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Maria Sharapova is used to moving quickly on the tennis court, but moving fast with fashion? Now that’s a different story.

“I’ve never done press tours, but I feel like this is what it’d be like,” she told PEOPLE Monday while in the midst of a whirlwind press day for her new Sugarpova candy line in N.Y.C. “I’m changing in bathrooms in the back of studios! It’s been a real adventure, but it’s fun, like a play day.”

The tennis star started the day at Henri Bendel wearing a Vanessa Bruno top and bright Zimmermann skirt, finished with platform pumps (left). For a public appearance in the department store — where her line of sweet and sour gummies is now sold — she slipped into a custom David Koma dress and vintage blue Sergio Rossi heels (second from left).

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–Is there anything this woman can’t do? Heidi Klum just launched a totally adorable children’s clothing line for Babies”R”Us [InStyle]

–Love Bethenny Frankel? Dream of walking down a runway? Well, here’s your chance to combine the two obsessions: you can model in the star’s SkinnyGirl Shapewear fashion show [Bethenny]

–After a lot of unnecessary commotion over Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas‘s hair, her tresses are now in the hands of celebrity stylist Ted Gibson [Fashionista]

–Don’t know how to wear your scarf? Well, here are 25 ways! [YouTube]

–Everyone loves a star without makeup — and Kelly Ripa is the latest celeb to go au naturale [Huffington Post]

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Michael Phelps is making a splash in the fashion world this week: he was just named the newest face of Louis Vuitton. The Olympic swimmer — who wrapped up his athletic career last week at the London games — joins former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina in a striking new pictorial for the brand’s “Core Values” campaign.

According to a release, the two sports icons talked about their backgrounds, their training and “the importance of transmitting their passion to others” during their shoot. We wonder if they also talked about the fact that Phelps beat 77-year-old Latynina’s medal record when he won silver on July 31?

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–Check out Gisele Bündchen‘s latest David Yurman video campaign; she looks stunning, obviously [YouTube]

–Michelle Obama can add “Guest Editor” to her résumé now [The Cut]

–Might Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld be designing Keira Knightley‘s wedding gown? [Vogue UK]

–The lowdown on Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell‘s Olympic beauty looks [FashionETC.]

–Is the Kardashians’ latest Sears ad — for their eyewear line — majorly Photoshopped? [HuffingtonPost]

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We thought we’d seen it all these Olympic games — crazy country nail art, golden scrunchies — and then, synchronized swimming happened.

Watching these women compete earlier in the week, we suddenly had lots of questions. Why do they wear makeup? How does it stay on? And what on earth is in their hair?

Luckily, U.S. Olympic duet member Mariya Koroleva, who, with partner Mary Killman, competed earlier this week, was nice enough to talk us through the process.

“Wearing makeup allows the judges and the audience to see our faces better when we are swimming, because we are so far away,” she explains to PEOPLE. “It also adds to the overall presentation of the routine.”

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–Wearing glasses will soon look extra-chic thanks to Victoria Beckham: the designer is launching an optical line next year [WWD]

–Our newest girl crush, Rashida Jones, believes blazers are “magical” [T Magazine]

–Penélope Cruz‘s younger sister is just as gorgeous as the star herself, which is probably why she landed the Agent Provocateur fall campaign [Telegraph]

–Who knew there were beauty rules for athletes at the Olympics? (And does awesome nail art get them extra points?) [BellaSugar]

–The story behind Carrie Bradshaw‘s iconic (at least in our eyes) tutu [Huffington Post]

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