Anna Dello Russo to W?

During men's fashion week in Milan, rumors that Stefano Tonchi may be recruiting Anna Dello Russo for W's fashion director position have been running wild. Daily Front Row opines, "Dello Russo essentially hires photographers and stylists for Japanese Vogue...which someone's gotta do at W, right? (Without [former creative director] Dennis Freedman, who had twenty-year-old relationships with A-list photogs like Michael Thompson, Mert & Marcus, and Bruce Weber, there's a real void in that category.)"

Let's see what happens next.

2010 CFDA Awards & Other News

Tonight’s 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards will have no shortage of notables, including Paper Magazine’s Kim Hastreiter (receiving her Eugenia Sheppard Award), Jessica Stam and Paz de la Huerta. And bloggers and Twitter fanatics in the audience, don’t worry about your connectivity this year. {WWD}

According to sources inside W magazine, Stefano Tonchi is “amazing” and those staying on are thrilled with what’s happening. {Fashionista}

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Since Stefano Tonchi's first official day on the job as editor-in-chief of W on April 12, he is rumored to have already made his first hire: Lawrence Karol, former managing editor at Gourmet. Fashionologie reports that Tonchi may be taking W the In Style route as he himself once suggested that the magazine will be "less . . . fashion-obsessed"