Tracey Emin show: self abuse and sewing

Sometimes I'm inclined to regard Tracey Emin as Jade Goody's long-lost sister. For both, achievement has been inseparable from publicity; their careers derive from the merchandising of personal traumas, which take us on involuntary tours of their tormented innards.

Only 10 numbered copies of <em>Carla Bruni in Bed</em> exist and the 16ft x 24ft print will have a reserve price of about £3,000 when it goes under the hammer on June 4.

Another art sale, another nude Carla Bruni pic

Only 10 numbered copies of Carla Bruni in Bed exist and the 16ft x 24ft print will have a reserve price of about £3,000 when it goes under the hammer on June 4.

<i>The Daily Tele</i> reported last week that a young Sydney woman took her online Picasso to an “antiques roadshow” in Dee Why and it was verified as authentic. If only they'd got a second opinion...

The Daily Tele swallows a fake Picasso

The Daily Tele reported last week that a young Sydney woman took her online Picasso to an “antiques roadshow” in Dee Why and it was verified as authentic. If only they'd got a second opinion...

Battle lines are drawn in the fight for domestic cultural tourism with Melbourne and Brisbane going mano a mano to attract visitors, writes <b>Ned Keene</b>.

The new culture wars: Melbourne vs Brisbane, pincers Sydney

Battle lines are drawn in the fight for domestic cultural tourism with Melbourne and Brisbane going mano a mano to attract visitors, writes Ned Keene.

Because nothing gets page impressions like a photo gallery of saucy<em>Vanity Fair</em> pics.

Just beachy: classic Vanity Fair sand shots

Because nothing gets page impressions like a photo gallery of saucyVanity Fair pics.

Last year the boom that began in the 1980s ended with breathtaking rapidity and finality. Luckily, a contingent of people at the heart of fashion have been readying for post-crash style for years...

Roll on recession: the fashion industry is ready for you

Last year the boom that began in the 1980s ended with breathtaking rapidity and finality. Luckily, a contingent of people at the heart of fashion have been readying for post-crash style for years...

Jorge Colombo used Brushes, an application for the iPhone that's a bit like virtual finger painting, to create this week's cover while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

First New Yorker cover by iPhone app

Jorge Colombo used Brushes, an application for the iPhone that's a bit like virtual finger painting, to create this week's cover while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

A little film created with stop-motion -- and presumably a lot of patience.

Sorry I'm late: a lovely stop-motion film

A little film created with stop-motion -- and presumably a lot of patience.

<i>Design Reviver</i> looks at 20 of the best corporate logo redesigns... and some of the worst.

Great (and not-so-great) logo redesigns

Design Reviver looks at 20 of the best corporate logo redesigns... and some of the worst.