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Léa Seydoux Poses Nude on Lui, Daria Morgendorffer Wears Prabal Gurung, and Ali Lohan Walks at New York Fashion Week

Mario Sorrenti photographed Léa Seydoux wearing nothing but a transparent chiffon cape for the cover of newly revived French men's mag Lui. {WWD} For your Thursday afternoon eye candy: Behold, the spectacle of abs at Parke & Ronen's male model casting. {Racked} Karl mania is about to hit China! Karl Lagerfeld has begun expanding his eponymous brand with stores in Shanghai and Beijing. {WWD}

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The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways

Four cities, one season: Fall 2013. Nemo kicked the collections off and every city to follow added its own dose of wintry chill. Somehow all that cold weather caused a discernible note of restraint to float through the collections. Don’t worry--the passion and excitement were still there, but designers actively pursued defining new ways we can really dress next fall. These looks felt grounded in the return of the “Lady," as fashion’s pendulum swung away from the risqué, toward the refreshingly refined (spike-studded shoulders be damned). Check out our top trends for fall in the slide show.

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How Your Tweets During Fashion Shows are Driving Sales

You can watch pretty much any designer runway show from the comfort of your own couch these days thanks to livestreaming. Designers run them on their Facebook pages, on specific livestream sites, and on fashion websites like this one. While you, the at-home fashion consumer, may be watching for entertainment or to make your shopping list for the next season, know this: The brands are also watching you (and your tweets) closely.

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The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways

Fashion week came, and brought a feisty lil' friend named Nemo along for the ride--forcing us to consider forgoing, "Well, doesn't she look chic!" for, "Well, doesn't she look warm?!" The runways begged to differ, offering up endless new ways to bundle-up beautifully for fall 2013. Check out our top ten trend takeaways from the fashion week that weathered the storm in style.

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Belstaff Fall 2013: Back to Roots

Belstaff made their name on waxed cotton jackets since opening up shop in 1924--but in the past several seasons creative director Martin Cooper has seemed keen to leave that heritage behind, perhaps in an effort to establish the brand's fashion cred. For fall 2013, however, Cooper seemed ready to go back to the brand's roots.

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Are Brands Overusing the Word Heritage?

Leah's at the Pitti Uomo tradeshow in Florence this week, and undoubtedly she's come across several "heritage" brands at the hundreds of booths shilling their earnestly designed shoes, jackets and jeans to the world's top menswear buyers and editors. The term "heritage" is commonplace in menswear—and beyond—thanks to the fashionable revival of traditional English brands (Barbour, Belstaff) and Made-in-America labels (Alden, Carhartt). But with the introduction of Portland, Oregon-based Pendleton Woolen Mills' new "heritage collection" last week, we wondered: has the use of the word "heritage" reached a saturation point?