Scarlett Johannson channels Janet Leigh in the shower scene from "Psycho" on the cover of V magazine this month, where she's dripping wet, wrapped in a shower curtain, mouth twisted into a scream -- or maybe it's a laugh. [V Magazine]

Nordstrom is planning to showcase designs by the 10 finalists in the CFDA/Voge Fashion Fund competition in five pop-up shops around the country February to May. One is slated to be at the Grove in Los Angeles. Others will be in Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago. [The Cut]

Arizona Muse stars in Louis Vuitton's first-ever television ad. [Styleite]

Alessandra...

Narciso Rodriguez's limited-edition collection for Kohl's DesigNation has arrived in stores and online, as of Wednesday. The collection was inspired by a trip to Turkey and features misses' outerwear, dresses, skirts, pants and shirts with prices ranging from $30 to $150. There are more than 100 pieces, and 30 of the styles will be available only on Kohls.com. This is the inaugural offering in Kohl's DesigNation series.

Events

Toni & Guy in Newport Beach plans an evening of beauty beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday featuring cosmetic surgeon Dr. Robert Kessler. Speakers will discuss fall hair, beauty...

Victoria's Secret is scheduled to tape its annual fashion show Wednesday and the "angels" have been busy getting ready. That means eating next to nothing and working out like fiends. The show is to be broadcast on CBS on Dec. 4. [BuzzFeed]

Some of Lady Gaga's costumes, including the metal facemask she wore in the "Bad Romance" video, are scheduled to be auctioned Friday. It's part of the Icons and Idols 2012 Rock 'n' Roll sale from California-based Julien's Auctions. Besides some of Gaga's gear, the auction is to include a white fedora from Michael Jackson, a calendar signed by Madonna and...

Actress Kristen Stewart has perfected the look of ripped jeans and a white T-shirt as well as the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed hairstyle, so when she's all dolled up on the red carpet, people take notice. She's busy promoting two new films, "On the Road," which is being released in the U.S. later this year, and the last in the Twilight series "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2," which hits theaters Nov. 16, giving Twihards a welcome look at a more refined Stewart. [Updated 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to correct "Twighlight" opening date.]

Stewart stopped by "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Monday in a...

We've just received word that due to the effects of super storm Sandy, the deadline for designer submissions to the 2013 Red Carpet Green Dress competition, initially set for Nov. 5, has been extended by 10 days to Nov. 15.

Organizers of the challenge released the following statement:

"To accommodate designers in the USA, Cuba and Haiti who have been struggling, due to Superstorm Sandy, to finish materials by November 5th, Suzy Amis Cameron, Red Carpet Green Dress Founder, and Samata Angel, Global Campaign Director, have decided to extend the deadline for all potential entrants to Thursday,...

Katy Perry wore an Obama-themed mini dress to perform at a campaign rally in Milwaukee on Saturday. The word "Forward" marched from hem to neckline. [The Cut]

Model Hilary Rhoda will walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the first time this year. Other newbies include Cara Delavingne and Jourdan Dunn. [The Cut]

Preparing a wardrobe for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee took two years, her designer and assistant Angela Kelly says in a new book, "Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe." [People]

Julianne Moore is a new celebrity face of L'Oreal. [WWD] (Subscription required.)

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Nicolas Ghesquiere, creative director at Balenciaga since 1997, is leaving the fashion house he helped re-invent, WWD reports. It is a "joint decision," both the designer and Balenciaga say. [WWD]

Olympic gold medal gymnast Carly Patterson married Mark Caldwell in Dallas on Saturday. The bride wore a strapless mermaid gown by Vera Wang and Jimmy Choo shoes. [People]

Runway star Cara Delavingne is on the cover of the new issue of Style.com/print, which wraps up all the major spring-summer 2013 shows from New York to Paris. Delavingne walked in 39 shows, a news release from Style says, including...

Beverly Hills-based Chroma Makeup Studio wants the Kardashians to change the name of their soon-to-launch Khroma Beauty by Kourtney, Kim and Khloe makeup collection, saying the similarity of the names will confuse consumers. [Huffington Post]

David Beckham is fully dressed in ads for his new "David Beckham The Essence" fragrance ... and that's news since we are all so used to seeing him mostly undressed in ads for his underwear line. [Styleite]

Evan Rachel...

As part of a movie-merchandising tie-in with "Skyfall," the new James Bond movie, OPI has rolled out a limited-edition collection of Bond-themed nail lacquers for the holidays.

The Skyfall collection consists of a dozen colors named after familiar titles from the 50-year, 23-film franchise. The names (and OPI's always humorous descriptions) include:

Casino Royale ("This high-rolling plum is fit for royalty.")

Die Another Day ("Live in the moment in this hot and lively red.")

GoldenEye ("All eyes will be upon you when you wear this glorious gold.")

Live & Let Die (“Burn the candles on both...

Taylor Swift is on the cover of the December issue of Cosmopolitan, and inside she talks about what she does and doesn't want in romance. Unfortunately, the cover type deems her "Crazy for a Kennedy." But since it went to press, she broke up with Conor Kennedy. So listen up, guys. The magazine hits newsstands Nov. 6. [Cosmopolitan]

Ellen DeGeneres dressed up on her Halloween show as Sofia Vergara, wearing a copy of the Zuhair Murad dress in which the actress had a wardrobe malfunction at the Emmys. [The Cut]

Banana Republic's "Anna Karenina" collaboration with the upcoming film's costume...

The arrival of November means the return of Movember, an annual charity mustache-growing event that raises money and awareness in the battle against prostate and testicular cancers. 

It also means a whole lot of men who begin the month with clean-shaven faces will, within a few days, begin to manifest the ruddy smudges of a fledgling mustache -- at least the ones strictly following the rules, that is. (Those wholly unfamiliar with the specific details of the face-follicle-focused fundraising effort can brush up at the organization's website.)

What I appreciate are the ever-growing number of ways...