35 discounts for smarter gift buying.

With 30 percent off or more on some of our favorite runway pieces, we're getting an early start on our holiday shopping. For, uh, others. Of course.

Get something to wear while you bargain hunt on Black Friday! #meta

Even though you are.

Finally! A backpack that looks smart -- and not in a schoolgirl way.

There's more to being successful than just being cool.

Stylish with no-fuss, slip-on appeal, these are set to be your go-tos this summer -- but they're also going fast. (Holden, we barely knew you!)

Some of the coolest companies out there are currently looking for new talent -- go forth!

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}

About this time every year, we find ourselves spending an inordinate amount of time day-dreaming about our summer vacations--and even more time fant

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?