Gone are the days of models with shopping carts browsing the cereal isle — or so it seems.
Joe Zee, ELLE magazine's creative director, is teaching a two-week-long session on design and garment construction at Stitched Fashion Camp in East Hampton this summer. Sadly, it's not an overnight facility, so there will be no stories told 'round the campfire. {WWD} Kate Moss hit her head on a door as she departed from the Rock On benefit dinner on Thursday night. She didn't look too happy, though the Mail writes she had "a banging night!" {Daily Mail} Jennifer Aniston is the new face for Saks Fifth Avenue's Key to the Cure campaign. All proceeds from the $35 t-shirts (available at Saks stores) will be donated to the EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund. {WWD} Ready for a Met Ball redux? This year's Guggenheim International Gala is being sponsored by Christian Dior, with Raf Simons as the event's honorary co-chair. We can only imagine the amount of clothing from the French fashion house that will make its way to the museum come November 6. {Vogue UK}
In the wake of something as tragic as last week's Boston Marathon bombing, the last thing anyone wants to worry about is shopping. But especially for small and local retailers, the financial repercussions from this kind of tragedy can ripple for months out, affecting sales numbers and bottom lines. We reached out to local boutiques in the Newbury Street area to see how they were holding up just one week after chaos erupted in their neighborhood, and got their personal stories on everything from how they handled Monday's explosions to what they have planned to benefit their beloved city.