Fashion & Beauty

Kim flaunts beach bod, Diane Kruger turns designer and more

The ’90s mule comeback continues, not just in real life but also in emoji form. In other news, fashionable fräulein Diane Kruger tries her hand at designing, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sticks to modeling next to nothing and the curvier half of Kimye follows suit.

– Style maven and sometime-actress Diane Kruger is collaborating with designer Jason Wu on a special handbag, which will also bear her name. How Birkin of her. [Telegraph UK ]

– Because we know you care, Kim Kardashian West snapped a few vacay selfies of her flat tummy during her (second) honeymoon with Kanye. It’s like her version of sending an office memo. [Daily Mail]

– The oft-overlooked mule emoji — the one that sits next to the bright red, attention-stealing stiletto — is having a moment. Well, mules are, at least. [MTV Style]

– Rosie Huntington-Whiteley plays Venus in furs in a cover shoot for beauty site Violet Grey, wearing little more than a frosty gray pelt and nail polish. [E! Online]

– Want to own a Koons? To celebrate his upcoming Whitney retrospective, the artist king of kitsch is teaming up with H&M on a special edition handbag. [Elle]

– Check out this interview with the anonymous designer behind unisex denim label 69, who says the fashion industry is “the worst. It’s so competitive and full of egomaniacs . . . Anyone who has any sort of a brain is sick of it.” Amen. [Vice]