Well – here’s some news to start your week off right! Loveable, sweet, and stunning supermodel Coco Rocha got engaged this weekend to her boyfriend James Conran. During Fashion Week in New York, the lovebirds were seen canoodaling around town and at parties, hanging out together backstage at shows, and giggling and holding hands on the street. She took to the web this morning to share her good news saying, “I don’t think I’ve been so happy as I am now. I can’t wait to start the rest of my life with him.”

The duo are classically in love – they act like best friends, kiss for no good reason, and are generally grinning from ear to ear whenever they are together – we know this first hand since we got a chance to spend time with the couple while Coco was filming Modelinia Fashion Week TV. We are thrilled that she has found the happiness she deserves! Congrats, Coco and James! And we can’t wait to see the dress! We wonder if she will design it herself as part of her new fashion line, Rococo?

Source: Modelinia.

Veronica Webb and Canadian model Coco Rocha will team up for a new, temporary gig. They’ll be hosting Fashion Week TV, a broadcast of live coverage from the Bryant Park tents produced by “Project Runway” creators Modelinia.com. “Fashion Week is a hive of activity, and we want to make sure that New Yorkers have an all-access pass,” Modelinia founder Desiree Gruber tells Page Six. Their show will air on municipal station NYC Life.

Source: New York Post.

From Coco’s Twitter:

The big news is that I’ll be corresponding for ET Canada, covering the fashion and stars on the red carpet at this years Grammy Awards!!!

Along with yesterday’s news that Coco Rocha was chosen to star in Zac Posen’s new ads for Fanzine 137 as well as the ongoing obsession that Hudson Jeans has with Georgia May Jagger, yet another brand has fallen in love with the two.

Rimmel London, which has featured Kate Moss and Lily Cole in their ads, just signed their two newest ambassadors, and Modelinia is thrilled that the beauty brand is continuing their model connection.

Watch for ads to land in 2010!

Source: Modelinia.

Models are no strangers to art parties. But now Coco Rocha is taking her involvement in the craft to a new level, as she’ll pair with Mad Men’s Bryan Batt to host the first young patron’s gala at the Museum of Art and Design.

Come October 14, the supermodel and actor will welcome guests to the Paperball with tunes by Harley Viera Newton. This first look toward a younger audience of art lovers will celebrate the new exhibit “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” full of creations made out of paper.

To continue the trend, designers and artists, including Matthew Williamson, Craig McDean, James Rosenquist, Issey Miyake, Gemma Kahng, Slava Mogutin, Donald Deal, Yeohlee Teng, and Lela Rose, created dresses and accessories from paper. So does this mean the dress code will be paper-made as well?

Source: Modelinia.

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Joy Gryson, who rose through the world of accessories at Marc Jacobs before starting her own eponymous line, is launching yet another collection. This time with MCM.

The handbag brand’s been around since 1976 and repeatedly tried to re-invent its image the past few years. They’ve never quite kept up with the Louis Vuittons and the Balenciagas, but now, with Gryson on board and a new target customer, they’re hoping for a monogram-less comeback. The new bags are darker, for a more urban, fashion forward woman.

And so the campaign stars Coco Rocha and her dark, dark hair against the New York Standard. It was styled by Kathryn Neale Shaffer, which puts its Vogue count at at least seventy-three.

Saks will sell the bags exclusively, except for MCM boutiques of course, starting at the end of the month.

Source: Fashionista.