Gisele's Jewels, People's Best Dressed
♦ Leonardo DiCaprio's romance mojo isn't good this week: On the heels of his break up with Bar Refaeli, Gisele is banishing the memory of their relationship by selling the jewelry he gave her at auction. The October 15th Christie's sale will include a diamond pendant necklace estimated to fetch up to $150,000. [WWD]
♦ People's "Best Dressed" list, topped by Kate Hudson and including Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and (of course) Michelle Obama, is a totally random list of averagely-dressed women who happen to have been photographed a lot lately. [People]
♦ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was photographed in Paris last week for T's winter fashion issue, which comes out October 19th. [WWD]
♦ Runway To Change, Anna Wintour and SJP's Obama fundraiser, was a disappointment, reports a blogger who attended with her camcorder. [Pierce Mattie PR via The Cut]
♦ Lily Cole is doing French Playboy, following in the footsteps of Lou Doillon, who was March's covergirl. [Telegraph]
♦ Watch out, Agyness: Your personal assistant seems to have a Single White Female thing going on. [Fashionologie]
♦ Did Gucci's CEO Mark Lee leave of his own accord or was he pushed out due to poor performance? It depends on whom you ask. [Reuters]