MARIA ARAGON - BORN THIS WAY!

Maria Lourdes Aragon (born July 17, 2000) is a Canadian singer from Manitoba of Filipino descent.

On February 16, 2011, a video of Aragon performing a cover of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga was posted to her sister's YouTube channel to showcase her talent to friends and family. The video caught Lady Gaga's attention when entertainment blogger Perez Hilton sent Gaga her Born This Way Cover, and she was so impressed by Maria's performance that she retweeted a link to the video. In a week, her video reached over 11 million views. As of December 21, 2012, the video had over 54 million hits.

On July 20, 2011, Aragon arrived in the Philippines where she signed a contract with Star Records.

NICOLA REBOOTS DIESEL!

Is Lady G moving to Diesel? Well, we'll see about that. Meanwhile you can refer to Nicola Formichetti 

mastermind as DIESEL's new artistic director. Starting with the FW '13 collection, the avant-garde designer and 

fashion editor will oversee the brand's main line as well a a project they call 'DieselReboot'.

''Diesel and I are all about the same things,'' Nicola said. ''No rules. It's about being empowered. We're going to 'reboot.' 

Hit refresh. That's our first project: we're ripping apart everything to re-build something bigger.''

 His goal is to get young people around the world to be part of the process. 

Diesel founder Renzo Rosso (in the picture below) said he's found someone as crazy as he is.

 ''Nicola shares my vision and I find it incredibly inspiring to work with him: two creative planets 

are colliding to generate fresh, mad, insane ideas.''

BYE-BYE NICOPANDA!

If Lady Gaga wants to continue her career in runway modeling, she will have to look elsewhere than Mugler. After two years as Mugler‘s creative director, Nicola Formichetti has decided to part ways with the French fashion house. In the statement, Mr. Formichetti said it was a challenge to “re-invigorate the house for a new generation and audience, particularly one that has grown up exploring fashion through the Internet.”

“Nicola has accomplished our original mission of bringing his energy to the brand. With his talent for communication and understanding of modern imagery and design, Nicola has been instrumental in attracting a new audience which is undeniably crucial for the future strategy of the house. He will be a historical part of the Mugler legacy and known as the force that catapulted us forward.” - said Joel Palix, director general of Mugler, in a statement.

WWD reports that the brand will unveil its future plan shortly - one that will build "on its highly successful legacy in fragrance and its new momentum in fashion".

VOGUE SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!

As much as I..dislike HER, I love the 'behind the scenes' videos..

And if we talk VOGUE, oh I love them even more!

Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Gaga for her second American Vogue cover, which was styled by Grace Coddington, donning a spectacular Marc Jacobs Fall 2012 purple mermaid gown. 

 She talks about her new fragrance, her ‘Born This Way Ball’ world tour, her meat dress and her bla bla bla music (Just in case you're into her)