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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
Fashion News Roundup

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

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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Those Anna Wintour Ambassadorship Rumors Will Never Die
Politics

Those Anna Wintour Ambassadorship Rumors Will Never Die

We’ll admit it seems pretty obvious (especially given her lastest hire) that Anna Wintour will continue to have a hand in politics while fulfilling her role as Condé Nast’s artistic director and Vogue‘s editor in chief. But it seems certain that she’s not going to be an ambassador. At least not anytime soon.

Still, Friday’s news that Marc Lasry, frontrunner for the French ambassador post, was withdrawing after his involvement with a mob-run poker ring became public, has some speculating Wintour might be offered the gig.

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Published at 11:51 AM

Friday April 26th, 2013

If Fashion Folks Really Went Punk for the Met Ball
Fashion Is Fun

If Fashion Folks Really Went Punk for the Met Ball

As you’re no doubt aware, the theme of this year’s Costume Institute exhibit at the Met will be ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture.’ And that means that come May 6, the night of the Met Ball, fashion’s finest will have to do their very best punk impressions. While we highly, highly doubt we’ll see anyone sporting Read more →

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Published at 6:29 PM

Thursday April 25th, 2013

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

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

“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
Fashion News Roundup

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

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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