First came the "masstige" trend, which sent the wares of Isaac Mizrahi, Karl Lagerfeld, and Vera Wang to the aisles of Target, H&M, and Kohl's, respectively. But now things are just getting downright strange: avowed non-athlete Scarlett Johansson designed a collection for Reebok; Wal-Mart has just signed up Norma Kamali; and, having featured Gorbachev in recent ads, Louis Vuitton is welcoming a new pitchman in craggy rocker Keith Richards. But for us, nothing beats the news that private equity titans are kicking the tires over at Roberto Cavalli, as the house prepares to sell a minority stake to fund international growth. The Carlyle Group, Blackstone, Cinven, and Permira are reportedly in the hunt, but we're rooting for Carlyle--not because they were recently edged out of acquiring Valentino, but because we treasure the thought of David Rubenstein paying a visit to some cheetah print-laden palazzo for a tete-a-tete with Cavalli (over a few drinks enhanced with the house vodka, of course).