New season, new makeup: it's just been announced that Nars will sponsor Alexander Wang's spring 2013 collection show this September. The designer's frequent collaborator Diane Kendal will reprise her role as lead artist backstage, but only time will tell whether or not she'll deviate from the strong-brow-bare-skin combo that's become something of a signature for the resolutely cool 'Alexander Wang girl.' Speaking of cool, it bears mentioning that Wang is also aligning with Marc Jacobs' longtime show partner (Nars founder François Nars), underscoring the undeniable similarities between Wang's career path and that of the reigning king of New York fashion. Birds of a feather...

Jac and Frida photographed by Emily Weiss backstage at Wang's Fall 2011 show in NYC