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Kristen Stewart Said Something Positive, Scott Schuman Critiques his Holiday Gifts, Taylor Swift Turns 23

Kristen Stewart said something nice! About fashion! We wish she would stop wearing sneaks on the red carpet, but we'll take what we can get. {HuffPo} Hilary Duff is really benefiting from those prenatal vitamins, as she was able to give up something beloved by all Hollywood starlets: Her hair extensions. {US Weekly} Scott Schuman, the man behind the Sartoralist, sounds like he might possibly be the hardest person ever to shop for. {Refinery29}

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Fashion News Roundup: Haider Responds to Karl, Kate & Wills T-shirts Banned and Opening Ceremony x Sofia Coppola

Death at Soho House: Fashion designer and former Marc Jacobs intern Sylvie Cachay died Thursday in a bathtub at the Soho House in New York. The cause of death has yet to be determined. {Huffington Post} Kate & Wills T-shirts banned: A list of guidelines has been issued to determine what royal engagement memorabilia is acceptable. Apparently, t-shirts with pictures of the couple have been banned, along with "tea towels" and aprons. However, seat cushions, mugs and plates are totally fine. {Stylelist} OC x Sofia Coppola? Opening Ceremony, no stranger to film collaborations, is creating a "special piece of memorabilia" with Sofia Coppola to celebrate the launch of her film Somewhere. {OC Blog} Shipley & Halmos Make Cool Things: Yes, we already knew they made clothes, and some pretty cute ones at that. But now they make other things and sell them on their cool new e-commerce site, literally called "Things!" At our panel discussion, Jeff Halmos told us they wanted to do things other than fashion. Highlights include playing cards with famous people like Woody Allen and Barack Obama on them, an exclusive Moleskin notebook and a leather wallet with a penholder and notepad inside. {Shipley & Halmos}

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Graeme Armour and Lulu Frost at Milk

Milk studios during fashion week is Alice in Wonderland, sorta. Or maybe Narnia. Either way, it's snow globes of worlds all under the same roof, contained, separate, unexpected. On Monday morning, Graeme Armour and Lulu Frost were perfect examples of Milk's pocket realms: the two presentations shared a start time and address, but beyond that? Not much. Graeme Armour was a frosty, futuristic dream with nods to OpArt and famous villains (or at least I'm assuming, as a "Deville" dress was followed by a "Cruella" dress, and the "Norman" trouser was followed by "Bates" pant). Almost all looks were bold black and white, some (like the Cruella) with graphic print tails that seemed oddly sinister. But drama was to be expected from Armour, a Scot who credits the country's lack of sun as well as his apprenticeship at Alexander McQueen as inspirations. Even the models in uncomfortable looking updos raced down the mini runway, almost aggressively, as the photographers begged them to slow down. Was it intentional? Perhaps. This was a conceptual presentation, not one intended for retail mass market. But it was every bit as cool as it was cold. After Armour, walking across the hallway and stepping over the threshold to Lulu Frost meant tumbling down an entirely different rabbit hole. Accessories designer Lisa Salzer’s world was anything but icy: models lounged on oriental rugs scattered amidst leather trunks, record players, and wooden crates. Editors swilled champagne (it was noon) and swayed to the crooning of the Storms while admiring the set design and the vintage fashions from Amarcord.