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Lena Dunham Covers Marie Claire UK, Betsey Johnson Sends Out Fashion Week Pill Bottles, and Michelle Obama Gets Highlights

Lena Dunham Instagrammed a pic of her new Marie Claire UK September issue cover, thanking "sweet Erdem" for making women of all sizes look gawgeous. {Marie Claire UK and Instagram via @lenadunham} You can add horseback riding to Mary-Kate Olsen's list of hobbies: The CFDA-winning designer was spotted at the Hampton Classic this weekend, accepting an award for her horse Marvelous. {NY Post} We were so busy fawning over Michelle Obama's perfect Tracy Reese dress yesterday that we failed to notice... her new highlights! {Glamour} Stella McCartney and Goop collaborate on a line of... we don't know exactly what yet. But here are some pretty good guesses. {Telegraph}

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32 of the Best Fashion Flicks To Take In Over the Holidays

If you're anything like us at this time of year, you've spent hours traveling by plane, train, or automobile to the town--tiny or not--that you grew up in order to spend some relaxing days with your family and friend. Left with no work assignments to complete (we hope), and having accomplished all your gift giving goals you desperately need a fashion fix...and boy have we got you covered. What follows is a comprehensive list list of the most fabulous of fab fashion films to get you through those cold hard winter nights in EverywherebutNewYorkville, USA. Add your own suggestions in the comments. Happy couching!

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Fashion News Roundup: The Year in Pippa Middleton's Butt, Liya Kebede Covers Harper's Bazaar Spain, and J.Crew's 'Jenna's Picks' is 'On Hiatus'

Carolina Herrera to receive Honorary Degree From FIT: The designer will walk the stage with the graduating class of 2012, to receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. No student loan debt required. {WWD subscription required} HuffPost Style Takes a Look Back at the Year in Pippa Middleton's Butt: Get out your magnifying glasses, folks, The Huffington Post has 17 slides of Pippa Middleton's derrière, which we think looked best on April 29, 2011 {HuffPost Style} Get Advice from Gilt Founders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis: The BFFs and business partners answer all your questions about doing business with your friends and frenemies. {Buzzfeed/Shift}

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Fashion News Roundup: Alexa Chung is Officially an Ambassador of UK Fashion, Carine Roitfeld's New Mag, and Check Out the NYFW (NSFW) Streaker

Alexa Chung Named Newest BFC Style Ambassador: She's long been the stye ambassador to our hearts, but now Alexa Chung can add yet another title to her growing list of fashionable ventures. The British Fashion Council has named the influential Brit It-Girl their 'Young Style Ambassador,' as which she will "promote British fashion design talent to a global market." While it seems to us that Chung already does that job quite well, it never hurts to make things official. {Elle UK} Parsons Students Compete in International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week: The first ever International Fashion Showcase is happening now at London Fashion Week, with young designers from 19 different countries competing against each other for the Emerging Talent Award. Representing the US is a group of MFA students from Parsons, showing a collection titled "Lost Time is Never Found Again." {Racked} Carine Roitfeld Working with V on New Project? We've been anxious to hear about Carine's latest project following her departure from French Vogue, and now WWD is speculating that her new magazine may be in collaboration with V Magazine. Though Carine herself has yet to comment, she's already guest-edited an issue of the fashion mag and has reportedly been seen around the V office a lot lately... {WWD}

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What We Saw Today at New York Fashion Week, Day 6

After six days of fashion week, we are still going strong. (A lot of Valentine's Day chocolate is definitely helping carry us along.) Today we took in shows from Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Diesel Black Gold, and saw quite a few girls in leopard coats - on and off the runway. Check our our pictures from today to see New York Fashion Week from our perspective.

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Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies' Clothing Line, Kate Moss' Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works

Dolce and Gabbana Deny Discrimination Charges: After being accused of discriminatory practices barring Hong Kong residents from snapping photos outside their Tsim Sha Tsui store, Dolce and Gabbana has released a statement assuring the population that they are indeed not prejudiced. "Controversial statements reported in the Hong Kong press have not been made by Dolce & Gabbana nor its staff, and we strongly reject any racist or derogatory comments...we wish to underline that our company has not taken part in any action aimed at offending the Hong Kong public.” {WWD (subscription required)} Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Clothing Line for Babies: Taking cues from Lanvin and Versace, Isaac Mizrahi is expanding his brand and designing for mini fashionistas! The 25-piece collection, fit for only the chicest of drooling, pulverized-carrot-throwing babies, will debut this fall in department stores. {WWD (Subscription required)} Kate Moss for Rimmel London Comes to America: The supermodel chose five random colors designed a five piece collection of lipsticks for Rimmel London, set to drop stateside this week. {ELLE}