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The team at Marni loves a video—check out their animated takes on the pre-fall ‘09 and ‘10 collections, if you don’t believe us—so no surprise that for the label’s Spring ‘11 men’s collection, they set the cameras rolling. We’ve got an exclusive peek at the behind-the-scenes video, lensed at the Spring ‘11 lookbook shoot and starring model Tomek Szczukiecki. The flick screened tonight at the collection’s presentation in Milan, but if you didn’t happen to be there, here’s your first peep. It also includes a glimpse at the new Marni T-shirts—hence its title, 4×3 T-shirts. Twelve shirts take some time to get on and off, which perhaps explains the slightly slower-than-expected pacing. Still, we can think of worse ways to spend ten minutes than gazing at a male model—and, of course, some Marni.

PLUS: Check back with us soon for the full Spring ‘11 menswear collection and Tim Blanks’ review.

PS: That side is so difficult to know until we’ve finished. It’s still all five of us on there and each one is always a reaction to the last record, anyway. It is difficult to know until you’ve actually finished it, until you’ve made all of your final decisions because it can change quite radically at the drop of a hat. 

PS: After the touring for my stuff finishes at the end of September, then I will throw myself back into Radiohead, working more on material that we are writing at the moment. I would hope to find time and the right situation to come back and do some dates but also look forward to doing some Radiohead dates back here as well.

 PS: Really, no. I think Thom found something that is very appropriate for him. You define your own style, something that is authentically you. You watch Thom or anyone else in the band over the years find that in themselves, I suppose that’s what I’m trying to do to become a singer-songwriter.

Phil Selway: It was something that has been at the back of my mind for a while. I just got to the point where I’d written enough of these pieces that things have kind of been falling into a bigger body of work, which had very much of my character in it. It didn’t feel appropriate to do in Radiohead, and I was about to turn 40, so I think that makes you go through the process of reflection of all your accumulated experiences and any ambitions that you had. 

PS: The music very much came first. Odd words and odd lines would come at the same time as the music, but actually the complete lyrics took a lot more grasping than that. There’s as much music in words themselves — if you do them well — as there is with another instrument on there. You just have to find something that ultimately makes sense for you and also something that sits well in the arrangement. 

US: Did you get any pointers from Thom about taking over the singing duties?

US: Great. Anything you can tell me about the Radiohead stuff? Obviously we are all dying to know!

PS: That’s where we had to follow The Pixies. That raised our heartbeat a little bit.

PS: We did Bonnarroo, and that was a very memorable show. It was the longest we ever played in one show. I think it was about just over two-and-a-half hours. At the time it seemed like a mammoth task. I suppose that actually we’ve done the majority of our touring in the States. When you’re touring around, you’re in a country for a week at most, and coming to America where you’re here for a couple of months at a time and then immerse yourself in that country and all of the different nuances of it, I think that by the end of the tour you feel fairly rooted here.

PS: Who knows? We don’t know yet. We’re still working on it.

US: Did you meet Kate Hudson, by the way? I heard she was backstage hitting on Thom — per a lot of stories out there.

US: That was some story here, I don’t know. What are the future plans for the album, tour, everything else you’ve got going on? What else is up?

UsMagazine.com:  You’ve been with Radiohead for so long, and this is your first solo album. What was the process of getting it off the ground?

PS: It’s something I’m learning about, really. It has its fun moments. It certainly sheds a different light on yourself as well. That whole sense of actually moving on and learning more about yourself, yeah. It’s a good process to go through. It’s all part of the same grand plan, isn’t it? From a performance point of view, it’s all stagecraft; it’s just learning a different kind of stagecraft.

US: And by the way, when is the next Radiohead record due?

PS: I suppose if you’re suggesting musically on the whole, Radiohead operates on a much larger picture, if you like. Musically, there is a lot of space and you have these delicate layers, delicate detailed layers all on top of each other, and in the middle of that I suppose there’s me,Diesel, which is a different side of me from what’s emerged in Radiohead. It filled something that is identifying me in there, which I don’t think would be a very appropriate thing for me to do in Radiohead.

PS: Really? No! I missed that and didn’t hear about that.

US: OK. This record has the same brooding vibe; it’s got the darkness to it but very poetic at the same time. How is it different from the stuff that you’ve done with Radiohead?

US: You’ve been touring a lot to support the disc overseas. Any big Radiohead shows that prepared you for that? 

While Radioheadphiles scratch their heads in bewilderment, not knowing quite what to do with themselves while their heroes take their time recording their next studio album, the band’s drummer Phil Selway is not using the break to take any vacation time. Oh, no: The married dad of three is finally releasing his long-awaited solo disc, the gripping Familial, tomorrow — and chatting with UsMagazine.com all about it! See below, where he gives me an update on the project, how Radiohead’s next offering is starting to shape up, and if Kate Hudson REALLY made a move on Radiohead singer Thom Yorke at Coachella this past April (don’t get TOO excited). 

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US: Did you find that you wrote the lyrics first or did you write the music?

US: I know I was at Coachella, I thought that was an amazing show,Crystal Rock, too. That was in April.

US: Do you like being front and center as opposed being in the back with the drums?

PS: We are. And the way we work is that we work for short, intense periods because we want to have time away. The time away from Radiohead allows us to all go off and do other stuff, which is great. We haven’t sat down and discussed and said, ‘well, I think it would be really healthy if we all did solo stuff.’ I think we all just listened to each other’s requests and supported them and tried to make them happen as much as possible.

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US: Did you sort of break with the other guys? I know Thom was working on his solo stuff. You are still in the studio working on Radiohead stuff, right?

Kem's "Intimacy" dropped four to No. 6 with 30,Citizens of Humanity,000 in its second week, while Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" climbed one to No. 7 with 28,700. Ray LaMontagne's "God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise" slid six to No. 9 also in its second week, selling 27,900. Rock band the Devil Wears Prada's "Zombie" EP debuted at No. 10 with 25,000.

Little Big Town's "The Reason Why" debuted at No. 5 with 42,000, a new high for the country combo in terms of both rank and sales. Ditto for another country act, Randy Rogers Band, whose "Burning the Day" entered at No. 8 with 28,Moncler,600.

Perry's third album "Teenage Dream" sold a career-best 192,000 copies during the week ended August 29, according to Nielsen SoundScan. She is the first solo woman to lead the tally since January, when Ke$ha's "Animal" spent one week atop the list.

Season 3 "American Idol" champ Fantasia, in the news recently with a failed suicide attempt, started at No. 2 with "Back To Me" (117,000). That marks her highest charting album yet. Her "Free Yourself" debut started and peaked at No. 8 in 2004 with 240,000 copies; her self-titled follow-up "Fantasia" topped out at No. 19 in 2006 with 133,000.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Katy Perry achieved her first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, ending Eminem's reign of seven nonconsecutive weeks.

Overall album sales totaled 5.12 million units, up 1% from the previous week, but down 12% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009. Year-to-date album sales are off 12% from 2009 at 195.3 million.

Eminem's "Recovery" slipped two to No. 3 with 98,000, taking its total to 2.3 million after 10 weeks.

Perry's breakthrough release, 2008's "One of the Boys," debuted and peaked at No. 9 in July that year with 47,000 sold in its premiere week. Its best sales frame came during Christmas week of 2008 when it shifted 63,000. It is currently at No. 86 with 1.3 million copies sold to date.

Usher entered at No. 4 with "Versus," whose 46,000-unit start marked a huge drop from the 329,000-unit start for the chart-topping "Raymond v Raymond" in April. That album rebounded 12 places to No. 19, after being reissued in a deluxe edition with "Versus" as a bonus disc, much in the same way as Lady Gaga unleashed "The Fame Monster" both as a stand-alone set last November in addition to bundling it with a reissue of her "The Fame" album.

Gaultier was showing twisting turbans and Galliano (with an assist from Stephen Jones) wrapped his girls’ heads like flower-shop bouquets, but we’re just as intrigued by some headgear spotted in the crowd—the babushka-style shawls favored by Uliana Sergeenko. The Russian couture client and photographer has been bringing a Muscovite breeze to the Paris shows with her wraps. It’s unexpected, but it works. Tommy Ton snapped her in two different versions as she made her way through the week.

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What is the most prominent color in your wardrobe? Navy

Age: 18

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Pistachio

Occupation: Student

Aren’t you hot in your sweater? People keep asking me this, but I’m actually not!

Where is your belt from? It’s a tie from Gap.

Where are your shoes from? Vero Cuoio

**All photos by Ashley Jahncke.

What is your favorite website? Streetetiquette.com

Name: Quentin

What is your current favorite song? “Sleep Paralysis” by Neon Indian

What is your favorite denim brand? Paul Smith

Who is your style icon? Fonzworth Bentley

Where is your sweater from? Gap

What is your favorite place in NYC? The Cloisters

Occupation: Hotel Worker

What are the most prominent colors in your wardrobe? Cream and black

What is your current favorite song? “Mouth Full of Diamonds” by Phantogram

Name:Carol

Where is your ring from? This guy on the streets in San Francisco who makes jewelry out of silverware.

What lip color are you wearing? It’s a red liner and magenta lipstick mixed together.

Where are you from originally? San Francisco

What is the last good movie you saw? The Basquiat film [The Radiant Child]

Age: 23

**All photos by Ashley Jahncke.

Bensimon — who constantly traded insults with Frankel on the show — then offered her thoughts on the departure. “Congratulations? I wish you well?”

On Tuesday afternoon, UsMagazine.com broke the news that Bethenny Frankel is leaving Real Housewives of New York after three seasons. (”Last season was scary and painful,” Frankel told Us exclusively.)

The single mother of two daughters also addressed rumors about her own status with Bravo’s hit; one report claims that Bensimon, 42,Coach, would appear “part-time” on the show’s fourth season.

“I was just asked to come back and we haven’t negotiated everything yet,” she clarified. “But I can answer honestly I would either come back or I wouldn’t come back — we don’t do part-time.”

“I didn’t know she was staying or leaving,” Bensimon told Us at Tuesday night’s “Remixology” Bartender’s Challenge Finals hosted by Appleton Estate Reserve at NYC’s Macao Trading Co.

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Hours later, the big announcement still hadn’t reached her onscreen foe Kelly Bensimon.

Of her decision to leave, Frankel,Juicy Couture swimwear, 39, told Us that the nonstop sparring with both Bensimon and former best friend Jill Zarin “took all the joy” out of filming the show. A new mom to daughter Bryn, 3 months, with hubby Jason Hoppy, she said she doesn’t “see any reason to go back.”

This episode begins with the Francis-Drapers selecting a Christmas tree for “their” home. Betty, never one to dress down, stands out in a teal blue coat and white and red patterned headscarf. She’s doing her best to keep up her image as the perfect model-cum-wife, starting, in signature Betty fashion, from the outside in. While the Draper family stands together on the right, each dressed impeccably; Henry Francis stands alone at left, marked as different by his awkward stylistic choices. He wears a dark green turtleneck under a beige open coat, looking like a cross between a 70s porn star and an undercover cop. Visually he is incongruous with the Drapers’ projected image of familial perfection. I blame it all on the turtleneck.

Part of Don’s shameful behavior includes attempting to seduce every woman within five feet of him. First comes Phoebe, his adorable neighbor whose quirky, mod style is much appreciated. After her Christmas party she lugs a drunk Don into his apartment, wearing a gold brocade dress with black lace tights, slim dangly earrings, and the hair and makeup of Edie Sedgwick. It was a moment of fashion bliss. Next, Don puts the moves on a blond, female marketer who will have none of it. During her presentation Don notably exits, refusing to complete her personal survey. Realistically, he probably left because staring at a woman covered in black and white houndstooth is nothing but an eyesore. She even had a matching houndstooth scarf to complement her suit. How anyone else stayed in that meeting is a mystery. She makes up for it at the Christmas party in a chic black dress with a cut away neckline and perfectly bobbed hair. Even then, however, she has no patience for Don’s attempts.

Everything except Don.

Don is still showing his unwavering commitment to diagonally striped, monochrome ties. There are clearly other neckwear options, as seen on Roger (white and black dots) or Lane (shocking red), but Don is too bedraggled to even care, at this point, what he looks like. This episode shows Don Draper to be a complete mess. His style is failing, no longer keeping up his exterior image as a successful, American businessman; his suits are boring and not special, and his behavior is that of a sloppy drunk. If it weren’t for that scheming twinkle in his eye, we wouldn’t recognize this Don Draper at all. Here’s to hoping Don gets back on stable footing, both sartorially and in life altogether.

Jane Sterling looked Cleopatra in white, which was as fabulous as it was out of place at the SCDP makeshift Christmas party. Also looking fabulously out of place was Harry’s wife, whose dress incorporated at least five different colors, not including its metallic gold trim. I’m almost certain that my grandmother has the exact same dress in the trunk in our basement, meaning that I’m going as Mrs. Crane for Halloween.

The fashion on Mad Men is changing, and fast; women are leaving behind their New Look silhouettes for slimmer, shorter options, and men are experimenting more with suiting. Hair is higher and shorter, and large, statement jewelry plays a starring role. Everything is modernizing inside Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

Also looking perfect at the Christmas party were Mad Men’s other leading ladies, Joan Harris, Trudy Campbell, Jane Sterling, and Peggy Olson. Joan does not disappoint in this episode, from her red dress with bow details that “makes [her] look like a present” (Roger’s words) to her brightly hued suits in the office, Joan revels in her power at SCDP. One issue, however, was the pink dress with skinny floral print scarf that she wore in the last episode. Is Joan repeating outfits or is this just a continuity error that occurred during filming? Please let it be an error, I don’t want to imagine a world where Joan’s closet has bounds.

After Glen and his friend ransack the Draper residence, Betty arrives home looking more glamorous than ever before. She’s holding nothing back in this look, her hair meticulously bobbed and curled, startling red lipstick that matches her red party dress with a gigantic red skirt and bow. She covers it all up with a tan fur trimmed coat, looking more supermodel than mom.

Last but not least is Peggy, who’s style has changed dramatically even from the last episode to this one. In the first shot of Peggy this episode, she wears a red dress that imitates the fit of a suit, with a white blouse sowing at the neck, her newly-signature pearls, and a black beaded headband. Peggy’s new style is hard to peg down; it’s more powerful than her past looks, but still far more modest than most of the other female characters on the show. She later wears a nude-toned wide neck dress, and a dark green dress with asymmetrical buttons to the Christmas party, complete with Christmas tree brooch. I thought her Christmas look was adorable, but her matching green eye shadow was a huge mistake. Never match your eye shadow to your outfit unless your outfit is Givenchy couture and your eye shadow is applied by Pat McGrath, as seen here. Nevertheless, Peggy is making an effort to express herself through her style choices, and I commend her for that.

It’s Christmas on Mad Men, and as this episode’s title proclaims, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” You’d expect everyone to be jolly with seasonal cheer, but this is Mad Men, so, naturally, everything takes a darker turn. Don spirals deeper into his alcoholism and depression, the former Draper residence gets egged, and the rest of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce works to deal with clients’ requests and each other.

In the end, Don gets some sympathy from his secretary, Allison, who’s opening look of an orange jumper and white tie neck blouse marks a new fashion trend for Mad Men’s ladies. In most scenes in the SCDP offices at least two women in jumpers can be seen in all colors and patterns, heralding in a newer, more modern aesthetic for style on the show. During the Christmas party, however, Allison looks stunning, albeit less modern, in a blue and green, full skirted dress and crystal statement jewelry. Even though she leaves Don immediately after sleeping with him, she can’t help but feel bad the next morning when he hands her a bonus without any affection, and she resigns to typing alone in a white and blue plaid jumper and lace trimmed blouse. She’s looking a little like she borrowed that look from Sally’s closet, which is just all over wrong. But I’ll forgive since she looked so perfect at the Christmas party. [Ed.'s note: I feel like the Christmas party look was Betty, day after was Sally.]

Later in the scene, Sally’s stalker/friend/sociopath Glen enters in a mélange of wintry patterns, none of which can reduce his instantly creepy vibe. You may remember Glen to be the boy who stows away in the Draper’s garden shed and later asks for a lock of Betty’s hair in season two. His partnership with Sally this season is sure to stir up more trouble in the Francis-Draper home.

Ultimately there’s a style divide between the modern, progressive style in Manhattan, and the conservative style in the suburbs, a clash that represents the difference between a lot more than minis and full skirts.

While the SCDP offices are a hotbed for fashion change and modern style, the Francis-Drapers are keeping it classic.

Back at the party, Trudy Campbell looked like perfection in an electric pink dress with gold and silver bead trim. I’ve always admired Trudy’s style choices, from her kooky hats to her matchy-matchy daywear. Conversely, Trudy’s husband Pete just looked weird in a burgundy, double-breasted jacket of sorts, although I commend Mad Men’s costume designer Janie Bryant on variety in the male character’s wardrobes, maintaining each character’s identity through his clothes. Roger is classic in three-piece suits in black or gray, usually with a funny tie–a wink to his personality. Lane is a conglomeration of mismatched patterns and a proliferation of red neckwear, Don is messy and boring nowadays, Harry is experimental with odd colored pants and brown blazers, and Pete is put-together but basic is blues and blacks. I can’t understand why Pete is wearing that ridiculous jacket, other than to emphasize his awkward disposition.

What is your #1 beauty product? Kiehl’s SPF 25, Nars Blush and cherry Chapstick.

Name: Nicole

How about your jeans? They are vintage Levi’s from Circa Now.

Who is your top by? It’s by Seneca Rising.

Describe your style: Well, I haven’t defined my summer look yet, but I like easy separates with a combination of vintage and modern.

What’s your summer song? “Free Falling” by Tom Petty. Last year my summer band was Stevie Nicks, this year it’s Tom Petty.

**All photos by Ashley Jahncke.

And your boots? They’re also from Circa Now.

How do you like your eggs? Over easy.

Age: 35

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For this special, Kate Gosselin and her brood head to Manhattan to experience every touristy adventure from Times Square to the Statue of Liberty. But will Gosselin stay cool while dealing with hectic travel and a summer of recordbreaking humidity? (TLC, 9 P.M.)

Air date: Monday 8/30

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