Mind Control Made Easy by Joe Lally

The legendary Lera Shermata: Supreme: PH: Paul Rowland

Red's Joe Lazo has been scooped up for the Hugo Boss

I really wanted to take an art break on this post, but sometimes you just have to go where the information is. Right now all the energy on the blue chip fashion scene is swirling around the Milan shows this weekend. At dinner tonight I got the update that all the big players have landed and are marking off their territory. There's a great moment of conflict looming with Prada, Dolce and Hugo Boss, which means drama, screaming, demands and hapless young men from Idaho cornfields wandering the streets of Milan in a daze. Mangers are going to have to choose one over the other....

Red's Joe Lazo has been scooped up for the Hugo Boss

Hana Soupkova right at the very beginning. PH. Meisel: Vogue Italia

Lots of models criss-crossing agencies right at the end of the year. The latest defector? Hana Soupkova now firmly esconsed in the IMG camp. Wonder if Hana still has a taste for the daily life in the trenches of fashion. Did you ever see her engagement ring. It is said that about 14 innocent onlookers were struck blind by the brilliance of the bling. Lucky girl ...Then there was an interesting call from Katie Ford over to MDC today to announce that John Caplan was now "CEO of Ford". Madame Ford said the company had succeeded in securing new investors and was very excited to forge a new future. I really wanted to say "So my darling Madame Ford? Does it mean you got the $50 mill you were asking for?" But I kept it professional and then went back to the bloody business of counting models for a living. Fascinating trade, the modeling biz. I live for it.