More Reasons to Love Diane Von Furstenberg

Diane Von Furstenberg won the fashion world over long ago with her fabulous prints and signature wrap dresses, but she's proven over the past few weeks that she has even more to offer. For one, the iconic designer is lending her creative talents to a Gap Kids collection, due in stores this March. The only thing cuter than a bright DVF sheath dress? A baby wearing it.

The line, available for toddlers and girls ages two to fourteen, will take over Baby Gap and Gap Kids soon, but you can snag a sneak peek while you're waiting here. (Note that the camera cuts away after DVF asks a little girl if she thinks something is "chic.") We're already so smitten with the patterned rompers and flats in a rainbow of colors that we're looking into a Benjamin Button–type solution to squeeze into them.

If you need any more evidence that DVF is awesome, look no further than the fashionista's amazing Twitter feed. Sandwiched between promotional blasts about her line and appearances are Diane's own inspirational tweets, often denoted by "love Diane." Our favorites? "Smiling is the BEST facelift!!" and "Every morning say 'I love me.'" And we love you too, DVF.

Text Kara Solarz
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Tao Lin: Internet Stunt Master

Meet Tao Lin, a 27-year-old NYC-based hipster writer. He has written a short story collection (Bed), a novella (Shoplifting From American Apparel), a novel (Eeeee Eee Eeee), and two poetry collections, and now his latest novel Richard Yates will be published on 9/7/2010. Tao Lin is not merely a writer; he is a master of elaborate publicity stunts, including one time when he plastered his promotional stickers all over the door of the Gawker offices.

Now he's at it again. Lin was recently profiled by the New York Observer, but once he discovered a different "culture" story was beating him in popularity on the Observer website (an article about Jersey Shore's Snooki, as it were), he went on a miniature Twitter rampage, urging his followers to retweet him "if you want 'snooki' defeated re 'most read culture story' " and to click repeatedly on the link to the article on him. His followers came through, and triumphantly, Tao Lin's article came out on top. It has since fallen in the ranks, but never underestimate the power of the Internet, or the power of people who enjoy toying with it!

Text Molly O'Brien

Twit, Twit, Twitter!

Twitter. Who loves it? The “rich source of instant information” is becoming increasingly popular amongst celebrities and normal folk alike. Some tweets are mind-numbingly inane - Kim Kardashian hawking diet pills, for example - and some are actually pretty creative, like when Rick Moody
Wrote a short story called “Some Contemporary Characters” on Twitter in 2009 (Of course, there's also CHAOS Magazine's own CHAOS on Twitter. Then there are tweets that take things to the next level, and these happen to come from Kanye West. He only joined in late July but already has amassed over 600,000 followers. You really have to read his Twitter to believe it, but here’s a sampling:

"Your album good @Justinbieber Playing it at my crib now"
"I got the best leather pants collection since the 80’s"
"Listening to Wu Tang with a suit on #ITHAPPENS"

Though Mr. West’s tweets are sure to exasperate his haters, his Twitter pomposity is like Versailles: expensive and a little over-the-top, but there’s a reason why so many people go see it. So if you find yourself bored out of your mind, head on over to twitter to find some amusing and non relative updates from your "not so favorite people" ... or then again, you could always follow our twitter and get a good laugh, or actually learn some interesting things. ;) @chaosmag

Text Molly O'Brien