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Wednesday May 1st, 2013

Kate Moss Channels Brigitte Bardot for Vogue UK, Victoria Beckham Brings Back the Pob, and Lindsay Lohan Packs for Rehab
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Kate Moss Channels Brigitte Bardot for Vogue UK, Victoria Beckham Brings Back the Pob, and Lindsay Lohan Packs for Rehab

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Kate Moss is looking very Brigitte Bardot on the cover of Vogue UK’s June issue. {Vogue UK}

And it’s back! Victoria Beckham has resurrected her favorite ‘do (and probably ours, too), the “pob.” {HuffPo}

Lindsay Lohan is packing 270 different outfits for her 90-day stint in rehab because a girl’s gotta have choices, right? {US Weekly}

Online men’s style destination Mr. Porter is teaming up with Alexander Wang for a second season, to be followed by another collaboration with Raf Simons. {WWD}

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Tuesday April 30th, 2013

Beyoncé Covers Vogue Again, Lindsay Lohan Might Blog, and Inside Condé Nast’s New Fashion School
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Beyoncé Covers Vogue Again, Lindsay Lohan Might Blog, and Inside Condé Nast’s New Fashion School

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Vogue just can’t seem to get enough of Beyoncé. For the third time in the last three months Queen Bey graces the cover of the magazine—this time for its Indian edition. The shot used for the cover of Vogue India’s May issue is an outtake from her Vogue US shoot. {Fashion Bomb Daily}

And speaking of Vogue, you can now major in the magazine at Condé Nast’s newly-opened College of Fashion & Design in London. The school offers two courses: a ten-week Vogue Fashion Certificate and a yearlong Vogue Fashion Foundation Diploma. {The Cut}

Kate Middleton-favorite Issa London launches its first-ever handbag collection in straw and satin in collaboration with Banana Republic. {SheFinds}

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Monday April 29th, 2013

Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs Are Twinsies, JC Penney Gets $1.75 Billion Loan and Rihanna Returns to River Island
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Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs Are Twinsies, JC Penney Gets $1.75 Billion Loan and Rihanna Returns to River Island

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J.C. Penney signed a deal with Goldman Sachs and secured a $1.75 billion loan to strengthen its financial position. Maybe there’s hope for the struggling retailer after all? {WWD, Subscription required}

Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs wore matching Prada fur coats to The Great Gatsby premiere. Great minds… {Daily Mail}

This new video takes us behind the scenes of Beyonce’s extremely involved H&M commercial production. {YouTube}

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Friday April 26th, 2013

Naomi Campbell Goes Blonde for Vogue, Crystal Renn Talks Being in Love, and H&M Expands in India
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Naomi Campbell Goes Blonde for Vogue, Crystal Renn Talks Being in Love, and H&M Expands in India

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H&M has its eye on India: The retailer is reportedly planning to spend about $130 million on an initial 50 stores in the country. {The Business of Fashion}

Naomi Campbell goes blonde on the cover of Vogue Brazil. {Fashion Gone Rogue}

Here’s a first look at Alber Elbaz’s debut makeup collection with Lancôme. Unsurprisingly, it looks pretty adorable. {WWD, Subscription required.}

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Thursday April 25th, 2013

Boston Marathoners’ Shoes Get a Mag Cover, Jourdan Dunn Talks Thigh Gaps, and Selena Gomez Wears Another Bindi
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Boston Marathoners’ Shoes Get a Mag Cover, Jourdan Dunn Talks Thigh Gaps, and Selena Gomez Wears Another Bindi

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“We Will Finish The Race.” Boston Magazine commemorates the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombings with a powerful image of a heart formed by shoes worn by marathon runners for its May issue. {Boston Magazine}

Who doesn’t want to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel? Former model Kylie Bisutti–that’s who. She left the industry for religious reasons and wrote a whole book about it called I’m No Angel: From Victoria’s Secret Model to Role Model. {Vogue UK}

Jourdan Dunn tells a Twitter user who wants “a thigh gap so badddd” that it’s really not all it’s cracked up to be. {Jourdan Dunn’s Twitter}

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Wednesday April 24th, 2013

Karlie Kloss Covers Vogue Japan, Prada Sues Former Employee and Lauren Hutton Writing a Book
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Karlie Kloss Covers Vogue Japan, Prada Sues Former Employee and Lauren Hutton Writing a Book

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Count Vogue Japan as another fan of Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent. The glossy styled Karlie Kloss in a bohemian glam look from the designer’s spring collection for its June 2013 cover. {Fashion Gone Rogue}

Lauren Hutton is apparently writing a book full of “juicy anecdotes” like the time she met Bill Clinton or traveled through Africa. If it’s anything like her recent The Edit interview, we obviously can’t wait. Especially for all the curse words. {Page Six}

Kering has expansion on the brain. The luxury conglomerate has acquired jewelry company Pomellato, just a few months after taking a majority stake in Christopher Kane. {WWD}

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Tuesday April 23rd, 2013

Victoria Beckham Has Lots of Money, Janice Dickinson Has None, and Melissa Collaborates with Forever21
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Victoria Beckham Has Lots of Money, Janice Dickinson Has None, and Melissa Collaborates with Forever21

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Victoria Beckham and Arcadia Group CEO Sir Philip Green are among the wealthiest in the UK fashion world, according to the Sunday Times annual British Rich List. {Vogue UK}

Brazilian jelly shoe maker Melissa makes its first fast fashion collaboration with Forever 21 this spring. The affordable (under $20!) capsule shoe collection comes in six styles of jelly sandals and slip-ons. {SheFinds}

“The world’s first supermodel” Janice Dickinson has declared bankruptcy. That’s one point for you, Tyra Banks. {Telegraph}

Ryan Lochte plans to focus on his designer dreams as soon as he “hang[s] up the Speedo.” {MTV Style}

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Monday April 22nd, 2013

Diane von Furstenberg x GapKids Round Two, Madonna Costume Retrospective Announced and Sienna Miller to Front Burberry?
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Diane von Furstenberg x GapKids Round Two, Madonna Costume Retrospective Announced and Sienna Miller to Front Burberry?

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Ready to try to squeeze into child sizes? GapKids is releasing its second collab collection with Diane von Furstenberg this week. {WWD, subscription required}

Tara Reid was thrown out of All Saints after getting upset that the retailer wouldn’t give her a discount. {NY Post}

Looks like Elle Woods is going to need her own attorney. Reese Witherspoon and hubby Jim Roth were arrested in Atlanta for disorderly conduct and driving under influence, respectively. {US Weekly}

Florida has a python problem, and designers see an opportunity there. New handbag, anyone? {TheCut}

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Friday April 19th, 2013

Christian Dior Seeks $700 Million in Credit, Juicy Couture Faces Public Protest, and Crystal Renn Is a Balloon Animal Babe
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Christian Dior Seeks $700 Million in Credit, Juicy Couture Faces Public Protest, and Crystal Renn Is a Balloon Animal Babe

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A group of protesters caused a scene outside Juicy Couture yesterday, claiming the retailer demoted its full-time workers to part-time in order to avoid paying benefits. {WWD, subscription required}

Christian Dior is reportedly seeking to replace its $700 million credit line. {Bloomberg}

See Crystal Renn balancing an inflatable elephant on her shoulders and prancing with a shark for Hunger magazine! You’ll never look at pool floats the same way again. {Hunger}

Will John Galliano be returning to Oscar de la Renta for Spring 2014? ODLR comments. {WWD, Subscription required.}

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Thursday April 18th, 2013

Cara Delevingne Pulls a Serious Face, Gap Inc. Has a New Company Vision, and Prada Holding a Writing Contest
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Cara Delevingne Pulls a Serious Face, Gap Inc. Has a New Company Vision, and Prada Holding a Writing Contest

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Gap, Inc. chairman and CEO Glenn Murphy has a bright new vision for the company, which involves more Piperlime stores and strengthening Intermix’s e-commerce. {WWD}

Cara Delevingne puts on her serious face to play the role of a dramatic actress in Vogue‘s May 2013 “Take Two” shoot with British actor Tom Hiddleston. {The Front Row View}

Calling all creative writers! Prada wants to know your thoughts on how vision shapes experience for its new writing contest, Prada Journal. You can start sending in your entries via Prada.com today through June 18. {WWD}

Watch how a two hour interview with Karl Lagerfeld morphs into a single question to the man behind Chanel in this fascinating clip. {Nowness}

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Wednesday April 17th, 2013

H&M Dresses Team Sweden, Rita Ora Is Mickey Mouse on Elle, and Is Kate Upton The Other Woman?
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H&M Dresses Team Sweden, Rita Ora Is Mickey Mouse on Elle, and Is Kate Upton The Other Woman?

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H&M dresses Sweden’s Olympic athletes, makes us want to be Swedish Olympic athletes. {WWD}

Beating President Barack Obama for TIME‘s list of most influential people of the past 10 years? Lady Gaga. We still aren’t convinced that isn’t a typo. {TIME}

Hey Rita, you’re so fine! Ms. Ora is just too darn cute dressed up as a certain cartoon rodentia on the cover of Elle‘s May 2013 “Women in Music” issue. {Elle}

Kate Upton’s apparently in talks to play opposite Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann in Fox’s upcoming revenge comedy The Other Woman. {Variety}

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Tuesday April 16th, 2013

Beyoncé Wears a Nipple Dress, Manolo Blahnik Churns Out Ice Cream, and Katy Perry’s in a Hairy Lawsuit
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Beyoncé Wears a Nipple Dress, Manolo Blahnik Churns Out Ice Cream, and Katy Perry’s in a Hairy Lawsuit

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Beyoncé showed off her nips, sorta, for the kickoff of her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in Belgrade, Serbia yesterday. The intentional nip-slip dress is a jewel-encrusted number designed by The Blonds. {HuffPo}

Nipple dresses aside, Beyoncé has also added Pucci to her Mrs. Carter tour wardrobe. {WWD}

Manolo Blahnik makes ice cream! Organic and artisanal ice cream, no less. {Refinery29}

Hedi Slimane’s latest rockstar muse is harder better faster stronger than all the rest: French electronica duo Daft Punk. {YSL.com}

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