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If there was any question (hope?) as to whether fashion’s obsession with songstress Lana Del Rey was fleeting this should confirm that she’s here to stay, at least for a while (regardless of her contestable talents as a ‘vocalist’): Brit heritage brand Mulberry has created a bag for her.

The ‘Del Rey’ debuted on Mulberry’s runway for their fall show yesterday and on the arm of Miss Del Rey herself, who sat front row. Del Rey’s white ostrich version of the bag was made especially for her. According to a release, Mulberry creative director Emma Hill met Lana last year and was “captivated by her soulful, melancholy voice and the nostalgic beauty of her Video Games single and video.” Read more »

New York Fashion Week is usually deprived of anything Miu Miu (the brand shows in Paris). But not this week. We had a hint Miu Miu was up to something in our fair city when we heard about a party they were throwing on Valentine’s Day cryptically called “The Woman Dress.” We hear that the party has something to do with a premiere for the next installment of “Miu Miu Women’s Tales Saga,” the brand’s film series that explores “the feminine love affair with Miu Miu.” But Miu Miu hearts NY in more ways than one this week.
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You didn’t think that first roundup was it, did you? Tons of pre-fall collections have trickled in since then, especially from Europe, and they are good. So, click through for 11 more that we are particularly fond of.

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Gap still hasn’t named a creative director to replace Patrick Robinson, who was fired in May of last year. But the brand has quietly been building on its strengths–their 1969 denim line keeps getting better (have you tried their printed skinny jeans yet? Do it now) and now they’re expanding GapBody into a new line called GapPure, which is online now and launches in store on Monday.

GapBody–Gap’s underwear line–has a devoted following. At a dinner at ABC Kitchen Thursday night to celebrate the launch of the line, more than a few editors confessed their love for Gap bras (especially their strapless ones). To capitalize on that brand devotion, GapBody has expanded with GapPure, a line of slouchy super soft jersey basics–tees, knits (with hints of cashmere), and tanks–that are comfy enough to lounge around in but cute enough to go to brunch in, too. Think T by Alexander Wang but at prices that range from $24 to $68.

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Banana Republic’s Mad Men collab collection from last fall was a surprise hit for the retailer. And the demand for Sixties fashion shows no signs of slowing down, if the recent Chanel couture “airplane” and new TV shows like Pan Am are any indication. The retailer just announced today that it will release a second Mad Men-inspired collection. The collection, designed by Banana Republic in collaboration with Mad Men costume designer, Janie Bryant, will include 40 pieces of apparel and jewelry, for both men and women.

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Remember the spring 2012 shows? If you need a refresher, look no further than Zara‘s spring 2012 collection, which will be rolling into stores shortly (we’re usually thrown off by spring clothes hitting stores in February, but with today’s bizarre 60 degree weather, it’s actually pretty appropriate). We’re not going to call out Zara for knocking off any specific designers, but the spring trends are there: mixed prints (especially bold florals), pastels, high slits, baggy silhouettes and mesh, to name a few. Read more »

KARL at NET-A-PORTER.COM

On the off chance you hadn’t noticed the Net-a-Porter ads blanketing every fashion site and counting down the seconds until Karl Lagerfeld’s new affordably priced line Karl launches exclusively on their site–or joined Karl’s kult and Karl-ified yourself (or your kat) with Net-a-Porter’s Karl iPhone app–here’s another tease for the Karl line, which goes on sale Friday.

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“I rather like to see someone I don’t know wearing my bag in the street and I have no idea how they got it,” Olympia Le-Tan said at the press conference before the presentation of handbags she’d designed as the special guest of Pitti W, the smaller women’s counterpart to Florence’s famed menswear trade show, Pitti Uomo. “Of course, it’s nice when Natalie Portman is wearing one at a premiere, too,” she added.

Le-Tan, who began her design career under Gilles Dufour at Chanel at just 19, has earned the adoration of fashion insiders like Sofia Coppola and Olivier Zahm for both her hand-crafted book clutches and her DJ skills at Paris hot spot Le Baron. As the first accessories designer invited to present at Pitti W, Le-Tan churned out an appropriately Italian-themed collection comprised of 36 bags inspired by Italian cinema and literature.

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The menswear shows don’t often garner as much buzz or celebrity than womens’ RTW collections but Prada’s fall 2012 show, presented today in Milan, proves the exception. Acclaimed actors Adrien Brody, Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and Willem Dafoe closed the show. And judging from the photos, they held their own on the catwalk. Tim Roth cracked a smile but everyone else kept their game face on–especially Adrien Brody, swoon (but no surprise there). According to WWD, the star-studded close “had the laidback men’s pack roaring with applause.” We’d have joined in, too. These men look good in Prada’s East Berlin-esque military inspired collection. Gary Oldman could easily have donned some of Miuccia’s less colorful pieces as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (go see it if you haven’t already).

Click through to see each actor on the runway, as well as the full collection (video too).
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CARVEN Pre-Fall 2012 Look 15

Every time a new Carven collection debuts, we get so excited, and our love for the French label and its genius designer Guillaume Henry grows a little bit more. His lovely pre-fall offerings, which include an expanded selection of menswear, are no exception.

His vision of designing clothes inspired by–and for–real stylish city girls is realized to perfection once again. As with many of Henry’s designs, there’s a ’60s schoolgirl vibe with knee-length shift dresses and a-line skirts, little matching jackets with a blouson shape, shirts with high collars and cardigans–all made modern with new shapes, unexpected colors and crazy accessories.

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Julie Haus and Jason Alkire are some of the most earnest, modest, hard working folks in fashion that I’ve come across. So I was thrilled to hear that they’d won an Ecco Domani award last week for their new collaborative designer line Haus Alkire–they deserve it.

You probably know Julie’s name from her eponymous line which she started six years ago. You probably don’t know that her husband, Jason Alkire, has always been an integral part of the business and has created prints for the brand using his own photography. This past year, they decided to take their collaboration public, and created Haus Alkire, their first collection at a designer price point (Julie Haus sells at a contemporary price point)–which means the prints are hand painted in some cases, the designs more complex, and fabrics are more luxe.

“We launched HAUS ALKIRE because we wanted to express ourselves while merging Julie’s passion with mine, fashion to fine art,” said Jason.

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While spring and fall seasons may give us more to to ooh and ahh over, pre-collections often present more of what we actually want to wear. It makes sense, since everyone says the in-between seasons are the most important for retailers. And these designers have succeeded in making things we already want to buy, desperately. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until early summer (“pre-fall” is a bit misnomer) to do so. Click through for what we feel were the 10 most drool-worthy collections so far.

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