A few seasons in now, Pierre Hardy’s footwear collaboration with Gap has garnered a cult following, to say the least. In a follow up to Fall 2009’s shearling and suede boots, Hardy is back with a lace-up peep-toe wedge, which will retail for $195 and hit Gap stores Oct. 19. The heeled platform boots at left, meanwhile, are part of Gap’s mainline Fall footwear collection.

(from left) Brazilian super model Anja Rubik & CEO of Chloe Ralph Toledanoo

Just over the weekend, Cathy Horyn wrote: “Chloe’s real success has been due to Ralph Toledano, its CEO for the past decade.” And Ron Frasch, president and chief merchandising officer of Saks, echoed that sentiment, crediting Toledano with understanding all the steps it took to rebuild Chloe as a brand. But is there unforeseen turmoil at Chloe? This morning, a rumor hit Twitter: “Woah: Chloe parent Richemont has ousted its industry-beloved CEO Ralph Toledano, the man who pretty much made the French label a success.” Toledano was reportedly given the boot this week after Richemont became impatient with Chloe’s poor financial results, according to sources close to the situation. The brand has struggled to become profitable in recent years, and announcement of Toledano’s departure is expected shortly. It is unclear whether Chloe has a replacement in the pipeline.

Sally Singer is rounding out her fashion department with a number of former Vogue staffers, who also happen to have famous last names, in true Vogue tradition: Sara Moonves, daughter of CBS chief executive Les Moonves and former assistant to Vogue executive fashion editor Phyllis Posnick, and Vanessa Traina, daughter of Danielle Steel who has assisted Vogue contributing editor Marie Amelie Sauve, have both been hired as freelance fashion editors. Ethel Park, associate fashion editor at Vogue and longtime assistant to Tonne Goodman, is joining T as senior fashion editor on Aug. 30. “They see the link between fashion and the larger question of what’s relevant in our culture,” Singer said of her recruits. “They’re also quite connected with the generation of emerging designers, not only in the States, but abroad, as well.” Singer added that her first issue of T will be the Holiday issue, out Dec. 5. [WWD]

(from left) Vogue's Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington

There are now Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington dolls!  In celebration of Fashion’s Night Out, Barneys commissioned Brooklyn artist Andrew Yang to create one-of-a-kind, hand-painted doll versions of Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour. They took two weeks to make: “I had to special-order Anna’s wig and cut it myself to get the bob right. And Grace’s hair was the right color, but it needed a perm,” Yang says. The dolls will be auctioned off on charitybuzz.com beginning August 31, with the proceeds benefiting The New York City Aids Fund.

Erin Fetherston’s name is typically associated with super feminine designs, but on the set of Paper’s recent shoot, which captured women like Fetherston (below), Bergdorf Goodman SVP Linda Fargo, and Rachel Roy in menswear and mustaches, she admitted: “I’ve started to wear pants a lot, having been a dress-only girl for so many years. It’s interesting to have a balance.” Jenny Shimizu, who also took part, told Paper she’s working on something new as well: a book of her life experiences, particularly “carousing around” in the ’90s supermodel scene.

Rachel Roy designer

Linda Fargo buyer for Bergdorf Goodman

Brydie Bell socialite

Veronica Webb super model

Watch the First Two of Love’s 14 Original iPad Videos —In honor of its new iPad app — out on the iTunes store any day now — Love put together 14 original fashion films. The first two have appeared — below, Elle Macpherson shaking it as a ’60s sweater girl, styled by Katie Grand and filmed by Sharif Hamza, and another of model Abbey Clancy, captured by Alasdair McLellan with a voiceover of things that she loves, can be seen here. Love plans to release one of the films on its website every week.

There’s a reason Raquel Zimmermann is an icon in this industry. Just look at the Brazilian model work Gareth Pugh’s fall 2010 designs in this video for evidence of her — shall we say — distinct modeling skills.

Is Jessica Stam taking the Erin Wasson route to design? Just like Wasson first got exposure to the design process while working with Alexander Wang (and has since launched LowLuv and her short-lived RVCA collaboration), Stam has been dipping her toes into design, creating a pair of Repetto oxfords for the brand’s 60th anniversary in 2008 and then consulting with Marcus Wainwright and David Neville on their Spring 2010 Rag & Bone collection.

Her latest endeavor — four pieces for Rachel Roy’s lower-priced line, RACHEL Rachel Roy — launches this month at Macy’s. “I had full creative control,” Stam told Marie Claire of her designs. which include a boxy checked sweater, a pair of jeans with buttons at the ankles, a quilted bag, and a belt.

The latest artist to collaborate with Pop on a cover under Dasha Zhukova’s reign is Takashi Murakami, who art directed Britney Spears as a manga character — complete with with wedding dress and veil (image here), schoolgirl backpack, Hello Kitty cell phone, and ankle socks — for the magazine’s multiple Fall 2010 covers. Spears, who was photographed by Todd Cole for the occasion, told Grazia that pre-shoot, “We looked at a lot of characters and artwork before we shot, so I could get a feel for what [Murakami] was looking for.”

Stefano Tonchi’s W revamp involves a new italic logo; a new tagline. “it’s not just women’s fashion, but the world of style and, more exactly, our five Ws: the who, the what, the where, the when and the why in the world of style”; and a new direction. “It’s more about fashion in the context of contemporary culture.”  The September 2010 issue, which gives a first look at Tonchi’s front to back W makeover, features up-and-coming actresses Kat Dennings, Jessica Chastain, Yaya DaCosta, Greta Gerwig, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Roberts, and Zoe Kravitz in three triple-page foldout covers, which according to Tonchi the magazine has never done before, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The main cover headline reads “Great Expectations” because Tonchi “wanted to have some self-irony, because there are so many expectations about what this W will be,” and Lynn Hirschberg’s name is listed on the cover because Tonchi “want[s] to put writers’ names on the cover. The content — the writers — are going to have a strong place in the magazine.”