'Sex and glamour sell anything!'

So said Marc Jacobs announcing his appointment as Diet Coke's new creative director.

Already creative director of Louis Vuitton and head of his eponymous line Marc Jacobs, the 49 year-old designer has been brought on board to design a limited edition collection of Diet Coke bottles and cans in honor of the brand's 30th anniversary.

Marc Jacobs said in an interview: 'I feel very privileged to be the new creative director of Diet Coke and put my stamp on the 30th Anniversary campaign.

Chanel's head designer Karl Lagerfeld made it clear that he supports gay marriage.

At yesterday's Chanel presentation for the Paris Haute Couture shows, Lagerfeld wrapped the show by sending two female models wearing bridal gowns down the runway hand-in-hand.

The two women, dressed in Chanel's Spring 2013 haute couture collection, represented Lagerfeld's support for the French government's plan to legalize same-sex marriage.

With the world of fashion unveiling its Autumn Winter 2013 (AW13) collections, we catch up with New York City fashion blogger Izzy Tuason from The Dandy Project to get an insight on what we can look forward to in the world of menswear.

As we look ahead to the AW13 menswear collections - what are some of the key trends from SS13 (Spring Summer 2013) designers are likely to continue to explore?

From multiple blades to vibrating razors, men are taught that the secret to a perfect close shave lies in the ingenuity of your grooming weapon of choice.

But in truth, it’s not how big your razor is but what you do with it that counts.

Unlike tying your shoelaces or riding your first bike, most men are never shown how to shave properly.

Next month's men's-only fashion week, London Collections: MEN, promises an intimate look into what's de rigueur in menswear.

A dedicated focus on whomen are wearing today also shines the lights on howmen are wearing their favorite designers.

Fashion East, a non-profit that supports emerging designers through their early careers, is putting on two events next month to showcase both established and emerging designers.

The spotlight lands on men in London next month for London Collections: Men, a showcase for celebrating the best emerging and established menswear designers.

From Monday 7 January to Wednesday 9 January, The British Fashion Council, in collaboration with TopMan, will run a packed show schedule of over 50 menswear designers premiering their Autumn/Winter collections for 2013.

London Collections: Men will launch on Monday 7th January, followed by a reception hosted by Tommy Hilfiger and Esquire.

Following in the footsteps of Elton John, Neil Patrick Harris and Ricky Martin, fashion designer and movie director Tom Ford is now a gay celebrity dad.

Ford and partner of 25 years, Richard Buckley, now have a son, according to New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn.

Horyn tweeted Friday: 'Congratulations to Tom Ford and Richard Buckley on birth of their son, Alexander John Buckley Ford!'

When you are in a relationship, you learn that sometimes there is one thing two people will never agree on.

For gay model Austin Armacost and fashion designer Marc Jacobs, that issue was fur.

Now the couple has split, the pin-up has spoken out by shedding his clothes for a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign.

Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch challenged its male models around the world to record themselves lip-syncing and dancing to this summer’s most-viral song, Call Me Maybe.

They may be from different places like New York and Paris as they do their versions of  Carly Rae Jepsen's monster hit but all seem to be equally off when it comes to matching their lips to the song.

But does anybody really care?

All have something more important than being perfectly in sync: they are handsome, chiseled and shirtless!

A new line of equality-themed T-shirts was launched today (8 June) by American Apparel which is featuring a transgender model in one of its ad campaigns for the first time.

Isis King is a transgender activist who was once a contestant on the TV series America's Next Top Model. She can be seen in the ads wearing various T-shirts with such slogans as 'Gay OK' and 'Legalize Gay!'

A transgender woman suing Khloe Kardashian for assault says she will drop the lawsuit if the US reality TV star pays her $150,000.

Chantal Spears sued Kardashian last December, accusing her of pushing her outside the Playhouse nightclub in Hollywood, LA , two years ago.

However, Spears, also known as Ronald Spears, has now offered to settle the case out of court, but only if Kardashian coughs up $150,000 for ‘mental and emotional anxiety’.

US retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has long had a marketing strategy that included catalogues and advertisements featuring young athletic men and women with the males often captured in homoerotic moments.

It's a strategy that has effectively appealed to gay males who the company counts on to buy casual wear from one of its 300 locations around the US.

Now A&F has upped the ante with a new campaign by famed photographer Bruce Weber called Other Sports Require One Ball.