News flash: The high/low trend reaches new heights, er, lows.

Okay, okay, we know there's a recession on and that everyone should be grateful for the jobs they have. But perhaps designer Max Azria is overdoing it a bit? On top of reviving the Hervé Leger line – and with it the slinky bandage dress trend – running his lovely eponymous line, and the throw-all-the-trends-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks BCBG line, he's announced a new collabo with… Miley Cyrus? Yes, that's right. And at Wal-mart, yet, taking the high-low collaboration to its lowest common denominator. According to WWD, BCBG Max Azria Group now has a whopping 22 brands in its portfolio, ranging from under $20 for the new Wal-mart line to $3000 for Hervé Leger dresses.

This means Azria has beaten out multi-taskers extraordinaire Marc Jacobs (Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc) and Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel, Fendi, K Karl Lagerfeld) for the title of Designer with the Most Lines. Meanwhile, it seems poor Olivier Theyskens is still looking for any job at all...

Miley Cyrus photo via WWD

News flash: Jil Sander for Uniqlo, LV sues Google

Our designer of the year, Uniqlo, sent its stock prices skyrocketing this week with a surprise announcement: Jil Sander -- that's the real Jil Sander, not the sculptural Raf Simons-designed label that bears her name -- will be helming the Japanese mass-market chain's design section. British Vogue is wondering whether the notoriously monochromatic Sander will institute changes to the label's usual paintbox palette, while WWD notes in an aside that Uniqlo's rising sales have propelled its chairman, Tadashi Yanai, to the position of Japan's richest man.

Meanwhile, our un-designer -- er, copycat? -- of the year, Erin Wasson, has announced that "…there's art everywhere, there's art all around us. To create is my ultimate goal. So why would I ever sell out?" Hmm, good question, Erin. In other copycat news, Louis Vuitton is suing Google for letting imitators buy ads that appear when "louis vuitton" is searched. Google says consumers can choose for themselves which ads to click on. And while we're on the subject of copycats, here's an oldie but a goodie: