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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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Monday April 15th, 2013

Prada Won’t Lower Prices, Rihanna Isn’t Fronting Chanel, and Rebel Wilson Flashes Her Nipples
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Prada Won’t Lower Prices, Rihanna Isn’t Fronting Chanel, and Rebel Wilson Flashes Her Nipples

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Don’t expect Prada prices to drop anytime soon. Miuccia Prada explains to Women’s Wear Daily why her covetable designs cost so darn much. {WWD, Subscription required}

MTV Movie Awards host Rebel Wilson let both of her left nipples say hello onstage last night. {US Weekly}

How does Allison Williams wash her face every day? With cleanser and “a piece of sterile gauze.” Of course. {Who What Wear}

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Friday April 12th, 2013

Thursday April 11th, 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker Auctions Carrie Bradshaw’s Shoes, Adele Is Really Rich, and Miranda Kerr Is Too Busy To Be an Angel
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Sarah Jessica Parker Auctions Carrie Bradshaw’s Shoes, Adele Is Really Rich, and Miranda Kerr Is Too Busy To Be an Angel

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Always wondered what it would be like to be in Carrie Bradshaw’s shoes? Daydream no more! Sarah Jessica Parker has donated three pairs of heels that she wore on Sex and the City to a charity auction to raise funds for LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts in NYC. {New York Daily News}

There’s no “Chasing Pavements” for Adele. The songstress was recently named the UK’s richest young musician—with a fortune of £30 million—for the Sunday Times‘s annual Rich List. {Vogue UK}

Miranda Kerr couldn’t find time to fulfill her Victoria’s Secret Angel duties because she’s too busy signing a deal with an airline and posing for Mango. {New York Post}

Kim Kardashian finds an unlikely ally in renowned journalist and feminist Gloria Steinem, who defends her from the media’s fat-shaming of her pregnant body. {US Weekly}

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Wednesday April 10th, 2013

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring
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Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring

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To add to your Coco Chanel biography collection: The Coco Chanel comic, a part of Naïve’s “Grands Destins de Femmes” collection, with illustrations by Bernard Ciccolini and text by Pascale Frey. {Vogue Paris}

Need a new job? Anna Wintour is on the prowl for her new PR director—and she’s turning to the realm of politics and business to find one. {New York Post}

Rachel Zoe’s cutest ex-assistant Jeremiah Brent got engaged Monday to Nate Berkus. Mazel tov, ‘Miah! {US Weekly}

American Apparel’s ads are once again brewing trouble. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is calling the company out for two predictably provocative ads in which the models appeared “vulnerable.” {HuffPo}

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Tuesday April 9th, 2013

Chado Ralph Rucci Gets Renamed, Dior Makes Ready-To-Wear Nail Art, and Vogue UK Sets Model Guidelines
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Chado Ralph Rucci Gets Renamed, Dior Makes Ready-To-Wear Nail Art, and Vogue UK Sets Model Guidelines

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The latest in Dior ready-to-wear? Nail art! Raf Simons collaborated with The Illustrated Nail for a series of nail art designs inspired by his S/S 2013 collection. {SheFinds}

American fashion label Chado Ralph Rucci “start[s] a new chapter” as (wait for it…) Ralph Rucci. {WWD}

Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant has all eyes looking at Megan Draper for the show’s sixth season. {The Hollywood Reporter}

AnnaSophia Robb looks all kinds of Carrie-cute in a floral maillot on the cover of Seventeen. {US Weekly}

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Monday April 8th, 2013

Taylor Swift Covers Wonderland, Halle Berry Debuts a Baby Bump, and Adele’s Wedding Gown Designer Revealed
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Taylor Swift Covers Wonderland, Halle Berry Debuts a Baby Bump, and Adele’s Wedding Gown Designer Revealed

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Taylor Swift covers Wonderland magazine, and dishes about relationships (obviously), happiness and the number 13. {Just Jared}

Halle Berry and Michael Kors have teamed up on a new collaboration–but it’s not of the clothing variety. The two stars are working together to fight world hunger through the United Nations World Food Programme–and make sure Berry’s baby bump is perfectly clothed. {US Weekly}

Amanda Bynes went to an adult gymnastics class in fishnets and a wig. She apparently cried when she tried to do a cartwheel and her wig fell off. Oh, Amanda. {NY Post}

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Friday April 5th, 2013

Tom Brady and Gisele Go NYC House Hunting, Cara Delevingne Has Blue Eyebrows, and Kate Middleton Is Displeased with Her Doll
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Tom Brady and Gisele Go NYC House Hunting, Cara Delevingne Has Blue Eyebrows, and Kate Middleton Is Displeased with Her Doll

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Because a palace with a moat obviously isn’t enough for a family of five, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are now house hunting in the West Village! {NY Post}

Cara Delevingne dyed her famous eyebrows blue. See it to believe it. {InStyle UK}

Angelina Jolie looked bewitching (literally) in Saint Laurent–and some serious engagement ring bling–at a charity event yesterday in NYC. {US Weekly}

It seems Kate Middleton was none too pleased when a child presented her with a “lookalike” doll on her Scotland romp! Here’s why… {Daily Mail}

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Thursday April 4th, 2013

Georgia May Jagger Wants to Be an Angel, Gwyneth Paltrow Has a $300-a-Day Diet, and Clothes Made Out of Fish Slime
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Georgia May Jagger Wants to Be an Angel, Gwyneth Paltrow Has a $300-a-Day Diet, and Clothes Made Out of Fish Slime

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Mick Jagger’s youngest daughter, 21-year-old Georgia May Jagger, has big dreams to expand her modeling horizons to the Victoria Secret catwalk. {Vogue UK}

This is what what you’ll be wearing in the next 5 years: hagfish slime. It’s true, the boundaries in fashion are almost nonexistent these days. {The Guardian}

Target screws up big time when it labels its plus-size dresses “Manatee Gray” while its standard dresses are called “Dark Heather Gray.” {HuffPo}

Before you purchase Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook, It’s All Good, be warned that it’s not all good, unless you’re prepared to shell out $300 a day on those recipes. {Yahoo}

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Wednesday April 3rd, 2013

Vogue Hommes Goes Full Frontal, Shazam Makes an Outfit ID App, and Zac Posen Designs a 24-Karat Gold Dress… for Ice Cream
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Vogue Hommes Goes Full Frontal, Shazam Makes an Outfit ID App, and Zac Posen Designs a 24-Karat Gold Dress… for Ice Cream

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Australian model Jarrod Scott bares it all for his Vogue Hommes International S/S 13 shoot. Like, all of it. NSFW, obv. {The Fashion Spot}

Zac Posen designs a 24-karat gold dress—with a price tag of $1.5 million!—in honor of an ice cream bar. MAGNUM’s new gold ice cream bar, to be precise. {HuffPo}

Fashion brands want to be a part of Coachella! From hosting parties to sponsoring the festival itself, brands like H&M, A/X Armani Exchange, and Diesel + Edun are taking their wares to the desert. {WWD}

Revolutionizing home shopping is Shazam’s new fashion ID app, which will allow users to track down a TV character or personality’s outfit with just one tap. {The Guardian}

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