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The runway trend of the past few seasons has been the storming of the high-fashion catwalk by more commercial-skewing girls: Miranda Kerr and Gisele Bündchen at Balenciaga, Alessandra Ambrosio and Doutzen Kroes at Prada, and so on. But the tide, it turns out, goes both ways-the commercial holy grail, the Victoria's Secret fashion show, tapes in New York City tonight, and plenty of higher-than-high fashion models are set to strut.

"It's such an editorial level," said Sophia Neophitou, the 10 and Harper's Bazaar U.K. editrix who's taken over styling duties for Charlotte Stockdale this season. "It's not just a predictable approach to it at all, which is something I wasn't totally aware of before I got here, you know. We looked at girls we love to shoot editorially; that's what great. I think there's a perception before you get here of what will work. But the reality is, it's about the girl, it's about the woman, what she brings as a human being to it, rather than has she got a

In T-minus ten hours, Victoria's Secret Angels like the greens-and-protein-packing Adriana Lima, a kimono-clad Anja Rubik, and maybe even one Gisele Bündchen (if certain rumors prove true) will take to the runway at the Lexington Avenue Armory for the taping of the lingerie brand's annual fashion show. Swarovski-studded Miracle Bras and all manners of feathered appendages will no doubt abound, as will the tanned, shimmering faces and bouncy blow-outs we've come to expect from a show that puts spectacle and sexiness above all else. We'll be backstage this afternoon to bring you all the important face-painting details, but here's a little teaser for now: VS has created a special makeup kit to help you get the beauty look at home once the show airs next month. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Backstage Makeup Kit features 50 must-haves for eyes, lips, and face, including 30 Silky Eye Shadows, five Lip Glosses, five Perfect Lipsticks, and four blushes, as well as a Luminous Powder,

With November just a week away, Fall has hit its stride, which means a couple of things: First, you're likely coming to the end of your seasonal-transition skin issues (rejoice!) and, two, you're probably considering a hair color change now that those summer sun streaks seem incongruous with the cooler temperatures. "I warm my clients' shades up in the fall," Tracey Cunningham told us. As Redken's creative consultant for color and one half of Beverly Hills' celeb-friendly salon Byron + Tracey, Cunningham knows a thing or two about color changes (she tends to the tresses of Kate Bosworth, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Jessica Biel on the regular). Here, the coiffing star talks deep mahogany and brilliant copper-red hues and name-drops the Victoria's Secret Angel who currently boasts the most requested hair color in L.A.

So, why warmer for winter?

It's funny how clients embrace the winter. You'd think that we've trained them to think that they need to go darker! But people

Hard to imagine it now, but there was a time before fast fashion/designer collaborations. (It was a mythical year called…2003.) The meeting of high-end designer and mass retailer has changed the way we shop, and none more than Target, whose designer collab series, GO International, celebrates its fifth year in 2011. To celebrate, it's digging back through the archive and re-releasing dresses from its now-unavailable collections gone by; the 34-piece collection will draw on GO lines by Proenza Schouler, Luella Bartley, Libertine, Rogan, Richard Chai, Rodarte, and more. The company's remaining tight-lipped about what will be produced until February 2011, but if we've got any powers to persuade, we have a few suggestions for dresses we'd be happy to see-and even wait on line for!-a second time around.

Above: Rogan for Target; Rodarte for Target; Thakoon for Target.

Photos: Courtesy of Target

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So how did you become involved with the show?

Tyra asked me to come on and talk about my experiences, and I decided it would be a good opportunity to share what I've learned. But I also wanted to inspire these