After the whirlwind success of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute has confirmed that next year's exhibit will feature the work of the late Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Baz Luhrmann is rumoured to be consulting on the exhibit, and Vogue darling/star of his upcoming film, The Great Gatsby, Carey Mulligan has been signed on to co-chair the Gala. The exhibit will feature 80 designs from both designers – 1920s-1950s Schiaparelli and 1980s-present day Prada.

The Guggenheim continues its ongoing series, Intervals, with Brooklyn-based artist Nicola Lopez’s “Landscape X”, a site-specific installation in the museum’s rotunda. On display until the 25^th, the work, which employs chain link fencing, orange mesh and painting, plays homage to the building’s architecture as well as the viewer’s relation to both positive and negative space. Lopez will be participating in a discussion about the work and her process tomorrow night at 6:30. For more information, click here.

Christian Dior unveiled its new and improved website this week with fashion and beauty categories together at last. A year in the making, the site combines mixed media, 3D product details and video to make for a one-of-a-kind digital experience. Read more about it or see for yourself what all the fuss is about at Dior.com.

For a limited time the Whitney Museum of American Art is exhibiting one of Roy Lichtenstein’s scarcely-seen works, Three Landscapes. Last on view at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1971, the triple screen film installation has been newly restored and is a great testament to “Lichtenstein’s experimentation with form and his fascination with cinema.” The show will be up through February 12, 2012.

Steven Webster brings a bit of Goth to the big day with his new bridal jewelry collection. Combining romance & rock 'n' roll, Webster’s line will include engagement rings, wedding band and earrings using rare and responsibly-sourced diamonds. The collection is available exclusively at London’s Mayfair flagship location.

Tonight is the debut of Karen O’s rock opera, “Stop The Virgens,” at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo. The show, slated to run til the 22nd, is a collaboration between the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s singer, director Adam Rapp and the Creators Project — most recently the group behind a light-and-sound installation at Coachella. With Karen O at its center, the opera is bound to be performance theater at its best.

Next weekend, luxury group LVMH will open its doors for Journée Particulières — an event during which the public can visit 25 of its foremost heritage sites, workshops and salons, many for the first time. Highlights include the unprecedented chance to see the haute couture salons of Christian Dior in Paris; a walking tour of Moët & Chandon’s cellars in Champagne; and access to Louis Vuitton’s family home outside Paris, Emilio Pucci’s villa in Tuscany and Fendi’s workshops in Rome. Read the full write-up here.

Catwalk? More like Catfight. This year’s presentations have barely finished and already the drama surrounding Fall Fashion Week 2012 is reaching a fever pitch. Milan has announced dates that directly conflict with New York and London fashion weeks, even as editors from American Vogue, French Vogue and, um, Italian Vogue have pledged not to attend. In the face of this, Mario Boselli (head of Italy’s Camera Nazionale della Moda) has told WWD “let the best one win.” Meanwhile, CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg penned a thoughtful yet firm open letter to the industry in the hopes this issue might be resolved to everyone’s benefit.

The 49th annual New York Film Festival is well underway, bringing cinema-buffs an impressive slate of projects. The fest is rife with NYC talent (notably Martin Scorsese, who helmed the stirring documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World), and is also showing a plethora of films by acclaimed international directors. Must-sees include Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia (starring Kirsten Dunst who won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her performance), Wim Wenders’s thrilling dance film Pina (for which he made revolutionary use of 3D technology), and British artist Steve McQueen’s highly-anticipated sophomore film, Shame. Run by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the NYFF is on through October 16th.

As if wearing Uggs wasn't a crime in itself (fashionably speaking, of course), a new video that is too horrible for words is making the rounds on the Internet, proving that the greater crime is wearing knockoffs. This time the offenders are the manufacturers of fake Uggs, and they are guilty of skinning raccoon dogs alive for their fur. Unfortunately, because the animals are not categorized as dogs, there is no law to stop the boots from selling in markets such as the UK. We hope that in the face of such inhumane cruelty, there is reason to reconsider. Watch the video here, but be warned: it's not for the faint of heart.

To the delight of die-hard fans everywhere who have been longing to be reunited with the Bluth family, there is hope after all. This past Sunday, Arrested Development’s ensemble cast and its creator Mitchell Hurwitz came together in a rare moment at The New Yorker Festival. It was there that they dropped hints that a mini comeback of ten episodes leading up to a movie was in the works. Later that night, Jason Batemen tweeted that it was all, in fact, true. Time will tell. 

Ten years and ten million dollars in the making, the incredibly ambitious Pacific Standard Time exhibition launched at the Getty Center in L.A. on Sunday night. Pacific Standard Time marks the biggest collaboration of California museums in history, with more than 60 institutions presenting works over the next six months that highlight the rich history of L.A.’s art scene from 1945 to 1980. Well worth checking out if you’re on the West Coast. Check out what NPR has to say.