Diddy a No Show at Fashion Week; Madonna's Tour Costumes; Victoria Beckaham a Comunist?; The Mystery Behind Margiela; Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli Bottle Up

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P. Diddy, the guy always bragging about his money and cars and career and general over-the-top lifestyle, won't have a general over-the-top fashion show for his label, Sean John, at New York Fashion Week next month. Does this mean Kevin Federline won't be in New York that week? Perhaps we owe Diddy a bit of gratitude. [Fashion Week Daily]

Because you're either already going or trying to sell your body for tickets, here's a sneak peak at the designer costumes for Madonna's upcoming tour. [WWD]

In oh-that-explains-it news, Victoria Beckham is a descendant of Karl Marx, the father of communism. [Reuters]

He's rarely seen in public, he doesn't give interviews, and hardly will you see him even at his own fashion show (when he has one, mind you), but JC Report weaseled their way into Martin Margiela's world to discover the man behind the mystery. [JC Report]

Jean Paul Gaultier, who's designed bottles for Piper-Heidsieck Champagne, is scaling it back a bit and said to be working on limited edition bottles of Evian. I guess designing drink bottles is all the rage in Europe. Roberto Cavalli also did a line of Coca Cola Light bottles in (surprise!) animal print. [WWD] and [Kanye West's Blog]

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