Our Favorite Rumors Are Redheads

Feb 04, 2007 @ 4:36am

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A tightly connected artist told us yesterday that Karen Elson is ill and exhausted, in that way women sometimes get, and so she's staying in LA for Fashion Week.

If true, or even partly true, that means there's a cameo spot open at the front of Marc Jacobs' show on Monday. Whether the slot will be filled by the next It Model (like Ikeleine Stange last season) or instead by Dita Von Teese, as the popular speculation goes... well, we have no idea.

The absence of Karen also means The Citizen's Band performance at Edun's fashion show could get strange: Citizen's lead singer Sarah Sophie Flicker might also skip because she's eight months pregnant. That leaves honorary member Zooey Deschanel in the spotlight - funny, since she's also singing today at the Erin Fetherston show (where Kirsten should be watching).

So: feel better Karen, break a leg Zooey, and one more to throw at you if you're bored: exactly what band is playing at APC's quietly anticipated concert this Monday night?

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posted by casey

Feb 04, 2007 5:23AM

Love Zooey.

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posted by Stephanie

Feb 04, 2007 7:16AM

According to radaronline, Karen was at Opening Ceremony for the Proenza Schouler for Target launch.

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posted by Faran

Feb 04, 2007 10:33AM

Well, I was at that launch and I didn't see her - though I could have been too distracted with actual shopping. She also hasn't been photographed by Patrick, Wire Image, or Getty since last November, but I hope you're right and my art friend is wrong - we LOVE karen and so want her on the runway this year!

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posted by Stacy

Feb 04, 2007 5:09PM

When did your friend find about this? If she was at the Proenza opening, then maybe she started feeling better and decided to go to Fashion Week.

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posted by Stephanie

Feb 04, 2007 7:45PM

From radaronline.com:

Ahhhh, Fashion Week. Last night the festivities kicked off as designers Jack and Lazaro presented their Proenza Schouler for Target collection at downtown boutique Opening Ceremony, where Jack White baby mama Karen Elson and MTV News talking head Suchin Pak trawled for cheap silk dresses without the annoyance of Target's extreme overhead lighting or bulk diaper-buying clientele.

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posted by I Heard No

Feb 04, 2007 8:21PM

if only they had a picture!

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posted by Shay

Feb 04, 2007 8:27PM

I think they got her mixed up with another tall redhead, because not one other blog or article on the net mentioned Karen being there. Only Radar online. Style.com didn't even mention her and they would have.

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posted by elle

Feb 05, 2007 4:20PM

zooey actually sung pretty well..

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posted by guest

Feb 05, 2007 4:23PM

radar online was so wrong, I heard karen has pneumonia but I hope it's not true.

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posted by Anonymous

Feb 05, 2007 7:31PM

Where did you hear that?

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posted by guest

Feb 05, 2007 11:57PM

Karen looked and sounded fabulous at the Citizens Band show in Hollywood a couple weeks ago. Is it just a coincidence that her husband is in town negotiating a record deal?

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posted by guest

Feb 07, 2007 4:23PM

Okay did you see Citizens Band in LA because I want to hear all about it, any reviews online/opinions you want to share?

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posted by guest

Feb 07, 2007 4:24PM

Okay did you see Citizens Band in LA because I want to hear all about it, any reviews online/opinions you want to share?

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posted by Anonymous

Feb 07, 2007 11:08PM

Does she really have pneumonia? That sounds really extreme to me.

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posted by guest

Feb 13, 2007 12:26PM

I saw her hubby at the Grammy's. He's a lot taller than I thought.

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posted by Laura

Feb 22, 2007 9:34PM

Karen is pregnant that's why she was feeling ill.

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posted by guest

Feb 24, 2007 9:12PM

she had pnuemonia and she is pregnant! one memeber of the citizens band told me, after the edun show. she apparently is getting better but needed to rest, pneumonia ouch!

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posted by guest

Feb 27, 2007 2:58AM

Whoa! I would never have guessed she was under the weather, or pregnant for that matter, after seeing her performance with the Citizens Band a few days earlier. I hope she and the baby are ok.

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