Finally! We've been absolutely itching for a bit of gay blind item madness! Thankfully, Ben Widdicombe satisfies our urges with this:

Which high-fashion designer uses a wingman to lure young gents back to his NYC apartment with the instructions to get them drunk enough to seduce and then disappear?

Hmm, we doubt it's Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen's far too handsome to need a wing man. There's a certain designer who lives in The Archive building, but we think he may have a boyfriend. If it is him, well, we're underwhelmed.

Marc Jacobs ain't having rumors he had drinks before his show this week.

The famously sober designer's show started two-hours late, leading some to wonder if he's fallen off the wagon. Gossip mongers placed him at New York's tony Mercer Hotel, where they say he hit it hard. Jacobs, however, insists he's as clean as a whistle and gives a big 'fuck you' to anyone who says otherwise:

That is bullshit! That is bullshit! was at the fucking office until the last fitting was over. I came back to the hotel — I hadn't been here in three days! I hadn't showered in three days! I slept on the couch in my office for 20 minutes three nights in a row — anyone at my office will tell you that. I got 20 minutes sleep Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night. The first shower I had was Monday at 8 before the rehearsal of our show. I did not have lunch, I did not have drinks, I did not have tea at the Mercer, I walked through the lobby; I live in this hotel… I took 20 minutes to shower and shave — I stank like a raccoon! I could not go to the show like that.

44-year old Jacobs is reportedly so incensed he's threatening to move his show to Paris. No, Marc, don't go!

Jason Preston isn't the only man in Marc Jacobs' life. The gay designer would never have reached such great heights had it not been for business partner Robert Duffy.

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We're dedicating this edition of "Cruising New York Fashion Week" to Marc Jacobs' economy line: Marc By Marc Jacobs.

Though we'd love some of the pieces, the collection as a whole seems to be inspired by Batman's nemesis, Two-Face. And, as such, we're torn. A little help?

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Marc Jacobs drew stars galore at his show last night, including this fine - and perplexing - trio: Vincent Gallo, Heath Ledger and Michael Stipe.

See some more crowd shots - and a monstrous looking Courtney Love - after the jump…

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Former rent boy and forever flamer Jason Preston's up in HX this week. In addition to celebrating his sober life, Preston dishes the dirt about his relationship with designer, Marc Jacobs, including those engagement rumors:

HX: So are you guys really engaged?

JP: Hmm. [Long pause] Okay, I'll just tell you how it went down. We always say crazy retarded things, but a couple of weeks ago he came back from shopping, looked at me and said, "You promise to love me and be with me forever?" I said, "Yes." And then he gave me the ring.

HX: A Cartier band, right?

JP: Yes, and it's fierce. It's exactly what I'd want if I ever got married to anybody…

Don't you guys just love when people get everything they want? It makes you feel all warm and tingly. Oh, no, that's our brain cells dying. Maybe it's contagious.

The HX fagalas also snagged an interview with Jaslene, the chick who won America's Next Top Model. It's a fashion weak week explosion!

Jason Preston may need to send Gawker another self-publicizing email.

NYDN gossip queen Ben Widdicombe passes on some disturbing gossip concerning the former rent boy and famed fashion designer Marc Jacobs…

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Jason Preston took it upon himself to send Gawker a little love update. It looks like Marc Jacobs, who appears on Out's September issue, broke down and took the former rent boy back.

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Move over Tom Ford, there's a new designer sex symbol on the block. A studly looking Marc Jacobs appears on Out's September issue and let's just say he's letting it all hang out.

In addition to appearing nudie on the cover, Mr. MJ opens up about…well, everything, including his much-publicized relationship with former rent boy Jason Preston.

I had a relationship with him, and it was crazy, and sometimes it was a lot of fun, and sometimes it was not a lot of fun, and the biggest frustration was that I wanted him to be something he wasn’t, and I don’t mean on a social level, and I don’t mean about his past or anything like that—I just mean that I wanted to come home and have somebody be available and have conversations and just to be there.

44-year old Jacobs, who designs two eponymous labels and acts as Louis Vuitton's creative director, recently re-kicked his heroin habit, an addiction that no doubt shot out of his physical insecurities. "I used to really hate seeing my own reflection in the mirror… I just avoided having my picture taken." Well, Marc, you're definitely looking drool worthy these days.

For those of you keeping count, Jacobs is the third cover-queer in so many months. If you include Mika, of course, which we do…

Marc Jacobs loves him a young boy. Dlisted passes on word that the designer recently flew his 20-year old MySpace buddy, Ronny Giangualano to Paris for a little meet and greet. Obviously the duo hit it off.

Poor rent boy Jason Preston must be heart broken - he and Jacobs recently reunited. Now he's been dumbed for a zygote. Unless Jacobs and Giangualano want a little threesome action, an image that just took at least three years off our already endangered lives.

Designer Marc Jacobs may have recently left "rehab," but it seems he can't quite kick his former rent boy boyfriend, Jason Preston.

The boys grabbed headlines when they first started dating a few years back, especially after Preston tattooed Jacobs' name across his arm. Gossips scoffed when the boys called it quits and no doubt they'll have something to say now that they're back together - and Jacobs' got a tattoo of his own.

Page Six reports:

The fashion designer is so besotted with Preston, who had Jacobs' name tattooed on his arm the first month they started dating, that he's followed suit. Spies say Jacobs now has the initials "JP" permanently inked above his navel. It's probably a bad idea since the fiery couple broke up several times last year.

Marc, we love you, but you're an idiot. Haven't you learned your lesson? Or are you just a glutton for punishment?

• We can't even attempt to do Jim David's attack on the anti-gay GOP justice:

The hysterical right wing response to the House passage of the hate crimes bill [equates] gays with terrorists: if Al Qaeda doesn't get you, Al Gayda will.

They claim that the bill will criminalize antigay speech, which of course it won't. They will still be able to say nasty things about gays, they just won't be able to beat them up, which, of course, most of them want to do.

And it only gets better, especially when he goes after the gay conservatives. Bitch is on a roll…

• Mollygood - our Hollywood-obsessed virtual cousin - has a new look. Oh, and we think straight editor Cord Jefferson has a crush on the newly-hunky Marc Jacobs. Pass it on…

• Meanwhile, we totally have a crush on Brothers and Sisters' queer creator, Robbie Baitz.

• And Liv Tyler wants Karolina Kurkova's titties. (Also, Jessica Simpson and reality have apparently had a nasty break-up. Tragic.)

• What's queer about fall's television schedule? How about Bryan Singer, Footballer's Wives, Darren Star and Bobby Cannavale, of Will & Grace, The Night Listener and a slew of other gay-themed shows/movies/etc…

• The Bible-spouting, gay-hating Floridian airport employee totally got canned. Now you queens can fly into Fort Lauderdale without hearing the blasphemous manipulation of Biblical text. Hooray!

• We never knew Isabella Blow, but we still think she's rad.

• Out's Equus-inspired, Chad White-starring, Francois Rousseau-shot, Sam Jaradeh-styled photo shoot may be one of the hottest spreads we've seen in a long time. (In print, of course.) Even if you've seen the paper edition, you'll definitely want to head over to the magazine's website to take an exclusive peek at White's oh-so-beautiful bum. It's really quite delicious…

The world's most stylish fashionistas, singers, actors and hangers-on made their way to The Metropolitan Museum of Art last night for the Costume Institute's Gala. This year the institute honored the late, great French designer Paul Poiret. Poiret's stunning designs drew on both Oriental and art deco aesthetic, but constantly revolved around his favorite flower: the rose.

Our invitation must have gotten lost in the mail, so we had to live vicariously through press images. Shame, because we would have loved to pick Tom Ford and French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld's respective brains. Oh well, there's always next year.

Take a look at some more shots, after the jump…

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• Marc Jacobs has apparently headed back to rehab. The designer flew to Arizona after presenting his latest collection in Paris. This is his second stint - he successfully combated a heroin addiction back in 1999. Let's hope this one sticks. [FWD]

• Charles Spencer calls Tennessee Williams' lost play an "unexpected pleasure and a genuinely enlightening glimpse into Williams' art and heart". [Telegraph]

• Italian conservative and anti-homo politician Paola Binetti lives Christ's pain through a spiked metal garter. [Observer]

• The benefits of a gay nudist cruise? No dry-cleaning bill. [Globorati]

• Is gay blogger Ben Nicholas a big, big, BIG liar? It sure looks that way. [M4M forum]

• Rest assured that if you write a note to designer Helmut Lang, it will end up in Purple. [New York]

• Meanwhile, Karl Lagerfeld says, "I don’t think I’m too good for what I’m doing." Well, that's a relief. [New Yorker]

• Ryan Seacrest's big date? His mommy. If that ain't gay, we don't know what is… [TMZ]

• Andrew Christian + scantily clad underwear models forced to restrain themselves lest they frighten the newscaster = one remarkably entertaining clip. [Google Video]

• Two foolish 21-year old Colorado college students have been arrested for allegedly attacking two homos. Luckily, it seems like it was a pretty even fight. [Rocky Mountain News]

• LSU's lady basketball coach Pokey Chatman has resigned after poking one of her ladies. [AfterEllen]

• Marc Jacobs seems to be back with rent-a-boyfriend Jason Preston, at least for now. The twosome were spotted at Therapy in New York with, of all people, porn star maestro Michael Lucas. [Page Six]

• When it comes to celebs coming out of the closet, Jake Gyllenhaal and Vin Diesel are, not surprisingly, at the top of the list of gambling odds. [Gambling 911]

• Jennifer Lopez made good on rumors she'd be the surprise guest at Dance On The Pier. [Perez Hilton]