Scoop du Jour: Supermodels To Rock Vuitton SS08

Stephanie Seymour opening Louis Vuitton SS 08. Image at style.com

The over-ripe charms of Scarlett Johansson have been of great service to Marc Jacobs and his LV gang but for Spring the House of Vuitton is switching back to a gaggle of super-super models to grace its next campaign. The Hiss Squad is reporting that the world's most beautiful art collector Stephanie Seymour and Angela Lindvall, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova and Naomi Campbell have all been conscripted to strike up their best poses. Bet there's going to be piles of Richard Prince Vuittons placed in the crooks of those expensive limbs. And then Stephanie will buy every bag in the collection. As a conceptual gesture...And as we first reported on Oct 18th, its common knowledge that Claudia is also doing extra luxury duty for Chanel SS08. Karl Lagerfeld himself declared so right at the end of the Chanel presentation that he was off that very weekend to lens La Claudia...Stay tuned for more campaign scoops...like the return of Bianca Balti for Missoni SS08. Hang on...with Prada, Gucci, Calvin, Chanel, YSL, Vuitton, Dior, Burberry, Missoni, Hugo Boss, Balenciaga (yes The Hiss Squad has confirmed Miss Connolly as the face of the brand for SS08) spoken for, what else is there left? Jil Sander? Dolce? Armani? In fact our very good sources assure us concerning Connolly for Balenciaga, that this is a booking Nicholas Ghesquiere has always wanted. Nicholas LOVES that look on a woman, they say. In fact if you think really deeply about it, Hilary Rhoda was a bit of a Jennifer Connolly manque...you know...the strong brows, the blue eyes...the All-American...diffidence. So now Balenciaga is going for the Hollywood Edition of the aesthetic. Now let's go listen to some more hissing.