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NOOO!!!

We were looking forward to hearing all the juicy and dirty deets about Calvin Klein's relationship with his ex-porn star lover in Nick Gruber's tell-all, but now we'll never know!

The aspiring reality TV star said the $375,000 he was offered for the memoir just wasn’t enough to sell What Came Between Me And My Calvin.

Nick explains:

Tags: calvin klein, memoir, nick gruber, not selling, tell all, what came between me and my calvin

Believe it or not, there was a time when Anna Wintour was all hot and bothered over a certain male model: Derek Zoolander!

In Grace Coddington’s memoir, she gives little peeks into what the Vogue editor is really like, including her crushes!

She talked about Benny, saying:

"I think (the Ben Stiller shot by Annie Leibovitz for a couture story in Paris) was decided upon, really, because Anna had a crush on Ben.”

We can see it. After all, he’s a model, idiot!

What's more shocking are Anna's other crushes like Roger Federer and, wait for it, PUFF DADDY!

That’s right, Puffy could have been Diddy-ing Anna back in the day. Ha!

Well, we can’t wait to read this memoir if there are juicy deets like this. Bring it on!

[Image via Daniel Deme and FayesVision/WENN.]

Tags: annie leibovitz, ben stiller, derek zoolander, grace coddington, memoir, puff daddy, roger federer, vogue

Looking for a great read that combines hilarity with an insiders' perspective on the inner workings of Hollywood? Check out Hollywood in Heels by Charity Gaye Finnestad!

Her debut book is "the true story of a working model struggling to make it as a writer AND find meaningful relationships in a city where sex is the primary commodity and illusion the name of the game."

The memoir is described as "sexy, smart, shockingly honest and wickedly hilarious" and chronicles the model-turned-writer's journey "from sipping on five-hundred dollar bottles of champagne in celeb-filled mansions in the hills to cruising the aisles of the 99 Cents Only Store to stock her fridge."

We're not the only people buzzin' about this book either. Life & Style magazine has named it "the book to read", next to Mad Men as the show to watch and The Hunger Games as the movie to see.

Download a digital copy for your iPad today here and "Like" Charity's work on Facebook!

Tags: charity gaye finnestad, hollywood in hells, mad men, memoir, model, the hunger games

Fashionistas REJOICE!!!

According to reports, the fashion gods have answered our prayers!

As we told you last year, Vogue cat lady creative director Grace Coddington's memoir hit a roadblock, but things are looking up.

Co-written by Vogue writer Michael Roberts, Grace's memoir will finally be released this NOVEMBER, and is guaranteed to be one of the best views EVER from the front row! The book will chronicle her 55 years in the fashion biz, and her subsequent rise from model to fashion editorial royalty.

Our excitement is beyond words!

Get us on the waiting list STAT!

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Tags: books, fashion icons, fashion smashion, grace coddington, memoir, vogue

Designer Isabel Toledo is releasing her first memoir, Roots of Style: Weaving Together Life, Love, and Fashion , next month!

According to the press release, Toledo:

"…opens up for the first time about her early childhood in Cuba, growing up in West New York (where she met and fell in love with her future husband, Ruben), studying at FIT and Parsons and interning at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, living in 1970’s New York with friends like nightlife fixtures Joey Arias and Klaus Nomi, showing her first collection on the most shoestring of budgets, and more.

She shares her personal philosophies on design and life, and muses on the ways she’s managed to successfully blend art and commerce, while sacrificing neither.

The book, out March 6th, includes illustrations by her husband, artist Ruben Toledo, who transforms Isabel’s design concepts into fleshed-out illustrations, bringing her words and artistic sensibility to life.

Sounds like a great read!

Tags: isabel toledo, memoir, roots of style, ruben toledo, weaving together life love and fashion

Though it's not the first time agent Gerald Marie has been accused of rape, the details involved in this case are shocking.

Carre Otis, one of the biggest models of nineties, has exposed the relationship she shared with the man who was once her agent and landlord in her new memoir - Beauty, Disrupted.

When she was just a teen, she met the Elite executive and began renting a room from him and his then fiance, Linda Evangelista.

During her stay, she found a stash of cocaine in his bathroom. The two began snorting together. Gerald told Carre this was the secret to weight management.

In her book, Carre continues:

Tags: beauty dirsrupted, carre otis, cocaine, gerald marie, memoir, rape

So much for that roadblock!

Vogue creative director Grace Coddington has sold her memoir to Random House for $1.2 million.

Jay Fielden was originally slated to co-author Grace's memoir, but has since been replaced with Vogue writer Michael Roberts.

Congrats!

[Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN.]

Tags: co-author, jay fielden, memoir, michael roberts, random house, sold, vogue writer