Rumor: Are Chanel Iman and Kanye West Dating?

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We’re not sure what to make of this just yet but according to reports making the rounds on the internet, Chanel Iman and Kanye West may be dating.

The two attended the Givenchy after-show party in Paris together and according to Media Takeout (whose headline says the couple are “official”) they were spotted “arm-in-arm,” while LA Late claims, “West and Iman were embraced with his head on her shoulder.”

The two were also photographed together back in June at the CFDA Awards after-party and rumors about Chanel and Yeezy getting jiggie with it have actually been circulating since 2009, when the New York Post reported the two were seen “getting cozy.” Around that same time Chanel told New York that she and Kanye “text every once in a while.”

Rumors lost steam after nothing became “official,” but with these recent developments it seems that the duo are at least inviting speculation again, if nothing else. It could have something to do with the fact that Chanel only recently turned 20, leaving her teen years behind her and making the whole affair only slightly less creepy.

Whatever the case, Kanye obviously admires Chanel at least in the professional sense, as he tapped her to close his debut fashion show. And it would make sense that the two would hang out during the rest of Paris fashion week for promotional, rather than romantic, purposes–especially since Chanel was sporting one of West’s designs. And the plot thickens…

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Rumor Mill: Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Sofia Coppola Are the Only Celebs Attending Marc Jacobs This Season

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Only three celebrities will have the honor of gracing Marc Jacobs‘ exclusive front row this NYFW, we hear from two separate sources: Sofia Coppola, Elle Fanning and her sister Dakota.

For the past few seasons, Marc has been especially selective in deciding which celebrities, if any, receive invites to his runway shows. He told Style.com last February: “I’m not into the celebrity thing like we used to. That’s boring . . . We’re not going to have celebrities. We used to have all the celebrities and people there, and I think that at that moment in time, that’s what people loved. It generated so much press and at a certain point it was like, ‘Did anybody actually watch the show?’”

Of course, the presence of Leighton Meester, Vanessa Hudgens, Whoopi Goldberg and Martha Stewart at last season’s show seemed like a departure from that, but only one or two celebrities attended the seasons preceding that one, up until Spring 2009, to which every celebrity you can think of–from Jay-Z to J.Lo to Wynona Ryder–showed up.

If this rumor is true, we like this season’s tightly-edited guest list. Sofia has been a friend and supporter of Marc since the very beginning, while Elle, star of the Marc by Marc fall campaign (and Sofia’s film Somewhere) represents a younger market and, perhaps, the future of Marc Jacobs. Dakota, of course is the face of the Oh Lola fragrance and also starred in one of Marc’s most memorable ad campaigns and it would be kind of awkward to invite Elle and not Dakota.

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Speaking of which, we heard Dakota wasn’t originally going to go because it’s her first week of school, but they’re now thinking she can probably swing it since the show was postponed to Thursday due to hurricane delays. Thanks, Irene!

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