Lily Allen to star in fashion TV show

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Singer Lily Allen, who announced her retreat from music in favor of a career in fashion last year, is reportedly filming a reality series with Channel 4 in the UK.

According to Metro reports, Allen is currently followed by camera crews as she establishes her own vintage shop in London's West End called Lucy in Disguise, a project she launched together with her sister, Sarah Owen.

A Channel 4 spokeswoman told the paper: "It is happening. The name and how many shows there will be is still undecided. It is due to go out early next year."

Allen's show will go head to head with TV star Dannii Minogue's fashion reality show about her new life as a fashion designer, launching a line called Project D.

Meanwhile, the fifth season of Britain's Next Top Model - hosted for the first time by supermodel Elle Macpherson - premieres in the UK on July 5.

In the US, the second season of MTV's The City, which follows aspiring fashion designer Whitney Port and her associates, premieres April 27, which seems like perfect timing given that the equally popular Project Runway's seventh season just wrapped up April 22, announcing Seth Aaron Henderson as its cycle winner.