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• Chanel's new resort ads have already surfaced, like the ones for the runway show in Venice just last week. The models are Karen Elson and Baptiste Giabiconi. 
  

• There's a fashion week video game coming out next year that's supposed to give an "ultimate insider's perspective" of the industry during fashion week, featuring top models and designers.
• Giorgio Armani is recovering from hepatitus. No other statement was made, but within the next two months ha has a menswear fashion show and a Prive Collecion show. 
• Halston has hired Marios Schwab for a new creative director. He will start on July 1st, and his debut collection will be shown in February 2010.