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Fashion News Roundup: Tough Times for Ungaro, Date Set for Fashion’s Night Out 2012, and Designers are Putting Dragons on Everything

Ungaro Can’t Catch a Break: It hasn’t been a good start to 2012 for Emanuel Ungaro, which announced that, in addition to not being able to deliver its spring collection to retailers, it also won’t be presenting a fall collection at fashion week and has canceled all appointments for pre-fall. Current owner Asim Abdullah vaguely stated that the brand is going through an “internal reorganization” that will allow for Ungaro to become “profitable in the near future.” Hmm… This seems suspiciously (and perfectly) timed for former Ungaro guest-designer Lindsay Lohan’s 2012 comeback. Coincidence? {WWD}

Fashion’s Night Out is September 6: Yep, it’s happpppennning… Fashion’s Night Out 2012 will be Thursday, Sept 6. Mark your [Blackberry/iPhone] calendars! {Fashionista Inbox}

Christian Siriano’s Bridal Debut: Check out the Project Runway alum’s first bridal design, part of an exclusive collection he’s doing for Nordstrom. While the gown in no hot tranny mess, it definitely looks a bit tamer than what we’re used to seeing from the fierce designer. Here’s hoping he goes all out on the rest of the looks. {Glamour}

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Fashion News Roundup: Rankin Releases Hunger Magazine, Victoria Beckham Got Career Advice From Marc Jacobs, and Snooki Is Suing/Gets Sued

New Rankin Mag, Hunger Hits Shelves: British photographer Rankin is launching a new biannual fashion glossy titled Hunger, in reference to his models’ most prevalent feeling during the shoots. Kidding! Kidding. The first issue has 512 ad-free pages of fashion and music-related stuff and will cost approx $10.86. {WWD}

Blair Waldorf Wearing a Vera Wang Gown: Attention, Upper East Siders: We finally have some info on the royal wedding we’ve really been waiting for! Queen B will wed Prince Louis Grimaldi of Monaco wearing a strapless Vera Wang gown, and FabSugar has some semi-spoilery pics of the event. Something tells me this marriage won’t last the full 72 days. XOXO… Gossip Girl. {FabSugar and InStyle}

Pippa and Harry K-I-S-S-I-N-G: Speaking of royal weddings, here are some scandalous photos of Pippa and Harry, newly leaked from that other affair back in April — No, wait — it’s actually some pretty convincing doppelgangers of our favorite royal couple-who-isn’t, shot by photographer Alison Jackson. {Daily Mail}

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Events

Lucky Shops Is Happening This Weekend: The Bargains You Can Score, What the Celebs Bought and Styling Advice From Mary Alice Stephenson

Last night’s Lucky Shops VIP shopping night was a bit of stylish mayhem in the middle of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. I estimate there were at least a zillion people in attendance, all carrying reusable Lucky shoppers loaded with discounted designer duds and nibbling away at the most adorable miniature hors d’oeuvres I’ve ever seen. A decent smattering of celebs mingled amongst the crowd as well, also scouring the racks for deals and trying on sparkly costume jewelry.

There were two whole floors of excellent bargains, with most stalls offering 30 – 50% off of retail prices, and some even more.

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Fashion News Roundup: Tom Ford Makes $52,000 in One Night, Katy Perry’s Feline Fragrances, and Vogue Editors Sit for a Historic Photo

Tom Ford Sold $52,000 of Makeup in One Night at Bergdorf Goodman. That’s a full year of my college tuition. Is it too late for Tom Ford to adopt me? {The Cut}

Cat Lady Katy Perry Launching New Fragrance, “Meow”: The sister/follow-up fragrance to her first perfume, “Purr,” has a sweeter scent. Possible future fragrances from Kitty Purry: “Hiss,” “Scratch,” “Claw,” “Hairball,” “Litter Box.” {WWD}

Diane von Furstenberg Expanding Beauty Empire: DVF, who has been on a whirlwind world tour promoting her debut fragrance “Diane,” is now planning a color cosmetics line. Says the designer, “This is just the beginning of me being back in the beauty business.” {WWD}

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Fashion News Roundup: Urban Pulls All Its “Navajo” Items, Tattoo Barbie Freaks Everyone Out, And It’s a Girl for Carla Bruni

Urban Outfitters Removes All It’s “Navajo” Products: The retailer was distastefully selling items labeled “Navajo,” and received a cease-and-desist letter in June from the Navajo Nation, who has a trademark on the name since, you know, it’s their name and all. After some controversy, all UO’s “Navajo” products have either disappeared or been renamed. {Jezebel}

Katie Grand Awarded Fashion Innovator of the Year: On October 27, The Wall Street Journal is hosting its first-ever awards show to honor “Innovators of the Year,” where Grand will receive the fashion award. Congrats Katie! {WWD}

Tattoo Barbie Makes Moms Everywhere To Freak Out: Tokidoki made a $50 collectible Barbie with pink hair and chest and arm tattoos, so naturally everyone went apeshit and fears their children will turn into hard-partying burnouts like Quinn from Glee. {Jezebel}

Ashley Greene Is The New Face of DKNY: One of our fav Tweters, DKNY PR Girl, announced yesterday that the Twilight star will be the new band ambassadress for DKNY and DKNY Jeans. {DKNY}

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Entertainment

Gossip Girl-Inspired Clothing Line to Hit Stores This Fall

Well, this is about five years late: The CW is finally cashing in on Gossip Girl‘s fashion cred with a clothing line inspired by the show, produced in partnership with LA-based contemporary label Romeo & Juliet Couture, WWD, is reporting.

The collection will include embellished tops, bottoms, novelty sweaters, outerwear and draped chiffon dresses with touches of leather, pleats and prints–all of it inspired by one of the characters on the salacious show. So we’re guessing there’ll be a lot of bows (Blair), plunging necklines (Serena) and “funky” colorful separates (Vanessa). Let’s just hope they don’t take inspiration form Taylor Momsen‘s written-off character Jenny, who was a fan of sporting pink tutus from time to time.

The line will retail for $80-$200 and will be sold in stores like Kitson, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue for fall, which is actually kind of high-end for a line inspired by a teens’ show (and past it’s prime, no less).

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It’s Official: Sex and the City Prequel The Carrie Diaries is Coming to the CW, Gossip Girl Producers On Board

This rumor has been three years in the making. Seriously, we reported on it in 2008. Finally, in 2011, Deadline is confirming that Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries, is indeed set to go into production as a TV series on the CW.

The show is tapping former SATC writer Amy Harris and will be executive produced by Candace Bushnell, and Gossip Girl executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. As of now, neither Sarah Jessica Parker nor Darren Star, both of whom produced Sex and the City on HBO, are involved. No word yet on if Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively, or Olsen little sis Lizzie, will star in the series.

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Gratuitous Taylor Momsen Post of the Day

Taylor Momsen Quits Acting, Will Continue to Perform Pants-less in Band

The world really is coming to an end. Between the economy tanking and London burning we have more sad news to report: Taylor Momsen has quit acting.

The 18-year-old told Elle in an interview, “I quit acting, actually. I quit Gossip Girl and now tour and am in a band and that’s pretty much all I want to do. Hopefully I’ll be able to only do that for the rest of my life.”

Now I know for many of you this comes as a shock, what with all the acting Taylor‘s been doing lately–and all the rumors flying that Gossip Girl cancelled their contract with her–but be strong.

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How Joe Zee Recovered From A Disastrous First Interview at WWD and More Lessons From the Vitaminwater Panel at FIT

Long before Elle’s Joe Zee found stratospheric success as a stylist, editor, and yes, reality star, he experienced this horrid reality:

As a recent college grad applying to be a fashion editor at WWD, Zee was asked to stage a photo shoot as a test. The results were even more disastrous than any conundrum Bravo or MTV could cook up: first, the location flooded; then, a light fell, exploded, and caught on fire. And his model? A no-show. By the time Zee did damage control and found another model to fit the clothes, the location kicked them out, closing before they’d even shot a single frame.

Needless to say, Zee didn’t get that WWD job, and to this day he “can’t even explain the level of devastation” he felt. So how, then, did Zee become such a force in the fashion world?

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Jessica Szohr Talks To Us About Armpits (Among Other Things)

Do you love your armpits? Chances are that most women will answer “no” to this question. In fact, Dove interviewed 534 women between the ages of 18-64 and a whopping 93% think their pits are the pits. Not shocking. The next question: would you use a product that claims to make them prettier?

Today Dove is launching Dove Ultimate Go Sleeveless deodorant/anti-perspirant, which supposedly provides 24 hours of wetness protection while also giving your underarms a dose of vitamins, a humectant, and moisturizers. In five days, Dove says you’ll have softer, smoother underarms. The deodorant is also formulated to minimize telltale white deodorant marks on your clothes. (If only it could get rid of annoying stubble and flabby biceps, too.)

Jessica Szohr, of Gossip Girl fame, teamed up with Dove to promote Go Sleeveless, and we got to chat with her during New York Fashion Week this past February at Milk Studios where she was doing a photo shoot with Dove. She was wearing cut off denim shorts and ass-kicking Dsquared pointy wingtip oxfords; she also has enviably thick hair and seriously amazing skin.

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Blair and Dan “Intern” at W Mag on Gossip Girl and We Debunk the Myths

Last night television provided audiences with yet another romanticized depiction of what it’s like to work and intern in the fashion industry. This time, the culprit was Gossip Girl.

On the episode, Blair Waldorf and Dan Humphrey eagerly began their first day as lowly interns at the high fashion glossy, W. Though the scenes were filmed in the actual W offices and featured staffers as extras, the inaccuracies of the plot line would make anyone who has ever spent hours slaving in a fashion closet cringe.

First of all, wearing heels is like intern suicide. Good luck running all over the city with an armload of garment bags, or loading trunks of shoes onto truck beds in those Miu Miu pumps, Blair!

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Breaking Fashion TV News: Project Runway: Accessories Spin-off Sold To Lifetime, Leighton Meester To Leave Gossip Girl

Leighton Meester is taking off her Gossip Girl headband for good. In two years, that is. E!‘s Mark Malkin is reporting that Meester will leave the fashionable soap when her contract is up.

The show has been generous in letting its stars rearrange their schedules to accommodate filming for movies, like Meester’s upcoming Country Strong opposite Gwyneth Paltrow.

When asked if the show would end in two years, Meester said, “I don’t know…but I think there’s that old saying about wanting to go out on top.” Meester’s Blair is pretty much the best thing about the show so we can’t imagine it would fare well without her. So soak up these last two years GG fans! XOXO.

And in fashion reality TV news, Harvey Weinstein has sold a Project Runway spin-off, Project Runway: Accessories, to Lifetime, Nikki Finke is reporting.

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