Karl Lagerfeld, that old yenta, set Vanessa Paradis up with Carla Bruni's ex-boyfriend, French singer Benjamin Biolay. And now they're going to make beautiful music together. By which we mean, Paradis and Biolay are recording a duet for Biolay's new album. [Daily Mail]

Sharon Stone was rushed to hospital during the Fendi show because of a migraine, which is just about the best way to get out of having to sit still for 20 minutes and watch fur-draped models walk up and down a catwalk. She recovered well enough to host the amfAR AIDS benefit that night. [Us]

Valentino Garavani confirmed that he designed Anne Hathaway's wedding dress. "She's like my daughter," said the designer. [E!]

After two seasons, Kanye West has canceled his upcoming Paris fashion show — and may have shut down his clothing line entirely. Critical reception to the musician's first show was pretty cold, to be honest, but Kanye got a lot better the second time around — but then the only seemed to have attracted one retail account: Colette in Paris, which stocked one $5,850 shoe. Kanye's P.R. firm declined to comment when asked if the line had been discontinued, which is always a good sign. [WWD]

Cathy Horyn enjoyed Jil Sander's first women's wear show in charge of her namesake label in eight years, writing:

Maybe the most important thing to take away from her show on Saturday was how powerful the Jil Sander brand is. At the most basic level it has survived three different corporate owners in the past decade. But Ms. Sander's minimalist concept has proven to be incredibly durable and also expansive.

[On The Runway]

Meanwhile, the Times' Eric Wilson reports that although the circumstances of Sander's return left "many longtime supporters a little wary, to say the least" — you will recall that Raf Simons, a popular and talented designer, was fired from the company in order to enable Sander to take the reins, although Simons certainly landed well, later accepting the top job at Christian Dior — many buyers received the collection well. [On The Runway]

Anna Dello Russo's 28-year-old assistant, Carlotta Oddi, sounds a little nervous in this interview: "I've never had a crazy request. But for Anna, impossible doesn't exist. When the time comes, I'll be able to do whatever she asks of me, I think." Oddi got the job through her father, who has a mutual friend with the Vogue Japan fashion editor. [The Cut]

Italian luxury lingerie brand La Perla is for sale by its San Francisco-based owners, the private-equity firm JH Associates. JH acquited an indebted La Perla for around $400 million in 2008 and reorganized the company, cutting unprofitable brands but saving 250 Italian manufacturing jobs. Still, the economy in Europe being what it is, sources say it would probably accept $300 million for La Perla now. [WWD]

Around 200 people turned out for a memorial service for the fashion editor and famously artistic dresser Anna Piaggi, who died last month at age 81. Rosita Missoni, Manolo Blahnik, and Stephen Jones were among the speakers. Jones recalled that, prior to going on vacation with Missoni, Piaggi once called him up to ask for some waterproof hats:

"Why?" he asked. "Well, I can't be naked in the sauna," she said.

[On The Runway]

The new editor-in-chief of Brides is Keija Minor. Minor replaces Ann Fulenwilder, who went to Marie Claire, who replaced Joanna Coles, who went to Cosmopolitan, who replaced Kate White, who retired. WWD notes: "Minor's appointment at Brides marks the first person of color to become editor in chief of a Condé Nast publication." [WWD]

Stores are opening in Brazil to dress a relatively new market: Evangelical Christians, which have grown from just 6% of the population (according to census figures) in 1980 to 22% in 2010. Many Evangelical congregations require women to wear long skirts or dresses and to cover their shoulders, either for services or in their everyday lives. Pants are verboten. Ana Paula Fernandez, who was shopping at one of the stores profiled in this story, told the Daily Mail:

"Once when I first joined, I went to church in pants, and the pastor called me out on it," said the 25-year-old manicurist and mother of a 7-year-old daughter. "It seemed strange at first, but now I see how what you wear affects other people, not to mention your own sense of self-worth." Now, she says she wears only modest, loose-fitting dresses to church. "I feel dignified."

[Daily Mail]

Net profits at Prada during the first six months rose year-on-year by 59.5%. [WWD]

Derek Lam's upcoming collection for Kohl's, set to reach stores next spring, is inspired by Lam's recent trip to Rio de Janeiro. This will be the second mass-market designer collaboration in the U.S. in recent months to count Brazil as an inspiration, after Francisco Costa's collection for Macy's. [WWD]