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Condé Nast Hires Pippa Middleton, One Direction Has a Fragrance, and Kim Kardashian's Pregnant Sculpture Will Haunt Your Dreams

Condé Nast welcomes a royal into its family. Kate Middleton's 29-year-old sister, Pippa, is Vanity Fair's newest contributing editor. {NY Post} Alexander Wang's faceless model campaign for Balenciaga continues. {Grazia} One Direction has unveiled a fragrance called "Our Moment," which comes in vaguely fan art-looking packaging and a pink bottle. The scent is that of pink grapefruit, wild berries, and red currants--not like it matters very much what it smells like, anyway. {WWD} No Chanel exclusive for 'jersey': The UK Intellectual Property Office has denied the iconic French house the trademark for the word 'jersey,' which has been the name of one of the brand's fragrance lines from 2011. {HuffPo}

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Who Should Replace Reed Krakoff at Coach? A Few Suggestions

Coach's Reed Krakoff announced today that he's stepping down from the role of creative director to focus on his namesake luxury label. While Krakoff's contract with the brand doesn't end until the summer of 2014, he'll be working on an advisory basis until then. Which means that Coach's search for a new creative director is most certainly under way. Krakoff's partnership with Coach's retiring CEO Lew Frankfort lasted a remarkable 16 years, and launched the leather-goods label into a new financial stratosphere. In 1996, when Krakoff came on board, sales were $500 million. In 2012, they reached almost $4.8 billion. Frankfort's successor, Victor Luis, is already in place. (And a longtime member of the Coach team.) Whomever is brought on to replace Krakoff will have to be able to handle the tremendous financial pressure being a public company brings, but also help to expand Coach's brand beyond handbags. Clothing, in particular, is an area where there is tremendous opportunity for growth, both abroad in and the US. But who will it be? We're sure Coach will search internally first, and that the search may end there. But it's fun to consider outsiders. Here are our semi-educated suggestions for whom Coach should appoint as its next creative director. What do you think?

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Lady Gaga's Assistant Is Suing, Karl Lagerfeld Is Writing a Book About Fountains, and Kate Middleton and Prince William Voted Most Stylish Couple

Whoops! Did Sigourney Weaver wear her Lanvin dress backwards at the SAG Awards? See for yourself. {HuffPo} During her six hour testimony in court Gaga claimed her former assistant (who's suing the pop star for overtime pay) was always partying with Terry Richardson and using her YSL discount without permission. {NY Post} In all his spare time, Karl Lagerfeld is going to write a book--using 19th century daguerreotypes--about Roman fountains called The Glory of Water. {WWD}

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Fashion News Roundup: Kate Moss Designed a Jockey Uniform, a Look at The Bachelorette's Fashion Choices, and Someone Made a Thong to Commemorate the Aurora Shooting Tragedy

Now that Emily has given out her final rose, review the latest Bachelorette's wardrobe choices (and get ready for lots of sparkles and one-shouldered gowns). {HuffPo} Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is launching a line of rubber boots called simply "Ciccone Collection." {StyleBistro} Clueless is quite possibly one of the best movies ever made (don't question this). While we're sure it will eventually fall victim to a remake, here's 17 ways the film would be different if it was made today. {Buzzfeed} Kate Moss designed an outfit for jockey Rosemary Ferguson, and it's a little bit Ziggy Stardust and a lot of hot pink. {Grazia UK} Another day, another Karlie kover: this time, she sports YSL for the September issue of Vogue Japan. {Design Scene}

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Fashion News Roundup: Balenciaga Gets E-Commerce, Courtney Cox Writes For XOJane and Victoria Beckham's Style Evolution

Victoria Beckham's Style Evolution: In honor of her newborn baby girl, Harper Seven, Vogue UK traces Beckham's sartorial choices from her not-so-posh Spice Girl days to her current, decidedly more tasteful style. {Vogue UK} Balenciaga Launching E-Commerce: Notoriously un-Web-savvy, Nicholas Ghesquière is finally stepping up his site to sell all of the brand's products, including runway ready-to-wear, and become "almost like a daily magazine" with tons of photos and short films by visual artists and photographers conscripted by the designer. Is a blog not far behind? {WWD} Lady Gaga's Second V Column: No purchase necessary to read the latest "From The Desk Of Lady Gaga." This time she talks about... umm... costumes? Fantasy? It doesn't really make a lot of sense or say anything an average drag queen wouldn't, but if you're still intrigued check it out online. {V}