-Julia Roberts has returned to work with Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani to raise money for the fight against AIDS in Africa, designing a T-shirt to be sold under the “Red” label.

-The Procter & Gamble Co. is linking laundry to fashion in what’s billed as the biggest product launch yet for its venerable Tide brand. This is being done with a tidy $60 million dollar budget.

-Madonna has chosen French Haute Couture house Givenchy to design clothing for her new “Sticky and Sweet” world tour which starts in Britain this month, the fashion firm said on Tuesday.  Great boost and good tie-in.

-U.S.-based modeling agency Wilhelmina is planning an initial public stock offering (IPO) this year, according to a German daily. More details should be available shortly.

I love this pair of twins in cut-off shorts!!

Here is a little heat for the ladies and the gay guys, some smok’in hot underwear models taking a break.

Sometimes you need to check-out a little eye-candy - here are a couple of total hotties:

This girl is very pretty and she has some very sexy curves.  Gratz to all women out there with real bodies!!

Brazilian Gisele Bundchen is the world’s mega top supermodel with estimated earnings of $35 million during the past year, according to new ranking released on Wednesday. She more than doubled the estimated $14 million earned by Heidi Klum, who came in at No. 2 on the list by Forbes.com, followed by Kate Moss with $7.5 million, Adriana Lima with $7 million and Doutzen Kroes with $6 million.  That’s a lot of dough, but she deserves it!

Forbes.com said that although Bundchen finished her lucrative Victoria’s Secret contract last year, she continues to juggle 20 other modeling jobs. The web site said that while Klum is still a Victoria’s Secret model, the mother of three is “more of a media and retail mogul” these days with her U.S. “Project Runway” and “Germany’s Next Top Model” hosting duties and lines of jewelry, jeans and skincare.

Here is a wee bit of fashion fun for the Christmas season.

Cate Blanchett looking absolutely scary at the Guggenheim.

Sometimes a fashion statement can be very simple:

Paris - Gucci Group has appointed Didier Bonnin as the new CEO of Sergio Rossi, succeeding Isabelle Guichot, who was made CEO of Balenciaga just a couple of weeks ago. Bonnin, 40, joins Sergio Rossi from Bottega Veneta where he was Industrial Director from February 2003. Bottega Veneta, Sergio Rossi and Balenciaga are all controlled by the giant French-owned luxury corporation Gucci Group.  The new Sergio Rossi CEO begins his role on June 18.

Gucci Group is the world’s 3rd largest luxury conglomerate, controlling such brands as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Bédat & Co., Boucheron, Roger & Gallet, Stella McCartney and YSL Beauté.  de Commerce in Rheims with a degree in International Finance, is fluent in Italian, English and French.  It is good to see fresh blood at Gucci and this can only help them in the long-term