Latest rumours in the fashion world suggest Alber Elbaz could be the successor of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel.

Yep, you read that right. Christian Louboutin has dipped his toe into the mini-movie making business.

Lanvin’s artistic director, Alber Elbaz, has put his creative streak in full flow by illustrating a book for pop marvel Mika. The singer got Elbaz on board, as well as a number of other designers and artists, to illustrate the Mika book, which will be released alongside the his new EP Songs of Sorrow. Maybe Elbaz didn’t hear what the four-song EP is called...

If you’re a regular to the site, then you’ll know that we do like ourselves a bit of Mika and we’re not the only ones. According to the metro fashion designer Paul Smith is fond of him too and has signed the curly haired singer to front his spring/summer ad campaign scheduled to launch on the 1st of February, for a six figure sum. Can’t wait! [Image:Flickr]

Some music to get the weekend started… and an interview with the maestro….